My shift was half way finished and I had been showing Lennox the ropes since we had came from upstairs. Don't get me wrong the girl was a fast learner funny too , unlike most of my other coworkers who were bitter, lonely, and rude She seemed like someone who had a good head on her shoulders.
"We've been here for hours!" Lennox mumbled
"Four hours exactly and I have to get my baby girl at five, so let's do the damn thing. " I replied laughing at her
" You got a little girl?"
"I do." I said quickly showing her the picture on my lock screen of India when she was about a year and a half old.
"Oh she's gorgeous! She's looks just like you!" She shouts jumping up and down getting the attention of a few costumers who looked at her strange, girl has no volume control.
"Shhhhh! And thank you."
"How old is she? Wait how old are you?"
"She's three and I'm twenty."
"We'll power to you. The toddler stage is the best and the worst."
"How would you know? You tryna tell me your a mom." I joked around pushing her shoulder lightly.
" I mean technically but then again technically no." She replied with a serious face that made me stop laughing.
"That doesn't make sense."
Which it didn't, and I was utterly confused. How can you be a mom and not be a mom at the same time. Unless...
"Wait are you a stepmom?!" I yelled laughing even harder and this time it was my turn for the costumers to look at me weird .
"I prefer bonus mother , thank you very much." She said crossing her arms over her chest and smiling.
"Ok bonus mother, tell me about your little one."
"Her name is kye and I've been dating her dad for about two years, she's three as well. We started dating about a year after she was born and I just can't help but love her look how cute she is." She said handing me her phone with a picture of who I assume is her boyfriend, kye and herself.
"You guys look like a cute little family." I said cooing at the phone before handing it back to her before laughing again.
"Why are you laughing?"
"Your a stepmom." I said cracking up.
"The best and sexiest twenty-one year old stepmom on this here earth, and don't you forget it!" Lennox smiled, "Anyway maybe we can get them together for a play day or something do some girly stuff."
" I'm down, that sounds fun."
We continued to talk to about our babies and our lives, joking around and gossiping until Lena comes over to us telling us that our shifts were over claiming we were disrupting costumers with our happiness before pushing us out with a huge smile on her face. I switched numbers with Lennox and laughed loudly when I saw what she saved her name under then told her totext me before we drove off in different directions.
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"Mama!"
"Hey love, how was school? Did you have fun?"
"We had Mac and cheese for lunch mama and drew pictures."
"You did! Let me see."
"I drew a butterfly !" She shouts showing me the drawing she had done in class.
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"It's beautiful! Let's go home and put it on the fridge , yeah?" I said buckling her in her seatbelt and driving her home.
