AN: I don't own anything but Brianna, Aurora, Kate, and Kyra.
Time Skip
Aurora POV
Dear Diary,
Yesterday was a free day. Giles spent many hours in the library. The rest of us spent some hours near the pool or in the pool. I spent the day either in the pool, drawing/painting for my orders or sending my designs to the bakery that pays me to do the creative work for their cakes or other goodies. Anyway, today is technically day 4 of our stay here, but it's day 3 out of the house. Today, we have breakfast, going to the venue, Lunch, the boys have their suit appointments, the dinner and finally bed. Well, I have to go now. We can hope this day can go quicker than normally. A ~
I closed my journal and got up as I heard Brianna's cooing as I knew she was awake. I walked into the nursery and picked her up.
"There's a smile on your face. Are you happy to see Mommy?" I said as I set her down on the changing table and changed her diaper, and placed her into a clean onesie.
Brianna started crying as I moved her off of the changing table. I rocked her as I placed her back into the crib. So I could make up her diaper bag for the day. I grabbed diapers, wipes, cream, diaper pad and finally, her extra clothes. The bottles were downstairs. I picked her up and grabbed the diaper bag before heading out of the nursery for breakfast.
When we got downstairs, Kyra was making breakfast with Kate as Giles was reading a book near Ms. Calendar and Jenna. Xander was talking with Leo, Andy, Jeremy and Cole. Angel was reading a book as well as he waited for breakfast.
"Where's Cordelia, Buffy, and Willow?" I questioned as everyone looked up at us.
"Right here. Morning everyone," Willow said as she, Buffy, and Cordelia came walking in behind me.
Cole came over to me with a warm bottle of formula in hand. He took the diaper bag from me as he handed me the bottle. I began feeding Brianna the bottle of formula.
"So, are you ready for your birthday's coming up?" Jenna asked.
"Yeah, I am," Buffy said.
"Me too," I responded.
"We are with friends and our family," Kate said.
"Family don't end in blood," Kyra voiced.
"Breakfast is done," Kate said as she looked up from the pans.
"What are we having for breakfast today?" Leo asked.
"Pumpkin French Toast with bacon," Kyra answered as she placed the plater of french toast down.
"That sounds yummy," Andy responded.
I finished feeding Brianna as Cole took her from me to burp her and place her into her play gym seater. We plated our food and got our drinks.
"So boys, the tailor will be here for your suit appointments after lunch," Jenna said.
"That's fine," Angel said as he closed his book and plated his food and joined us in eating.
I took a sip of my apple juice.
"This morning, we are going to the venue. Then, coming home for food and free time for girls. Finally, dinner after the boy's tux appointment," Kate brought up.
We continued to eat and talk about the ball that's on Friday. Before long, we were done and were out the door to the cars.
Thirty minutes later, we were at the venue. It was just as I remembered.
"Wow, this is huge," Buffy said as we got out of the cars.
"This is one of the venues where Miss Mystic Falls pageant is usually at," I stated.
"This is beautiful," Willow said as she looked around.
"So, Rory, did you win the pageant?" Xander questioned.
"That year before my adopted parents died," I responded.
"Then my sister won the next year," Kate responded as Caroline came out of the venue.
"Welcome, let's get with the tour," Caroline said as she hugged Kate, Kyra and me.
We all walked into the venue.
"This is the opening room. Where invites will be checked, and coat check will be," Caroline told us.
We continued walking through to the next room. We saw tables spread out throughout the room with papers on them.
"This is where the food, drinks and historical objects will be," Caroline said. "Speaking of food, Aurora, how is the work going on that?"
"I'm going to the bakery tomorrow to make sure everything is ready for delivery," I voiced.
"What type of food will there be?" Buffy questioned.
"Macrons, cupcakes, pastries and other themed goodies," I responded.
"What is the theme exactly?" Ms. Calendar asked.
"Masquerade theme," Caroline replied.
We walked through to the main ballroom.
"And this is where the dancing will be at," Caroline stated as we saw a stage for the music.
"Why don't we show them the back area?" I responded as we walked towards the opened double doors.
