Ellen POV

I felt a small hand move across my waist and I looked over to Talula asleep next to me. Almost every night she has been coming in here and sleeping between us when we have her. I've honestly gotten use to it, most of the time her body is spread out between us, leaving me and Patrick a little space to sleep, but this morning she is snuggled under the covers against my side. Her face is on my upper stomach and her arm is reached across my waist. She looked to cute laying there I couldn't bare to wake her up. I reached over and shook Patrick's shoulder.

"Hmm?" He groaned and rolled over. He wasn't a fan of her sleeping in our bed because he barely ever got to cuddle except when she wasn't home.

"Look," I smiled down at her and looked back at him. A large smile grew on his face and he leaned over and kissed me, making sure not to move her.

"My two favorite girls," he then leaned down and kissed her forehead.

"Breakfast," I smiled sweetly at him. He groaned before getting up.

"Only for that little munchkin," he pointed at her and I just rolled my eye. I put my arm around her and let her cuddle into me. She was like a daughter to me and I love her but I always wondered what it would be like to wake up with kids all in my bed and cuddled to me and Patrick.

The smell of food from downstairs moved up and I could smell the bacon being cooked. Talula started to stir and she sat up in bed. Her hair was a mess and she looked sleepily at me.

"Happy birthday sleepy head," I smiled and she looked at me still half asleep.

"Thanks Ellie, is daddy cooking?" She looked around and noticed he wasn't here.

"Yes he is, wanna go see what he's cooking?" I push the covers off me and stand up. She nods and stands on the bed.

"Ellie, can I ride on your back since it's my birthday," she smiles sweetly at me and bats her eyelashes.

"Hop on," I act like its a drag but I enjoy when she treats me like her mom. The more time I spend with her, it seems she gets closer and closer to me and I don't want Jill to hate me but I love it.

"Weee!" She exclaims and wraps her arms around my neck and her legs go around her waist. I hold her up by her legs and hop down the stairs and her giggles were loud. We get down to the kitchen and I sit her down on one of the stools, her still giggling. Patrick smiles at us as we walked in and hasn't stopped.

"Happy birthday princess," Patrick smiles at Tal and she smiles back. Their smiles are identical.

"Thank you daddy, are you cooking blueberry pancakes?" She looked up at him.

"Well that's you're favorite isn't it?" He replied and she nodded.

"I got a question," she said and she looked at me.

"What is it sweetie?" I sat next to her at the breakfast bar.

"Since you are marrying daddy, does that mean I can call you momma now?" She asked confused. I choked a bit on my coffee and shot Patrick a look, he looked back at me.

"Well, sweetie if you feel comfortable calling me that then of course you can call me that but you have to ask your daddy if that's alright," I assured her and she looked at Patrick.

"Daddy, can I call Ellie momma?" She batted her eyelashes and turned on the Dempsey charm.

"Yeah, I'm fine with it," He placed two pancakes on the plate set out in front of her and she drowned them in syrup.

"Ok," she replied with a mouth full of pancake. I got up and fixed her a glass of orange juice and sat it in front of her.

"Thanks momma," she took a sip of the juice and continued to eat.

"How much longer do they have on the patio?" I asked as I poured a cup of coffee and looked out the window.

"They should be done in a few weeks, definitely before April," he started eating his food.

"What are we going to do for your birthday princess?" I asked T as I sat down to eat.

"Um, can we go to the zoo?" She smiled wide, pulling off the Dempsey charm.

"Sure sweet pea, then what do you want to do?" I continued to eat as she thought quietly.

"Can we ride go karts?" Her eyes lit up when both Patrick and I agreed.

"Then you have to go to your mom's, ok?" Patrick reminded her.

"Yes I know, I remember. Even though it's Saturday I still have to go to mommy's because it's my birthday," she repeated.

"That's right, now finish eating so we can get dressed and go," I smiled over at her and she ate quickly, as did Patrick and I.

"Do you want to give her the present now or after?" I asked as I put the dishes from breakfast in the dishwasher.

"I'll go get the dog, you can get her down here," He kissed my temple before going to the garage.

"Tal honey, come down here quickly, we have a surprise!" I yelled up the stairs. After a few seconds she started coming down the stairs two at a time.

"What is it? What is it?" she jumped up and down excited.

