They had chicken and mashed potatoes for dinner and then watched some tv. Amelia gave Olivia her shot when it was time and the girl was perfectly fine with it. She then took the child to her bedroom.
She sat Olivia on the bed and the girl cuddled her bunny Joey, who she had not let go of since she got it, and held her blanket.
"Olie, remember how we talked about my work?" Amelia said and the girl nodded.
"So um... Mom's gonna have to work tomorrow" Amelia said.
"But you'll be back, right?" the girl asked. Always the first thing she asks as soon as Amelia says she has to go somewhere.
"Yes." Amelia said firmly. "I'll go to work with Mer and Maggie and I'll be back at night"
"Okay" Olivia said sound a little afraid.
"You don't have to be scared honey. I'll be back I swear to you. And you're gonna have so much fun with Lynn and the kids huh?" Amelia said hugging Olivia.
"You know that mommy needs to go and help those people that are sick in the hospital, right? So they can get better like you did" Amelia said and the girl nodded with tears in her eyes. She didn't like the idea of Amelia being gone all day long.
"I promise I'll be back and if you miss me too much you can ask Lynn to call, okay?" Amelia said.
"Okay" Olivia said. The sound of her voice broke Amelia's heart. She hugged the girl a bit tighter.
"Mommy, can I sleep on your bed tonight?" Olivia asked.
"Of course you can" Amy said and picked the girl up and took her to the bedroom.
"Can I have my paci tonight?" Olivia asked as Amelia laid her on the bed.
"Sure" Amy said getting it on the nightstand and giving to the girl. Olivia put it on her mouth and hugged her bunny and her blanket.
"I'm going to shower and I'll be right back, alright?" Amelia said and the child nodded yes so she left.
When she got back Olivia was already asleep so she covered the girl up and went to the kitchen.
"Hey" Maggie said. She couldn't help but notice Amelia's worried face.
"Hi" Amelia said.
"Is everything okay?" Maggie asked.
"Yeah. Well, I'm going back to work tomorrow" she said.
"Oh. Did you tell her?" Maggie asked and Amelia nodded yes.
"How did that go?"
"Fine I guess. She's a little scared" Amelia said.
"You just need to keep telling her you'll be back. She'll see and she'll learn to let you go just fine"
"I know" Amelia said.
"You know but you don't want her to be upset. Right?" Maggie said and Amelia let out a breathy laugh.
"Amy. She's going to be upset. You'll be out the entire day and she's not used to that. She's probably going to cry in the first few days but she'll be okay. She likes Lynn and she'll see that you'll be back. She'll be alright" Maggie said.
Amelia nodded yes.
"I should go to sleep" Amelia said. "Tomorrow will be a long day"
"Goodnight" Maggie said.
"Goodnight" Amelia said and went to bed.
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The next morning Amelia woke up and smiled at her daughter passed out next to her still holding her bunny Joey. Her pacifier was on the bed next to her and Olivia had her thumb in her mouth.
"I love you" she whispered to the girl, kissed her and got out of bed.
She decided to get ready before waking Olivia up.
She showered quickly, got dressed and the alarm clock went off.
Amelia sat on the bed next to Olivia.
"Olie" she sang running her hand on the girl's back. Olivia opened her eyes.
"Good morning" Amelia said.
"Hi" the girl said taking her thumb out of her mouth.
"Time for school" Amelia said and Olivia sat up and hugged her mother. Amelia stood up taking the girl with her and carried Olivia to her bedroom. She helped the girl get dressed, did two French braids on the kid's hair and took her downstairs. Meredith had cut up some apples and made scrambled eggs for the kids.
"Do you like that?" Amelia asked remembering she never made eggs for the girl.
"Yes" Olivia said as Amelia put her down on the stool next to Zola.
While the kids ate Lynn got there.
"Good morning" she said walking in the kitchen.
"Hi" Amelia said and ran to get everything she and her daughter needed.
"Are you guys ready for school?" Lynn asked Zola and Olivia.
"Yeah" They said in unison.
"Go brush your teeth then" Lynn said and Zola ran off.
"Your teeth little one" she told Olivia.
"I need my crutches" the little girl said a bit shy.
"Come here" Lynn said and picked Olivia up. "I'll take you" she said.
The kids brushed their teeth and Lynn got Ellis so they could go.
Suddenly they heard someone honking.
"It's Alex" Meredith said.
"Amy" Maggie said as Amelia took another fork with eggs to her mouth.
"Let's Go" Amelia said with her mouth full.
The woman went to the door and Amelia took Olivia's backpack to the girl.
"Bye baby. I love you and I'll see you tonight, okay?" Amelia said hugging the girl.
"You're not taking me?" Olivia asked sounding a little sad.
"Lynn is going to" Amelia said and took the girl's hand as she saw her face.
"Look. You go have fun with Hayley, alright? And Lynn will pick you up and then you can play here with Zozo and mommy will be back soon" Amelia said. "I promise" she added.
Olivia just nodded yes.
Amelia hugged her. "Be a good girl for Lynn."
"I will" Olivia said.
"See you later tonight" Amelia said and went out.
Olivia stared at the door with tears in her eyes.
"Let's go?" Lynn asked the kids.
"Yes!" Zola said grabbing Olivia's hand.
