Overworked

Maddie’s P.O.V
I woke up feeling refreshed. Yes I did have to wake up to speak to Simon but I managed to get a good night’s sleep with no nightmare for the first time in months. I got out of my bed and unzipped my suitcase. I found an outfit and put it on, checking my phone when I had finished.
From: Harry
Gemma, Ashton, Mum, Robin and Matt are leaving today and coming here to say goodbye first at 10am. They’d love to see you x
I put my phone into my bag and went downstairs. I grabbed an apple from the fruit bowl and hugged my dad goodbye. “Where are you off to in such a hurry?” He questioned.
“Gemma leaves soon and I’m gonna go and say goodbye, that’s alright yeah?” I replied.
“Of course it is Maddie. See you later.” He said and I left and got into my car. I drove over to Harry’s and went up to the door knocking on it. He let me in and I could hear Gemma and Ashton talking. Harry hugged me and I hugged back and then we went further inside.
“Mum!” Brooklyn ran to me with Charlie right behind her.
“Hi sweetie,” I kissed her head and petted Charlie.
“Are you staying to play with us?” She asked.
“If that’s okay with your dad,” I replied and she looked over at Harry with pleading eyes.
“Of course it is,” Harry smiled. I hugged Gemma, Anne, Ashton and Robin and then Matt was jumping around trying to get my attention. I laughed and hugged him too. We talked for a while and then they set off for the airport.
“Where are the twins?” I looked around.
“Downstairs, you can go and see them if you want,” Harry answered. I nodded and opened the door leading the basement. I went down the stairs and through the gate at the bottom closing it behind me.
“Mommy!” Freya shouted from behind her gate. I went to her bedroom and stared in awe at the lovely room. I picked her up over the gate and kissed her.
“How’s my gorgeous baby girl?” I sat down with her once I’d seen that Amelia was still asleep. Freya just played with my hair that I had left down today. I smiled at her and put her down on the floor. She crawled to a puzzle and started playing with it. Once she got a piece into the right hole, she cheered and clapped her little hands together. I smiled and clapped with her. Just seeing her so grown up and independent makes me wish I hadn’t missed so much of her childhood. I wish I’d seen her first steps, or her first word. I wish I’d have been there to watch her play with Amelia. I wish I could have been a better mum to them to start with. I wish I could have been the type of mum that mine wasn’t. My mum never came to check on me when I went into depression. It was all my dad. Yes Mum got worried, but she never bothered to check on me. I heard Charlie bark and looked at the gate at the bottom of the stairs. He was poking his head through the bars trying to get in.
“Charwie,” Freya pointed.
“Yes baby, Charlie,” I got up and opened the gate. Charlie ran to Freya and licked her. She giggled and pushed him away. I looked at Amelia’s room and saw her getting out of her bed and plodding over to the gate. Once she saw what was going on, she sat down watching through the bars. I went over to the gate and opened it so she could crawl out if she wanted to. She came to join Freya but started playing with a doll. She was speaking gibberish to it and rocking it like her own baby. Charlie sat down next to Freya and watched over her carefully. Every time she cheered, Charlie looked up at her and then put his head back down. It was sweet. When we’d been downstairs for about an hour Harry came down.
“I need to get them dressed and give them breakfast,” He said taking the puzzle away from Freya which made her cry. I just nodded and went upstairs. Melissa was sitting at the table with a pot of paint and a piece of paper and I sat down and watched as she painted. The way her tongue slipped out of her mouth when she was really concentrating was really cute. After she had finished her painting, she put it on the kitchen counter to dry and hugged me.
“You okay baby?” I asked. She nodded and hugged me tighter. I smiled and then she pulled me up to her room. She sat in the middle of it and picked up a box of dolls.
“Play with me mummy?” She looked up hopefully. I agreed and her smile grew. We played princesses with the dolls for a bit and then she started showing me all of the toys that Daddy had bought her. He’s really spoilt them. When she had finished, we went back downstairs where Harry was watching Amelia eat her Lucky Charms, and tip them all over the table as she did.
“I’m gonna get going,” I announced, sensing an awkwardness between Harry and I.
“Okay, see you soon,” he said, not looking up from Melia. I went and said goodbye to the children and got into my car. I decided to go to the office and the first thing I saw when I got there was Emily talking to Isabelle. I went over to them and they turned to me.
“Maddie!” Isabelle hugged me.
“Hiya, what are you doing here?” I looked at Emily and her bulging baby bump.
