" Just let her paint your nails."
" Not happening."
" Oh come on. You'll barley see it."
" It's pink Ally."
I glance over at the hot pink nail polish that Tayla is holding in her little hands. She has a broad smile painted on her face and her eyes are lit up with excitement.
I look back at Tyler and glare at him. If a little girl wants to paint your nails, she's gonna paint your nails.
" Just look at her face." I say pointing over to Tayla. Catching on to what I'm trying to prove, Tayla pouts while throwing Tyler her best puppy dog eyes. Hell even I would say yes to that.
Tyler starts pacing around the room. He looks frustrated. He's so over reacting. He's acting as if you gave him the choice to either save his mom or his sister. This is only pink nail polish.
" Pwease Ty-Ty." Tayla pleads.
She's starting to become the only kid I can tolerate. She's just so fricken cute.
" Fine." Tyler sighs. He sits down at the bottom of Emily's bed where Tayla is sitting on and places his hand, palm down, on Tayla's lap.
I walk over and open up the bottle of nail polish and hand it over to a giggling Tayla. I need to get this on video.
Picking up my phone I immediately start recording as soon as the paint hits Tyler's nails. He's so going to hear about this later on.
Tyler cringes every time Tayla dips the brush into the bottle again. There is more paint on his skin than on his nails.
" Pink suits you." I comment once Tayla is satisfied with her artwork.
" Of course." Tyler says in a high pitched voice and throws back his non-existent long hair.
I chuckle and high five Tayla. I'm liking her more and more.
" Ty-Ty you look beauwtiful! " Tayla exclaims jumping up and down on the bed. She leaps forward all of the sudden and jumps into Tyler's arms. For a minute I thought that I was going to have to make a trip to the hospital. Luckily Tyler has good reflex skills.
I look down at my phone to see if Emily said anything. It's been 2 hours since she last called me when she was waiting for the pickup truck. I've tried calling her again but I was send to voice mail.
Should I be worried?
Nah.
It's Emily we're talking about.
I should be worried for the other person's sanity.
" I want to watch Toy Stowy!" Tayla yells all of the sudden. The kid has a strong voice to her.
It's cute how she can't say the r in all of her words. That cuteness will be the death of me I swear. Looking over at Tyler I see Tayla pulling his hair in every direction. She keeps on shouting about watching Toy Story and it looks as if Tyler is ready to faint at any given moment. Although she's adorable she's a handful as well.
" Inside voices kid." I remind her. She stops for a minute. Why do I feel like it's the calm before the storm?
I watch as Tayla starts breathing heavy. Tyler looks uncomfortable as he puts her down onto the floor. Tayla folds her little hands into fist. As soon as she opens her mouth all sounds die and the only thing you can hear is her screams. Soon enough she's on the floor, pounding with her fist while tears flow down her rosy cheeks.
Never mind. I take my words back. I still don't like kids.
" Okay fine!" I yell in frustration. Tayla stops screaming and listens up to what I have to say.
I exhale before rubbing my temple. Looking over at Tyler I see him trying to unblock his ear with a pained expression laced over his face. A tantrum is always harmful.
" We can watch Toy Story." I say in defeat.
Our building has a lounge on the first floor and if I remeber vaguely I saw a TV in the lounge.
I tell Tayla to put on shoes and explain where we are going while grabbing my phone and keys. Tyler insisted on coming with because he claims I won't be able to handle her after seeing how she gets when she's not happy. He's right. I can't hit a kid.
I lock up the dorm and start leading the way to the lounge. Tayla is happily sitting on Tyler's neck all the way over to the lounge. People throw weird looks our way, well more Tyler's way. Can you blame them?
Once entering the lounge I notice that the area where the TV is, is occupied. It doesn't look like the group of girls are leaving any time soon because I recognize the beginning of The Titanic playing on the TV.
Why is the universe so against me? Now I have to deal with another tantrum.
" Looks like we can't watch -"
" Noooooo!" Tayla yells.
God my ears.
" We can watch it at my place." Tyler suggests. Tayla stops screaming from Tyler's neck and glares at me. She's daring me to decline Tyler's offer. She's sly. If I say no to Tyler then I'll be stuck with another tantrum that'll last me God knows how long. If I agree then I'm literally taking a 3 year old into a frat house.
Who takes a 3 year old to a frat house?
With her tantrum on the verge of exploding... I'm the one who takes a 3 year old to a frat house.
" Fine let's go."
Emily is going to wish she was kidnapped when she returns.
We walk out of the building and towards Tyler's car in the parking lot. Seeing as I can't buckle Tayla up in the back I place her on to my lap and buckle the both of us up.
" I feel like I'm driving a taxi." Tyler comments.
" Shut up and drive." I say rolling my eyes.
Tyler does as he is told and soon enough we arrive at his frat house. Wish I could say it's good to be back but I would just be lying to myself.
" Are you certain no one will be occupying the TV right now?" I question Tyler once we get out of the car. I have to brace myself for incase we don't get the TV to ourself.
" I got it handled." Tyler shrugs.
We walk up the driveway and before we could enter the house he stops me.
" Wait here for a minute. "
Before I can reply he dashes off into the house. I hear Tyler's voice inside. I can't hear exactly what he is saying with all the shuffling around. After what feels like forever Tyler finally reappears.
" Had to... baby proof the house. " he explains while glancing at Tayla who is standing next to me.
I nod. I grab Tayla's hand before entering the house. For a frat house they cleaned up nice. No drugs, no alcohol, no toys and no condoms. I wouldn't like to be the one to explain to Tayla what these things are when her eyes land on it. I'll give it to Tyler, he did think this through for the first time in his life.
" Follow me ladies." Tyler announces as he starts heading into the house.
