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“Mommy…Mommy….Mommy“,you whispered as quietly as possible but still loud enough to wake Olivia up as you gently nudged the brunette’s arm.
You were feeling absolutely horrible,your throat was hurting,you were feeling dizzy and exhausted,your entire body was hurting,you were coughing constantly,your nose was stuffy and you just couldn’t fall asleep no matter how much you were trying.
Liv stirred slightly and slowly opened her eyes,looking up at you tiredly before cautiously sitting up in order to not wake Amanda.
“What’s wrong sweetie?“,Olivia asked quietly as she took in your appearance.
You looked sad and your eyes were red as if you’d been crying,that was never a good sign,you only cried when something was really wrong and everyone knew that about you!
“I feel sick and I can’t sleep“,you mumbled and started coughing again right after,more tears welling up in your eyes in the meantime.
You’d always hated being sick your entire life.
Olivia was quick to soothe you.
“Oh honey it’s alright we’ll figure it out,shhhh,want me to stay with you tonight?“,she cooed which you immediately nodded to.
“Alright come on“,the brunette said as she slowly got out of bed and took one of your hands into one of hers,guiding you out of the bedroom quietly so that Amanda could stay asleep,the southern woman had been working late every day for the past week and was always completely exhausted as a result of that so Olivia wanted her to not get woken up unless it was necessary.
You were so tired that you could barely keep your eyes open,however for some reason you hadn’t been able to fall asleep at all since you’d first gone to bed a few hours ago.
Olivia could obviously tell how tired you were by the way you kept yawning and rubbing your eyes.
Just as Olivia closed the door to her and Amanda’s bedroom quietly you rubbed your left eye again tiredly and let out a sad whine.
“Aw are you tired baby?“,Liv asked and gave you a comforting smile while stroking your face gently.
“You immediately nodded and said:
“I‘m so tired Mommy but I can’t sleep“ in a sad tone of voice,reminding Olivia of how you’d been as a child,you’d always made either her or Amanda stay with you until you’d fallen asleep all the way up until you’d been 13 years old,you’d refused to go to sleep unless one of them was lying in bed with you and holding you,you’d claimed to not be able to sleep otherwise.
You’d since grown out of that but what you hadn’t grown out of was your fear of the dark,you still needed a night light or otherwise you’d be too afraid to sleep.
“I know,I can tell,sorry sweetie that must suck“,Olivia empathically said and gave your hand a squeeze.
“How about I make you some warm chocolate milk to help you sleep and we snuggle up in your bed,I’ll stay with you the entire time,how does that
sound?“,the brunette asked and smiled immediately upon seeing your eyes lighting up.
“Yesss“,you said and managed to smile too,happy that your Mommy was going to stay with you.
Whenever you were sick you were extra clingy which both Olivia and Amanda knew,not that they minded.
During those times you always needed at least one of them with you or you’d cry,this was a result of something that had happened to you before you’d been adopted by the both of them.
You also weren’t the typical 16 year old,you didn’t like going out and partying,you weren’t dating or drinking,your early childhood had traumatized you so much that even after years of living with the two women you were still working through lots of childhood stuff in therapy because it had left you so traumatized,this had resulted in you still relying on your Mothers a lot,probably more than most 16 year olds would but Olivia and Amanda didn’t mind,they loved you more than anything and they’d do anything for you which you knew.
Thankfully Liv and Amanda were very educated when it came to trauma due to their jobs,so they’d been able to support you pretty well.
Sometimes you still felt bad for needing them so much but you tried not to think about it a lot.
Compared to your Mothers you weren’t tall,sometimes you were a bit envious of their heights as you were only 5‘2.
“Alright,how about you go get comfy in your bed and I’ll be right with you?“,Olivia suggested but you just shook your head and grabbed onto her hand tighter,not wanting to leave her side.
“I wanna stay with you“,you said and gave her your best puppy dog eyes.
“Alright,come on then“,Olivia chuckled and walked into the kitchen with you,already seeing your eyes starting to close over and over again.
