Emilie P.o.V.

I woke up cuddled up between the two grown ups, both of them had their arms wrapped around me. 
Yesterday evening had been eventful. First I was forced to meet the man who was my birth dad and the mean lady wanted me to leave with him. 
Once we got home I was in hysterics. Clinging to either one of my parents, not daring to let go, scared they'd slip away and I'd be alone again, I held onto whoever was closest.
The two had tried everything to calm me down but nothing worked so in the end they decided to let me sleep with them. 
Mommy had held me close to her chest, stroking my back and my hair, while Joe had pulled both of us into his arms. Holding both of us close, as if not to only calm me down but also mommy and himself. 
At some point I must have fallen asleep in both their arms, where I woke up now. I was laying all over my mommy who was laying on her back, some of her blonde locks all over the pillow. Joe was sleeping on his side, his left arm dropped around me and as a result mommy. 
I closed my eyes again and cuddled a little deeper into mommy's chest. She started to move a little and I felt her hand stroke through my hair. Her other hand started to gently stroke my back.
Opening my eyes again, I looked back up at her. "Hey mommy." I mumbled. "Hey baby." She mumbled back, her eyes were half closed, but a little smile danced around her lips. "How are you feeling today?" She asked as she gently stroked my hair, before pressing a kiss on my hair. "I'm okay." I laid my head down on her shoulder and closed my eyes again. "I'm glad. And everything's gonna be okay. We'll make sure of it." 
"She's right. Your mommy and I will take care of it." Joe whispered next to us. I turned my head a little and smiled at him. He smiled back at me, before stroking over my hair.
I stayed curled up in between the two, all three of us were just silently laying in bed. Mommy was drawing circles on my bed. 
"Do you girls want me to make breakfast?" Joe asked and I nodded into mommy's shoulder. "That'd be nice." Mommy answered for me and I felt Joe getting up. Before leaving the room he leaned over to give mommy a kiss and pressed a kiss on my head. 
"Hey, sweetheart. Can you look up at me?" I moved a little from her to sit up. "Okay, my sweet girl. Can I ask you a question?" I nodded again, fully sitting up and putting my hands on her shoulders. "You know how you called Joe daddy yesterday?" I froze a little, vaguely remembering that I had called out to Joe as Daddy when I started to freak out. "Deep breath Emi. It's okay. I'm not mad and Joe isn't either." Mommy said and took my hand into hers, allowing me to draw circles on the palm of her hand. "I'm only bringing it up, because I want to know how you feel about this and if you maybe don't feel like you want to call him dad, but were stressed. Whatever you feel about this is okay, we just need to talk about it." I looked up at her and tried to move closer to her. "I dunno. He is like my daddy, but he isn't really my daddy and then my real dad wanted me to leave with him and I was scared and in my books the daddy's always protect their kids. I really don't wanna leave." She smiled and gave me a small nod. "That's true mommies and daddies always protect their babies. And I know for a fact that Joe wants to protect you and keep you safe just like I do. He loves you so much." I smiled a little and leaned into her. "Do you want to call him dad?" I shrugged a little, as much as my heart wanted to say yes my brain was telling me all the reasons why Joe would hate me calling him daddy, and how he would leave me and mommy, which would make her sad and mad at me. "Words Emi." She said, giving me an encouraging smile. "I don't know my heart and brain are fighting." Mommy pulled me close and I closed my eyes enjoying her warmth. 
"It's a pretty hard decision with a lot of emotions involved isn't it?" I nodded and wrapped my arms around her neck. "How about the two of us talk to Joe? You tell him what your heart feels and what your head is saying. Then he can tell you his opinion and you two can decide together." That sounded like a good plan. If I was really careful maybe he wouldn't get mad or at least not get mad at my mommy. 
Mommy helped me climb out of the bed and down the stairs, where Joe was frying some eggs. "Hey my pretty girls. Breakfast is almost ready." "Thanks my love." Mommy looked at me and gave me an encouraging smile. 
"Joe, I have a question." I told him, while I climbed onto the stool. He turned around to look at me. I noticed him looking over at Mommy. "Of course. You can ask me anything." 
