After an hour of just hanging around, the awkwardness slowly disappears. Of course, Bailey and Rylie were best friends after two minutes and immediately ran out to play in the water together. But the rest of us just talked until the awkwardness disappeared.
"Rydel, can you hold Taylor for a second?" Alex asked, handing the little one to Rydel.
"Sure. Hi, TayTay!" Rydel cooed. Taylor made baby sounds while Alex got her some milk formula stuff (Hey, I'm not a baby expert) in a bottle. She took Taylor back and handed the bottle to her.
"Daddy, come play with us!" Rylie yelled from the ocean.
"Daddy's talking right now." I yell back. I see her talk to Bailey then they both run over here.
"Daddy, can you come play with us?" Bailey asks, climbing on Rocky's back.
"But I'm talking, Lee." Rocky debates.
"Daddy?" Rylie asks, giving me puppy eyes.
"No! No don't do the whole- fine." I give in.
"Yay!" Bailey and Rylie cheer together.
"Aye, but you all have to come play too." I say, pointing at my siblings. They get up and we all race towards the ocean with Rylie and Bailey. We mess around for a long time until we see the sun starting to set.
"Guys, we should get going. Taylor's asleep and I think LeLe and Ry are gonna be asleep as well." Alex says. We look up at the beach and see Taylor fast asleep and Bailey and Rylie looking at the sky while laying on a towel.
"Okay." Rocky yells back up to the beach. We walk out of the water and dry off on the beach. Rydel helps Alex pack up the stuff. I pick up a sleepy Rylie and Rocky picks up Bailey. Ross and Ryland help carry beach chairs and a cooler to the cars. Alex carries Taylor to her car and sets her in the car seat.
"You guys should move closer. I mean, we already know you exist so now you should just move closer." Rydel suggests.
"Maybe." Alex says, looking at Rocky.
"I guess we could. I'm pretty sure Bailey and Rylie would like that." Rocky agrees.
* * *
Later that night, I got a text from our manager saying that all the tour details are worked out and we are leaving in two days.
"Guys, we have a tour in two days. National." I tell them. They all look up at me but Rylie who keeps playing with Rydel's old Barbie dolls.
"What?!" they all ask. That makes Rylie look up and she looks at me.
"I just got the text. Someone else can tell Rocky." I answer. Rylie, figuring that it won't effect her goes back to playing while Ryland goes off to call Rocky. Within five minutes, he's back.
"He said he'll only go if Alex, Taylor, and Bailey can go. So text Maria back and tell her we need two buses." Ryland tells us. I text our manager and tell her we need two buses. She doesn't ask why and tells me it's all good and done. I look at the clock and notice the time is nine o'clock pm. Rylie is starting to slow down so I get up off the comfy couch and pick her up.
"Bed time." I tell her.
"Good night!" she calls over my shoulder as I carry her up to her room.
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Lynch's Girl
Fiksyen PeminatRiker Lynch is lonely after his last break up. So with the help of his sister, he adopts a little girl. But something is different about her and no one knows how or why. She fits in so perfectly with the Lynchs and acts just like Rydel when she was...
