Saving My Life

The Sleepover

"Well that wasn't scary at all." Cameron says, stretching.

"What are you talking about? That was the creepiest thing I have ever seen." Skai says after finally letting go of Peyton.

"Well, maybe it was a little scary. But I didn't need anyone to hug." He says, smirking.

"Me neither." Karan and Peyton say at the same time.

"What do you wanna do next?" I ask.

"Can we go to the mall?" Skai asks.

"Skai it's like 10 o'clock at night."

"So? The mall closes at 12."

"Fine. Everyone get ready. I'm gonna go make sure Kenzie's in bed and tell Ariana." I say as Skai gets up and jumps around.

I walk up the basement stairs before walking up the regular stairs and knocking on Ariana's door.

"Come in." She says.

I walk in and inform them on where we're going. She reluctantly says yes after I tell her we will take a guard. I go kiss Kenzie good night after telling them good luck with the twins and meet everyone in the front yard.

The guard is waiting for us so he can escort us to the mall right next to our neighborhood. We arrive 5 minutes later and the guard promises to stay at least 30 feet away from us so we can enjoy our time.

We go through a bunch of stores for an hour, then go to Starbucks, before walking around for another hour since most of the stores are closed by then. We are asked to leave at 11:50 but I don't like it.

"If you put up a sign that says 7 am to 12 am then I am staying until 12 am."

"I'm sorry ma'am but those are the rules." The worker says.

"Well put them on the sign."

"Ma'am if you don't leave now, I will be forced to call mall security."

"If you'll be forced to call security, I'll be forced to call my lawyer." I reply sassily.

"Fine. Sorry do bother you." He says.

"That's what I thought. You don't mess with Taylor." I say as he walks away, defeated.

"That's my girl." Zach says, giving me a kiss as we walk back home.

When we arrive at home, I go upstairs to check on everyone. They are all asleep so I go back down to the theater and turn on the giant screen.

"Can we watch Jessie?" Skai asks, hopefully.

"Ok. Here it is." I say, clicking on the button and turning it up.

All the girls end up falling asleep while the guys watch a basketball game. They fall asleep and just wake up to turn the TV off before going back to sleep.

"Taylor wake up. Ariana and Sean need your help. The kids are screaming their heads off. I went upstairs because just thought just heard someone yell. It was the twins and Kenzie." Peyton says, shaking me awake.

I quickly jump up and run to the twins nursery. Ariana is holding Kaylee while Sean is holding Alyson.

"What's wrong?"

"Alyson woke up screaming, which woke up Kaylee, which woke up Kenzie. Kenzie is in her room crying. I thought she would go back to sleep but she isn't." Ariana says as I rush to Kenzie's room.

"Kenzie stop, please. Stop crying." I say running over to her crib and picking her up.

"What's wrong?"

"Nightmare. Then twins start screaming." She says, hiding in my shoulder.

"Its ok Kenz. It was just a dream." I say calmly, walking to her rocking chair.

I sit down and rock her slowly back to sleep. I put her in the crib and close the door, running back to the nursery.

"Ariana, Kenzie is asleep. What's wrong with the twins?"

"I don't know. They just started crying. We tried feeding them, changing their diapers, and rocking them to sleep." She says, close to tears herself.

"Here, let me see her." I say as Ariana gives me Kaylee.

"Take Alyson and tell Sean to get out."

She follows my directions and Sean closes the door behind him.

"Sing her a song. My Everything?" I tell her.

She nods and walks over to the walking chair. We both start singing the song and they are both asleep when it's over. We put them both in their cribs and walk out quietly.

"You are a great mom already. Even though they aren't your kids, still. Good job, Taylor. Thanks for the help."

"Anytime." I reply, as she kisses me on the forehead and walks into her room. I hurry down the stairs and into the theater where they are all about to start watching Saw 3.

"That was tough." I say, sitting next to Zach and laying on his lap as the movie starts.

I fall asleep about 3 quarters of the way through the movie followed by Skai, Peyton, Karan, Cameron, and Zach who turns off the TV before going to sleep.