12.11.2017
Emilie Pov: 

It was almost five pm, when mommy came downstairs. I was cuddled into Selenas side, playing with the filters on snapchat. "Look, we've got puppy ears." I giggled. "Can we save that? Please?" She nodded and saved it before sending it to mommy.

That's when I heard a phone go off, mommy was standing in the hallway. "Mommy. You look so pretty." She was wearing a long green dress with a black belt, black shoes and was carrying a black purse.

"Thank you, baby. Are you still okay with Joe and I going out?" I nodded. "Yeah. Auntie Selly and I are gonna have so much fun." Selena nodded.

"Yeah Tay. We are gonna have a girls night." I giggled as Selena tickled my side. "Okay I'm gonna go meet up with Joe now. You two have fun and call me if you need anything." I jumped up from the couch, giving her a tight hug.

"Bye mommy. Have fun. I love you." She smiled as she pressed a kiss on my forehead. "I love you too Emi." She gave Selena a quick hug, before she left the apartment. "So Miss Emilie. Any idea of what you want to do?" I shookmy head and set down again.

"Well I have an idea of what we could do. We could make some homemade lemonade and paint some Shirts afterwards."  "Yes please. Can we make pink lemonade?" She nodded and held her hand out to me. In the kitchen she searched up a recipe.

"What do you think about this? It's made with sugar, water, lemons and some grape juice." "Yes, that sounds tasty. Can we make this?" She nodded and together we pulled out all the ingredients.

"Okay, the first step is to boil two cups of water, sugar and lemon zest for five minutes. You think you can help me with the measurements?" I nodded and together we put the right amount of ingredients into the pot. "I'm gonna boil it now, you can help me stir, but be careful." For the next five minutes we boiled the water, than Selena turned the heat down.

"Now we're gonna put the rest of the water, the lemon juice and the grapefruit juice together with the sugar water mix." I read out, while Selena picked out the lemon zest and threw it away. "Alright I'm gonna get a bowl or something so we can mix it all together." I helped Selena to mix everything.

"Now it just has to cool down a bit. It will be ready after we are finished with our shirts. So let's clean this mess, before we make a new one." I helped Selena clean up, putting the squeezed lemons away, while she put the sugar back into the cupboard.

"Alrighty. You go change into something that can get dirty and I'll go get the things we need for the Shirts." I skipped back upstairs where I changed into one of my older shirts and sweatpants, before going back to the living room.

Selena had put down two white shirts one in my size, one in hers and some pens. "What's this?" I picked up a pen and held it up. "Those are fabric markers and here we have some stencils. Now let's make some shirts."

I sat down and pulled the shirt closer. "I don't know what to draw." "Maybe a star or rainbow?" Selena offered and I shook my head, I wanted something more creative.

"Maybe I can write my name and color around it or something." I mumbled and looked at the colors we had. "Sounds like a good idea. What do you think I should write?"

"Can I do your shirt? And you do mine?" I asked and she nodded. "Sure what do you wanna write?" I just smiled at her and started to write on her shirt with bluish colors. Dark blue and light blue, before I started to color over the writing. "Look, I'm almost finished." She looked up from her drawing and smiled

"I like it. It's so pretty." I smiled happily before going back to finish the shirt. Selena was almost finished when I was done. "Can I see?" I asked and she nodded.

She had written out my name all in capital letters and colored dots in between the letters. Underneath in smaller font she had written 'I'll be there for you.'  "It's like Friends, the show we watched with mommy." 

I was so excited that I leaned over the table to see better, almost tumbling down from my chair. "No climbing on tables and chairs, remember?"Selena asked when she held onto me. "Yeah. I'm sorry. I was excited, that's all." I mumbled. "I know sweetie. But I want to return you in one piece when your mom comes."

She picked me up and I cuddled into her chest. "I love you Auntie Selly." She smiled and pulled me even closer. "I love you too Emi. Now what do you think you wanna put on PJ'S watch a Disney Movie while painting our nails and putting on a face mask?" 

I nodded again, but stayed cuddled up in her chest. "Do you think Joe will ask mommy to marry her?" Selena started to laugh and shake her a little. "Well maybe at some point in the future, but not today." I nodded while slipping from her lap.

"I'll go change." Back upstairs I changed into my pink cat Pj's, before walking down to hallway to Selena's room. I opened the door to her room and glanced inside. She was also getting changed. "Auntie Selly? Can I come inside?"

