Mai's Own Room!
It had been a few months since Mai had pneumonia…sorry a slight case of pneumonia and she's been a lot more active.
"Mai, you have to slow down. We can't keep up with you!" Elliot called as he, Wesley, Zoey and even Renee chased her around the park.
The four of them had agreed to meet Zoey's parents at the park so they could discuss something. Zoey's parents really wanted to talk about something and wouldn't give up until Elliot and Wesley agreed to meet them. So they did and Renee just happened to be around at the time so they convinced her to come as well.
"So your parents really like picnics in the park huh?" Renee asked Zoey as Elliot caught Mai and they sat down.
"Yeah…well ever since Mai came around. They seem to really like having a child around to do all the stuff that I won't do anymore. I love my parents, but I don't like hanging out with them…not all the time at least. They seem to really like Elliot as well, which for my dad is really odd. He normally hates guys I hang around with." Zoey explained as everybody sat down.
"That's just because I'm very likeable." Elliot said hearing the last part of the girls' conversation.
"Right…Depends on the time of the day. Well it used to be like that anyways. Ever since Mai came around you've become less of a jerk and you're actually bearable to be around." Zoey said as a compliment.
"Thanks I think. I guess having a daughter changed me huh? Oh well, that's a good thing and it doesn't bother me one bit. I love my little Mai…my little princess. My parent's would've loved her." Elliot said looking down a bit, but perked up knowing he had Mai and Wesley, and even though it was small and a bit unconventional in most peoples' eyes, he had a family.
"Well hello everybody!" Suzie called all chipper like with a giant smile on her face.
"Hey what's up?" Adam asked casually.
"Hey. Not much. Just waiting on you guys; you said you had something really important that you wanted to discuss with us." Elliot said as Zoey's parents sat down with a huge blanket and an even bigger picnic basket.
"Yes. Oh you must be Renee; we've heard so much about you. It's so nice to finally music. Oh and we just absolutely love your music." Suzie said extending her hand to shake Renee's. Adam followed suit and also shook Renee's hand.
"Thank you. It's nice to meet you as well; Zoey has told me so much about you too." Renee said simply.
"So mom, what did you want? Elliot and Wesley are really busy and have a different meeting in a little bit." Zoey said kind of annoyed that her parents, more her mother, had bothered her to get Elliot and Wesley to meet them and they were late.
"Yes I know they're busy people, but this is important. I hear that you and Mai are still sharing a bed. I mean I understand you two are close, but you're room is cluttered from all her toys and stuff and from what we understand you have a few extra rooms. You could put her in one of them. We also understand that you don't know where to find children's beds and that's fine. You are a new father after all. Anyways, what I am saying is if you'd like we still have all of Zoey's old things from when she was Mai's age; her bed, her dresser and you already got a lot of her old clothes. We were saving them for when Zoey had children, but we don't even know if she'll have a girl or a boy or if she'll even have any children at all. At least if we give them to Mai, they'll get used." Suzie explained hoping they'd say yes.
"Oh, that would be nice, but maybe we should wait. As Zoey said earlier we do have a meeting in a little bit. We're planning on moving into a house a little closer to town." Elliot said simply.
"Really?!" Zoey, Suzie and Adam asked in shock.
"You're not selling the café are you?" Zoey asked in disbelief.
"No. We just thought it would be better for Mai if we lived in an actual house and not above a café where she really has no place to play. I mean there's no yard for to play in. There's not a whole lot of room in the café for her to run around and play in. And then there's Neko, her cat; he doesn't like to be cooped up in the room all day and tries to escape on a regular basis. I don't think anybody wants him to get taken. So on all that, we've just decided to move to somewhere bigger." Elliot said simply getting looks from Suzie and Adam.
"When you say closer to town do you mean closer to us?" Suzie asked hoping that was the answer.
"It would be nice." Adam said simply.
"We don't know yet. I think it's going to take awhile yet. Probably another few months; it'd probably be a good idea to get the stuff now and get stuff set up. You know, so she can get used to being in her own room before you actually move" Wesley said looking at Elliot.
"Wait, you're not moving in together?" Zoey asked shocked.