I took deep breath. "But it's really difficult and my brain and my head are fighting and I really don't know what's right." He nodded and let me continue. "My heart really wants to call you daddy, because you are like the daddies in my books and in the movies. You always keep me safe and you protect me." I took another deep breath, but looked at him and he nodded. His face didn't seem mad at all he was smiling a little. "But my head really doesn't think I should call you daddy, it's telling me that you aren't really my daddy and you didn't decide to take me in like mommy. You just loved mommy and now you have to deal with me too." The tears were starting to form in my eyes, and I felt mommy wrap her hands around my body from behind, pulling me close to her chest and rocking me from side to side. 
Looking at Joe he looked shocked, like I said something really bad. "Emilie baby. That's not at all how I'm feeling." He moved closer to me and grabbed my hand, giving it a squeeze. "I fell in love with you mommy that's true and loving her is one of the best things that ever happened to me." He looked up at mommy giving her a smile and those heart eyes, as uncle Austin had called them. "But seeing you grow up and being a part of your life is something I'll always treasure. I love nothing more than being with you and your mommy." I nodded a little, the tiny voice in my head getting quieter with every sentence he spoke. Maybe he really loved me and mommy. "So does that mean you are my daddy?" I quietly asked him to play with my hands. "If that's what you want me to be. I will be Joe or daddy or papa. Whatever you want me to be and call me." I smiled, as I took his hand. "Okay daddy. Can we have breakfast now?" He smiled and nodded. "Of course we can, love." Daddy started to set our breakfast down on the table. He had fried eggs and toasted some bread. Mommy put a glass of juice next to my plate. "Thank you." 
The three of us ate together in comfortable silence. Then mommy got a phone call. She furrowed her eyebrows and got up. "One second you guys continue eating." I looked at Daddy but he just shrugged and gave me a soft smile. "Maybe it's your grandma who wants to know what to make for Christmas dinner." "Maybe." I mumbled thinking that if it was grandma mommy wouldn't have made such a weird face.
We were already cleaning up the kitchen, when she came back. She looked worried, her eyebrows furrowed and she was biting her lip as if she was trying to figure something out. She continued to eat her meal, before she put the plate in the dishwasher and turned around to me. 
"Hey Emi. We need to have a talk." She sat down on the couch and patted the space next to her, indicating for me to sit next to her. "The phone call I just got was from the mommy and daddy of your birth mom." "So kinda my birth grandparents?" She smiled a small smile and nodded. "They got my number from the case worker and they really want to meet you." I shrugged. I really didn't want to meet new people, yesterday had been crazy and meeting two more people like that would be horrible. "I told them it's your decision and that I'm not gonna force you to see them." She continued. 
"Why do they want to see me?" I asked her, leaning against her side. She thought for a little while before answering. "They loved your mommy very much and from what I was told she had a really bad fight with them, before she went away. They never saw her again and never knew about you. And now they want to meet you since they'll never be able to see her again." I nodded a little. "When do they want to meet?" "Tomrrow afternoon. We can choose where we meet, so they could come here." She explained and I nodded. "Okay." 
"Okay?" She asked and I nodded. "I want to meet them. But here and with you and daddy. And only for a few hours, maybe for teatime." She smiled a little, since I clearly had spend a lot of time with daddy to pick up tea time as my way to meet new people. "Okay sweet girl. I'll give them a call. How about you finish up your school work and afterwards we can watch a movie or something similar. "Can Gigi and Bella come? They are in town right?" She smiled. "Yes they are. If you want we can give them a call." I nodded yes and watched as she pulled her phone out. Listening to the dialing tone on her phone, before Gigi's voice rang through the speaker. "Hey dude, what's up?" I giggled and moved closer to the phone. "Hey Gigi." The woman on the other end gasped. "Is that my favorite five-year-old?" I giggled, before answering. "Yeah. Mommy and I were wondering, maybe daddy is wondering too wait I'll ask him." I turned around. "Daddy, do you mind Gigi and Bella coming over today?" He looked up and smiled. "No darling I don't mind." I turned back to the phone and mommy. "Okay mommy, daddy and I are wondering if you and Bella would like to come over today." I heard Gigi laughing on the other end of the line and mommy was hiding a smile behind her hand. "I would love to come over today. I'll ask Bella. One second. She's currently having her picture taken and she has to pose, but I think she takes a break in a second." "Does she wear pretty clothes?" I asked. "Yes she does, we both are." I smiled imagining the two sisters in really pretty clothes, maybe princess dresses. "Like princess dresses?" She chuckled. "No, not exactly. But really pretty clothes for big girls." "Can I wear them too?" Before mommy or Gigi could answer, daddy answered. "No love. You'll never wear those clothes." I pouted looking up at him. "But I'm a big girl." This time Gigi answered. "Well you are not big enough for these clothes. Maybe when you are all grown up, I can take you shopping." Hearing daddy protest in the background she giggled. "At least if your daddy let's me. And until then we'll dress you in pretty princess dresses, what do you think?" "Yeah." I agreed, making mommy smile. 