Lynn stopped by Zola and Bailey's school first since it was closer. Olivia was sleepy and a looked a little sad so when she got to the girl's school she got the stroller out and put Ellis in it and carried Olivia to the door.
"Who is your teacher honey?" Lynn asked.
"Her" Olivia said pouting to Miss Jay so Lynn took her to the teacher in front of the school. Miss Jay and the other kindergarten teacher always waited for the little ones outside.
"Excuse me" Lynn said to the teacher and the woman looked at her.
"Hi." Tessa said smiling to Olivia. "Come here" she said and and Olivia went. The girl threw her arms around the teacher neck and hid her face.
"Are you alright?" Miss Jay asked but Olivia didn't answer so she looked at Lynn for an answer.
"Her mother went back to work today" Lynn said.
"Oh" miss Jay mouthed.
"Well, I'm Lynn. I'm her nanny"
"Nice to meet you. I'm Miss Jay. Well Tessa. Tessa Jay" they shook hands.
"Well um, I have to go so anything you can call. Amelia said she left my number here and the list of who could pick Olie up" Lynn said.
"Okay" Miss Jay said.
"Bye Olie" Lynn said.
"You'll come pick me, right?" The little girl spitted out.
"I will. Don't you worry" Lynn said.
"Bye. Have a good day" she added.
"Bye" Olivia said and Lynn went to the car.
"Let's go inside?" Miss jay asked the girl.
"Yeah" Olivia said sounding a little sad.
"I have a surprise for you" Miss Jay said.
"What is it?" Olivia asked.
"I changed your seat"
"To where?"
"In front of Hayley" miss jay said.
"Really?" Olivia asked with a little smiled. Tessa thought that having a friend close could help the girl.
"Really" Miss Jay said smiling and they walked inside.
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At the hospital Amelia felt ready to work again but at the same time she was praying nothing crazy would happen and keep her in the hospital more than the time she had to.
"Amelia?" Owen said when she walked past him in the hall not seeing him since she was reading a file.
"Oh hi" she said looking up.
"How was it this morning?" Owen asked her.
"It was fine. She was a little upset but no crying so I guess she'll be okay" Amelia answered.
"That's good" Owen said smiling.
Suddenly Amelia got paged.
"Duty calls" Amelia smiled.
"Here" Owen said and kissed her quick. They smiled at each other and walked to their patients.
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The day went great for both Amelia and Olivia.
At school Olivia had fun with her friends and even though sometimes she missed her mom she just kept telling herself she would be back at night and she was fine. When she got her shot she didn't cry but she was a little sad. Nurse Jenn and Miss Jay made sure she was okay before she went back to class. Lynn picked her up and then went to pick Zola and Bailey. They stopped at McDonald's drive-thru for sundays and then went home. The kids just played all day. Around 6:30 Olivia sat to watch a movie with Zola and Lynn noticed the girl looked a little sad so she made up a game and Olivia's mind just traveled to it and she was fine again. They ate dinner and Later Lynn put Bailey and Ellis to bed and sat to read some books with Zola and Olivia till it was 9. She gave Olivia her shot and the girl cried a little bit and Zola hugged her and then tickled her and she started laughing.
"Let's go to bed girls?" Lynn asked them and Zola ran upstairs.
"Mommy is not home yet" Olivia said.
"She'll be home soon" Lynn said and Olivia's eyes filled with water. She didn't want to go to sleep without Amelia there.
"I don't wanna go to sleep" Olivia said almost crying.
Lynn picked her up and said "I'll stay there with you" and walked to the girl's bedroom.
She placed Olivia down and before she could seat she heard the front door opening and the women talking.
"She's back" Olivia said excited and her tears just jumped out of her eyes.
Amelia heard the little girl and ran upstairs.
"Hi" she said walking in the bedroom. She hugged Olivia who was all happy on the bed.
"Why are you crying?" She asked the girl.
"I don't know" Olivia said and kept hugging Amelia.
"Well, I'm heading home then" Lynn said smiling at how happy the girl was to see her mother.
"Goodnight Lynn" Olivia said.
"Good night Olie" Lynn said. "Goodnight Zola" she said and walked out.
"Did you have a good day?" Amelia asked Olivia who nodded yes.
"But I missed you this much" the girl said opening her arms really wide.
"That much?" Amelia asked smiling and Olivia hugged her again.
"I love you bunny" Amelia said and kissed the girl's head.
"I love you too mommy" Olivia said looking up and Amelia's eyes. Amelia kissed the girl's nose.
"It's bed time now" Amelia said.
"I wanna sleep with you" Olivia said. "Can I?" She asked hopeful.
"Let's go" Amelia said and carried the girl to her bed.
She left Olivia there and went to take a quick shower. When she got back Olivia had her pacifier on and her blanket in hands and was still awake.
"Can you get Joey?" Olivia asked.
"Sure. Just Joey?" Amelia asked and the girl nodded.
"No! Wait!" Olivia said and Amelia turned back.
"Stitch too." She said and Amelia smiled.
She got the girl's stuffies and laid next to her daughter. Olivia cuddled and soon fell asleep.
Amelia stared at the girl for a while. She smiled thanking the world for such a precious daughter and for the good day she had had.
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**** Please please please let me know what you're thinking about how this is going!
There's some pretty big things coming in the next chapters and it would help a lot if i knew what you guys are thinking about it by far.
xx, b
