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"Emily, baby, wake up," Niall says softly as he tried to wake Emily. She mumbles with a frown and furrows her brow as she reaches for her stuffed animals and I smile taking a quick picture of the sweet moment on my phone.
"Come on, darlin', it's your first day of preschool!" He exclaims.
She smiles and sits up giving him a high-five.
"I go to school today," she says softly with a smile. Niall nods as she kicks her legs under her blankets. He stands and holds his hands out for her to grab. He hoists her in the air and she giddily runs over to me and hugs my legs.
"I go to school today, Vi-Vi!"
"I know, baby. Are you excited?" She nods.
"Let's go make you breakfast while Vi-Vi gets your outfit ready, sound good?" Niall asks her.
"Yeah!" She shouts jumping up and down. I giggle as he grabs her hand and leads her out of her room and then down the stairs. I hear Niall asking her what she wants as she happily screams "Waffles!"
I lean over the bed and begin tucking the sheet and duvet back into its place. I smooth out the bed before placing her pillows and stuffed animals just the way she likes them. Opening up the dresser, I pull out a pair of purple leggings and a pink long sleeve tightly knit sweater. I grab her an undershirt, socks, underwear, and a cute white headband with polka dots on it. I lay the clothes across her bed with a sigh as a smile creeps onto my face. I grab her coat from the closet and lay it next to the clothing. I pull my phone out of my sweats pocket and see it's 8:37.
"Niall, you guys have about ten more minutes for breakfast. I'm going to get changed, her clothes are ready for you if I'm not ready yet."
"Okay!" He shouts and I can tell his mouth is full with sticky waffles. I hear Emily giggle and I shake my head as I close my door. I open my dresser and slip both my top and bottom sweats off, I pull out a pair of underwear and a matching bra. I clip the bra and shimmy letting myself get accustomed to its tight fit. I pull a pair of jeans out of my closet as well as a white sweater. I slip them both on and grab the socks from in front of my nightstand. I do the smell-check just to make sure they're still clean and shrug.
I slip on the socks and then my brown combat boots. I grab my wallet and take a look at myself in the mirror. I fluff my semi damp hair from last night's shower and smile at myself. I blow a big puff of air through my mouth as I close my door and rush down the hall.
"Niall, she better be ready or she's going to be late," I say stepping into Emily's room. Niall is on his knees in the floor helping her step into her pants.
"Niall, they're backwards!" She giggles. He sighs with a chuckle before helping her out, then back in, this time making sure the tag is in the back.
"There, all ready," he says as he grabs her arm and holds it above her head as she spins.
"You two hooligans ready to go?" I ask. Emily nods with a bright smile on her face and rushes over to me grabbing my hand. She tugs me through the house and reaches up unlocking the front door.
"Keys, wallet, phone, check!" She shouts, remembering my checklist every time I leave the house.
"Thank you for reminding me, Emmy."
"You're welcome Vi-Vi, let's go to school now, okay?" I laugh at her with a nod. Niall places his hand on my back as he guides me onto the porch. He locks the door behind us as we all rush to get into the car.
