Due to what the adults have witnessed throughout the week they grandparents have been in the city, Rachel didn't seem to be that connected yet to her nana and papa yet, however, the baby had other thoughts. When Rachel saw the luggage bags near the door and her mommy said nana and papa were leaving assuring her they would be back soon, Rachel lost it.

Shelby soothed her, rocked back and forth, and lightly bounced her while singing to calm her down from the unexpected meltdown. Once Rachel's tears turned into hiccups, Shelby sat down on the couch so they were chest to chest and asked, "What's wrong baby? Nana and papa will be back, they just need to leave for a few days to pack some clothes so they can stay with us for a longer amount of time…" Shelby tried to rephrase it multiple different ways before a tear stained face with big brown doe eyes locked with green.

"Dey no wike me?" Rachel whispered.

Shelby swore her heart shattered in that moment. "Of course they like you baby girl, nana and papa love you more than you know. You don't want them to be stinky though, right?" Rachel continued to look at her mother waiting for her to continue. "If they don't go home for a few days, they will be super stinky because they don't have enough clothes here…we don't want that do we?"

Rachel was finally catching on to what her mother was saying—she didn't understand why they needed to leave at all, but didn't want them to be stinky like her mommy said. She knew her mommy always made sure she had new outfits, (although that's because not only did Shelby go crazy buying her clothes, her friends and the grandparents did as well). Rachel decided she wanted her nana and papa to have new outfits like her too and agreed.

"No tinkee mommy," Rachel giggled causing the grandparents to breathe again. They didn't think they'd have any issues leaving the house knowing they were only going to be gone for two days however, Rachel threw everyone off by breaking down into full blown tears.

"Oh good," Shelby pretended to be relieved about not having to 'smell' her 'stinky parents' causing more giggles from her daughter. "Do you think we can go say bye-bye to nana and papa now?"

Rachel nodded and Shelby stood up, Rachel still in her arms as they walked into the kitchen where the grandparents were waiting. Shelby went for a side hug with her mother knowing Rachel hasn't initiated any physical contact with either of them however, Rachel seemed to feel left out and tried to squirm in her mothers arms to get closer.

Shelby thought Rachel didn't like being so close to her nana so she stepped away causing Rachel to whimper. "What is it love bug?"

"Me oo mommy," she held out her little arms towards her nana and in that moment to say Katherine was shocked would be an huge understatement. She thought she was going to breakdown into tears herself but kept it together as to not scare Rachel.

Shelby moved closer to her mother again and the baby tried to reach for her nana even more—Shelby was delighted and was very happy her father had his phone out. She passed the baby to her mother who gently took her littlest grandbaby into her arms for the first time.

You would think this was Katherine's first time holding a newborn with the way she was acting—Rachel was so fragile, even more so than a newborn in Katherine's eyes. Babies of course were born prematurely all the time, however, all of Katherine's babies were born a healthy weight along with all her grandchildren.

Rachel however, was born three weeks early weighing only 4lbs 3oz. That being said, if Rachel was raised/fed correctly, she would have become a chubby little baby and grown to a healthy size like every other child. Rachel didn't though because of those horrific men.

Thomas made sure to take tons of pictures as Rachel snuggled into her nana—she smelt different than mommy…not in a bad way, just different. It also felt different being in her arms and even though Rachel preferred to be in her mommy's arms, nana was okay too. Katherine placed a gentle kiss to Rachel's temple and Shelby tried to hold back her own tears knowing her mother was doing the same thing.

"Nana love you so much sweet pea."

"Me na-na," Rachel said, the word still unfamiliar to her as she hadn't said it out loud to anyone besides her mommy when they were tucked away in the comfort of Shelby's bedroom for the night.

Shelby felt awful for her father knowing he wouldn't get a moment like this, however, the baby surprised all of them after back in her mommy's arms. She had seen her mommy hug her papa while Katherine was holding her and she wanted that too. Papa wasn't as scary as she thought—he played with her, never yelled, and spilled his food multiple times just to show Rachel it was okay, even though the baby didn't know he was doing it on purpose.

Rachel didn't want to give him a big hug like she gave nana, just wanted to be like mommy and give him a hug too. Squirming again, Shelby stood next to her father and waited to see what her daughter wanted. Thomas was speechless; he knew it was going to take Rachel a while to warm up to him, much more time than any female due to what she's been though. Clearly he made some type of positive impression though because the next thing Thomas knew, Rachel was in his arms.

