Monday, July 28, 2014

9:50 PM

Spencer's POV:

I'm still feeling sick but I really want to try out for field hockey so I pretended I was fine and went to tryouts after school.

Emily found me in the locker room "Spencer you're still trying out for the team? I thought you were sick" Emily said

"I can still try out. Are you still going to Alison's house this weekend?" I asked

"Yeah" she said

"I have to go to practice but good luck!" Emily said before she left

"Thank you" I said as I tied my sneakers up

When I got out the locker rooms Alison and Hanna ran up to me "Spencer you shouldn't try out if you're still sick" Alison said

"Do you guys after school today or something?" I asked

"Don't ignore me. Does your sister know your trying out?" Alison asked

"Yes she's the one that convinced me to try out. My parents think it's a good idea as long as I don't push myself too hard" I said

"Well be careful I won't forgive if you get sicker and you can't come to my house this weekend. Your mom is taking me to gymnastics I have to go. Good luck" Alison said

"Good luck Spencer" Hanna said before she ran off with Caleb. They have after school together now

"Spencer" Toby said as he walked over to me "You're trying out for field hockey?" he asked

I nodded "I'm nervous" I said

"You'll make the team your better than a lot of the kids in my grade" he said

"Hey Spencer" Ian said to me "Are you still coming to practice coach is asking for you5"

At our school before boys can join the hockey team they have to do a few years of field hockey for the practice.

"Yeah" I said

"Good luck Spencer" Toby said before I walked away with Ian

Hanna's POV:

"Caleb you're so good at this. I can't even make a car move" I said as we designed cartoons on the laptops

"Here you just have to hit shift then space followed by the letter m for movement" Caleb said as he went through the steps with me

"I'm only in this because you're in it you know. I don't want to just watch Alison and Melissa at gymnastics" I said

"Speaking of Alison what's up with her she's always yelling at all of you and bossing you around" Caleb asked

"Well I'm her little sister so I guess it's her job to be mean to me sometimes and she's mean to the rest of us because she doesn't have a lot of outside friends besides us so she decides who we hang out with or so she thinks" I said

"But she's friends with that Cece girl. The new third grader" he said

"Well that's not good enough for her I guess" I said

"I'll protect you" Caleb said

"From Alison? She's not afraid of anything. Except our mother probably" I said

"Trust me I can take your sister maybe even your brother too" Caleb said smiling

I laughed at him "You're funny" I said

"It's what friends are for Hanna"

Melissa's POV:

"Why is Alison still with coach?" Cece Drake asked me

"It's her first day and she's not flexible and she can't even do a cartwheel" I said as we followed coach James during our conditioning warm up

"Well that's too bad I wanted to talk to her. You guys don't like each other very much huh?" she asked

"I don't trust her. She's sneaky" I said before I went into an elbow stand and Cece did the same

"Why because she likes Ian too?" Cece asked

I dropped out my elbow stand "She likes Ian?" I asked

"Melissa chest stand or elbow stand you just sit there" Coach James said

I went back into my elbow stand "I wasn't supposed to tell you that but she's up to something with him and your baby sister though she's not such a baby anymore" Cece said

"How would you know you just got here last year" I said

"She was four when I came here and the Marine's don't live to far form you guys" she said

"And I don't like Ian as much as I like Jason. I don't trust Alison so that's why I'm waiting for him to notice me" I said

"Why are you telling me this? You trust me?" she asked

"Is there a reason for me not to trust you? If you give me a reason I'll give you reason to regret ever saying anything" I said before I went into my chest stand so I couldn't talk anymore

Aria's POV:

"Who's that?" I asked Jenna as I molded a clay heart staring at the new boy

"His name is Lucas. He's weird" Jenna said

"Hi girls!" Mona Vanderwall said as she walked over to me

"Hi Mona" I said

"So are Caleb and Hanna like a thing now?" she asked

"You mean a thing thing? No way they're just friends" I said

"Good because that boy Sean in my class likes her a lot" Mona said

"Hanna isn't really interested in boys right now" I said

"Well she should be interested in Sean he's cute"

"All Sean cares about is sports" Jenna said

"How would you know the only person you talk to at school is…..oh yeah nobody!" Mona snapped before she walked away

"Ignore her she's just controlling" I said

"Like your friend Alison" Jenna said

Veronica's POV:

So the reason Spencer's teacher wanted to talk to me is because she feels like Spencer's knows a lot of what they're doing in the kindergarten classes and feels that Spencer will be more comfortable in the first grade class and she even said she'll put her in the class with Aria and Alison. Apparently Spencer's hasn't really been giving the other children in class a chance to answer questions and she feels that the other students now hold back from answering the questions because they're just dependent on Spencer.

