Amelia talked to the principal about everything she had to, while Miss Jay took Olivia around the school.
"Do you want a snack?" She asked the girl after they had played with some play-doh in the classroom.
"No thanks" Olivia said and the teacher smiled.
"How about we go to the gym? There are some kids having a class do you want to go watch?" Miss Jay asked.
"Uhum" Olivia said shyly.
"Okay" the teacher said smiling and pushed the stroller to the gym.
When they got there 4 girls were waiting for their gymnastics class to start.
"Hi Miss jay!" One of them said running to the teacher and hugging her. The other 3 followed behind.
"Hi Chloe" Miss Jay said.
"Hi" Chloe, who was 8, said to Olivia.
"Hi" Olivia said shyly.
"Hi girls" Miss Jay said as the other girls got there.
"What's your name?" One of the girls asked Olivia.
"Olivia" she said shyly.
"Did you hurt your foot?" The girl asked.
"Yeah" Olivia said.
"That's a cool cast" Chloe smiled and Olivia hid her face on her blanket shy.
"She's so cute" another girl said.
"She's going to start school on Monday" Miss Jay said.
"Cool!" Chloe said. "Is she on your class?" She asked.
"Yes she is" Miss Jay said kneeing down next to Olivia's stroller. "She is very smart" she added and Olivia blushed.
"How old is she?" Chloe asked.
"Do you want to tell them?" Miss Jay asked Olivia.
"I'm four" the little girl said.
"Girls! Come on we gotta start!" The gymnastics teacher called out.
"Bye Olivia" Chloe said and all the others girls repeated and they ran to their class.
"Let me show you something really cool now" Miss Jay said standing up and pushing the stroller.
She walked for a while and they got to the playground.
"Do you like it?" Miss Jay asked showing the girl everything they had there and Olivia nodded yes.
"What's that?" Olivia asked pointing to a big glass display. Miss Jay pushed the stroller there.
"These are some trophies that the school got" Miss Jay explained.
"That's pretty" Olivia said pointing to a glass trophy at the very top.
"Do you want me to pick you up so you can see it up close?" Miss Jay asked and Olivia shook her head no shyly. The teacher could see she wanted. "It's alright sweetie" she said. "Do you want me to?" She asked and shyly Olivia nodded yes. Miss Jay picked her up and she said "Au" and hugged the teacher.
"Are you okay? Did I hurt you?" Miss Jay asked scared she hurt Olivia somehow.
"No. it's okay" Olivia said resting her head on the teacher's shoulder. "My tummy hurts a little" she said sounding sad.
"Do you want me to take you back to your mommy?" The teacher asked.
"Amelia is not my mommy, Miss Jay" Olivia said as the teacher walked to a bench carrying the girl in her arms.
"She's not?" Miss Jay asked.
"No. My mom's in heaven" Olivia said as the teacher sat with the girl on her lap.
"Oh." miss Jay said. "And do you know what heaven is Olivia?" She asked the girl.
"It's where good people go when they die" Olivia said.
"You're right" Miss Jay said. "My mom is in heaven too" she told the girl.
"She is?" Olivia asked.
"Yeah. She went there when I was 10" Miss Jay said with a soft smile. "But you know what? After some time my dad got married again and I got another mom"
"Another one?" Olivia asked a little confused.
"Yeah. My dad loved her very much and I loved her too so I wanted to call her mom so I did"
"Just like that?" Olivia asked.
"Yeah. I loved her very much and she loved me too. So I felt like she was my mom too" Miss Jay said.
"So you had two moms?" Olivia asked.
"Yeah" Miss Jay said. "cool right?" She said smiling and Olivia smiled back.
The teacher could see how hurt the girl was when she mentioned her mom. She knew Olivia was little and deserved to know how loved she was and deserved to have a mom that would be there for her and take care of her. And for what she had talked to Amelia she knew the woman loved the little girl, and she could see Olivia loved her too.
"Miss Jay, what's your first name?" Olivia asked suddenly changing the subject. She didn't really like talking about mothers and families.
"It's Tessa" Miss Jay said.
"That's a pretty name" Olivia smiled and there was a moment of silent.
The teacher could see the girl wasn't comfortable talking about her parents and she could also see she was interested in Amelia as her mother but there was something stopping her for even allowing herself to really think of the woman like a mom.
"Can we go back now?" Olivia asked.
"Sure" Miss Tessa Jay said smiling. She put Olivia back on the stroller and pushed her back to the principal's office.
When Miss Jay walked in the principal's office hall, Amelia and Owen were walking out of his office.
"Alright. So I'll see you on Monday?" Principal Heely asked.
"Yes. Thank you" Amelia said.
"They're here" Owen told Amelia who smiled at Olivia.
"Let's go?" Amelia asked the girl and Olivia nodded yes.
"Bye Miss Jay" Olivia said smiling.
