Chapter 4
Set about 3 weeks later
It was a Friday and the girls seemed to have settled into school reasonably well now. Joe had picked both girls up as Rachel had a meeting so had to stay at school late, she hated having meeting on a Friday normally as she just liked to go home and relax however she couldn't really avoid it.
Rachel and joe were going out for a meal tonight so joes mum-Janet was looking after them both
The girls and joe had been home about an hour when Rachel finally arrived home.
"Hiya Rach" joe said immediately coming over and hugging her
Rachel wrapped her Arms around him and leaned Into kiss him however they were interrupted by lily coming in and laughing
"And what are you laughing at missus" joe said picking her up in the air and kissing her too
Like didn't say anything just continued to laugh. Joe put her down on the floor so Rachel bent down and gave her a big hug
"How was your school today my love"
"It was really good and Sammy asked me to come round hers for tea tomorrow night and she have me her mummy's number to give to you so you can ring her mummy"
"Well that'll be fun won't it? I'll give her a ring in a little while" Rachel said
She then went upstairs to change out of her work stuff however lily came up with her.
"Can I come and sit in your room with you"
"Well I'm only going in to get changed love, but you can sit on my bed while I do that"
Rachel had planned to have a shower before she went out however her meeting had overrun so now she didn't have time.
The restaurant they were going to was quite posh so Rachel wanted to dress up a little bit, so had decided to wear her black pencil skirt with a blue lacy blouse.
She quickly took off her work things and put on her new outfit
"You look so pretty" lily said when Rachel had finished getting changed
"Aw thank you darling, are you sure you want to stop in her while I do my hair and stuff, you might get a bit bored"
"No I like watching"
"Okay then" Rachel said laughing
She sat down at her dressing table and watched as Rachel curled her hair
"Rachel I need to tell you something" lily said about 10 minutes later suddenly sounding quite serious
Hearing this Rachel put down her curling tongs and turned to face her, despite looking pretty silly with just one half of her hair curled
"What is it darling?"
"I've done something a bit bad" lily admitted "I didn't mean to though"
"What have you done love?"
"I lied at school today, to Sammy and some of the others"
"About what lily?"
"I told them that you were my mum" lily admitted
Rachel sighed she went and sat next to her on the bed
"Why did you say that love?" Rachel asked gently though she actually had a pretty good idea about why she might have said something like this.
"Because I didn't want them to think I was different to them, I know I shouldn't have done it, but I couldn't help it" lily said as tears started to form in her eyes
"Okay lily I get it" Rachel said "no I really do get it, but the thing is not having a mum is nothing to be ashamed of you know"
"But its like here it's really nice and you're really nice too and so joe, so I thought if I said you were my mum, they'd think I was nice too"
"Oh love" Rachel sighed putting her arm round "you don't need me or joe to make people think you're nice, you're the loveliest little girl I've ever met"
"Sammy will tell everyone I'm a liar, when you ring her mum"
"She won't darling and you know why?"
"Because I'm not going to tell her mum"
"Really" lily said sounding surprised
Rachel knew how odd it must feel for lily knowing that all the other kids around her had mum and she didn't and she really did want to make sure she settled in as best she could.
A couple of minutes later Rachel started curling her hair again
"I wish I did have a mum" lily said "Rachel one day will you be my mum?"
"Darling I want to be your mum more than anything in the whole world, but I know at the moment I probably don't feel much like a mum, Because you haven't known me that long, but hopefully one day I will"
"What so you mean I'll even be allowed to call you mum and stuff"
"Lily it's not about being allowed to call me mum, you can do that if and when you feel comfortable, which might be in a few weeks, or a few months or even a few years or maybe it's just something you'd never want to call me, and you know what that's fine too my love, the most important thing is that you feel happy and safe here and if ever you do feel sad and upset you feel there's people around who you feel safe enough to come to"
"I really love it here, everyone's kind to me"
"Well I love having you here darling"
Rachel and lily carried on chatting for a bit until Rachel had finished doing her makeup, so they both went downstairs.
