Hey guys I wasn't going to post this for a little while but this morning I woke up and just really wanted to. For some reason I'm really nervous about this story kind of like when I first posted Help Me Find My Way Back so I hope you enjoy and review xx
"Good morning little princess." Caleb said to his daughter as she stuck her hands up for him. "Mornin Dada." She snuggled into her Daddy's arms as he picked her up. "Where Mama?" Caleb sighed in response, he didn't want to have this conversation with his daughter again, Bella at the tender age of two didn't understand what's going on with her Mommy.
All that Bella could understand was she would be getting a new brother or sister and it is making her Mommy very tired but that's not the entire truth. Hanna had been crippled with exhaustion but not typical exhaustion, Hanna had explained to Caleb in tears a few nights ago that she felt the same amount of exhaustion she felt when she was nine months pregnant with Bella, that was concerning to the both of them because Hanna was barely a month along and on top of that was terrible morning sickness.
"Um... Mommy's sleeping Belle Belle." He said kissing the top of her head and carrying the little girl who strongly resembled her mother, with Hanna's ocean blue eyes and bright blonde hair she was the spitting image of her Mama but on the inside she was her Daddy with Caleb's heart of gold and protective nature she was him too and she definitely showed it.
Last month before the exhaustion had happened Hanna took their little girl clothes shopping, Bella tried on many outfits but eventually settled on some leggings with hearts and a Jasmine dress her favourite Disney princess but the entire time she had begged her Mommy for an Elsa doll Hanna gave in because she behaved good for the entire trip, much to Hanna's surprise once she payed for the clothes and the doll Bella picked it up and placed it in a box near the entrance of the store.
Hanna was confused and walked up to her daughter once she realised what her daughter had done she teared up Bella had put the doll in the box titled "Toys for Tots." Hanna smiled at the gesture, she definitely was her Daddy. "Say good morning?" Bella asked enthusiastically interrupting his thoughts, taking a deep breath before he answered he knew this could go either way Bella could with shrug it off or throw a crying fit.
"Mommy has to sleep because the baby is making her tired." He answered preparing for tears he held her close, much to his relief she replied with a simple "K." He was not prepared for crying this morning. Caleb carried his sweet little girl to the kitchen for her breakfast ignoring her high chair instead opting for her to sit on his knee as she ate her waffles and drank her milk, Bella was missing her Mommy and needed a lot of cuddles right now.
"Did you have sweet dreams last night?" He asked kissing the top of her head as she sipped her milk. "I dweamed bout me n Noah fiying on da magic carpet." She smiled up at her Daddy. Noah was Spencer and Toby's four year old son who had most recently become a big brother to a little girl named Anastasia. He cuddled her close happy his daughter was having sweet dreams despite what was going on with her Mama.
His thoughts were once again interrupted as Bella jumped off his lap and announced she had to go potty walking away and leaving him alone. "I better go check on Hanna." Caleb thought to himself, once he entered the bedroom he had shared with Hanna for five years he noticed the covers were thrown off the bed and the room was empty.
Caleb knew exactly where his wife was, in the bathroom emptying her stomach just like yesterday. As soon as he was inside their ensuite sure enough Hanna was there leaning again the tiled bathroom walls with her eyes closed wearing one of his shirts covering the top half of her body the lower was covered with the blanket they kept in here for instances like this.
He flushed the puke filled toilet and sat down next to her. "so do you feel better now?" Hanna didn't reply instead she snuggled into his arms answering the question for in, she did not feel better. "When's my doctors appointment babe?" She mumbled in her exhausted state.
"Tomorrow morning." He replied instantly feeling sad that Hanna had to go through another day like this, he hated seeing her in this state knowing there was nothing he could do. "Have you brushed your teeth?" Caleb asked wanting to help his wife in any way. She nodded and stood up before walked out of the room to go see Bella. Caleb sighed he didn't know what to do if the doctors couldn't help Hanna. He listened to his wife's sweet voice as she greeted their daughter. "Good morning Bel- What are you doing?!" He heard Hanna yell, oh god what has she done he chuckled.
Caleb walked to the main bathroom of their LA home once he saw what Bella had done his jaw dropped. Bella had used the potty like she said but had decided to steal one of her mothers black markers and draw all over their white toilet. Bella knew she had done something wrong so she threw herself on the ground in a tantrum. Caleb groaned and picked his daughter up to place her in time out.
"Oh god how are we going to handle another one." Hanna mumbled after Caleb left the room. Hanna sat down in the corner of her room wondering how she was this exhausted for being only five weeks along, what was wrong with her body, would she have to be on bed rest for her entire pregnancy, she couldn't imagine leaving Caleb and Bella alone while she was in a hospital, she began to tear up at the thought.
