After breakfast, Chloe got Leslie ready while Beca made sure they had everything: water, a change of clothes for Leslie and Sophie and sandwiches before they all got together in the living room.
"Girls, today we're going to Islands of Adventure, we're going on rides, we're gonna have fun. Mamma and I expect you all to be at your best behavior." Beca said. "If you don't behave, you're gonna lose pool time today before dinner, okay?"
"We're gonna behave, mommy!" Sophie said.
"Yeah!" Leslie agreed.
"Good, that's what I want." Beca said.
Aubrey and Stacie came down and the two families were ready to go.
Natalie, Sophie and Leslie were talking about characters throughout the ride, while in the other car, Joel and Charlotte talked about the rides they wanted to go in. Joel, of course, wanted to go in the Spiderman ride, which made both his mothers giggle.
When they arrived, they reunited and talked about which ride they were going first and they decided the Spiderman would be a good start.
Leslie, being more sensitive than her sisters, pouted and her eyes got watery.
"Mommy, I'm scawed." She said.
"That's okay, baby, Spiderman is gonna protect us." Beca said. "It's gonna be okay, you're gonna like it."
Leslie nodded and held on tight.
Of course, after they got out, Leslie was jumping up and down, asking to go again.
"Guys, guys, it's very hot, what do you say we go on Popeye and Bluto's water thing?" Chloe suggested, knowing it was a hot day and it was still early so it would give them all time to get dry.
"Yaay!" Sophie, Natalie and Leslie all jumped up and down.
"Come on, we can go, it's quite far." Beca said, grabbing Leslie and Sophie's hand. Natalie grabbed Leslie's hand so Aubrey grabbed her other hand.
"Mommy, are we gonna get wet?" Sophie asked.
"Yeah." Beca said.
"Ooooh!" Sophie said.
Beca chuckled as they approached the ride.
As soon as they started moving, Leslie started whining. Chloe held her hand tight and told her it would be okay.
With the first splash of water, Leslie was laughing at the top of her lungs.
Beca and Charlotte seemed to have sat on the splash zone of the ride. Sure, the boat turned many times but Beca and Char seemed to always be the focus. Needless to say when they left the ride, they were both soaked.
"Mommy, can we go again?" Sophie asked with a grin.
"Let's choose a different ride." Beca said.
"I really wanted to take Nat and Leslie on an age appropriate ride." Aubrey said.
"That's good, I can come with you." Beca said.
"And Ma and Aunt Tacie can take us to a different ride. Maybe a roller coaster!" Charlotte said.
"Sure." Beca chuckled.
"Yay!" Sophie said.
"Soph, do you wanna go on the roller coaster?" Beca asked.
"No." Sophie said. "It's too scary."
Beca laughed because she saw this coming.
"Then you can come with us and let Char go on a roller coaster." Beca said.
"I wanna go on the Jurassic Park one!" Charlotte said.
"I don't wanna go." Joel pouted and hugged his blonde mother's leg tight.
"Okay so I'll take my beautiful goddaughter in that one, you all go on another ride." Stacie said, putting an arm around Charlotte's shoulder.
"Thanks, Aunt Tacie!" Charlotte smiled.
"Okay! Bye!" Sophie grabbed her brunette mother's hand and started leading her the other way.
"Wait. Chlo, are you going with Char and Stacie or with us?" Beca asked her wife.
"I'm going with Char and Stacie." Chloe said with a smile.
Beca opened her mouth to say something but she sneezed instead, getting aww's and giggles from her friends and family.
"Aww, mom your sneezes are so cute!" Charlotte pinched her mother's cheeks.
"Atchoo!" Sophie mirrored her mother with a grin.
"Okay, we'll meet in this spot later right?" Beca said, trying to diverge the attention somewhere else.
"You know, for a supposedly badass, you sneeze like a little fairy." Stacie said.
"Atchoo!" Sophie repeated.
"Alright, we're leaving." Beca grabbed Leslie and Sophie's hands and left with Aubrey and the other kids.
"Atchoo!" Sophie said in a high voice again.
"Atchoo!" Leslie mirrored her sister and Joel and Natalie started chuckling.
"Alright, I didn't hear anyone saying 'bless you'." Beca said.
"Bless you." The other five said together and Beca chuckled.
"Thanks." she said.
oO0Oo
When everyone got back home, which wasn't that late, they had the little ones who got sleepy and whiney easily if they were tired and/or hungry and in that case, they were both.
