smytheberry: the plan

chapter eighteen

its friday rachel is stood by the school gates waiting to pick the twins up her face is acheing as she hasnt stopped smiling since Wednesday.

" mom" sean yelled seeing her has he came hurtling out of the school.

" hey there " rachel said hugging him sofia soon followed and she didnt look happy.

" sofia what is it whats wrong " rachel asked concerned

" you wont believe what my teacher has just said" sofia said

" what did she say" rachel asked

" she said she is going to hold auditions for my understudy" sofia said

" so i have an understudy " rachel said

" but its not fair the very idea of some else playing princess olivia is just wrong its my role i earned it im the star" sofia said

" honey calm down its only if your sick that whoever they cast as your understudy would play the part" rachel said

" its a waste of time nobody is playing the lead but me" sofia said

" have you finished" sean asked

" look sweetheart there is nothing wrong with having an understudy you will have to get used to it if you wnt to be on broadway like me" rachel said

" im not happy i want daddy" sofia said

" look lets go home i will make your fravorite meal and we can phone daddy" rachel said

" you are such a diva" sean said to sofia who glared at him.

later

as rachel stood innthe kitchen making dinner sean was drawing at the table while sofia was rehearsing her lines whilst stood on the coffee table.

(knocking )

" daddy" sofia said running to the door sofia had called sebastian the moment that they hd gotton home.

" hey princess" sebastian said as she let him in.

" hey buddy" sebastian said to sean before walking over to rachel and giving her a quick kiss.

" can you believe it daddy" sofia said

" its standard to have a back up" sebastian said

" but i dont need one" sofia said

" just because you have a understudy doesnt mean they will play the part its only if your sick" sebastian said

" i have to stay with you" sofia said

" pardon" sebastian said

" well if i am to make sure no one plays the role but me i cant risk getting sick and  sean has been sniffling" sofia said

" i have not" sean said

" sofia dont you think your overreacting " sebastian said boy was that not the right thing to say she pouted and stormed off to her room.

" man am i going to pay for that" sebastian said

" its quiet with her in her room isnt it" sean said

" dinner is almost ready" rachel called out looking at sofia's bedroom door.

" i will go talk to her" sebastian said and walked over to her room.

sebastian

" hey sweetie can i come in" sebastian said poking his head round the door to see her sat on the edge of her bed looking upset.

" i suppose " she sighed sebastian walked in and sat next to her.

" are we friends again" sebastian asked pouting at her which always made her giggle.

" yes" sofia said

" good i dont like seeing you upset" sebastian said

" its hard" sofia said

" what is" sebastian asked

" i want to be a star like mom" sofia said

" you will be" sebastian said

" i guess i just felt when they were on about casting someone else it was there way of saying i wasnt good enough " sofia said

" princess they gave you the role for a reason and you knkw it wasnt easy for your mom when she was young we didnt grow up in new york with all these opportunities that you and sean had. people tjought your mom was crazy to dream of broadway but she proved them wrong didnt she Trust me sofia you will be a star your more like mom than you realise" sebastian said

" she says im like you" sofia said

" you are your a mix of the two of us  " sebastian said

" sean is like you" sofia said

" yeah though there is mom in him too ...right then shall we go have some dinner" sebastian said

" ok" sofia said.

they made their way out of the bedroom to the table where sean was already sat and rachel was dishing up the chicken kievs.

" you ok" rachel asked sofia

" yeah" sofia said sitting down.

later that night

while rachel and sebastian were cuddled up asleep in bed sean was making his way into sofia's room she was sat up waiting for him.

" so what did you think" sofia asked him.

" your a better actress than i thought" sean said

" you thought i was bad" sofia asked offended.

" no its just mom and dad totally bought that you were upset" sean said

" totally and now we can put the next part of the plan into action" sofia said