"Wow you look gorgeous Rach" joe said
"Thanks you're not looking too bad yourself"
It was only then that Rachel realised she hadn't said a proper hello to Rosie yet, so she nipped up to her room
"Hiya love"
Rachel noticed that Rosie was looking a little bit upset so sat down on the bed next to her
"Hi Rachel" Rosie said, she looked at Rachel properly it seemed really strange seeing her all dressed up she looked really glamorous and young "you look so nice"
"Aw thanks sweet, Sorry I've not been in to say hello yet, how's your day been?" Rachel asked
"Okay" Rosie replied "I really don't feel well though"
"Really, what's wrong with you love?" Rachel asked
When she looked at Rosie properly she could see she was quite pale and looked really tired
"I feel really headachy and sick"
"Oh dear I hope you're not coming down with something" Rachel sighed "come downstairs I'll get you some medicine, you're not allergic to paracetamol are you?"
"No" Rosie replied
Rachel and Rosie both went downstairs and Rachel went to the medicine cupboard and got her out some tablets and then got her a glass of water.
"Take it easy tonight love okay"
"Yeah" Rosie said
A few minutes later there was a knock at the door so Rachel opened it and saw Janet stood there
"Hello" Rachel said smiling at her
Janet and Rachel had always got on so well, and they often saw quite a bit of each other.
"Hiya Rach, don't you look nice"
"Thankyou" Rachel said before going over and giving Janet a hug
"Are you off then?"
"Yep, thanks so much for looking after the girls for me"
"That's no problem, so remind me again what's there nighttime routine"
"Well lily needs a bath about 6ish and ideally in bed no later by 7;30 and .."
"7:30 that's early" jan remarked
"She's only just turned 4 you know, she's still a baby really" Rachel said laughing "make sure she goes to the loo and brushes her teeth before bed though, because she won't unless you remind her and Rosie's feeling a little bit under the weather so she might not go to bed that late, but it's normally best she's in bed by around twenty past 9 but seeing as it's not a school night it's not that important"
"Okay, I think we'll be fine you two go and enjoy you're night"
"Well thanks again for looking after them, ring me if there's any problems at all"
"Will do, go on have a nice time"
Joe and Rachel quickly said goodbye to the girls and jan before heading off out.
"Hiya you two" jan said wailing into the living room where the girls were
Lily smiled when she saw jan standing there, she'd met her quite a few times now so she didn't feel that shy around her and she really did like her
"Hello" lily said
Jan went over and sat next to her and lily snuggled into her.
"How are you dear?" Jan asked
"I'm okay" lily replied
"Good so do you girls fancy sticking a film on, I've got some sweets"
Lily liked the sound of this, so they had a rummage through all the DVDs Rachel and joe had and eventually found on they all wanted to watch so out it on
Jan got the sweets out for them all, from the bag she'd brought with her
"I'm okay thanks" Rosie said as she still felt pretty awful
"Oh yeah Rach said you weren't feeling well, did she give you some medicine"
"Yeah"
"Well hopefully that'll kick in soon"
They'd been watching for about Half an hour when suddenly Rosie began to feel even worse
"Jan I really don't feel well" Rosie said sounding sorry for herself "is it okay if I go to bed"
"Yeah that's fine, I'll pause this and take you up"
Jan paused the film and walked up with Rosie, leaving lily downstairs.
Rosie got into her comfy Pyjamas before going into the bathroom
When she came out jan got her into bed and tucked her in
"You're definitely best off being in bed aren't you? When you're feeling poorly"
Rosie nodded her head as a tear rolled down her cheek, as she really didn't feel very well now
"Don't you cry love, you'll feel better after a good sleep I promise"
Jan stayed with Rosie until she dropped off and then went back downstairs.
Her and lily finished watching the movie together however it was only after it had finished jan realised it was already 7:45 and she hadn't even given lily her bath
She dashed her upstairs and quickly ran a bath before getting her in.
Jan somehow managed to have Lily bathed, hair dried and into pyjamas in about 15 minutes
"Go and brush your teeth"
Lily quickly went into the bathroom and brushed her teeth before going into her room, feeling e
really tired now
"Did you go for a wee too"
"Yes" lily lied, she'd forgotten to go but she knew jan would make her go back but she was feeling really sleepy so didn't want to
"Into bed then"
Jan tucked lily and said goodnight
"And absolutely no messing about and getting out if bed or there will be trouble"
Jan went downstairs and did some tidying however she finished up sitting on the sofa and falling asleep.
Lily woke up at about 10 she was desperate for a wee but didn't want to get up because jan had told her not to and she didn't want to get into trouble, she tried to go back to sleep however she couldn't because she was dying for the loo.
