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Eaden was lounging in his lap for almost fourty minutes now, and David started to wonder why they had never watched an entire movie with her before. He can’t remember an evening ever being this quiet with their rambunctios little whirlwind, but ‘Bambi’, the masterpiece that it is, was apparently the key to a very relaxed and content little girl, who even let her mother rub lotion into her tiny feet without putting up a fight for the very first time.

February’s just around the corner, and David was very grateful that Gillian had taken the long trip for an extended weekend in New York with him. He would miss them terribly while on tour, and he really wanted to make sure they got to spend some quality time before he’d be on his own for the next couple of weeks.

So the day had been filled with lots of outdoor activities in Central Park and a trip to Gillian’s favorite fast-food-restaurant, which also happened to be her little mini-me’s favorite place to eat a big portion of French Fries all by herself.

For the sake of their daughter, Gillian and David tried to blank out what was going on in the world for for at least a couple of hours, but it was nearly impossible to think of anything else at the moment. And it was telling enough that despite their respectable acting skills and keeping her away from any news, their almost 3-year-old daughter was still able to sense that something really, really bad was going on in the world. And therefore, a movie night like this was very much needed these days. 

“Daddy?” Eaden’s tiny voice pulled him out of his thoughts, and he took his eyes from the TV to look into her expectant little face. Her right eyebrow was raised just like her mother’s when she was waiting for an answer from him, and it always amused him to see her like that.

“Yes, honey?”

“Mommy fell asleep,” she whispered and nodded her head towards Gillian, who was comfortably resting against his side.

He slightly tilted his head to get a better look at her face. “She really did,” David nodded before placing a chaste kiss against Gillian’s hairline and with a content sigh, she snuggled closer against his warmth.

“That’s okay because you shouldn’t fight sleep after a fun day,” Eaden said pointedly and turned her head back to the TV while David wasn’t able to stiffle a quiet chuckle because of her sweet, innocent seriousness.

Once again, he was reminded that there was still some good in this world.