"Bella is coming over, one second." I heard hushed whispers on the other side and then I heard two voices. "Hey Bean. Gigi said that you want to know if we can come over today." "Bella." I exclaimed happily. "Emilie." I heard her say, before I started to giggle. She was laughing too, making me smile. 
"Well to answer your question. We can come over later, as soon as we finish up here. Maybe we can bring something for lunch. If that works with you guys." I heard the older of the two say. "Yeah that works for us." Mommy answered. 
I listened as the three continued talking, before mommy hung up the phone. "Well I guess that means that you little miss need to do your school work." I nodded and jumped up. "Okay." Running up the stairs to the yellow school room. I picked out the books I needed for the day and started to work through my school work. The topic of the week had been mostly about outer space, so that was really interesting. 
As I was cleaning the desk and putting my school stuff away, I heard the doorbell ring. Then I heard people talking so I pushed my math book onto the shelf and ran downstairs. "Bella. Gigi." I yelled as I saw the two sisters. "Bean." The brunette responded and picked me up, twirling me around before setting me down again. "Hey darling." Gigi said and pulled me into a hug. "Gigi." I wrapped my arms around her and held onto her. 
"We brought some food." She held up food from the restaurant down the street. I smiled as I took Bellas hand and pulled her towards the kitchen. "Daddy. Look Bella and Gigi are here." He turned around from where he was setting the table. "Hey you guys." He walked over to us and gave both of them a hug. "Hey Joe." Gigi greeted him, while I had already pulled Bella onto the couch. "Your sister said you wore really pretty clothes, can I see what you wore?" She chuckled, but shook her head. "No darling, I don't think you're old enough yet and that your parents would appreciate that very much." I pouted. "Why? I like pretty clothes." She just smiled at me, while I climbed onto her lap. "I missed you. I haven't seen you and Gigi in forever." The older of the two sisters sat down next to us, laughing. "We saw each other about a week ago, at your mom's birthday party." I just leaned into her, feeling way clingier than usual. "You little cuddle monster." Bella just wrapped her arms around me and swayed us from side to side. 
I felt a hand gently drawing circles on my back. "We could eat lunch, if you'd be ready to take a break from cuddling." I turned my head so I could look in the mommy's face. "But I don't wanna eat. I want cuddles." I heard the grown ups laugh as I hid my face back in Bellas shoulder. "How about we eat lunch, because I am really hungry. And afterwards we can watch a movie or a show and cuddle again, what do you think?" I thought about it and looked at Gigi. "Can you do my hair afterwards too?" She chuckled and nodded. "Of course Emi." I moved to sit next to Bella on the couch, so she could get up. She held her hand out and I grabbed it. Together we had lunch. The two sisters had brought sandwiches and salads and to my great excitement different kinds of muffins as a dessert. I picked up a cheese sandwich and took a bite out of it, watching the grown ups while munching the sandwich and swinging my legs back and forth. They were talking about something I didn't understand so I just watched them. 
"Hey Bean, are you okay?" I looked at the brunette. "Am tired." She gave me a smile. "As soon as we finish eating we can cuddle and you can take a little nap. What do you think?" I nodded and gave her a smile. "Yeah I want lots of cuddles." The older girl next to me smiled. Mommy and the others had listened in but continued to talk amongst each other. Bella was still looking at me. "You know I'm really excited for one of the Blueberry and White Chocolate Muffins. Those are my favorite." "Really, I never had one of those." "You totally have to try one." "I like triple chocolate the best." I told her and pointed to the muffin, she smiled. "How about I try half of yours and you try half of mine?" "Yeah. Can we have them now?" I kind of expected mommy to say something, but Bella answered before she could. "No honey. I think you need to finish your sandwich first." 
