Keira's POV:
Once the first camp was over, we had a few days off before we had to go back again, so most people decided to go see family. We rented a car and drove to see Lucy's parents and mine. The girls were delighted to see their grandparents and aunts, uncles and cousins. It was good to just spend time with family and relax, because me and Lucy both know how little time we get to spend time with our families during tournaments. Both girls weren't very happy when we had to say goodbye and drive back to SGP, especially Charlie who didn't want to leave Narla again, who is staying with Lucy's parents.
On the drive back, Charlie played on her iPad, while Ellie babbled continuously to me and Lucy, before falling asleep just before we stopped at a service area to get a bit to eat. Me and Lucy got a coffee and a sandwich while Charlie picked a muffin and a bottle of orange juice for her and then the same for Ellie. We all loaded back into the car after going to the bathroom and continued the journey back.
Once we arrived back in SGP, it was almost 6 o'clock, so we all head into the dining room to grab dinner. Ellie was wide awake and was trying to run away from Lucy, which was a total opposite to Charlie who was walking beside me half asleep. We both go to grab our dinner and I grab one for Lucy and a small plate for Ellie. We go and sit down at a table where Nikita, Katie, Mary, Tooney and Alessia are sat. Lucy sits down beside me with a wriggly toddler in her arms. "Ellie, do you wanna sit with me ?", Tooney asks her grinning. "Yeah", Ellie squeals back, Lucy hands her over to Tooney who grabs Ellie's dinner plate and starts talking to her. Lucy sighs beside me and then tells the group about Ellie's attempts of escape, Keets replies quickly with "wow, she's only two and she's already sick of ya, Luce", everyone just laughs and we continue eating our dinner.
During dinner, people trickle into the room as they arrive back. I see Leah walking up behind Tooney and lifts Ellie out of her arms. Ellie squeals and then squeals again when she realises it was Leah who picked her up.
After dinner most people headed up to bed to get an early night because we had a busy day the next day. Because Charlie was walking so slowly Lucy began to carry her to quicken the pace we were going at, but once Ellie spotted Charlie being carried by Lucy she immediately wanted Lucy to carry her. Lucy explained to her that she couldn't carry them both and that I would carry her instead, but that only caused her to sit on the floor and have a tantrum in the middle of the hallway. To get us to our room quicker, I just picked her up while she was kicking and screaming and carried her the rest of the way. She still hadn't calmed down when we got to our room, Charlie got changed slowly and went straight to bed and was out like a light once her head hit the pillow, Ellie continues crying, thankfully no longer screaming and Lucy quickly got changed and then took her and I quickly sped downstairs to heat up a bottle for her. When I came back into the room I was met with the cutest sight. Lucy was stood swaying slightly at the window with Ellie in her arms as they both looked out the window and Lucy whispered in her ear and pointed out things out the window. I closed the door behind me gently and Lucy glanced over to see that it was me and went back to whispering to Ellie, who was no longer crying. I grabbed her Man City blanket and then placed the blanket over Ellie and then handed Lucy the bottle. I went into the bathroom to get changed and ready for bed and when I came out, Lucy was sat at the head of the bed with Ellie in her arms holding the bottle while looking up at Lucy every few seconds. I got into bed beside them and Ellie looked over at me briefly before focusing back on the bottle. I combed my fingers through her hair and Lucy pointed out "she's more like you every day". When she was finished she handed the bottle over to me before crawling off Lucy's lap and squeezing in between me and Lucy on the bed and grabbing one of my fingers with her tiny fingers and falling asleep. "I guess she wants to sleep here tonight", Lucy whispers, looking over at me before looking down at the sleeping toddler between us. "Thought we'd passed that stage of parenting", I replied back smiling. Lucy chuckled quietly before she leaned over me and gave me a kiss and then we both lay down, with Elleã between us still and we said our good nights and went to sleep
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Bit of a smaller chapter tonight, hope you guys are enjoying the story so far and thanks for the support I really appreciate it
