Forever and Always

Nine

Savannahs POV

We pulled up outside of the restaurant and I looked back at Hazel who was asleep with the flower in her hands.

"How is she already asleep?" Connor asked with a chuckle.

"She always falls asleep in the car. Even if we're only driving for like 5 minutes." I laughed. I went to open my door but Connor stopped me. I looked at him in confusion before he jumped out of the car and ran around to open my door for me. "Why thank you kind sir." I joked and he laughed.

I got out of the truck and opened the back door to get Hazel.

"Hazel Bazel." I tickled her stomach a little to wake her up. Her eyes slowly fluttered open and she stretched her arms and legs. She rubbed her eyes with her tiny hands before leaning her head to one side. I unbuckled her car seat and lifted her up. She yawned and laid her head on my shoulder making me smile.

"Let's go." Connor held out his hand and I looked at it before sighing and putting my hand in his. We started walking up to the restaurant and Hazel was babbling nonsense to Connor while she held onto the flower that she refused to let go of. He was just watching her and 'listening' with a smile on his face.

He pulled open the door to the building and let us walk in first. Hazel laid her head on my shoulder when she saw all the people. Connor put his hand on my lower back and stood on the side that I had Hazel on my hip.

Once someone got us seated I put Hazel in one of the high chairs. She started coloring on the kids menu but it wasn't really coloring just a bunch of scribbles.

"Hi." Connor and I looked up and saw the waitress standing there. "What can I get y'all?"

Although she was asking both of us, her body was turned towards Connor and she was looking at him in a seductive way. I rolled my eyes at the fact that she very obviously pulled her shirt down before she came over to our table to show more of her cleavage. I know it's weird that I noticed but when it's all out there and she's pushing her boobs up it's hard not to.

Connor ordered his food and I was gonna order but she kept facing Connor and twirling a strand of her fake blonde hair. He wasn't even paying her any attention. I cleared my throat and she turned to me but not without rolling her eyes first.

She gave me a fake smile which I happily returned because yes, I'm petty. Sue me.

"I'll get the same thing as him." I said. "And our daughter here, will just have a side of mashed potatoes. Thanks." I put emphasis on the our and daughter. She rolled her eyes again and very sassily wrote down the order. I saw Connor smirk out of the corner of my eyes. "Keep rolling your eyes their gonna get stuck." I muttered as she walked away.

"She's so gonna spit in your food." he laughed once she was out of ear shot.

"I don't care. Bitch can obviously see your on a date or whatever. Plus, your daughter is literally right here." I motioned to Hazel.

"You jealous?" he smirked.

"Why would I be jealous when I know you want me and not her?" I smirked right back. He shook his head with a laugh and looked at Hazel.

"Ah!" she lifted up the paper kids menu and showed us her 'drawings'.

"Very cool, baby." I smiled. She looked up at Connor as if waiting for his response and I chuckled.

"It's amazing Princess." he poked her nose and she giggled. I like that she already feels comfortable around him. I don't know why but I think she somehow knows he's her father.

"So she can have solid foods already?" he asked me as Hazel went back to coloring and messing with the flower he had given her.

"Not really. I've just recently started introducing them to her but she only has a few teeth. Mashed potatoes are easier for her though and she practically lives off of them at home." I explained. "But I brought her baby food in case she doesn't want to eat that." he nodded and looked back at Hazel.

"I'm really sorry Savannah." he spoke. I sighed.

"Connor, you don't have to apologize any more." I told him.

"Yes, I do." he grabbed my hand across the table and intertwined our fingers. "I feel like a total douchebag for leaving you to raise her on your own. I really want to make things right between us and not just for her. Because I missed you more than anything and actually being here with you again makes me realize how stupid it was of me to leave."

"It's okay Connor." I rubbed my thumb across his knuckles. "I'm obviously not just gonna forgive you for what you did but I'm not gonna hate you either. Mostly because you make it very hard." he laughed a little bit. "But I can tell you want to make things right. And I don't know if we're gonna get back together anytime soon or if it might take months or even years, but I'm not gonna push you out of my life."

"I know. But I'm not ready to give up on us. So if you want to wait weeks, months, years, I don't care, I'll wait for you." he kissed my hand and I smiled.

"Can you just promise, whether we get back together or not, that you'll let me have contact with you when you leave again. Because my only way of knowing how you were doing or if you were all right was your mom telling me whenever Hazel and I would go over there. And I want her to be able to see your face so she doesn't forget about you."

"I promise." he nodded.

A couple minutes later the waitress came back with our food. Of course she sent a flirtatious smile towards Connor who purposefully ignored her and tickled Hazels stomach making her giggle loudly.

This bitch fucking glared at our nine month old baby for having his attention. I looked at her name tag and of course her name was Britney. When she walked away you could hear the click of her heels being obnoxiously loud.

"Someone doesn't like their attention being stolen by a baby." I remarked. Connor laughed and sat up straight.

We started eating our food and I smiled when Connor pretended the spoon was an airplane when he helped Hazel eat her mashed potatoes. She giggled and happily ate it each time.

"Gain!" she clapped which meant 'Again'. He laughed and did it again, I laughed when she looked at me with her cheeks puffed out. She ate the mashed potatoes and opened her mouth to show me that they were gone. God she's so adorable.

"Good job Haze." I smiled at her. She laughed and turned back to Connor. Seeing them together was honestly the cutest thing in the world. This was something I had daydreamed about many times. Just us three going out and being a family. I always pictured him as an amazing dad and seeing how he is with her I know he is.

Connor and I ate our food while making sure Hazel didn't make a mess or eat too much at a time. I let her drink some of my water from my cup instead of her bottle. It had a straw so it was easy for her, she just needed a little help.

When we finished eating, Britney came back with the check. I noticed her slide a piece of paper towards Connor but before he could look at it I picked it up. She opened her mouth to say something and I clenched my jaw.

xxx-xxx-xxxx call me when your done with her

"Nice." I ripped the paper to shreds and Connor tried to hide his amusement. I picked up Hazel and set her on my hip. "And by the way, you used the wrong 'your'."

I picked up my purse and walked off with an extra sway to my hips. I heard Connor laugh from behind me before he paid for the meal and followed after me.

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