Suddenly lily began to get a bit teary because she was missing Rachel already and was worried because she thought it seemed really late and began to wonder if Rachel had left her
about 10 minutes later Rachel and joe came back in, jan had just woke up from her nap so went and said hello and asked about there night however she wanted to get home so didn't stop long.
"Do you fancy a coffee before bed Rach?" Joe asked
"Sure I'm just going to nip and check on the girls"
Lily could hear someone coming up the stairs she got really worried as she thought they might be angry with her for still being awake however she was also worried because she was absolutely bursting for the toilet and didn't think she'd be able to hold in much longer.
Rachel went into Lily's room, she was sure she could hear her crying so flicked on the light and saw she was sat up crying
"Lily what's up love, what are you doing awake?"
"I really, really need a wee" lily cried
"We'll go on then, you know where the bathroom is"
Lily immediately got up and raced to the bathroom and luckily just about made it there
Rachel walked in
"Is everything okay love did you make it"
"Yeah"
"You looked like you were desperate" Rachel said once they were back in Lily's bedroom
"I was, I woke up a while ago but I didn't want to go because jan said she'd be angry if she heard me get out of bed"
"Oh love she didn't mean you couldn't get up to go to the loo, she just didn't want you messing round with toys or anything, you know you're allowed to go for a wee or get a drink and things like that if you need to"
"I thought you'd left me and you weren't coming back" lily said
"No love, I'd never leave you" Rachel sighed "it's definitely time for you to go to sleep now though my love"
"Okay " lily said "night Rachel love you"
The last part made Rachel a little shocked, she didn't know If lily had meant to say it or it had just come out because she was tired and wasn't thinking what she was saying, but Rachel smiled anyway it made her feel all warm inside hearing lily say this.
"Goodnight darling I love you" Rachel whispered
Rachel then got up and left before going upstairs to check on Rosie
When she went in she saw she was asleep, however she woke up when Rachel came in so she can't have been in that deep sleep
"Sorry Rosie I didn't mean to wake you, how are you feeling?"
"I still feel really awful" Rosie said beginning to cry
"Oh dear, do you want me to bring you anything?"
"No thankyou, I'll go back to sleep"
"Okay love"
Rachel stayed with her for a few more minutes before going back downstairs to see joe.
Joe and Rachel stayed down for a bit however they were both feeling tired so decided to go to bed
Rosie woke up about 12 she was still feeling really bad but this time it was even worse, she staggered downstairs as she wanted to get a drink.
Rachel had heard someone get up and go down, so she wrapped her dressing gown round herself and went downstairs
Rosie gulped her drink down however this seemed to make her worse and she had to dart to the downstairs toilet.
Rachel saw her rushing to the loo so followed her in and saw her being violently sick.
She rushed over and held her hair back
When she was finished, Rachel flushed the toilet, Rosie was covered in sweat and tears were streaming down her face, she started to shiver quite a lot too.
"Oh you poor thing" Rachel said.
She put the lid down on the toilet seat and Rosie sat down as she continued to cry
After a few minutes Rachel got her up and lead her to the back room, where she sat down on the sofa with her.
Rosie collapsed into her chest and began to cry again.
"Shh it's alright darling" Rachel whispered
Joe had woken up and realised that Rachel wasn't in bed, so went downstairs and saw her sat with Rosie, and realised Rosie was crying into her chest
"Rosie what's wrong what's happened?" Joe asked worried as he sat down next to them both
"She's been really badly sick" Rachel explained
"That doesn't sound good, will she be okay?" Joe asked
"I think so, will you get the thermometer so I can take her temperature"
Joe got up and went to the medicine cupboard and got it out.
When Rachel took her temperature she realised it was 39 degrees which was a lot higher than it should be
"Joe that's really high" Rachel said worried
"Do you think we should get her checked out?"
"Might be a good idea, just to be on the safe side. Why don't you give NHS direct a call, see what they say"
Rachel stayed with Rosie as joe went to ring them.
It felt so weird for Rosie to have them both fussing round her like this, normally when she was poorly she was just left to get on with it, but she did feel really awful. She felt like such a baby, crying into Rachel as Rachel stroked her Hair however she couldn't seem to be able to help it.
