A/N: Sorry for the long wait I am very busy with school, I am a senior and am trying to get my life together for college with applications and scholarships and what not. Thank you for the comments and thank you for reading, yes I know it's kinda like a story with Shield as siblings and I like that story but I wanted the four horsewomen to have a story, there are barely any with them in it and I just love them so much so why not write about them. If you all have any suggestions of future story lines and love interests for once the girls grow up and how their interactions with one another should be just leave me a review, more reviews makes me write more and gives me more inspiration so yeah...do that. Anyway thanks for reading, review, comment, like, favorite, all that good stuff and enjoy.

Chapter 4:

After a long 12 hours including the long wait for their connector flight Stephanie and her daughter had finally landed in Dublin, Ireland. The two walked through the airport holding hands as Stephanie guided them to the baggage claim where they waited for both of their things. Bayley had slept a lot of the way but when she was awake she would quietly look out the window or color new pictures. There happened to be another little boy on the plane who she made friends with that sat with his mother in the seats beside them. Stephanie had eventually switched seats with her daughter so the girl could talk with the boy and even color or play tic-tac-toe with him.

"Mommy look, there's our bags right there" Bayley said tugging slightly on her mother's arm

"I see, very good eye baby girl. When they come to our side we can get them and then head to the car rental place"

Bayley nodded and stood patiently until the bags came around and she grabbed her smaller pink luggage that was similar to her mother's. Once they were good the two headed through the maze of the airport before getting to the rental place. They didn't have to wait long and the people were very welcoming and polite, they even gave Bayley a lollipop and complied when she asked for a second one for her sister. After about thirty minutes the two were squared away in their car and Stephanie decided to get them some food before heading over to the hospital. On the car ride Bayley was full of energy and wanted to call Hunter and her sisters to see what they were up to.

"Hello?" Stephanie said as she heard the phone being picked up

"Hey babe, I'm guessing you guys made it there safely"

"Yes we-

"Hi daddy" Bayley said loudly cutting off Stephanie's response

"Hey babygirl, how are you?" Hunter chuckled through the phone causing Stephanie to smile at their interaction

"I'm good, I drew Becky lots of pictures and I made a new friend on the plane too"

"That's good Bayley, are you excited to see Becky?" Hunter's voiced said with obvious amusement at their youngest daughter's happy voice

"Yeah, I can't wait to show her my drawings and I got her lollipop too."

"Well that was very kind of you"

"Yeah we are going to eat first and then we are heading to the hospital, it's pretty early here, it's noon over here" Stephanie said cutting the two short, knowing that if she let this continue any further she would never get the chance to talk to her husband and honestly that was all she wanted to do right now. Her nerves were eating away at her empty stomach and she needed some reassurance that this meeting wouldn't go up in flames.

"Noon...it's like seven in the morning over here"

"Oh my god did I wake you babe?" Stephanie said concerned as she just remembered the five hour time difference, "I'm sorry I completely forgot about the time difference"

"It's okay Steph, I was already up I thought I might go ahead and start making breakfast, the girls slept for a long time so I'm sure they'll be up soon" Hunter said and a few pots clattering could be heard on his side of the line

"Okay well I'll let you go for now, I'll call you again later when we get some more information on Rebecca's condition"

"Okay, love you girls"

"Love you" Stephanie and Bayley said before ending the call.

Once the call was finished the two sat in silence before Bayley began to look out at the different buildings they passed. Every few minutes she would shout out a random place or interesting looking person to which Stephanie just smiled and continued on until they finally found a local diner to sit down and eat in. The place was called Eddie Rocket's City Diner and looked like an old school diner from the 60's with a jukebox and bright red and silver colors everywhere. This

"Hello, what can I get you two lovely ladies to eat?" An older lady with grey hair and bright red glasses asked as she came up to the table with her note pad ready

"Can i please have a milkshake?"

