Here's another one shot. It's Easter time. Kids are 9 years old. Please review. More ideas for these oneshots are appreciated. Thanks.
Easter:
For the first time in a long time Emily could breathe. It was finally the easter long weekend she, Alison and the family had been waiting for. Work had been crazy the last few months for both women and they were happy they could finally take some time off. It was Good Friday and they were currently packing the car for the cavanaughs lake house. Toby and Spencer were so thrilled to be hosting their first official holiday get together with the gang. There had been talk about going to New York instead for the big Easter egg hunt in Central Park with Hanna & Caleb but the lake house seemed like the better option. Fresh air, open space for the kids to run and be near the water. It was going to be the perfect weekend.
"Ali, I think you packed just about everything but the kitchen sink." Emily teased hauling to large luggage bags into the boot of the car which was pretty well stuffed already.
Alison rolled her eyes smiling, as she herself added another bag of groceries for the trip. "Sorry Em. we can never have enough food. You know how much the guys eat and it doesn't hurt to be prepared, right Noah?" Ali winked at their 9 year old son who was all dressed up in his Boy Scouts uniform.
"Right." He said proudly pushing out his chest showing off all the badges he'd earned so far.
Emily smirked in her wife's direction "You do realise the rest of the scouts motto used to say prepare to die for your country don't you?".
Alison swiped her wife's arm playfully "Oh stop it." Emily pecked her wife in the side of the head.
"It's true! I swear. Scouts honor," she mocked, signalling as a young scout with two fingers.
Noah laughed. Seeing his mothers so happy was definitely a highlight of the trip and it hadn't even started yet.
"Come on mum's lets go! I wanna go swimming before it gets dark."
Alison nodded "Alright. Go find your sister and give her 5 minute warning. Mama & I will just go through the list to see if we've forgotten anything."
"Ok." He yelled running back through the house "Savvy mum's say 5 minutes until we leave!" Alison and Emily hear him loud and clear.
Emily sighs throws her arms by her side "I could have done that."
Alison is scanning the boot one last time muttering to herself.
"Swimmers, check. Sun cream, check. Towels, check. Bed linen, check. Food and drinks, check..." the list went on
"Easter Chocolate for the kids? Wine, bubble bath & lube for us?" Emily chimed in flirtatiously whispering into her wife's ear.
Alison flinches when Emily's tongue taunts the skin of her neck with soft kisses.
"C-Check," she moans tripping on the word bringing her back to reality.
The front door swings open and twins burst out "I call shot gun!" Noah shouts shoving his sister out of the way, his feet trampling in the mud puddle from the previous nights rain.
"No way! I called shot gun last night doofus!" Savvy challenges pushing her brother back also trampling through the puddle splashing water and mud.
"Hey! Settle down you two!" Emily scolds opening the back door to the car. "Nobody has shotgun except your mother. Now turn around and apologise to her. You've just run through the mud and ruined her clothes"
The twins turn to see Alison's less than pleased expression and a mud splatter on clean top and shorts. She had spent most of the morning ensuring it stay that way. She had even managed to spare it after feeding Freya her mashed banana for breakfast.
Savannah and Noah hang their heads "sorry mum,"
"Yeah sorry mum." They say. Wiping their shoes on the grass they take to the back seat either side Freya whom is already asleep in her car seat.
"I guess I'll go change."
"Ok babe, well everything's packed so I'll call Spencer and let them know we're on the way," Emily replies.
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"Ok kids, cover your eyes and count to 20. Then you can go searching for the Easter eggs." Spencer told the children. All the children agreed and began counting '1,2,3,4...'. The backyard to the lake house had been filled with eggs hidden in obvious and obscure places. In the hedges, in the flowerpots, on the deck chairs near the water, etc.
'18, 19, 20' the 8 kids scattered about picking the chocolate. The adults were sharing a few drinks on the deck chatting. Soon enough the kids had found as many eggs as possible. They all sat together unwrapping one after the other shovelling then in their mouths.
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"Hun, have you seen Noah?"
Alison turned at her wife's words seeing all the children on the grass. All except Noah.
"No, I haven't. Savvy where's your brother?"
Savannah shrugged her shoulders adding another chocolate egg to her already full mouth. Emily and Alison's heads whipped around the yard. Noah was nowhere to be found.
Seeing the panic paint her friends faces Spencer spoke up.
"Let's not jump to conclusions. He's probably out front searching for more chocolate."
Toby nodded in agreement. Alison half smiled, silently she wondered how long had he been out of sight out of mind? It was easy for anyone to get lost out here in The woods near the lake house. They had to find him.
"I'm going to go looking for him." Emily said rushing to her feet. Caleb and Toby nodded "Let's split up and find him."
Aria, Hanna and Alison searched the lake house keeping an eye out for the other children. Spencer, emily, Toby and Caleb, Ezra searched everywhere else.
Emily darted out front and began jogging along the dirt road they had come in.
"Noah?! Come on this isn't funny. Noah where are you?" Emily called continuing further and further away from the house.
"Help, someone help me!"
At the sound of Noah's voice Emily's sprang to attention. Turning on her heel staring back the way she had come. "Noah?". He didn't sound hurt but he sounded scared.
"Mama, please help me. I'm stuck."
Her eyes searched between the trees. "Mama I'm up here."
Emily looked up, shielding her eyes from the late afternoon sun she saw him. At the highest point of the fir tree.
"Oh my god! what are you doing up there? how many times have we told you not to climb trees. You know you're scared of heights. Plus you could fall and break your neck."
"I was looking for eggs. Once I realised there weren't any up here I couldn't get down. My legs wouldn't move."
"Why would-" Emily's cell was ringing. "Hey Ali...yes I've found him...he's fine, he's stuck up a tree." Noah could hear the disdain in his mothers voice loud and clear "Can you ask Toby to bring a ladder? thanks babe."
Soon Toby arrived with a ladder. "Jeez mate it's pretty high up here. What were thinking climbing all the way." Toby asked as he reached him.
Noah's legs were visibly shaking "I don't know can you just get me down?".
Soon enough Noah was safe with two feet on the ground.
"Thank god you're ok. Now I hope you've learned your lesson." Emily said sternly.
"Yes mama."
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