Keira's POV:
I woke up to Leah gently shaking me awake. I looked out the window to see that we were pulling up to the Lensbury, where we were gonna be staying during the tournament. I turned around to see Charlie awake chatting to Lucy, and Elleã who was playing hide and seek with her blanket. I smiled gently as Lucy looked over at me.
As soon as the bus stopped Jill, Millie and Rachel came racing down the aisle, trying to get off the bus first. I turned to Leah and said "I always thought Elleã was the youngest, but obviously not", anyone around us who heard what I had said chuckled, causing Rach who was the last of the three off the bus to turn around and ask "what's funny ?", "oh, nothing, nothing", Alex replied, still chuckling and patted Rachel's shoulder as she got off the bus.
As we all slowly got off the bus, I played hide and seek with Elleã who was in Lucy's arms, while she hid herself under her blanket, giggling. I grabbed mine and Lucy's suitcase, while Charlie grabbed hers and Elleã's and we both wheeled them into the hotel reception. As everyone was gathered in the hotel reception, a staff member called out loudly for silence. We all turned to look at them, and I watched from the corner of my eye as Lucy tried to quieten Elleã who had started crying, trying to reach out to me. It was a bit upsetting to watch her crying, only wanting me to hold her, but I couldn't because I still wasn't feeling good, and I didn't want to get her sick. I continued watching as Lucy tried to calm her down, in attempts to hear the staff member, telling us about the schedule. It soon got too much for me and I grabbed a face mask and put it on, before making my way over to Lucy and taking the crying Elleã out of her arms, she instantly started to calm down, with some whimpers and cries here and there, while she clung to me. Lucy looked over and quietly said "Kei, I thought you didn't want to get her sick", "I couldn't keep listening to her cry, just because she wanted me, it'll be ok, let's just listen now", I replied quietly. Lucy nodded her head and turned to listen to the staff member, who seemed to be wrapping up and had started calling out that the rooms were single rooms, so everyone had their own room. I looked at Lucy at the mention of single rooms, knowing Elleã wouldn't do well with that, and to be honest neither would I. I had gotten used to sleeping next to Lucy and more often than not, since Elleã was born, having her in the bed with us. Lucy just rubbed circles on my shoulder, whispering "I'll sort it out, don't worry". I nodded knowing Lucy would definitely sort everything out, like she usually would, whenever there was a problem.
As I stood, swaying Elleã in my arms, Charlie came trudging slowly over to me, then leaned into me, hiding her face in my chest and wrapping her arms around me. "Kei", I heard her mumble. "Yeah ?", I quietly said back. I looked down as she looked up at me, waiting for her to answer. "I don't want my own room, I want to sleep with you, Ellie and Mum", Charlie quietly said, looking up at me nervously. I quickly looked around before spotting a chair I could sit down on. I took Charlie's hand and left our luggage in its spot, knowing no one would take it, and led Charlie over to the chair. I sat down, fixing Elleã in my arms, thankful she had stopped crying and was just playing with my hoodie strings. Charlie then looked down at me, before propping herself on my knee. "Don't worry Charlie, Mum has gone to sort it out, you don't have your own room if you don't want it, but can I ask you something ?", Charlie looked over at me and nodded her head slowly, before taking one of my hands and playing with my fingers, trying to distract herself. "You know when we're at home, you have your own room there, don't you want to have your own space from Elleã now ?", I gently asked her. She continued to fiddle with my fingers before looking up at me, and that's when I saw tears brimming in her eyes, waiting to fall. I took my hand from her and pulled her closer to me, I rubbed my hand up and down her back, giving her the opportunity to tell me what was wrong if she wanted to. "I had a nightmare last night, about the visit", Charlie muttered quietly. "It's not fair Kei, I don't want to go with them, I want to stay with you and Mum", Charlie started to cry, shoving her head into the crook of my neck. I continued rubbing my hand up and down her back, and whispered "all me and mum want is for you to stay with us, and mums lawyer is doing everything he can do to make sure that that's what happens. I know it's not fair Charlie". I then watched as Elleã looked over at Charlie and then reached her tiny baby hand over to wipe Charlie's tears away, as gently as she could. She then looked up at me, before snuggling back into the other side of my neck. I pressed a gentle kiss to the top of Charlie and Elleã's head, even with my mask still on.
