Author's Note- I don't own MIBOI but I would like to thank the people that have reviewed and viewed this story. So without further ado please review, view and enjoy
"Yes, Yes! I will be coming into the office to sign those papers" Steve screams into his cellphone while pacing back and forth in the kitchen, dressed head to toe in a gray suit. Lauren wakes up on the couch with her favorite blanket and walks into the kitchen staring at her father. Looking down Steve sees his little girl looking up to him with eyes so sad, "Ok yea it's fine….be there soon bye" Steve hangs up his phone and kneels down to her level, trying to put a smile on his face, "Hey Kiddo, what do you say we go play at the gym today?" Lauren just stands there and stares
"Where's Mommy?"
Steve face falls while he puts his hands on her shoulders, "Umm, your mommy is sick" he says slowly, "She had to go the doctor but she didn't want to go. But she had to so she went" Lauren's face lit up a little bit, "Can we see her?" Steve looks up at the sky with tears welling in his eyes, "Not now, she has to rest. But I promise you will see her soon". Smiling again she hugs her daddy, "Thank you daddy!"
Three hours later Lauren finds herself in Toys R' Us picking up every toy that her little arms can carry in the Barbie department when she bumps into a brunette carrying just as much, "Sorry" the little girl says while she picks up her Olympic gymnast Barbie while Lauren picks up her pageant doll. "Oooh where did you find that!" the girl points excitedly at the pageant doll, "Over there" clutching the doll she had. "WELL LETS GO!" the girl screams while grabbing Lauren's arm and pulling her down that isle, there were no other kids in the stores so that made the running fun and much easier. "I got it up there" Pointing to the dolls at the very top of the tall isle. "Who are you?" Lauren finally asks the grinning brunette
"I'm Kaylie, Kaylie Cruz"
Puffing up her chest and smiling like a superhero, "Who are you?" "Lauren Tanner" she answers looking at her up and down as if she had three heads thinking "This girl is kookier than mojo jojo." Before she can tell her how she got up there she drops the toys in her hands and starts to climb the shelves herself. "HEY! WAIT FOR ME!" Lauren screams while trying to catch Kaylie, almost slipping on a Malibu Barbie. "You ok?!" she screams from above her, generally concerned
"Yea, I'm fine"
Meanwhile Steve is sulking on the manager's desk think about not only his love life but the huge hole that is slowly being burned into his pocket by a little girl. "I can't believe my life right now. I had to kick my wife out, going through a divorce" he pulls out his wallet and looks at the picture of Lauren, Leslie and Steve at the beach on one of his rare days off, "How the hell am I gonna raise a little girl on my own" he says to himself. "Sounds like you need a drink" a tall, Latin man says walking up to the desk with his wife looking like she just stepped of a private plane. "Excuse him" the woman says starting into her Coco Channel compact. They walk past him and gives the manager their gold card. "Just made it to the major's!" The man boasts to the manager while glancing over to Steve, "But I bet you knew that". "I'm sorry, who are you?" His face blushing in embarrassment, "I'm Alex Cruz, second base for the Royals and this is my beautiful wife Ronnie" Steve ponders this for a second, "Zip up my heart and walk away Ronnie?" Lighting up immediately, she fluffs her hair and pushes her husband out of the way, "Why yes that's me" flipping her hair and holding up her hand in gesture to Steve. Steve smiles and shakes her hand, "My wife use to love that song" sniffling a little bit when he thinks about the first time he heard it.
Before Ronnie and Alex can respond they hear a crash in the Toy isle