"You got to calm down, do you remember what you asked for most in the world?" I told her as she thought for a minute.

"Hmm, a little sister? You got me a little sister!" She squealed and I just giggled.

"No, we got you the next best thing," I smiled and she thought really hard. I heard the door that goes to the garage close and here came Patrick with a little toy poodle in his arms. Talula's eyes lit up with joy as she saw him come into the room.

"A puppy!" She squealed and ran over to Patrick. He leaned down and put the puppy down on the floor.

"Is this mine?" She smiled up at us as she pet the dog on the floor.

"Yes it is, now when you aren't here we will take good care of him, I don't think your mom would want a dog in her house," I walked over and stood next to Patrick as we watched her interact with the dog, he put his arm around my waist and held my side against him.

"What's his name?" She giggled out as he licked her cheek.

"Tino," I answered back. She was completely in love with the dog and I couldn't help but smile.

"Alright, while you play with Tino, we are going to go get dressed so we can get this day started," Patrick said as he took my hand and lead me upstairs. As soon as he closed the door he put his arms around my waist and pulled me into a longing kiss. Our tongues intertwined moving past each other's lips to find one another.

"What was that for?" I smiled as our lips parted, savoring his kiss.

"Because I have the smarted fiancée ever, you know exactly what to do with her," he smiled as he pushed a piece of hair behind my ear and pecked my lips again before letting me go.

"We have to get dressed," I fluffed his hair with my fingers before going to the closet. I pulled on skinny blue jeans and a red shirt, tucking the red shirt into my pants and putting on a tan colored belt. I slid on some sandals and rolled the bottom of the jeans once. I let my hair stay the natural wavy to it. Patrick had on a light brown shirt and dark-washed jeans. He put a hat on so he didn't have to do his hair as we both went downstairs.

Talula was on the couch, the dog was in her lap and she was watching tv.

"You ready to go Tal?" Patrick says, grabbing his sunglasses from the coffee table and sliding them on his face.

"I guess, I don't want to leave Tino," she pouts.

"You will get to see him next Sunday, it isn't that long away. I promise I'll take care of him," I try to reason with her.

"Ok, I guess that's ok," She sighed as she put Tino on the floor. He was really adjusting well with her, which is always a good sign. Patrick took Tino and let him outside into the backyard before meeting us in the foyer.

"Ready?" He asks and we start heading out the door, I grab my purse and sunglasses as we make it out the door. Its really sunny and warm out for it being February. We climb into my car and drive to the zoo, which takes forty minutes with traffic.

"Can we go see the giraffes, please," she begs, grabbing one of Patrick's hands and one of mine.

"Why don't we start at the beginning and go around, I promise we will get to see most of the animals," Patrick suggest.

"But what if we don't get to see them, please daddy," she begs, knowing if she does it enough she will get her way.

"Ask Ellen if we can see them first," he gives me a slight smirk as we get to the gate.

"Please momma, can we?" She gives me the puppy dog eyes and it catches me off guard when she calls me momma, I don't know when I will get use to it but it does feel right.

"Sure birthday girl," I smile down at her and she leans closer to me than Patrick. We pay to get in and go straight toward the giraffes. After that we go toward the elephants, then all the monkey's/chimpanzee's/gorilla's, then tigers, otters, seals, and lastly zebras.

"Is there anything else you want to see?" Patrick asks as we start walking toward the exit.

"Nope, are we going go-kart riding now?" She says excitingly. We both nod as make our way to the car. Talula skips to the car while Patrick and I hold hands and stand close together.

"So who do you want to ride with?" I ask as we get to the car and get inside.

"Hmm, Can I ride with you?" She looks at me and smiles.

"Oh yeah, and we are going to beat your daddy," I smirk over at Patrick.

"Are we forgetting I race cars, I could so beat you both in go-karts," He laughs.

"Nu huh, me and momma are going to beat you," Talula laughs and I wink back at her. It took about fifteen minutes to get to the go-kart place. We all go to the karts and get in, we are racing with a few other people. Tal and I get into a kart that's right next to Patrick.

"You are going down," I smirk over at him and grip the steering wheel. He shakes his head and we both watch for the guy to say we can go.

