Parents

Reliant

Lucy woke up at 9am, she looked around to see John giving Bea her breakfast.

"Morning." Lucy mumbled,

"Good morning."

Lucy tried to get up but the pain in her back was agonising.

"Crap! I forgot to call in sick!" Lucy scrambled around looking for her phone, she tried to ignore the pain,

She quickly dialled grey number.

On the phone:

L- sir! I'm so sorry I forgot to call in sick!
G- you might want to thank Bailey for saving u
L- she called u?
G- yep,
L- thank god
G- see you tomorrow Lucy, hope u feel better.

Lucy sighed a sigh of relief after hanging up.

She managed to haul herself off the sofa and go over to the kitchen.

"Morning cutie," Lucy smiled at Bea.

"How come ur here then?" John asked expecting to hear some crazy story.

"Bea was uncontrollably crying and Bailey didn't know what to do so me and Angela came but I decided to stay here."

"Ohh I see, well I'm going to drop Bea to daycare in a minute and then probably going back to bed,"

"I can drop her if u want, I'm going to head to the station I think," Lucy offered

"Really? Didn't u just call in sick?" John laughed

"Yeah but I don't fancy sitting at home on my own."

"Fair enough, u sure about dropping Bea?"

"Yeah of course, it's in walking distance isn't it?"

"Yep Bailey usually walks her there."

Lucy gathered the few items she had brought with her and shoved them into her pocket. She was still in her pyjamas.

"Do u think I could borrow some of baileys clothes?" Lucy asked.

"Yeah she won't mind,"

Lucy went and changed into some leggings and just left her tank top on.

"Right, let's get going Bea!" Lucy smiled,

John gave Lucy the bag Bea uses for daycare. Lucy decided to just carry her instead of having to take the stroller.

"Bye baby girl," John kissed Bea on the head.

"Bye!" Lucy shouted as she walked down the driveway.

"Bye Luce!"

The way to the daycare wasn't too far, but by the time they arrived Lucy's arms were aching from holding Bea. She still couldn't believe Bea was her daughter she tried to not think about that too often.

"Hiya, I've got Bea Nolan here." Lucy handed her over to the workers.

"Aren't you willows auntie?" The worker asked.

"Yeah, appears I'm always looking after everyone's kids." Lucy laughed

"Good morning Bea! Will you be picking her up later then?"