Author's Note: Hey everyone I'm really sorry for the long wait. Anyway this chapter will include a new character her name is Pumpkin and she's a White Maltese poodle mix pup. She belongs to annewheelerfab1 who is letting me use her OC and she is Georgie's puppy. Anyway thank you to annewheelerfab1 for letting me use her OC in my story. Pumpkin will also be used in some of my other stories too so I hope you enjoy her. And I'm really sorry to annewheelerfab1 if I'm not writing her right I tried my best, but I'm not sure how it came out. Anyway again thank you to annewheelerfab1 for letting me use your OC and you should really check out her stories especially her Adventures Of Pumpkin book it's really good and I love it that's what inspired me to get permission to use Pumpkin because I loved her so much. Anyway sorry for the long note. I hope you enjoy this chapter and please let me know what you thought.

  "Okay I'm next Mal and then we can go baby shopping," Tessa told the still crying baby as she was still trying to calm her down, but she was struggling. She had no clue what she was doing either.

    She basically became a parent overnight and she was completely unprepared for it. Tessa sighed when she saw the person before her come out as she knew it was her turn, but she wasn't ready at all.

     She had no clue what she even needed to do for the audition on top of her still trying to calm down the teething one year old that just wasn't calming down now matter what she did. She had tried the wet washcloth from Georgie, but unfortunately that didn't work for very long.

      She had even tried just massaging Mal's gums with her finger which was disgusting, but it had been worth a shot. Unfortunately that hadn't worked either. "Okay here we go," Tessa told the baby as she entered the audition room and everyone in the room just stared at her making her feel even more nervous as she quickly scribbled out a random name and then went up to the stage for her audition.

        "Okay go ahead, but um you might want to put that baby down first," Reed's manager told Tessa, making her confused for a second before she realized she was still holding Mal. "Oh um right. Um I don't really know where..." Tessa began in her fake british accent, but Reed interrupted her as he motioned for Tessa to hand him the baby.

            "It's alright I can hold her," Reed told Tessa who just blushed a little before quickly recovering as she handed Mal off to Reed and then got back on stage. Tessa took a deep breath as she adjusted her accent again but it was then that she realized she had no clue what to do, so she just said the first thing that came to her mind making Reed laugh as he jokingly told his manager.

              Tessa knew she had messed up at that point and she honestly was regretting this way too much, but she had already dug herself a hole and she had to do this now. She just quickly thought up a song as she let the piano guy know and then just started singing without even really thinking much as she just wanted to get this over with at this point.

                She had already messed up really bad there was no way she was going to get picked for anything big anyway. Tessa was shocked though when Reed and his manager actually seemed impressed by her singing as Reed walked over to her with the now sleeping baby as he carefully handed her back to Tessa.

                 "Wow that was pretty average," Reed jokingly told Tessa, making her blush a little as she knew that he was saying she was a really good singer plus she couldn't help the feeling she was getting at having Reed talking with her.

                  He was so cute and she was having such a hard time not falling for him. She was brought back to reality though when she heard Reed ask her name as she quickly began to panic as she couldn't say her name and she was horrible at coming up with names.

                  "Oh um Cinderella," Tessa playfully told Reed, making him laugh a little as he was pretty sure Tessa was playing around and just didn't want to tell him her name. "Cinderella oh how ironic and who is this Aurora?" Reed playfully asked Tessa, making her laugh. "No, her name is Mal actually," Tessa told Reed, making him smile a little as he nodded.

                    "Well she is quite adorable. Is she yours," Reed told Tessa, making her smile. "She is isn't she and yes she's mine," Tessa told Reed in her fake accent again making him laugh as he started talking about her shirt and about England as he was from there and was trying to get to know Tessa more.

                  Tessa sighed in relief when he finally seemed to accept her answers even though they were ridiculous and clearly made up as he decided to change the subject. "Okay I see well let's see you move," Reed told Tessa making her a little nervous, but she was more confident this time as her singing seemed to have impressed Reed.

                   "You want me to dance," Tessa asked in her ridiculous fake accent making Reed laugh a little as he nodded. "I would love for you to dance," Reed told Tessa who nodded as she went to take off her coat.

                     "Hey how's it going," Georgie told Tessa while Tessa quickly took her coat off making Tessa smile as she hugged Georgie. "It's going well I think but I'm not done yet. Hey um can you hold Mal for me please. I know you're working but," Tessa began but Georgie cut her off as she carefully took Mal from Tessa before pushing her forward again.

                       "It's fine I got her. Just go give it your best. You can do this and you're almost done. Just come back to the makeup trailer after this that's where we'll be," Georgie told Tessa who smiled and nodded as she went back out to show off her dancing.

                      As soon as they reached the make up trailer the small baby that had been sleeping woke up as she started crying again. "Aw it's okay cutie. Here I know this isn't a baby toy, but this should help. Don't worry it's clean I just opened it," Georgie told the small girl as she picked up one of her puppy Pumpkin's toys after cleaning it off and then handed it to Mal completely forgetting about how territorial Pumpkin can be.