"Hi pumpkin," Thomas smiled, his green eyes meeting his granddaughters big brown doe eyes. He finally understood why Katherine had been so afraid all week after seeing the baby in just a diaper. Rachel was light as a feather, he could feel her bones and placed a kiss to her forehead as he shut his eyes willing his anger away at those disgusting men.

"Me pa-pa," Rachel claimed him the same way she claimed her nana and more importantly, her mother. Rachel was a huge mommy's girl—the slightest bit of contact the two parents made with their daughter while the baby was awake proved just that. Rachel would always tell them, 'dis my mommy' until they moved their hand, and they always smiled as they reminded her she was correct.

Thomas's heart swelled, and this time, Shelby snapped a few pictures seeing her mothers hands still shaking from her little heart warming experience. Quickly hiding her phone as Rachel whipped her head around reaching back for her, Shelby scooped her daughter back up and said, "That was so nice baby."

Shelby peppered kisses all over her face causing a squeal then laughter to fill the kitchen that was on the verge of an emotional breakdown with the two hugs that were given out. The grandparents laughed pushing their tears away knowing the minute they got into Shelby's town car, those tears would flood them. "Can you wave bye-bye and say, see you soon?" Shelby asked.

Rachel was still mastering her wave—she was great at waving backwards and Shelby thought it was too cute to correct at the moment, "Bye-bye, ee oo oon na-na pa-pa."

"We will see you so soon sweet pea," Katherine smiled.

"Bye pumpkin, nana and I love you so much." He then made eye contact with his daughter and smiled at her, "We'll call you when we land. Love you Shelly-bean."

"We love you too," Shelby smiled. She was beyond proud of her daughter, this was such a big moment for her; Shelby was just hoping this didn't set Rachel back too much when they were gone, realizing her daughter's connection was so much deeper than any of them were aware of. No, don't do that Shelby. Cass is coming over, we will keep busy—we can call them on FaceTime and they'll be back before we know it.

While Shelby was trying once again to soothe her almost hysterical baby after watching her parents leave, Thomas and Katherine broke down into their own tears as they sat in the town car on the way to the airport. Thomas held Katherine close while wiping his tears seeing the pictures Shelby sent him.

Katherine was thinking how she wanted to stay and get some more snuggles with her grandbaby while Thomas was finally processing the gravity of how unhealthy Rachel is and wondering how the hell his daughter is handling everything so well. She's always been so strong though so I shouldn't be surprised; this man needs to pay…

Katherine took Thomas's hand in her own unclenching his fists knowing he was thinking about Hiram and the different ways he'd like to beat him within an inch of his life like the rest of the Corcoran family all had done at one point or another—some probably more than one time if they were truly honest about it.

"Focus on what just happened honey, you were able to hold our beautiful little grandbaby for the first time. Look at these pictures," Katherine pointed to the phone that was still in his hand, opened to one of the pictures Shelby snapped of them together.

"You're right," Thomas agreed.

"I'm always right," Katherine smirked and they both laughed.

Shelby knew Rachel was upset about nana and papa leaving, but she was also so exhausted. They left around the time the baby took her first nap of the day which Shelby recognized probably wasn't the best idea now that she realized how much harder it was to calm Rachel down considering she was fussy, sleepy, and already missing her grandparents. If Shelby knew Rachel would react the way her baby did to them leaving, she would have put her parents on a different flight giving them more time together.

"Mo-m-my mi-lp," Rachel hiccupped through her tears. Shelby had been swaying back and forth for the last twenty minutes now and was grateful her little angel was finally calming down.

She wasted no time in lifting up her shirt, and unclipping her nursing bra—Rachel latched on right away as Shelby wiped the rest of her little ones tears away, kissing her temple. "There we go peanut, you're okay. Mommy's got you."

Shelby slowly climbed the stairs as Rachel continued to nurse so they could sit in the rocking chair—once seated, she started to sing her daughter to sleep. Rachel's eyes were already fluttering; between all the crying combined with the action of nursing, the baby was practically forcing herself to stay awake.

The baby hated missing out on anytime she could nurse unless it was in the middle of the night; those times Rachel fell back to sleep pretty quickly. Shelby figured it was because Rachel truly only wanted the comfort of nursing rather than the actual milk—nursing seemed to provide more comfort to Rachel than her pacifier did when she was sleepy now.

