Luke, Summer and I stood at the door patiently carrying an extra set of clothes each and a diaper bag filled with bottles formula, wipes and of course diapers. Lucy opened the door revealing the inside of her house.
"Oh great you guys are here!" She cheered.
"I just wanted to thank you guys so much for doing this." As she walked us inside.
"Calvin!" She called for him.
"Hey guys!" Calvin answered smiling warming.
"We definitely owe you both. Are you guys sure your up for this?" Lucy asked tentatively.
"Lucy you've helped us more than enough you don't owe us a thing, we got this." I smiled as she rubbed her belly absentmindedly.
"We should probably get going, we're going to be late." Calvin rubbed Lucy's back softly.
"Oh okay um I left instructions on the fridge." She pointed.
"Come here kids, give mom and I hugs and kisses." Calvin called the kids over. As they hugged and kissed their kids.
"Be good for Jane and Luke, I love you kids." They both called as they walked out the door.
The kids sat back on the couch to watch tv. I picked up Summer and carried her over to the kitchen and picked the instruction off of the fridge and began to read.
1. CARTER HAS TO WEAR CLOTHES, NO MATTER WHAT!
2. Lilah is at a sleepover and she will be dropped off tomorrow morning.
3. The kids go to bed at 8
4. DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES PUT ON FROZEN!
5. LANA CAN'T DRINK ANYTHING BEFORE BED ANYTHING!
6. CALLUM DOES NOT GO IN THE BATHROOM BY HIMSELF!
7. NO SUGAR ESPECIALLY BEFORE BED!
8. ALWAYS LOCK THE DOOR!
9. NEVER LET THEM OUT OF YOUR SIGHT!
10. STAY ALIVE!
Luke sat down on the ground and watched cartoons with the kids. I put formula in a bottle and water, I shook it up and stuck it in the microwave. I glanced in the living room and two of the three of the kids were gone. Carter sat in the living room with his clothes off, in just his diaper while he held the remote in his hands.
"LUKE!" I yelled and handed Summer to Luke.
I rushed around their house to look for the two little Lana and Callum
I checked the kids rooms and still no kids. I walked past the bathroom only to step in water and soggy toilet paper. I attempted to open the door but it was locked. I ran to my purse to get a penny and I raced back to the bathroom and slipped in the water. I noticed soap bubbles emerging from under the bathroom door. I picked the bathroom lock with a penny and burst through the door. Callum stood wide eyed with a soap bottle and a plunger in his hand. He noticed that I was in the bathroom and dropped the soap bottle. The toilet was overflowing.
"Opps." He pointed at the toilet. I ran to the closet and grabbed a bunch of towels. As Carter followed me I threw the towels on the ground and started to mop up the water with my feet. I grabbed the trash can and the plunger. I attempted to plunge the toilet and wads of toilet paper up to the surface.
"Ewww." I whimpered while picking massive amounts of toilet paper from the toilet and throwing it into the trash can. I grabbed more towels and wiped up all the water and soap. After I finished cleaning the bathroom I locked the door behind me so none of the kids could get in.
Carter stood in front of me with a homemade unibrow on his face and dark goo in his hands.
"Hey whatcha got." I asked the little boy as I knelt down beside him.
"Poo poo." He answered with a big smile on her face. I started to cry as I picked up little Carter and carried him away from my body to the bathroom. I cleaned him up, got him a onesie and sent him on his way.
I walked back into the living room with Carter and Frozen was on the tv and Callum was portraying marshmallow, the evil snowman he began hitting and picking on Lana. I pulled them away from each other and turned off the television.
"Callum, that's not nice!" I told him. "Apologize to your sister now." I demanded.
"I'm sorry!" He shouted.
"Like you mean it!" I demanded.
"I'm sorry." He mumbled.
"Okay let's get ready for bed." I cheered. I gave each of the kids a bath and Luke put Summer to sleep. Luke and I tried to put the kids to sleep but we struggled a bit.
"Who wants benadryl?" Luke cheered.
"Oh oh I do!" Callum cheered.
"Is benadryl candy?" Lana asked.
"It's benadryl and no it's not candy." I answered, giving Luke a disapproving look.
"I want mommy." Carter mumbled.
"Yeah me too." Callum sighed.
"Me three." Lana gripped her teddy bear. "Mommy gets to have fun." Lana whined.
"What are you talking about?" I asked. "We are having fun."
"No we aren't." Lana pouted.
"We are too! That's what camping is." I explained.
"We aren't camping." Callum sighed.
"Sure we are. Look there are some trees right there and a tent right over there." I pretended and got them to use their imagination.
"I wanna go!" Carter whined.
"You have to use your imagination." I explained.
"I see it." Lana gasped.
"Me too!" Callum cheered.
"But wait, we don't have beds in the wilderness." Lana clarified.
"Oh you're right." I sighed. "Silly me."
"That's okay we can build a tent to sleep in." Luke suggested.
"Yeah we are going to need a tent, so the bears can't come and sleep in our beds and eat our porridge." I laughed.
"That not the story!" Carter chuckled.
"It was too!" I laughed.
"Here you guys go make the tent and I will go get the flashlights!" Luke explained before leaving the room.
The kids and I hung blankets around the room to build a roof. I tucked the blankets into tight corners to hold the roof up. The kids laid down blankets on the floor and pillows for us to sleep on. I hung Christmas lights on the outside of the blankets to make stars. Luke came in the tent with Summer, flashlights and s'mores. He shut off the lights in the room making it completely dark besides the stars. Summer layed in my arms as Luke told stories until the kids fell asleep.
"This was really nice." Luke complemented.
"What?" I asked.
"Doing all of this for the kids." He smiled.
"Thanks, you too." I was thankful. "How did you make s'mores anyway?" I asked.
"They were just s'more flavored oreos that I stuck in the microwave and stuck a stick in them." He laughed.
"Nice." I complemented.
"Maybe we aren't that bad." He pondered looking at the sleeping children.
"Aren't that bad?" I asked.
"Remember how I was saying that we aren't suitable for children?" He reminded me.
"Oh." I remembered.
"We aren't that bad." He smiled. "Summer's gonna be okay." He smiled.
YOU ARE READING
RAISING SUMMER
ChickLit(EDITING) Rachel and Jane have been best friends forever. But When Rachel dies tragically after childbirth. She leaves her newborn daughter, Summer, in the hands of Jane. Can Jane handle the new found responsibility that has been pushed upon her or...