"They said to get her checked out at the local emergency care centre"
"Okay then"
Suddenly Rosie began to feel really sick again and her face turned pale
She tried to get up but her legs felt like jelly and she couldn't seem to be able to move, so she finished up being sick all down herself and Rachel
This made her cry even more and she felt really embarrassed but she couldn't have helped it
"I'm sorry"
"It's alright darling it's not like you did it in purpose, should we get you a nice hot shower though before we go out so you can freshen up a bit."
Rosie nodded
"Joe watch her a second, I'm just going to nip to the utility room to get a fresh top"
Rachel got up and picked out the first top she saw before going back
She then helped Rosie to her feet however she was shaking so much still and she could barely walk, causing both joe and Rachel to get really concerned
"Joe are you sure we should just take her to the emergency care centre and not straight to A&E"
"Well they'll let us know what they think won't they, just take to emergency care"
"Okay" Rachel said
She helped Rosie upstairs and into the bathroom
"Will you be okay standing up while you're in the shower"
"Yeah"
Rachel helped her out of her pyjamas and into the shower
Once she was done she dried her off and got her into some fresh clothes and helped her downstairs
"Who should take her?" Joe asked
"I'll take her, you stay here with lily"
"Okay" joe said
Rachel helped Rosie out and into the car, though she could barely walk and when Rachel looked at her face she could see how bad she was.
"Sod taking you to emergency care, we're going to A&E" Rachel said knowing if she took Rosie in looking like this she'd only get told to go there anyway
Rachel drove to the nearest hospital and helped Rosie out and into the waiting room.
"Hello" Rachel said once they were at the front of the queue "we're here about Rosie"
"What's the problem" the lady asked
"Well she's been having really severe headaches, she keeps being sick and she's really dizzy, at the moment she can't even walk properly"
"Okay, there's a bit of a wait at the moment, so it might be a while before she gets seen"
"It's 1 o clock in the morning" Rachel sighed not being able to believe that there was still going to be a wait at this time
"We don't control people's illnesses I'm afraid"
"Yeah I know I'm sorry"
"You're Rosie's mum I take it" the receptionist said beginning to fill a form in
"No I'm ...I'm her guardian"
"Right well would you like to sign here please"
Rachel sighed and after a few more questions they got sat down, Rosie was still feeling really sick so they'd given her a cardboard bowl to sit with.
They'd been waiting about 15 minutes when Rosie suddenly started feeling sick again, and before long she started being sick into her bowl
"That's it, good girl" Rachel said
Rosie's cheeks burned red she couldn't believe she'd been sick in front of all the other people
About 10 minutes later Rosie stopped feeling as sick so sat up
"I can't believe I was sick in front of everyone"
"Hey they'll have seen worse in this place I promise" Rachel said smiling
Rosie smiled weakly before collapsing against Rachel again.
"Ow my head hurts" Rosie whimpered
"I know love, you'll get seen to soon I promise"
after about an hours wait they finally got seen to.
"Hello Rosie I'm doctor smith" a friendly female doctor said "would you like to tell me what's been going on"
"I feel really sick, and my head hurts"
"she's been feeling really dizzy too" Rachel added
"Okay when did this start"
"It's been going on all day I think, but it seems to have got particularly worse over the last hour or so" Rachel explained
" have you experienced anything like this before"
"No"
"And there's no possible reason you can think of that might have triggered it?"
"Like what?" Rachel asked
"Well it sounds like she's experiencing an experiencing a severe migraine which can lead to all the symptoms you've listed, so I was just wondering if there was any events such as a change of school, any particularly stressful event, an important exam, you get the picture"
"Well I suppose she's had a lot of changes going on recently she's started a new school and she's moved in with me, but she seems to be handling it really well"
"It's just stress can be a prominent cause of migraines"
"But surely stress wouldn't cause her to feel this unwell"
"You'd be surprised at the effect what goes on in our mind can have on our physical self" the doctor said "and there's no chance you can be pregnant is there?"
"She's 11 years old for gods sake" Rachel snapped
As soon as she said it she felt awful, normally she hated snapping at people and wouldn't do it very often however it was just because she was so tired
"Sorry, no there's no chance"
"That's okay, I'm sorry I need to ask these things, it's just routine"
"It fine really it is" Rachel said
"Okay, I'm going to just do a few checks now"
The doctor spent the next 5 minutes or so carrying out the tests and writing some notes
"Well there doesn't seem to be anything too serious going on, like I woad the most possible explanation for this is a severe migraine, keep her in bed for the next few days sometimes they do last a while and can make you feel awful, plenty of water-small sips often and I'll prescribe some co-codamol that should help quite a lot with the pain.