During the day, Rachel still used her pacifier occasionally however, Shelby was trying to keep it reserved for nighttime's. That being said, Shelby wasn't about to deny Rachel any source of comfort right now as she needed any and all of them—she'd only been with her mother for a week and four days so Shelby wasn't about to start enforcing anything new besides doing everything in her power to keep her baby happy.

Eventually, Rachel succumbed to her sleepy state—her beautiful brown eyes closing showing off her gorgeous long lashes as she slept, her hand still holding onto her mothers breast as if to stake her claim, her little body curled against her mommy: she was precious.

Shelby continued rocking them for another ten minutes knowing she wanted to freshen up before Cass got there. After laying Rachel down in the middle of her big bed, pillows surrounding her, Shelby walked into her bathroom to make herself a bit more presentable.

She felt a familiar set of butterflies in her stomach thinking about her girlfriend; they had yet to see each other again since putting a label on their relationship and Shelby was honestly really excited to see the blonde.

Cass was feeling her own set of butterflies—she stopped at the florist and picked up a huge bouquet of flowers for Shelby along with a little bouquet for Rachel. She wanted the best for her girls…my girls, I love that. They truly are my girls; god when did you turn into mush? she asked herself.

Who would have thought Cassandra July would have such a connection with the tiniest Corcoran so quickly—she was a hard-ass at work knowing it was the best way to teach her students to get them ready for the 'real world', but was always the biggest softie towards Shelby and now Rachel as well.

Cass received a text from Shelby letting her know Rachel was down for her first nap and booked it over to the Corcoran residence. Not wanting to wake the baby, Cass gently knocked on the door when she arrived—being on the list of approved visitors meant Max didn't need to call up when she got there which was great. Shelby swung open the door and Cass's mouth instantly went dry and her jaw dropped open.

Shelby was beautiful any and all times the blonde has ever been around her—I mean, even when she's crying somehow she still looked like the most beautiful woman in the world to me but today, holy fuck! Shelby laughed at the blondes reaction pulling Cassie out of her trance of unabashedly taking in her whole body multiple times.

The brunette was in a pair of skinny jeans that hugged her in all the right places with a low V-neck purple top that accentuated her, what she felt were, ever growing breasts due to the fact she was breastfeeding.

She loved every minute of it though knowing she was the only one who could provide her baby what she needed while getting to experience something she thought she never would and bond even more with her daughter.

Cassie's green eyes locked on Shelby's and she stepped right into her personal space wrapping one arm around her waist kissing her deeply as if they hadn't seem each other in ages. Shelby wrapped both her arms around Cass's neck and returned the kiss until they needed air to breathe.

"Wow, hello to you too," Shelby smiled.

"Hi beautiful," Cass stepped into the penthouse and pulled the bouquets from behind her back, "These are for you. Actually, these ones are for you," she pointed to the larger bouquet then the smaller of the two, "and these ones are for the little peanut."

Shelby put a hand on her chest and tilted her head in awe, "Cassie they are beautiful, both of them. Thank you so much. I'm sure Rachel will absolutely love them, especially because they came from you."

She placed another chaste kiss to Cass's lips as they went into the kitchen. She knew Cass would want to give Rachel her bouquet so she only put hers into a vase, placing them in the center of the kitchen island.

White roses have always been her favorite; although they weren't the most unique, Shelby has always loved them and they looked absolutely beautiful in her kitchen. Gray cabinets with a sparkling white and gray swirled marble island and countertops—elegant, chic, and simply gorgeous.

Rachel's flowers were a smaller bouquet; Cass picked a flower without any thorns, and of course, they were pink; beautiful gerbera daisy's that Shelby knew Rachel would love. She was positive her daughter had never received flowers before so it was so special that her first bouquet were coming from Cass.

The two women got settled with some drinks and sat on the couch, snuggling up together instantly. Shelby would never trade her snuggles with Rachel for anything in the world but she had to admit it felt nice to wrapped in Cassie's arms as the blonde ran her fingers through Shelby's hair with one hand, the other hand holding one of the brunettes.

"I really missed you," Shelby admitted. "I know it seems so strange to admit seeing as with our work schedules it's not like we've ever been glued to each others sides by any means, it's just…" she trailed off not knowing exactly what she was trying to say.

