Parenting

19

A/n: sorry about the spacing again, typing on my computer :)

AMELIAS POV

I walked back into our bedroom and Riley was snuggled into Owen. She looked like she was almost asleep. I walked into the bathroom and I heard her voice.

"Mommy?" Riley said.

"Yes?" I said.

"Where are you going?" She asked.

"I'm just going to pee," I chuckled, "I will be back in a minute okay?"

"Okay," she nodded and then cuddled back into Owen. I went into the bathroom, brushed my hair, teeth, and went to the bathroom. I opened the door and I walked back over to our bed. Riley looked over her shoulder and smiled at me. I kissed her head and I pulled the covers over her.

"Goodnight Riley," I said softly, "I love you."

"Goodnight mommy and daddy, I love you," she said.

"Goodnight baby I love you," Owen said. She snuggled into Owen and I smiled.

"Goodnight," I said to Owen.

"Goodnight Mia I love you," he said.

"I love you too," I said as I pecked his lips. I curled up next to Riley.

RILEYS POV

I was having another bad dream. I woke up and my mommy was asleep next to me. I went to look for daddy but he wasn't next to me. Suddenly I got scared.

"Mommy," I said, but she was asleep.

"Mommy," I said again, but a little louder.

"Mhm?" she said.

"Daddy's gone," I said. She opened her eyes and looked next to me.

"Riley baby he isn't gone I'm sure he's just downstairs," She said.

"Can we go check?" I asked. She nodded and got up. I ran downstairs and saw daddy in the kitchen drinking coffee with Olivia and Logan. Mommy came in and followed me. She kissed daddy good morning and sat down next to him.

"See Riley, everything is okay," mommy said. I nodded and sat down next to Olivia.

"Did Ava and Liam already leave," Mommy said to daddy.

"Yeah, you missed them by 5 minutes," Daddy said.

OWENS POV

Amelia and I just dropped Riley and Noah off at school and we were on our way to work. Amelia was super quiet this morning, which meant she was thinking. She was always thinking.

"You okay?" I asked.

"Yeah, I'm just tired," she said.

"Okay," I said. I parked the car and we walked into work together. We got in the elevator and Amelia was on her phone. The doors opened and Amelia kissed my cheek.

"I'll see you later," Amelia said as we went our separate ways.

"Bye love you," I said.

"Love you too," she said. I walked down to my office and Amelia walked down the opposite hallway to hers.

-

I was checking out a little boy who had a deep cut on his hand. It was going to require a lot of stitches.

"How did this happen?" I asked him.

"I was cooking, and the knife fell off the cutting board and I tried to catch it, but I grabbed the blade," he said sadly. He couldn't have been more than 8.

"What were you cooking?" I asked.

"I was making soup for when my mommy gets home from work, but now we're here and she's upset with me," He said quietly.

"Soup sounds good. Why is she upset with you?" I asked.

"Because we're here instead of at home, and she has to pay for this," he said.

"It's okay accidents happen," I said, "You're going to need some stitches."

"Is it going to hurt?" he said.

"A little bit but we can do it in short increments so that it hurts less," I said. He nodded and I started doing the stitched. I finished them and walked into the hallway to finish his chart. I marked it to keep a close eye on the boy because I was a little concerned about him. I don't want to accuse his mother of anything but it sounds like she's never home, and I don't know what their home life is like. I would definitely come back and check up on him later. I closed his chart and filed it at the nurse's desk for later. I saw Amelia walking with Meredith and she smiled when she saw me. Meredith went her separate way and Amelia came over to me.

"Hey can we talk?" she asked.

"Yeah sure," I said and walked with her down to my office. I opened the door and Amelia sat down in my spinning chair.

"You stole my seat," I joked.

"Deal with it," she chuckled and I sat down across from her.

"I'm worried about Riley," she said.

"Me too," I said.

"What do we do?" she asked, "She was so scared this morning when she woke up and you were downstairs. It broke my heart, Owen." I frowned and she sighed.

"Why don't we see if it happens again tonight," I suggested.

"Okay," she nodded. I could tell she was so worried about her. I got up and hugged her and kissed her head.

"It'll be okay Mia," I said, "I promise."