JALR Deleted Scene: A Little Red Holidays (originally part II and then very closely almost became part III)
The next morning Red woke up feeling a familiar ache in her mouth, and being between headspaces she couldn’t decide if she wanted to cry or just try and go back to sleep in the hopes that it would stop by the time she woke up.
She groaned slightly as she realized what she had to do.
Her first instinct was still to shove it down, tell no one, and pretend it didn’t exist, but she had made a promise to Chloe to try and be better about going to her with these kinds of things.
The bluenette was still sleeping with her arms wrapped loosely around the redhead’s frame and Red struggled internally as she really didn’t want to wake her, but also didn’t want to go back on her promise.
She sighed heavily before nuzzling herself further into her girlfriend’s embrace.
“Princess,” she spoke softly into her shoulder, but the girl didn’t stir so she took another deep breath and pulled away enough so that her face was inches from Chloe’s before trying again a little louder.
“Princess,” Chloe’s arms squeezed her gently as her breathing picked up telling the rebel that she was waking up.
“Hmm?” She hummed without opening her eyes but Red knew she had her full attention. She felt her face burn as she said what she had to say.
“I think I might be teething again.” She told her reluctantly feeling rather mortified that she’d actually uttered the words aloud.
Chloe’s eyes fluttered open groggily as she studied the girl’s face in front of her.
“Open your mouth baby girl, lemme see.” Red blushed even darker but did as told and opened her mouth for the taller girl to inspect her gums.
“Yep. Looks like it, <i>mon amour</i>. Looks like we’ll have to head into town in a few. I didn’t bring any of your teethers.” Red buried her face back into Chloe’s shoulder with a groan both of frustration and embarrassment and the bluenette patted her back gently.
“I’m so proud of you for waking me though! You did so good, Little One.” Red whined at the soft voice her caregiver was using as butterflies erupted in her stomach at the praise and the fuzziness started growing.
“Chlooee. You’re makin’ me feel small!” The rebel whined again as she tried to fight her headspace but Chloe just chuckled.
“That’s kinda what I was going for, Sweetheart. No offense but taking you out for Little things is a lot easier when you’re Little.” She pressed a loving kiss to her temple.
“It’s gonna be okay, just let go baby girl. Bluey’s right here. There’s no need for you to be big right now.” She switched from patting her back to rubbing gentle circles as Red fought it for a moment more.
“But I’m a big girl!” The redhead huffed into her shoulder.
“I know, Sweetheart. You <i>are</i> my big girl! You can eat on your own even if you can be a bit messy, and you can use the potty on your own. You’re still too Little to get dressed on your own though, Bluey needs to help you with that, but you’re such a big helper when you pick out your clothes that you wanna wear!”
With each sentence, Red was feeling smaller and smaller until suddenly her thumb was in her mouth without her even realizing it and she was nodding along with what her Bluey was saying.
“Mhm. I he’p Bluey!” Chloe smiled warmly at her slipped voice and peppered her cheek with kisses eliciting a trickle of giggles.
“Yep. You’re Bluey’s Little Helper, aren’t you? Do you wanna show me how awesome of a helper you are and go bring Bluey your bag?” The Little nodded enthusiastically and Chloe released her from her arms to allow the girl to scramble off the bed and dart towards the closet where she’d just left their luggage on the ground.
The bluenette took a moment to stretch and retrieve the girl’s pacifier that had been lying under the blankets just as Red was bodily dragging Chloe’s big blue duffel bag across the carpeted floor.
“<i>Mon petit</i>, I said <i>your</i> bag. That one’s mine you silly goose! Do you think you can bring me the little red bag please?”
“Oh.” The Little nodded again and turned to run back towards the closet again, but she tripped over the blue bag she’d been dragging and ended up spilled onto the floor.
“Oh, sweetheart!” Chloe ran over to her just as she started crying and scooped her up off the ground. “It’s gonna be okay, Bluey’s got you. That wasn’t very fun, was it?” Red shook her head as she cried into Chloe’s neck.
“Does it hurt anywhere baby girl?” She asked her and the girl nodded. “Where does it hurt, baby? Can you show me?” She sat on the bed and adjusted the crying girl onto her lap. Red held out her hands and Chloe could see they looked a little red from sliding on the carpet.
“Oh honey, it looks like you got a little rug burn, do you want Bluey to kiss them better?” Red nodded and raised her hands to the bluenette’s face so Chloe could gingerly press a kiss to each one.
“There we go, is that better?” The toddler nodded as her cries started quieting down and Chloe hugged her close as she rocked them slightly while humming softly.
Red melted against her, nuzzling herself into Chloe’s neck while letting the sound of her voice wash over her.