                      As soon as Georgie handed the baby the hedgehog toy it was knocked out of her hand as Pumpkin had seen her owner come in with the tiny creature and she was already not liking this, but now Georgie was taking it too far she was giving this little thief her Flora.

                    She had no clue who this baby was that was taking all her attention away and stealing her stuff, but she would not stand for this. This was her home not this imposter's. "That's mine!" Pumpkin barked out as she tried to take her toy back, but Mal just looked at her as she reached for the toy.

                     "I wan id!" The young girl cried out but because she still couldn't really talk all that came out was cries but Pumpkin understood her right away. "It's mine and I don't know who you are, but this is my home and that is my owner. You need to leave," Pumpkin barked out again trying to show this little imposter that she wouldn't win this war.

                     Unfortunately this action just made it worse. "Owie! Gib id ba! An I no wan hew! I wan mommy," the small baby cried out but again all that Georgie heard was the crying and she assumed it was due to Pumpkin making her upset.

                      Georgie loved Pumpkin, but she didn't like that her puppy was making the baby cry. "Pumpkin you can share it's one day," Georgie told Pumpkin in her stern voice, making Pumpkin look down, feeling guilty as she hated upsetting her owner.

                       Georgie just smiled as she picked up the toy and cleaned it off again before handing it back to Mal who started chewing on it again as she started to calm down a little.

                      "Okay good now I have some work to do, so Diva Dog you're in charge of Mal. Please help keep an eye on her for me," Georgie told her puppy who nodded her head as she looked at the baby that was sitting on the floor and chewing all over her favorite toy.

                        As much as Pumpkin hated agreeing to this she knew that Georgie was counting on her and she could never let Georgie down. Once Georgie had gone off to try and get some work done Pumpkin decided she should learn more about who this imposter was in her home that she was now stuck with.

                        "Okay I've had enough of you. Who are you and what are you doing here. This is my home not yours. And why do you have to take my stuff," Pumpkin barked out to the baby who just continued to chew on the toy.

                        "I Mal! I no no why I hew. I wan mommy no hew! An I nee dis id ma my owie no huw," the small baby told the dog as she chewed more on the toy and Pumpkin finally seemed to understand what was going on as she realized Mal was teething and she was finally starting to calm down as she realized that this little imposter wasn't an imposter at all and it was obvious she didn't want to be there.

                      "So you're not here to steal my owner and my life," Pumpkin barked out to Mal who just giggled as she continued to just chew on the toy as she was finally starting to feel some relief from it.

                      "You siwy da is no mommy. Mommy wook wike dis!" The small girl told the puppy as she pointed to a picture of Tessa from a picture of her and Georgie that Georgie had on her phone. "Wait Tessa is your mommy," Pumpkin barked out to the baby who smiled and nodded as she hadn't known Tessa for very long but she already loved her.

                        Tessa was a way better mommy than her mean old one that had put her in that box and just left. Mal had thought they were playing a game, but she had to learn the hard way that it wasn't a game when her mommy never came back, but instead Tessa did and Tessa had immediately helped her.

                         Tessa was nicer to her in those first few seconds than her mommy had ever been to her in her whole long year of life. And Mal loved Tessa. Tessa was her mommy now and she didn't care what anyone said.

                          "Well this changes everything. We should start over. I'm Pumpkin," Pumpkin told Mal, making her giggle adorably and Pumpkin knew right there that this little creature would become her new friend as she had to admit she was feeling protective of her already.

                           "Hey thanks for watching her," Tessa told Georgie, waking up Pumpkin who had ended up falling asleep with Mal cuddled up next to her. "Of course it was no problem. She was pretty well behaved and I think Diva Dog found a new little friend," Georgie playfully told Tessa as she pointed to Pumpkin who was still cuddled up next to the sleeping baby.

                          "Aw that's adorable well I should probably take her now because I really need to do some shopping plus I kinda wanna bond a little more with her," Tessa told Georgie as she tried to take Mal from Pumpkin, but Pumpkin just started barking as she refused to give up Mal.

                           Pumpkin hadn't liked Mal at first, but now that she had spent that time with her she absolutely fell in love with the tiny baby and she didn't want Mal to go home. Mal was her new friend and she didn't want her friend to go home.

                           "Pumpkin I know she's your friend, but she has to go home now. You can see her later now please let Tessa take Mal home," Georgie told Pumpkin who just shook her head no as she got in front of the baby refusing to let anyone near her.

                            Normally Pumpkin listened to Georgie, but she wouldn't give in this time. She wasn't ready for her new friend to go home yet. "Okay well I don't she's gonna give Mal up yet," Tessa told Georgie who just laughed a little as she had to admit she thought it was adorable how much Pumpkin had bonded with the baby.

                           "Yeah I don't think so either. You know you're always welcome to just hang out here if you want. Maybe we can get to know each other more while our kids bond," Georgie playfully told Tessa, making her laugh.

                            "Yeah I guess I'm going to have to since there is no breaking them up right now plus I'm honestly scared about waking Mal since she's still teething," Tessa told Georgie as she sat down by her on the couch as they both knew they were going to be there a while.