16// ~Plans~

Turning on the griddle between the stoves to heat up, I head to the pantry and get out some flour and chocolate chips before heading to the fridge to grab the eggs and milk. I woke up before everyone else this morning and I decided I would surprise them by making some chocolate chip pancakes! I mean who doesn't like chocolate chip pancakes! Well...some people, but hopefully they aren't those people. It's just that they've done so much for me I want to do something for them to surprise them and have them feel super duper happy in their hearts!

After looking though multiple cabinets I find a bowl that I can mix in, and I start making my pancake concoction!

I put in some flour and 2 eggs as well as a splash of milk before mixing it all together. Huh, I think I need some more milk. I poured in some more and keep stirring.

"What are you doing in here munchkin?" Turning around I see Morgan standing at the entrance to the kitchen, still in her pajamas and a messy bun throw into her hair.

"Makin' pancakes! It's a surprise so pretend like you didn't see anything, k?"

She laughs and makes her way over to me, looking at the ingredients on the counter. "How about I help you finish up these pancakes to make sure you don't hurt yourself with the griddle, and you can surprise Dani and Athena, yeah?"

"Okay." I pout.

"I appreciate you doing this baby." She kisses me on the forehead before walking off into the pantry. She comes out a few seconds later carrying a container of....well I'm not sure, some type of food thingy. "You did great making this but I think we should add a little bit of baking powder as a leavening agent that way it can rise properly and they'll be fluffy. Does that sound okay with you?"

I smile at her. "Ya that's okay. You sound like a chef." I giggle.

She smiles at me before grabbing a teaspoon and scooping in a couple of them into the mixture, allowing me to stir it up.

"Okay, let's get these on the griddle and plated up."

We move over to the griddle and she helps me scoop the batter onto it before adding a few chocolate chips. Before you ask...yes...I did have to use a step stool. It's not my fault though! The counters are just so tall cause they are all like giants in this house! I like it though, it makes their huggies and cuddles so warm and comfy.

After finishing up with the pancakes and they are all stacked up onto a plate, Morgan sends me upstairs to wake up the sleep heads, hehehe, her words not mine.

I walk into the room slowly and see they are still fast asleep. I mean it is only about 7:30. I don't know why I woke up so early this morning. I mean I usually wake up pretty early but last night I made it through almost the whole movie so I thought I would sleep in a little bit more today.

"Dani." I whisper, shaking her shoulder slightly with my hand.

She shoots up out of bed right away causing Athena to do the same. "What, what happened, what's wrong?" She looks me up and down, grabbing my hands and examining the skin she could see of my arms and legs. I wore Dani's shirt again to bed, which is SO COMFY I LOVE IT, so only half of my arms and the skin below my knees were visible.

I giggle a little bit at her tiny freak out. "Dani I'm okay silly, I just have a surprise for you! You guys have to come downstairs." I look at Athena to make sure she knows too.

"Oh thank god." She sighs out in relief and starts to get out of bed, before looking back at Athena who was still laying sitting in the bed. "Come on, you heard the girl, we gotta go downstairs."

Athena smiles and stands up. I grab both her hand and Dani's and start rushing them down the hall and the stairs. "Come on, come on, come on!"

I hear them both chuckling beside me. "Alright sweetheart we're coming, slow down." Athena says.

I slow my pace a little bit, walking carefully down the stairs one at a time with both of them by my sides.

Once we are almost at the dining room I let go of their hands and run ahead of them, making sure to still be careful of my footing so I don't trip, but I need to get there before them!

They walk in behind me and I throw my arms up in the air, motioning towards the stack of pancakes placed onto the middle of the dining room table. "Surprise!" I smile up at them both, with Morgan already sitting down at the table.

"Woah." Both of their jaws drop open as they look at the chocolate chip pancakes.

"Do you like it?" I bounce up and down in my spot, my doe eyes looking up at them, waiting for their response. I really really hope they like it, it would make me super duper happy!

"Of course I do. Come here my sweet girl." I walk over to Athena and she hugs me super tight making me giggle and snuggle into her chest. I've never hugged people with big boobies like them...it's very comfy!

"Okay, okay my turn." I hear Dani say. Athena lets go of me and I turn to Dani, hugging her the same way I did to Athena. Once she lets me go I sit down in my seat at the dining room table.

"Sit, sit, you have to try it!" I say, sitting down on my knees and leaning over the table onto my elbows so I could reach it all better.

"Alright we're sitting." They both chuckle after Dani says this. "Sit on your bottom please, we don't want you falling and getting hurt."

My smile falters a bit, not liking getting trouble at all. I know I'm not actually in trouble but I did something wrong. "Sorry Dani." I whisper and sit down on my bum.

