Later that morning, Cassidy and Caroline were both sat on the sofa with Emma sat in between them whilst they were reading a storybook to the one-year-old child. It would not be long before the little one turned eighteen-months-old but she was rather advanced for her age and both of the little ones were rather enjoying spending time with the child. They had already seemingly adopted her into their little bubble.
The two redheaded children were taking it in turns to read each of the lines of the popular fairytale whilst Andrea and Miranda made breakfast for them all.
"No evil", Emma said when they got to the part about the Evil Queen in the story of Snow White.
Caroline looked down at the child and smiled, "She is Emma, that's why she's called the Evil Queen instead of just the Queen".
"No evil", the little one repeated, "Sad".
The twin girls looked at the storybook and they realised what she was saying, the Queen did appear to be sad, "In that case maybe we should read a different story? Seeing as this book is being mean to the Queen".
"Mean book", Emma repeated.
"Why, may I ask is the book suddenly mean?", Miranda asked as they arrived in the doorway to the room, "You've been reading it all morning, what could you have possibly shown her in there that has deemed it as being mean?".
"Emma decided that the Queen isn't evil but she's just sad", Caroline revealed.
"She has watched Once Upon a Time with me quite a bit so she has a slightly different take on fairy tales", Andrea said with a smile, "The Evil Queen is one of her favourite characters".
"Do you not like Snow White?", Cassidy asked the younger girl.
Emma shook her head, "No", she replied simply.
"I can only imagine the fun it could be if we took her to D-i-s-n-e-y", Miranda commented with amusement.
Both of the older girls giggled at what their mother had said which caused Emma to as well.
"She doesn't know what that means, does she?", Miranda asked as she glanced over at Andrea who was also holding a tray full of food that she was placing on the coffee table.
Andrea laughed, "She isn't even eighteen-months-old yet, Miranda, of course, she can't", she replied, "She's laughing because Caroline and Cassidy are".
Miranda smiled, "Good", she said with a smile, she had known that the likeliness of her knowing the spelling of the word was slim but it was better to check.
The two trays were safely on the table, it was a mix of different foods that they could each choose from, and Miranda handed out plates for each of them so that they could choose what they wanted for breakfast. She also handed out the drinks that she had poured including the sealed plastic cup that held juice for Emma.
The storybook had been put to the side but Miranda could not help but look over at it and wonder if she could find a different version, one that was not as biased against the 'Evil Queen' as that one was because she knew that Emma would much prefer that. She had an image in her head of them all going to Disney World and the little one running up to the 'Evil' Queen whilst running away from Snow White, the mental image made her smile especially as there were so many people that thought that she herself was evil with names such as the Snow Queen and Dragon and yet that beautiful little girl did not hesitate to climb into her lap straight away.
Miranda was pulled out of her little daydreaming session when she was nudged lightly by Emma, "Anda? Anananana pease", she said holding out a banana to the woman.
Clearly, Emma wanted her to peel it for her so that she could eat it, Miranda smiled and took the banana from the child, "Can you say banana?", she asked softly.
"Anananana", she said before grinning happily and pointing at the yellow fruit.
Miranda chuckled lightly and unpeeled the piece of fruit for the child before handing it to her, "There you go", she said with a smile.
"Thank you", Emma said happily, but instead of moving back to where she had been on the sofa she opted to sit in Miranda's lap instead.
"I see you've changed seats", Miranda said with amusement.
"Anda", the youngest child said with a bright grin before leaning back against the Editor-in-Chief.
"Oh, if only Emily could see you now", Andrea commented, "I think she'd pass out".
Miranda had the one-year-old in her lap who was eating a banana but the child had managed to drop a piece of banana on the woman's designer trousers and also put a sticky handprint on her shoulder where she had nudged her in order to get her attention. Neither of those things bothered the woman at all. She was also eating a waffle herself with strawberries and chocolate sauce drizzled on top of it. "Yes", Miranda said with a slight smirk, "The dragon being slain by a one-year-old child with sticky fingers".
"Roar", came the response from the little one making them all giggle despite the fact that the child had not understood what the white-haired woman had said.
Andrea shook her head, "But you are so not a dragon", she said softly as she leaned in and pressed a kiss to the woman's cheek, "Although you have been attacked with sticky fingers".
Miranda dipped her finger in the chocolate sauce that was decorating her waffle and then, whilst Andrea was distracted talking to Caroline and Cassidy, she dabbed the chocolate sauce on the younger woman's nose making all three of the children laugh with amusement.
Andrea's jaw dropped as she turned to her fully, "You so did not do that", she said with slight shock in her voice.
"Oh, I so did", was Miranda's response before she kissed her suddenly on the lips.
