It had been almost a month since Dizzy had come by and Dizzy was now a big part of their new routine. Instead of Evie looking after the baby by herself during the day she now had Dizzy to help and keep her company when the baby was sleeping.

  It had now been about two months since Mallory had been born which meant that it was only about one month away from her real due date. Mallory was doing way better now. She was no longer staying in the incubator.

  Mallory was also able to suck on a bottle without much trouble anymore. She still had some trouble with breathing, but the machine was helping her. Evie just smiled as she sat on the couch just cuddling with her sleeping baby girl who she had just changed and bathed. Dizzy was sitting next to her with her old sketchbook as she was going through all the designs and showing them to Evie.

   Evie smiled as she watched the younger girl get excited by all of her former designs. Dizzy wanted to be a fashion designer like Evie and it made Evie proud that the girl looked up to her that much. As she was watching Dizzy go through all the designs she couldn't help, but sigh as she missed it. She didn't realize how much she missed designing until she saw the book of all her old designs.

    Evie hadn't designed anything in almost a whole year. She stopped to take a break for a little bit before she got pregnant. She was planning on picking it back up, but then she got pregnant and she had to focus on getting through that before she could design again. And then when the baby was born she was unhealthy, so Evie had to constantly watch her and make sure she was okay. Meaning she had no time to design like she used to.  

   Dizzy just smiled as she looked at Evie. "You really should design again Evie. Your designs were so cool. I just really hope my designs are as good as yours," Dizzy told the other girl as she continued to flip through all the designs in Evie's old sketchbook.

   Evie just smiled at the younger girl. "Aw Dizzy you already do have amazing designs I've seen them. And thank you I really miss designing too Dizzy, but this little bundle of joy takes up all my time," Evie told the younger girl as she rocked her baby who was starting to stir.

   Dizzy just smiled as she looked at the baby. "Yeah I know. And she is so worth it. She is just so cute. Evie, can I please hold her now? You said you were waiting until she was out of the incubator and she is now. And I'm clean. I promise I just cleaned myself before I came over, so I don't have any germs. Please Evie I want to hold my niece," the younger girl told her big sister as she looked at the tiny baby.

   Evie just sighed as she felt the baby wake up and begin to cry. "Okay Dizzy I will let you hold her, but can you get me her bottle and the milk that I pumped earlier with the machine that Jay stole. I need to feed her first and then I will let you hold her for a little bit, but you need to be sitting on the couch," Evie told the younger girl as she still wasn't entirely comfortable with the idea of letting Dizzy hold her daughter right now, but she did promise Dizzy that when Mallory was no longer in the incubator and as long as Dizzy was clean and didn't have many germs than she could hold her.

   Dizzy just smiled as she jumped up in excitement. "Really! I can hold her? You're the best Evie!" The younger girl screamed out in excitement as she ran over to get the bottle for Evie. She filled the bottle up and then handed it to Evie and sat back down watching the older girl feed the baby and waiting anxiously, so that she could hold her when she was done.

  Evie just laughed at the younger girl as she thought it was cute how excited the younger girl got about the opportunity to hold her daughter. She just took the bottle from the girl and began to feed her baby. She smiled when the baby managed to drink the bottle in way less time than it usually took as she had started to learn how to suck on her own without much assistance and it took less concentration to get her to drink from the bottle.

  When Evie was sure that her baby was full she burped her and then carefully handed her to Dizzy. "Okay Dizzy, now be careful okay and support her head. I'm right here okay, so if she gets fussy just give her back to me. And please be careful, okay she is very fragile even more than other babies. And please support her head," Evie told her little sister as she gently placed her daughter in the younger girl's arms. She was already feeling worried about this, but she trusts Dizzy.

   Dizzy just smiled at her big sister as she held the baby exactly like how Evie instructed her to do. "Aw Mallory you are just adorable and so itty bitty. I can't wait until you're a bit older and we can play together. You are going to be my new best friend I can already tell," Dizzy told the tiny baby as she held her. Dizzy smiled when the baby fell asleep in her arms.

   Evie smiled as she picked up the sleeping baby from Dizzy. "Aw Dizzy you got her to sleep. That means she trusts you. She only sleeps on the people she trusts. But don't tell Jay that. He still can't get her to fall asleep on him. I don't think Mallory trusts him very much, but I don't want Jay to know that. He would get upset because he wants her to love him and trust him as much as he loves her," Evie told her little sister as she walked over to the box that she was using as a makeshift crib and placed her sleeping baby in there.

   A few minutes later Carlos and Jay came in. Evie smiled when she saw them as it was way later than they usually got there and she was secretly starting to worry about the boys. Carlos just came in and immediately went to the box wanting to be with his baby. Carlos just picked her up as he held her to him. Carlos smiled when his daughter barely even stirred as he picked her up.

   Evie just looked at the food that Jay had stolen. "Wow look at that you got a lot of food today. This is enough to last us for at least a few days. Oh and Dizzy I see you trying to leave. You are staying for dinner and that's non negotiable. I don't want you to starve and we have plenty of food today," Evie told the younger girl as she saw the young girl trying to go home and Evie was worried about the young girl since she knew that Dizzy's family barely fed their kids. Evie always made sure that Dizzy didn't go home unless she ate something beforehand.

   Dizzy just smiled at the older girl and sat back down on the couch as she liked how Evie cared about her and made sure that she was getting food to eat. Evie smiled when the younger girl listened to her as she divided up the food for the group and saved the rest for the next few days in case they couldn't find any food for a while.

   When she was done dividing up the food she called for the others to get their food. They all agreed that food should be dealt with by Evie since she knew the best way to ration the food and make it equal for everyone. When they were all done with the food Carlos placed his baby back into the box as he kissed her forehead and then he and Dizzy said goodbye for the night as it was late and it was Jay's night to stay. Since Carlos had stayed the night before and they took turns.

    Evie and Jay smiled as they said goodnight to the two younger kids. Evie just yawned as she was exhausted because she kept staying up at night even though the boys claimed they had it covered. She just couldn't seem to trust them and she was afraid of sleeping and the boys messing up. Her mom was still out there and Mallory wasn't that sick anymore.  

  Jay just looked at the exhausted girl. "Evie go to sleep. You are clearly exhausted. I know you stayed up all night last night. I don't know why you keep doing that. We agreed to stay here at night to watch her for you, so you could sleep, but you're still not sleeping. That isn't healthy Evie. I know that you're worried about her and your mom coming back, but Evie you can't literally watch her 24/7. You need to sleep. Now go to sleep. That is an order from your big brother. I got this. I promise I will watch her and stay up all night. No one is going to take her and she is going to be fine," Jay told his little sister in his stern voice.

  He was sick of Evie not sleeping. It wasn't good for her, especially with her watching the baby all day.  And he was offended that Evie didn't trust him or Carlos enough to stay up and watch the baby. Mallory was his niece and she was Carlos' daughter. They could handle watching her.

  Evie just sighed as she tried to fight Jay. "Are you sure? I don't mind staying up with her. I need to make sure that my mom..." Evie tried to tell the older boy, but was cut off by a frustrated Jay. "Evie seriously go to sleep. I can handle this. Now go," Jay told Evie as he forced her onto the couch, so she could sleep. Evie just sighed in frustration and stubbornness, but after a few seconds she was out.

   Jay just sighed as he watched Evie finally sleep. Then he sat in a chair by the box that had the sleeping baby in it, so he could watch her. It seemed to be going well for the first few hours until Jay's lack of sleep hit him as he began to battle his sleep until he eventually lost as his eyes closed and he drifted off into sleep unable to fight it anymore.