THE WAY WE STAY

Chapter 19

JANE'S P.O.V

"Good morning, sunshine."

"Ouch, so cheesy." I opened my eyes and directly met his hazel ones.

"Hmm." Riley showed a fake angry face to my cold reaction.

"Hahaha..." I tickled him to get his attention back. "Okay now, go shower. I'll drive you to a special place because it's an important day."

"No."

"Riley, come on."

"No... It's Sunday."

"Exactly!" I half yelled in desperation to the stiff human who pretended to fall asleep again. "Okay then, I'll go shower downstairs and if you're not ready by thirty, I'll go by myself."

The man quickly jumped and on his feet in two seconds. "I'll go with you! Or to save time, we can shower togeth-"

I started a pillow fight before he could finish the word. It ended with us running around the house tiptoed until we ran out of breath in this very early morning.

From the way we kicked off the day, I could see how it would be a chaotic Sunday for the four of us, especially when the tired uncles have discharged themselves off duty. The twins would be ours to handle on the supposedly picnic day. But like I told Riley, I have had a perfect plan for us.

"Good morning bunnies," I turned on the light in the twins room. "Are you guys ready for today's fun?"

"Fun...?" Calista groaned in her sleep.

"Yes, and that fun requires you two to get ready. How about a bubble bath?"

"A bubble bath?" Riley repeated my word in a sarcastic tone, as he knew it would take a top tier life dedication to handle.

"Shush," I smirked at the Daddy and turned back at the twins. "Do I get a yes?"

"Yes!" Cassandra jumped out of her blanket.

"Cal?" I checked the baby sister.

"Uh-hmm." She rubbed her eyes but nodded repeatedly.

"Okay, let's go!"

I grabbed their hands and led the way to the bathroom. As usual, Riley would help me here and there, but I took charge in preparing the pampering session. The twins, so much like me, were the fans of bubble bath. To get them ready at eight on Sunday morning would be a life test to do, but a good bath would do the work.

The twins easily enjoyed their time with fragrant bubbles and the little ducks. In the meantime, Riley and I prepared two glasses of warm milk and plain croissant for them.

"Fifteen minutes, it is!" I peeked from the bathroom door. "Who's ready for some chocolate milk?"

Both raised their hands without saying a word.

"Good job." I nodded. "Let's rinse and wear matchy outfit."

"Okay, Miss Jane." Cassandra replied.

I diligently prepared the twins. Riley, being the coolest father, has bought them an excessive amount of dark tone outfit. It was an easy call to choose cute black dresses from a stack of similar items. But both girls never complained. Now we all looked like a gothic happy family.

"Is the milk okay?" Riley asked.

"Daddy is so handsome today." Cassandra nodded, however said irrelevant fact.

"Yeah? Thanks to Miss Jane." He giggled and grabbed my hand from under the table.

"Oww..." Cassandra sipped her milk. "Miss Jane also gives Daddy bubble-"