“I just came to check and see if there was anything that needed doing; Isabelle was just filling me in on what has been going on.” Emily said. I nodded and proceeded to ask her how far along she was. “I’m due in a couple of weeks; I just can’t sit around doing nothing. It’s so not me.” She laughed and we talked in the parking lot until it started to rain and Emily left, leaving Isabelle and I to go inside. As soon as I walked in, Jules rolled her eyes at me.
“You lied to me, you used a stupid high pitched voice when you came back,” she scowled.
“So what Jules? I own this business.” I reminded her.
“Then fucking run it.” She replied and Isabelle and I went to her office.
“Are you gonna take my job away?” Iz asked.
“Not if you want to keep running this place, I really don’t mind. I need to spend all the time I get with the children.” I told her.
“How are they?”
“I saw them this morning and they’re fine. Harry was just really awkward with me so I left.” I sighed. She nodded and started typing into the computer and filling me in on everything. After she had finished filling me in, I started telling her what I had done in New York. Then we both decided to go back to her house for a while, because I didn’t want to go back home yet. I followed behind her in my car and when we pulled up I smiled. We went up to the front door and Isabelle unlocked it.
“Mummy!” Oliver and Kasey ran to her. She leant down and hugged them and we went into the kitchen.
(Isabelle’s Kitchen: https://31.media.tumblr.com/cd4041491223062c0610e26de9915135/tumblr_n4ybmdUPMZ1qzglsfo1_500.jpg)
“Take a seat,” she gestured to the breakfast bar going over to the kettle. She put it on and started making tea. I sat down and watched Oliver and Kasey chasing each other.
“Where’s Thomas?” I asked.
“Probably doing some work in the office. He never wants to spend any time with his family anymore. I’m sick of it.” She sighed and I felt bad for bringing it up. She handed me a cup of tea and we sat and drank talking again. We finished and played with Oliver and Kasey until I decided to go home. I got back and went straight up to my room considering everyone was out. Mum was probably working; Dad’s probably in a meeting with a load of actors and actresses and Brooke will be out with Aimee. Then I remembered, Faye is coming home today. I went downstairs to get some food and while I was down there the front door opened and I could hear Faye talking.
“I’m really not looking forward to this Faye,” a guy spoke, presumably Nathan.
“You’re just meeting my sister; you’ve already met my dad.” She reminded him.
“I know, but your sister is the person who means the most to you, I know that because you were distraught when you didn’t know where she was,” He replied.
“Yeah, Maddie means a lot to me. She practically raised me but she’ll love you.” Faye assured him. Well the fact that he’s nervous is a good sign. “She’s probably not here at the moment anyway; she’ll be patching things up with Harry.” Ha, that went well, not.
“Do I have to meet him too? And her kids?”
“Her kids are harmless, but no. She’s the only one staying here.” Faye told him and they went upstairs. I can’t believe they didn’t notice I was here. I opened the front door and ran to my car and drove off quickly. I drove around for a while and then came back making sure to slam my car door. I saw Faye look out of her window and her face lit up. She turned around, presumably saying something to Nathan and I walked up the path. I unlocked the front door and Faye ran downstairs practically running into my arms.
“Hi,” I laughed hugging her. “I’ve missed you little sis,” I let go and moved away. I looked at my little sister who has pink ends to her hair now and a tattoo on her forearm. Mum would have killed her. Then I looked at the boy lingering in the corner of the room. He had light brown hair and was wearing Converse, jeans and a plain t-shirt.
“This is Nathan,” Faye gestured for him to come over.
“Hi, I’ve heard a lot about you.” Nathan held out his hand. I laughed and pulled him in for a hug.
“Hurt my sister and you’re dead, got it?” I whispered and let go of him, watching his eyes widen.
“What did you say to him? Stop winding him up Mads.” Faye shook her head.
“Sorry, I couldn’t resist. I won’t really kill you.” I laughed. Nathan breathed a sigh of relief and Faye giggled. We sat down and I got to know Nathan.
“This is really cool, my girlfriend has a famous sister,” Nathan said.
“Yeah, but I’m normal.” I answered.
“I know, you seem it,” He smiled at me. After a while, I went upstairs and lay down on my bed. I checked my phone and had one text.
From: Harry
Sorry about earlier, I was just a bit upset after everyone left x
I sighed and replied.
To: Harry
Yeah I know, it’s okay x
I went into the bathroom and had a shower. It felt so good to have the steamy water hitting my tense body. It relaxed all of my muscles and made me feel so much better. I got out and wrapped a towel around me. Next, I went into my closet and got my pyjamas. I put them on and sat down at my desk with my laptop. I scrolled through all of my Twitter feed and then shut the laptop and went to sleep, hoping that tomorrow would be better than today.

Notes

I think the scenes with the kids are really cute, its almost as if she's making up for lost time.

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