About 10 minutes later the two of them left the hospital and went back to the car, Rosie was starting to feel a tiny bit better and was able to walk without that much help from Rachel.
"Gosh it's definitely time for bed when we get in I think" Rachel said before yawning, she really did feel completely shattered now.
Eventually they arrived home, Rachel opened the door for Rosie and both of them went inside.
"Come on then you, let's get your pyjamas on" Rachel said
They went upstairs and Rachel helped her into her pyjamas as she was still feeling pretty weak.
"Rachel what happened?" Joe asked
Joe had heard them both come in so had gone through to Rosie's room
"It's all fine, just sever migraines the doctor said"
"Oh well that's good then .., well not good but..."
"Yeah at least we know it's nothing serious"
"Do you want me to sleep in here tonight Rach, so you can keep an eye on Rosie"
"That might be a good idea actually"
Rachel said goodnight to joe before going into her own bedroom with Rosie.
The two of them got Into bed and Rachel wrapped her arms around Rosie.
They'd been in bed about 5 minutes when suddenly Rachel heard the door open, she got a shock when she saw lily stood next to her.
"What is it?" Rachel asked sounding really sleepy
"I woke up and now I can't sleep" lily said beginning to cry
Rachel sighed she really didn't have the energy to get up and try and calm her down and take her back to bed, because with lily this would often be quite a lengthy process, so she pulled the covers over and lifted lily into bed with her and cuddled up to her.
Rachel was woken again at about 3 by lily screaming, still half asleep she sat up and realised she must be having a nightmare
"He's going to kill me Rachel help" lily cried
"Shh it's alright love" Rachel soothed "look you're in bed with me nice and safe"
Lily's screaming had woken Rosie up too, she woke up feeling awful again though so had to rush to the bathroom to be sick again
Rachel sighed, she got out of bed and helped Rosie even though lily was still quite upset and shaken up, but she couldn't exactly leave Rosie.
Once Rosie had finished being sick she heels her back to bed, before continuing to comfort lily
Eventually both girls managed to drop back off to sleep, Rachel sighed heavily what a night this had finished up being.
Lily woke up early the next morning. Rachel could feel her moving next to her so woke up too. She felt awful when she opened her eyes, but knew this was probably due to her literally having about 2 hours sleep and all the stress of last night
"Morning love" Rachel said sleepily
"Morning" lily said, before rushing to the toilet.
When she got back Rachel wrapped her arms around her, hoping she could get her to go back to sleep for an hour or so
"Why is Rosie in here too"
"Well she was feeling really poorly all last night so I took her to the hospital, and I wanted to keep an eye on her when we got back"
"Is she better now?"
"I'm sure she'll be better soon love, but maybe not right now"
"Oh" lily said snuggling right into Rachel "what are we doing today"
"To be honest love not a lot, your sisters still really poorly, and I'm way too tired to do lots" Rachel said
"Okay" lily said "am I still allowed to go to Sammy's tonight"
"Yeah course you are love, I'll give her mum a call in a few hours"
"And you're really not going to tell her that you're not my mum"
"Well if she asks I'm not going to lie to her my love, but If she doesn't I'm certainly not going to say anything"
"Thank you" lily mumbled
Thankfully lily decided to go back to sleep for a little while, which meant Rachel could too.
They woke up an hour or so later and Rachel did feel slightly more refreshed.
Rosie was still fast asleep In bed, so Rachel crept out of the room with lily as she didn't want to wake her.
Joe had also woken up and met Rachel on the landing
"Morning darling" joe said before giving Rachel a hug
"Hey, you sleep okay"
"Not too bad, you look knackered though"
"Well it's not surprising really"
"Did Rosie sleep okay once you put her to bed"
"Not really she woke up a few times to be sick, and lily didn't sleep great either did you love?"
"Really why didn't you sleep well" joe said
He then picked the little girl up in his arms
"I had a nightmare" lily mumbled
"What happened in it?" Joe asked
"I can't remember" lily said.
