Okay, part one of Sabrina's day out with Trent. I promise, this story will have a plot, I promise… All in good time, people!
You should know what belongs to who by now! I don't want to repeat myself!
Well, not much to say, just read, review and enjoy!
Trent woke up the next morning, and was about to walk out in nothing but his boxers, when he remembered that he had guests. He slipped on a white t-shirt and a pair of pajama pants. When he walked out, he found Lindsay in the living room, gathering various things together and stuffing them into a child-sized lavender backpack. A sleepy Sabrina was sitting next to her, already dressed and rubbing the sleep out of her eyes.
"Morning, ladies." Trent walked over and sat down next to Sabrina, who just gave up her attempts to stay away and her tired head fell into his lap as she dozed off. "What are you guys doing up so early?"
Lindsay, dressed in a dark red sweater dress with tight black pants underneath and red heels, looked up him and smiled. She looked as chipper as ever, despite how early it was. "I could barely sleep last night. I just can't wait for work!"
Trent couldn't help but grin at her excited state. She was like a little kid waiting for Santa to come. "Besides, Marilyn…" She looked down at her hand, and Trent saw that the was something written on her hand. "Oops, I mean Marilee, wanted me to get to work in about an half an hour, and it'll take fifteen minutes to get there."
Mentally laughing at the fact that the blonde had to write down her own boss' name just to remember it, Trent asked, "Why so early?" He looked out the window, no sunshine to greet him. "The sun isn't even awake yet…"
"Yeah, that's the idea," Lindsay zipped the backpack up and placed it next to the sleeping Sabrina. "Marilee wanted to do a sunrise shoot for her new line of pajamas and wanted it to look realistic." She looked at clock on the wall adjacent to the couch and sighed. "Well, I guess I'd better go." She pointed to the little backpack and said, "I put some toys, snacks, and other stuff in here, in case she needs it. She can just carry it with her." She picked up her daughter, stirring her awake. "Mommy's got to go, sweetie."
She hugged her and Sabrina groggily hugged back. "Bye bye, Mommy…"
Pulling her away and setting her on her lap, she looked at her and told her, "Be a good girl for Brent…" She took a peek at her other hand. "I mean Trent." She sheepishly grinned at Trent, then looked back down at the little girl. "Okay?" She nodded in response. "And make sure you don't wander away from him. Oh, and if you have to go potty, tell Trent right away and don't talk to any strangers and don't touch anything in his shop unless he says you can and don't eat any candy off the sidewalk and-"
"Don't forget to tell her to blink, Lindsay," Trent jokingly said, smirking and rolling his eyes.
She looked at him and her eyes widened. "…Oh, my gosh! I almost did forget!"
Before she could pointlessly tell her daughter yet another thing, Trent interrupted, "Don't worry, Linds, everything's gonna be fine." He stretched a little and continued, "I'll take good care of her."
"Oh, I know," Lindsay sighed, laying Sabrina down on a comfy pillow, which she gladly snuggled into. "I'm just worried…" She looked slightly embarrassed as she admitted, "I've just never really left her alone with anyone besides me and my sister before…"
"Really?" Lindsay nodded, running a hand through Sabrina's short, wavy hair. "Well, you can count on me. You just have fun at your first day on the job." He warmly grinned and she returned it .
"Okay. Thanks." She gave Sabrina one last peck on the cheek, grabbed her purse and waved as she walked out the door.
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Trent had let Sabrina sleep for a while after Lindsay left. She had woken the poor girl up too early, and Trent had felt sorry for her. He didn't open the guitar shop until 9:30, so he figured waking her up at around 8:30 would be okay.
While she napped, Trent got dressed and made sure the bathroom and kitchen were squeaky clean. He didn't want to disgust his guests.
Ever since the split, he had been waking up earlier than usual, for no particular reason. Strangely, Trent had also recently developed this strange urge to keep everything in his apartment pretty clean. Also right around the time Gwen broke up with him, not that he ever made the connection of either of those things to the break up. He'd spend the extra time keeping up with the mess he seemed to just magically create, and his place was actually starting to look like something he could be proud of. Not that he was ever ashamed of it. It was a decent size. But still, he couldn't help but feel a sense of pride whenever he looked at how his sloppiness disappears after a little work.
He figured that it filled the sad void that Gwen bashed into his heart…
He looked at the clock, seeing that it was almost time to get Sabrina up and going. Walking out of the kitchen, he saw that Sabrina was already up, walking right past him. "Cookie?" she asked, eyeing a jar up on the counter.
Trent leaned against the entrance and shook his head. "No, no cookie." He crouched down to her size and added, "But we're gonna go out to breakfast right now. You ready to go?"
Sabrina grinned, nodded and ran back into the living room, grabbing her backpack. She slipped it on her back and toddled back to Trent. She climbed up onto his back without permission, but he didn't argue. He just made sure she was secure on his back, stood up, grabbed his keys, and locked the door behind him.
When they were out of the building, Sabrina looked at the scene before her in amazement. There were so many people buzzing around! There were people of all different shapes, sizes, and colors. There were big people like Trent and her mommy, and even little people like her. She waved at all of them, and some even waved back. But one big lady who waved back seemed to know Trent, too. And the big man next to her looked familiar.
The lady stopped, smiled and said, "Hey, Trent. I see you're bringing a little friend with you this morning."
Trent nodded, keeping a good grip on Sabrina's legs so she wouldn't fall of his shoulders. "Oh, yeah. Sabrina, this is my friend Bridgette. She's an old friend of your mom's, too. And you remember Geoff from the other night."
