My name is Lydia Penelope Barclay and I am twenty years old. I grew up with my loving parents Cornelia Rhoda Barclay (nee Avery) and Virgil Wallace Barclay and I have one older brother, Edmund Godfrey Barclay, who is five years my senior.
I am currently midway through college and I already have a job lined up and plan on becoming a lawyer. I've been dating the love of my life, Jonah Percival Lawson, since my first year of college. Jonah's a year older than me, and he's planning to become a doctor - more specifically a cardiovascular surgeon.
I have recently found out that I am pregnant. Jonah is worried, not sure he's ready to be a father, but we agree that we are both in it for the long haul, planning to raise the baby together. After my twenty-first birthday and my third year of college begins, I give birth to a healthy baby boy; who we name Henry Jonas Barclay-Lawson.
After two years of amiably living together and raising Henry, Jonah and I have decided not to live together anymore. There was no cheating, there were no fights--we simply realized that we no longer were in love with each other. We maintain a friendly relationship, but we don't really spend time together unless it is to drop off Henry at one another's home.
I now live in an apartment, sharing Henry's time with Jonah. I am currently twenty-five and Henry is four and has really come into his own as a little person - he's a troublemaker for the most part, but he can also be sweet when he wants to be which is all that matters in the end, he's a good boy despite his trouble making precocious nature.
When I enroll Henry in preschool, I am a little surprised to find that the teacher is a young, attractive man, named Remy Dashiell Crawford, one that many of the mothers take notice of. He's great with Henry, and after he realizes I am a single mom he seems to take an interest in me--being extra friendly, making jokes, taking a bit longer to talk to me before I leave. One day, I arrive while the children are still busy playing a game outside with the teacher's assistant, and after talking for a few minutes, Remy says, "I hope this isn't awkward, but I'd like to take you out on a date." I'm floored yet excited nonetheless.
Worried it might make things awkward, I accept, figuring that if one date goes badly we can stop. Otherwise...Remy is very handsome, very kind, and he makes me laugh. I decide I have nothing to lose. I tell Henry about my plan to go on a date with Mister Crawford, and Henry is a little confused on the whole idea, but don't seem completely opposed to it.
My first date goes surprisingly well, and we continue to date, even after Henry finishes preschool.Remy has told Henry that when he's not at school, and now that they're finished with preschool, that they can call him Remy, not Mister Crawford. As our relationship matures, Henry and Remy grow close, as I'd hoped.
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The Barclay/Crawford Family:
DGF: Lydia Penelope Barclay [25] (Lawyer)
DBF: Remy Dashiell Crawford [27] (Preschool Teacher)
Ex-DBF: Jonah Percival Lawson [26] (Father of Henry) (Cardiovascular Surgeon)
DS1: Henry Jonas Barclay-Lawson [4]
Lydia Barclay (and Jonah Lawson) and Remy Crawford; with Henry
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The Barclay Family
DW: Cornelia Rhoda Barclay (nee Avery [56]
DH: Virgil Wallace Barclay [54]
DS1: Edmund Godfrey Barclay [30]
DD1: Lydia Penelope Barclay [25]
Cornelia and Virgil Barclay; with Edmund & Lydia