First things first: disclaimer: I do not own these characters. They belong to private Practice.
Next: This series is a continuation of my story "The Unexpected Things in Life" If you haven't read it you can find it on my profile page. Charlotte and Cooper have a young son Bryce and a baby daughter Savannah. They're living the fairytale, but it's not always going to be easy. We'll see that in this series which chronicles the moments of their life. Let's begin:
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A dream is a wish your heart makes and Charlotte King always dreamed of her happily ever after. By all rights she was living it now. She's married to the love of her life Dr. Cooper Freedman. She has two beautiful healthy children; a boy and a girl; she asks herself why she feel's so empty?
The rain is pounding hard on Cooper's windshield. He calls Violet Turner on his blue tooth and her voice echoes out of his steering wheel.
"Hello. Dr. Turner speaking."
"Vi. It's me, I need a favor."
"Coop? Why do I get the feeling you're going to ruin my plans?"
"What plans?" Cooper speaks into the steering wheel.
"Pete and I are going out tonight. He's taking me to a show and then dinner."
"Oooh la la! What's the occasion?"
"No occasion. It's our date night. We do it to stay connected."
"That's interesting. I'll try not to ruin your date night with my little problem." Cooper belittles.
"What do you need Cooper?"
"I need you to talk to Charlotte. She's been down and she won't tell me what's wrong?"
"What do you mean by down?"
"Not herself, not happy. I don't know; sad I guess."
"Do you think she's showing signs of post partum depression?" Violet asks stepping into her therapist role.
"I don't think it's anything that serious. Maybe you could talk to her, woman to woman."
"I'll talk to her tomorrow."
"Do you think you could do it tonight? Charlotte's got a busy day tomorrow. The kids both have appointments and she's meeting with the contractors about renovating the house. Remember Vi you owe me."
"Fine, I'll go now. I have a few minutes before I have to get ready for my date with Pete."
"Thanks Vi. I'll see if Pete wants to meet me for a drink while you're talking to Charlotte."
"No. Pete's going to have to make Lucas dinner and get him ready to go to the babysitters' if I'm going to talk to Charlotte."
"Oh right, for your date night." Cooper snickers. "I'll ask Sam to meet me then."
"Bye Coop." Violet shakes her head.
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Violet arrives at Charlotte's house and tries to dodge the giant rain drops to get to the door. She knocks and after about five minutes Charlotte answers.
"Well, well look what the cat dragged home!" Charlotte opens the door and Violet steps in, her hair and clothes rain soaked. "You look like a drowned rat."
"I couldn't find my umbrella" Violet shakes off the wetness.
"Charlotte hands her a towel. "What are you doing here?"
"I missed you Charlotte. I thought we could talk." Violet says sarcastically, knowing very well that's exactly why she's there, she adds "I wanted to borrow one of your sexology books for a patient I have coming in tomorrow. You mind?" She lies.
"Course I don't mind, but you'll have to blow the dust off em. I haven't picked up a text book since I stopped working after Bryce was born".
Violet notices the tension in Charlotte's voice. The baby starts to cry and Bryce who is now 2 years old clings to Charlotte's knee.
"Don't hide behind my leg Bryce. Say hi to your Auntie Violet."
"Hi Ricie Brycie" Violet says in a sweet sing song voice trying to coax the toddler off of Charlotte's leg.
"He's not budging." Charlotte tells her. "I walk around all day with him stuck on my leg."
Violet picks up more tension. "Oh!"
"You get used to it; part of motherhood. Want some tea? I can't do martini's."
"You're still nursing?" Violet asks as she sits at the kitchen table. She watches Charlotte pick up the baby with Bryce clinging to her knee and make Violet a cup of tea with her free hand.
"I am, got another six months to go. Cooper and I agreed I would nurse her for the first year."
Charlotte sits down at the table and opens her shirt to nurse the baby. She scowls at Violet. "You okay with this? It freaks some people out if I whip my boobs out in front of them."
"No, no. I'm fine with it." Violet looks away. She tries not to stare at Charlotte or the baby. "I never got the chance to nurse Lucas. I was in the crazy after he was born. But I don't know if I would be the type anyway. I was going to try it but I don't know if I could commit to it."
"Why not?" Charlotte's well aware Violet's avoiding eye contact.
"It's not me; with my work and all, I don't think it would have been the ideal choice."
"Because you're a busy doctor? I used to be a doctor too."
Violet notices that the tension is growing in Charlotte's voice. "Charlotte you're still a doctor. You still have your medical license."
"What's the point? I haven't practiced since Bryce was born." Charlotte's voice is hostile.
"And that bothers you?" Violet slips into her therapist voice.
Charlotte takes the baby off her breast and holds her over her shoulder, she lightly pats Savannah's back waiting for her to burp. Bryce is on the floor still clutching on to Charlotte's leg while peeking out at Violet. "This is my life now. I love my family to death, but I used to run a hospital. I used to make important life or death decisions everyday. Now my decisions are whether I should feed the baby rice cereal or barley. I get to decide whether to take Bryce to the park or to a mommy and me class. Yup, those are my big decisions these days."
"You miss working?" Violet asks gently, sipping at her tea.
"I do. It was my life for so long and now that part of my life is just…." Charlotte hesitates to find the right word. "Gone…. That part of my life…. The doctor in me is just gone and I miss it." Charlotte taps her fingers nervously on the table. She struggles with feeling guilty for wanting to go back to work and doesn't want Violet to get the wrong idea. "I mean I love my life. I love my babies and Cooper. I just miss me. The me I used to be."
"Why don't you go back to work part time?"
"When we first had Bryce Cooper and I agreed I would stay home and raise our family. His momma stayed home with him as a kid and my momma never worked'"
"You're not your momma or Cooper's momma for that matter. Charlotte you're a doctor. That's all you've known most of your adult life. You can be a momma and a doctor. A lot of women do it. I do it"
"I know but Cooper, Cooper will be so... disappointed"
"Cooper's still practicing as a doctor. There's no reason you can't Charlotte."
"It's hard to explain. After that incident when Bryce was born and the gunman held us hostage, we just felt it would be more important for me to stay home, that family was the most important thing. Family comes first."
"Charlotte this bothers you. You need to take care of yourself to be a good mom and wife. If you're miserable, you're not doing your family any good." Violet convinces her and it doesn't take much. A little support goes a long way.
"I am itchin' to get back to work. I'm just worried about Cooper."
"Don't worry about Cooper. Do you know where Cooper is right now? He's out drinking beers with Sam, while your home taking care of the kids."
Charlotte clenches her mouth tight, biting her lip. She releases her lip and says. "I'm going back to work. Puttin' my resume in tomorrow!"
"Good for you." Violet looks out the window. The rain has finally stopped falling and her job is done here. Now to talk to Cooper about this. "Hmmmmm" She mumbles to herself.
Next chapter coming soon. Review and let me know what you think about this.