"Zyla can you come put your shoes and jacket on. Your dad should be here soon" Fatima called out to her 5 year old daughter after putting her phone down from sending her child's father a heated message because he was late.
"Mommy can I take my skates to daddy's house?" Zyla ask coming downstairs and dropping one skate as if hit the rest of the steps
She scurried down the stairs to get the fallen skate
"Is your dad going to allow you to wear them in the house?" Fatima ask as she zippered Zyla's weekend bag
"Daddy says I can do whatever I want" Zyla says in a tiny sweet voice.
"Well hand them here, I'll put them in your bag." Fatima tells her and Zyla walks over, struggling to carry both while one hangs by a shoestring.
"Mommy I like daddy's new house." Zyla says as she messed with the pink pompon chain attached to her weekend bag
"Do you have fun at your dad's?" Fatima as she finished zippering Zyla's bag
"Yes but I don't like when it's cold outside" Zyla pouted
"Why not? You love when it snows" Fatima ask
"Because daddy said it's too cold to get in the pool, I like the inside pool better mommy" Zyla says and it caught Fatima off guard.
"Zyla the pool is indoors. You went swimming not too long ago at your dad's" Fatima says.
"No mommy that's at the other building. It's new! Outside and daddy has a big blanket over it because it's not hot outside. He said it keeps the animals from swimming." Zyla continued to explain and Fatima was confused.
Fatima knew Zyla's father lived in a condo building where there were two swimming pools, one on the top level of the building and one on the bottle floor. Both were indoors and Fatima wasn't aware of any outdoor pool. Where they use to live together.
"Zyla I think you're confused love-
"Mommy I'm not confused. Daddy's new house is big!" Zyla says with her arms stretched out. "You should come with me so you can see it" Zyla says to her mother
"Mommy c-
Fatima's phone started to ring and Zyla's eyes darted to it, stopping herself in her words
"Is that daddy?!" Zyla asked excitedly as Fatima grabbed her phone from the coffee table. Zyla used Fatima's knees to lean on with her arms and jump around for leverage
"Calm down Zy- Hello?" Fatima says answering the phone
"Daddy?!" Zyla yelled excitedly and Fatima couldn't help but laugh at her excitement. If it was one thing, Zyla loved her father.
"I'm outside" Fatima heard before the phone cut and the door bell rang
Zyla spun around, she grabbed Fatima's hand and tried to pull her
"I'm coming Zy" Fatima says giggling allowing her 5 year old to pull her
"DADDY!" Zyla says jumping up and down seeing her dad on the other side of the door.
"Zyla" her father sang while matching her energy as Fatima opened the door.
Zyla flew into Zac's arms as he lifted her off of the floor, bear hugging her and kissing her. Zyla's giggles filled the space. Fatima smiled at Zyla's giggles, she had the cutest laugh to match the cutest face.
"Daddy stop" Zyla squealed as Zachary lowered back to the floor.
"You ready to go Zy?" Zachary asked Zyla
