Four Beating Hearts

28 - park

Penelope POV

I woke up and realized it was Sunday so ma still had the whole day off of work. I wasn't little, but I knew that'd change once I spent some time with the women. Getting out of bed I made my way into their room.

I don't understand, but these women sleep in more than I do and I'm the child. I went over to mom's side and lifted the covers before climbing in. She wrapped her arms around me as she opened her eyes. Smiling as she saw me she pulled me in closer.

"Good morning baby," she whispered before kissing the top of my head.

"Morning mom," I said feeling happy to just be cuddled up with her.

"Ah, so I have my big girl cuddled up with me?" Mom asked and I giggled while nodding my head.

"I don't think you're going to be big for long," ma said as she cuddled against moms back.

"Probably not," I said with a little smile before resting my head back on moms chest. She ran her fingers through my hair as she held me tightly.

"Do you think we could go to the park today?" I asked and mom nodded as Mari got out of bed.

"I don't see why not?" Mari said as she started getting dressed.

We all laid in bed for a little while before going to get breakfast and heading out to the park. By the time we made it to the park I was already little and tried to make a mad dash for the playground.

I was unfortunately caught quickly by mommy. "Mommy, wanna p'ay!" I whined out to her and she just rose a brow to me before lifting me onto her hip.

"Well little one, you need to wait for all of us and you were about to run across a busy parking lot. Whenever you get out of the car you need to hold one of our hands, is that understood baby?" Mommy asked as she bounced me slightly in her arms.

"Unde'stood mommy." I said while laying my head on her chest. Once we got to the playground, which apparently was specifically for littles, mommy set me on the ground and I took off.

I looked behind me and saw that mama and momma were right behind me, but mommy had went over to a bench with a book. Mama and momma played with me for awhile before they both got too tired and went to sit next to mommy.

I smiled at them before continuing to play. Once I was on a different part of the jungle gym I looked back out to see if I could see my mommies and luckily I could. Momma saw me and smiled at me and I smiled back. I turned around, but something caught my eye.

Turning back around, but not completely towards mommies I saw Michael and Karen Isaac sitting on a bench staring at me intensely. I felt myself come out of headspace and I felt like I had seen a ghost.

"They want you back." I jumped when I heard a voice behind me. I turned and found a petite girl with black hair.

"What?" I asked not feeling okay.

"Michael and Karen. They want you back, they say I'm not as good as you were." This suspicious yet scared looking girl told me.

"Who are you?" I question as we step out of view of both my moms and the Isaac's.

"My name is Autumn. They took me about a week ago." She told me while still checking to see if they were watching.

"They took you?!" I questioned now getting mad.

She nodded her head and I could tell she was scared, "Yeah, I'm only 15. I'm from a few towns over. They picked me up off the street and tried to force me into something called headspace." Autumn told me panicked.