"So what do you all you guys want to do once we get into the park?" Shawn asked as he looked back and smiled at us as we continued to walk toward Epcot before he started to give Brooke a piggy back ride after she jumped onto his back.
"Well me and Emily were thinking of splitting from the group for a little bit and just spending some time alone with the kids and then re-joining you guy again once it's time for our dinner reservation over in the Italy pavilion" Andrew said with a smile as he picked up Ava and started to give her a piggy back ride as well.
"That actually sounds like a good idea" Carly said as she picked up Miles and balanced him on her hip while Jacob gave Ethan a piggy a piggy back ride too.
"So do you guys want to split up and spend some quality time with our own families before meeting back up when it comes time for our dinner reservation?" Shawn asked as he gave us all a curious look.
"Yeah" we all said as we smiled back at Shawn.
"Then we'll do that" Shawn said as he smiled back at all of us, making us smile at him again as we nodded our heads too.
"Mommy?" Riley asked as she looked up and smiled at me.
"Yeah sweetie" I asked as I looked down and smiled back at Riley.
"Can Chris come with us once we get into Epcot and split up from everyone else" Riley asked with a little hopeful smile, making both me and Chris smile at her.
"Sure, as long as it's okay with Chris" I said as I continued to to smile at Riley before looking up at Chris and smiling at him.
Chris smiled back at me before he looked down at Riley and smiled at her. "I would love to go with you and your mommy munchkin after we get into the park" Chris said as he combed back combed back some of Riley's hair, but made sure not to mess it up.
Riley smiled at Chris before letting out a giggle as Chris quickly picked her up, spun her around and gave gave her a kiss on her forehead after he stopped and balanced her on his hip. I smiled at that as I continued to follow everyone towards Epcot and watch Chris play around with Riley.
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"So what do you want to do first munchkin?" I asked as Chris, my dad, (who decided to join us after our group split up) Riley and I walked around Future World looking for something to do.
"Uhh...."Riley trailed on as she looked around the park to see what she wanted to do. "Oo! Can we go to the Aquarium and then do Turtle Talk with Crush?" Riley asked as she looked up at me with an excited smile on her face.
"You wanna do that?" I asked as I smiled at her.
"Yeah!" Riley said in excitement making Chris, my dad and I all smile at her.
"Then let's get going so we can do that" Chris said with a big excited smile as he scooped up Riley and quickly but carefully put her on his back. Riley giggle and smiled at that as she held on tightly to Chris' neck, but made sure not to choke him.
My dad and I smiled at that as we followed the two goofballs towards the Aquarium.
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"Mommy look! Turtles!" Riley shouted a bit in both excitement and amazement as she ran over to the tank window where two big sea turtles were swimming by.
I smiled at that as I took my camera out of my backpack.
"And what does a turtle say, sweetheart?" I asked with a smile as I started to take pictures of Riley next to the turtles.
"Righteous Dude!!" Riley said mimicking Crush from Finding Nemo.
Me, Crush and my dad all laughed at that as I continued to take pictures of Riley and the turtles. But as soon as I took my last pictures of them, a dolphin popped up out of nowhere and stayed right in front of Riley as it looked like it was smiling at her.
"Mommy look!" Riley said as she looked back at me with a big smile on her face and as she pointed to the dolphin.
"I see sweetheart, maybe you should try and wave to it and see if it waves back" I said as I walked over to Riley and kneeled down next to her.
"Okay" Riley said with another big smile as she turned her attention back towards the dolphin before she waved to it. The dolphin smiled again as it leaned to it's side a bit and waved at Riley with it's fin.
Riley and I both smiled at that as Riley started to place her hand on the glass and moving it every time the dolphin kept on 'touching' it with it's nose. That also made her giggle and as she giggled I smiled at her and took pictures too as she continued to play with the dolphin.
"How much you wanna bet those two just became friends" Chris said as he sat down next to me and smiled at Riley as she continued to play with the dolphin.
I laughed at that a bit as I looked over and smiled at Chris. "Do you wanna take a picture with her?" I asked as I pointed to Riley.
"Sure" Chris said as he smiled back at me before he went over to Riley and made her turn around and look at me.
"Say....dolphins" I said with a smile.
"Dolphins!" Chris and Riley said in unison as they both smiled at the camera like goofballs. I chuckled at that a bit as I took the picture. And as I took the picture the dolphin came into the frame and smiled for it.
I couldn't help but laugh at that as I looked at the picture before I showed Riley and Chris the picture. The two of them immediately bursted into laughter as soon as they saw it and so did my dad once I showed him it too.
"That is the best photobomb ever" Chris said as he continued to laugh, making the rest of us laugh a bit more at the picture.
Once we all got done laughing at the photo we got up and started to walk around to see what else is in here. But after a few minutes I saw my dad sit down on once of benches in here as he rubbed his knee a bit. I frowned an eyebrow in confusion at that as I walked over to him.
"You okay dad?" I asked as I sat down on the bench next to my dad.
"Yeah, I'm fine. My knee's are just a little sore thanks to all the walking I did yesterday. I'm sure I'll be fine" Dad said as he gave me a reassuring smile.
I faintly smiled at my dad as I gave his shoulder a little pat before I started to look around to see where Chris and Riley are.
I soon found them, and when I did I felt a big smile spread across my face when I saw the two of them standing by a tank window where about two or three dolphins were gathered at as they played with them. Riley was waving at the dolphins while Chris was either pointing to them and placing his hand on the glass and letting the dolphins 'touch' it with their nose. And as they did that Chris picked up Riley and balanced her on his hip as she continued to play around with the dolphins.
I couldn't help but smile at the both of them again and appreciate the fact of how much time Chris want to spend with both me and Riley, because that's what I've been looking for in a man ever since I started to try and date again after Adam died. A man who wants to spend a bunch of time with my daughter and will love her as much as I do. However, the men I tried to date in the past were nothing like that and didn't want anything with me once they found out I had a daughter. I guess it was just a big commitment for them to handle or they just didn't like kids.
That really hurt me because thanks to that it made me think that no man would ever be interested in me ever again thanks to me being a single mom. And I was kind of okay with it, but I really wanted my daughter to grow up with some sort of father figure in her life.
But I think I can stop worrying about that now thanks to Chris being the man who I want to date and who loves my daughter as much as I do. And I just really hope our date tomorrow goes well because I really want to have relationship with him and spend the rest of my life with him.
"I think this is the happiest I've ever seen you in the past few years" Dad said as he smiled at me with a proud smile.
I looked over and smiled back at my dad and could tell he's very happy with what's been going on between me and Chris lately thanks to his facial expression and the look in his eyes.
"Well I guess you can thank Chris for that" I said with a smiled as I looked back over at Chris and Riley.
"Trust me I will, because any man who makes my little girl happy is a good man in my book" Dad said with a smile, making me chuckle and smile a bit as I watched Riley and Chris continuing to play with the dolphins again.
"And I'm happy that you guys are finally coming to terms with your true feelings for each other because I knew from the very first time I saw Chris look at you like his was the love of his life, you guys would be together one day" Dad said making me look up and smile at him before I gave him a hug. I felt my dad smile at me for that as I also felt him hug me back.
"I'm glad you're happy with this dad" I said as me and my dad finished hugging each other.
"But I'm just letting you know now, if breaks your heart or hurts you and Riley in anyway I will hunt him down and make him pay for it. And I don't care if he happens to be your best friend, because no one gets away with hurting my little girl or granddaughter" my dad said being serious, but couldn't help but smile a little.
I just chuckled and smiled at that a bit as I turned my attention back to Chris and Riley to watch them play with the dolphins once again.