"Of course come here love." Smiling, I jumped onto her bed and watched as she pulled some things out of her bag. "Can I put your hair back? We could do some face masks." "Yeah." She sat down behind me and started to pull my hair back into a ponytail. "Now I'm gonna wash your face with wet cloth, okay?" 

I nodded again and Auntie Selly started to wash my face very carefully to not get my hair wet. "Can I wash your face?" I asked, grinning up at her, while she was still washing my face and she nodded a little. "Sure if you're careful."

I pouted as she booped my nose. "Course I am. I don't wanna hurt you." She washed the cloth again and handed it to me so I could wash her face. "You had makeup on?" I asked when I saw some dark color on the cloth and she nodded. "Yeah I put some mascara on."

"Well now it's gone." I giggled as I finished washing her face. "Now let's put this on. This is a face mask. It's supposed to hydrate your face." She held out something and I read the description.

It was made with roses and when she opened it I could smell the scent. "Are you okay with putting this on?" I nodded and she gently started to apply the face mask to my face. "Please tell me if anything hurts or I get some in your eye." She said and I nodded. After she was finished with my face, I helped her put the mask on her face.

"Let's take a picture for your mom." She said and held out her phone so we could take a picture. "We look funny." I told her and she nodded in agreement. "Do you want to listen to a song while we wait for the mask to dry?" "Yeah can we listen to uhm 'I'm a lady. It's one of my favorite songs. Uhh and then maybe 'hands to myself'."

She nodded, smiled and started to play I'm a lady. "Cause I'm a lady." I was dancing through Selena's room, singing along. After the songs were finished she helped me wash the face mask off my face, before she did the same with her own mask. "Look, my face is so glowy." I giggled. "Yeah that's the purpose of face masks." She answered giggling.

"How about we go downstairs and paint our nails while watching the movie?" I followed her downstairs, where we put on a Disney Movie, Moana, which I had watched before with Taylor and Joe, but I really, really liked it. We put the lemonade on the table and pizza in the oven.

"Do you want me to color your nails?" "Yes please." She pulled out some colors she had. "I'd like purple please." "Alrighty. Show me your hands." I held out my hands so she could paint my nails. "Do you want to try and paint my nails?" She asked once she finished and I nodded. "I can try but I'm not sure I'm good at it." The brunette just smiled.

"Well I'm not the best at either, see my hands are a little shaky so I overpainted a little, but that's okay. We can use a wipe to clean up the edges a little." "Why are your hands shaky?" I asked looking up at her and she looked down sadly.

"Hmm remember when you and Taylor visited me in the hospital because I was sick?"  I nodded. "I have a disease called Lupus. Basically what happens is that my body thinks that my own body tissue is an intruder and I have something you describe as an allergic reaction." I nodded a little not really understanding why her body wouldn't like its own parts.

"Can you get healthy again?" "It's a little complicated. I'll always have this disease, but with the right medical help I can live a healthy life. But I need to take my medicine and go to the doctor for check-ins." "I don't want you to be sick again." I mumbled and cuddled into her side.

She was my absolutely favorite aunt and third on my list of my favorite people. "I know love. But it's gonna be okay. I have some very good doctors looking out for me okay?" I nodded and kissed her cheek. "Okay." For a little while I was silent and Selena was carefully watching me.

"Are you okay, Emi?" I nodded. "Yeah. I just don't want you to go to the hospital again, the last time you looked really, really sick." I mumbled, before looking up at her. "Oh Emi." She pulled me on her lap and I clung to her.

"I don't wanna lose you." I mumbled into her hair and she just smiled. "You won't. I'm really healthy right now. A friend of mine gave me one of her kidneys, so now I'm really, really healthy. I still need to take medicine and be careful with some foods, but I'll be okay. I promise." I looked up at her.

"Can we paint your friend a picture?" She smiled and nodded. "Yeah we can. How about we paint one tomorrow?" I nodded and cuddled back into her. "I love you Auntie Selly." "I love you too, Emi." For a while we just cuddled and watched the movie, then the alarm for the pizza went off.

"I'll go get the food. You stay right here." When she got back she put a bunch of small pizzas down and we ate. "Can I still paint your nails after we finished the food?" I asked and she nodded.

"Sure love. I'd love it if you paint my nails." I smiled and happily ate my pizza. After we were finished, I picked out red nail polish. "Can we use this to paint your nails?" She nodded while pouring herself some water. "Yes. Red is one of my favorites."

