Thanks to those that replied!
neila cross: Well, Vanessa knew that Savannah was a mother; that's why she wasn't suprised. I should have mentioned that. And the whole bitchy thing, that's from the pregnancy. I like to mix it up in my stories. Alice, she's not being nice necessarily, she's just feeling awkward about what happened between her and Savannah. I mean, she got punched in the face, so I'd be nice to the person that hit me too so I wouldn't get hit again. That, and she felt bad that she pissed Savannah off so much. The sex thing with Dan and Savannah; again, I like to mix it up. I like to surprise my readers :) The second pregnancy thing, yes maybe it's moving fast, but it's also something that's going to cause conflict. I'm still a beginner in writing stories, so I do miss things and leave things out, but things that are said or done in future or previous chapters might explain why certain things happen a little better. Thanks for pointing those things out. It's appreciated. There's no such thing as bad critique to me :)
"Awice!"
Alice put her barbel down, and she turned around with a small smile, seeing Leilani running towards her. "Hey, kiddo. Where's your mommy?"
"I no know, up."
Alice picked Leilani up and she started towards the door. "Let's go find her, okay? She might be looking for you."
"Otay."
She walked out of the weight room, and she walked down the hall. She saw Marti walk out of the gymnasium, and she caught up to her. "Where's Savannah?"
"I'm not sure. She was already gone when I got up this morning," Marti said. "Why?"
"I think she lost her kid."
"Lani, did you run off from Mommy? You know she doesn't like it when you do that."
"I no know," Leilani said.
"You do too know. Mommy's gonna give you a time out if you keep running off."
"There you are, you little rascal," Savannah said, from behind them.
Alice and Marti turned around, and Alice looked at Leilani. "We found Mommy. We have to do the 'we did it' dance."
"I dance," Leilani said as Alice put her down.
"What's the 'we did it' dance?" Savannah asked?
"Show her," Alice said.
"We did it!" Leilani said, moving her feet and twirling her hand over her head.
Savannah laughed. "You are too cute. Mommy's gonna do that at her wedding one day."
"You're gonna do the 'we did it' dance at your wedding?" Alice asked.
"Kind of. I've always said that I'm going to have 'Jump On It' played at my wedding and that me and my bridesmaids and maid of honor are going to do the dance."
"What's the 'Jump On It' dance?"
"Seriously?" Marti said. "It's the coolest and funnest dance ever."
"Yeah, where have you been? Sir Mix A Lot started it," Savannah said.
"Never heard of it," Alice said.
Marti and Savannah looked at each other, and they both put their hand on their hips. They moved their hips to the left, back, right, front, back, and front again
"Jump On It," they said, jumping in a circle and twirling their arms over their heads.
"You two are something else," Vanessa said, walking past them. "I've never seen my captain dancing in such an improper order."
"Hey, it's fun," Savannah said. "We need a fake wedding so I can do that again."
"After that baby's born."
"I'll be fat after the baby's born."
"You snapped back into shape after you had Lani."
"Yeah, six weeks later. It took me forever to get my body back."
"Hey, I'll get you back into shape in two weeks if you're really worried about it," Marti said.
"Nuh uh, I don't trust you."
"You could always work out with me in the mornings and afternoons," Alice said.
"I don't trust you either. You put a sleeping elixir in my water the last time I worked out with you one on one."
"Alice," Vanessa said.
"That could have killed her," Marti said.
"It wasn't a sleeping elixir, it was sugar," Alice said. "It wasn't my fault you didn't eat before we started working out. You fainted."
"We already established that it was Savannah that caused herself to faint, let's not get into this again," Vanessa said. "Leilani, I look forward to having you as a future Hellcats captain."
"I dance too?" Leilani asked.
"Yeah, you sure can if you're anything like your mommy."
"I like Mommy."
Vanessa laughed a little and ruffled Leilani's hair. "You're a cutie. I expect to see you girls practicing this afternoon, except Savannah."
"Did you ever see if there was anything to keep me on the team?" Savannah asked.
"We'll talk about it later."
Savannah let out a small breath as Vanessa walked off, and she looked at Leilani. "We need to get you to Danny's house. Come on, Lovebug," she said, holding her hand out.
"No, I stay wif Awice."
"Honey, Alice is busy right now."
"No."
"Mommy's got classes in an hour, I have to get you home so I can come back here. You can come back later today and watch the cheerleaders."
"No, I stay."
"Leilani..."
"It's no problem that she stays. All I'm doing is lifting. How hard could it be to watch her?" Alice asked. "I mean, if it's no problem for you. I don't have a problem with it."
"Are you sure? She's kind of... Needy. And clingy."
"That's no problem, I'll handle it."
"It's not as easy as you think it is, Alice."
"I don't expect it to be easy. I expect you to trust me. It's really no big deal, I'll watch her."
Savannah sighed and she looked at her watch and then to Leilani. "You better be a really, really good girl for Alice. Mommy can't just cut class to make you mind, so you better be nice."
"I nice," Leilani said.
"Alright..." she looked at Alice. "If you're absolutely sure."
"I am. No worries," Alice said.
"I love you," Savannah said, bending down to kiss Leilani. "Please be good."
"I good," Leilani said.