We follow him. Passing the kitchen my eyes lock with Parker. I give him a faint smile before Tayla pulls me away to follow Tyler. Soon enough we reach what I assume is the lounge. Luckily it's empty besides the 3 of us.
" Toy Stowy!" Tayla yells in excitement.
" Stowy? It's pronounced Story sweetheart." I hear the irritating sound which is Mason's voice.
Brace yourself kid.
" Stowy."
" Story."
" Sto-wy."
" Sto-ry."
" Stowy!"
" Sto-"
" Oh for God's sake Mason. Leave the kid." I snap.
Mason throws a glare my way before flopping down onto a sofa. The TV switches on and Toy Story starts playing. Tayla jumps up and down in excitement before rushing over to another sofa and sitting on it. I make my way over to a different sofa and Tyler joins Tayla on the sofa she's sitting on.
" I love this movie." I hear Mason comment.
Great.
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I wake up from my stif position. I'm still on the sofa. When did I fall asleep?
I look over at the TV to see it's switched off. Mason is fast asleep on his sofa from the loud snores I can hear. Looking over at the other sofa I see Tyler and Tayla aslo fast asleep. Tayla is laying on Tyler's chest and he has one arm swung over her little figure. Cuteness overload. How did they end up in that position anyway?
I look out of the window and realize the sun is setting outside. Shit. Emily.
Searching for my phone on the sofa, because apparently sofa's have the ability to swallow phones, I find it. I see that I have a few missed calls and texts from Emily. Damn it. She must be so worried. I really hope Tayla's mom didn't show up in the meantime.
I quickly call Emily's number. Not even two rings go by before she answers.
" Where the hell are you?" I hear her panicked voice.
" I'm over at Tyler's with Tayla. We were watching a movie and fell asleep. Please tell me your sister isn't waiting with a pitch fork for me to get home."
" No but she is on her way over to pick Tayla up so Ally please hurry the fuck up."
Before I can reply the call ends.
I rush over to Tyler. Most likely giving him a mini heart attack I finally get him and Tayla awake. I explain that Tayla's mom is on her way and before I know it we pull up into the parking lot in front of my building.
Climbing out of the backseat with a sleepy Tayla in my arms I walk over to Tyler's window.
" Thanks for uhm- helping out today." I say awkwardly.
Tyler chuckles as he starts the car again.
" No problem." he winks.
Restraining myself from making a snarky comment I walk around the car and head over to the entrance of my building. I hear Tyler drive off. The atmosphere feels different as soon as he leaves. It's like he brings this fun yet annoying atmosphere with him and without him it feels dull and boring. What the hell am I even saying? I'm exhausted and now my thoughts are unstable. Yes that's it.
Emily is waiting outside the dorm once I reach our floor. She doesn't look pissed but more relieved that I manged to get here before her sister. Imagine trying to explain to her sister that your roommate skipped off with her child to a frat house to watch Toy Story. Even I find that hard to believe and I'm that roommate.
" Oh thank the unicorns you made it on time. My sister would kill me." Emily says as she takes Tayla out of my arms.
" Aren't you afraid she's going to say something?" I ask pointing over to Tayla.
" Nah. I'll just bribe her with some candy-"
" Candy?! " Tayla yells in excitement.
Now she's awake.
" Only if you promise to not tell mommy that I left you with Ally okay? " Emily bargains with the 3 year old in her arms.
" I pwomise." Tayla says holding her hand over her heart. Emily smiles before stepping into the dorm.
For the first time since Emily left this morning I feel as if I can breath again. This day has been hectic. How do people like watching after children if all they do is eat, scream, annoy and run off the whole time?
I enter the dorm and flop down onto the bed. Even though I just woke up from a nap I still feel like I haven't slept in days. Watching after a kid is more of an exercise than going for a jog. I'm sure of it because I feel exhausted and drained.
A cigarette would be good now but with my luck I'll get busted and I'll have to sit with a flirty Tyler again.
Don't act as if you don't miss it.
I hear a knock coming from the door. Guess we made it just in time for Emily's sister to arrive. Emily stashes a few candy bars into Tayla's backpack before holding out her pinky for Tayla to confirm her promise. After doing the whole pinky swear thing Emily walks over to the door to open it and Tayla skips over to me. She throws her arms around my neck and gives me a tight hug.
My insides twist into a knot as I give her a light hug back. After a few seconds my hold on her tightens and I give her a tight hug just like the one she is giving me. Once she unfolds her arms from my neck she gives me a goofy smile.
" Thanks fow being so cool Ally!" she says before running off and into her mother's arms.
My heart clenched at her words. Why am I getting so emotional now? I just wanted to get rid of the kid all day long and now that she is leaving I feel like pulling her away from her mother. Never thought I would say this about any kid but I'm sure going to miss that little rascal.
Emily gives her sister and Tayla one last hug before closing the door. She has a few tears in her eyes when she turns around.
" Thanks for saving my ass today." Emily chuckles as she takes a seat at her desk.
" You better get that job otherwise things are going to get ugly." I say making my way over to the bathroom.
" Hopefully I do. I'm just glad I made it before my car broke down. Stupid pickup truck took it's time before reaching me." Emily rolls her eyes. I hate waiting on people so I can just imagine how Emily feels like.
I grab a clean pair of clothes before entering the bathroom.
" Mind explaining what my 3 year old niece was doing in a frat house? "I hear Emily ask.
I don't reply as I close the door.
At least the frat house was baby proofed.
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I'm over the top from all the positive feedback ð thank you to everyone for being such a great support â¤ï¸
Also I would just like everyone to remember that Tyler and Ally's relationship or whatever you would like to call it is still at the beginning so no they won't just jump into anything fast so just give them time... and who knows what will happen later onð I am an author full of surprises ð
Peace out âï¸