So I carefully painted her nails, trying not to paint over, but after I was finished I just cleaned it up a little. "Look, it's pretty." I smiled and she nodded. "It does. I love how you painted my nails." I smiled again, drinking some of my pink lemonade, before leaning into her again. "The movie is almost finished. Do you want to watch another one afterwards or go to bed?" "Can I sleep in your bed?"

I asked and she nodded. "Of course. It wouldn't be a sleepover otherwise would it?" I smiled and hugged her, really close. "When do you think Mommy is gonna be home?" "I don't know Emi. But I'm sure she's okay. She has Joe with her to keep her safe."

I giggled and nodded. "Yeah, like the knight protects the princess." I said very seriously and she nodded. "More like the queen, because I am sure that you are his princess." I giggled as she booped my nose. I turned back to the TV and watched as Moana saved Te Fiti and returned home to her people.

Before the end credits started. After cleaning up in the living room, I was now upstairs in Selena's room waiting for her to finish brushing her teeth.

"Here I am Emilie. Let's get some sleep. I'll text your mommy that we are going to sleep now." "Can we send an audio message?" The brunette nodded and held her phone out for me. "Okay I'm starting to record now." "Hey mommy. Auntie Selly and I are going to sleep now. I love you." Auntie Selly laughed a little, before she started to speak. "Hey Tay. Emi and I had a nice evening. It was really fun and we're gonna head to bed now. We'll see you tomorrow."

 She pressed send and we watched three dots appear as mommy typed out her answer. 'Good night you guys. I love you two.' I smiled and cuddled into Selena, who turned the lights off. 

Taylor Pov: After she said goodbye to Emilie and Selena

I closed the door and let out a breath I didn't even realize I held. "Emilie okay?" I heard Joe's deep bass voice.

"Yeah she's happy to spend time with Selena. I was just a little worried she might not want me to leave." He smiled and held his arm out for me. "Selena will call if something happens. Now my darling, let me take you out for dinner."

 I smiled as he led me towards the car. "You look beautiful by the way." He said, making me blush. "You don't look too bad yourself." I said, kissing his cheek. "We should be careful with the paparazzi." I told him as he pushed the door open. The flashlights started and Joe moved to stand next to me, putting his hand on my back.

"Taylor. Look over here." "Taylor. Joe. How long have you been together?" "Is the girl that's usually with you both your child?" We just kept our heads down and Joe opened the door for me, I slipped into the cat, as he walked around, getting into the driver's seat.

"I hate the paparazzi." I mumbled and looked down. "I know me too." He gave my hand a squeeze. "Now let's go to the restaurant." I nodded and watched as he put the car into drive and we started driving down the street. "So where are you taking me?"

I turned my head towards him and watched as he drove us through the neighborhood before turning into the main street. His right hand left the wheel, and laid it down on my thigh. "That is a surprise." He said.

"Oh come on tell me." But he shook his head, a little smile on his lips. "You know you sound just like your daughter, when she wants something."

"I do. Don't I?" I started to laugh, making him laugh as well. "We're almost there." Joe told me. I nodded and put my hand on his, so I could hold his hand. "Alright I'm excited to see what you planned." He turned his hand around and squeezed my hand three times, making me smile even more. "I love you too." I whispered.

He parked in front of a small restaurant, before turning to me. "You're ready to head in?" I nodded and we got out of the car. "Hey I have a reservation for Alwyn." The waitress, a woman in her mid forties, looked at us and then nodded. "Sure, let me show you to your table."

The table was in the far back. It had a white table cloth, was set up for two people and in the middle was a candle and flowers. It was absolutely beautiful. Joe pulled out one of the chairs and helped me in, before sitting down on the chair in front of me. "Here's the menu. Do you want to know of our specials?" "Sure." I answered, looking at the woman.

"First we have the Ravioli Alla aragosta, which is ravioli filled with lobster meat and a light sauce. Second we have sogliola alle noci, which is a filet of sole sautéed with cashews and parsley in a white wine sauce and lastly we have our house salad made with tomatoes grown in the chef's garden, olives and red pepper." Joe and I exchanged a glance, before he spoke up. "Thank you, we'll  need some time to look through the menu." "Of course. I'll be back in a bit." The woman left us alone and I smiled at him.

"Ravioli with lobster meat? Doesn't sound very tasty." I mumbled as I looked through the menu. "I'm probably gonna stick to something more classic as well."  Joe said. "Do you want wine?" He asked, looking through the menu.

