44 Surprise! (1/2)
Olivia stole Robin's wife for the night, she needed someone to cuddle with as she was to afraid to be alone with her thoughts, especially when she allowed herself to be so vulnerable.Robin understood how she felt but was still grumpy when they all ate breakfast together.
”So where are we going?”Olivia asked excitingly as she was dressing little Gracie in her bunny eared hoodie.Amy giggled as she dressed Walter and Benjamin in matching bear hoodies ”First we're going to see Santa, then take a family photo with him, don't you dare and try and back out we want you in it!Then we are going to go walk around the mall and look at all the cute holiday displays, have lunch at the food court, Robin wants to geek out and look at the new games that came out for the sw*tch, then we can go ice skating and finally you and me will have a girls night out!” she happily cheered.
”I'm warning you now, you will probably be on baby duty for at least one of the triplets but I swear today I will feel like a normal human being and interact with some adults... by walking by them... and not really talking to anyone other then you and Robin... maybe Santa... well at least I will be out of the house for most of the day!” Amy yelled with such indecisive passion.
Olivia laughed a little too hard and was holding her sides ”Is maternity leave that bad?” she said as she tried to pull herself up right.”No it's not... all the time... you just have no one to talk to other then your baby and of course they can't talk back so it's a lot of talking to yourself and some adults want to stay away to give moms time to rest but you start to starve for some adult interaction!”
Olivia was back on the floor laughing her head off ”Auntie seriously there is a phone.You can call people to come over or talk to the staff?!” she hollered.Amy rolled her eyes ”I've talked their ears off already!So now they hide from me and yes I know what a phone is used for but everyone is working or they don't want to hear about my babies, they want to talk about clubbing, drinking and ambiguous sex!I swear to you I even got desperate at one point and kept a K*C delivery boy from leaving because I need someone to talk too!” she said as she threw her hands in the air.
”Enough! Enough! I can't breathe I will make all your wishes come true today but please have mercy!” Olivia yelled as she rolled back and forth on the floor.”Laugh it up Missy but when Eli and you start a family don't come crying to me about only talk-singing everywhere you go!”
Robin knocked on the door to the triplets nursery ”You ladies done yet?” he asked with a bright smile.”Of course darling!Look how cute they look!”Amy said as she picked up her boys.”Yes, yes dear adorable.” he said robotically, Amy gave a Olivia a droll look ”See what I mean!I get tuned out!”
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It was now well into the evening when they finished almost everything on Amy's list.Olivia couldn't believe how tired she felt just by taking care of one 4 month old baby.Shehad a new appreciation for parents who had to do this every day! The triplets were already asleep, so Amy tucked them into their cribs, kissed Robin bye and dragged Olivia towards her sedan.
”Aunt Amy I'm so exhausted we did like 90% of your list do we have to have a girls night out.” Olivia whined ”No you promised to do everything I wanted!” Amy cried while Olivia rolled her eyes ”Fine...”
”So girl talk then cause I ain't driving all the way there in silence!” Amy shouted and Olivia let out a small laugh ”Ask me whatever you want I can't think anymore.”
The whole ride Amy asked about Olivia's hobbies, hopes and dreams, her love life, about her first kiss and how she felt about Edmond leaving.Olivia answered everything truthfully and couldn't help but smile when Amy made an exaggerated face to every answer she gave her.
The car started to slow down and Amy grinned from ear to ear. ”Well my little olive branch, to thank you for such a wonderful day I bring you to a magical place!The Little Garden Bath House and Spa!A place where we can be pampered for the next two hours among other adults and allow our worries to melt away.” she announced with a ta-da tone.
Olivia's jaw dropped.Amy let out a dark laugh as she brought Olivia's jaw back into place with a flick of her hand.”Well I will at least, you have a hot spring reserved in your name.”
Olivia half dragged Amy into the bath house, she was excited to see Samantha and Eli again even though she had seen them that past Tuesday.She giggled as she walked through the doors.