I looked at mommy, who just watched us but nodded when she saw me looking at her. "Kay." As fast as I could I finished my sandwich, so I could finally have a muffin. "Can we have muffins now, please?" I asked the grown ups. 
Mommy looked up, but before she answered, Daddy did. "How about you wait until everybody is finished?" "But Daddy. I wanna have a muffin." He just shook his head. "No Emi. It's not okay to have dessert, when not everyone is finished with the main course." "Mommy." I whined, but she gave me a smile and shook her head. "No, your daddy is right." I crossed my arms over my chest and pouted, but waited for the others to finish. Which took forever. Mommy was eating really slow and waiting for her tool forever. "Can we have the muffins now?" She nodded. "Yeah we can." 
I moved closer to Bella, while Daddy got up and got the muffins. "Here you go princess." He handed me the muffin I had eyed the entire time, while handing the other muffins out. Bella took a knife and cut a part of her muffin. "Here you go Bean." I pushed my muffin towards her, so she could cut a part out. I tried the piece of her muffin first. "It's really good." She smiled as she took a bite out of the muffin piece from my muffin. "I like yours too. The different chocolates are really good together." I smiled at her, just as I was taking another bite out of my muffin. I noticed mommy wasn't eating her muffin, maybe she didn't like the Strawberry one. "Mommy don't you like yours? If you want you can try mine." She looked up and gave me a smile. "No, it's okay, pretty girl. I'm just not that hungry right now." How could she not want a muffin, I furrowed my brows but kept quiet and nibbled on my muffin. Once all of us were finished I convinced Bella to move back to the couch with me. Where I cuddled into her and hid my face. 
I didn't notice that mommy, daddy and Gigi had sat down on the couch next to us. Bella was drawing circles on my back. "Are you sure you are okay?" The woman asked but I just nodded into her. She sighed but didn't ask more questions. Since I stopped talking she started to talk with the other grown ups, but she didn't stop to hold me, swaying us from side to side. I didn't know how long I was curled up in her arms before I fully closed my eyes and fell asleep. 

Taylor P.o.V.

I was leaning into Joe's comforting touch, his touch was the only thing grounding me, right now. The last two days had been too much for me emotionally. And now we were going to meet my daughter's grandparents. Maybe they would want to take her away. Her father had been okay with Emilie staying with us, but what if her mother's had a different opinion. "So considering that the little one fell asleep I think it would be a good time to ask what scared her this bad?" Bella asked me and I sighed, but didn't answer right away. Joe looked at me, as if asking me if he could tell them. I gave him a small nod, while leaning closer into his side. "Emilies birth father contacted us a little while ago and we met him yesterday. It didn't really go as  we had hoped. The social worker, who had helped him find and contact us, was trying to convince us that she should go with him." I saw the shock that was written in the face of the two sisters. 
"What? But you are the best place for Emily  to live. She loves you and she is happy and healthy. What else could they want?" Gigi asked. "Her birth dad agreed that we are the best place for her. He doesn't want to file for custody, since he agrees that a lawsuit is going to be traumatizing. He is just happy if he can be in her life. Which we are okay with." I told them as I felt myself tearing up again. Joe pulled me closer and leaned my head into his shoulder as he wrapped me up in his arms. "Everything is gonna be okay." He promised me, just like I had reassured Emilie earlier. I looked up at him, giving him a soft smile. "He's right Taylor. You two will figure it out and we will be there to help you guys with whatever you need." I smiled at the model and she smiled at me.
"You know that's not even the worst part. He was pretty relaxed but her grandparents called this morning, Emilie agreed to meet them. For now they are okay to just meet her, but they told us that since she is their only grandchild, they are really considering filing for either legal guardianship or visitation rights." Bellas grip around my daughter fastened a little and I could see how bad it scared her. The younger of the two sisters hadn't said anything so far but I knew that she loved Emilie like a niece. "I promise you whatever you need. Even if it's just for someone to watch her while you talk to a lawyer or social worker or something. I'll be there." Gigi looked at her sister and gave her a smile, as she moved closer to pull her sister into her side. 