I'm not going to force Spencer anywhere but if she isn't learning enough in class then I don't see the point in her staying there.

I also got a call while I was working from home that Spencer threw up after try outs. She held it together though and made the team.

I got out my car and ran into the school towards the gym. Spencer was sitting on the bleachers with her head in her hands. Her backpack and field hockey uniform beside her

"Oh come here" I said as I walked over to my baby

"Come on lets go home. I'm proud of you that you made the team" I said as I gathered her things

"She did a really good job" her coach said to me

"Thank you. What're the practice times?" I asked

"Same as the swim team Monday through Friday from three thirty to five thirty starting tomorrow and every other Saturday from ten to one. I hope she'll be able to make it soon. Feel better Spencer" she said

"Thank you" Spencer said

As soon as Spencer and I were out of sight from her friends on the team I picked her up and carried her to the car.

"It's okay to cry honey" I said before Spencer burst into tears as I strapped her into her booster seat

"You can have some medicine when we get home" I said before I kissed her forehead

During our drive to the gym to pick up Melissa and Alison Spencer fell asleep. I already know Melissa's going to be upset with me for picking her up a little early but I need to pick up her and Alison today, I also want to wake Spencer up before we get home so she can have her medicine.

I parked into the gym's parking lot quickly before I ran out the car and went to get Melissa and Alison. Looks like I'm not that early because the girls are tying up their shoes.

"Hi girls! How was practice?" I asked

"Good. I really like it here" Alison said

"Come on girls lets go" I said

"Spencer's in the car. I thought we were getting her after" Melissa said

"We were but she threw up at practice" I said

"Did she make the team?" Alison asked

"Yes she did" I said as we walked over to the car

Melissa stayed with Spencer in the car while I walked Alison inside her house.

Alison knocked on the door and Jason answered the door. "Jason who is it? Oh hi baby how was gymnastics did you like it?" I asked

"Yeah it was really fun!" Alison said "Thank you Ms. Hastings!" she said before she ran into the house

Ashley stroked Jason's hair "How was try outs for Spencer? Did you make the team?"

"Yes but she got sick after" I said

"Oh poor girl" Ashley said "I hope she feels better"

"Thank you. I'll see you tomorrow morning" I said before I walked back over to the car

Peter came outside to help me get Spencer's things.

"Daddy next weekend is my gymnastics meet can you come?" Melissa asked him

"Of course I will" Peter said as he lifted up Spencer who's still sleeping. I'll just give her medicine when she wakes up.

As Peter took Spencer upstairs I helped Melissa with her math homework.

"So what did Spencer's teacher say?" Peter asked

"She wants to put Spencer in the first grade" I said

Melissa gasped "She's getting skipped?"

"Not if she doesn't want to. I'll talk to her about it tomorrow" I said

About five minutes after Melissa finished her homework and went to the living room to watch T.V.

I heard gagging noises coming from Spencer's room.

"Honey should I order dinner?" Peter asked

"Yes" I said before I ran upstairs to Spencer's room. Spencer threw up all over her bed and all over herself.

"Oh no. Honey you're really sick" I said as I lifted her up from under her armpits and pulled off her track shirt and shorts.

"You are not going to school tomorrow"

Byron's POV:

Ella's upset with me because I didn't get home till twelve am.

"You can't even call and say goodnight to your children?" she asked

"I was working Ella something you wouldn't understand because you're always at home!"

"I'm at home taking care of our children! You wanted a second child so bad but you never see him or Aria!-"

"I take Aria to school almost everyday!" I yelled

"Dropping her off at school and spending time with her are two different things!" Elle screamed

The baby monitor went off and we turned to see Mike standing up and crying in his crib

"I'll get him" I said as I went upstairs

"Hey buddy you're alright" I said as I lifted Mike out of his crib and rubbed his back

"Mommy! Mommy!" Mike cried "I wan Mommy!"