When we got to the back area, we saw a large garden with a maze and a fountain.
"This is beautiful," Leo said as he looked around the garden.
"She's awake," Cole replied as he looked up from the stroller.
I walked over to the stroller and peered down to see Brianna with her soother out of her mouth. She was sucking on her hand.
"Had a nice sleep, my love?" I whispered as I knelt my head down to kiss her forehead. "She's hungry," as I turned to Cole.
"I'll go warm up a bottle," Cole said. "Caroline, where would I find the kitchen?"
Caroline gave him directions as I handed him a bottle of formula from the diaper bag. We sat down at the tables and continued talking about what needs to be done by Friday. Cole came back a couple of minutes later with a warm bottle of formula. I took Brianna out of the stroller and into my arms.
"Here," Cole said as he handed me the bottle.
I began feeding her as we continued talking about the venue. I could the boys and Giles expect for Cole were interested.
"Jeremy, why don't you show Giles the historical artifacts?" I piped up as Brianna continued to suck on the bottle.
"We'll join you," Ms. Calendar said as she got up and followed with Leo not far behind her.
We went back to talking about the event. Cordelia and Buffy piped in every once in a while. Willow was talking with Kate and Kyra. But not before long, Brianna stopped sucking on her bottle.
"Oh, all done, are we?" I whispered as I handed the bottle back to Cole, who placed the bottle back into the diaper bag.
I turned her around on my shoulder and started to burp her. Not even a second later, she burped before sighing and sucking on my shoulder. Cole took her and placed her back into the stroller, and did the straps pulling the cover over her.
Time Skip
We were done with the meeting at the venue, and we were on our way home for Lunch. When we got home, I got Brianna out of the car and grabbed the diaper bag before I closed the door.
"What should we do for lunch today?" Kate questioned.
"Grilled Cheese, sound good," Ms. Calendar said.
"With Ham," Giles piped up.
"Yeah, that sounds yummy," Jeremy responded as we walked through the door.
"Angel, we're home!" I exclaimed.
We walked into the kitchen. Cole took Brianna from me and placed her into a rocker/gym seat, and did the straps. Kate pulled the grill pan out while I pulled out the bread, the cheese, the butter and ham slices. We started to work on our meal as Angel walked into the kitchen and over to Brianna and Cole.
"What's for lunch?" Angel asked.
"Grilled Cheese with Ham," Kyra answered as she buttered the bread, placed the cheese and ham on it.
We continued to cook our food.
"So, what's the venue like?" Angel asked us.
"It's beautiful. It has a large garden with a fountain and maze outside," Buffy said.
"And it has a grand ballroom," Giles responded.
We continued talking about the manor and the history, which I could tell the boys, Buffy, and Cordelia looked bored.
"Lunch is served," I said as I flipped the last grilled cheese on the plater.
I handed the plater to Kate, who placed the plater onto the table as Kyra grabbed the plates and bags of chips for sides if people wanted them. I grabbed the drinks. Iced tea for Ms. Calendar, Kate, Kyra and Willow. Mountain Dew for Buffy, Cordelia, Jenna and I. The boys had Coca-cola and Giles had tea.
I sat down, plated my grilled cheese and barbecue chips onto my plate. I placed two squirts of ketchup on my plate. I started eating dinner as everyone started to as well. We continued talking about the ball, birthday's coming up, and what Kate, Kyra, Buffy, Jeremy, and I wanted for our birthdays.
After our meal was done, the girls expect Ms. Calendar, Brianna and me headed to the pool. While Ms. Calendar headed to the library.
"Good luck, guys," I said as I opened the door for tailors to come in.
I carried Brianna upstairs as the boys headed to one of the studies where mirrors are. When I got to the nursery, I fed Brianna, burped her changed her diaper and placed her down for a nap. I headed into my room and started to sketch again for an order that I got for a kids birthday.
Third Person
Back downstairs, the boys were getting tailored for their suits for the ball.
"What do you think this party will be like?" Andy questioned.
"Who knows?" Leo responded.
"Well, you'll have food, founders people, other people from town," Jeremy responded as his tailor was measuring him.
