A few weeks later, AJ walked out of his house to throw out the trash, while Becka ran out to ride her new bike. "Wait pumpkin!" he shouted. Running towards her, grabbing her bike and putting it in the back of the yard, and locking the gate. "Stay in here, Daddy will stay out here and watch you." he said sitting down and putting his sunglasses on and watching her, and the clouds.

"Hey Jay." Sky shouted from the fence. He looked up and saw her standing there. "Hey, come on over for a sec, we haven't talked in weeks."

"I know, but I can't. Come here, I mean stand by the fence cuz I gotta tell you something." she said as AJ got up and walked to her. "What's up Sky?"

v"Jay, I need to you do something for me."

"Alright, what's that?" he asked taking off his shades knowing this is something important.

"I need two actually, alright. I need to know if Becka can be my flower girl, and you would give me away." she said very happily. AJ looked at her and was happy for this.

He sighed, "Skyler, I would be happy to walk you down the aisle and give you away, and Becka would love to be a flower girl. When is this wedding?" he asked.

She looked at Becka, and then at him. "Next month, so I need to borrow your girl for a few hours tomorrow." she said.

"Alright, are you going to pick her up? Cuz I would like to come to, if you don't mind." He said smiling.

"No, no I wouldn't mind, umm.. Ten okay? Because that's when I told everyone else.." he stopped her knowing the conversation would go on and on. "Alright, ten it is. You driving?" he asked. She nodded.

Then someone called her name and she looked at him. "I'll see you tomorrow okay?"

"Yeah."

"Bye." she said. "Bye Sky." he said watching her run into the house.

The Next day.

As Sky came to the door, she looked over at her house, which was going up for sale in a few weeks and thought about when she first moved in next to AJ 10 years before. As she knocked at the door, AJ opened it and Becka came running out.

"Hey." she said hugging Becka. "You two ready?" she asked looking at AJ. He nodded, while Becka held on for dear life on Sky.

"Well, we gotta stop back in my house to pick up the stuff that Michael picked up for me. Is that okay?" she asked looking at AJ's eyes, which were telling her that what she was doing wasn't right. He nodded. After they got all the stuff, they all piled into her car.

At the store, Becka was enjoying all the dresses that she had to put on, while there was an uneasiness between AJ and Sky.

"So do you like that one?" Sky asked Becka. She nodded and ran up to AJ. "Daddy, do you like this dress? I like it a whole lot!" she exclaimed. AJ smiled at her and kissed her forehead. "Yes pumpkin, I like it a lot." he said.

"Okay, Sky I likey this one!" she said. Sky laughed and told her to take it off and put her other clothes on. While she was doing that Sky sat next to AJ.

"AJ, you don't like this idea of my getting married do you?"

He turned and looked at her, "why didn't you tell me that you put the house up for sale?" he asked.

She looked away from him. "I was busy with the wedding plans and the plans to moving the shop up to New York." she said.

"But Sky, you promise me that you would stay as close as possible to me. I need you, Becka loves you so much! And you are going to leave us! How can you do that?" he asked. While Sky looked at him blankly.

"Is that the dress?" the saleswomen asked Sky. Sky looked at her and smiled. "Yes, umm.. Here's the card." she said handing it to her. As the women took the dress from Becka and went to wrap it up. Becka ran up to them and jumped on AJ's lap. "So now what?" she asked in that innocent three year old voice.

"We're going to get some lunch." Sky said standing up. "Now come on, let's get going." Sky said walking up to the counter. While AJ and Becka sat there. "What's the matter Daddy?" Becka asked wrapping her hands around his neck.

"Nothing sweetie. Let's get some McDaddys." he said standing up, with Becka still attached.

As the car ride home was silent, Becka sleeping in her car seat, AJ looking out the window, and Sky driving. AJ laughed.

"What?" she asked looking over at him. "We got her tired fast." he said laughing.

"Yeah, we did. You went in those balls so many times, I thought you were going to get tired."

"Yeah, Sky I don't know how to tell you this, but I don't know what you are thinking right now. But I don't know if you really love him. Like.." he said while Sky looked at him, anger boiling in her.

"What? Like you? AJ I can't stay here forever, I have to move on. Michael has been there for me, for a long time. He's going to help me build the shop up in New York. I will keep in touch you know. I can't just leave Becka and you. I love you both. I'm going to call you everyday that I can. Anytime you need me or I need you we will be able to talk to each other."

"But what if Becka needs you? I don't know anything about what a girl go through with that puberty stuff that's why I need you. Sky we have always been there for each other. For ten damn years! Now you have to go away? I don't understand that."

"Don't swear you have your baby girl in the back seat." Sky yelled at him.

"I'm so sorry, I didn't think you WOULD EVER CARE ABOUT HER!" AJ yelled. Just then Becka started to cry, waking up. AJ turned and looked at her.

"I'm so sorry baby. Shh.. Daddy's here." AJ said grabbing her stuffed animal off the floor. "Shh.." he said slowly watching her fall back asleep.

From there on the car ride was silent.

As the car stopped in Sky's driveway, Sky looked at AJ. "Alex, I love you, as a friend. I'm going to marry him no matter what. You know that I love you and Becka, but I'm going to have to do t his. No matter what you tell me." she said looking at the window of her home, where Michael stood.

"I've gotta go, Michael is waiting for me." She said taking her keys out of the car, when AJ grabbed her arm. "Sky, why are you doing this? You're not happy. I know you're not happy. Everything that you are doing is against everything in you. You know that. So why do you have to go away? From me? And Becka?" he asked as she turned her head away from him afraid that he will see her crying.

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