"It's too early for a milkshake Bayley, why don't you look at some actually food." Stephanie said before scanning the kids menu for the young girl, "Look they have a chicken slider meal...you can have that and some juice"

The small girl pouted but agreed with her mother, although still wanting a milkshake Bayley knew that if she just agreed they could hurry and go see Becky. She wasn't nervous at all, she was just excited. The girl had gone through meeting sisters before, she was the original child and had to accepted when Charlotte and Sasha were adopted into the family, so this wasn't new to her. Unlike Sasha and even Charlotte who Bayley knew was having serious doubts about another member in the family, Bayley welcomed the idea of a new sister. She wanted her family to be as big as possible, then maybe she would finally get someone to actually play with her. Charlotte did sometimes but was mostly much too busy for her and Sasha would just straight up refuse, but Bayley was hoping that the third time's the charm.

"Bayley…" Stephanie had already finished ordering for both of them and she noticed her youngest one was seemingly lost in thought, "What are you thinking about babygirl?"

"Becky"

Stephanie paused before continuing the conversation, searching for the different ways this conversation could be going, "What about her….are you nervous to meet her?"

"No, I've done this before" Bayley laughed causing her mother to smile, "I just hope she likes me"

"Oh I sure she will"

"Sasha didn't like me when we first met….I don't know if she does now either?"

"She loves you Bayley, we all do and Rebecca won't be any different. You two are very much alike, and I'm sure you'll notice it once you two meet"

Bayley nodded and sat there for a minute pondering this idea before drinks and food was brought to their table. The young girl smiled, just now realizing that she was actually starving and glad they stopped before seeing Becky. Stephanie on the other hand sat quietly watching her daughter eat while she pushed her salad around. She wasn't exactly hungry, she was really just stalling. She was still having doubts about how Rebecca would fit into the family and how everyone would respond to having her around. Stephanie knew that everything would be fine in the long run but when Sasha first moved in with the family things hit an awkward patch and she didn't want to go through that again.

"Aren't you hungry mommy?" This snapped Stephanie out of her thoughts but only for a second. She began eating slowly to satisfy her daughter but her mind was still on her other girls and how they would handle the new addition, "Why did you get a salad, they're gross"

"Well I happen to like salads" Stephanie said causing Bayley to give her a face and stick her tongue out, "Why did you get chicken sliders?"

"Because I couldn't have a milkshake" Bayley pouted, sliding down in her seat with her arms crossed as she looked at the two sliders left on her plate

The two smiled at each other before continuing to eat in silence, Stephanie lost in thought while Bayley munched away on her sliders, swinging her feet and just barely hitting her mother under the table. Once the two were done Stephanie took her time paying and leaving, trying to stall as her nerves built up in the back of her stomach causing her to feel like she was going to puke up the half of her salad that she actually managed to eat. While Bayley was more than eager to go and she her new sister and practically dragged her mother to the car.

"Come on mommy, I want to go see Becky now" She whined she and Stephanie finally reached their car after what seemed like thirty minutes of slow walking to Bayley.

Stephanie paused holding the keys in her shaky hands, her hand hovering over the unlock button, but never managing to press it. Her nerves had no spread to her whole body and she couldn't move an inch. Her body tensed and her hands shook as she was now fully lost in her thoughts and could see nothing but black and reruns of everything that could possibly go wrong with meeting Rebecca. What if she hated her now? What if she forgot who she was completely? What if she fought with Bayley? What if she couldn't come home with them soon? What if she doesn't even make it out of the hospital? What if the damage is too serious?

Bayley stared up at her mother curiously before grabbing her hand and pulling on it, this cause Stephanie to gasp and shake herself from her temporary paralyzed state. She bent down to one knee so she was face to face with her youngest and gulped as she realized how her daughter could now see how vulnerable she was. Stephanie was her mother, she held herself to a high standard and made sure none of her children ever saw any faults in the mask that she wore at all times. She couldn't let them see her be weak, they needed to see her be strong, she had to be strong. Her children had been through more in their young years than she ever had in her life and they were strong, how dare she be weak, especially when they needed her.