Charlotte was helping her aunts make dinner, since that was something she'd always loved to do, while Beca watched cartoons with the little girls and Sophie and Aubrey bathed Joel.
The girls had already gone to the pool and everyone had taken a shower already except for Joel.
"Aunt Tacie, how do I turn on the stove?" Charlotte asked.
"Beca, can I teach your kid how to turn on the stove?" Stacie asked from the kitchen, which was right next to the living room.
"Nope."
"What? Mom!" Charlotte whined. "I'm old enough!"
"You're 11, Char." Beca chuckled. "And don't get me wrong, I trust you, I just.. I worry about the little ones."
"Who you calling wittle, mommy?" Leslie frowned.
Beca chuckled and kissed her forehead.
Stacie chuckled and turned on the stove for Charlotte.
"Now just stir that, don't let the broccoli burn." Stacie said.
"Okay, when will I know it's ready?" Charlotte asked.
"Just call me and I'll see it." Stacie winked.
"Okay." Charlotte smiled.
Chloe came downstairs with the towel she'd used and hung it outside before coming back in and checking on dinner.
"What are we having?" she asked with a smile.
"Broccoli, chicken, carrots and some rice." Charlotte said. "Aunt Tacie let me make the broccoli."
"That's great!" Chloe said.
"But mom wouldn't let her teach me how to turn on the stove." Charlotte said.
"Come no, Beca." Chloe chuckled.
"It's because of Sophie and Leslie!" Beca said.
"Okay." Chloe rolled her eyes. "Don't worry, Char. Hey, tomorrow I can teach you how to make a chocolate cake and frosting."
"Nice, thanks Ma!" Charlotte grinned.
Chloe winked and kissed her cheek before joining her wife on the couch.
"Aunt Tacie, is the broccoli ready?" Charlotte asked. Stacie looked into the pan and smiled before turning off the stove.
"Great job, Chef. I can't call you mini chef anymore." Stacie pouted.
"Yeah, pretty soon you won't be able to call me Mini Bella." Charlotte said.
"That's true." Stacie chuckled. "But hey, how does your mom's song go? Never grow up."
Charlotte giggled and smiled.
"Yeah I love that song." she said.
"Me too." Stacie smiled.
Beca and Chloe set the table and they all sat down to eat. Leslie sat between her mothers, Char sat between Sophie and stacie, Aubrey sat on one end of the table, Chloe sat on the other and Natalie and Joel sat on a little table.
Chloe put a piece of chicken, cut it up in small pieces, some rice, broccoli and some carrots on Leslie's plate and placed it in front of her. Now, Beca and Chloe had been afraid of this big meal since they arrived. Leslie was a fussy eater, to the point of screaming at the top of her lungs for hours on end, sometimes she went to bed without dinner, not because her mothers didn't give her food, but because she refused to eat anything.
Now Leslie was about 10 pounds underweight. The two mothers had spoken to her pediatrician, any other doctors and they all said little Leslie needed to put on those 10 pounds because at school, she would get tired more easily, she'd sleep a lot and she didn't have a lot of energy.
So when Leslie saw the food on her plate, her eyes filled her eyes and she started crying silently.
Beca and Chloe had been trying this new method they'd seen in Jo Frost: Extreme Parental Guidance. I know what you're thinking, you're gonna raise your kid based on a TV show? Well the two were desperate and Jo's method seemed to have results so they were trying. Of course, it was still a little battle but it was nothing compared to what it used to be.
So Beca and Chloe tried talking to the other about something else, not focusing on Leslie, but the little girl only curled up to her redheaded mother's side and continue to whine and whimper.
"Leslie, mamma's trying to eat." Chloe said gently and Leslie sat back on her seat.
They continued but of course Leslie wasn't eating anything. Seeing nobody was paying attention to her, she started crying loudly.
"Leslie." Chloe said.
"Leslie, look at me." Beca said in a firm voice. "You need to stop crying, this behavior is unacceptable. If you don't stop crying, you can't sit at the table with us."
Leslie's cries lowered in volume for about 30 seconds before she started again.
"Okay." Beca stood up and grabbed Leslie's hand, taking her all the way to the staircase. "You're here because you are making a fuss at the table and that is unacceptable behavior."
Beca sat back at the table and continued eating. After 3 minutes, she went back to get Leslie, but the little girl still refused to eat.
"Leslie, please eat your food." Beca said.