Once in the kitchen Olivia quickly picked you up onto one of the kitchen counters and started getting your drink ready for you.
Warm drinks had always helped you fall asleep and she was sure that today would be no exception.
Because you were already so close to falling asleep and because Liv didn’t want you to spill anything she pulled out one of your old sippy cups,it was a small and spill proof one with purple on the handles and on the sides of the lid,that one had been your favorite and you’d always been emotionally attached to it for some reason that neither Olivia nor Amanda knew about,you’d used that sippy cup often until you’d turned 9,then you’d declared that you were now too old for it but nowadays you still used it from time to time when you were either sick or needed a drink to fall asleep.
Liv quickly put some milk and cocoa powder into it,gave it a good mix and put it into the microwave for about 1/12 minutes.
Once the microwave was done it beeped and Olivia quickly got the sippy cup out,hoping that this hadn’t woken Amanda up.
“Mommy I’m cold“,you complained as you started to shiver.
Liv quickly gave the sippy cup a shake while walking over to you and just as she was about to say something Amanda walked into the kitchen with a loud yawn.
“What’s up guys,why are y‘all being so loud it’s 4 am?“,the blonde woman tiredly asks into the room while trying to force her eyes to stay open so that she could look at you guys.
Before you or Olivia could answer you started loudly coughing again for a good 30 seconds.
“Oh no are you sick honey?“,Amanda asked and immediately came over closer to you to put her hand against your forehead.
“She’s burning up“,the southern woman commented and gave Olivia a worried look.
“The brunette just nodded and said:
“Yeah,she did say she was feeling sick,we were just going to go cuddle in her bed with a drink so that she can rest a bit,maybe sleep will help.“
You started swaying back and forth slightly and were immediately steadied by Amanda and Olivia who were putting one of their hands each on each side of your hips.
“I wanna sleeeeep“,you tiredly whined and reached for your drink that Olivia was still holding.
“Careful it’s still very hot“,Liv warned you but you didn’t care and started drinking anyways,only for the hot beverage to hit your throat painfully immediately,you quickly pulled your head back and took a sharp breath in.
“I told you“,Olivia mumbled but didn’t say anything else about it and just stroked your cheek a few times in an attempt to comfort you.
Your eyes fluttered close again but you still stayed awake,you were just too tired to open them again,so you just let them remain closed.
“Oh I think we better get this one to bed if we don’t want her to sleep here“,Amanda said and quickly picked you up onto her hip with you immediately letting your head sink into her neck while still holding the sippy cup in your hand.
“I think we should let her sleep in our bed though so that she has the both of us right beside her if she needs anything“,Amanda suggested which Olivia immediately nodded yes to in agreement.
The brunette knew that she was usually the one that would go snuggle with you whenever you were sick or upset and she understood that Amanda didn’t want to be left out,plus it would be convenient to have you with her and Amanda because then they would both be able to immediately react if something were to happen.
The women walked over into their bedroom again,this time with you on Amanda’s hip and got into bed with you comfortably.
You immediately cuddled up in the middle of the bed with Amanda on the left and Olivia on the right of you and positioned yourself in a way that you were kind of using Olivia as a pillow,your head lying on the brunette’s chest with your sippy cup in your Mouth,while your back was lying against Amanda’s stomach,the blonde woman had snuggled up behind you and had one arm draped over your waist so that her hand was resting on your upper stomach.
The warm beverage seemed to work wonders as you’d fallen asleep almost immediately after having drank only half of it.
Olivia gently removed it out of your mouth and hand and set it down onto the top of her bedside table before starting up a quiet conversation with Amanda.
The both of them quickly talked about what would need to happen over the next few days,they both knew what you were like when you were sick and they’d agreed on Olivia taking the first few of the remaining days until Christmas off of work to stay home with you and that Amanda would take off the other remaining days of the week to stay at home with you incase you weren’t feeling any better by the time Olivia would go back to work.
Technically you’d be able to stay home alone but they didn’t want to leave you alone while you were sick.
It wasn’t long after that conversation had come to an end that the both of them also fell asleep,snuggled up against you.