single parents | gbd (discontinued)

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sydney pov

monday came faster than i could say weekend. i'm so thankful i don't go to school anymore but i still have to wake up early to take jackson to school

i haven't talked to grayson since he's come over that day. maybe i'll see him today and we can talk a little bit. to be honest i think he's mad at me or something like that. does he not like me because i didn't text him? i need to stop thinking of him and get jackson ready

i get up and brush my hair and teeth. then i go into jacks room and wake him up and get him ready

once he's ready i take him downstairs to eat his breakfast. he's having cereal because i'm not gordon ramsay and i don't feel like cooking up the house today

he finished his breakfast and then i got his hair ready while he brushed his teeth. when i check the time we had 25 minutes till school started so we chilled for a little bit and then left for school

i was really scared to see grayson just because i don't want things between us to be awkward. well we arrived at school which felt like a 30 second drive if you ask me

we walk into his school and down the hall to his classroom. hoping i would see grayson he's not here but olivia is. he usually doesn't leave olivia by herself he always stays with her until more kids show up

i set down jackson's stuff in his cubby next to olivia's and walk over to his chair. olivia has her head down and looked like she was sad. this made no sense. did something happen to grayson?

"hey olivia what's wrong and where's your dad?" i ask her genuinely worried for her and grayson

"he dropped me off early today because uncle ethan and his wife are coming into town for the week" wait he has a brother. SCORE

"do you not like uncle ethan?" she seems to love her family so why would she hate him?

"i do like him it's just i miss daddy staying here with me and waiting for you to get here" thank god grayson is okay

"he waits for me to get here? what do you mean?" why would he wait for me everyday?

"daddy said he like you a lot and says you're very pretty, sweet, and loving" MY HEART IS HURTING AWEEE

"awe that's sweet but i'm sure your dad was just stressed out about what was going on this morning plus he had to go pick up your aunt and uncle" i can't get over the fact that he likes me

"i guess but he said he was going to be early to pick me up today and he might bring uncle ethan"

"well that sounds like fun. i have to go and set up the cage for our new puppy. jackson will tell you all about cali. i see you guys later" jackson won't stfu about cali but she is adorable so i don't blame him

let's recall the set of events that just happened because i'm a little sHoOk. so grayson has a brother which is a plus but i would never date him because well he's married and GRAYSON LIKES ME. LIKE ARE YOU KIDDING. i'm gonna go home and fix cali's crate while i wait for jackson to be done with school but will i be able to even focus

*skipping drive you already know the drill*

i get home and i'm greeted with a giant pee spot on the floor. isn't that cute. i sigh but smile after because cali is too cute to hate

i cleaned it up and went upstairs to get the box with the crate in it. let's get one thing straight, i have dyslexia which means i can't read and instructions don't make life easier

i take the box down stairs where her crate is gonna be and i start unboxing. when did i become an unboxer. i pull out the instructions and immediately become over whelmed. why are there so many words

i start reading the page and eventually put the crate together. once it was done i made cali go outside so she didn't go to the bathroom in my CLEAN house. once i said 'outside' she ran to the sliding glass door and waited for me to open it

she then ran out of the door occasionally hopping around while running. i decided i would just keep the door open big enough so she could go in and out since we don't have a dog door yet

i checked the clock and it was already 11:30 so i when on the postmates app and ordered a jersey mikes sandwich. once it was ordered cali came running into the house full speed and ran into a wall. i swear this dog is thanos because she got right back up and ran over to me not even phased

i got bored and had nothing to do so i opened netflix on my tv and started watching the office

i was watching it for about 30 minutes when my door bell rang. finally food. i have unconditional love for food it's getting to be a problem. i opened the door with a huge smile and the delivery man gave me my food. i said thank you and shut the door

i was so ready to eat. i sat back down on the couch and resumed my episode of the office

*yet another time skip*

it was time to pick up jackson. he school lets out around 2 o'clock so i usually show up at 1:50 so i'm never late

i arrive at the school and walk down the empty and sad hallways of the elementary school. i get to his classroom and see that perfect god standing there, and someone that looks just like him only having some different features

"hey grayson long time no talk" i was trying to hint at him that he should talk to me more

"hey sydney. sorry i've just been busy with olivia and ethan" wait GRAYSONS A TWIN. i'm that dumb that i just noticed it

"this is my brother ethan. he flew in from jersey along with his wife" ethan is so young yet he's married? i can't say anything though because i do have a child at such a young age

"hi nice to meet you i'm sydney" i shook his hand because i'm a polite child

"hi nice to meet you too. i've heard so much about you. grayson talks about you all the ti-" grayson put his hand over ethan's mouth and just nervously laughed. he talks about me to ethan?

"well olivia had lots of positive feedback on you. she said she was super excited to see you guys today and she couldn't wait to spend the week with you guys" i think she said that

"oh and grayson do you think you could come over one of these days and help me install a dog door in my wall?" if he says no i'm gonna cry

"dog door?"

"oh yeah i forgot, jackson and i got a puppy on saturday. her name is cali. want to see a picture of her" (a/n grayson isn't allergic to dogs in this because it's a free country :)) i showed them a picture of cali and they both awed

"yeah i can do it thursday after i drop olivia off at school. does that work with you?"

"sure!"

and just like that the bell rang and olivia next to jackson came out last like always having deep conversations. once olivia saw ethan she screamed "uncle ethan!" and that made my day

jackson came walking over to me and said "i think she really likes her uncle. she was talking about him all day today" i just laughed and said "yeah i bet she does"

well hello there. ya girl is really in the writing mood and i'm kinda living for it. i'm going to try and update you guys with a new chapter everyday but i'm busy towards the end of july and all of august but other than that i will try my best. i love you guys ❤️