"Who are the founders people?" Giles asked.
"Well, you have the Lockwood's, the gilberts, the Salvatore's, the fells, the Forbes, and few other founding families. The founding families are the families who founded this town. But according to what I heard and read, this town was founded a lot of years before the 1800s," Cole answered.
They continued to talk while they got measured for their suits.
Thirty minutes later, the tailors were done. The boys walked them to the door and thanked them.
"You can come to shop and get your suits, tomorrow," One of the tailors said as they handed them a sheet of paper for their suits they left.
Each of the boys headed to do their own thing before dinner.
Back in Aurora's room...
Aurora POV
I heard a knock on the door as I finished the drawing for my order.
"Come in," I said as I closed my sketchbook and placed it on the table next to me.
"Hey, we're done," Cole said as he and Angel came into the room.
"Shh, Brianna is sleeping," I replied as I pointed to the door that was to the nursery.
"We have to pick up the suits tomorrow," Angel said.
"I'll pick them up when the girls and I go and pick our dresses and the masks," I responded.
"What are you doing?" Cole questioned as he nodded to the sketchbook.
"An art order for a kid's birthday present. Just finished," I responded.
"How many orders do you have?" Angel asked.
"Two more," I replied as I grabbed my laptop and opened the forms folder and looked at what I had to do. "Paint Art on Wolves and Drawing art on Marvel."
"Well, we can watch Brianna if you want to get work done," Cole said.
"That would be lovely," I said as I handed Cole my room's baby monitor and grabbed my canvas and paints.
"We'll see you at dinner," Angel said as he kissed my forehead and Cole soon followed his lead before leaving the room and closing the door.
I went back to working on my next order. I started working on the wolves painting I needed to be done.
Time Skip
I heard another knock on the door to see Jenna at the door.
"Aurora, dinner's ready," Jenna said as she came into the room. "Brianna is already downstairs with Angel, Cole and everyone."
"What's for dinner?" I asked.
"We are having quesadillas," Jenna answered.
I got up as I placed my paintbrushes down into the water and walked out of the room with Jenna.
When we got downstairs and into the kitchen. Cole came over to me as Angel was bottle feeding Brianna her dinner. He grabbed my hand walked with me to the table and I sat down.
"How's the order's going?" Kate asked.
"Good just finished the second order. It's drying. One more order to go," I told her.
I plated my dinner and Cole handed me a glass of mountain dew. I set the glass down before digging into my quesadillas.
"So, tomorrow breakfast at 9 am, then to the bakery, then picking up the dresses, masks and suits, then Lunch, free time and finally dinner," Jenna told us all what's to come of tomorrow.
We continued eating, drinking and talking about tomorrow's activities. Not before long, it was time for bed. I took Brianna from Angel and headed upstairs.
When I got upstairs, I headed to the bathroom with Cole and Angel behind me. I undressed Brianna and undid her diaper as Cole got her baby bath ready for her bath.
"It's ready," Cole said as I picked Brianna up and set her down into the bath.
I gently washed her and did her hair before getting her out and drying her off. I put the baby cream on her before walking her into her nursery and setting her onto the changing table. Angel handed me a clean diaper, and I placed it under her and did up. Cole handed me a clean night onesie before helping me get her into it.
"You ready bed, Bree," I whispered as I picked her up.
I hummed her a little lullaby before turning on her sleep time music. I placed her into her crib and gently placed a blanket over her before grabbing my room's baby monitor and turning it on. I turned off the light and turned on the nightlight before walking into my room with the boys behind me.
"Goodnight, beloved," Angel said before kissing me goodnight.
"Goodnight, Cole, Angel," I replied before kissing Cole goodnight.
"See you in the morning," Cole responded as they left the room.
I changed into my clean PJs and went to bed.
Time Skip
Aurora POV
I woke to Cole shaking me awake. I moaned and turned over to face away from him.
"Aurora, it's morning. It's time to get up," Cole said.
"Can you get Brianna ready for the day?" I asked as I sat up in bed.
"Yeah, see you down there," Cole said as he walked into the nursery from my room.