"See he doesn't even want you to comfort him because he's not use to you" Ella said before she took Mike from me

"Why don't you go bed that's what we all were doing when you got here" she snapped

Ashley's POV:

THE NEXT MORNING:

Mornings are crazy at my house. Alison's my only child that wakes up and showers by herself. After Tom and I shower. Tom starts breakfast and I wake up Jason and Hanna.

I always wake up Jason first because he's easier…sometimes.

"Jason" I said as I rubbed his back "Come on take your shower and put your uniform on" I said before I kissed his hair

"Ugh I don't wanna go to school today" Jason huffed

"Oh come on you have soccer today" I said before I left his room and went to wake up my baby

To my surprise Hanna was up brushing her wet hair in her white t-shirt and panties.

"Hanna I'm so proud of you that you showered and got up without me having to wake you up" I said

"Can you put two french braids in my hair please?" she asked

"Yes" I said as I took her brush from her

Alison burst into my room in her uniform "Mommy can you put my hair in a bun-Hanna why are up so early?" she asked

"Alison I'll do your hair next while Hanna gets dressed" I said

After I did both my girls's hair we all had some breakfast. Tom made blue berry pancakes.

"Mommy I have after school again today?" Hanna asked

"Yes you do" I said "And Alison you're going to gymnastics with Melissa again" I said

"I hope I can get good enough to do the meet" Alison said "Can I do private lessons like Melissa does?" she asked

"I don't know you're already doing gymnastics and piano honey" I said

"Melissa does gymnastics, conditioning, English horse riding, , soccer, and field hockey" Alison said

"Well they're rich" Hanna said

"Exactly" Tom said "Hanna did you have fun at after school with Caleb?"

"Yeah he helped me a lot and he said he would protect me" Hanna said

"Hanna that's my job" Jason said "And Caleb's little he can't protect you"

"Yes he can" Hanna said

"What's in our lunch?" Alison asked

"Turkey and cheese and then all your snacks and stuff" I said as I clipped everyone's lunch boxes to their backpacks.

"Jason you did your homework right?" I asked

"I'll finish the rest at school" Jason said

"Jason if you keep this up you're not going to soccer" Tom said sternly "Understand?"

"Yes" Jason said as he put his backpack on

"Bye Daddy!" Hanna said before she kissed Tom goodbye and ran outside

"Bye I love you" Tom said to the kids. Out of all three of our kids Hanna's the closet to Tom.

I drove the kids to school and to my surprise I only got a hug and kiss from Hanna.

Hanna ran off into school with Emily. "Did Emily get to talk to Wayne again?" I asked Pam

"Yes he misses her so much its killing him and Emily doesn't miss him as much anymore" Pam said

"Oh that's too bad. Veronica where's Spencer is she already inside?" I asked

"No she's at home with Peter she may be getting worse. She had a tantrum this morning about it" Veronica said "Have you guys heard from Ella?" she asked

I shook my head "I just know she and Byron didn't have to best night last night" I said

"I think Aria's already inside" Pam said

"So what did the principal and Miss Kate say about Spencer?" I asked

"She wants to move Spencer into Alison's class with the first graders. I haven't told her but I'm not going to move her if she doesn't want to" Veronica said "Besides with the academics at this school they'll all be skipped when we switch them all to public school for high school"

Alison's POV:

"Emily don't lie to me. Did you tell Aria that you think I like Ian?" I asked her at recess

"Yes" she sniffed tears already running down her cheeks. I found out she was gossiping about me and I will not tolerate this.

"Why would you say that to Aria and not to me. And Aria why didn't you tell me and I had to find out form Cece?"

"Don't talk down to me" Aria snapped before she grabbed Emily's hand pulling her away from me

"I don't like Ian" I said

"Yes you do" Hanna said quickly and ran back over to the jungle gym with Mona

"I saw you talking to him yesterday" Emily said "And you asked him about Spencer"

"Don't listen to my conversations" I snapped

"Ali you're probably in the worst position to be saying that" Aria said

"You're probably in the worst position to be saying that" I mimicked in a baby voice

"Why are you so sneaky? Your always keeping secrets" Emily said "If you're trying to hurt Spencer or Hanna or any of us its not going to happen" she said before she walked away

I grabbed her arm tightly before she got away "I'm all you've-"

"Alison!" Miss Rose yelled as she walked over to me. Emily began to cry.