"Mommy why are you crying?" Bayley reached for her mother's face and grabbed it softly, wiping the tears that Stephanie didn't realize were streaming down her face

"I-I….I can't…"

"Are you scared?" Stephanie didn't answer, she shut her eyes tightly and gasped trying to catch her breath, "I was scared...when I met Charlotte, when I met Sasha...even when I met you and daddy"

Stephanie slowly opened her eyes and looked at Bayley who still held a small smile before she continued talking allowing Stephanie to calm herself.

"It's okay to be scared, daddy said so….what are you scared of?"

"What….what if I fail?" Stephanie said quietly, "What if I can't do this and can't handle all four of you girls, and someone tries to take you all away from me?"

"Grandpa says he doesn't like to fail either, he hates it….but he said he's not afraid to do it." Bayley laughed not at all bothered by her mother's breakdown, actually finding comfort in the fact that her mother was in fact human and could cry unlike Sasha's jokes that their mother was a robot, bounty hunter, "It's okay to cry and be scared, because we all do it. Sasha said she's seen daddy cry and i've even seen Charlotte cry too. Crying is good, being afraid is good too..but only when you know how to get rid of that"

"How?"

"Face it"

"Am I a good mother?" Bayley took a moment causing Stephanie to think the worse before she stated, "Don't lie to me okay….ju-just tell me honestly"

"No"

"-" Stephanie felt the tears well up in her eyes as her heart clench at the simple word that seemed to crush her instantly.

"You're a great mother...because you're mine, because you're the mother that took us in and loved us, and you're doing the same to Becky, so she'll love you too."

The two sat in silence for a minute before Stephanie laughed and smiled at her youngest, wiping her tears as she began to thank her daughter. She had never realized how mature her youngest could be, even at such a young age, but she was very thankful for it.

"When did you get so smart?" Stephanie unlocked the car and looked at her daughter.

"Don't know...just am" Bayley smiled and hugged her mother before rushing to her side of the car and sliding into her seat as her mother did the same.

"Of course you are" Stephanie began to drive and after a while she looked over at her daughter and said, "Thank you..for helping me back there and fo-for not lying to me"

"I would never lie to you"

Back At The House

Once Hunter finished talking with Stephanie he placed his phone in his back pocket and started getting pans out to cook breakfast. He was happy that his wife and youngest had made it safely and he wanted to talk to them longer but they had things to do and so did he. He paced around the kitchen for a minute looking through the pantry and fridge to see what he could cook. After a while he finally decided on going full out and making a big breakfast like Stephanie normally would. He had never been the one to cook breakfast as Stephanie always liked to wake up with the sun and busy herself with tasks like cooking and cleaning. While Hunter would usually sleep until he had to go into his office, but being the CEO of his own business meant he could mostly control whenever he went to work. Though that didn't stop him from being in the office nearly every day and working many late nights to get things done. Though when it came to the house Stephanie usually took care of everything, so this experience was going to be a little different.

Hunter began to get together stuff for breakfast including; pans, eggs, bacon, toast and pancake mix. Once that was all done he started to work his magic, it wasn't like he had never cooked before, he used to cook for Bayley and Stephanie all the time when they first adopted the little one. It had just been a while, that's all. After a good twenty minutes the food was pretty much done and he had all the plates set up on the island for the girls to eat.

"Is breakfast ready?"

Hunter turned to the door to see Sasha standing there eagerly bouncing on her toes with Charlotte not far behind. The younger of the two wore a long black shirt with cartoon characters on it and a pair of pink shorts while Charlotte wore a grayish white shirt that had a couple paint stains on it from a long time ago and a pair of sweatpants. He smiled at them before ushering them to come sit and eat, which Sasha agreed to happily as she skipped to her seat at the island while Charlotte walked around the kitchen looking over what had been made. Hunter knew how picky his oldest was along with her need for everything to be perfect but that didn't erase the smile he held in pride of his own accomplishment. He bet Stephanie would be proud of him for making breakfast instead of just taking the girls out somewhere to avoid the hassle.