"Hey what's wrong?" Caleb asked sitting down next to his wife. "Hanna it's fine I can clean off the toilet." He said thinking that's why she was upset. "It's not that, I'm just scared that something really is wrong." She sighed none of her friends had ever been this exhausted at five weeks, Aria who was currently five months pregnant with a little boy was a ball of energy just like when she was pregnant with Layla.
"Hanna look at me." Caleb said using his index finger to tilt her chin up towards his. "I don't know why you're so tired but I can assure you nothing is wrong and you are fine." He finished giving her a kiss on the lips. "I know but why am I so tired?" She cried talking a little louder because Bella was throwing an epic tantrum in the other room.
"I'm sorry Han but I can't answer that." He sighed knowing that wasn't the answer she wanted to hear. "It's ok, can you take Bella to do something today?" She asked cracking up Bella's behaviour to being stuck in a house for the past few days.
Caleb smiled knowing exactly what would put a smile on his daughters face.
"How long now Daddy?" Noah asked his father as Toby tried to entertain a two and a four year old as Caleb drove. "Not long now." Toby sighed this was the forth time Noah had asked that in the last five minutes. Noah & Bella's faces lit up when they heard that. Toby noticed a few photos sticking out from under his seat this gave him a great idea of how to entertain the young toddlers.
"Who's this?" He pointed at Hanna's face. "Mommy." Bella answered confidently. "And what does Noah call your Mommy?" He asked the energetic two year old. "Auntie Hanna." She answered clapping her hands for herself knowing she was right.
"What does Auntie Spencer call your Mommy?" He asked again keeping both kids entertained. "Hanna." She answered with Noah clapping for her. "Ok Bella what does Daddy call Mommy?" Bella thought really hard about this one Caleb called Hanna a variety of different names, Her face lit up when she thought of an answer. "Daddy calls Mommy Sexy." She answered waiting for Toby to tell her she was right. Toby and Caleb had the bite their lips to fight back laughter. "Correct Bella but your Daddy calls her Hanna." Bella's expression changed. "Ohh." She said. "Play gen?" She asked her uncle excitedly.
"Ok." He answered looking for another photo this time he picked up one of Hanna showing Bella baby Anastasia while Spencer held the newborn in her arms. "Who's that he said pointing at the baby. "Baby Annie." She answered using the now six month olds nickname. "Very good." He replied. "What about her?" Toby asked pointing at Spencer this time as they approached their destination. "Auntie Spencie." She answered hopefully. "Yes that is." He smiled.
"What does Noah call her?" Bella stuck her lip out. "Umm he calls her Mommy." She smiled Noah gave her a high five. "Ok last one what does your Mommy call her. "Mommy call her da lady who ated all our food?" This time neither of them could hold back their laughter. "What." Toby laughed.
"How did she get that name?" Bella took a deep in preparation to tell her story. "Well wen she was growin Annie in her belly it made her hungie and she came ova to my house an ated all our food but it was ok cause she gav me a Jasmine doll." Both of the fathers were laughing now. "Daddy there it is!" Bella yelled pointing at the castle.
"Hanna wake up." Spencer said leaning down to her best friends level holding the six month old in her arms. "What ohh, Hey Spence what are you doing here?" Hanna asked tiredly as she stole the sleeping baby from Spencer's arms and pulling her under the blankets for a cuddle. "I miss when Bella was this little." Hanna sighed remembering Bella at six months.
"How are you feeling Han, Caleb said you weren't to good." The blonde sighed, right now all she wanted to do was sleep and vomit but having baby Annie here made her feel slightly better. "I feel like crap." At that moment the little baby awoke and started crying for a feed. "Here." Hanna said lifting up the covers and moving to Caleb's side of the bed inviting Spencer to sit down and feed her baby.
"Thank you." She smiled lifting the covers up to her waist and began to feed Anastasia. "She looks like you." Hanna smiled at the little girl placing a kiss on top of her head as she drank her milk from her mom. "I know, Noah looks like Toby but Anastasia looks like me."
Once the little girl was finished and had been burped she closed her eyelids and continued sleeping. "Hanna is it alright if I put her down in Bella's room since she still sleeps in a crib?" Spencer asked hopefully.
"That's fine." Hanna smiled at Spencer and the sleeping little girl. "Thanks Hanna, can you walk to the living room?"
"Yeah, why?"
"Because I have something to show you on my laptop and it's almost flat so I have to charge it." Spencer answered carrying her daughter to Bella's room so she could finish her nap.
