How I met your mother - Stellaride AU story

Pretending (15)

Kelly's POV

It's been a week since Ezra's birthday party, and since then the loft has been turned into one big toy box with all the toys he got of everyone, I never normally take him to daycare on my days off but today I needed to, I wanted to tidy the place up a bit and decorate his room, change his crib into the junior bed.

I get Ezra out the car as I head into his day care checking him in as one of the staff members take him from me, she lifts his hand up to wave his hand at me as I wave back "bye champ" I shout to him as they head through the doors.

As I turn to leave I see someone struggling to open the doors as they try to lift up a screaming child throwing a tantrum on the floor. I go and open the door for them as they pick the child up then look at me. "Thankyou...oh hey, it's you" Erica says as I smile at her "hey, someone's clearly cranky this morning" I say pointing to harper as Erica sighs "tell me about it...she wanted to stay and watch peppa pig" Erica says walking in as I watch her sign harper in.

I walk out the daycare and head over to my car I first go to my trunk to get my tool box to place it on my front seat already so I don't forget to get it out when I get back.

As I place it on the passenger seat I see Erica walking over to her car that was parked next to mine "don't normally see you two days in a row? You working an extra shift?" She asks me as I shake my head "no, just doing some odd jobs today and needed Ezra out the way for a few hours" I tell her as she nods "I get that...how's he doing, has he opened all his presents yet?" She asks me as I nod "boy has he...all over the place at the moment tidying them away is one of my jobs today" I tell her as she chuckles "try have 2 kids, multiply them toys by 2, I'm forever tidying them away" she says as I chuckle "oh I can imagine..." I say about to get in my car before I turn and look at her.

"Don't suppose you want to come tidy mine, I don't know where to start" I say jokingly as she looks at me "I'm free if you want a helping hand" she says as I laugh "I was joking but..." I say as she shrugs "I wasn't...I could do with a distraction today" she says as I nod "okay...sure just follow behind me" I say smirking at her as she taps the top of her car and nods as she climbs into her car.

I get in mine and look through my window at her as she smiles as I head out the space first, waiting for her to pull out behind me before I start driving home.

Every so often I look through my rear view mirror to make sure she's still following me, even her concentration face and where she places her left hand when driving was identical to Stella's. I see her mouth moving looking like she was singing along to her car radio as I chuckle.

The sound of a horn beeping pulls me out of my thoughts as I look forward and slam on realising the car in front has stopped at some lights, I put my hand up to apologies as I shake my head to try rid the thoughts in my mind.

When I arrive at the lot I park in my usual spot as Erica parks just a few spaces down in the visitor car spaces.

I grab my tool box and climb out as I wait for Erica to walk over "looks serious, what kind of toys does he have" she asks me laughing as I hold up my tool box "oh this...no...it's to dismantle his crib and turn it into a junior bed" I tell her as she nods "ahh right...another one of your odd jobs?" She asks me as I chuckle and nod "yeah, a big odd job, I'm planning on redesigning his room, he's outgrew the newborn nursery kind of look, I'm thinking of making it safari themed or paw patrol" I tell her as we head inside.

"Harper has safari themed she loves animals, I painted a mural on one of her walls for her, I think I have a picture hold on" she says as we enter the elevator and she gets her phone out and scrolls through it "here...look" she says showing me her phone "wow that's pretty awesome...you painted all that?" I ask her as she nods "yep...I used to be an art teacher, well before I had kids then I became a stay at home mom so that's why I have all this free time" she says as I nod "that must be great getting to have all that time with your kids" I ask her as she shrugs