So we meet again

"She is slightly older. It may get easier for me once Mollie can do more for herself but for now i do everything." Cecilia said with a half smile. "What do you think?" She asked quietly tilting her head to look up at him. "Do you think i'm crazy?" she blinked a few times almost as if she were batting her eye lashes. Cec rested her head on Jake's shoulder feeling safe and comfortable next to him. Sighing softly her smile spread. "This is how it's suppose to be, isn't it?" she asked quietly

"Of course I don't think you're crazy." Jake smiled at her. "That is how it's supposed to be. When Mollie gets older, it'll be easier for you to do things. She'll be able to distract herself with small things like Anali does and you'll have more time to do anything else." he told her. He wasn't sure how Anali was when she was smaller, but he knew that she needed of her mother for everything. It was just the way babies were. Now that she was with Jake, she was older and independent and tried to do everything herself.

"My last question wasn't about Mollie," She whispered, "I meant this, Us." Cec said quietly with a giggle. "Finally after forever it seems. Don't you feel this is how it was suppose to be from the beginning?" She looked up at him. Slowly she leaned up and placed her lips on his once again. There was a tingling where he touched her, this was a good feeling that Cec didn't want to go away. It was one she had never felt with anyone else before.

"Oh." Jake hadn't understood the meaning of Cecilia's question. "Yeah... I do." he said softly, nodding. He'd always wanted it to be like this, and it felt like it was meant to be like that. But there were too many things that always got in the way. But now, they could be together and no one could tell them what to do. He wasn't going to let Cecilia go, like he had last time. He was going to fight as much as he had to for her.

"I do too." Cecilia said quietly. She smiled up at Jake. Letting her head rest back down on Jake's shoulder Cec allowed a small yawn escape past her lips her hand moving to cover her mouth. "Sorry," she whispered shaking her head as if to shake away the sleepiness. "Tell me more about why you left Hogwarts?" She requested glancing up at Jake. She still didn't fully understand why he couldn't stay, even if she was going to be forced to be with someone else.

"There isn't much else to say." Jake told her. "Besides the only other reason I left..." he stopped for a moment as he heard a door open. "Anali must have woken up..." he said softly. "But I left because the Ministry offered me a better job. I missed working with the creatures I had grown to care about." he added, just before Anali walked into the room rubbing her eyes. "Daddy, my tummy hurts..." she whined softly. "Don't worry Anali, I'll get you something to help your stomach." he told the three year old.

"Why don't you come sit next me while your daddy gets something for you," Cecilia said smiling at the little girl. She could veguely remember what it was like when she was sick as a kid wanting someone to take care of her. Even now when she didn't feel good she wanted someone to take care of her but she didn't have that. Cec moved over so there was room for Anali between here and where Jake was sitting so that after Jake got her something to settle her stomach the girl could sit next to her father.

"I'll be right back." Jake said as he went into the kitchen to get something to help settle Anali's stomach. The young girl sat down next to Cecilia and looked at her. She played with her fingers and looked down at her lap. She then placed her hands on her stomach and looked up at Cecilia again. "Um..." she hesitated for a moment. "Do you like my daddy?" she asked suddenly. Anali had seen how Cecilia looked at her father and though she tried to ignore it, she saw that Jake seemed to like Cecilia too.

"Yes, I like your daddy a lot," Cecilia said with a slight chuckle, "I've liked him for such a long time. Do you think your daddy likes me?" she asked the small girl. Cec pushed her hair out of her face and looked over at Mollie. "Do you think she's awake?" she asked the little girl. Mollie had a habit of not making noise when she woke up unless she was hungry or needed to be changed. Cecilia got up and walked across the room to check on Mollie.
The baby moved as Cecilia looked down at her. the big brown eyes looking up at the mother. Smiling Cecilia carefully lifted her daughter from the stroller and carried her back over to the couch sittin next to Anali once again.

Anali looked down again and played with a strand of her hair before responding to Cecilia's question. "I think so. He looks at you in a way I've never seen him look at anyone else." she said softly. The three year old looked over at where Cecilia was looking and shrugged. "Maybe. I hope she is." she said softly but happily. She placed her hands on the couch in between her legs, like a frog getting ready to jump, and leaned forward slightly as Cecilia went to get Mollie.

The girl reached out and touched Mollie's hand after Cecilia sat back down and smiled at the younger girl.