"Sure but not a lot. What wine were you thinking?" "Maybe a Chardonnay, we could get two glasses?" I nodded and looked at the different dishes. "I think I'll take the Tortellini panna e piselli." I told him looking up and he nodded. "Yeah those sound good, but I think I'll take the pollo rugantino." "Yeah that sounds good too." I agreed. "Do you want to share bruschetta as an appetizer?" I asked him and he nodded. "Sure sounds good." We waited until the waitress came back.

"Did you find something?" We nodded. "Yeah we did. We'd like two glasses of Chardonnay please and bruschetta as an appetizer. And pollo rugantino for me." Joe ordered and I smiled, waiting for her to write his order down. "I'd like the Tortellini panna e piselli please." "Of course." She left us alone again and I turned back to Joe.

"So.." I said looking at him. "So.." He said back smiling, making me laugh. "I'm not really sure how to do dates anymore. I'm always with Emilie." I sighed and brushed my hair back.

"That's okay. I miss the little one by the way." His small sentence made me smile. "Really?" He nodded, making me smile. "She such sweet little girl and I love being part of her life." I smiled.

"And she's so much like you. She's smart, compassionate and so loving." He continued. "She is. She has such a beautiful soul." I agreed with him. The waitress brought our drinks and the bruschetta. "Woah that was fast." Joe said once she was gone.

"Yeah that was like incredibly fast." I said picking up my glass. "Cheers." We clunk our glasses together. Joe just put his down, while I took a sip from my wine. The conversation flowed easily as we ate the food. Joe telling me about his family, what happened back home in England and I telling him about the things that were going in my life. We had almost finished our food when my phone dinged.

"It's Selena. One second." I opened the chat and saw an audio message and an picture. "Hey mommy. Auntie Selly and I are going to sleep now. I love you." You could hear Selena laugh a little, before she started to speak. "Hey Tay. Emi and I had a nice evening. It was really fun and we're gonna head to bed now. We'll see you tomorrow."

I smiled at Joe who was smiling back. "Look the picture is so cute." The two of them were both wearing pinkish face masks and laughing in the camera. "Is she wearing a face mask?" "Yeah she is."

"She's so little. She shouldn't put on beauty products." Joe furrowed his eyebrows. "She's five and she's putting in a face mask with her Aunt in a girls night. It's not like she's wearing full face make up and dressing like an adult. She's just doing it for fun." He sighed.

"I just want her to stay little forever. She's so innocent and adorable." "I know. Just a warning she will probably tell you all about her evening tomorrow and be really excited and she's wearing nail polish so please don't tell her that she shouldn't wear that." "I'm not saying she shouldn't. I'm just saying she doesn't need it. Just like you don't need any makeup in my eyes." I felt my cheeks heat up and looked down.

"Do you want to walk through the park nearby before returning home?" "Sure. I'd love too." Joe got up and talked to the waitress, before following her to the register. "What's he doing? I want to pay." I mumbled and picked my jacket and bag up following him. "That'd be $45." The woman said and Joe pulled out a fifty dollar bill handing it to her before pulling out another ten dollars.

"The rest is tip." He said and put his hand on my back. "Let's go, love." He then turned to me. "I wanted to pay." I pouted and he smiled. "But I'm the one that asked you for a date."

Before we left the restaurant I pressed a quick kiss on his lips. "Let's go." We walked down the street. Luckily it was very quiet, it was a little chilly but so nice just to walk down the street with Joe. Without being followed by paparazzi or security or anyone.

The park was pretty empty and we always stayed on the pathways, watching the occasional late night dog walker or jogger and some teens drinking a little further away. It was a comfortable silence, just being happy and feeling content with each other.

After a little while we walked back to the car and Joe drove us back home. I took his cold hand and gently squeezed it three times, before bringing it up to my mouth and kissing the back of it. He smiled and after I put it back down he started to drew circles on my thigh. As he parked the car I leaned over to him and kissed him intensly. "I love you."

He whispered against my lips, before kissing me again, pulling me closer to him. "Let's go inside." I rushed out between two kisses. Inside the apartment, we stumbled upstairs drunk on love. "I need to check on Emilie."

I mumbled as the blonde tried to pull me into my bedroom. "But I'll be right back." I mumbled against his lips and looked up at him, knowing full well that my eyes were widened and my cheeks rosy. "Alright." He mumbled back.

Quietly I checked on Emilie who was deep asleep next to Selena, who was also sleeping. So I slipped back out of the room and back into my own. 
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