"Hey, little dudette," Geoff greeted, tipping his cowboy hat at her.
"Hi, Sabrina," Bridgette greeted, stuffing her hands into her jacket pocket. "It's nice to meet you!"
"Hi, Bidgette!" Sabrina waved, and the three adults laughed at the mispronunciation.
Bridgette looked back at Trent and asked, "She's Lindsay's daughter, right?" Trent nodded again and the surfer added, "Well, you were right, Geoff. She really does look exactly like her…" Taking a look at her watch, she sighed, "Oh, man. We're going to be late for work…" She waved one last time and walked away, Geoff following her. "Bye, you two! Have fun with Trent, Sabrina!"
As Trent continued to walk, Sabrina commented, "She pitty."
"Pretty?" Trent asked, smirking at her poor pronunciation skills.
"That what I said! Pitty!" Sabrina argued. Trent just smiled, and decided to let her win that round.
Before they knew it, they were at their first destination, a small Starbucks right down the street from his place. Trent sat down, grabbed a nearby booster chair, set it in the empty chair and set little Sabrina down in it. Sabrina tried wriggling her backpack off. "Breakfast!"
"Okay, let's see what you've got in here…" He took the backpack off of her, unzipped it, and started rifling through it. He found what he was looking for; a baggie of Goldfish and a juice box. He opened the bag and set it in front of her. She took a few and put them in her mouth. "Not exactly breakfast food, but okay…" He poked the straw in the box and handed it to Sabrina, who happily took it and started drinking.
A barista finally showed up, flipping his long black bangs out of his eyes. "Hey, Trent. Your usual?"
"Yeah, thanks, Chase."
Chase jotted the order down on his notepad and walked off to go prepare the coffees.
Almost immediately after he left, two familiar girls walked up to Trent and Sabrina's table, both wearing matching black and white striped sweaters and skinny leg jeans. "Oh, my gosh! Trent, is that you?!" the tan one asked.
"I told you it was him!" her accomplice said, pointing at him. The ladies clasped their hands together and squealed, "EEEEEE!"
As they continued to shriek, the two victims clasped their hands over their ears and Sabrina cried, "Make scary ladies go away!"
After they were done, Trent removed his hands and looked at them, first the tan one, then the plumper one. It had been years since he had seen or even talked to these two, but they didn't look like they had changed one bit. "Katie? Sadie? What are you two doing here? Do you guys live around here?"
The two giggled and Sadie said, "No, we just heard that Nilland City has the best shopping, so we're just here for a few days."
The BFFFLs finally noticed the little blonde sitting next to Trent, staring at them strangely. "Ooooh, who's this?" Katie and Sadie swarmed Sabrina, looking at her carefully, which didn't help her fear of them. "Is this your niece, Trent?" Katie asked.
"No way!" Sadie argued. "Trent's only sibling could only be, like, ten by now. So that must mean she's-"
They both gasped, staring back and forth from Sabrina to Trent, who by now was looking at them just as weird as Sabrina was. "Oh, my gosh! This is your daughter!"
It was a good thing that Trent hadn't received his coffee yet, or he would have spat it out. "Wh-what? She's not-"
Before Trent could explain, Sadie squealed, "Why didn't you ever tell us that you and Gwen were expecting?" She pinched Sabrina's cheek and cooed, "She's soooo cute!"
"No, Gwen can't be the mother," Katie stated. "She looks nothing like her!"
"Yeah…" Sadie nodded in agreement. "Y'know, if you ask me, she looks more like-"
As if they were both having the same thought, they looked at Trent with big eyes and simultaneously squealed, "Lindsay's the mom!"
Trent's face flushed several shades of red and Katie said, "I can't believe you guys got married and didn't tell anybody!"
"Wait, maybe they didn't." Sadie retorted. "Maybe she's a love child!"
"Yeah! Or may-"
"Guys!" Trent half-yelled, making them shut up. He stood up and, in a hushed tone, told them, "Sabrina is Lindsay's daughter, but she's not mine, too. I'm just watching her while she's at work."
"Ooooooh," the twins simultaneously said, nodding.
"Can I just ask one thing?" Sadie asked.
"Yes, she's a love child, too," Trent huffed, annoyed.
Sadie and Katie nodded. "I see," Sadie mused.
Katie looked down at her watch and gasped. "Sadie! We're totally going to be late for that sale at Albatross and Finch!"
"Oh, my gosh!" They twirled back around, looking at Sabrina. "Bye, Sabrina!"
Katie gave her one last pinch on the cheek and cooed, "See ya, cutie!" With that, they walked off, saying their goodbyes to Trent as they did.
Trent plopped back down, looking exhausted by merely talking to them. Sabrina rubbed her pinched cheek and mumbled, "Me no like them."
"They aren't so bad once you get to know them…" he said, rubbing his aching head. Chase came back to the table, handed him two drinks and Trent paid for them, including the tip. "You ready to go?"
Sabrina nodded, picking her juice box up again. Trent put her backpack back on her and started piggybacking her out.
When they got back out on the street, she asked him, "What's a love child?"
Trent stopped, having no idea what to tell her. All he mumbled as he kept walking was, "It's gonna be a loooong day…"
Leave it to Katie and Sadie to show up and make people feel awkward! XD
Next chapter, Trent actually goes to the guitar shop. And we get to meet Selena's boyfriend. And, everybody's favorite canon couple shows up: Duncan and his preggo wife Courtney!