"No, but I am moving as well. We're looking to either move into neighboring houses or just down the road. It's time that we move our separate ways and start anew. Plus Elliot needs space to raise his daughter in his own home. And Renee and I need a home of our own to eventually start our own family." Wesley said then quickly added "no, we're pregnant. Not yet."
"I want to wait awhile before I have any kids." Renee said simply.
"Oh cool. Wesley is right; you should get Mai used to having her own room or she'll never leave your side." Adam said simply.
"I supposed you're right. Mai would you like your very own room?" Elliot asked as Miki's eyes got big.
"Don't you love me anymore?" Mai asked as tears started to form.
"Of course I love you. I will always love you." Elliot said simply.
"Then why are you twying to get wid of me?" Mai asked tears falling.
"I'm not trying to get rid of you. I'm just trying to give you your own space with your own bed and dresser and a place for all of your toys. I would never try to get rid of you; you're my little princess. Forever and for always." Elliot said simply rubbing her tears away.
"Pwomis?" Mai asked quietly.
"I promise. So what do you say, you want your own room?" Elliot asked simply.
"Ok, I'll try it." Mai said standing up.
"Ok then sounds like a plan. We have our meeting in about fifteen minutes so we have to get going, but we should be done by three or three thirty, so if you want to show up any time after that, that would be great." Elliot said picking Mai up as everybody else got up.
"Ok see you then." Suzie said waving.
After they were out of site Suzie asked Zoey if she had the keys to the café.
"Yeah…why? Oh no mom! You can't be serious!" Zoey exclaimed knowing exactly what her mom had planned.
"Oh you know she's serious so you'd better just get on board. I know I have…like I really have a choice." Adam mumbled.
"What was that dear?" Suzie asked sharply.
"Noting honey." Adam said as they started walking to their car.
Three Fifteen came around and Elliot, Wesley, Renee and Mai arrived at the café to find the doors unlocked and open.
"I'm sorry, my mom made us do this. You know how crazy she is." Zoey apologized for her parents, more her mother than her father.
"What's going on?" Elliot and Wesley asked.
"She decided to put Mai's room together. I would've stopped her, but she gets super crazy and scary when she's in this mood." Adam said coming down the stairs.
"Oh, good you're back! Come look at Mai's room!" Suzie cried with excitement.
"I can't wait to see this." Elliot said as they walked up the stairs.
"Well have a look. What do you think? I would've painted the room but I wouldn't have had time to get everything in that short of time with how long it takes paint to dry." Suzie said simply as they walked into Mai's new room. She had all her posters up plus a few extra that Suzie had bought. She had her very own pink canopy styled bed with all her Mr. Bear and Friends bedding and her stuffed animals and dolls. She had Zoey's old pink dresser, which looked brand new. There were totes filled with all of her toys. There pink shelves with books, movies and CDs on them and a television and DVD player on the dresser and a boom box on a bookshelf.
"Wow, you did this all in two hours?" Elliot and Wesley asked in shock.
"Yep. We had everything packed up in a truck already." Suzie said smiling from ear to ear.
"So in reality you weren't really going to give us a choice?" Elliot asked as Mai ran over to her stuff.
"Nope. And look she seems to really like it anyways." Suzie said as Mai pulled out all of her toys.
"Yes, she does seem happy." Wesley said watching Mai play.
"Yeah, and that's all I want for her." Elliot said simply.
"Yeah, oh and there's one more thing." Suzie said simply.
"And what would that be?" Elliot asked nervous.
"Here you go. For Neko." Suzie said putting a cat bed, a litter-box and a food and a water bowel for the cat.
"Well, um I guess thank you." Elliot said as Mai closed her door.
"You're very welcome. She defiantly seems good with her room." Suzie and Adam said as Elliot opened the door.
"What do you think you're doing little miss?" Elliot asked looking at Mai.
"Dis is my room. I close the door like daddy." Mai said smiling closing her door again.
"Yes, yes this is defiantly your room. We'll work on the door thing later." Was all Elliot said as they went downstairs…after telling Mai so she would know they weren't abandoning her.
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