Saving My Life

Shopping

"Taylor, we're going shopping." Ariana sings.

"Shopping?" I immediately spring up from my spot on the floor.

"Yes. So get your butt up and get ready." She says, slapping me on the shoulder and running up the stairs.

I hurry up the stairs, noticing I was the only one still asleep. Once I get in my room, Skai and Peyton are on my bed, fully dressed.

"Hello."

"Hi." They respond simultaneously.

I leave them there to take a shower and brush my teeth. After that, I do my makeup and hair. I choose a pink and black shirt with some tights and some black leather boots.

Before leaving, I grab a couple $100 bills and my purse, followed by a jacket, and lastly my phone. It's not that cold out for December but it's still jacket weather.

I hurry downstairs with Skai and Peyton and rush to the limo where Cameron, Karan, Zach, Ariana, Sean, Kenzie, Alyson, and Kaylee are waiting.

"Nice of you to join us." Ariana says, sarcastically.

"Thanks for the warm welcome." I snap back.

I slide in after Peyton with Skai behind me. Sean closes the door and Kevin starts to drive. I sit by Kaylee, my favorite twin, (don't tell Alyson) and begin to play with her, lightly.

When we arrive at the mall, there's not a lot of people. This mall is for famous people only. It has the best stores and no fans to interrupt the shopping.

"Alright, Taylor you can take Kaylee, I'll take Alyson, and Sean you get Kenzie. We don't want her running off somewhere." Ariana says as we put all the babies in their strollers.

We begin to walk toward the mall and I look to my left to see paps surrounding the gates. They begin calling out our names and taking pictures. We all smile for the cameras before walking into the mall.

"Sean, I'll take the girls and you can take the boys." Ariana says as Peyton takes Kenzie from Sean.

This mall is the best. There is one side only for boys and one side only for girls. There is also a section down the middle for babies and toddlers. We head off to the womens side while the boys head to the men's side.

We walk through all the stores and about halfway through, I run out of money. That's not a good sign because I started off with $1,000. Lucky for me, I have $1,000 for emergencies and a credit card with $20,000 on it in my wallet.

When we're done, we head to the babies and toddlers section and buy a bunch of toys, clothes, and other necessities that they need.

I don't understand how we are carrying so many bags.

By the time we meet back up at the door, the boys have to help us carrying our bags. When we get in the limo, all of the bags don't fit in the trunk so most of them end up on the floor where we sit.

When we arrive home, the next 2-3 hours is taken up by putting everything away. When we're done, me and Ariana go take care of the twins since they woke up from their nap.

Kaylee and Alyson are squirming around in their cribs when me and Ari arrive. We feed them, burp them, change their diapers, and rock them back to sleep before going to the living room with everyone else.

"So Taylor, you and everyone else in this room know that you haven't been doing your tutoring." Ariana says, as everyone's attention goes to her.

"Me and Sean decided that you and Skai are going to do school together. You are both in the same grade so that's why. No Skai didn't get held back. Her birthday is at the end of the school year."

"Skai's mom has agreed with this so you will be starting next week. The tutor is really nice, her name is Kayla. She's a senior in high school. You also have an interview with her tomorrow at 10 so Skai, don't forget to come."

"Actually, you can spend the night. That way you won't have any excuses." Ariana says, pointing an accusing finger at us.

"So Skai go get your stuff and I'll see you at 7." She says as Skai and Peyton get up to leave.

I mouth a 'sorry' to Skai when she turns back around and she shrugs her shoulders. It's 5:30 so while Ariana cooks dinner, me and Sean go check up on the twins and Kenzie who is taking a nap after everyone has left.

Alyson is just staring at the ceiling while Kaylee is sleeping peacefully. Sean chuckles at the sight and we walk out the door.

When we go to Kenzie's room, she has managed to make it all the way from under her blankets. She is currently sprawled out all over her crib. Sean takes Kenzie while I fix her blankets and when I'm done, he puts her back under them and we walk downstairs.

Ariana is cooking dinner while me and Sean sit at the island. There is a TV in the kitchen so we're currently watching Scream Queens. When Ariana is done, we hurry and eat before Skai gets back and clean up the kitchen.

When Skai gets here, I take her up to my room and she puts her stuff in the corner while I ge on my pink laptop that I never use. Skai is on my iPad which I don't use either and we are both just doing our own thing.

One of the twins starts crying and I just ignore it.

It doesn't stop.

"Skai iPhone be right back. Hold on a second, k?"

"Alright." She replies.

I hurry to the nursery and see Ariana there singing to Kaylee.

"Now we all know that Kaylee likes me better." I say to her as she hands the crying baby to me.

"Haha." She says.

I rock her while singing and after 5 minutes, she is asleep.

"And that's how you out a child to sleep." I whisper to Ariana as we walk out the room.

"Thanks again." She says, patting my shoulder and walking into her room.

I walk back into my room where Skai is asleep on one side of my bed with my iPad on her chest. I carefully remove the iPad, turn off the lights and climb in the other side, falling asleep instantly.