"I know guys and as soon as we need help, we will call, I promise." The two returned the smile. "We are going to meet them tomorrow. Maybe they will agree that they won't need to sue for visitation rights. We don't want to keep Emilie from her birth family. We want her to know where she came from and if possible know more about her birth mom." Joe explained and the two of them nodded. "Keep us updated?" Gigi asked and I nodded in agreement. "Of course." 
I looked at my baby who was still deep asleep against the younger sister. "We should wake her up soon. Otherwise she won't be tired tonight." I mumbled and got up, as I moved closer to them. 
Kneeling in front of the couch I gently started to shake her awake. "Emi baby. Can you wake up for me?" She shook her head and wrapped her arms around Bella again. "No." Joe chuckled a little. "Hey darling. How about you get up and get the things I need so I can do your hair." Gigi said, while I rubbed her back. The little girl nodded a little, but it took her a few seconds to sit up. "I'm still sleepy." Emilie mumbled, but moved down from Bellas lap. 
She toddled sleepily towards her room, making me smile. This tiny girl had my whole heart. 
Emily came back into the living room holding her brush and some hair ties. Gigi took the ties and brush from her as Emilie sat on the couch next to her. "What do you want for a hairstyle?" "Just a pretty one." I watched as Gigi carefully brushed through her hair, before she started to braid Emilids hair into space buns. While she was doing so she was making my little girl feel pretty and confident, telling her how pretty she was and making her say affirmations. By the end she tickled her, making her laugh and giggle. She would make a great mother one day. 
Emilie jumped up and got some games so we could play together. For the next three hours we just played some games quietly. My  child was happy, playing and talking to us. Completely careless and happy. She didn't care about what happened yesterday, she was just happy. "Okay you guys. Me and Gigi have to leave now." Emilie looked up at her, pouting. "No, please don't leave Auntie Bella." She hugged Bellas legs and held onto her. Bella looked shocked at the fact that Emilie had called her Auntie. "I'll see you very soon baby I promise and until then you can call me on your mommies phone okay?" She pouted and turned to Gigi, holding her arms up so the older one could pick her up. "Please Auntie Gigi stay. Just for dinner and some more cuddles." "I'm sorry baby. We can't stay, we have work tomorrow." Emilie looked sad but accepted the short hug Gigi offered. "Okay. But I'll miss you." "I'll miss you too." Gigi kissed her forehead. 
The two of them left shortly after and Joe started making dinner, while I started running Emilie a bath. "Can you wash my hair for me?" I had taught her how to do it on her own, but every now and then she asked me to do it. "Of course baby. You want the rose shampoo?" She nodded, so I kneeled down next to the tub and started to wash her hair. Gently massaging her scalp as she leaned into my touch. It took a while, since she started to relax. 
"Don't fall asleep on me now." I helped her out of the bathtub, drying her off and she got herself dressed in a pair of cat Pj's looking incredibly adorable. "Come on little one. Let's see what your daddy made for dinner." Together the two of us walked into the kitchen watching as Joe set the table. Dinner was already finished and on the table. 
"Look mommy is your favorite." Emilie exclaimed and sat down on her chair. It was true. Joe had made Chicken Tenders with mashed potatoes. "I see." I answered, while grabbing apple juice and water. 
"Well dig in love." Joe said and we started eating. Emilie was happily eating and even though I wasn't very hungry I ate. I felt Joe's gaze linger on me every now and then. He didn't say anything, but I knew he was worried. We finished our dinner and I helped Joe clean the kitchen, while Emilie fed the cats. One of the chores she had taken up, she didn't mind it too much and we wanted her to learn about responsibility.
The three of us moved to the couch, with Joe starting to play the TV Show we had started to watch together. It was the show Selena had down years ago. The Wizards of Waverly Place. Emily had begged to see her Aunty in the show, so we decided that we would let her watch it as long as we sat by. But we both knew that Selena would have a lot to explain the next time she came over. But so far Emilie liked the show. 
