the bradfords

chapter 4 (after) short

L-i'm gonna take rico up for a bath autum you wanna go shower while i do that
A-yah
T-i'll get the luggage out and just take the suitcases right to the laundry room
L-okay thank you
they kiss and lucy heads upstairs with rico
R-but i don't wanna bath!
L-you need to bath baby
R-nooooo
L-rico listen to me you are gonna take a bath and then can get in your paw patrol jammies and then i can read you a story okay?
R-okay
lucy finishes bathing him and finally gets him down after 45 minutes and then heads into autums room and sits on her bed and hold her while telling a story
A-mommy
L-yes baby
A-what was on bubba and sissys arms
L-where
she points to her wrists
L-oh um they got scratched by a dog
A-we don't have a dog
L-one that was at there school
A-they have a dog at there school!?
L-mhm it's time for you to go to sleep you have school tmr
A-okay goodnight love you
L-goodnight i love you
she kisses her forehead and goes downstairs
this is what happend when lucy was upstairs
T-bell can you help me bring the suitcases to the laundry room
B-yah
they both pick up 2 and go to the laundry room
T-yk we need to talk about it right
B-do we have to
T-yes
B-but why
T-you know exactly why bell
B-so what it's not like you care anyways!?
T-if i didn't care i wouldn't be here trying to get an explanation i'm doing it because i love you
B-okay you wanna know why i don't even know why i just felt the need to feel something
he was lying but tim didn't see through it
T-but why
B-i don't know dad! i'm going to bed
T-no we're gonna talk about this
B-no we are not
his voice was wobbling and he had tears in his eyes. tim saw and just pulled him into his chest and bellamy just hugged home he didn't cry just hugged him
T-you can go if you promise to talk to me when you think of doing that again okay
B-mhm
T-promise?
B-i promise
T-okay good night I love you
B-i love you to goodnight
beallamy goes upstairs and showers and then tim starts a load of laundry and then goes to the family room where everline is
T-hi baby
E-hi dad where's bell
T-he went to bed
E-can you come sit with me
T-ofc i can do you want anything
E-no
tim goes ever and sits down with her and wraps his arm around her and her knees are pulled up to her chest as she's leaned against tim w her head on his chest
T-what's wrong
E-nothing i just missed you
T-i missed you to do you wanna watch smth
E-yah you can turn on the game if you want
T-okay!
he turns it on and there watching it for afew and then lucy comes down
L-where's bell
T-he went to bed
L-where's elle
T-here cuddled up in my arms i think she's a sleep
E-(tiredly) nuh uhh
T-uh huh so if i don't just continue talking your not gonna fall asleep on me are you
and by then she was asleep
T-every time
lucy laughs and kisses his head
T-i'm gonna take her to her bed
L-okay i'll get us drinks
he takes her upstairs and lays her under her convers and kisses her head and whispers
T-i love you everline more than you will ever know
he closes her door and heads downstairs and sees lucy with her drink and his on the coffee table. he grabs it and sits down next to her
T-i tried to talk to bell but he wouldn't tell me why he said he didn't know why and that he just wanted to fell something but idk
L-i think we should sign them both up for therapy i think it would benefit them since they wouldn't talk to us
T-i think so to
L-yk what autum said to me earlier
T-hmm
L-what was on there wrists so i told her it was a dog that scratched her from there school
T-well that's a good cover up
L-right i thought i did good
T-we should go to bed soon cause we will be back at work tmr and get up 4 kids
L-only if you carry me 😃
T-okay
lucy gets on his back for a piggy back ride and he takes them upstairs and they go to bed. it's now morning