The nightmare had actually been about her dad, she'd dreamt he was coming to get her and it had really scared her, but she didn't really want to explain this.
The three of them went downstairs and Rachel decided she may as well go and make a start in breakfast as she didn't think Rosie would be wanting any.
As usual she made pancakes, like she always did on a Saturday morning.
Soon they were all sat around the table eating them.
About 5 minutes later Rachel heard Rosie shouting for her so immediately got up and went upstairs
"Hey love, how are you feeling?"
"I still feel poorly but a little bit better"
"Well that's good I suppose, take it easy today though yeah?"
"Yeah"
"I'll have to take lily out at some point maybe just to the park, but joe will stay here with you"
"Okay"
Rachel made sure Rosie was comfy before going downstairs again and clearing up the plates.
"Do you fancy going to the park or something later love"
"Yeah" lily replied, Rachel had taken her to the little park near them before and she'd really enjoyed it
"Okay well we can go after lunch then love"
Lily went upstairs to her room, to okay with some of her toys so Rachel decided to get on with some house work.
The morning seemed to pass quite quickly and before long Rachel decided it was time to take lily to the park, as she knew she would need some fresh air.
The two of them got in Rachel's car and she drove off.
"So are you looking forward to going to Sammy's tonight love"
"Yeah it'll be good"
When they got to the park Rachel and lily got out, however lily immediately ran off to go and play on all the stuff, Rachel smiled to herself before finding a little bench to sit on and read her book as lily played.
She was glad to see lily playing with all the other children too, as normally she was shy so it was good to see her mixing in with the others.
Rachel had been sat reading her book for about half an hour when suddenly lily came running towards her
"What is it love?"
"I really need a wee"
"Okay come on then, let's find the toilets"
Rachel took hold of Lily's hand and walked towards them however lily was quite desperate so they finished up having to run but eventually they found them so lily rushed in.
Rachel got her makeup out and started reapplying some of it, as it had come off a little bit
Lily came out a minute or so later and went to wash her hands
"Do you fancy going for a little walk now" Rachel asked
"Yeah"
They started walking all round the woods
Rachel took hold of Lily's hand so they strolled along together
"So how's everything going with you lily, all still okay?"
"Yes sort of"
"Sort of?"
Lily didn't say anything for a few moments as she didn't really know how to explain it properly
"Sometimes things seem a little bit strange still" lily admitted
"Well that's perfectly normal love, what sort of things feel strange to you"
"Just daft things, like having a proper bedtime and going out in the daytime with everyone, daddy never did anything like that with us"
"I know what you mean love, things are bound to feel so strange at first, but I promise before long everything will just seem so normal"
"I really like living with you and joe" lily said
"I like you living with me too" Rachel said
They walked round for a little bit longer before deciding to head back to the car, as lily was feeling quite tired.
By the time they were home, lily had fallen asleep in the back of the car. Rachel sighed, lily often would still have a nap at some pint in the day, but often this meant when she was at school she was really tired because she couldn't have one there so Rachel and joe had gently been trying to encourage her to stay awake the whole day but so far it hadn't seemed to work.
She got her out of her seat and lifted her inside
"Hey Rach" joe called
"Hiya give me a sec I'm just going to put lily on the sofa"
Rachel out lily down before going into the kitchen
"Did you have a nice time with her"
"Yeah it was nice, she fell asleep on the way back though, how's Rosie been?"
"Pretty much the same, I made her get out of bed to watch some tv though"
"Well that's probably a good idea, I didn't want her in bed all day, even if she is just sitting on the sofa now"
"What times lily off for her tea at"
"Her mum told me to bring her for about 5"
"Well considering it's 4 now she'd better wake up soon" joe said
"I know, I hate waking her up though, she looks far too cute" Rachel said causing joe to laugh
A while later Rachel decided she really did need to wake her up, so crept into the living room and gently shook her awake
"Love it's time we get going come on"
Lily reluctantly got up off the sofa and back into the car.
Once they arrived at Sammy's house Rachel and lily got out
"Why are you getting out Rachel?"
"Well I just want to have a quick chat with Sammy's mum"
"You're not going to tell her about you not being my mum are you?" Lily asked panicking suddenly
"Don't worry love, i just need to know what time to pick you up at"
Once she'd had a word with Sammy's mum Rachel drove back home.