"I know what you mean. Since we've decided to take our relationship to the next level, for lack of better words, I've felt it too. I just didn't want to get in the way or overwhelm Rachel knowing your parents were here too. And then the little peanut was sick, which she totally didn't deserve. Not that anyone deserves to get sick…well anyone so sweet and innocent but you know what I mean."

"Since when have you become like me and do the whole 'nervous ramble' thing?" Shelby laughed, looking up to meet her girlfriends eyes. Cassie blushed and Shelby kissed her cheek, "I think it's cute."

Cass scowled at her, "I'm not cute; I told you, I'm still a badass remember?"

"Oh how could I forget," Shelby rolled her eyes and Cassie nudged the brunette. "I know, I know, you're still a badass don't worry, I won't let anyone know you're a secret softie."

"Only for my two favorite Corcoran's," she winked.

They spoke for a little longer and then somehow, Shelby ended up straddling Cassie's waist as they were lip locked in a heated make out session. Don't get Shelby wrong, she loved being a mother more than anything in the world however, it was nice to feel desired which right now she very much knew she was. Shelby's top was quickly removed as they continued kissing and Cassie pulled back to get a better view of her beautiful girlfriend.

Shelby knew nursing bras weren't the sexiest or like any of her other lingerie she has in her wardrobe that Cassie loves so much and started to feel a bit self conscious. Yes, she found a few that were a pretty pattern like the one she was wearing—a black bra with a floral pattern on it, of course pairing it with black panties because Shelby always matched unless it was her panties she put on to sleep in with an oversized t-shirt, then she didn't actually care.

She started to wrap her arms around herself but Cass quickly stopped her, "No, god no—don't hide your beautiful body babe."

Shelby let Cassie continue to stare for a little longer then crashed their mouths together again not particularly liking the blazing eyes of her girlfriend. She already knew they would probably have to make some altercations to her costumes for the show due to the changes in her body and while she wasn't self conscious, it was an unusual feeling she wasn't used to.

Shelby bounced back extremely quickly after giving birth between being so young and not gaining a ton of weight while carrying Rachel; of course, the baby being so small along with herself being small in nature as well was part of the reason—she also ate healthy meals during her pregnancy and continued to exercise up until she gave birth.

Even right after giving birth, Shelby wasn't self conscious with her body—she was too consumed with her crippling depression to give it much thought, throwing herself right into auditions and a rigorous workout routine to keep her mind occupied.

Shelby was not expecting her bra to be unclasped but didn't protest either; not wanting to be the only one losing clothes, she quickly removed Cass's shirt as well moaning as she felt the blonde sucking on her pulse point. Shelby palmed Cassie's breasts as the blonde kissed down her neck, collarbone and stared for a minute at what the baby thought were hers.

Cassie groaned and placed kisses all over the brunettes breasts then used her tongue to tease one of the nipples in front of her. She gently wrapped her mouth around it, squeezing the breast at the same time not expecting anything different than any other times they've been together until she suddenly and unexpectedly got a taste of breastmilk.

Oh shit, I should have warned her about that, Shelby thought to herself seeing the look on her girlfriends face when she pulled back. Shelby honestly wished she had her camera—she burst out laughing, and there was a huge shift in the mood they were just setting as she watched Cassie reluctantly swallow.

Cassie shoved Shelby's shoulder while keeping an arm wrapped around her waist so she wouldn't actually move while listening as Shelby continued to laugh at her. Seeing Cassie's face, Shelby put her hands on both her cheeks and pressed a chaste kiss to her lips, "Awe I'm sorry my love, I assumed you would have been more aware of the girls current situation," she signaled her breasts.

"Well I certainly know they are bigger than ever, but I did not expect a mouthful of milk if that's what you mean."

Shelby burst out laughing again, "Oh come on, it's not that bad. April said it tasted like almond milk, and I happen to agree with her."

Cassie's jaw dropped open, "Excuse me?"

Shelby rolled her eyes, "Oh for goodness sakes, no…April didn't get it directly from the source like you just did." She stifled her laugh that time knowing she had to explain the antics of her best friend.

"She was curious when she saw me putting the milk I had pumped into the freezer and asked if she could try it. Between the amount of times Rachel nurses and the action my pump gets, I'm practically a human cow so I let her try it knowing I wouldn't be wasting it. Then it turned into April trying to convince Holly and myself to try it as well."

