So here it is, Thank you so much for the reviews I tried to upload this thing faster but I have tons of homework. This is the last chapter without a full Eclare interaction I promise
"Oh my God, Helen she´s beautiful" Cece told her friend when she first saw her new-born baby who was laying in her mother´s arms
"I know. I can´t believe she´s mine, it´s surreal" Helen said with teary eyes
"Well, she is and I can tell that everything you went through was worth it just for this moment"
"You´re right" she agreed
"And can I ask what is the name of this absolutely gorgeous girl"
"Clare, her name is Clare"
"Clare Edwards, I like it, and I feel like I love her already"
"You better" Helen said jokingly
A couple of days passed, and Helen installed herself and Clare at Cece´s apartment, like Cece had done before when she just gave birth to Eli, they do that to help each other needless to say they were still a cute mess, because at the end of the day they were just teens playing moms or at least that´s how they felt most of the time.
The first years were gone, and everything was in form by then, Helen and Cece both had stable jobs, but they surely had to work their ass off. They were never home, too much work, too much everything. Clare and Eli were really close, and it was just natural. They were in nursery together and they shared an afternoon nanny, that was just one of Cece coworkers at the Salon. The only times that they shared with their moms were the weekends, and usually they spend it together all four of them.
"So what about the zoo kids are you fine with that" Cece asked as her patience was starting to reduce, for the last 30 minutes she had been giving options but the kids were specially picky that day
"Wait I have to see if Clare agrees"
"For God sake Eli she´s right beside you. I think she can talk by herself" Clare landed her mouth into Eli´s ear and said something in whispers that Cece could barely heard
"Of course she can Cece, but she saw on TV that a singer has to take care of her voice, so obviously she can´t talk out loud to do that"
"Oh, a singer, I see, but baby didn´t you wanted to be a firewoman last week"
"Past Cece, is past, last week"
"Ok, singer to be and interpreter, I just want both of you telling me yes or no, zoo, now!" her tone was a little bit harder this time, not exactly angry, but she was definitely losing her patience
"Yes" both kids said it in an unsound
They were at the Zoo, and Helen joined them after some extra hours at the office. Clare and Eli were exited watching the monkeys while behind them, their mothers were talking.
"So your daughter wants to be a singer now"
"Really'" she rolled her eyes "Singer now, Firewoman last week, and the moth before that she made a disaster at the kitchen because she was doing her first cake as a real Baker"
"You got to love her"
"Yeah, but I´m worry that she doesn´t know what she wants, and just wants to try everything"
"Helen are you serious, she´s four, of course she wants to be everything. Eli wants to be Spider Man, and do you know how hard is to take home made spider webs off the window"
"I guess I´m overreacting, but..."
"Pass me the camera, tell me how cute is that" Cece interrupted her as she was frantically searching for the camera just to capture the moment that the two little kids were sharing, they were there standing in front of the great which separated them from the monkeys, but their cute little hands were holding each other, and Clare had her head in Eli´s shoulder. Cece was giggling at the cute scenario when she pressed the shutter.
"Clare let´s go to see the lion" Helen yelled brooking the two kids apart and tacking the hand of her little daougther, Cece just watches her with a wonder in her eyes, but she didn´t bring herself to say anything.
...
Two years later
"You got the promotion" Cece yelled exited at her friend who was standing next to her with a huge smile on her face
"Yeah can you believe it" Helend sound exceptionally happy
"Of course I can, you have work really hard for this"
"I know, the best part is that I can finally put Clare in that school"
"Excuse me" Cece questioned her as soon as she heard that for all the she know Clare was going to be in first grade at Degrassi Elementary School, alongside Eli who was already in there.
