DISCONTINUED - Family Ties

Chapter 60 - Sleepovers

A/N: Oops this is a bit late. Shout out to @MiraCurePTX for the spam of comments. Part 2 to this?

Melissa's POV

At dinner one night, Kevin and Avi were talking about the birthday sleepovers they had been to in the last week. The way they were describing the sleepover to the others definitely got them interested in having a sleepover or going to one.

"Mummy?" Kirstie said.

"Yes darling?"

"I sleep at Taylor?" she titled her head to the side, attempting to be as cute as possible so that I would say yes.

"We'll have to check with her daddy first."

"Mummy." It was Mitch getting my attention this time.

"Yes Mitchie?"

"I sleep at Skye's?"

"As I said to Kirstie, we'd have to check with their parents first." The pair of them looked a bit upset that I didn't say 'yes' straight away, but that isn't how this kind of thing works.

The next day, as I was dropping the kids off at school, I spotted Taylor and Skye being dropped off as well.

"Mitch, Kirstie, come with me." I said, holding onto their hands. I took them over to their best friends and said 'hello' to Andrew and Casey.

"Mitch and Kirstie asked if they could have a sleepover with Skye and Taylor. Over at yours?" I said.

"I don't see why not." Andrew said.

"Sounds like fun." Casey said.

"Would all four of them be at one house?" Andrew asked.

"I think Kirstie wants to be with Taylor and Mitch wants to be with Skye."

All four kids were squealing with excitement at the idea that this might happen.

"Alright. This weekend?" Casey asked.

"Okay. I'll drop both of them off on Saturday around 3? That way they can have more time playing together."

"Perfect." Andrew said. "I'm assuming Olaf will be coming too?"

"Yes, if that's okay?"

"Not a problem."

The kids continued to squeal with excitement. I was happy they were going to have fun at their friends' houses, but it would definitely be odd without them. Even for one night.

Saturday came very fast, and before I knew it I had packed an overnight bag for each of the twins and Olaf as well. Since Henry was away at camp, his parents came over to keep an eye on the other 4 whilst I dropped the twins off. They sang and giggled the whole way there. Andrew and Casey's apartments were on the same floor and were very close to each other, so I was happy to let Mitch run to Skye's as I knocked on Andrew's door. Both doors opened at the same time and I thought on the irony that Casey and Andrew hadn't run into each other previously. Their apartments may as well have been right next door to each other. With hugs and kisses, and a quick explanation to Andrew about how to handle Kirstie and her meds, I was leaving the twins to their sleepovers. It's an odd feeling.

Mitch's POV

"What you wanna do first? Skye asked.

"You got build blocks?"

"Yeah."

"Castle?"

"Okay."

We went in front of his sofa and pulled out all the blocks we could find. He had a lot of them. the castle we made was huge. It took up the entire floor and almost reached the roof! Well it looked like it did to me anyway.

"Good job boys. That looks great!" Skye's mummy came in after we finished building. "It's time for dinner now. Come and wash your hands please."

She helped us reach the sink in the kitchen and then we had clean hands.

"What for food Mummy?" Skye asked.

"Burgers tonight. Since have a guest over." She looked at me with a big smile. I smiled back. It's only polite. That's what Daddy said.

Skye's mummy helped us put what we wanted on our burgers and even put some ketchup on mine. Yummy! I love ketchup. After one bite of the burger, I made a decision. Burgers are my favourite food. After pizza. And ice cream. And sweeties. And cake. We washed out hands after food and Skye's mummy cleaned my face up. There might have been a little ketchup stuck there, but not a lot.

"What would you two like to do now? We could watch a movie, or do some painting, or play with cars?"

"Painting?" I said.

"Yeah, special paper. Over there." Skye pointed to a corner and there was a board thing against the wall.

"Okay. We do that?"

"Yeah we can do that. Let me go and get both of you something to cover your clothes."

Skye's mummy left the room for a moment and came back with t-shirts. She put one on each of us and then put some paint out on a tray. She put some paper on the board and gave us one rule. 'The paint stays on the paper.' That's an easy rule to follow. She watched as both of us started putting paint on the paper. I was going to paint the best butterfly ever! Skye did a dog.

We got bored of painting after a while, so we got into our pj's and watched a film instead. Half-way through, I started to yawn. Skye did as well. Skye's mummy paused the film and sent us to clean our teeth. We went into Skye's room where there was a bed on the floor. That one was mine. Skye had his normal bed. We both curled up under the covers and Skye's mummy tucked us in.

"Goodnight you two." She said, turning off the light. I fell asleep very quickly. Today had been so much fun.

Kirstie's POV

After Mummy left, Taylor grabbed my hand and smiled.

"Wanna see doll house?" she said.

"Okay." She pulled me into her room. Her doll house was blue. It was very big as well.

"Wanna play families?"

"Okay." She opened up the doll house and handed me one of the dolls.

We played with the dolls for a while, but then I needed the toilet. I have no clue where that is.

"Taylor?"

"Yeah?"

"Toilet?"

"That door there." She pointed to the door just behind me. I made Olaf stay with Taylor, but did what Mummy said. Leave the door not shut fully, so Olaf can get in.

After I was done, we went to the living room and got Taylor's cars out. I picked a purple one. We had a race round the whole room. I think it was tie. Olaf was sat on the sofa, just watching us the whole time. After that it was dinner time. Taylor's daddy made us pasta. It was really yummy. There was lots of cheese on it as well.

"Daddy, we watch a move now?" Taylor asked once we had cleaned up.

"Okay. What movie do you want to watch?" he asked.

"Disney!" I yelled. Taylor's daddy looked at me. I wasn't sure what type of look it was, but it wasn't a happy one. "Sorry. That loud."

"It's alright. Disney it is. Tangled?" Both me and Taylor nodded very fast. I love Tangled. I wanna be Rapunzel! I already have a Pascal.

About halfway through the film, Olaf sat up looking upset.

"Olaf?" I said. Olaf looked right at me and sniffed me. Then he stared to bark. He pulled me onto the floor and tugged a cushion under my head. He lay right on top of me and then everything went fuzzy. I don't remember anything until I opened my eyes to see Olaf licking my face and Taylor and her daddy looking upset.

"You okay sweetie?" Taylor's daddy asked me. I just nodded. I was just very sleepy now. "Come on, bed time for both of you." He helped me brush my teeth and then tucked the pair of us into bed. I'm so glad Olaf was here with me.