"You are in big trouble Alison. You don't hurt other people!"

Peter's POV:

"Spence you have to eat something" I said as I watched my youngest sit at the table and stare at her food. Which is just warm bread.

"I'll throw it up" she sniffed. She's been crying almost all day because she's missing her first field hockey practice

"If you don't eat you won't have any energy tomorrow to go to school" I said

"I don't want it" she whined

"Spencer I gave you a smoothie and you didn't even try it. Now I put it away because you said you would eat now eat or you're not going to school" I said

Spencer put her head in her hands and started crying.

"Spence. Daddy's not trying to make you feel bad" I said as I picked her up

Spencer wiped her eyes and laid her head down on my shoulder "I wanna go to school" she sniffed

"Spencer just take one bite at least for me and Mommy. Maybe you'll even be able to go horseback riding"

"I'll give you an icy"

Spencer smiled and nodded her head.

After Spencer ate and had her medicine we played some piano. First we played a harmonized version of twinkle twinkle little star and while we were in the middle of Heart and Soul Spencer got tired.

"Okay champ you have to go to bed now" I said as I lifted her up in my arms

"But I wanna see Mommy" she said

"When you wake up she'll be home" I said as I took her up to bed

Ashley's POV:

Tom sat with Jason until he finished all his homework. Hanna's helping wash the dishes for one extra dollar in her allowance.

Alison is grounded for a week for what she did to Emily at school. I apologized to Pam and tomorrow she is going to apologize to Emily.

"Mom why can't I watch t.v. at least?" Alison asked as she came downstairs

"Because you're being punished for what you did to Emily at school. Until you tell me what that conversation was about and how it lead to you hurting Emily I want you upstairs and in bed" I said sternly

"It was about a boy" Alison said

Tom looked up at me from the table and mouthed "Do something"

"A boy? What about a boy?" I asked

"Emily thought I liked him so she told Aria and I don't like it when they talk about me. So when Emily tried to walk away from me I grabbed her arm but it was an accident I hurt her by an accident"

"Alison you don't dig your nails into your friends skin by an accident" I said "And I know you're not telling me everything"

"Cece Drake snitched on Emily about how she likes Ian" Hanna said to herself

"Hanna shut up!" Alison yelled

"Hey if you're going to yell you can go back upstairs. Tell mommy the truth" Tom said

"So Emily thinks you like Ian?"

"No Emily thinks Ali is trying to hurt Spencer" Hanna said

"Hanna that's enough from you baby. You did a good job with the dishes go watch some t.v."

"I'm not trying to hurt Spencer. I just want to get closer to her because she's not as close to me like the other girls and I guess Emily got upset about that" Alison said

"Well thank you for telling me that. You can join your sister and then you're going straight to bed alright?"

"Okay!" Alison said smiling before she ran upstairs

Pam's POV:

"Wayne I'm not in control of who she plays with at school" I siad to my husband on the phone

"Well I think you should tell her to stay away from Alison for a while"

"I can't tell her that they're friends and they're kids it's going to happen sometimes Wayne"

"Well was Alison punished?" Wayne asked

"She had to apologize and Ashley grounded her" I said

"Why don't you teach Emily how to defend herself?"

"She's five Wayne!"

Emily came downstairs in her pajamas "It's Daddy" I said

"Can I talk to him?" she asked

"Here I'm putting Emmy on the phone" I said as I handed Emily the phone

"Hi Daddy…it doesn't hurt anymore….I still went to practice and it was fine…..It's okay Daddy"

I could tell Emily is getting annoyed with Wayne questioning her over and over again about her little scratch.

"I love you too" Emily said before she handed me the phone. I put it back on the wall.

"Did you pick out some stories for tonight?"