"Thank you for listening so well baby. Alright let's all eat some of these delicious pancakes Ara made for us." Dani starts reaching for the pancakes. She uses the tongs to put 2 or 3 on each of their plates before placing 1 onto mine. She puts the tongs down and grabs my plate, cutting it up before placing it back in front of me.

"Thank you!"

"You're welcome sweetheart."

After Dani says this, Athena starts speaking a moment later. "So, honey, we were thinking that maybe today we could all go to the store and pick out some nice things for your room so we can make it nice and special for you. We can get some new furniture, decorations, clothes, anything you want. Does that sound good?"

"Ya, but...I don't have that much money to get all that stuff. I can maybe get a few decorations with the money I have saved up! Also, am I...like...living here permanently, or is it j-just for like some d-days?" I don't make eye contact as I say this, I'm too embarrassed that first of all, I don't have a lot of money, and second, what if they meant just to use the room sometimes and I thought they meant to live here, that would be soooo embarrassing!

"Well, we were hoping you would live here with us. It would make things easier for everyone, especially once you start to slip and discover your little space. A lot of times you will probably be waking up little and we wouldn't want you to be somewhere that we weren't able to watch and be there for you." Morgan says as she starts to take a few bites of the pancakes we made together.

I take a bite of mine also that has been dipped in some delicious maple syrup, thinking about everything whilst I do so. I want to live here, I really do, but I have to talk to Grammy. I don't think she would have a problem with it but I'm also not sure how she would react when she finds out I have three girlfriends/mommies, well... I wouldn't tell her about the second part, and I also don't want her to be lonely if I leave and she is at the home all alone all the time. "Um...I-i want to l-live here but...can I talk with Grammy first and stuff?" I say weary, hoping they agree.

"Of course. How about this, we do our shopping today as planned and then tonight we bring you back to your Grammys house and you guys can talk it out and whatever else you need to do, and then if everything works out then we have the stuff for the room, and if you guys decide that you don't want to move here then the room stays as yours and you can use it when you sleepover." Athena explains.

"Okay, I like that idea." I smile a little while continuing to eat my pancakes.

"Great, so that's our plan for the day. Why don't we finish up this breakfast and then we can all go get ready and head to the store." Dani instructs.

Everyone nods their heads in agreement, eating the last of the pancakes on their plate. "That was absolutely delicious." Dani leans over and kisses the top of my forehead, making me squeal just a bit, and blush, more than a bit. "Thank you for making us breakfast sweetheart."

"I agree, very very good, thank you baby." Athena says as she starts to clear the table.

I look over at Morgan and see her smiling at the three of us. "You're welcome. Thank you Morgan for helping me so I didn't burn myself."

"It was my pleasure. Now, let's get this picked up so we can get ready and head to the store."

We all work together, clearing the table and loading up the dishwasher with the dirty dishes we had made from cooking and eating. Although, they didn't really allow me to do too much of the work, they always do this, but I don't mind!

Once it's all done they send me upstairs to get ready for the day. I finally actually have my own outfit here that Dani grabbed when she went to go get tootsie and my medicine last night.

She grabbed me a cute white dress and my cowgirl boots, which I had been telling them about how my Grammy had just gotten them for me recently and I loved them!! They were a reddish brown sort of color and had some pretty designs on them that made them so super cute!!

When I got upstairs I showered and brushed my teeth before quickly blow drying my hair and leaving it mostly straight with a little bit of wave in it. I did my tiny bit of makeup, thank you Dani for knowing exactly what to grab, and threw on my outfit before kissing tootsie goodbye and tucking her into bed for a nap.

I made my way downstairs and found them already waiting for me in the living room, chatting.

"Ready!" I shout, jumping into the living room and extending my arms out both ways, doing jazz hands.

They all chuckle and smile at me, looking my outfit up and down.

"Very cute sweetheart." Athena said while standing up and walking over to me smiling.

"Thank you!" I spin around, causing the dress to poof out just a bit.

"Let's get this show on the road!" Morgan exclaims and we all make our way to the car.

Morgan gets in the drivers seat like she always does and Dani gets into the passenger seat, with me and Athena sitting in the back.

They haven't told me exactly what stores we are going to but I trust them so wherever we are going I'm excited!

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Here is Arabella's outfit!

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Sorry if it's getting a little boring, I just want to get everything settled in and sorted so everyone's not like what about this or that! I'm planning on probably two more chapters before all the fluff and everything becomes natural and easy between them. Then all the cute scenario chapters will happen!

Thank you to every single one of you who has read, commented, or voted! I can't believe we actually hit 10,000 reads!!!! I appreciate all of you!

Question for this chapter is:

Pancakes or waffles?

I would have to say waffles cause I like when they are a little bit crunchy! I don't dislike pancakes but I like waffles better!

Bye-bye!

- lauren 💕