Hot Coffee (The Hollens)

Emma's POV

"Evan. Stop right there. You have to come and take your bath!"

"No. I don't wanna take a bath mommy. I bathed yesterday already."

"Evan!"

He was running in all the corners and hiding spaces in his room so I couldn't reach him. It has been seven perfect years.

"Evan, if you don't come out of there I'm going to call your dad!"

"No! Don't call daddy. I'm coming out mommy!" 

He appeared in front of me smiling innocently like an angel. Well, at least threatening him by putting his dad on his case worked. 

I handed him his bath towel and toothbrush and led him to the bathroom. I turned the temperature of the water to warm.

"I don't want you to watch me bathe this time mommy. I'm a big boy and I could do it myself."

"Okay, my big boy," I said with a smile and sat down on his bed.

"Mommy. Mommy!" Emily called from outside.

"I'm in your brother's room!" I called, hoping she'd find me and stop shouting. 

Her little hands pushed in the door and she came up to me with a frown, holding her favorite doll.

"What's wrong baby?"

"I can't get the dress to go on," she answered, almost crying.

"Let Mommy help you." I took the dress and the doll from her hands. 

She was putting it on the wrong way. I showed her how to do it correctly and she gave a bright smile when the doll in the dress.

"You're the bestest mommy in the whole wide world." She threw her small arms around my neck.

"And you're the bestest daughter in the whole wide world." I hugged her small frame in my arms.

"And I'm the bestest son in the whole wide world!" Evan said, stepping back into the room with soap all over his back and behind his ears. 

giggled at him.

I funny to you?" he asked

you are. You look like a soapy monster," she teased.

"Take that back!"

snapped

tell her to take

tell him to go

I want her out

I'm

I let

fell

out the bad in mommy, and mommy

"But mommy--"

"Now Evan." 

puffed and went back to the

ha!" Emily laughed.

all the time

prepared pancakes and strawberries and whipped cream for her. Evan joined us eventually and the chef made him his favorite

I had them all to myself. Two months of trouble, screaming, yelling, fighting, running all over

drank a

over for a sleepover over?" Emily asked.

door. The girls were very fond of each other.

have to

I go camping with dad and Uncle

going camping. They're going on a

can I

to ask your dad about that

he said, disappointed.

didn't like giving him any trouble like they did with me. Evan was like his father and wanted to be with him twenty four seven, but Ethan always told him he was too young to go to the places he was going. Evan knew he likely wouldn't be going to Hawaii with his father, but I wanted him to

said to him and he gave me

"Thanks Mom."

said with her own

from work, I met him at

I need from you," I said, getting straight into it. "Your son wants

"No."

He'll be so upset. You hardly spend time with him and all he wants is to be around you this

not going

rug from