♡︎ Frankie ♡︎
"Hi, honey!" My mom says when I open the door, greeting me with a tight hug.
"Hi, mom" I chuckle.
She pulls away and I hug Jordan quickly, trying to hurry back upstairs incase Billie wakes up.
"Let's go upstairs" I say heading up the stairs.
We make it into my apartment and I lock the door behind them. We all settle on the couch.
"How have you been, sweetheart?" My mother beams.
"I've been doing fine, why didn't Brody and Dad come with you?"
Mom scoffs, "your lazy father refused to get off the couch and Brody was out with friends. You know your brother never goes home. I don't know why your father and I help pay for his little apartment. He's never there."
"Ma, he's 24, he has a right to have a life" Jordan giggles.
"So, your sister told me you have someone staying here with you."
My heart drops, "oh she did, did she?" I glare at Jordan.
"Who is this myste-" her eyes wander to something near the kitchen, "is there a child here?" My mother asks.
I turn around to see what she's looking at; Billie's sippy cup. "At the moment, yes. Her name is Billie, I'm looking after her for a.. friend" I smile awkwardly.
"Frankie Lynn, you agreed to watch after someone's child?! What on earth were you thinking?!" My mother scolds, "did you know about this?" She turns to Jordan.
"Well I-"
"Fwankie!" A small voice catches all of our attention.
I rush into the other room and shut the door, "look who's awake" I coo sitting next to her on the bed.
She crawls into my lap, making herself comfortable with her face buried into the crook of my neck.
"Sleepy girl, there are some people here who I want you to meet. But only if you're okay with it" I wrap my arms around her.
"Dey wan meet Biwie?" She pulls back slightly to look at me, speaking around her pacifier.
I nod, giving her a warm smile and getting one in return. A knock at the door startles her.
"Frankie, is everything okay in there?" Jordan shouts from the other side of the door.
"Yeah" I say back. "Wanna go say hi?" I look at Billie.
She nods hesitantly. Taking a deep breathe, we walk to the door and I open it. Billie locks her hand with mine as we step into the living room. Jordan and Billie make eye contact, then my mom turns around to look at us.
Billie takes her paci out of her mouth before speaking, "hi."
"Frankie, she's so cute!" Jordan squeals.
Billie cowers behind me, "Jordan calm down, your scaring her" I chuckle.
"Oh sorry, Billie" she says, "can I hold her?"
Billie looks up at me and I nod. We make our way to the couch, I sit between, my mom and Jordan as Billie crawls into my sister's lap.
"I'm Jordan" she smiles at Billie, "it's so nice to meet you, cutie."
I'm so glad Jordan is accepting of Billie, it's my mom that's concerning me. She hasn't said anything.
"You okay mom?" I ask.