Emily nodded "We can read more than one?" she asked

"You finished all your dinner and took your shower so you have a lot of time before bed. Lets just put your eye drops in"

"No Mommy I don't want the eye drops they hurt" she said

Emily's doctor prescribed her eye drops because her eyes have been getting damaged from all the time she spent swimming in the chlorine without her googles on. She hates them and fights me almost every time, last time she pushed me so hard I fell and I had to spank her.

"Come here it's just four quick drops baby" I said as I grabbed the eye drops from the counter and picked her up before I put her on the counter.

"Open your eyes wide" I said as I pulled the cap off the drops

I put a drop in Emily's right eye first and she screamed and closed both her eyes.

"Just a little more" I said as I opened her eye with my finger and put another drop in before I moved on the the next eye

I put two drops in Emily's left eye before I picked her up and rubbed her back "It's okay. I know you don't like that" I said as I brought her to her room.

Ella's POV:

THE NEXT MORNING:

I wake up pretty early in the morning because Byron is always sitting at his desk in the morning and has yet to help me with the children which is frusterating I'm gald Aria is at the age where she wakes herself up and gets dressed.

To my surprise Byron was in Mike's room getting him dressed. "Look it's Mommy" Byron said as he pulled Mike's pants up.

"Mommy" Mike repeated

"Good morning baby" I said before I kissed Mike's cheek "You don't have work to do?" I whispered to Byron

"Oh I can do that at the office. We figured we'd give Mommy a little break. Aria and I made pancakes" He said before he kissed me with Mike on his hip.

I went downstairs to the kitchen to see Aria sitting at the table eating her pancakes. "Hi sweetie. Did you sleep well?" I asked before I kissed Aria's hair

Aria nodded I opened her lunch box so I could make her lunch for today and found it already packed. "Aria did Daddy make your lunch?" I asked

"No I did" Aria said

I turned around and sat down next to her at the table "Aria Mommy can make your lunch you don't have to do that"

"But you seem tired Mommy. I just wanted to help you"

"Baby you don't have to worry about that okay? Here give me hug" I said as I put her on my lap

"I love you" I said to her

"I love you too"

Veronica's POV:

Melissa and Peter were downstairs eating breakfast while I watched Spencer. I'm trying to keep her asleep so everytime she moves around in her sleep I rub her back to keep her asleep.

Peter and I debated letting Spencer go to school and not to field hockey but we both now she'll go to practice anyway and skip afterschool. So we decided to not let her go to school at all today, she's getting better no more vomiting but her cough is still bad.

Of course eventually Spencer got up but by then Peter and Melissa were getting their stuff together.

I stopped Spencer when she began to get her uniform out and shook my head "Honey you're not going to school today"

"Yes I am. Daddy said I could go today" Spencer said looking up at me with those pleading eyes

"I talked to Daddy and we think it's best if you rest another day so you can get better and go to field hockey" I said

Spencer shook her head and left her room holding her uniform in her hands after she grabbed her little white flats.

"Daddy wait!" Spencer cried as she ran down the steps.

"Champ you're not going today. You can go tomorrow" Peter said as he picked up his breifcase

"But I ate all my dinner you said I could go if I did" Spencer sniffed

"I'm sorry champ but you need to rest" Peter said before he kissed Spencer's hair

"Spencer I'll ask Ian about the new drills they're learning at practice" Melissa said and patted Spencer's hair

"Bye Mommy" Melissa said as she left.

Spencer started crying "But I need to go to school! I'm missing everything!"

"Your friends are coming over tonight so they'll catch you up" I said as I picked Spencer up, prying her uniform and shoes out of her hands so I could place them on the counter.

"I love you Spencer" Peter said before he left the house

"Shhh don't cry it's okay. It's not the end of the world" I said when Spencer began to sob

"Daddy's mean!" she cried

"No he just cares about you like I do honey" I said

"M-melissa always gets to go to school!" she cried

"Baby when she was sick last year she stayed home with us" I said as I sat Spencer down on her bed

"I understand you're upset but you crying like that is going to make you worse" I said as I pulled out white leggings and a grey sweater for her. It's still pretty cold in the house.

Spencer cried harder as she dressed herself. "I wanna go to school!" she cried

"Honey when you get older you'll want to stay home all the time" I said

"No I won't" she sniffed

Alison's POV:

Emily and I got sometime alone during recess and I apologized

"Emily wait" I said

Emily turned around and crossed her arms "I'm sorry" I said "I'm sorry I hurt you and yelled at you and tried to scare you. Will you forgive me?"