I got up, grabbed my clothes and shoes for the day and headed to the bathroom. I quickly showered, blowed dried my hair and pulled my hair back into a ponytail. I got changed into my outfit for the day before heading back to my room. I grabbed my accessories for the day. I grabbed my protector necklace, fox ring and a pair of earrings. I grabbed my bag for the day before heading downstairs for breakfast.
When I got downstairs, I saw Cole feeding Brianna her breakfast bottle.
"Aurora, what would you like in your crepes?" Kate asked.
"Nutella with powdered sugar over it, please," I responded as I sat down and poured myself a cup of tea with sugar and milk.
I waited as Kate cooked my crepe and thought about today's activities. We bring home our dresses, masks, and the boy's suits today.
"Here, Rory," Buffy said as she handed me my finished crepe.
"Thanks, Buffy," I said as I took it and placed it down.
I began eating my breakfast. Everyone else around me talked about today's activities. All I could think about is my designs, my work and my daughter.
"Aurora, where exactly is the bakery?" Willow asked.
I shook my thoughts out of my head before turning to Willow.
"The bakery is in the town square," I voiced before taking a sip of my tea.
"Yeah, the bakery in town is great. They have cakes, pies, cookies, pastries, and so much more," Jenna stated.
We continued talking about the bakery that we were going to and what we may see there.
"It's time to go," Kyra said as she got up and took her plate and cup to the sink.
We soon followed, and rinsed our plates and placed them into the dishwasher.
I grabbed my bag and Brianna's bag as Cole got Brianna situated into her car seat and grabbed the car seat. We headed out the door without Angel once more and to the cars.
Thirty minutes later, we were at the town square nearest to the bakery. We got out of the cars. Cole grabbed the stroller from the trunk. I grabbed Brianna's car seat, and attached it to the stroller and pulled up the cover. We started walking towards the bakery with the stroller in front of me. We walked into the bakery and saw the owner, Ms. Dani.
"Good morning, Aurora! These must be your friends," Ms. Dani said.
"Yes, this is Buffy, Cordelia, Willow, Xander, Andy, Leo, Cole, Mr. Giles, Ms. Calendar, and you know Jeremy, Jenna, Kate, and Kyra. This precious little one is Brianna," I introduced them.
"Nice to meet you. Whatever baked goods you want are on the house," Ms. Dani stated. "Aurora, you here to check on the food for tomorrow's event."
"Yes, I am," I responded as I handed the stroller over to Cole.
I walked with Ms. Dani to the back kitchen.
We walked towards one of the fridges in the kitchen. I sat down at the table was nearest to it. Ms. Dani went grabbed the first tray.
"Here are the cake pops," Ms. Dani said as she placed the cake pops down.
"These look good," I responded as I looked at them.
She took the tray away got another, which were one set of the cupcakes. The cupcakes were a design of mine, which showed vanilla cake with black icing, silver balls and a mask on top. I nodded as she took them away before grabbing the next plater. The plater had cookies that were created like cookie-shaped masks with designs on them. She took the tray away before bringing the last tray. The final tray was strawberries dipped in coloured chocolate with mask designs over it.
"They're just as I pictured. I can't wait to see the other designs tomorrow night," I stated.
Ms. Dani put the final tray away before we walked back towards the storefront.
"Well, I'll see you all tomorrow night. Have a good day," Ms. Dani as we walked out of the bakery.
"What did you get me?" I asked Cole.
"A Brookie," Cole answered as we headed to the cars.
Cole handed me the bags as well as our bakery bag. He helped me with Brianna's car seat into the car before Jeremy took the stroller and placed it into the trunk.
We got into the cars and drove off towards the other shop.
Thirty minutes later, we were at the dress and suit shop. We walked into the shop without Cole and Brianna, who were still in the car. We walked up to the pick up/paying desk.
"Here for a pickup?" A woman asked as she looked up.
"Yes," I responded as I handed over the slips of paper that had been given to us after our appointments.
"Aurora, Kyra, here for your pickups," Ms. Ana said as she came out of her office and saw us.
