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"No, I don't wanna take a nap!" Lucy stomped her tiny foot, glaring up at her mother.

"Lucy, I know today didn't go as you planned but you clearly need a nap." Lindsay pinched the bridge of her nose as she tried to hold onto her patience.

"NOOOOOO," Lucy screamed as she collapsed in the entry way of their apartment. "I won't nap!"

"Fine, the baby and I need a nap. That's where we'll be when you're done with your bad manners." Lindsay replied blowing out a breath so hard it lifted her bangs, before shuffling down the hallway to the master bedroom and en suite.

Lucy, done with her wailing, sat up and wiped at her sweaty face with her sleeve. She looked around the empty apartment and noticed how quiet everything was. She pulled herself up with a grunt and went to her bedroom to play. But after five minutes of playing lunch, boredom set in and she went to look for her mommy.

Lindsay took the scrunchies from her hair and placed them in the dish on the counter along with earrings. She wet a washcloth and wiped the bright green eye shadow from her face, looking at her reflection in the mirror.

"Nice parenting, Linds," she muttered as she wrung the cloth out and left it on the edge of the sink. Flicking the light off, she left the bathroom and went into the bedroom to pull her pillow free from the comforter. Lindsay shifted and shifted on the bed until she felt comfortable, rubbing her six month belly.

She fell into a light doze but her instincts told her someone was watching her. As she peeked from beneath her lashes she saw Lucy hiding behind the door. Lindsay looked again and found that Lucy was gone. Until she heard the scrape of Lucy's fold up stool being dragged from the bathroom to the bedroom. The little girl grunted with the effort to pull herself up onto the bed, nearly undoing Lindsay. She had to bite her lip to keep from smiling at her daughter's antics.

"I'm sorry Mommy," Lucy whispered, patting her mother's face gently. Lindsay opened her eyes to Lucy lying on Danny's side of the bed.

"I know you are, honey. But what was that meltdown all about?" She asked playing with Lucy's hair, running it through her fingers.

Lucy sniffed again tearfully wiping her nose with her sleeve making Lindsay frown. "The baby didn't like the Eggos that I made you, and then the Children's Museum was closed when it was supposed to be open…nothing was going as Daddy and I planned for your special day." Lucy ended on a wail, the tears falling down her face.

"What about the pretty make up and doing my hair up those pigtails? I've haven't been pampered like that in a long while." Lindsay smiled into Lucy's bright eyes. "Not to mention, the earrings that you bought me."

"Yeah," Lucy brightened. "I knew you'd love them! Daddy, he helped me find ones that would clamp onto your ears, because you have no holes." She peered at Lindsay's ear, missing the way her mom rolled her eyes at the thought of Danny helping Lucy pick out the big neon pink metal heart earrings.

"Even Uncle Flack commented on how lovely I smelled when we stopped by the lab to drop off the keys that Daddy forgot."

"What's that stench?" Don asked sniffing the air, his foot long hoagie forgotten in front of him. Stella and Jo elbowed him on either side making him yelp.

"The perfume isn't that bad, Lindsay", Jo commented, while Don rubbed his sides glaring at the women. "Ellie got me one that was much worse. I swear I smelled like perming solution."

"You had a perm?" Stella asked taking a pause in eating her minestrone soup.

"It was the 80's. Enough said," Jo replied glumly before brightening up to smile at Lindsay.

"Happy Mother's Day, Lindsay!' Prompting the others to add their wishes.

The memory of it made Lindsay smile as she ran her fingers over Lucy's downy cheek.

"Really?" She gazed at her mom her eyes full of hope, leaning into her mom's fingers.

"Really, but you know better to throw a tantrum like that. So there'll be no trains tonight with Daddy."

"Okay," Lucy mumbled burying her face into Lindsay's bosom, listening to her mom's heartbeat.

A few hours later…

Danny threw his keys onto the hallway table and took his jacket off laid it over the back of the couch. After a quick snack in the kitchen he headed pass the living room into the hallway. Danny smiled at the pictures detailing the history of his family. From family get togethers, meeting Lindsay, to Lucy's birth. Pausing for a moment to look see if Lucy was in her room, continuing on when he noted it was empty.

The sight of mother and child nestled together made the cookie stick a little in his throat and his blue eyes shine.

"You're going to spoil dinner," Lindsay smiled without opening her eyes. Danny gingerly arranged himself on the bed without disturbing Lucy, leaning over to kiss his wife.

Lindsay sighed into the kiss as his lips left their indelible impression, the heat of it snaking its way around her heart.

"How was Mother's Day? I heard at the lab that Lucy was a bit put out." He asked against her lips as he went in for another kiss, lingering a bit longer this time.

"The best one so far," she fought to keep from melting, trying to keep her head. "You do know that I'm going to make you pay for the earrings right?"

Danny's blue eyes burned with amusement, his voice deepening into a sexy growl. "Absolutely!"

The end.


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