"I forgave you after it stopped hurting. But you do like Ian don't you?" she asked

"I'm telling you this because I know you can keep a secret. Yes I like him but Melissa likes him and she's in his class so I have to keep an eye on her. Cece is helping me with that because she's in her gymnastics level"

"Then why do you need Spencer?" Emily asked

"Because Melissa is her sister" I lied. I don't think I should tell Emily Ian has a crush on Spencer because Ian won't admit it yet but I know.

"Oh….okay! Wanna go see what Hanna and Aria are doing?" she asked

I nodded and smiled "Sure"

Hanna and Aria are making get well cards for Spencer. We are all going to her house after practice and afterschool.

Melissa walked over to us with Ian.

"Oh you guys are making cards for Spencer? That's really sweet" Melissa said "Sadly I won't be at your little playdate I have a private lesson for gymnastics. Getting ready for the meet. Alison did your mom sign you up for them?"

"No because I'm already doing pinao" I said

"Good luck getting into the meet then" Melissa said as she left with Ian

She won't be so smug when she finds out the boy she loves likes her little sister.

"Emily please give this to Spencer for me" Ian said as he handed Emily a card

Spencer's POV:

I'm really upset that I'm missing everything at school again but I'm glad Toby came to see me right after school.

Were sitting in my room playing on my looking through all the work sheets he got at school for me. "Thank you for coming here Toby" I said

"No problem Spence. I know it must get lonely here" he said with a smiling

"Well I'm not lonely anymore I have you" I said smiling back at him

"Did you rest a lot so you can come to school tomorrow?" Toby asked

"Yeah I tried, and I ate more. So how come all the other kids in school don't like you?" I asked

"Because they think I'm a creep. Some of them think I'm a creep because I hang out with you or because my parents aren't together so I go to my moms house out of town sometimes"

"Well you'll always have me Toby" I said "I don't think you're a creep. You're one of my best friends"

"And you're my best friend. So are you coming to my house on Sunday?" Toby asked

"Yes but because field hockey made me have to stop doing horse riding during the week I have horse riding longer on the weekends so I'll be there a little late" I said

"As long as you're coming" Toby said

About an hour after Toby left Emily, Hanna, Alison, and Aria came upstairs to my room.

"Spencer!" Hanna said as she walked over to my bed where I started some of my worksheets.

"You get two days off of school and you do school work?" Alison asked

"I have to catch up. You know what my Mommy told me?" I asked

"What?" Emily asked

"She said I can move into the first grade. That's what Miss Kate said"

"So you're moving into our class?" Aria asked

I nodded "I said yes"

Alison hugged me "I'm so excited!" she said

"So you're leaving us?" Emily asked

"No I'll visit everyday with Toby. He was just here" I said

"Toby was? So it was just you two up here?" Alison asked

I nodded. "We made cards for you" Emily said as she pulled a stack of cards from her backpack

"You guys really missed me?" I asked

"Of course we did!" Alison said "It wasn't the same without you. So have you considered doing gymnastics?" Alison asked

"No I do a lot already but Melissa thinks I should because conditioning is a good warm up before I go back to practice four days a week" I said

"You should do it with me" Alison said

"I don't know. I really don't like being around Melissa when she's doing sports she gets really bossy"

"But you won't be around her you'll be around me" Alison said

"I have to ask my parents. My mommy thinks I'm doing too much already but and she wants we to focus on horse riding" I said

"But you're still coming to Toby's house?" Hanna asked

"Yep and I can come to your house on Saturday too but I have to leave early to go to horse riding and to the doctor"

"I have a meet next Saturday" Emily said

"We'll all be there Em" Aria said "And Eric Kahn's birthday is coming up"

"I can't go unless you guys go" Emily said

"I'm going" Aria said

"I don't really want to go I only got invited because of my sister" I said "And Eric Kahn is so annoying"

"Please come" Aria begged

"Okay I will. Melissa probably would've made me come anyway"

"I'm going too but Ali's not" Hanna said

"Why not?" I asked

"I didn't get invited but I'm working on that" Alison said

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-Hope