"Yeah, I didn´t say anything because you know I wasn´t sure that I could actually get enough money, but now" she took a deep breath because of the eximent " I went to this private school last month, is an all girls school and goes since elementary school to high school"
"But Helen, I thought that Clare was going to Degrassi with Eli"
"I know but it´s better for her" Cece was looking at her with some disbelief " I want her to have the best education"
"Well, my son goes to that school and I believe the education is just fine" She sounded somehow offend
"No Cece, is not what I mean, she is a girl is different, she needs to learn manners and music, art, those kind of things "
"Are you serious, you sounds like a 40 old woman in the XIX century"
"Sorry about that, but I was raised believing in that so I would like that my daughter could receive the same kind of education"
"Like the education that made those people leave you behind"
"Cece don´t go there" she made a long pause "please"
"No, please forgive me I cross the line, is just that, they were so excited about being in the same school again, that I kind of feel bad for them" Helen nodded in response "So how expensive is this spoiled brats school" she changed her tone to a playful one Helen just pass her a pamflent of the so called school "Fuck, Helen this is more that what you´re getting as a rise"
"I know but, is worth it"
"That money was for you to live more comfortable, getting Clare into this school will only make you be most stressful"
"What school Cece" the both women turn around to see their kids opening the bedroom door where they were in
"Honey" Helen said surprised
"So, Cece" Clare insisted, and the women was growing nervous
"Clare, darling your going to this beautiful school when your nursery time ends" Helen saved her friend and handed the pamflet to her daughter who didn´t received the news whit a happy smile
"No I don´t want to go there" she said looking at one photography in the pamflet "look there are just girls, and Eli is not a girl, so he can´t go"
"No he can´t, but you will be going there sweettie and I bet it´s going to be really fun" Cece stated
"But I want to be with Eli like before"
"Baby, mommy really wants this school for you please"
"Mom" she was practically crying at that moment
"Come bright eyes" Cece called her and sit her at her lap "Do you remember that time when those girls were making fun of you because you had Eli´s clothes on" the little girl nodded "remember what I told you"
"They were jealous"
"And"
"And they were teach silly things about clothes and how for them represent something pretty,but they are wrong, and they were so dumb that if they saw me with the same clothes that they were wearing they´ll see that I´m much more beautiful than them" she looked satisfied with the fact that she could repeat every word that Cece have told her
"Look at the picture"
"What"
"What are they wearing"
"Uniforms" she said a little insecure about her answer
"Exactly,so if you came cross any girl like the ones we saw in the park wearing the same clothes that them"
"They´ll be ashamed because I´m more pretty"
"See, so being in that school doesn´t sounds so bad, right, besides Eli and you spend all the time together so when you come back from school you would be more than exited to see him and be with him will be funnier because you have missed him all the morning"
"I don´t understand what you just said but I trust you" the girl said causing laughs between the women, then she looked at the door were Eli still was listening to the conversation "And you´re going to miss me every morning like your mom said I would right"
"I think I will"
"Then it´s fine, I´ll go"
Moments later mother and daughter were walking their way out of Cece and Eli´s apartment and Cece muttered a big Thank you to her friend at the exit door.
"So what´s with the large face"
"I just, I really wanted Clare to be at my school, with me"
"I know, but you´ve been at elementary school for almost a year without her and you´re just fine"
"But that was because I knew that she would come the next year"
"So what do you want me to do, dress you as a girl and enrrole you in Clare´s school"
"No,disgusting" He put a face that seemed like he was about to puke "besides I´ve friends already, I don´t wanna leave my school"
"See, you´ve been without Clare on elementary school for a year already and everything is fine, so stop being such a cry baby"
"Cece I don´t like you sometimes"
"Same but you´re already regristed as mine,so we have to cope with that" she stinkc out her tongue and he returned the gesture "Come, let´s go to the park"
"Can we go for Clare" the boy said in a shy manner
"Name one time that we´ve got out anywhere without here, dumb"
"Hey, lower down the insults"
"You know I love you right" Eli nodded "So go change and quit the crying" she said cynically and Eli just rolled his eyes
An hour later they were at the park and as usual Cece brought her camera along so she could take any picture of what she defined as the most cute moment of the kids, they were at the jungle gym when she yelled their names when they turn around to see her and as she pressed the shutter Clare landed herself to Eli and give him a kiss that resulted in the biggest smile of the boy and his mother.
"You really loved to take pictures of us don´t you" the young girl said as she was putting the frame in it place again
"You were cute back then, now, you know who what's to see pictures of kids in puberty state" she joked and the girl gave her a sarcastic smile "I´m joking baby you´re just cutter by the day"
"Right" she said with disbelief
"So what are we doing on your birthday, I mean 13 is a big number, so big party? "
"No, I prefer something private, you know you, Eli, mom, just the four of us as always"
"Are you sure" She questioned not believing in the young girl "Clare if it´s from the money don´t worry I´ll give you the party as a present"
"Cece no. I don´t want it, for real... I just need a family night that´s all"