I moved closer to Joe and leaned into his touch. He pulled me closer and then started to gently stroke my side, drawing circles on my shoulders and back. Emilie was sitting on the floor in front of us playing with the cats while watching TV. "I love you Taylor." Joe whispered into my ear, as he pressed a kiss onto the side of my head. "I love you too." I turned to whisper back at home, before turning my head towards him and pressing a soft kiss onto his lips. I basically melted into his touch and closed my eyes. My brain was still racing, worried about tomorrow, about Emilie and our future. 
"You're overthinking again. You need to take a deep breath and look at me." I did as he asked off of me, looking deep into his eyes. "Everything will be okay. I promise whatever  happens we will figure out. Stop worrying about things you can't control. Whatever comes our way we'll tackle together." I smiled and leaned into his embrace, closing my eyes and enjoying the moments of quiet in my mind. He swayed us a little from side to side and I just closed my eyes letting myself fully calm down.
At some point I heard the intro play again and looked up. A second episode was playing. Usually we would turn the TV off now, but considering how early it was I figured we could watch another episode. So catching Emilies gaze I just gave her a smile. "We can watch another one today." She smiled and moved back to pet Charm and Olivia, who was laying all over her lap. 
"You okay mommy?" She asked me and I smiled. On the one hand I didn't want Emilie to know my worries, but on the other hand I knew that to teach her about healthy ways to deal with emotions I needed to set a healthy example for her. "I'm just a little worried, but your daddy is right, we'll figure everything out together as a family." She looked at me for a second but nodded, before turning her attention back to TV.
Once the episode was finished Joe picked a sleeping Emilie up to carry her to her room. Together we got Emilie settled down and tucked into her bed, before returning to the living room.
"We've had a rough few days, haven't we?" Joe asked as he pulled me into his arms again. I just nodded and moved my head into his neck. "Just hold me please." I mumbled and he smiled as he tucked me closer. "Whatever you need. You know I will always be here to take care of you and our little girl. Okay?" I smiled again. "Our Girl?" I mumbled and he just nodded. "Our daughter. Our child." "I love you. I love you so much." I whispered as I looked up at him. He smiled back. "And I love you. You and our crazy little girl." 
We turned on a sitcom and I leaned into him letting him play with my hair, slowly falling asleep. "Hey babe. Let's get you upstairs, what do you think?" I moved a little to sit up and looked at him with tired eyes. "Hmm?" "Let's get you to bed, darling." He turned the TV off and guided me upstairs into our bedroom. 
I grabbed my Pj's and changed into them, before starting to brush my teeth and the attached bathroom. Joe entered the bathroom, already changed into his Pj's as he started to brush his teeth. When I finished I went back to the bathroom, where I saw that Joe had already put away the deco cushions and comforter, I put away my clothes and sat down in front of my dressing table and finished up my night routine. Joe came back into the bedroom and gave me a smile that I returned through the mirror.
I got up and climbed into bed next to Joe who opened his arms for me. "Come here love." Smiling, I moved closer to him, closing my eyes. "Good night my dear." I whispered and he smiled. "Sweet dreams love." He whispered back, kissing my forehead. 

Emilie P.o.V.

It was afternoon and I knew that in a little time I'd meet Carolinas Mommy and Daddy. I was wearing a pretty dress with my hair open. Mommy had offered to put it up, but I decided against it. I liked it wild and open.
"Mommy can I put on make up. I wanna look pretty." Daddy looked up from his book, looking over at me and mommy. "No darling. You don't need any makeup. You look beautiful just the way you are." He put his book to the side and walked over to me, picking me up and twirling me around. "Daddy." I giggled and wrapped my arms around him, squealing in happiness. Mommy was laughing at us. "Come here you two. Give me a hug." He pulled her into the hug and I wrapped one of my arms around her. 
"My little family." I heard her mumble and cuddled closer to them. Then the doorbell rang. My heart started racing and I held onto daddy's neck as mommy took a deep breath and gave us a smile. "We can do this." The two of them walked to the door, while I clung to Daddy, hiding my face in his neck. 
"Hello, you must be Emilie." The voice of a woman rang out to me. "Yeah, that's Emilie and I'm Taylor. It's nice to meet you." I heard mommy answer. I felt my weight being shifted in daddy's arms, as he introduced himself. "Joe. It's a pleasure." I could feel him shake someone's hand. "David and this is my wife Sheila." So there were two of them. "Emilie don't you want to introduce yourself?" I heard Sheila ask, but I just shook my head and burrowed my face further in daddy. 
