Evie just stared at her little sister who was looking at her with the most innocent and pleading eyes as she waited for her to respond. Evie had no clue what to say. She didn't know if she would be comfortable with being called mommy. She was only sixteen and she wasn't technically Mal's mom, but at the same time she was like her new mom.
And some part of her actually liked the idea of Mal calling her mom as she was the one raising her and technically Mal was like her daughter at this point. Before she could answer the tiny toddler she heard a knock on her door. She silently sighed in relief as she got up and answered the door.
She smiled when she saw that it was her boyfriend at the door. "Hey Doug. What's up?" Evie asked her boyfriend as she held the now squirming toddler who wanted to get as far away from Doug as possible as she didn't like him.
Doug just smiled at his girlfriend, but frowned when he noticed the toddler who was clearly trying to get away from being close to him.
"Oh well I was worried when you left class early and then didn't come back and then you were gone all day from school. I just wanted to make sure everything was okay," Doug told his girlfriend as he had been concerned when Fairy Godmother asked to speak with her in the middle of Chemistry class and she hadn't returned nor did he see her at school after that.
Evie just looked at him as she placed the squirming toddler on the ground. "Oh yeah everythings fine. There was just a problem at the daycare that I left Mal at. The kids were bullying her and the daycare worker tried to blame it on Mal since her daughter was the main bully. Some things were said. Let's just say that I'm never leaving Mal at daycare again," Evie told her boyfriend as she kept a close eye on the hyper toddler who was running around and playing with her new toys.
"Oh wow what kind of things were they saying to her?" Doug asked his girlfriend as he watched the small adorable girl run around happily with her dragon toy. He couldn't believe that the other kids would be mean to his girlfriend's adorable little sister.
Sure she was a handful and yeah she didn't like him, but she wasn't a bad kid. Toddlers were just handfuls in general it had nothing to do with Mal. Especially at this age. Which is why it's called the terrible twos. It was normal for her to act that way it was just a normal stage in her development.
Evie just frowned as she watched her sister play. "They told her she didn't have any parents because she was evil. And the daycare worker called Mal evil too. Which led to a very awkward and hard conversation that I had to have with her after she asked me if she had a mom or dad and why the kids called her evil," Evie told her boyfriend as she was still not over the fact that the kids had bullied her sweet little sister and that she had to tell Mal about their parents even though she wasn't planning on having that conversation until Mal was way older.
Doug just stared at his girlfriend in disbelief and anger. "How could people do that? Kids are way more meaner now then I remember them being. And who just lets their kid bully other kids? That's just wrong," Doug told her as he couldn't believe that the daycare worker would just allow her daughter to bully and hurt other kids.
Evie just sighed as she looked at him. "Yeah I know. It's not right for her to be allowing her kid to just do what she wants. Oh but the good thing is Mal did make a friend with this older girl named Olivia who was the only one that helped her," she told her boyfriend as she smiled when she remembered that she still had the number from the nice mother of the girl who had actually stood up for Mal.
When Mal heard those words she looked over at the two older teens as she got excited. "Owibiwa me fwen! Se hewp me! I wanna pway wif hew! Cawn I pway wif hew pwease?" The small toddler yelled excitedly as she began to jump up and down at the thought of playing with her new friend.
Evie just laughed at the tiny girl as she knew that she definitely needed to talk to the other girl's parents so that she could set up a play date. She was happy that Mal at least made one friend and that she was excited to see her and play with her.
"Okay okay calm down Mal. Yes you can play with her. I'm going to call her mommy tomorrow after school so that we can talk about setting up a play date with Olivia. Okay Mal," she told the hyper toddler.
Mal just smiled more as she ran around the room shouting excitedly. "Yay I pway wif Owibiwa. Yay yay yay," the small toddler screamed excitedly.
The two teens both just smiled and laughed at the tiny excited girl. "So um Evie I was also wondering if you were planning on doing anything later because I think we should go do something if you're not. We haven't been able to hang out much with just the two of us anymore," Doug told his girlfriend as he wanted to go on a date with her, but they had both been pretty busy with school and activities. Plus everytime they did hang out it was with their whole friend group.
Evie just looked at Doug with a blank look on her face. "Um Doug you know I have to take care of my sister right? I can't just leave her by herself. And I'm not leaving her with a babysitter. I've completely learned my lesson about leaving her with anyone else," Evie told her boyfriend as she pointed to her little sister as she couldn't believe he was trying to get her to go out with him right now after he knew that she was now having to raise her little sister and he knew how she felt about leaving Mal with others.