"Bye Olivia. I'll see you on Monday" Tessa said.
"See you Monday" Olivia said.
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After they left the school they stopped at Domino's for pizza. Olivia was excited about going to school on Monday and loved when Amelia told her she had to wear a fancy uniform like in the movies.
After they ate Owen took them home. Olivia fell asleep and once they got home Owen took her to her bed.
"Do you work tomorrow?" Amelia asked him from the door.
"Yes" he said pulling her hip to him. They kissed.
"Will I see you tomorrow?" She asked.
"I'll try" Owen said.
"You better" she smiled and they kissed again.
Meredith walked in.
"Oh sorry. I just came to get Zola's coat" Meredith said unable not laugh.
"It's fine" Amelia said.
"Yeah. I'm leaving" Owen said and walked out. Amelia followed him. They said their goodbyes at the door and Owen left.
"So how was it?" Maggie asked as Amelia sat in the living room couch.
"Good. She loved the school" Amelia said.
"Which one?" Meredith asked walking in the room.
"Bristol" Amelia said.
"Wow that's a fancy school" Meredith said.
"Did she take the leveling test?" Maggie asked.
"Yup. 1st grade" Amelia said with pride.
"What? She's 4" Maggie said.
"She's tiny too. Did you enroll her in 1st grade?" Meredith asked a bit worried.
"No. Kindergarten" Amelia said. "That was their concern too. But they said she might need some extra work. You know… so she won't get bored" she added.
"That awesome" Maggie said.
"Did she like her teacher?" Meredith asked.
"Yeah. The woman was super nice" Amelia said. "I enrolled her in ballet and gymnastics too"
"Isn't that gonna be too much? The kid is 4 Amelia" Meredith said.
"It's on the days I'm home. They said I can stay there with her and if she doesn't like she can stop. It's not like I'll make her go and besides you know that keeping her occupied will help her with all that happened" Amelia said.
"Well, you've got something on the mail today" Meredith said. "I think it's from the judge's office" she added and went to the kitchen to get it. She had left on the island.
"Here" she said and handed to Amelia.
Amelia opened and it was a letter saying the judge requested a meeting with her and the child separately, on Friday at 10 and 11 am. That would be the day after the next, and it was the day of Olivia's check-up.
"So what is it?" Meredith asked.
"It's a meeting with the judge" Amelia said. "Do you think there's something wrong?" She asked Meredith.
"I didn't meet a judge when we got Zola" Meredith said. "But we did have some problems" she added.
"You should call Rose" Maggie said.
"I will" Amelia said and walked to the kitchen where the phone was. She sat on a stool at the island and called the social worker.
They talked and Rose said it was actually normal. She said that sometimes the judge might ask for a meeting with the child just to see if it's really what they want, and with the parents so he can see if it's not just an impulse thing. She also mentioned that Amelia's time at a rehab probably showed up on their check and that the judge might want to look more into it all before signing everything.
"But could that stop this?" Amelia asked. "I mean... Could I lose her?" She asked almost unable to speak.
"Most likely no. But it can take longer. He could ask for a trial period and a social worker would visit a couple times but nothing to worry about" Rose said.
"What do you mean nothing to worry about? They could take her away" Amelia said angry and Maggie walked in the room.
"Just go to the meeting and show that you're not that woman anymore" Rose said. Amelia just hung up and smashed the phone on the island.
"What happened?" Maggie asked worried and Meredith walked in.
"She said the judge might ask for a trial period" Amelia said trying hard not to cry.
"That's normal Amy" Meredith said.
"They can take her away" Amelia said unable to hold her tears and really embarrassed from crying.
Maggie went and hugged her.
"They won't" Maggie told Amelia.
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After talking to Rose and explaining it all to Maggie and Meredith, Amelia took a shower then ate dinner and decided to go to bed early. She laid on Olivia's bed with the girl and just snuggled her. She couldn't even allow herself to think of losing her daughter. It hurt too much to just think about that. That night both slept the entire night hugging.
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The next day Amelia wanted to be around the girl at all times. Lynn went to take care of the kids and Amelia just watched movies and played with Olivia the entire day. The girl loved it. Owen called and said work was crazy and there was no way he could stop by but he would see them the next day when they went there for Olivia's checkup. At night Olivia asked to sleep on Amy's bed and of course the woman said yes. She sat with Olivia and explained to her how the check-up was going to be. Olivia cried when she found out she had to get shots for school but Amelia hugged her and managed to make her feel a bit better and stop crying. They laid together and Amelia told the girl they would go see a judge the next day too, and that he wanted to ask her some question about Amy and her life now. Amelia only said that, she didn't even mention anything regarding the adoption. She just said the judge wanted to see if Olivia was okay. The girl took it fine. They snuggled and it didn't take too long for them to sleep.
Amelia was really scared about what could happen. She didn't want to lose her daughter. She couldn't lose her baby.