Shelby continued as Cass was processing, "Holly wanted no part of it and neither did I but you know how she is. Plus, not only am I giving it to my baby multiple times a day, it came from my body. It's better than the breastmilk kisses I constantly get from Rachel; tasting it from a cup, I agree with April's assessment, it does taste like almond milk."

Cassie knew April well enough to know that definitely would have happened—the blonde was always curious in nature and got the other three to do things they never would have done otherwise. Although, the blonde was still a bit in shock herself. I guess I should have realized things would be different now, she's still absolutely stunning though—more so now that she's truly happy having Rachel back.

When Cassie didn't say anything Shelby shoved the blondes shoulder, "Come on love, it isn't that big of a deal. I think you'll survive."

"I—no, I mean, yeah. Of course I'll survive, I guess I just wasn't expecting it, sorry babe. You're right though, it isn't a big deal especially in our relationship; it is a big deal to the little peanut who is sleeping upstairs though so let's agree the girls are hers for the time being."

Shelby rolled her eyes again, "Whatever you want love. I'm sorry, this clearly isn't what you wanted to deal with right now."

"No, stop babe. You have nothing to apologize for; you're absolutely beautiful—I don't care if you breastfeed for the next ten years, we'll figure it out together okay? Although, it would be weird if you were still nursing Rachel when she was thirteen, but you know what I mean."

They both laughed and the brunette said, "I love you so much."

Shelby leaned in and pressed another kiss to Cassie's lips. Their conversation put on hold as things heated up again. Shelby removed Cass's bra and teased her girlfriend loving the moans that were coming from her mouth.

Shelby knew her body was different now and loved Cassie so much for the fact she didn't freak out and suddenly decide this wasn't what she wanted anymore. Instead, they spent time cherishing each other slowly.

Knowing Rachel was going to be asleep for at least another 45 minutes if not longer, Shelby grabbed the articles of clothing that had been discarded and took Cassie's hand leading them up to the unused guestroom making sure she also had the baby monitor with her.

Once upstairs, the couple wasted no time removing the rest of their clothes. "Mmm, gosh you're perfect," the blonde husked.

Cassie settled in between Shelby's legs nearly drooling at the site. The brunette's long brown hair was splayed across the pillow, her breasts full, round and on display, looking further down to her toned abs, then further to her bare glistening sex just waiting for the blonde. Oh fuck.

Cassie wasted no time diving in; the moans fueling her actions, loving how Shelby withered underneath her. Gosh I've missed this, we always have the best sex. This isn't sex though; today, we're making love.

"Oh fuck Cassie, yes right there, don't stop." Cass continued with her fingers and tongue as she helped Shelby ride out her orgasm loving every minute of it. She slowly kissed her way up Shelby's body until they were kissing each other again and she felt the brunettes hand snake in between them cupping her bare wet, practically dripping sex.

Fingers slipped into her and Cassie rode them like it was her job trying to keep up with kissing her girlfriend until she was near her own orgasm. "Oh my fucking god, babe. I'm going to—" she was cut off by the most powerful orgasm she's had since the last time she and Shelby slept together. They knew each other inside and out: literally.

Each knowing exactly what the other wanted and liked best—Shelby hadn't been with as many woman as Cassie had but each knew they were each others kryptonite. They would never have better sex than with each other; never have, and hopefully never will.

Knowing they didn't have as much time as they've had in the past, they both got up and took a shower together in the guestroom bathroom as to not wake the baby. As the blonde washed her girlfriends body, Cassie was thinking about their future.

She was in this for the long haul—she saw them celebrating holidays together, achievements, watching Rachel grow up, a proposal, marriage, chasing any and all their dreams while raising the little peanut together: if Shelby allowed that of course. Either way, Cassie would take on any and all responsibilities Shelby gave her with Rachel—one day, maybe that would be becoming her other mother.

Shelby went into her bedroom after they showered and got both of them some comfier clothes and some fresh panties to change into. When she was in there, Shelby heard Rachel stirring—quickly throwing on her panties and a t-shirt she tossed some clothes at Cassie before walking over to the bed as Rachel slowly sat up.

Cassie stifled a laugh seeing the baby's hair in every which direction, pacifier still in her mouth, wearing only a diaper and long sleeve onesie exposing her itty bitty legs. Cassie had to look away as to not let her emotions get the best of her knowing babies typically had chubby legs and although Rachel wasn't actually a baby, she looked more like a baby than a toddler. Seeing how small she was without her little pants on broke Cass's heart—she didn't know how her girlfriend was handling everything so well.

