Bath Time

Bath Time

AN: I own nothing in this story. This is for FaerieFighter009 so enjoy. Please R&R.

Five year old Elhaym Van Lockhart or Elly as she was more commonly known looked up at her mother with puppy dog eyes.

"Mommy I don' wanna take a bath!" Elly said, with her tiny arms crossed.

"I'm sorry Elly but you have to take a bath." Tifa said firmly. Elly cried when Tifa picked her up and carried her to the large bathtub. Quickly taking off Elly's clothes Tifa started the bath and added pink bubbles to the warm water. Elly's cries had turned to sniffles when she saw the pink bubbles.

"Are you gonna take a bath too Mommy?" Elly asked.

"Well I am pretty stinky so I might as well." Tifa said, removing her clothes and slipping into the bubble bath. Elly instantly jumped in the warm water and into her mother's arms.

"This feel's really nice." Elly said. Then she splashed some water on her mother.

"Hey what was that for?" Tifa asked.

"For fun!" Elly said, splashing her again. Tifa took a bit of water in her palm and put a little in Elly's hair. "Mommy that tickles!" Tifa stopped doing that and got some bubble suds in her hands, lathering Elly's hair. Elly squirmed a little but let her mother finish. Tifa then took a washcloth and cleaned Elly up before finally getting some shampoo in her hands.

"Alright honey close your eyes, here comes the shampoo." Elly giggled as Tifa lathered her scalp and washed it off several times. Once she was finished Elly opened her eyes and took some bubble suds in her hands, rubbing them on Tifa's face. The result was that Tifa looked like she had a white beard growing all over the bottom half of her mouth. Elly laughed loudly and pointed at her mother.

"You look like Santa, Mommy." Tifa patted her stomach and then said in a booming voice:

"Ho Ho Ho, what would you like for Christmas Elly?"

"Stop being silly Mommy!" Elly said, giggling when Tifa picked her up and lifted her in the air. "I want a little sister!" Elly said. Tifa lowered her back into the water and smiled.

"A little sister?" Tifa said, stifling a few chuckles. "And how would you get a little sister?"

"You buy her from the stork." Elly said with all the confidence in the world. Tifa chuckled then and hugged Elly tightly.

"Is that so? Do you want to go to bed soon?" Tifa asked. Elly's response was to splash water in her mother's face again.

"No I want to have a water fight."

"Elly I don't think- but she was cut off by a wave of water hitting her face. Tifa responded with a gentle splash back and soon both mother and daughter were splashing with abandon. Finally they stopped and Elly hugged her mother tightly.

"Thanks mommy that was fun!" Just then they heard a knock on the bathroom door.

"Tifa, Elly, are you guys taking a bath?"

"Come take a bath Daddy!" Elly replied. The door opened then and Reno walked in. He smiled at his family in the bathtub and shook his head.

"Sorry princess I can't." Elly then whispered in Tifa's ear and Tifa smiled.

"Okay Daddy then could you help me get out?" Elly asked. Reno nodded and went to lift her out of the tub. As soon as Elly's hand grasped his Tifa suddenly grabbed his wrist and pulled him into the bath tub. The Turk gave a cry of surprise as he fell into the water and up he came sputtering. His wife and child had devious smiles on their faces and splashed him.

"Got you Daddy!" Elly yelled in delight. Tifa laughed when she saw Reno's drenched hair and squealed when he pulled her close to give her a fierce kiss. Elly poked his side again and again until they broke apart. "Ewww, Daddy stop!" Reno chuckled at his daughter and started tickling her. Tifa smiled as she watched the tender scene but was soon dragged in by her husband and the family collapsed into a fit of giggles and uncontrolled laughter.