Literally haven't been on here in so long but suddenly felt like writing some more!
This is going to be set quite a few months later.
The last six months had been so much better for Lucy and Rachel. They still had their moments where they would fall out, but on the whole they had a strong mother- daughter relationship.
It was a Saturday morning and the girls were having a lazy morning whilst Rachel did a few jobs around the house.
Ivy was cuddled up against Lucy and they were watching The Parent Trap. Rachel came in and joined them having just finished mopping the kitchen floor.
"Don't go in the kitchen for a little while girls, the floors wet. Anyway what do you fancy doing today Luc while Ivy's at her party?"
"Please can we go shopping?"
"Again? You went with your friends last weekend"
"I know, but I want to go with you"
"Well I could do with getting some new stuff for work actually and the weather's hardly nice I suppose"
"You were easier to persuade than I thought, I thought you were going to say no we'll go for a walk or something instead"
"Now you come to mention it, a walk would be nice. Shall we do that instead?"
"Really Mum?"
"I'm only teasing you, I don't particularly fancy a walk with you moaning the whole time"
Ivy had been a bit quiet all morning but Rachel had put this down to tiredness.
"Shall we get you ready for your party Ivy?"
"I want to finish watching this"
"How long's left?"
"Probably about 20 minutes" Lucy said
"I guess so, but then we really do need to have lunch and get you ready"
Rachel left the girls to finish watching the film and went into the kitchen to start making lunch.
There wasn't much in the cupboards as Rachel needed to do a food shop but in the end she settled on ham and cheese toasties, knowing the girls both liked them lots.
Rachel got it all ready and once the girls came in she started putting them in the toasted sandwich maker.
Rachel gave the first one to Ivy, and then one to Lucy and then sat down to have hers.
Rachel and Lucy had both finished but Ivy had still barely eaten anything.
"Are you okay Ivy?"
"Yeah"
"How come you're not eating your lunch?"
"I'm not very hungry"
"Well you need to eat a bit more or you won't have any energy for Millie's party this afternoon"
Ivy ate a bit more but still only managed to eat half of her sandwich.
Rachel cut up some fruit for them to have afterwards but Ivy barely touched it.
After lunch Rachel took Ivy upstairs to get ready.
"Are you feeling okay sweetheart?"
"Yes" Ivy lied as she'd been looking forward to the party all week
"Are you sure? Because you don't have to go if you're not feeling up to it"
"I'm sure"
"Okay love, let's get you changed. Do you want to put your swimsuit on underneath so it's easier when you get there?"
Ivy nodded and went and picked a swimsuit out of her drawer.
Rachel had stripped her down to her knickers.
"Do you need a wee before we put your swimsuit on?" Rachel asked and Ivy nodded
"Okay, you nip to the loo now then love"
Ivy went and came back a few minutes later so Rachel finished getting her ready
An hour later and Ivy and Rachel were both ready to go however they were still waiting on Lucy.
After shouting to her multiple times Rachel decided to go up and see what she was doing.
"Are you ready yet?"
"Yes just coming now"
"Hurry up then, Ivy's going to be late at this rate"
"Sorry, oh can I wear some of your perfume again please Mum?"
"Yes I suppose so"
Lucy ran into her Mum's room and sprayed some of her perfume before rushing downstairs.
"Finally"
The three of them got into the car and drove to the swimming pool to drop Ivy off.
Ivy was still being extremely quiet which was making Rachel feel a bit uneasy about leaving her, but Ivy had insisted she wanted to stay.
After saying bye to Ivy Rachel and Lucy got back into the car and headed into town to go shopping.
"Right then where shall we start?"
"New Look"
They'd been shopping for an hour when they decided to stop and go to Costa for a coffee.
"Someone's been a lucky girl today" Rachel said
"I know, thank you Mum"
"We'll nip to Next after this so I can get some work things and then is there anywhere else you'd like to look?"
"Urmm… no not really"
They finished their drinks before heading to Next.
Lucy could tell then that her Mum was going to suggest they make a move.
She really needed some new bras as her ones that she had at the minute were getting too small. She'd been hoping that her Mum was going to ask if she needed anymore but she hadn't so Lucy realised she'd have to say.
"Are you ready to make a move then love?"
"Well actually there is one more thing I need"
"More? Don't you think you've got enough already?" Rachel asked but she was only joking really
"Well my bras are a bit small for me" Lucy said blushing a bit
Rachel noticed how embarrassed Lucy looked. Even though Rachel and Lucy got on really well now, Lucy did struggle to speak to Rachel about growing up stuff.
"Okay love, we'll have to get you some more. Shall we head to M&S?"
"Can't we go somewhere different? Like New Look?"
"No they'll be rubbish quality in there, M&S will be much better"
Lucy didn't argue with her Mum and they went to M&S.
They headed to the underwear department.
"Right what size were your other ones?" Rachel asked as this was actually the first time she'd taken Lucy bra shopping
"I'm not sure, I think I've got a mixture"
"Well I think the best thing to do, is to get you measured properly"
"But that's so embarrassing"
"No it's not sweetheart, and it's really important that you wear the right size bra"
"Okay, will you stay with me though? I don't want to go in on my own"
"Yes, I have to because you're under 16"
They went over to the changing rooms and luckily Lucy managed to get seen straight away.
"Right then Lucy, if you go behind the curtain and take your top off but leave your bra on"
Lucy went behind the curtain feeling really nervous.
She took her top off before opening the curtain. Rachel and the shop assistant were stood waiting in the other part of the changing room.
The lady measured Lucy and she was a 28B.
Once they'd measured her the lady went and picked out some bras for her to try on and Lucy decided on the ones she wanted.
"See that wasn't as bad as you thought was it?"
"I guess not"
They then headed to the tills.
As they were in the queue Rachel's phone started ringing. She was it was Millie's Mum so picked up straight away.
Millie's Mum told Rachel Ivy wasn't very well so needed picking up.
As soon as they'd paid Rachel rushed to the swimming pool as soon as she could.
They were in the café and Rachel quickly spotted Ivy so went over to her.
Ivy was so glad to see her Mum. She wrapped her arms around her and immediately started crying all over again.
Rachel said thank you to Millie's Mum before getting Ivy home straight away.
Rachel got Millie comfy.
"What's wrong with you sweetheart?"
"I feel poorly"
"Do you feel sick or have you got a headache or what is it?"
"I feel achy and I have a sore throat and earache"
Ivy suffered with tonsillitis a lot so Rachel hoped she wasn't coming down with it again, but it was more than likely she was.
"I knew you weren't right this morning, I should never have let you go to your party"
"I really wanted to go, but then I started feeling really poorly so I just wanted to come home"
"I'll go up and get your pyjamas so you'll be comfier and get you some calpol, and the how about we stick a film on?"
"Yes"
Rachel got Ivy sorted before putting a film on. However it wasn't long before Ivy had drifted off to sleep.
Rachel knew this was the best thing for her though when she was poorly.