Johannas pov

Katie was young when I first met her, straight out of high school, only 18 years old. She had an okay life, she was sheltered, she hadn't experienced any rough patches. So i helped guide her through this mean world, i shielded her from the pain the world caused. She didn't know she was bisexual until she met me, I introduced her to a whole different world and she loved it. And I loved it.

Now she's 23, and I'm 28. I still try to Shield her as much as I can but she knows there is evil in the world now and she does a good job at handing it. I'm proud to call her my girlfriend and I'm proud of the young woman she's become in the past 4 in a half years.

We live in a studio apartment above my shop that I own. I make jewelry, design clothes, and make bars of soap. It's been a journey but I've come far and I have good business.

I've lived in this apartment for almost 11 years and I've loved it, and the fact that I watched Katie turn into the woman she is today In this apartment makes it more special.

"Mama.." I looked up from the kitchen counter and smiled "there she is, my sweet girl." I said as she ran over to me, she wrapped her arms around my waist and hugged me tightly. "I was wondering when you were gonna wake up from your coma." I said jokingly as I tickled her sides. She giggled and buried her face into my stomach. I leaned down and kissed her head, "so, it's about dinner time. Are we hungry tonight?" I asked as she clung to me, I closed all of my work books and ran my fingers through her hair. She shook her head no, she was battling with an eating disorder, something we've been working on since we got together. "No? Ok well let's do this." I Pried her hands from around my waist and made her look up at me, "I'll make spaghetti tonight, and you can eat as much or as little as you want, but you have to eat. And mama will let you drink a strawberry ensure with it okay?" She nodded her head and I smiled down at her, "okay, now what I need you to do is sit up here like my big girl and color while I start making dinner." I picked her small body up and put her on the counter, pulling out her art bucket and handing it to her so I could cook.

I pulled the meatballs out of the oven and put them in the sauce, mixing it around before putting the noodles in after, then I took out my salad I made for lunch and put some in a bowl and a little bit on Katie's plate then put a little bit of noodles, just enough for her small belly, half of a meat ball and the sauce. "Cheese mama!" She exclaimed loudly, "shhh, inside voices Katie." I said to her before sprinkling some Parmesan cheese on top. I got my food ready and brought it over to the living room table.

When we eat, we eat at the coffee table, we sit on the floor and put our food on the table. Makes it much easier than a huge dining room table.

Katie followed me over to the living room and sat down. "I'll be right back with our drinks." I told her as I sat everything down. I grabbed her a strawberry ensure and two bottles of water for me and went back into the living room. She hadn't touched her food yet, one of our rules with eating is that we eat together. "Good manners baby." I praised her and sat down. "We can watch your show mama." She said before picking up her fork, I watched as she stabbed some lettuce with her fork and put it in her mouth. "How about we just eat tonight." I said, opening up her ensure and my bottle of water. Smiling as I watched her eat. "If you eat everything mama will get you a treat tomorrow." I told her, pushing her hair out of her face as she excitedly smiled at me.

She finished all her food, even the ensure and then played with some of her toys for the rest of the night while I worked on some new items in the shop. I kept a close eye on her while she played, it made me happy knowing she was so content in her headspace.

Today she was a bit older than she usually was, maybe around 5 or 6, usually her headspace is younger like a toddler. But I was happy with whatever little Katie I got. "Mama isn't gonna like that..." I heard her talking to her toys. I put down my papers and stood up, walking over to her. "Can mama play with you little Katie?" She nodded her head and I sat down with her, she explained to me that her bear, Mr. Jones, wanted to eat all the cookies in the cabinet. "But I told him mama wouldn't be happy with that." She explained to me, I nodded my head and pointed my finger at her bear, "Mr. Jones you better stop trying to make my baby do bad things or I'm gonna have to put you in timeout." I said, making Katie burst into a fit of giggles.

We played for a couple of more hours before it was bathtime. My favorite time of the night. I got together a couple of towels and pajamas for us and went into the bathroom, Katie was already naked and sitting on the toilet going pee. "No pull up tonight mama, I'm a big girl." She said as she wiped her kitty. I frowned, "I know you don't want to wear them honey, but you have bad nightmares. And you can't control it. It's okay to wear them baby, it's just at night." I explained to her while I turned the bath water on, I poured in some body wash to make it bubbly and took my clothes off before stepping in. I sat down and Katie got in after me, sitting between my legs. I leaned back against the tub wall and she leaned her head back on my chest. I ran my fingers through her hair, scratching her scalp softly. A few minutes later she switched positions and straddled my lap, laying her head against my chest as she stuck her thumb in her mouth. I rocked her back and forth as I poured water down her back and on her hair.

I washed her hair and her body and said she could play with her bath toys while I washed myself.

When we got out I dried her off and wrapped a towel around her small body and wrapped one around myself before picking her up and walking us to our room. I laid her down and put some sleepy time lavender lotion all over her body. I grabbed her pull up and slid it on, ignoring her protests and whines. "Mommy can I sleep nakey tonight?" She asked, looking up at me with puppy dog eyes. I usually never let her do this but tonight I made an exception. "Yes, but only tonight, and do not take that pull up off." I told her sternly and she excitedly clapped her hands and laid back in our bed. I got dressed, putting on a pair of gray sweatpants and a white tank top. "Mamas boobies." She said and reached towards me. "You may have boobies tonight." I said as I laid down next to her, she clung to my side and I lifted my shirt up, her mouth found my nipple and began to suck away on it, I turned our lamp off and wrapped my leg around her and closed my eyes as my fingers scratched her scalp. She sucked for about ten minutes and then I heard her little snores and she was asleep.