JUNE 16

the wind was playing with her hair, as they kept on walking in the sand, the sun was blinding them both, but they wouldn't stop going from that direction.

The girl was wondering what was going on in the head of the old man but the old man, chris, wasn't really thinking about anything, he was only appreciating this moment with the little girl. Truth was that he just didn't want to actually think about anything, he knew that once he let himself think about what is going on, he would think of her and thinking about her was only ruining him inside

"so does she know that you love her?" the tiny voice wondered

he looked down and gave the girl a smile

"i think so..." he admitted

"but you haven't told her?" she questioned

"no..not directly.." he looked up at the blue sky, the plan of not thinking about her hadn't work after all.

"then how do you know she doesn't love you back?"

"its complicated"

"i like complicated things" she shrugged and smiled

"I've known her for quite some time and she hasn't said anything to me so i'm assuming--"

"what does assuming mean? i may be clever but im still 8!"  complained she

"it means believing..um thinking...i believe and think that she doesn't love me back"

"but you don't actually know it.."

"no i guess i don't.." he chuckled, she was so persistent of finding out the truth and  learning the whole story. He was not that surprised, her mother was just like that, smart and determined. Apple didn't fall far from the tree.

"so you are a scaredy-cat.." she pointed out

chris gaped his eyes looking at her confused

"how on earth do you know that word?" he laughed

"my mother says it to you all the time...i don't know what it means tho.." she tilted her head and twitched her lips.

ONE MONTH AGO

"com on baby!" Anastasia smiled when her daughter, bella, walked in the room "which story do you wanna hear tonight?" she asked her daughter smiling at her as she laid on the bed.

Anastasia tucked her in and then sat next to her

"something about the ocean!" bella smiled

"the ocean? ok how about the little mermaid?" her mother wondered

In the meantime Chris was completing today's schedule, and he had just finished an interview with his buddy Jimmy Fallon so he was ready to go back home, have some rest.

when he arrived at his house he went directly on the upper floor, to his room, to change from his expensive suit and in that exact moment Anastasia walked out of Bella's room, slowly closing the door

"hey! she fell asleep already?" Chris smiled

"yeah, she wanted to wait for you but she was too tired!" she replied smiling at him "I've left your pj's on the bed!" she added

"thank you Ani!" he responded and walked past her.

Took a few steps before stopping and turning to look at her again

"wait for me downstairs..we have to celebrate"

"celebrate?" Anastasia wondered, leaving out a soft laugh

"7 years ago a 26 years old girl knocked on my door holding a 1 year old baby in her arms.."

"poor girl had no idea what she was walking into.." Anastasia added jokingly

"very funny.." he responded ironically

"no I actually had no idea because you hadn't put your name on the paper, it had literally just the address"

"fair enough!" chris shrugged "just wait for me downstairs!" he laughed

the girl listened to him and went down the stairs sitting on the couch, waiting for him.

She couldn't believe that it had been 7 years...7 years that if it wasn't for Chris she would have spent on the road, 7 years that her little girl could have spent hungry and in pain sleeping on a bench she had spent sleeping on an actual bed, eating actual food. She couldn't be more thankful for what he had done for her and he daughter!

"want a drink?" Christopher asked walking towards the table with the drinks

"no thank you!" she smiled but Chris poured hr one anyway

"i just said i didn't want one.." she laughed seeing the two glasses in his hands

"I've lived long enough to know that you can always use a drink!" he explained and gave the glass to her.

Chris sat next to her and put his legs on the table across them

Anastasia seeing him doing that, cleared her throat in disapproval "get your feet of table!" she demanded, she was always strict about things like that after all she was the one cleaning the house everyday

Chris looked at her and smiled before moving his feet off the table and placing them at her knees

"oh come on!" she complained playfully and he laughed at her reaction

"please just let me have my Diva moment!" he pleased her laughing

"god i can't believe its been 7 years.." he sighed in disbelief, taking a sip from his drink

"i think you had just started shooting the very first captain america movie when we first came here!" she specified

"oh man..that does feel so long ago.." he admitted

"as you said, bella was only 1 year old.."

"she was such an adorable baby...back then i had time to spent with her and now it feels like i haven't seen her in months and we live in the same house!" he said disappointed at himself "you never really told me..how she came to be...how you were left pregnant with her"

"what? didn't you do biology in your school?" she asked, teasing him

"you know what i mean!" he laughed but Anastasia looked down not wanting to replay

"all that matters is that you are the closest thing she has to a father...who is her true father and how doesn't matter at all...not to me!" she smiled at him and then moved his feet with her hands away from her lap and got up

"Goodnight Mr, evans!" she smiled

"goodnight ani!" he smiled back and she went to her room, closing the door and falling to bed

The man walked up stairs as well but before going to his room he went first to Bella's, sitting by her side, on the bed

"i knew you'd come!" bella opened here eyes, making chris smile

"hey princess" chris gave her a kiss to the forehead and then caressed her cheek "why are you still awake?" he wondered

"i was waiting for you! you come here every night, i knew you'd come again tonight" she replied and chris laughed

"goodnight bella" he said, kissing her little hands, something about this girl always made him feel like a father

"goodnight!" she closed here eyes again and chris got up leaving the room and going back at his.

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