Doug just smiled at her. "I know that you have Mal. We can take her with us. It will give you and me a chance to hang out and maybe it will help Mal and I bond, so that she won't hate me anymore. Plus it will be fun and Mal will love getting the chance to explore and it will help her get used to new things. So what do you say Evie?" Doug asked his girlfriend as he was hoping that would be enough to convince her to go out with him tonight.
Evie just sighed as she watched Mal play with her toys on the floor. And the truth was Mal hadn't really left the dorm much except for when Ben took her to the store and when they went to the dining area and daycare. But other than that Mal just stayed in the dorm. Maybe it would be a good idea to go out with Doug tonight as she could spend time with her boyfriend and introduce Mal to more places and things. Plus it would give them something to do.
She smiled at her boyfriend. "Yeah we're not doing anything later and you're right. I think it would be a fun idea to go out tonight, so what were you planning?" Evie asked her boyfriend and smiled when he blushed as he got excited.
"Okay great and I was thinking we could maybe go bowling. It's super fun and they have an arcade too and this bowling alley is super kid friendly. They have this little ramp thing so that little kids can bowl without having to actually throw or lift the ball. Trust me I've taken my little cousins bowling here all the time and some of them are about Mal's age and they love it," Doug told his girlfriend with a smile as he began to excitedly ramble about the bowling alley that he wanted to take her to. It was special to him as he had been going to that bowling alley since he was maybe a little bit older than Mal was and it was where he had most of his best memories growing up. And he wanted to share his special place with his girlfriend.
Evie just laughed at her boyfriend who was rambling as she thought it was cute. "Sure bowling sounds fun Doug. How about we go in about an hour or two after Mal here takes her nap because she missed her nap yesterday and that was a disaster. How about I call you when she's done and we can go," Evie told her boyfriend as she noticed the toddler starting to get cranky and she assumed that it would be a good idea to put her down for a nap while she caught up on school work and got ready to go out with her boyfriend.
Doug just smiled excitedly that they were going out. "Okay cool just call me when you're ready I'll be waiting. I can't wait. I'll see you in a bit and good luck getting her to nap," he told his girlfriend as he kissed her goodbye and waved bye to the toddler who just ignored him and continued to play with her toys.
When Doug left Evie just sighed in annoyance as she saw the mess of toys on the ground. "Mal you need to pick up your toys. You can't just make a mess like this. And then after you pick up your toys you are going to take a nap. Because you missed your nap yesterday and that is not happening again," Evie told her sister as she watched her grow upset at the mention of taking a nap.
"Noo I no wanna cwean up. An I no wanna nap. I wanna pway mow," the tiny toddler cried as she didn't want to take her nap and just wanted to keep playing her imaginary game with her stuffed animals. Evie just sighed in frustration as she picked up all of Mal's toys as she noticed that the tiny girl was refusing to pick them up and then she picked up her tiny sister and placed her in the crib.
"Okay Mal here is what is going to happen. You are going to take a nap and then after that you, me, and Doug are going to go out and play bowling and play games in the arcade where you can earn tickets and get cool prizes. Doesn't that sound like a good idea Mal. But we're not gonna go unless you take your nap," Evie told her tiny sister as she knew that this would get Mal to take her nap. She smiled when she was right as Mal just grabbed onto her favorite stuffed animal and layed down in her crib.
"Weawy? I get twoys. Yay! Otay I nap. Nigh Nigh mommy," the small girl told her big sister as she began to doze off. Evie just stood there in shock as her little sister had just called her mommy. She didn't think Mal meant it as she was pretty much asleep when she said it and probably didn't realize that she had said it.
Either way Evie began to smile as she watched the tiny adorable girl sleep cuddled up with her purple blanket and her purple stuffed dragon that she pretty much took everywhere. She realized that she didn't mind Mal calling her mommy and a big part of her actually liked that she did call her mommy as she was technically her guardian and she was the one raising her not their evil mother or Maleficent who tried to ruin the poor toddler's life.
She stood by the crib for a few more minutes as she watched the small girl sleep peacefully before she decided to start working on some school work and changing into a better outfit for her date with Doug in about an hour. She just smiled as she ran her fingers through the sleeping toddlers purple hair and then walked to her closet to change and get ready for her date after she also finished her school work. She was excited to go out as it was true that she barely had any time to be with her boyfriend other than school and group hangouts and she missed their dates even if she was about to bring her hyper and crazy two year old sister with her.