Leslie shook her head and continued crying loudly. Both her mothers knew she wasn't really crying, she wasn't hurt, she wasn't in pain, she was just whimpering to try and get her ways.
"Leslie, listen to me." Chloe said in a stern voice. "If you don't eat what's in your plate, you're gonna lose pool time tomorrow. Everyone else will go in the pool but you won't."
"But I wanna!" Leslie cried.
"Then please eat what's in your plate." Chloe said.
Chloe didn't expect it to, but it worked. Leslie picked up her spoon and started eating her food quietly.
"There you go." Chloe offered her daughter a small smile and they continued eating.
oO0Oo
The families went to Magic Kingdom on a Thursday, they arrived just before lunch since they were staying late.
The kids were so happy they would get to meet Mickey, Minnie, Donald Duck, Anna, Elsa, everyone.
They were currently in line to meet Anna and Elsa. Sophie demanded to go dressed as Anna to Magic Kingdom so she was wearing the costume and the braids. Leslie was wearing a Snow White costume and she was jumping up and down along with her sister.
When it was their turn, Leslie was shy, so she hid behind Chloe's leg while Sophie ran over to Anna.
"Anna!" She said and hugged the woman. "Look, I'm wearing your clothes!"
"It's so nice to meet you, mini Anna!" Anna said.
Sophie grinned and blushed slightly as Anna picked her up.
"Annas, look at me!" Chloe said and took a picture before Elsa joined them. "Leslie, go in there!"
"I'm scawed." Leslie said and everyone chuckled.
"Why are you scared?" Beca asked.
Leslie shyly pointed Elsa.
"Fwozen." She said. She called Elsa 'fwozen' and she was afraid or her powers.
"Don't worry, honey, I won't freeze you." Elsa said. "You can come here, it's safe."
Leslie was shy but she stood between Elsa and Anna and looked at her mother. Beca tried making her laugh and managed a smile, which she was proud of, before she turned to her oldest daughter.
"Okay Char get in there with your sisters." Beca said.
"No way, mom. I'm too old for that." Charlotte chuckled.
"Come on, Char, be a team player! And don't give me that 'Frozen is for little kids' crap because—,"
"— Beca!" Chloe glared at her wife. Beca then saw those in the line who heard her were pissed to say the least as some children repeated what Beca said.
"I'm so sorry!" Beca blushed. She forgot she was in a kids park. "Anyway, you loved Frozen when you were little. So much so you didn't let Chloe and I kiss so you could watch it."
Charlotte rolled her eyes but laughed.
"Get in there, little lady, that's an order." Beca said and Charlotte chuckled before getting in next to her sisters and the two Disney characters.
Beca smiled after she took the picture and two of her daughters came running back to see the picture.
"Anna?" Sophie said quietly and timidly.
"Yes sweetie?" she asked, putting the little redhead down.
"I'm not actually Anna. My name is Sophie, I'm just dressed as Anna." Sophie looked down and blushed.
Anna chuckled as well as Elsa and her mothers awww'd at Sophie's cuteness and honesty.
"Honey, you're dressed as Anna today, so today, you are Anna." Anna said and winked at the child.
Sophie grinned and Anna kissed her cheek before the little redhead ran back to her mothers and they moved from the line so Aubrey and Stacie could take a picture with the two sisters.
oO0Oo
The two families decided it was a great time for a snack so they stopped, sat down and placed their orders.
Beca and Chloe, of course, ordered coffee. They needed caffeine to be able to handle a few more hours with electric girls wanting to go on every ride they could. Beca sat down with her mug of coffee next to her wife and younger daughter, Leslie.
"Aren't you gonna eat your pancakes, Leslie?" Beca asked.
Leslie grabbed the pancake with her hands and bit it, chewing it as she watched her mother drink her coffee.
"Mommy, I'm scawed of gwowing up." Leslie said.
Chloe and Beca looked at her and were going to question it when little Leslie started crying loudly, which got the whole family by surprise.
Charlotte and Sophie exchanged confused looks before they looked back at their sister.
"Leslie? Honey, why are you scared?" Beca asked, confused.
"I'm scawed of dwinking coffee." Leslie said before her cries continued, increasing in volume.
Charlotte laughed while Beca tried to bit the insides of her cheeks so she wouldn't laugh as well and tried consoling Leslie.
"Yeah, little Leslie, you should be scared, coffee is disgusting, it's gonna eat your stomach." The 11-year-old said. Leslie's eyes widened and she started crying even louder.
