Calum
I sat in the kitchen, sipping my coffee and looking at my phone.
"Babe." I looked up to see Calum smiling at me.
"Yes." I spoke as I stood up.
"She's ready." He said.
"Let's see her, then." I nodded.
"Lola, honey." Calum yelled. I laughed as she ran down the hallway, the skirt of her tutu bouncing around as her bunches also jumped.
"Oh my god, sweetie, you look adorable." I smiled.
"Daddy did a good job." She squealed, looking at her attire.
"He did, didn't he?" I nodded, smiling and biting my lip.
"You ready for your first day of school, love?" Calum asked her, placing his hand against her hair.
"Yeah." She smiled, nodding. Calum returned it as I got her bag.
"Come here, love." I spoke. She squealed as her arms flew out, allowing me to put her bag onto her back.
"Let's go, baby girl." He smiled at her. She squealed again as she ran out of the door.
"Hey." I spoke. Calum looked at me.
"Yeah?" he asked.
"You okay?" I asked.
"Why wouldn't I be?" he returned.
"Because your little princess is going to school for the first time, and she's the ultimate daddy's girl. It's okay if you're emotional." I chuckled. He shook his head and bit his lip.
"No, I'm surprisingly okay, especially since I'm getting another girl in three months." He chuckled, putting his hand against my pregnant bump.
"Okay then. Well, you know I'll be here when you get home. Take your time in seeing her off." I nodded. He returned it.
"See you in half an hour." He smiled, pecking my lips before heading out. I pulled my cardigan further around my body and leant against the doorway as I watched Calum and Lola.
"In you go." He smiled, lifting her up and strapping her into her car seat.
"Bye, mummy!" Lola squealed.
"Bye, honey, have a good first day." I smiled.
"See you soon." Calum returned before he started to drive.
Luke
I sat at the breakfast bar in the kitchen, sipping my coffee. I looked at my watch and sighed as I stood up.
"Come on, baby, time to get ready for your first day of school." I spoke as I walked to Martha's room. I looked in and my eyebrows furrowed as she wasn't in there.
"Martha?" I called out.
"We're in here, babe." Luke called from our bedroom. I opened the door and smiled at the sight of Martha sitting on my makeup table chair, with Luke standing behind her, doing her hair.
"Oh. Daddy's doing your hair." I chuckled, causing them to look at me.
"Yeah, daddy said he would get me ready for today." She nodded, giving me a toothy grin.
"Okay, so daddy knows how to do your hair." I smirked, looking at Luke.
"How hard can it be?" he shrugged as he brushed her hair.
"Let me know when you accidentally knot it." I chuckled.
"What?!" she squealed, putting her hands in her hair.
"Honey, I'm not going to knot your hair, move your hands." Luke chuckled.
"No!" she squealed. He sighed and closed his eyes before shaking his head and looking at me.
"Move your hands, sweetheart." I spoke.
"Make sure that daddy doesn't knot my hair." She huffed before moving her hands.
"Daddy is going to make you look like the perfect princess that you are, honey." He reassured.
"You promise?" she asked.
"I promise, sweetheart." He nodded, kissing her head before doing her hair again.
Michael
I walked out into the living room and sighed as I saw Michael staring at the TV, randomly pressing the buttons on the Xbox controller.
"You alright there, babe?" I chuckled as I sat next to him.
"No." he mumbled.
"Why?" I asked. He sighed, pausing the game and looking at me.
"Tyler always plays on the Xbox with me." He pouted. I chuckled and shook my head.
"You're upset because Tyler isn't here to play with you." I stated.
"Well, yeah. It's his first day of school, it's the first day in four years that we haven't played on the Xbox together." He sighed.
"Aww. Daddy is missing his little sidekick." I chuckled. He returned it as he looked at me.
"Yeah, he is. We're like fucking batman and robin, babe. It's always been Tyler and I, and now it's Tyler at school." He muttered.
"I know it's hard, babe, but we knew this day would come." I sighed.
"Could you play with me?" he asked.
"You know that I don't know how to play these games, Mikey." I sighed.
"I'll teach you." He shrugged, patting his lap. I gave him a small smile before climbing onto his lap and grabbing one of the controllers.
"These buttons to fight and these to run. That's all." He shrugged. I nodded before looking at the screen. I smiled as I felt Michael nuzzle his face into my neck.
"Thank you." He muttered before wrapping his arms around my waist and pressing "play".
Ashton
I walked into Max's room and turned on the light before walking over to his bed.
"Morning, buddy." I smiled gently as I sat on the edge of his bed.
"Morning, mummy." He spoke quietly.
"Time to get up for your first day of school." I said.
"I don't wanna." He shook his head.
"Why don't you wanna?" I chuckled.
"I don't feel well." He mumbled.
"How come, sweetheart?" I asked, gently running my hand through his hazel curls that were identical to Ashton's.
"I just don't feel well." He shrugged. I sighed as I pressed the back of my hand against his forehead.
"Well, you're not burning up." I spoke.
"I don't want to go." He whined. I bit my lip and looked at his doorway to see Ashton leaning against it. I stood up and walked to him.
"I'm going to let you handle this." I sighed, putting my hand on his chest as I passed him. He nodded before walking in and taking my seat on Max's bed.
"What's up, buddy?" Ashton asked. Max rubbed his eye as he sat up.
"I don't want to go to school." He huffed.
"Why?" Ashton asked.
"I want to stay home like usual, with you and mummy." He mumbled.
"You've been able to stay at home with mummy and I for the last four years, little guy. It's time to start school." He sighed.
"No. It's going to be scary, and all of the kids are going to be bigger than me, and what if I need you or mummy, and you're not there to help me?" he choked. Ashton nodded.
"You're scared." He stated. Max returned his nod.
"Okay, buddy. You're scared and that's okay. It's always a bit scary when you're about to start a new chapter in your life. But that's how it's meant to be. You're going to love school, okay? All of the kids are the same age as you, and if you need mummy or I, just tell the teacher and we'll be there as soon as we can. But it's going to be okay, little man." He spoke.
"You promise?" Max asked quietly.
"I promise." Ashton nodded.
"Okay." Max returned it before pulling back his covers and climbing out of bed.
"That's my boy." Ashton smiled.