She disappeared into the guestroom to put on some clothes as Shelby tended to Rachel. "Hi my little sleepyhead. Did you have a good nap?" Rachel slept for almost two hours which was longer than most of her naps—clearly she needed it after all those tears this morning following nana and papas departure.

Rachel reached her arms up and Shelby scooped her up. "Hi baby," Shelby smoothed out her hair and kissed her temple. The baby pulled at Shelby's t-shirt and the older brunette pulled back to look into her daughters eyes, "How about we have some lunch first love bug? Cassie is here and would love to eat some yummy food with you—she also brought you a surprise."

Rachel whimpered a bit until she heard the words Cassie and surprise then locked eyes with her mommy. Since Rachel's first cookie, she's experienced multiple other surprises: ice cream, pudding, a different flavored cookie, and many popsicles. She loved popsicles most out of everything and Shelby was happy Rachel loved them so much seeing as they were made with fresh fruit and were sugar free.

Not that she was truly watching what Rachel consumed seeing as the baby desperately needed to gain weight however, she always ate healthy and because of that, Rachel's meals were always well balanced as well.

Shelby was surprised that Rachel liked practically every food she's tried since being with her mommy—the brunette was convinced her daughter wouldn't be a fan of salmon the night her mother made it for dinner, and having some leftover mac n cheese (Rachel's favorite besides PJ and J) Shelby wasn't too concerned if she didn't like it. Surprisingly though, she loved it.

Before breakfast, nap times, bedtime, and occasionally in the middle of the night Rachel nursed getting extra nutrients for her little body considering even though she ate what her mommy did, she didn't consume very much at a time. Shelby was still having a hard time getting Rachel to eat three meals a day, snacks weren't even thought about right now. The three 'meals' Rachel ate truly only made up about two full meals a day.

Shelby had spoken with Arizona again who said she wasn't worried right now—they had no idea how much Rachel was fed with Hiram but Arizona was absolutely positive she didn't eat everyday so getting two meals a day with plenty of breastmilk in between was enough to make the doctor happy with the progress being made.

"Ee ere me?"

"Yeah baby, she's here to see you," Shelby smiled at her daughter then saw movement in her bedroom doorway.

Shelby turned them a little so Rachel could continue to snuggle into her mothers chest while seeing the blonde standing there. Rachel squealed and a huge smile appeared on her face causing Cassie to smile as well. Nobody was ever this excited to see her besides Shelby and possibly April who was always excited; it truly melted Cassie's heart.

"Hi peanut! My goodness you're too cute for your own good," Cass said to her. Rachel didn't know what all of that meant but she did know she really liked the blonde. She remembered dancing with her last time, eating PB and J at her little table and getting kisses on her little fingers after feeding Cassie one of her strawberries.

Feeling a similar feeling as she did earlier in the day, Rachel leaned her body forward towards the blonde who had now entered Shelby's bedroom to be closer to her two loves. Cassie was very confused—last time Rachel may have fed her a strawberry and placed a tiny hand on her leg but she definitely didn't reach for her the way she was right now.

"Do you want to snuggle with Cassie while mommy puts on her own pants then finds where she put yours?" Shelby asked.

Rachel nodded hearing the first part, not paying attention to the rest. She didn't care about pants right now—she reached her little arms out and Shelby passed Rachel over to Cassie who looked half scared to death, half in awe. Rachel laid her head against Cassie's shoulder and realized the blonde felt more like her mommy than nana did.

Cassie didn't see Shelby snapping pictures of the two of them, which was probably for the better considering she wasn't a huge fan of them but Shelby wanted to cherish this moment. The dancer naturally started to bounce gently, never one to stay sitting/standing still, while cradling Rachel's tiny body. After taking some pictures, Shelby put her pants on then looked around on her bed for Rachel's pants. They are here somewhere, she thought to herself not finding them right away.

Typically Shelby didn't worry about Rachel sleeping in her pants as there was no reason to however, the leggings that Shelby picked out today had ruffles on the butt and Shelby didn't think they'd be too comfortable to sleep in so she took them off the baby once she fell asleep in her arms.

She found them then walked back over to where Cassie was with Rachel, "Okay baby, let's change your diaper then put on some pants before we have some lunch."

Rachel reached back out for Shelby who quickly changed and redressed her then they all went downstairs. Cassie entered the kitchen and grabbed the small bouquet of flowers off the kitchen island bringing them into the living room where Shelby was about to put the baby down so she could play with her toys.