"Char!" Chloe and Sophie said with the same frown.
"Leslie? Calm down, honey, there's nothing to be scared of." Beca said. "It's okay for you to not like coffee and even when you grow up, you don't have to drink coffee."
"No?" Leslie asked quietly as she rubbed her eye.
"No!" Beca said.
Leslie smiled.
"Otay." She said. "Thanks mommy, I feel better."
Beca giggled and kissed the top of Leslie's head.
"You're welcome, baby." she said.
"Who wants to go to the Snow White ride after snack time?" Chloe asked.
Hands raised and kids started screaming 'me, me' as loud as their little lungs allowed them and Chloe smiled. She loved her family
Before they left the park, Beca and Chloe wanted to make a quick stop at the store to get each girl one and only one gift.
Sophie chose a giant Olaf holding two snowgies, Leslie chose a Stitch with a Santa hat and Char chose a normal Stitch, which meant a lot for her.
Chloe decided to stay outside while Beca paid for her and Char helped her carry the toys.
Beca was gonna take a step to the next cashier but stopped. Her heart seemed to have stopped while everything moved in slow motion.
"Hey babe?" Chloe asked, suddenly appearing from nowhere while she held Leslie and Sophie's hands. "I'm gonna find a bathroom, wait for me outside."
"Okay." Beca said quietly.
Chloe looked at the direction her wife was looking and sighed.
"Beca, breathe." She said.
Beca nodded and walked slowly towards the cashier and put the two Stitches down while Charlotte put Olaf.
"Mom, are you okay?" Charlotte asked.
"I'm sorry, it's just.." Beca sighed before looking up at the man behind the counter.
"You look like you've seen a ghost and there's nobody here." Charlotte said. "Just me, you, Stitch number 1, Stitch number 2, Olaf and the Snowgies."
Beca chuckled.
"You're right." She said.
The reason for Beca's shock was the man standing behind the counter. No one other than Caiden, Beca's ex best friend from high school and Charlotte's father.
"Hello." Caiden finally said.
Beca ignored him.
"It's been umm.. quite a long time, Beca." He said awkwardly. "I missed you."
"12 years to be exact and I didn't miss you." Beca said with a fake smile.
"Yeah, I figured." Caiden said, again, awkwardly.
"Char, why don't you go find your mother?" Beca asked, sensing this would be an awkward conversation for her daughter to experience.
"Sure. I'll be back soon." Charlotte said before disappearing.
"How do you fucking dare stand there and tell me you miss me after all you didn't do?!" Beca spat at him.
Caiden didn't say anything, obviously too ashamed to.
"I'm happy now, I have a wife and three beautiful daughters! I don't and never needed you!" Beca said.
"You're.. you're gay?" Caiden asked.
"Oh yeah I didn't tell you? You made me realize I was gay, so thanks a lot for turning me." Beca said.
"I just.. I'm really sorry, I miss my best friend but I'm.. I don't want to be a father, I just.. I don't." He said.
"You want me? My family comes with me." Beca said angrily as she grabbed two of the Stitches when Charlotte came back into the store. "I hope you die a slow, painful death you asshole."
Charlotte grabbed Olaf before looking up at Caiden.
"Thanks mister." She said. She was indifferent to this man, she knew what her dad looked like but as Chloe and Beca told her all these years, he wasn't her father.
"You're welcome, kid." He said.
Charlotte glared at him, taking a step closer and spitting on his face, making her mother, Caiden and a bunch of people gasp.
"Fuck you!" Charlotte said. "Let's go mom, real people are waiting for us."
"Yeah." Beca said before her and her daughter stormed off.
Caiden told people not to call security, not to do anything because he deserved it.
"Mommy, don't cry! This is the happiest place on Earth!" Sophie said.
Beca smiled while she felt Charlotte wipe her tears away and she almost melted and started crying again, hugging Charlotte sideways as tight as she could.
"I love you, my baby." she said.
"I'm not a baby anymore but I love you too." Charlotte said, making Beca and Chloe chuckle.
"Me too! I love you too, mommy! I'm still your baby!" Sophie said, hugging her mother's legs.
"Me too! Me too!" Leslie grinned, getting in on the hug.
"Oh me too!" Chloe said and hugged her girls.
Let's pretend two 3-year-olds can go in the Spiderman ride and in the Popeye and Bluto ride just for the story's sake alright?