"Get him momma," she smiles up at me. I smile back and watch as the guy lets us go, Patrick gets ahead of me and it's hard to head anything over the engines of the karts.

"You can't let him beat us momma!" She says loudly, even though it sounds like a whisper. I speed up and pass Patrick. We go around the track six times, Patrick and I taking turns passing each other. Talula is giggling loudly every time I pass Patrick and then she cheers me on to pass him after he passes me. We come across the finish line the last lap, Patrick got in front of me at the last second and won.

"No fair!" I exclaim as he has a huge smile on his face.

"It was in all fairness," he smirks.

"Nu huh! Let's do it again, this time momma and I will beat you," she crosses her arms.

"Oh is that a rematch then?" Patrick smirks.

"You are so on," I laugh as we make our way out and back in line again. This time I let Patrick get past us and at the last second I cut him off and win.

"Haha! We beat you!" Talula smiles as she jumps out of the kart after we park.

"I accept defeat," he says in a compassionate tone.

"So you admit I'm a better driver than you?" I raise my eyebrow at him as we make our way back back toward the car.

"Oh no, I'm just saying you won that time," he smirks.

"Whatever," I roll my eyes at him as we reach the car.

"So you ready to go to your moms Tal?" Patrick asks as we get in to the car.

"No, I want to go home with you both," she pouts.

"I know sweetie, we want you to go home with us too but you got to see your mom," I say back at her.

"I know," she sighs. We drive to Jill's and Jill is waiting on the front porch as we pull up.

"There's my birthday girl!" Jill yells as we all get out of the car.

"Thank you mommy," she runs over and hugs her mom.

"Did you have fun with your daddy?" Jill asks her and she nods. Patrick stands closer toward Jill and I stand far away, not really wanting to interfere.

"Tell your daddy bye and you will see him next weekend," Jill tells Talula.

"Bye daddy, bye momma. I had a really fun time," she runs over and gives me a huge hug. Jill's face looks as if she had been hit by a truck. After a second she clears her throat and I pull away from Tal.

"I had fun to sweetie," I smile down at her.

"Talula honey, can you go inside, I have to talk to your dad and Ellen real fast," Jill croaks. Talula gives Patrick a hug and tells him bye before running inside.

"What is it Jill?" Patrick asks, moving closer to me and wraps his arm around my waist.

"Am I going crazy or did my daughter just call her mom?" Jill says angry.

"She did, I don't see what's wrong with it," Patrick says.

"How about the fact that she isn't her mother and she never will be,"Jill snaps back and I feel my eyes start to water.

"Jill, I didn't know it was a big deal. I don't want to take your place and I never will, she loves you," I try to explain.

"Bullshit, you want my daughter to hate me and you to be her new mommy so you two can be a happy family," she says irritated.

"That's enough Jill, whatever vendetta you have for Ellen needs to stop right here, right now. She will be in my life for a very long time, we are getting married! So you can take all of your little theories and throw them out. Ellen would never want to hurt you or anything so just drop it Jill," Patrick warns.

"It's just- I just..." Jill tries to say and Patrick stops her.

"Goodbye Jill, we can talk next Sunday and all this anger you have toward Ellen better be gone," he warns before wrapping his arm around my waist and leads me to the car.

"I'm so sorry about her," Patrick apologizes.

"No it's fine, I get it," my voice cracks. I don't understand why she hates me so much, I didn't mean anything by it.

"She had no right to treat you like that, she's just jealous Ellen, it will past," he reaches over and grabs my hand, moving his thumb across the back of my hand.

"She has a right, she thinks I'm stealing her daughter," I sigh and look out the window.

"No Ellen, Talula loves you and that's a great thing on how much you two get along. Please don't let what Jill said change anything," he begs.

"I won't, and I love Talula, I would do anything for her but certainly not keep her from her own mother," I don't know what to do, I'm so confused now.

"I know Ellie, don't worry about it. Next weekend she will be over it and everything can go back to normal," he says as we come to a stop at a stoplight. He takes my face and pulls me into a kiss.

"I love you," he whispers as he pulls away.

"Love you too," I smile back at him.

An; Ok so Jill vs Ellen, Do you think it's going somewhere else or is it going to just be dropped?
This part was inspired by it being Talula's birthday today! I will be posting another part soon! Watch out for that, hope you all had/have a wonderful day!