I can't decide if i want to make the 'girls day' happy and super cute OR sad to the point that it brings tears to someone's eyes...oh the choices...tell me what YOU want to see?

Chapter 12

Sophie Cohen watched herself in the mirror in front of her. She tilted her head to the right; her reflection did the same. She stuck her tongue out; her reflection mimicked her move. Sophie let out a loud 'humph' before turning around. She quickly turned back around to see if the reflection in front of her did the same. "Copy cat." She muttered to herself in the mirror.

"Sophie what are you doing?" Taylor interrupted her.

"She's mocking me." Sophie pointed towards the mirror then scowled when she saw the girl in the mirror doing the same as her. She looked up at Taylor who was now chuckling at her. "What's so funny?" Sophie wondered.

"You are, silly." Taylor sat down on Sophie's small bed. Sophie rolled her eyes before turning her attention back to the mirror. She stuck her thumbs in her ears before sticking her tongue out and seeing if the little girl in the mirror would do the same. "Sophie, you do know that's you, right?" Taylor questioned her a little confused at what she was doing.

"Of course, I know!" Sophie rolled her eyes back over at Taylor.

"Then what are you doing exactly?"

"Mommy and I used to play like this. We'd make funny faces in the mirror…and…I just wanted to see if I could do it without her. It's not so fun anymore." Sophie shrugged giving up and walking over to where Taylor was sitting. She plopped down next to her before letting out a loud sigh.

"Would it be fun if I played along?" Taylor asked her. Sophie shook her head.

"It's not the same."

"Oh…So…what exactly do you want to do today? Ryan is going to hang over at Seth and Summer's with Caden. Summer was talking about coming over here…maybe we could have like a girls day or something." Taylor wasn't sure why she was stumbling so much on what she was trying to say to Sophie.

"Like we used to do with Mommy?" Sophie's eyes widened at the thought. Taylor gave Sophie a weak smiled before nodding.

"Something like that."

"Oh! This is going to be fun!" Sophie jumped up from the bed. Taylor hadn't seen the little girl this animated since she had come to live with them. "What should I wear?" Sophie beamed.

"You could always wear that cute yellow dress I bought you…" Taylor said unsure of how the little girl would react to that.

"Okay." She grinned and instantly pulled the dress off it's hanger.

"Really?" Taylor gasped. These little things that Sophie did meant a lot to Taylor; even if to other's they didn't seem like such a big deal. It made her feel more like Sophie needed her or actually wanted her around. Taylor stood up after Sophie nodded and left her in her room. She instantly ran towards her bedroom to talk to her husband. He had just gotten into the shower when she went to talk to Sophie.

Taylor sat down quietly on the bed that faced the door of their bathroom. She shook her leg impatiently wanting him to hurry up so she could tell him what happened. This was big; no it was huge. At least for them it was. To an outsider it might look strange that the woman was so excited over her husband's sister wanting to wear something she had bought.

"Took you long enough!" Taylor jumped up as soon as the door to bathroom opened revealing her fully clothed husband who was now giving her this strange look of confusion.

"Sorry?" He took the towel he was holding and rubbed it across the top of his head.

"It's fine. Just…Sophie's wearing one of the dresses I bought her." She told him quickly far too excited to waist anymore time. He didn't seem as excited about it as she was. "This is a big deal, Ry."

"I know it is. I'm really happy about it but…" He adverted his eyes away from her.

"But what?" She questioned stepping forward.

"Does it mean she's forgetting them? That she's letting them go?" He said all of this just above a whisper making it hard for his wife to hear what he was saying exactly. Taylor instantly stepped back realizing exactly what he had said to her.

"I don't think that's what it means…" Taylor looked down at her hands and fidgeted with them a bit. She wasn't sure why but she was suddenly feeling bad for being happy about what had just happened. "Can't she be happy and still miss them? I mean just because she does something different for a change doesn't mean that she's going to just completely forget about Sandy and Kirsten. She's making progress…isn't that the whole reason for the therapist, Ryan? Isn't that the whole reason for all of this? Or maybe this has something more to do with you then Sophie…"

"I…" Ryan started but suddenly stopped. He just shook his head at Taylor before walking past her and out of their bedroom.

"I'm tired of you just hiding your feelings like this, Ryan! It's not fair to me or Sophie! How are we supposed to get better as a whole if you just keep walking away like you are…how are we supposed to do this as a family if you can't even talk to me." Taylor followed him from the room.

"I'm tired for arguing with you over this. Just but out, I'm fine!" Ryan turned around and snapped at her a bit.

"But we aren't! Our family is falling apart, Ryan. And I'm not just talking about our little family," She motioned between them, "I'm talking about everyone."

"They aren't my problem." Taylor stepped back at her husbands words. Once again she wasn't expecting that. He wasn't that type of guy. Especially since he was the one who said he had to stay strong for all of them.

"Then what is your problem, Ryan? Because honestly I don't know who you care about anymore. You're a brick wall these days and it's getting to be too much for all of us. How can we tell Sophie that she needs to let out her feelings if you can't even do that?" Taylor felt like she was a broken record trying to get this through her husbands head. It just wasn't getting through that thick skull of his.

"Taylor, why are you yelling at Ryan?" Sophie came out of her bedroom that happened to be right next to where the two of them were standing. Sophie latched her small arms around her brother's legs before giving Taylor a glare. If Taylor was in a good mood she would have found it cute but she was no longer in that mood she had been in just minutes before.

"She's not yelling at me, Sophie." Ryan patted the little girls head. Sophie's face softened when Ryan assured her.

"Is Summer here yet?" She grinned pulling away from Ryan. When Taylor noticed she was wearing the yellow dress she suddenly felt better. She wasn't going to let her husband's insecurities get to her today. She wanted this day to be special for Sophie. Sophie needed to feel more like the little girl she was other than the girl who had just lost her parents.

"Why don't you go help Ryan get Caden ready and I'll go call Summer." Sophie smiled up at Taylor and then up at Ryan before grabbing his hand and dragging him into the baby's room.