Six: Mall time? I think yes.

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"I'm back and I have the coffee!" Zach yells as he walks through the door

"Were taking these children to the mall." I smile as I take the keys from Corbyn,  grab my coffee and both reese and isla run up with booster seats.

"Aw I just wanna sleep." Zach complains As everyone grabs their coffee

"Then don't come." I shrug and begin to leave

"No it's fine,  I'll go." he laughs and runs after us

"When we get to the mall,  can we go to build a bear like last time?" Reese asks as she jumps in the car

"Of course you can." I smile at her as she buckles up

"Are you both buckled?" Zach asks, turning to look at them

"Yup!" They both cheer as I drive off

At the mall

We get to the mall and the girls immediately run to the Build a Bear Store.

"Well hello girls! My names Hannah Banana! How can I help you out today?" The worker, Hannah, chirps as she crouches down and greets the girls

"Nikki says we can make one!" Reese smiles happily as she runs up and pulls me over to her

"oh,  hi." I laugh and awkwardly wave

"oh, are you the.... Pare-"

"noooooo no no no" Zach and I both laugh and wave our hands around

"Siblings?"

"She is his little sister, I'm the neighbor and best friend since before we could walk,  she's his best friends little sister and her best friend. " I explain and Hannah stands there, letting it all sink in

"Nikki is my brothers girlfriend." Isla smiles as she speaks

"Yeahhh... " I fake a smile as the worker laughs

"Well,  why don't you two take a look around and pick out a fuzzy buddy,  then meet me back by the stuffing station when your ready." Hannah smiles and the two girls run off

"duuuude" Zach laugh as he nudges me

"what?" I ask him,  not really caring for an answer

"You told isla?" You can tell by the way he's talking,  we've fucked up

"no, she walked up to me and knew." I shrug as we follow the girls. "Why?"

"Because as much as I love the kid,  her and Reese are going to tell everyone they meet.  Especially since they both love you and Jack." Zach says raising a brow

"Jesus fuck." I mentally face palm knowing there isn't any way out of this

"we chose!" Reese runs up to us with a animal in hand,  isla Not far behind

"Aw did you guys get matching ones?" I smile at the two

"yeah!  Mines pink and hers is purple!" Isla cheers as she waves the un-stuffed cat around

"alright well why don't you go stuff them and pick out some cloths." Zach smiles and they run off

"How are you so good with kids?" He asks laughing a bit as he watches the girls

"I don't know,  I just guess that my parents were never really talked interested in me,  so I had to almost parent my baby brothers,  and that made me really love kids and want then to just be kids and have a good fun childhood like they should." I shrug it off as Isla runs up

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