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The Elliott home was quiet as all 3 occupants were sound asleep. Until the youngest of the house, 6-month-old Adeline, started shrieking at 4 in the morning.

"Honey," Kaycee mumbled, shaking her husband since it was his turn to get up with the little one. "Baby's up,"

"Mhm," he nodded, rolling out of bed while Kaycee rolled over.

Chase got up and walked out of their room and right to their little Addie's room.

"Addibug, what's going on?" He asked as he carefully took the small baby out of her crib. He changed her diaper real quick before he sat in the rocking chair and tried to get her back to sleep.

They'd recently cut off the nighttime bottles and she was doing well for a while but started waking up again as she craved comfort from her parents.

"You need to sleep baby," he sighed, rocking her back and forth until she was sound asleep again. He carefully set her back down in her crib before he went back to bed and snuggled back up with Kaycee.

The alarms started blaring at 6 am, making both of the tired parents groan.

"We can get subs," Kaycee mumbled, laying her head on Chase's chest as they contemplated if they needed a job that day.

"Don't you have a test to give today?" He asked as he played with her hair.

"We can get subs," she smiled a little, joking obviously as she got up and got into their closet. "Addie sleeping?"

"Mhm, I'm gonna go shower. Will you make coffee?"

"Can I survive a day without it?" She asked, both of them going their separate ways.

They were both high school teachers and both loved every minute of it. Chase taught 11th-grade History while Kaycee taught 11th-grade English. They were both the teachers that didn't give out any homework unless their classwork wasn't finished.

Chase coached boy's varsity baseball and took the team to state the previous year. Kaycee coached the girls' Varsity volleyball team and had yet to take them to state. They got close every year but they hadn't won enough to actually get there.

As soon as they were both ready, Addie was put in Kaycee's car and they were both off to work.

Kaycee pulled up to the big daycare center, grabbing Adeline's daycare bag before getting her car seat out and carrying her inside.

Once she was in the room, she carefully removed Adeline from her seat and held her for a moment.

"How are we doing this morning?" Her teacher, Jenna, asked as she smiled.

"Good," Kaycee smiled, "She was up a few times last night so if she takes an extra nap or 2 that's fine,"

"Sounds good," Jenna nodded, writing down on her daily sheet that Adeline had had a rough night and could sleep a little extra.

"Alright. Mommy's gotta get to work," she sighed, kissing her little head before she handed her over to her teacher.

Kaycee then left the car seat in the hallway where a few other ones were and headed back out to her car. She drove to work and went to the junior wing of the school.

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She unlocked her classroom door, turned on all the lights, and put her bags down by the desk before going to make a few copies of the papers she needed for the day.

"Did you see the picture Jenna posted?" Chase asked as he came up beside her with his phone in his hand.

"No, I've been trying to get ready for the day. Let me see," she told him, knowing he had his phone ready to go.

"She's a cutie," he chuckled.

"She's your kid. Aren't you biased?" Kaycee replied, smiling at the picture before she started copying papers.

"I mean. I am good-looking,"

"Go do your job," she joked, swatting him with the stack of papers before returning to her classroom across from his.

Students soon arrived and all began their class work that she had made for each day. The students loved how interactive she made it with Kahoot games and they always played the DVD game at the end of her class.

As soon as lunch hit, she went into her husband's classroom and sat on his desk so they could figure out who picked up the baby.

"What time is baseball over?" She asked, looking at him for an answer.

"Usually 5. Volleyball?"

"4:45 but by the time the girls get their stuff and stop talking it's 5:15," she told with a shrug.

"I can grab Addibug," he nodded, "I'll be out of here before you can even think about leaving,"

"And this is why we drive separately," she smiled, kissing him before she went to the teachers' lounge to eat her lunch.

"Hey Ryan," she said as she sat down with the salad that she usually brought, "Where's Maddy?"

"Probably grading. Where's Chase?"

"Probably grading because neither of our spouses knows how to take a break," she chuckled.

"I know how to take a break," Chase chuckled as he came in and warmed up his leftovers from the night before.

"Okay whatever," she chuckled, "How's your little one?"

"Probably driving her grandma crazy. I don't know how you guys afford that daycare full-time. We're barely holding it together 3 days a week," Ryan said as he sat back on his phone.

"We just do. I don't know exactly how but I know my parents can't watch her full time and we never talked to yours about it," Chase said as he looked over at his wife.

"It's not like they'd help anyway. I don't know if I trust my mom enough to stay with her. My dad I'd leave her with but not mom,"

"I know honey,"

They changed the subject soon after and shared pictures of their daughters before Maddy joined them and ate her lunch.

Later on in the day, Chase went with Ryan to coach the baseball team while Kaycee and Maddy went to coach Volleyball. They all planned on meeting up at the Elliott house later on that night for dinner and playtime between their daughters who were only days apart.

Ryan and Maddy had been married for years and chose to wait a while before they had their little girl. Once they welcomed their little Kollyn into the family, their world was complete.

They each had their team work on whatever they needed before Chase went to the daycare center and headed back to where his little girl spent her day.

"Addie look who it is," Jenna smiled as she handed the baby over.

"How was your day stinker?" He chuckled, taking the baby from her teacher and putting her in her seat. "Do you wanna see Kollyn tonight?"

"Mama said she woke up a few times and to give her an extra nap if she needed it. So she did have an extra hour of sleep," Jenna said as she handed the bag over to him.

"Yeah, I think cutting out the nighttime bottles is throwing her off. She'll probably be like that for a few weeks," he nodded, making sure she was strapped in before he says goodbye to her teachers and took her out to the truck.

He drove home as Adeline babbled in the back, mostly gnawing on her hand.

To Chase's surprise, Kaycee had beat him home and already had dinner started for when Maddy and Ryan were over.

"What are you making?" He asked as he set Adeline's car seat in the corner they always kept it in.

"Homemade pizzas. Figured it was something simple and easy that everyone would eat," she chuckled, "Hand her over,"

"You wanna go see mama?" He asked before turning back to Kaycee, "She said no,"

"She can't talk," she chuckled, stealing him from her husband. "I missed you, baby,"

"What time are Ryan and Maddy getting here?" He asked as he went through the mail that was sitting on the counter.

"I think Mad said they were getting Kollyn from his parents and then coming over,"

"Perfect," she smiled, putting Adeline in her play area and letting her play with her toys while she went to change out of her plaid dress.

She put on a simple pair of leggings and a t-shirt before going back out to the living room to set up their TV with a baby YouTube video so Adeline and Kollyn had something to focus on.

After a few minutes, the door opened and their best friends entered with their 6-month-old baby girl.

"Look, babe. It's your best friend!" Ryan said as he put Kollyn in the play area with a padded floor.

"We brought brownies. What'd you make?" Maddy asked as she met her best friend in the kitchen.

"Pizza," she smiled, getting it out of the oven and letting it cool as she cut it.

"Perfect," she nodded, "I think Kolly and Addie are playing,"

"Of course they are. I'm so happy our babies are gonna grow up together,"

"You and me both,"

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