Chapter 29
The holiday had passed. Everyone had memories that they would never forget. Rachel was so pleased that she had organized this trip, despite the fact it probably should have been Steph soon as she's the French teacher. Rachel, Eddie, Phoebe and Chloe arrived home and rushed inside to see Lily, Michael, Mel and Phil. Mel had brought them back home today to save Eddie or Rachel having to drive to London after travelling back from France.
As soon as the front door closed Lily ran from the lounge to greet them all. She ran up to Rachel who scooped her up in her arms and they had a long cuddle. At the same time Michael ran up to Eddie who also shared a hug. Then Lily and Michael wanted to hug everyone else as well. Although the four of them had had a great time away, they were all glad to be home again with Lily and Michael.
They brought the bags in from the car but decided that unpacking could wait until tomorrow. Mel continued to cook dinner for everyone while Phoebe uploaded the photos from her camera to the computer. Rachel was planning on putting on a presentation evening for the parents to see the great time they had in Paris.
Once everyone had eaten and cleared up they all sat around the laptop to have a look at the pictures. Then they got to some photos that both Phoebe and Rachel had forgotten about. It was the ones where Rachel lost her bikini top. Everyone started laughing; Lily and Michael were in hysterics. Phil felt a bit uncomfortable though.
"Mummy"
"Yes Lily"
"Did you buy us any presents?"
"Oh I can't remember, did we buy them anything Eddie?"
"Hmm, I'm not sure."
"Maybe you should go and get my bag for me so I can have a look" Rachel said
Michael and Lily hurried out of the room together to get Rachel's bag. The pair of them had got a lot closer with their parents being away. They came back in and Michael passed the bag to Rachel. Rachel pulled two Disney store bags. They'd bought Lily and Michael a present when they visited Disneyland Paris. She looked inside and then passed one to Lily and one to Michael, making sure to give them the right bags.
Lily pulled out a Cinderella dress. A huge grin spread across her face. Michael pulled out a Buzz lightyear costume. A huge grin spread across his face as well.
They both ran up to Rachel and Eddie and gave them a big hug.
"Thanks Daddy, thanks Mummy. I mean Rachel" Michael said
It surprised Rachel that Michael had just called her Mummy but it also felt nice. She was Michael's Mummy now really, but she was just surprised at how quickly Michael had forgotten about his real Mum. But then again he is only three.
"You can call me Mummy if you want to call me that." Rachel replied
"Okay then. I love you Mummy"
"I love you too honey"
"If Michael can call you Mummy, does that mean I can Eddie Daddy?" Lily asked
"Of course you can call me Daddy if you want to call me Daddy angel." Eddie said
"Okay then Daddy" Lily said whilst wrapping her arms around his neck
Eddie then passed a small bag to Mel. They'd bought her some earrings back from Paris to say thank you for having Lily and Michael whilst they'd been away. And they also passed a bag to Phil which had an Xbox game in it, they weren't really sure what to get him but wanted to get him something. Mel and Phil soon left after that to drive back to London. Rachel said they could stay the night, but Mel said she would let them be alone now.
They all stayed in the lounge for a bit and watched a film and then they all went up to bed. They were all shattered after such a busy week. Rachel curled up in bed for a bit and watched some TV, but soon they fell asleep.
Rachel was awoken at about 1am by sobbing coming from someone stood on her side of the bed. She opened her eyes to see a very upset Lily stood beside her bed clutching onto her favourite teddy.
"Lily, what's the matter?"
"I'm sorry but I- I had an accident." Lily replied
"Don't worry sweetie, its okay. Let's go and get you sorted out."
Rachel picked Lily up and placed her on her hip, despite her wet pyjamas, and carried her into the bathroom as she continued to sob. Rachel took off Lily's wet pyjamas and then gave her a little wash before putting on a fresh pair of pyjamas. Lily was still crying so Rachel was beginning to wonder if there was something upsetting her. She hadn't had an accident in a few months so she didn't know why it had suddenly started again. Mel said she had a few accidents when she was staying at her house as well.
Rachel picked Lily up and sat on the toilet seat and pulled Lily into her chest. Lily continued to cry and make Rachel's pyjama top very wet.
"Do you want to tell me why you're crying Lily?"
"I don't know why I'm crying and I don't know why I had an accident. I thought that I'd stopped having them now."
"It's okay sweetie, sometimes these things just happen. I used to wet the bed all the time when I was your age."
"Really?"
"Yes, really."
"But what if I have one when Ellie sleeps over on Tuesday? She'll think I'm a baby."
"No she won't, she would understand because she's your friend. Anyway, even if you do have one she doesn't have to find out. You can just come and get me and we'll sort it out. Okay?"
"Okay. Can I sleep in bed with you and Daddy tonight?"
"Okay then, come on."
Rachel carried Lily and put her in bed next to Eddie whilst she quickly went and stripped Lily's bed. She then climbed back into bed and they both dropped back to sleep. Eddie hadn't even woken up, he was such a deep sleeper.
The next day Rachel did a bit of research about Lily's bedwetting to try and find out if there was anything that might be triggering it. She found out that sometimes change can cause children to have accidents so she wondered if the change of staying with Mel for a week was what caused it. Rachel knew that Lily had had a great time but wondered if it was just because she wasn't used to where she was, was why it had started happening again. Rachel hoped that this would be the case so that then they would be able to deal with it quickly because she could tell it was upsetting her daughter a lot.
