"Alan!" Julie said, kissing him on the cheek, "Thank you for inviting us!"
"You're very welcome." Alan said, leading them into the friendly kitchen
"Girls introduce yourselves!" Julie said
"Hi, I'm Rowyn. It's lovely too meet you!" A small girl said
"I'm Quinn! Thank you for having us." A even smaller girl said,
"Ahhhh! You must be Richelle!" Julie said, running over too Richelle
"Yeah. It's nice too meet you!" Richelle said
"And this must be little Mateo!" Julie said, squeezing Caiden's cheek
"Yeah." Richelle said, smiling at the little baby holding onto a lock of her hair
"Right! C'mon, sit down, make yourselves at home!" Alan said, taking a seat at the marble island in the middle of the table
"Wow!" Quinn said, looking at the food set up on the table, "This looks really nice!"
"So how old is he?" Julie asked, nodding her head at Mateo
"Uh... eight months tomorrow actually!" Richelle said, strapping Caiden into his baby high chair
"Aww nice..." Julie said, "So girls we have news!"
"What is it mummy?" Quinn asked
"Yeah mum, what is it?" Rowyn asked, even more curiously than her sister
"We are moving in here!" Julie said
"Moving in?" Richelle asked
"Yeah Richie, isn't that great?" Alan said
"No! We only have one room left! The guest room." Richelle said
"Look, well Julie's sleeping in my room obviously! Rowyn and Quinn can sleep in the guest room and Coco can have Mateo's room." Alan said
"What?!" Richelle shouted, "Where's Mateo gonna sleep?"
"He's only 7 months, he doesn't need a room for himself. We can put his things in your room and turn the Nursery into a room for Coco" Alan said
"You're not being serious?!" Richelle said, getting up from her chair
"Richelle just sit down! You're 18 years old for goodness sake, you need to start acting more maturely!" Alan said
"NO! I'm going to hang out with Jacquie now." Richelle said, unbuckling Mateo from his baby chair and packing his nappy bag
"Richelle!" Alan said
"What? I told you I was going too meet Jacquie and Romelia at 3! It is 20 to 3!" Richelle said
"Look sweetie, it's only temporary! Don't make such a big fuss out of it." Julie said, trying to help Alan out
"Excuse me, do you just think you can rock up here with your 3 kids and steal my sons bedroom and tell me not too make such a big fuss out of it? You can't tell me what too do! You're not my mother!" Richelle shouted at Julie, picking up a now crying Mateo
"Look, he's crying and can comfort him if you want?!" Julie offered
"What did you just say? He's fine, thank you! Why don't you parent your own kids, don't try and parent mine, ok?" Richelle said, grabbing the nappy bag and storming out of the house
At Costa:
"Richelle?!" Jacquie said, "What's wrong!"
"You'll never guess what!" Richelle said, "My dad's been seeing this women and her kids for nearly a whole year without telling me! Can you believe that?"
"Really?" Jacquie said looking shocked
"Yeah! Well anyway they can over today and he only decided to tell me like an hour before they arrived and he also said they're getting married in a few weeks." Richelle said
"I'm so sorry!" Jacquie said
"That's not even the worse bit. Mateo started crying and she litterly told me how too parent him!" Richelle said
"She didn't!" Jacquie said, "What's she called then?"
"Julie... she's 38!" Richelle said, "She's literally only 20 years older than me!"
"What about her kids? Are they nice?" Jacquie asked
"Well... I only met them for like a few hours but they're called Rowyn, Quinn and Coco!" Richelle said
"Wow..." Jacquie said
"I know right!" Richelle said
"I'm so sorry Richelle!" Jacquie said, looking down at her phone
"What is it?" Richelle said
"I completely forgot! I have a checkup at the doctors for Romie!" Jacquie said
"Oh! What's wrong?" Richelle said
"It's just over the last two months she hasn't gotten any taller or put on any weight so I'm just a little worried about it." Jacquie said, looking down at the sleeping baby on her lap
"Oh no! I'm sure it'll be all fine. Text me if she's ok, promise?" Richelle asked
"Of course! Bye!" Jacquie said
"Bye!" Richelle said, sighing about having too go home
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The Next Step - Season 8 (Fanfiction)
Short Story(SEQUEL TO: The Next Step - Season 7) The Next Step has just won Nationals but there's a problem - two of their best dancers have left A-Troupe. They're now on their journey to Internationals, do they have what it takes or will the drama/pressure ge...