Realizing what the blonde was doing the mother stopped and kept Rachel in her arms seeing Cass walk back into the living room with her surprise behind her back. "Rach baby, Cassie has a surprise for you."

Rachel turned to look at the blonde and squealed when Cassie pulled the bouquet from behind her back—the baby immediately saw pink which made her beyond excited. She didn't know what they were though, not completely anyway. She's seen them in some of the books her mommy has read to her but couldn't remember what they were called.

"Pretty flowers for a pretty little girl," Cassie winked and gently tickled Rachel loving the laughter that echoed the living room.

"Int mommy, ee?"

"They are pink baby, you're so smart!" Shelby praised. They had been working on shapes, colors, and sign language typically used for babies—the mother learned Rachel coincidentally signed more the first morning together and didn't actually know it.

She realized that when Shelby taught her other signs and the baby didn't know how to say more. Now she knows more, please, thank you, all done, and her favorite, boob/breast meaning she wants her 'mommy milp'.

"Can you help mommy put them in a pretty vase for you?" Shelby walked into the kitchen with Rachel in one arm, the flowers in her opposite hand and let Rachel stand on the kitchen island like she typically does. The baby walked over and poked the white roses in the middle of the island causing Shelby to laugh and Cassie to internally freak out, thorns, those have thorns. Why is Shelby not freaking out about Rachel getting hurt or something?

Cassie quickly realized after poking the flower, the baby went right back over to her mother which Shelby already knew would happen. Geez, I need to learn how to stay so calm Cass thought to herself. She watched as Rachel 'helped' her mother put the flowers in the smaller vase then clap her little hands when they were done.

"Where should we put them love bug?"

Rachel looked deep in thought, making a typical Shelby face as she looked around, eventually pointing towards the middle of the island where Shelby's flowers were wanting them to be side by side. She all but threw herself into Shelby's arms when the flowers were situated and then they figured out what to make for lunch.

The three spent the day enjoying each others company, laughing, and having an all around amazing time together. Shelby and Cass were able to connect on an adult level, Cass and Rachel were able to connect in a way the blonde didn't know was possible as this was only the second time they had met, and the three of them connected in a way a 'typical' family would.

Shelby watched Cassie stacking blocks with Rachel, snapping some pictures in the process thinking about their future together. She could get used to seeing both of them like this more often. Don't get ahead of yourself Shelby. We don't know what the future holds, be grateful for the here and now of it all.

Either way, it was safe to say both Corcoran's were truly enjoying themselves and Cassie was loving every minute spent with her two favorite people. Besides meeting Shelby for the first time, this was the happiest day of the blondes life; seeing not one, but two beautiful brunettes smiling, laughing, and having an amazing time with her, she felt truly honored.

Today may have started out a bit stressful for the Corcoran's, but Cassie definitely made up for the way both of them were feeling regarding Katherine and Thomas leaving, even if only for two days. Shelby knew when they came back they'd be staying at their apartment and not with her anymore so things would be different.

She felt extremely happy though—her parents were giving up a lot by spending two months in the city with them: being close to the entire family besides Shelby and Rachel, constantly babysitting/watching/seeing their other 8 grandchildren and 4 children, their jobs until they went back to Ohio, their friends who they saw regularly, essentially their whole lives.

Of course, neither parent felt that way seeing as they've had all the time in the world with their children and grandchildren—all but Shelby and Rachel that is, so being in the city was going to be great for them. Not only would they continue to bond with Rachel, support Shelby through the rest of her work contract, everyday life, and the upcoming trial, but they'd also get some time to spend together without having anything else to think about unlike at home.

They were thrilled, their children were excited for them (secretly hoping they could experience meeting Rachel at some point while their parents were in the city, as well as see their little/big sister), Shelby and Rachel were very happy, even though Rachel most likely didn't completely understand.

Things were really starting to come together.

The next step for Shelby besides figuring out how the hell she was going to manage to go back to work while making sure Rachel was okay and not worrying about her while on stage, was getting her baby out of the house again. Finding things to do in the winter wasn't an easy task, especially when 'the world' was waiting to see Shelby and Rachel out and about together.

Today though, Shelby didn't let any of that stress get to her—she simply enjoyed living in the moment with her gorgeous girlfriend and beautiful baby girl. The stress of everything else could wait…