My little alarm clock that goes by the name Erika woke Eli and I up for school at 6:30am.
"Morning Blue Eyes" Eli said
"Morning Eli" I said as I got out of bed
I then went to get Erika and Eli went to get dressed, Eli was done getting dressed when I was finished dressing Erika.
"Come here Erika so mommy can get dressed" Eli called to her
"Eli!" yelled Erika as she ran over to him.
Erika jumped right into Eli's arms as he picked her up and gave her a bear hug, still holding Erika he walked over to me and gave me a quick kiss as Erika turned her head.
"Eli lets go down stairs" Erika said
"Ok, how about we play with your toys until mommy gets dressed for school?" Eli asked
I heard their voices grow faint as I walked into my room and they walked downstairs. As I was getting dressed I heard Erika's laughter ringing throughout the halls of the house. I walked downstairs and started laughing hysterically at Eli.
"What's with the hat?" I asked laughing
"What you don't like it?" Eli said with a smile
"Well I never pictured Mr. Goldsworthy wearing a sun hat with pink flowers and a yellow bow. I now understand the reason behind Erika's laughter"
Eli looked up at me from a chair on the floor. "Well I'm having tea with Queen Erika I have to be in proper attire" Eli said sarcastically holding a plastic tea cup in his hand
"Ok your majesty it's time for breakfast, you too Eli."
"But mommy…" Erika whined as I picked her up
"No whining you're mommy's right we need breakfast before we leave." Eli said to her
"Fine."
Erika, Eli and I then ate breakfast we haven't seen my mom all morning and Emma picked up Erika at exactly 7:30am.
When Eli and I got into school Chantay ran right up to us.
"So Clare rumor has it on the Anti-Grape Vine you barged into Eli's class without knocking and yelled to "Eli we have to go now Erika's in the hospital" and you both stormed out of the school. So me being who I am I just had to dig up the dirt so I texted none other than Darcy and asked if she had a little sister I didn't know about. You know what she told me? Well I'll just tell you, she said that her only sister is you. I then mentioned Erika and she totally changed the subject so who's Erika and why are you hiding her?"
I looked to Eli in total disbelief that someone would post that on the Anti-Grape Vine. Eli look just as shocked as I did. We both were speechless as we stood there in the middle of the hallway dumbfounded.
"Uh…we have to go to our lockers" I said to Chantay
"Well I'll just go with you two, this is big news someone has to get to the bottom of it, well at least tell me if she's ok."
Just then I heard a little voice screaming "Mommy, Eli where are you?" I knew it was Erika, but I couldn't grasp why she was here.
I looked to Chantay and she looked at both Eli and I, again we stood dumbfounded.
"Wow looks like someone lost their kid." Chantay said
"Eli I found you" Erika said from behind Eli
Eli turned around and said "Well, I guess you did, but you know you're not supposed to be here don't you?" Then he picked her up.
Just then I seen an out of breath Emma coming behind Eli.
"I'm so sorry Clare she's become quite the runner" then she turned to Erika and said "Haven't you Erika?" as she smiled "My dad called me and Spinner here to discuss something he didn't say what and she was supposed to wait with Spinner in the car, but I guess she got out. My dad knows she's here I'll take her with me" Emma finished offering her arms, of course Erika didn't budge.
"So this is the little Erika everyone's making a fuss over, she's such a cutie, but why does she look like KC?"
I had forgotten Darcy introduced Chantay to KC. I then looked up at Eli and he was about to say something when Chantay spoke first.
"She's your baby isn't she? Well no wonder why she looks like both you and KC. No wonder why you were keeping her a secret." Chantay said
"Erika come on we gotta go" Emma said
Clearly Erika didn't want to go because she didn't let go of Eli.
"She'll be fine with us" I told her "We'll just be going with you, all three of us." I told her. "And yea Chantay she's mine."
"She's so cute Clare, is Clare really your mommy?" She asked Erika
"Yes Clare is my mommy and I want Eli to be my new daddy." Erika said
"Well, one day, but not now I hope to become your new daddy" Eli said to Erika
"You look like a cute family." Chantay said "Well I got to get to class."
I then took Erika from Eli and we walked to Simpson's office with Emma as Eli held my hand.
"I can feel everyone staring at us Eli" I said
"Don't worry about it, let them talk it's ok."
"Why is everyone looking at us mommy?"
"Don't worry about it Erika" I told her
As we walked to Simpson's office I could feel people staring and I knew Eli could too, but he never let go of my hand. I felt like Eli, Erika, and I were on display. It felt like it took hours just to walk to Simpson's office when it didn't.
Spinner was waiting in Simpson's office when we got there.
"Ms. Edwards, Mr. Goldsworthy, Spinner told me what happened and I'm giving you both first period off I've already told your teachers. I know this really isn't your fault it's mine for requesting that Emma comes here, but I wasn't expecting Erika to be able to run so fast, just walk the halls with her or something don't worry about your class work for first period I requested that you don't have any to make up for my mistake." Mr. Simpson said
"Yes Sir." Eli and I said at the same time.
We then walked the hall just the three of us. I put Erika down so she could walk.
"What now?" I said to Eli.
"What do you mean?"
"You know the rumors."
"Clare, just let them talk the rumors will die down and people will find something new to talk about plus we could have fun with this" Eli said giving me a smirk
"Really how?" I asked
"Well tell them we're a happy family."
"And how do you suggest that?"
"Oh, I'll think of something when the time comes."
"Mommy does this mean I can call Eli daddy now?" Erika asked in a cute voice
I looked over to Eli he looked like he didn't know what to say deep down I know it's what we all want. I smiled to him as if to say Can I tell her yes? and he smiled back and his face looked like it lit up for a moment.
"Well of course you can sweetie."
Just then I seen Adam come out of class.
"Hey there you two are, I was wondering what happened to you guys this morning."
"Hi" Erika said
"Well hello there" Adam said looking at Erika
"Adam this is Erika." I said
"Hey man" Eli said
"So this is Erika, Clare she's so cute, I was going to ask you Monday if I could see her, but you both had to go to the hospital what happened?"
"I got sick" Erika said
"She had a high fever, but she's ok now." I told Adam
"I'm glad she's ok." Adam said
"Thanks man" Eli replied
"Hey I gotta get to class I'll see ya later"
Just then Holly J and Fiona seen us and came over.
"So what's with the little one?" Holly J asked
"Aww I think she's cute." Fiona said
"This is Erika" I told them
"Is she yours?" Fiona asked
"This is my mommy and daddy" Erika said
"Aww you make a cute family" Fiona added
"Thank you" Eli said
"You know your kids aren't supposed to be in here" Holly J said
"Well Emma went to talk to Simpson and Erika just ran Simpson told us to walk the halls" I said.
Just then the bell rang and Emma took Erika as Eli and I went to class. The rest of the day was full of gossip and people kept coming up to Eli and I asking about Erika. We had no choice, but to answer them. We were both so happy when school ended.