Mel POV
Driving back home from the airport was depressing because she couldn’t drive while trying to calm Aria from crying. At home if you just the two of them and Mel wanted Aria to have fun and not be miserable because harry left.
“Hey sweetie, I know you miss daddy but daddy would be back soon and for the main time daddy would want you to have fun okay.”
“Okay mummy.”
“That’s my girl and we could prepared some lunch and have some girls night in okay? Daddy have lots of movies and we could what them, so what do you say, kiddo?”
Aria nodded her head, but before Mel realised what was going on, Aria tossed flour on Mel face before running around the house to hide. There was laughter and joy that filled the house, Mel decided to call it a truce.
“OMG, look at this kitchen,” said Lucy.
“Yeah we kind of mess up,” said Mel with a giggles.
“Well you’re lucky, that your husband isn’t here to see his kitchen in this mess.”
“Yeah, but I would clean it because we made the mess.”
“Nah, you go upstairs and clean up while I prepared lunch.”
Mel fined it hard to argue with Lucy because she had been in the house for a long time. When they came back downstairs lunch was ready. Lucy prepared paste because it was Aria’s favourite meal. Mel looked to Aria, but she seems happy while eating which was a relieved for Mel.
“Thank you, Lucy for helping out.”
“You’re welcome, Mrs Styles.”
“Please call me Mel.”
“So how is Aria?” asked Lucy
Mel turned around and looked at Aria and said, “She seems fine now but this morning it was heartbreaking for her and I couldn’t fixed the situation for her to not feel this hurt.”
“Mel, there was nothing you could have done, your husband travelled a lot.”
“Yeah I know,” but Mel couldn’t help but thinks about harry expression when he was leaving, for the first time in months Aria had bring out emotions in Harry that Mel didn’t think was possible.

After cleaning, they decided to seat outside in the yard, Mel was tossing a ball to Aria, when she caught a glimpse of movement through one of the slats in the fence. She slowly walked over to the fence and saw two kids staring at her.
“What are your names?” she asked casually throwing the ball back to Aria. She was scared that they wouldn’t answer, but then she heard a response from the boy. “My name is Danny Sullivan and this is my sister Belle Sullivan.”
“Do you want to come over and toss the ball with me while your sister played with my daughter?” Mel asked.
“Can we really?”
“Sure. I just need consent from your parents if it’s ok, but you are both welcome to come over.”
“Huh, dad travel but Mum is at home. I could tell her?”
“Yeah sure,” said Mel.
Mel walked back toward Aria and Lucy while they were having their afternoon tea party with Aria’s dolls.
“Mummy, you were gone for a while, I thought you left like daddy?” she said with a sad look.
“Huh, no sweetie. I was just talking to some kids from our next door neighbours. So you would now have friends to play with okay.”
“Yay, Aunt Lucy I have friends.”Mel looked at Aria as she hugged her with joy. Mel couldn’t restrain the tears of happiness. They were interrupted by the doorbell; Mel quickly wiped her tears away as she carried Aria to answer the door.
“Hello, you must be Melrose Styles?”
“Yes I am,” replied Mel.
“Good because the kids wanted to play with you daughter. I am sorry for being rude, I’m Chloe Sullivan and I’m their mother.” She said.
“Nah it fine. And this is Aria, my daughter.”
“Thanks for inviting my kids over to play, sometimes it just the two of them it could be boring. And I really appreciate your kindness.”
“Well I just want Aria to have friends to play with at home.”
“Well, we can all be friends, and I need to have friends too,” Said Chloe.
“Please c’mon in, we were out in the back yard playing tea party.”
The kids quickly went to the backyard, leaving their mothers to talk and be friends.
Mel and Chloe grabbed drinks for the kids, while the chat about everything and Mel was happy because she now has a friend that would help her with some children situation just in case if she panicked or lose control of the situation. Chloe asked her about Aria school arrangement. Chloe give her some information on getting Aria to attend the same school as her children so that Aria would have familiar faces to play with at school.
From that day on both Danny and Belle were regular visit at the Styles’ house. Since Harry travelled a lot and Mel doesn’t want Aria to sad because she is missing Harry and Harry wouldn’t be back for the next two weeks. Chloe would bring the kids and they would chat about work or the kids’ progress at school and times when she likes a break from childcare duties, the kids’ could have sleep over parties. Some nights they would watch movies, play hide and seek and eat food, because Mel likes cooking food and the kids’ enjoyed eating her meals.
One Saturday, Mel and the kids’ were outside playing Frisbee when an errant wind landed the disk on the roof of the garage.
Aria was crying because it was her favourite aqua blue Frisbee.
“Hey sweetie, you don’t have to cry. I would try and look for something to help bring it down okay.” Mel went in to the garage and found a ladder.