"Charlotte what would you like?" Hunter asked his oldest as she had yet to gather a plate while Sasha had already piled a stack of pancakes high on her plate with eggs and bacon on the side, "I can make you something else if you don't want any of this"

The girl immediately shook her head and gave a tight lipped smile that hid the grimace that was dying to show itself. "No dad it's fine really i'll take this" Charlotte turned quickly so her back was to her family and gave a look of disgust as she placed a couple strips of bacon and some eggs on her plate before taking a seat next to Sasha.

Hunter looked over at his oldest slightly puzzled before shaking the thought away. He still had to get ready for the day, he had planned on surprising the girls with movies and snacks and a trip to the park before it got too late and he didn't want to disappoint. He quickly excused himself from the table and went to his room to go and get dressed.

"Are you actually going to eat this?" Sasha asked once Hunter left the room as she stared at her older sister in disbelief, "I've never seen you eat anything dad's cooked"

"Did you see his face...he looked so proud, I couldn't say no"

"So you're lying?"

"I'm not lying...it's not like he asked me if I liked it and I said yes….I just accepted his attempt in cooking."

"It's not that bad" Sasha said barely swallowing the pile of pancakes in her mouth before shoveling more in, "I like it"

"You like everything...you'll eat anything and quite frankly it's disgusting" Charlotte grabbed a cup of orange juice and took a sip before looking to her younger sister, "And chew your food before putting more in"

Sasha rolled her eyes and made a loud noise as she held her mouth open to show her sister her mouth full of food causing Charlotte to lean away. The younger of the two laughed as she swallowed her food and stuck her tongue out at Charlotte.

"Gosh you're gross"

"Gosh you're gross" Sasha copied in a high pitched voice causing Charlotte to roll her eyes at her.

The two sat quietly and ate what their father had worked hard on cooking, well Sasha did while Charlotte picked slowly at the eggs but not before long before she gave up on eating it and just gave it to Sasha. She instead grabbed an apple from the fruit basket that sat on the counter by the stove and drank her juice. Once the two were done Charlotte took their dishes and placed them in the sink for later and helped Sasha out of her seat as Hunter came walking back in with a huge smile on his face.

"Okay guys, I have a big day planned for us, we're gonna go to the park or maybe an arcade and we can go out for lunch and come back and watch movies later"

Sasha and Charlotte stared at each other, confused by their father's giddiness as he seemed to bounce around the kitchen as he cleaned up the mess of breakfast. They had never seen their father so excited about spending time with them before and Charlotte could tell her was trying to impress them.

"We don't have to go out dad, we can just chill here" Charlotte said causing Hunter to pause with a small frown

Sasha elbowed her sister slightly stopping her from speaking any further before she said, "Speak for yourself, the park sounds awesome"

This cause their father to smile again and his childish side beamed through is tough exterior, Sasha and him seemingly feeding off of each other's energy, "Good, the park it is then, go on get dressed we'll leave at noon"

Sasha ran out of the kitchen, practically skipping down the halls while Charlotte looked at the clock to see it was only 8:30 and they had plenty of time. Knowing that Sasha had yet to learn how to tell time, she knew her sister would be ready to go immediately thinking it was time to go soon,when they had hours before 12. The older girl went to follow her sister but was stopped as Hunter asked her a quick question.

"How was breakfast...and be honest did you like it?"

Charlotte grimaced slightly at the thought of breakfast but hid it quickly as she watched her father smile proudly at the left over bacon and eggs, "Yeah it was good dad, you're doing great"

Hunter nodded at this, taking in his oldest words, "Thank you, I know your mother is usually the one who does this kind of stuff….a-and I don't know how long she's going to be gone, but I'm trying to make the best of this situation. It won't be for long I promise, just until.."

"I know until they can find out about Rebecca"

"I just I'm really trying here and these little things they mean a lot to me"

"I know dad, breakfast was good, Sasha clearly thought so as well" Charlotte said rolling her eyes at the thought of Sasha's disgusting display at breakfast

"Thanks….for not lying to me. I really need this."

"I would never lie to you"