We nodded with a smile as Ms. Ana took the slips from the woman and walked into the backroom. Several minutes later, Ms. Ana came back with two clothing racks with boxes.
"Here are your dresses, masks and suits," she said as she handed me two dress bags, three boxes of masks and two suit bags.
She soon handed Kyra and Andy, their bags and boxes and did the same thing with Kate and Leo. Before turning to Jenna, Jeremy, Xander, Willow, Cordelia, Giles and Ms. Calendar, doing the same.
"How much do we owe you?" Kyra asked.
"Nothing," Ms. Ana said as she looked at the order form. "Someone plaid for your orders."
"Who?" Kate questioned.
"K.M, E.M and F.M, do those initials sound familiar?" Ms. Ana questioned.
We shook our heads in confusion before heading out the door. We headed back to the cars. Jeremy helped me get the bags and boxes into the trunk before we got into the car. Cole started the car, and we were off.
When we got home, Cole helped me with Brianna and the bags as I grabbed the dress bags, suit bags and mask boxes. We walked in to see Angel there waiting. He took the suit bags from me as he kissed me. I also handed him his and Cole's mask boxes. I walked upstairs with the dress bags and my mask box. I walked into Brianna's nursery and opened the closet to hang her dress bag. I then walked into my room and hanged my dress bag in my closet. I placed the mask box onto the dressing table before heading back downstairs.
When I got downstairs, Brianna was out of her car seat and in the arms of Angel. He was reading one of the board books that were in her diaper bag.
"So, what do you think we should have for lunch?" Ms. Calendar questioned.
"How about hot dogs and hamburgers?" Leo piped up.
"Yeah, we have the BBQ outside," Jeremy said.
"Okay, hot dogs and hamburgers for lunch," Angel said.
"Out of you, boys, who know how to use a BBQ?" Jenna asked.
Jeremy, Andy and Cole all raised their hands.
"Good, then you can work on the BBQ while the rest of us can get the other things we need to go with it in here," I responded as I got Brianna's bottle ready for her lunch feed and handed it to Angel as raised his hand to feed to her.
Jeremy, Andy and Cole got the burgers and hot dogs out of the fridge and headed for the outside. The rest of us started on what we would like with the hot dogs and hamburgers. I washed my hands before getting the bacon on the pan for bacon cheeseburgers. The other girls got to chopping up lettuce and tomatoes for the burgers.
"So, what's the plan for tomorrow?" Cordelia questioned.
"Well, tomorrow, we're having a relaxing day. We have hair people coming in before brunch, then a quick meal, after that we're getting our make up done, then getting ready with everything, Pictures, and then off to the ball," Kyra said.
Even though Kyra wasn't blood-related to Caroline, she was just like her. Everything must be in its place and organized. The boys came into the room with the food still hot.
"Lunch is done. Plate up," Jeremy said as he placed a plate of hamburgers.
We plated up on our food. I placed bacon, cheese and ketchup on my burger before putting the top of the bun on. Cole sat down and handed me a can of Mountain dew before plating his hot dog. We ate in peace before someone spoke up.
"So, boys you have a free day tomorrow until you need to get ready for the ball tomorrow night," Kyra stated.
"Wait, we don't have plans tomorrow?" Xander questioned.
"You don't. We girls do. We have massages, hair and nail appointments," Kate responded.
We went back to eating and drinking.
Time Skip
We split up for our free time. The girls expect me, Ms. Calendar, Jenna and Brianna, and the boys excluding, Giles, Angel, and Cole headed to the movie room. Cole and Angel went somewhere in the house to talk about something. Jenna, Giles and headed to the library. I took Brianna from Angel and brought her into her room for nap time. I changed her diaper before, laying her down into her crib and placed a little blanket over her. I turned on her baby monitor and turned off the lights before turning on her noise machine.
"Night, night, my love," I whispered as I walked into my room before turning on my room's baby monitor.
I walked into my room and pulled my sketch pad and coloured pencils out. I started to draw what the person who ordered wanted which was marvel avengers. I zoned out as I continued to work on my drawing.
I heard a knock on the door and cry from the nursery. My head went up and saw Angel at the door.
