Caroline was glad to get home. Recently, it was the one thing she looked forward to, coming home to her family, instead of going to work. She walked straight through the hallway to the kitchen, knowing where they would be without calling out.

"Hello sweetheart...have you had a nice day?" She grabbed the baby's chubby little hand and brought it to her lips.

Kate turned around to greet Caroline only to be dismayed when she realised Caroline was speaking to Olivia. She hated being jealous of her own daughter but she couldn't help it. The months her and Caroline had spent before Olivia was born was blissful and the couple of weeks Caroline had taken off when the baby was born was nice. But, since Caroline had gone back to work she seemed to focus all her attention on Olivia when she got home.

Caroline undid the fastening on the baby bouncer and pulled Olivia into her arms, "I've missed you today, yes i have, i have, but, you know what little one?... Today is friday and do you know what that means?...Yes, it means your mum is home for the whole weekend. Yes it does." She bounced the baby gently in her arms while gazing into her eyes, amazed how she could feel so much love for her, as if she was her own.

"Dinner will be twenty minutes." Kate glanced at her waiting for a reply but Caroline's eyes was still fixed on the baby. "I'm going for a shower!"

Olivia started to giggle at Caroline making funny faces.

Kate stormed out of the room and upstairs to the room she shared with Caroline. She stripped her clothes off and made her way into their en suite bathroom. She turned the shower on and stood under the hot water and let her tears fall with the droplets, she leaned back to the shower wall and sobbed.

Caroline was blissfully unaware how Kate had been feeling recently, she had noticed that Kate had been a bit distant but had just put it down to her hormones.

"And how was your day hunny?" she glanced around the room when she got to reply, "Kate?" She heard the shower running upstairs.

"Well, that's funny, your mammy didn't say she was going in the shower, did she? Well, let's get you changed little one and ready for bed. Then, your mammy and i are going to have a nice dinner together and talk. Perhaps we can see what's upsetting her, eh? What do you think? Oh, you think that's funny do you?"

Twenty minutes later Caroline was dishing the food out when Kate come down looking beautiful and fresh faced from the shower. Caroline still couldn't believe she had her back, she really had thought she had blown it with her. Even though months had passes since that horrible weekend away it still hurt Caroline to think that she could have lost it all. It had been good before that weekend but nowhere near to how perfect it was now. She swore to herself, the night that Kate came back to the wedding, that she would spend every day showing Kate how much she loved her.

"I've put Olivia to bed, food's ready, i'm just dishing up. Mmm, it smells delicious." Caroline walked both of their plates over to the table.

"Red or white?" Caroline said when holding up the wine glasses.

"Kate?" She looked at Kate leaning on the island.

"What?...Sorry..." Kate replied, clearly distracted.

Caroline walked over to her and lazily wrapped her arms around the younger woman's waist.

"Sweetheart, are you ok?" she gently asked, while running the back of her hand down her cheek.

Kate couldn't lift her eyes to look at her because she knew as soon as she did she would be crying. She gently pushed her away and made her way to the table.

"I'm fine!" She grimaced without looking back.

Caroline looked over in disbelief, she was sure she was missing something. She folded her arms over her chest.

"What's going on?" she said, a little more forceful than intended but Kate was worrying her.

"Nothing!"

"Then why are you being so distant?"

"I'm being distant? You can talk!"

"What do you mean by that?" replied Caroline closing the gap between them.

"You've been home well over half an hour Caroline and this is the first time you have spoken to me." Kate shot back, her lip quivering, tears threatening to fall.

"I've been dealing with the baby."

"Yes, that's my point Caroline. You're ALWAYS dealing with the baby." The tears started falling and Kate needed to get out of there. She was halfway down the corridor when Caroline shouted,

"Where are you going?"

"I need to get out of here." She slammed the front door behind her.

Caroline remained looking at the front door waiting for Kate to return. When she didn't she slumped into a chair and let her own tears fall. She had screwed up yet again. How could she have gotten it so wrong that Kate would start to feel jealous of their daughter. She sloshed some red wine into a glass and took a big gulp and waited for the love of her life to return so she could sort this mess out.