"But that's very rude, don't you think?" She asked, but mommy answered. "I am sure you mean well, but please don't make her feel like she has to introduce herself. Emi is a shy girl, she just needs a little time and that is completely okay." I felt her hand smooth over my hair.
"Why don't we go to the living room and talk?" Daddy offered and started to walk back into the apartment. The other grownups followed and soon enough we were sitting down. I was shifted again so my body faced the other adults. I took a glance at the two grown ups. An older man and woman. Her hair was similar to mine, but she had gray streaks. The man's hair was completely gray, but his eyes were the same color as mine. I stared at him, he gave me a small smile, which made me hide my face again.
"So Emilie and I made some cupcakes for us. Would you like some coffee or tea?" My mom asked them and went to the kitchen to fix up some coffee for the grown ups and apple juice for me. "You like baking Emelie?" The woman asked and I nodded a little. "That's great, me too. I'm sure I could teach you a lot about baking and cooking if you'd want." I just shrugged and leaned back into daddys shirt. My cat Charm was laying on the couch next to me and I started to play with her. 
It was more or less silent for a while mommy tried to converse with the other two grown ups and Sheila was trying to get me to talk to her but I ignored her. She wasn't very nice, she didn't talk to my mommy and ignored every attempt of getting her to talk about other things.
"Daddy can I go play?" I whispered in his ear and he shrugged a little, looking at mommy next to him. "Emi wants to go play in her room, okay?" She nodded and I jumped from the couch, Charm in my arms and ran towards my bedroom. There I pulled out one of the coding games, Auntie Karlie had given me. It was a robot that you could program to move towards different directions. I heard the door open and looked up from the little blue robot. The grown ups had followed me to my room and were now watching me. 
"Emilie, what are you playing dear?" The older woman asked me. "I'm programming the robot to go in a direction." She looked surprised and then turned to my mommy. "You're letting her play with boy toys? Shouldn't she play with dolls and learn how to be nurturing?" "There is no such thing as boy or girl toys. Emilie can play with whatever she wants. She is incredibly smart and I will be happy to see her flourish into an independent woman." The older woman looked like she was about to retort something, but her husband grabbed her arm and shook his head. They sat down on my rug, watching me play and placing new courses  for my robot, while they talked between themselves. 
"Well it's almost dinner time. Do you want to eat with us?" Mommy asked, but Sheila shook her head "No. It's okay, we'll be on our way now." They got up and grabbed their coats as they came towards the door. Then Sheila turned around and focused on me.
"Emilie darling. Why don't you come stay with me and your Grandpa for a bit?" I looked up from playing with Charm and Mere. "Why?" She looked surprised. "Cause we are your family." Her husband answered for her, but she nodded. "And you could find out more about your mommy. Wouldn't you like that?" 
"We agreed to let you meet her. Not take her with you." Mommy answered and picked me up. "Taylor, she's our granddaughter. We have a right to her." "And she's my daughter. Who has met you once and is not going to meet you again if she doesn't want to." Mommy said, her voice firm and her grip around me tight. "That's for her to decide. Emilie don't you wanna know your mommy? Your real mommy?"  Sheila asked and I looked at mommy, who was hurt. She had tears in her eyes and they lost the happy sparkle they usually had. 
"No. My mommy is here. A mom is someone who tucks you in. And gives you cuddles and hugs. And makes good cookies. And is really the best person to play with. And tells you stories. I have the best mommy of all the mommies in the world." 
I hugged her closer but I could still feel the tears running down her cheeks. But she pulled me closer, holding me as if her life depended on it. Joe stepped closer and pulled us into his side. While the other two grown ups just looked at me, but then the man nodded. "Okay, but if that is okay with your mommy, daddy and you, we'd like to see you again sometime." I just nodded. His wife looked mad at him, but he just shook his head. "We will see ourselves out." And with that he grabbed his wife by the hand and pulled her with him. 
Mom walked back towards the living room, sank down on the couch and held me and Joe, who sat down next to her, close to her. Trying to calm herself down. After a while of just breathing sounds she looked up at me and smiled. "You said I'm the best mom in the world." I smiled back and nodded. "You are. I don't need another mom. I just need you."
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