"Dinner is almost ready," Angel said.
"And Brianna is up," I replied as I placed the order down on the desk before getting up. "What's the time?"
"It's 5 pm," Cole said as he came into the room with Brianna in his arms.
"Wait, I didn't even hear Brianna getting up," I noted.
"We know. After Cole and I were done, Cole went to check on Brianna. She was awake but was quietly babbling. Cole kept her quiet so you could finish your work," Angel told me.
"Thank you. I'm sorry, this should be my job. Brianna's my responsibility," I said.
"We're glad to help when we can," Cole told me as we walked out of the room and downstairs.
We walked into the kitchen to see everyone sitting around the table with what looks like homemade pizza with pepperoni on it.
"Sorry, I'm late," I said as we sat down.
Cole took the baby bottle that was next to me and started to feed Brianna for me as I plated my dinner. I got a glass of water and placed it on the coaster in front of me. I looked over at Cole holding Brianna as I ate my dinner quicker than ever.
"Slow down, Aurora. Brianna will be there when you're finished," Jenna stated as she noticed what I was doing.
I slowed down before swallowing and taking a sip of water.
"Sorry, Jenna," I said.
"It's okay. I know you're busy with making money for your future and Brianna's future," Jenna replied.
I finished my dinner in five bites before washing it down with the rest of the water as Brianna reached out for me. Cole handed Brianna to me as I finished helped her finish her bottle. Not before long, her bottle was empty, and it was time for burping. I burped her before getting up. I headed upstairs to the bathroom.
When I got to the nursery, I grabbed Brianna's bath towel and products and headed for the bathroom to give Brianna a bath before tummy time and storytime. I tried to turn on the water but couldn't check with one hand.
"Here let me," Angel said as he came into the room with Cole right behind him.
Angel got the baby bath situated and water as Cole helped me with getting Brianna undressed and out of her diaper.
"It's ready," Angel said as he turned towards us.
I gently placed Brianna into the bath. I gently washed her body with a sponge and Cole helped with her hair before getting her out of the tub. I got her towel around her and lightly dried her hair as I walked into the nursery. I laid her down on the changing table. I put her in a clean diaper and a clean night onesie before picking her up. I put her down into her crib for a minute before grabbing a mirror for the floor and laid it on the floor.
"What are you doing?" Cole questioned.
"They say if you put your baby on their tummy for a minute or two when they are a month and up. To get them used to it before they start crawling." I answered as I picked her up and laying her down on her stomach.
Brianna started to cry for a minute before stopping as she saw herself in the mirror.
"Do you see yourself in the mirror, Ms. Brianna?" I said as I laid down next to her. "What do you see? Do you see your beautiful reddish-brown hair?"
It wasn't before long she started to cry again. It was time for storytime before bed.
"Okay," I whispered as I picked Brianna up and into my arms as I walked over to the bookshelf and picked a story for bed. "What do you think we should read tonight?"
I grabbed if you give a mouse a cookie board book. I sat down in the rocking chair with Brianna in my arms and started rocking as I read.
"If you give a mouse a cookie," I read to her and turned the page. "He'll ask for glass milk," I turned the page. "When you give him the milk, he'll ask for a straw..."
I continued to read the story as she started to doze into my arms and before she fell asleep in my arms. Cole came over to me and took the book. I got up and placed Brianna back into the crib before placing a light blanket over her. I turned off the lights, placed her sound machine and turn on her night light before heading back into my room.
I sat down and finished up on my last order before I felt arms around me. I stiffened for a minute before hearing.
"It's alright, love," Cole whispered.
"You're lucky. I just finished it and didn't mess it up," I said as I turned my head towards him.
"I'm sorry. I just wanted to let you know, it's best for you to go to bed now." Cole said.
"Why?" I questioned as I looked up at him.
"It's 9 pm and tomorrow we have a long day ahead of us," Cole said as he kissed my temple.
"Okay, good night," I replied as I pulled him into a kiss goodnight and got up.
Cole left the room before Angel kissed me goodnight left as well. I walked over to my laid out clean PJs before putting them on and going to bed.
