You're Mine

chapter 146

Saturday, 4th February:

Logan: 13; Layla: 7; Leo: 4; Twins: 1; Eleanor: 2

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"Oh, you're already done with breakfast, I see.", Amelia tried to play it cool as she and Owen finally joined their family again, looking innocent as she glanced at her brother, who glared at her.

"I've packed a breakfast bag for the two of you and made you coffee to go.", Derek replied. "Amy, dry your hair, it's winter. Owen, help us get the children ready.", he ordered bossily.

"I thought this was my house.", his sister mumbled, not happy about the way her brother was, once again, taking over the decision-making, but not really able to complain since he and Meredith had just fed their children when they had been screwing in the shower. "Leo, Ellis, come brush your teeth in my bathroom.", she said, so the other three wouldn't have to watch all the kids themselves.

"Actually, Bailey and Layla, we'll join them.", Meredith decided, following her sister and the children upstairs. The couple's bathroom was pretty luxurious, it had two sinks for adults and one for smaller kids.

"Auntie Amy, why is it so steamy in here?", little Ellis wondered as they walked into the bathroom, causing the brunette to widen her eyes while memories of the last twenty minutes with her husband invaded her brain. Amelia could hear Meredith chuckle.

"Uh, because your uncle and I took a shower.", the neurosurgeon answered truthfully, hoping the topic was done with, but of course, the nosy toddlers wouldn't let that one go, and while Bailey couldn't care less about the conversation, Layla just smirked, leaving her mother wondering if she knew what had been going on between her parents.

She was smart enough to know what sex was, even if she was still so young and they hadn't talked about it as a family. Primary school children weren't as innocent as they used to be.

"Why did you shower together?", her little brother wanted to know, staring at his mama as he waited for an answer while she prepared the toothbrushes for the kids. "You're blushing, Mommy!", Leo giggled.

"Because we both needed to shower and this way, we were quicker.", Amelia lied. They had actually been a lot slower than originally planned since the couple hadn't scheduled a morning shower for today in the first place.

"Yeah, sure.", her daughter smiled and nodded. "Because that's what adults do – shower together.", she added, but her meddling was left uncommented when the toddlers stopped caring, satisfied with the answer they had gotten, and Meredith had decided to free her friend from this embarrassing situation by telling the girl to start brushing.

"Teenage Layla is gonna be a pain in the ass.", the blonde whispered in her sister-in-law's ear. The other woman nodded in agreement before she turned on the hairdryer to make sure she wouldn't catch a cold outside.

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"Okay, I'd say it makes sense to split the kids into groups of two, so we can see several things but don't wander around as a group of twelve.", Owen told everyone after they had gotten the tickets.

He had given the stroller they had brought to his wife, who was pushing Luna. The redhead had the sleeping Lucas in a carrier against his chest since the boy usually slept better with body contact with one of his parents.

"Sounds like a good plan. Maybe we can meet here again in two hours to have lunch? And I think that's enough time for the little ones. Perhaps two of us can take them home while the other two go back in for one to two more hours with the bigger children?", Derek suggested, causing everybody to nod. "Alrighty then, Zola and Leo, how about the three of us are a team?"

"Can we be Team Dinosaur?", the four-year-old questioned excitedly and both, his uncle and his cousin nodded, so he clapped before he grabbed his uncle's hand to walk with him. The plan was that each of the adults had one smaller child and an older one.

"I wanna walk with Mommy and Luna.", Layla announced, still a little sad that her father had been so mad at her this morning although she hadn't done anything wrong and even though he had apologized after. "We are Team Super-Cute."

"Great.", Amelia laughed, actually hating the name but not caring enough to change it and not wanting her daughter to be sad a second time this day, especially not about something so random. "Logan, will you go with your dad and Lucas?", she asked.

"Sure thing. We are Team Fridge, because all three of us like to eat.", the thirteen-year-old announced, pretty happy with the fact that he would walk with his father and little brother since the twin boy couldn't make actual choices of what to look at, so it was up to him.

"You are all pretty crazy.", Meredith laughed at the kids' ideas of what to name their groups. "Bailey and Ellis, you can come with me, and we'll have the best name. Does anyone have an idea?", she wondered.

"Team Dreamy!", her son responded almost immediately. "Because we are daddy's children and you're his wife and Auntie Cristina told us that everyone calls him McDreamy.", he explained. "Which makes Auntie Amy another McDreamy since they're siblings, right?"

"We're either McDonald's or nothing with Mc.", Layla said dramatically, causing everyone that was still there, meaning all teams but The Dinosaurs, to erupt into laughter. "I know I am funny, thank you very much.", she arrogantly smirked, giggling when her mother rolled her eyes at her comment.