Harry POV
Twenty minutes later, when harry arrived home, it was Rose on his garage roof while Aria and two other kids were staring up at her. He parked his car, and got out, just staring up at Rose standing ten feet above him. Oh dear Lord, what was she thinking now? He thought. If she fell...his heart leaped into his throat just by thinking about it.
“Mummy daddy is back, yay,” said Aria as she ran toward Harry.
“Yes sweetie, I can see him,” replied Rose with a smile but underneath that smile she looked scared about the lecture that he was going to give her about safety. Does this woman have any regards for her own safety? He thought.
He saw Rose rolled her eyes when he pulled up, he knew that she had saw the thunderous look that he was giving her as she tries to introduced the other kids.
“Harry this is Danny and Belle Sullivan from next door, and this is Mr. Styles.”
“And my daddy,” said Aria.
“Yes, your daddy,” as he whispered into Aria’s ears and gave her a kissed on her forehead.
“Hello, Danny, Belle. Rose, what in the Lord’s name are you doing up there?”
“The kids’ were playing Frisbee and the wind tossed it onto the roof and I’m fetching it.”
“Rose, please get down before you hurt your pretty self or break something?” harry asked, with what he felt was a word of patience.
“Sure.” She tossed the Frisbee down toward him as she swung on to the ladder and was down on the ground in seconds.
“Where did you find the ladder?” Harry asked evenly.
“The garage.”
Harry counted to ten, slowly as he tried to calm his anger down.
“Are you down with the ladder?” harry asked with a sigh.
She grinned. “Yeah, I’m done and now I have to heat up dinner because the kids’ might be hungry and maybe you?”
He sighed heavily. “Yes I want dinner and we would talk about the kids’ when we are both alone okay,” he said as Rose gathered the kids’ toys and headed inside the house.
“Good evening, Mr. Styles and welcome back,” said Lucy.
“Hello, Lucy and thank you.”
“Lucy, can you please take the kids’ upstairs and clean them up while I reheat dinner,” Rose called out from the kitchen. He handed Aria to Lucy before making his way to the kitchen.
“Rose, what are Danny and Belle Sullivan doing here, anyway?”
“They are here because they are hanging out with Aria, since you left for two weeks and she was upset. They are the perfect distraction and they are also Aria’s best friends. Their mum sometimes hangs around and we both chat and watch our kids play together.”
“Aria is friend with a boy? And how old are they?”
“Oh for God’s sakes Harry, Danny is six years old and Belle is four years old same as Aria.”
Good he didn’t think that he was ready to teach Aria about relationships or about having a ‘male friend’ he thought.
“Ok, what wine are we having today?” he asked.
“Red please.”
“Okay,” he said. He was about to leave the kitchen when he realised that Rose didn’t welcome him properly, as he walked over toward her and pulled her in to his embrace.
“Harry, what are you doing?”
“Giving myself a proper welcome home kiss, since you denial me of that right,” he said as their lips connected.
He pulled away with a smile on his face as he headed upstairs to change and get ready for dinner.

Notes

hope you enjoy this chapter <3