Kaylor Family One-Shots

Mr Giraffe

Aubree's P.O.V

I'm sitting on my bed right now packing for college and as I look over at my desk I can't help but sigh at all the stuff I still have to pack. Among the things that I still need to pack and go through includes all of my old toys. "Hey kiddo, mom wanted to ask me if you want to sit in later while we skype with Noah?" I look up and see mama standing there looking at me.
"Maybe not, I've got a lot of stuff to pack still so I should finish..." I trail off as I look around my partially packed room. Mama nods at me, "sure, you come on down when you're finished then okay?" I nod as I keep on packing and as the door closes I look at the box of toys and decide that I need to clean them out first.

Opening the box I carefully lift out all of the dolls and bears that I've had over the years and as I get to the bottom of the box I come across a brown toy, it's thin and tall and I know instantly who the toy is, it's only soft toy that I've ever had that has been named. "Mr. Giraffe..." I state as I sit back on the bed and cradle the giraffe on my lap. 'Man I haven't seen you in ages...' I state thinking about how inseparable that we were when I was a kid. The one time that I had to go to hospital to have my appendix out when I was twelve Mr Giraffe came too, mom and mama brought him in when they came back to me after my operation. In our rush to get to the emergency room he had been forgotten as mama swept me into her arms and rushed downstairs without him. I remember getting really upset at mom as she tried to pacify me but I wasn't hearing any of it. Setting him aside I continue to sort through things but as I pack the last of my clothing and sort the rest of the soft toys I'm overcome with just how empty my room looks now that there is nothing in it. Deciding that I'm not fully packed I decide to go downstairs and join mom, mama and the twins Gregory and Christopher in whatever they are doing because I know that by now they have talked to Noah and the twins will be getting ready for bed since we have an early day tomorrow when they all take me to college. The twins are going to grandma and grandpas now that they finally decided that they didn't want to come with the three of us tomorrow and that was fine with me. It will be more of a last hurrah for mom and mama because usually it's all of us apart from Noah who has been living in New York for the last four years. I'm really excited to be going to Florida to study and become a Florida Gator hopefully my softball will improve there, I was really excited to be offered a full scholarship by the head coach Tim Walton he thinks that I can become a better softball player if I accepted Florida and I was excited that I did.

A few hours later I'm downstairs watching TV with the twins when mama comes downstairs with the box of soft toys that I had gone through and puts it down next to me on the couch. At that exact moment mom calls out for the twins but not for me so mama sits down and pulls the box towards her. I turn off the TV and sit up wanting to spend time with her I'd already helped mom bake a cake earlier and she made it my favourite chocolate black forest cake and it is amazing. "What's all this Bree?" mama questions as she looks at the box of toys.
"Uhm all my old toys and dolls and stuff I haven't seen for a while." I state as mama pulls Mr Giraffe out of the box. "Man it's been years since I've seen this thing," she states making me look at her. "What are you talking about?" I question looking at her.
"This, this giraffe toy..." Mama states looking at me, "...I gave this to you when you were only a baby, I went shopping and everything for him and when I saw him I knew that he was for you. You never put him down when you were a baby, it was your favourite one."
"Really?" I question not even believing it. "So did you and mom look for it together or were you alone?" I question looking at her. Mama frowns at me and then calls out for mom to come which she does. "Hey what's up babe?" mom questions looking between mama and I.
"Aubree was wondering if you and I brought her giraffe together or if I was alone..." Mom looks at me and says, "oh..." I watch as she sits on mamas lap and they both look at me.

Karlie's P.O.V

As Taylor sits down on my lap and we both look at Aubree I know that we need to explain the background of our relationship. "So when you were a baby Aubree, and Taylor decided to adopt you your mom and I we weren't actually dating or in a relationship, in fact we were best friends." I watch as Aubree's mouth drops open. "But a few months into her adopting you I was supposed to get married to my then finance but things kind of backfired and I ended up spending the night in LA with you and your mom. It was a long road for us to get our relationship back on track but we did it." I watch Aubree look at us and then frown, "okay but the toy?" I smile at her and pick the toy back up and hold it. I hear Taylor gasp and I smile as I hold it. "This toy has been with you since you were a baby and I can' believe that you still have it." I state as Aubree breaks into a grin and reaches out to take Mr Giraffe back which I let her take. We talk for another hour or so before Aubree states that she is off to bed.

The next morning we are up bright and early to take Aubree off to the jet so we can fly to Florida. As we all carry the bags down to the SUV I notice that in Aubree's backpack is the soft toy that I gave her all those years ago and it hits me that Aubree wasn't prepared to go to college without her favourite soft toy. Which is how Mr Giraffe came to be on the flight to Florida and when Taylor and I fly home six hours after dropping Aubree off at her new dorm I can't help but smile at Taylor and Taylor only laughs and says, "who would've thought that all those years ago that small giraffe that was almost bigger than Aubree and now Aubree is carting him off to college to spend four of the best years of her life there...so smile now Karlie, because it only proves that you were a huge influence on our baby growing up regardless of not being there from the beginning." I smile and lean over to kiss Taylor squarely on the lips out of pure appreciation for the words that she just spoke.

Requested by Catchingswift

If you don't understand this one-shot I would reccommend that you read my full length Kaylor story called 'New York Surprise' it will give you the background and allow you to understand the story better.