Big Shepherd, Little Shepherd

XLV

YOUR POV

Both of the girls are in cubicles meaning I just have to stand out next to the sinks. Honestly it's great. I don't look like a creep at all.

- y/n : All done?

- Isabella : Yeah

- y/n : Wash your hands. Are you okay in there Ryan?

- Ryan : Can you get my mommy?

- y/n : Bells can you go get Amelia

I don't think Ryan made it to the toilet in time. She gets so caught up in big groups of people that she sometimes needs reminding to go to the toilet because she's paying attention on everyone else instead of her own body signals.

- y/n : Can I come in Ryan?

- Ryan : Where's mommy?

- Amelia : Is she okay? Ryan?

- Ryan : Mommy

- Amelia : Unlock the door please sweetie

- y/n : I'm going to head back to the table. If you need me then just call

Isabella is stood on the other side of the table next to AJ while he shows her some game on his phone. She really doesn't want to spend time with Carina incase she 'takes her away'.

- y/n : Bells, come sit down and choose desert

- Carina : What are you having bella?

- y/n : Probably sorbet? I don't want cheesecake or pie, I'm kinda full

- Carina : Want to sh-

- Isabella : Mom? Can we share the apple pie?

- y/n : Yeah. You were saying?

- Carina : Don't worry. You look happy

- y/n : Mhm. I am

I just need to keep light conversation until I can go home. It's too early for me to use Isabella's bed time as an excuse. I'll probably wait for Arizona and Amelia to leave so we can go home.

- Amelia : Hi, we've got to go home

- Arizona : Why?

- Amelia : I mean you can stay but you'll have to get a lift from someone else. I need to take Ryan home

- Arizona : Oh okay. It's fine we can all-

- y/n : I can take them home. I've got her car seat

- Amelia : Are you sure?

- y/n : Yeah. Bells do you want to come with us or stay here and Arizona will bring you home

- Isabella : I'll come with you

- Arizona : Alright. We'll be home soon. Bye Ryan.

- Ryan : Bye bye

Okay car seat with a towel over it so I don't have to clean it up. It's great having dogs, I just always have towels in the car.

- Amelia : Thanks

- y/n : It's fine. Arizona was having a good time and it wouldn't be fair to make her go home. It gets me and Bell's home as well

- Isabella : Mom can I have ice-cream when we get home?

- y/n : Yeah. Do you two want to come back to ours? I've got a set of Ryan's clothes at home from when she stayed over

- Amelia : Do you want to stay at Auntie y/n's?

- Ryan : Mhm

She's embarrassed. I'd be embarrassed as well but none of us are going to judge her. We're all family.

- y/n : Alright. We're home. I'll go run a bath for Ryan. Bells, could you grab a towel and take it into my room where Auntie Amelia and Ryan will be?

- Isabella : Yeah

- Ryan : Thank you Auntie Y/n/n

- y/n : It's okay sweetie. Bubbles or no bubbles?

- Ryan : Bubbles please

- y/n : One bubble bath coming right up

Amelia will probably sit in my room and talk to Ryan through the door meaning me and Isabella have some time together. She'll probably want to draw or maybe I'll run her a bath too.

- y/n : What do you want to do Bells?

- Isabella : If I shower can you braid my hair so it's crinkly tomorrow

- y/n : Yeah. Go hop in, I'll grab the comb and hair bands while you're in there

- Isabella : Thanks mom

I make the most of these moments with Isabella purely because it won't be long until she's a teenager and doesn't want anything to do with me. You know like that ABBA song, Slipping through my Fingers, I like to think that's me and Isabella. It's not but I can imagine. I dread to think about the day she leaves for college or gets married or has kids. She's still my baby.

- Amelia : She's singing away to herself in there

- y/n : I miss when Bells would sing in front of me. It was adorable. She was so tiny

- Amelia : How am I the mom of two teenagers?

- y/n : You're old

- Amelia : Bitch

- y/n : I'm not lying. You're married with three kids, two of which are teenagers

- Amelia : What does that make you then?

- y/n : The cool young aunt and for Isabella I'm just the cool mom

- Amelia : You are not a cool mom. Who are you kidding?

- y/n : Sh. Bells said I'm the cool mom

I am definitely the cool mom. You can't tell me otherwise. I'm the listens to taylor swift, late night drives, ice-cream for dinner mom.

- Isabella : Can you braid my hair now?

- y/n : Yeah. Plonk your bum down on the floor at the end of the bed

- Isabella : Can I have a pillow to sit on? The floor's kind of solid

No shit. It's wood.Wood is a solid. I love my daughter and she's bright in school but some of the things she says at home just doesn't make sense. Okay. Time for bed. Turn the lights off.

- y/n : Alright. Night Bells. Love you

- Isabella : Mom?

- y/n : Yeah?

- Isabella : Love you more

- y/n : Go to bed dumbass

- Amelia : We're crashing here for the night

- y/n : I gathered. Is Ryan already in the spare room?

- Amelia : Yeah. I thought we could have some sister bonding

- y/n : Oh yippee

This is going to be great. I'll get a lecture or told about my sisters sex life.

Authors Notes
Sorry it took me a
while to write this part
but I've got a paper cut
which swelled. Have a
drink and snack please