d about him. His smile, his laugh, how smart he is. These small words of affermemt caused the boy to always perk up and make his bad mood alot better.
Ryker was the baby of the trio, The now 9 year old is attached to Aspens hip every chance he gets. She was the first one to nurse him back to health after someone had blinded him, as a type of theart to her father, So it wasn't a suprise that he had a close bond with her. He is a sentitive boy, he felt everyone's emotions deeply and made sure they knew they weren't feeling them alone. If he knew someone got hurt, but not enough for the other one to cry, he would cry for them, because he knows they are hurt, and he doesn't want that for them. He was the one who called her mommy first, she was no longer big sister Aspen to Ryker, she was his mommy who was there when he's sick, or needs a kiss and cuddle. He is also the one to get Percy to start calling her mom, and she was 100% okay with it.
When Aspen had broke up with her first boyfriend in Florida, poor Ryker cried more then she had, because he was heart broken that she was sad. It took Aspen and Percy a few hours before they got him calmed down, and told that it was okay that she had broke up with the guy, it just meant he wasn't the right fit for their little family.
She would never tell him the true reason why the guy had broken up with her, and she never will allow them to know, the guy had tried to send the boys back to her father. Because they didn't need to now, they needed to believe that she will and forever will keep them safe. That is what she planned to do.
It has been four years since they moved to Florida, and today was the fourth anniversary of their arrival, and Aspen was going to make it a special day. It was a Saturday so the boys didn't have school, she had snuck out of her Bed, around 6 in the morning. Trying her hardest not to wake Ryker who still cosleeps with her, just incase he wakes up from nightmares,