Elia awakened at 9:30 in the morning in her parents bed.
She's not alone but there's one person missing. It was her Mama. Her Daddy was snoring like a truck. She was seriously wondering how she could sleep through it and her Mama? Well, Mama wakes early, which means she can't stand the snore either. Well, dear Elizabeth, you're marrying that man.
Elia then quietly crept out of the bed to not wake up her father and slowly goes downstairs knowing that's where her mother was.
As she goes to the kitchen, there's no sight of her mother which confuses her but then when she looks outside in the backyard, that's where she found her Mama was. Mama was in her garden, phone in hands, probably making Instagram Stories.
So, Elia feels like having a silly mood this morning because honestly they all deserve Silly Eliana back. Elia slowly approached her Mama who was focusing on talking to her phone about her blueberries. Yup, definitely making Instagram Stories then.
"...... back at the garden but today's gonna be a last day since I'll have to go film the new Avengers movie in Atlanta. So, I'll be picking up some blueberries because my daughter loves blueberries so much especially in her yogurt"
Elia heard when she approached her mother closer. It's cute, really. Her Mama loves to brag about her. She steps closer to her mother back but make sure to avoid the reflection from her mother's phone and then she goes hugging her mother from behind startling Lizzie, almost slip out the phone from her hands as Elia just laughs
"Mama!"
"Adelaine! Don't sneak up on me like that!" Lizzie said, hands on her chest, panting and her other hand still holding the phone.
Elia was cheek to cheek with her mother as Lizzie was still videoing from her phone.
"I heard someone talking about me and my obsession with blueberries," Elia said innocently.
"Yeah, I was telling them that my daughter was so obsessed with her blueberries. She will literally put blueberries into everything. Blueberries milkshake, blueberries pancakes, eating just the blueberries even if there's another fruit. So, maybe someone out there will send me a ton of supply for the blueberries and I won't have to plant this blueberry anymore" Lizzie replied
"But you love planting the blueberries for me, Mommy," Elia said, pouting sarcastically and letting out her puppy eyes.
"This is why I can't say no to her. Even if she's comitted murder" Lizzie said looking away.
Elia just grinning mischievously at the camera
"Okay, someone clearly just woke up so I need to take care of this baby before the biggest baby wakes up. Say bye bye, Baby" Lizzie said. Elia just waves bye to the camera and Lizzie ends the recording.
"You woke early" Eia said, still hanging on the back of her mother's back and her hands on her mother's neck, hugging her Mama. Lizzie just continues picking the blueberries while hum in response
"Can't sleep any longer. And I've changed the plans for today's activity" Lizzie states
"Wow. You're not scared that Aunties might kidnap me to go to New York?" Elia asks in disbelief as she remembers her mother and her aunties banters last night.
"They would not kidnap you to go to New York without me and you, Little Missy, won't go anywhere out of my sight for a long time because I need my baby by my side all the time" Lizzie started and Elia chuckled on her mother's statement.
"And they all are going to come here instead. We're gonna have brunch together and I've invited others too"
"Others? Who?" Elia asks confusedly as they are now standing up to get into the house because Lizzie's done picking the blueberries.
"The Grey's and The Clarke's. It's been a long time since we last met and we're going to Atlanta again tomorrow. We're not sure how long we'll meet again" Lizzie answered and tugged Elia on her side, walking inside.
They got inside through the sliding door that connected to the kitchen, Elia followed her Mama to the sink to wash the blueberries. But she just stood in silence next to Lizzie as Lizzie washes the fruits.
Lizzie upon hearing the silence that tense the atmosphere turns to face her daughter.
"What is it, Baby?"
Elia just took a deep breath and looked her mother straight in the eye.
"Aunt Freda. She really didn't- I mean- Jamie's death. Uh um she" Elia stumbles upon her words. She sighs in frustration as she can't form a sentence properly. "She wasn't mad at me for Jamie's death? She's not resenting me for it?"
Lizzie just softens at that. She took her daughter and sat them both facing each other on the stool near the counter.
"You heard her the night you knew everything when you knelt in front of her, apologizing to her. She's not mad at you for what happened nor she blames you. As I said Baby, you are the victims as much as Jamie's" Lizzie explains softly
"How come she's not blaming me, Mama? I'm the reason her son died. Maggie lost her little brother because of me" Elia argues
"How could she blame you if you are just as suffering as she is? You are the one who The Drew's intended to hurt. Not them. Yes, they want your surroundings to hurt too because they know your weakness is seeing us hurting but you're the one who goes through all of this. She can't blame you. No one in the right mind will blame you for such things" Lizzie exclaims gently.