The Little whined and fussed slightly though when her gums continued to throb. The pain was starting to feel a bit overwhelming for the girl and because of it, she found herself desperate for some form of relief and she acted purely on instinct.
“OW!” Chloe yelped when she felt Red’s teeth sink into her shoulder. “Red! Did you just <i>bite</i> me!?” She pulled away from the girl enough to face her and tears instantly flooded the girl’s vision a second time as a look of absolute guilt came over her expression.
“I sowwy.” She cried remorsefully and Chloe sighed.
“Thank you for your apology Little One, I forgive you, but next time let’s try telling Bluey we need to bite instead, okay? Let’s just get dressed so we can hurry and get you some teethers.” She popped the girl’s paci into her mouth hoping it would be enough comfort for now, and Red started alternating between chewing and suckling as Chloe dried her tears.
“What ever am I to do with you <i>mon petit</i>?” She asked playfully as chestnut eyes stared up at her innocently. She pressed a soft kiss to the girl's nose before getting up with the girl in her arms to retrieve the small red bag with Red’s Little clothes.
She dressed the girl in a black t-shirt covered in penguins along with a pair of red overalls and teddy bear socks that she then covered with a pair of red Little
converse that had velcro straps instead of laces.
By the time Chloe finished getting them ready and grabbing her usual, packed Little bag, she came down the stairs carrying Red to find a bit of a commotion in the foyer.
Her parents were hugging two new arrivals and Chloe instantly recognized her brother’s blond curly locks.
“Oh look who finally decided to join us!” She made their presence known and Chad stepped out of his father’s embrace to smile up at them.
“Is that my sister I see? And Red Dragon!” Red jolted up in Chloe’s arms at hearing the familiar voice saying her code name and the Little squealed in excitement.
“Bad Dino!” Her exclamation made her paci fall from her mouth to hang from it’s clip as she wriggled and squirmed and Chloe felt her heart leap into her throat when she almost lost her hold on the toddler while still coming down the staircase.
“Red! Hold on, baby girl, Bluey will put you down in a moment.” She hurried down the last couple of steps before gently setting her girl on her feet and the redhead ran to the blonde man that was standing at the front doors. Chad held his arms out and managed to catch the girl as she launched herself into his arms.
“Hey there, Squirt, I’ve missed you! It’s been like <i>forever</i> since I last saw you!” He hugged the girl and tickled her sides causing the girl to laugh brightly and squirm in his hold.
“It hasn’t even been a month since we last saw you.” Chloe arched her brow at her brother as she approached them. Chad smiled widely at his little sister and set her Little down to give her a proper hug.
“Like I said, it’s been <i>forever</i>! How are you, Little sis? Have you gotten taller?” The man put a hand on her head and jokingly measured her height against his shoulder and she rolled her eyes but her smile was prominent even as she playfully shoved him.
“No, I’m certain you’re shrinking. The universe has finally realized its mistake in making you freakishly tall and is correcting it.” The guy gasped in mock offense.
“How <i>dare</i> you!” Red burst into a fit of giggles at seeing the siblings' interaction and the Charmings all watched her with fond looks.
“Aww, Chad! She’s even cuter than you mentioned! Hi, Sweetie!” Red stopped as it was only then that she realized there was a person standing there that she’d never seen before. Her eyes widened at seeing the unfamiliar brunette looking at her and she darted behind her caregiver to grip at her shirt and hide.
“Oh! I’m so sorry! I didn’t mean to scare her!” The woman frowned, feeling bad for her actions.
“No worries, Audrey, Red’s just a bit shy.” Chloe turned around and lifted her Little onto her hip to bring her over to the brunette.
“Baby girl, this is Audrey, She’s Chad’s dom. Audrey, this is my Little, Red.” The toddler peeked out from her usual hiding place to study the lady she was being introduced to.
“Hello Red, it’s so nice to meet you! I’ve heard so many wonderful things about you!” Audrey gave her a warm smile and Red looked up to her Bluey who gave her an encouraging nod.
“Hewo.” The toddler lisped and gave a tiny wave before bringing her hand up to her mouth to start biting at as she ducked back into her hiding spot. Chloe whispered soft words of praise to her Little for being so brave as she gently replaced the girl’s fingers with her paci.
“Sorry to cut the reunion a little short, but I actually need to go out and get some things for this Little One. She started teething again this morning and I didn’t pack any of her teethers.” Audrey’s eyes lit up.
“Oh! I actually still have some Christmas shopping to finish for my family! We decided to do a small late one since my parents can get so busy around this time of year, and I’m afriad I’ve been procrastinating their gifts for a bit too long. Do you mind If I join you guys?