"Okay... If she starts misbehaving, either call me or... Yeah, just call me."
"We'll be fine, Savannah," Alice said. "I have a nephew. I know how to handle a kid. It can't be that hard, can it?"
"She's totally going back to Savannah early today..." Alice said, running her hand through her hair.
"You offered to take her, you can't just throw her back to her mother," Lewis said.
"Um, yeah; I can. She's her mother."
"You told Savannah you'd keep her."
"She also told me to send her back if she was a problem."
"She's not being a problem, she's being a two-year-old."
"...I thought she was four."
"She's too small for four. Alice, let me take over. You haven't even given the kid a snack since you got her."
"...I didn't think about that."
"That's one of the reasons you should never mother a child. You don't even think to feed the one you're babysitting."
"Whatever, Lewis."
"Leilani. You wanna go to McDonald's with me?" Lewis asked, looking over to Leilani.
"Yeah, I go 'Donal's," Leilani said.
"Let's go, kiddo."
"I bet you're giving her back to Savannah in five minutes," Alice said.
"I'm not gonna ditch the kid, I'm gonna take her on a date."
"You can't date a two-year-old."
"Let me have my fun, man. I might even get a kiss at the end."
"Pervert."
"Momm-y, Momm-y, Momm-y, Mo-"
"Charlotte, sit your butt down, you do not jump on Mommy's bed," Savannah said, poking her head into the room.
"I no seepy."
"Too bad. Lay down, get back under the covers, and close your eyes. Now."
"No."
"I'm not playing this game tonight, Leilani. Get under the covers and go to sleep."
"No!"
"You're making Mommy really, really mad," Savannah said, walking over to the bed.
"No, Mommy no mad."
"Mommy won't be mad once you lay down and go to sleep."
"I no seepy. No bed."
Savannah sighed and she shook her head. "Fine, Lani. Don't sleep. Wake up cranky tomorrow. You're making Mommy really mad right now," she said, starting for the door.
"No, Mommy stay wif Lani," Leilani said, as she stopped jumping.
"No. Mommy has homework," she said, walking out of the room.
"Mommy stay wif Lani!"
Savannah let out a small breath, and she walked over to the couch, sitting down. She listened to Leilani crying for a few seconds, before picking her book up from the coffee table, and she ran her hand through her hair, focusing on the pages.
"...What's wrong with her?" Alice asked.
"She's tired and she doesn't want to sleep."
"Why don't you make her?"
"You can't make a child sleep."
"Sure you can, my parents did."
"No parent can physically make a child sleep. They can make them lay down, and they can make them close their eyes, but they can not make them sleep."
"You don't have to be a smart ass."
"Well, I'm sorry that I'm frustrated, Alice. You have a baby, and then try going through this."
"I baby sat her today."
"You did not, you handed her off to Lewis two hours in," Savannah said, standing up from the couch.
"She was difficult."
"She was running around, that's not difficult."
"You weren't even there."
"Lewis was."
Savannah flinched, hearing a crash, and she ran to her room, to see what happened. She saw Leilani standing in the middle of the room, next to a pile of glass, that used to be a vase Marti brought in. She felt her face warm up. "Why did you do that? That was Marti's," she said.
"No seepy," Leilani said.
"That doesn't mean you can break things, Charlotte," she said. "Get away from it, get your butt in that bed and do it now."
"I no way down," Leilani said as she walked over to Savannah's bed.
"Too bad, you're going to," she said, walking over to Leilani.
"No. I hot."
"Then, take your pants off."
"I tan't."
Savannah sighed, and she knelt next to Leilani. "You need to go to sleep, you're tired."
"I no seepy."
"Yes you are. I'm taking your pants off, and then you're getting into bed, laying down, and going to sleep," she said, pulling Leilani's pants down.
"No, no bed!"
"Yes, bed, you're tired," she said, taking Leilani's pants off of her. "Get up there, lay down and go to sleep."
"No."
"Leilani, now."
"No!"
"Now!"
"No!" Leilani said, smacking Savannah's cheek.
Savannah swatted Leilani's bottom, making her start crying immediately. "You don't hit Mommy!" she snapped, putting Leilani in the bed and covering her up.
"No 'pank Wani!"
"Then, stop acting like a brat!"
"I no bwat!"
"Yes, you are! Stay there and go to sleep!"
"No! No seepy!"
"God damn it, Leilani, just stop!"
"Hey, calm down, Hon; she's only two," Marti said, walking into the room.
"She needs to go to sleep! I'm not going to deal with a cranky baby all day tomorrow!"
"Don't yell at me. Calm your ass down, you're just scaring her. Look at her, she's hysterical."
"She's tired! She needs to sleep, and she won't!"
"Let me try."
"She's not your daughter."
"I don't care. You're just upsetting her, Savannah. Yelling at her and getting pissed off isn't going to make her sleep any faster. You have to be calm and comfort her."
"You're not a mother, what do you know? You know nothing about this."
"You'd be surprised... Get out. I'll get her to sleep."
"If her own mother can't, what makes you think you can?"
"Because I'm not her mother. Go. I'll get her to calm down."
"Fine. Whatever."
Marti sighed when Savannah brushed past her, and she looked at Leilani for a few seconds. "...This is gonna take some work."