Elia then somehow seems satisfied a bit with her Mama's answers. It does make sense.
"What if it was me who died that day?" Elia asks quietly as she fiddles with her hands in her lap. Elia heard her Mama's sharp intakes of breath.
"Then I'll be very, very broken and very, very sad because I just got my daughter. But I'll never blame Jamie for it. Jealous? Ultimately but I'll never blame him. So do me a favor? Stay alive. Parents shouldn't outlive their kids. Please Baby?" Lizzie asks as her red brimmed eyes stare into Elia green eyes.
"I don't want to leave you too, you know. I know it will crush you, your life, Daddy's life. I just want to see you and Daddy be happy. And I know my death will end it. So Mama, I will do my very best to be by your side always. Alive" Elia replied, whispering.
"C'mere Baby" Lizzie said, holding her hands out for Elia as her tears fell freely. Elia then goes to hug her mother tightly. Lizzie just keeps kissing the side of Elia's head.
Lizzie will never get tired of this hug, Elia will never get tired from this hug either.
They just stay in each other's embrace for as long as they need to, soaking in their emotion.
"Okay. Let's go wake your father up because it's 10 already and people will be coming shortly" Lizzie said as she pulled away from the hug and cleared her tears.
"I think I have an idea how to wake Papa up" Elia replied, smirking at her mother. "I'm gonna need you to record this"
"Oh, I'm so on" Lizzie responded, matching her daughter's smirking face.
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Lizzie and Elia tiptoeing inside of the room to not wake Sebastian up from his sleep. Lizzie was on her phone, clearly recording this thing.
Elia slowly gets on the bed and stands up slowly to not make any jolts movement that could wake her father up.
"RISE AND SHINE MY DEAREST PAPA!!!!!!!!!!" Elia screams at the top of her lungs as she continuously jumps up and down on the bed.
Sebastian wakes with a jolt, panic courses his body but then it exchanges annoyed as he looks at Elia shit eating grin and Lizzie with a phone on her hands, recording them both.
"Eliana Adelaine Olsen, you have 3 seconds to plead your guilty" Sebastian shot Elia a warning look but Elia wasn't immune to her father's look because she continued jumping up and down on the bed repeatedly.
"I don't know what you're talking about Papa. Mama told me to wake you up" Elia said innocently
"Alright then"
Seb gets up and stands on the bed like Elia and he could hear Lizzie asking him 'What are you doing?' Sebastian immediately trips Elia with his legs, smacking down Elia and him onto the bed
"SEBASTIAN LEONID STAN!"
Lizzie was so shocked and worried if Elia was hurt but they landed on the fluffy mattress. So no harm done of course.
"What?"
"You smackdown my daughter!" Lizzie prompts as she is still recording the whole thing, probably forgetting to end it.
"She's fine Lizzie. Look" Seb said as he tickled Elia and Elia immediately laughed uncontrollably as she tried to squirm from her father's grasp.
"Please Your Honor, I'm sorry! I plead the fifth! P-Please! HAHAH! Mommy! Help me!" Elia said while laughing
"Okay, I forgive you. But, I do believe that your action is because someone asked you to, isn't it?" Sebastian asks mischievously and looks at Lizzie.
Elia immediately played along! Oh, this will be great!
"Yes Daddy! Mama said to wake the baby up!" Elia joins. Lizzie just gasps in offendedness as her daughter rats her out.
"Now, you both don't come near me" Lizzie said as she slowly steps out of the room but it soon turns out to be chasing Lizzie all around the house.
Phone still recording everything but it has fallen to the floor because Seb managed to grab his fiancé and tickle her down to the floor.
Elia goes grab her mother's phone and get it on the video frame.
Elia just watches her parents laughing with each other. This is all the happiness she's been looking for. This is what she deserves to be having. And she was lucky to have it with them.
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I'M SORRY! It's been a minutes. I was staying at my Aunt's house because we have family gatherings and I didn't bring my laptop.
Told ya Eli is in her silly mood! Things started to go well! I'm honestly imagining the tickle attack. It bring me smiles and heartfelt at the same time when I wrote this chapter. HOPE YOU GUYS ENJOY <3!
See you soon in the next chapter, LOTS OF LOVE MY LOVE <3!