"Rachel Rosie's just been sick again" joe informed her almost the second she walked back in the door
"Oh no I thought she was getting better" Rachel sighed
She then made her way upstairs and into Rosie's room, she found her in her en suite, resting against the wall, with tears streaming down her face again
"Hey love, joe told me you were sick again"
"Yeah I was it was horrid" Rosie cried
"Oh dear, I'm surprised you have anything left in you to sick up" Rachel said "I'll tell you what might help, a nice hot bath"
Rosie liked the sound of this, so Rachel took her down to the main bathroom and ran her a bath.
"Do you want me to leave you to it, darling"
"No, I want you to stay with me" Rosie said
"Okay, as long as you feel comfortable,with me being here"
"Why wouldn't i?"
"Well you're getting bit older now aren't you? I just thought you might not want me in while you have your bath"
"I don't mind"
"Okay then"
Rosie got out of her pyjamas, she hadn't bothered changing all day as she was more comfy in her pyjamas.
She got into the bath and immediately began to relax
"Do you want me to wash your hard for you?" Rachel asked, knowing when she was a little girl she always loved it when her mum would spend ages massaging shampoo into her hair when she felt poorly
"Yes please"
Rachel got the shampoo and started massaging it into her scalp, she could tell this was relaxing Rosie as she closed her eyes and looked as though she was about to fall asleep.
"Thanks Rachel" she said when she was done
"That's alright, are you ready to get out now"
"Yeah I feel really tired"
"Well why don't you go and make yourself comfy on my bed and you can watch the tv In there"
Rosie thought this sounded like a good idea so got out the bath and into some fresh pyjamas, Rachel then took her through to her room and dried her hair off before getting her comfy in her bed
Rachel then went downstairs and her and joe got a bottle of wine out and some chocolates and they had a nice relax for a couple of hours
"Gosh is that the time, I'd better go and get lily"
"Hadn't you better call a taxi" joe asked as him and Rachel had managed to get through quite a lot of wine
"Well I wasn't planning on driving like this"
Rachel called for a taxi and luckily it came pretty quickly, so she got to Sammy's house in just a few minutes
Rachel knocked on the door and after a moment or so Sammy's mum answered
"Hi Rachel" she said smiling
"Hello" Rachel said "how's lily been, did she behave herself"
"Oh yes, she's so well behaved and very polite, she's welcome any time"
"Well that's good to hear, Sammy will definitely have to come round ours soon"
"I think she'd like that, do you want to come in for a drink"
"No it's alright thanks, I've got a taxi waiting so I'd better be getting back, thanks anyway though"
"That's alright"
Lily smiled when she saw Rachel at the door and they both quickly said goodbye to Sammy and her mum, before getting back in the taxi.
"Did you have a nice time love?"
"Yeah it was really fun"
"Good, I'm glad you had a nice time"
"How come we're in a taxi"
"Erm well I had a little bit of wine, and when you have that it's not very safe to drive"
"Does wine make you drunk?"
"If you drink too much of it, it will yes"
"Are you drunk?" Lily asked now sounding a little bit scared
"No darling I'm not"
"Daddy used to get drunk a lot, it used to make him even more angry" lily mumbled
Rachel didn't know what to say to this so just put her arm round her supportively
"Sammy's mummy's going to have a baby" lily announced while they were still driving back
"Well that's great, it'll be nice for Sammy to have a little brother or sister" Rachel said,
she wasn't actually surprised lily had said this, as she had thought Sammy's mum did look like she could be pregnant but she obviously didn't say anything in case she wasn't
"Her tummy a getting big"
"Well that's be said there's a baby inside of it" Rachel explained
"How dis the baby start to grow" lily asked
This caused the taxi driver to smirk and Rachel could see him in the mirror.
"From a little egg inside Sammy's mums tummy" Rachel said really hoping lil would stop asking her questions now especially while she was in the taxi.
"But what made the egg start to grow"
"We'll talk about it later love, I'm feeling a bit tired now" Rachel said hoping lily would forget all about it
Almost as soon as they got home, Rachel decided it was time to put lily to bed as it was getting late and she seemed to be getting a bit ratty, which was often a sign she was tired.
"Night Rachel love you" lily mumbled, Rachel smiled again just as she had last night when lily had said it
"Love you too" Rachel said before blowing a kiss to her and turning off the light
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