Hanna sighed as she got up, she had a little energy since from sleeping for the past few hours but she was still absolutely exhausted. Spencer finally joined her on the couch after half an hour of a crying baby.
"Ok, Annie is finally out." Spencer stated opening her laptop. "I googled some conditions you might have." Oh god Hanna thought to herself as she saw the long list written in Spencer's laptop.
"This is just a few of the conditions I think you could have." Spencer took a deep breath before she began. "Preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, heart disease, anemia, blood clots, listeria, low amniotic fluid levels, placental abruption, syphilis, the flu, more than three babies, fetal arrhythmia, oligohydramnios."
"Ok Spencer enough, you're scaring me." Hanna said having heard enough of Spencer's diagnosis. Spencer randomly started laughing. "What's so funny?" Hanna asked starting to laugh herself.
"I got a text from Toby saying he had to change shirt because Bella threw up on him at the tea cups." Hanna chuckled "that's why Caleb never takes her on that ride when we go to Disney Land, did he learn nothing from Ezra and Layla two years ago." Spencer laughed
"Far out I can't believe Layla's five now." Hanna smiled she was so happy for Ezra and Aria that they were finally having their second baby thanks to IVF but it was kinda sad that Layla and the new baby would be so far apart.
"Thank god you have another shirt in here." Toby breathed out. Toby had taken Bella on the tea cups not remembering she gets very motion sick but who could say no to that adorable little face, he really wished he had waited for Caleb and Noah to get of the cars ride.
Noah was a very persistent little boy and when Noah had asked his Daddy to go on the cars ride with him for the fifth time he had said no, luckily Caleb said he would take him or else there would've been a massive tantrum.
"I know Hanna keeps it in there when Bella wants to sleep and we need something to wrap her up in and it's to hot for a blanket." Caleb smiled thinking about how cute Bella looks when she's dead asleep in her stroller wearing his old shirt that is miles to big for her.
"Layla come back here." They heard a familiar voice say. "Ezra." Toby called out making the dark haired man turn around with an angry five year old who was trying to escape her fathers grasp to find her favourite Disney princess. "Layla." Bella screamed in delight running up to her friend. The two little girls hugged and ran hand in hand back over to Noah who was tying his shoe laces.
"I thought you weren't coming back until tomorrow." Toby said, Ezra and Aria had been vacationing in Australia before the next edition arrived. "Our flight got cancelled so we had to come back a day earlier plus Aria heard about Hanna and she wanted to check up on her."
"Me, Layla n Noah go on fiying elpants?" Bella interrupted. "Sorry baby but I don't think any of you can fly without one of us." He answered preparing for a tantrum. "You go with den?" She asked using her big blue eyes.
"Of course I'll go with you silly." He laughed. "Tank you Dada." She said giving him a kiss. All the kids had gone on the elephants with their fathers. Once they were strapped Bella couldn't stop giggling with excitement.
As soon as the ride started Bella's face lit up, it was the most magical thing Caleb had ever seen. That is the best thing about DisneyLand for parents seeing your children smile. "Woah Dada we high." Bella explained leaning her head against Caleb's shoulder so she could look up at the cloud causing the right bun in her hair to fall out.
"Ohh no Daddy." She said handing him the hair tie and then deciding she was sleepy so she curled up on Caleb's chest sucking her thumb and falling asleep. It's was the cutest thing Caleb had ever seen. Not wanting to disturb Bella while she slept he carried her around the entire park while the older children enjoyed the rides.
"She is out." Caleb said placing a sleeping Bella between him and Hanna as he climbed into bed. "I think she enjoyed herself." Hanna said braiding her daughters long blonde hair. Bella was sound asleep between her parents in her princess pjs and pacifier in her mouth.
"Thanks for taking her to DisneyLand today babe."
"That's okay, we had fun but I think she was even more excited to sleep in our bed tonight." Caleb chuckled remembering the huge smile he had earned when he told Bella she could sleep with them tonight.
"I don't know about that, I think she was more excited when I told her Cody was coming home tomorrow." Cody is the family's one year old German Shepard who they had gotten from Toby, Cody was originally supposed to be Toby's police dog but it didn't work out because he was way to much of a goofball. Cody had to spend the night at the vets because he was being neutered.
Hanna laughed. "She definitely was excited because she can now dress him up as a princess again." Caleb laughed, he had come home from work way to many times to see Cody dress up as a princess.
The couple was exhausted so they decided they should probably get some sleep before tomorrow because it was a busy day tomorrow with picking up Cody, setting up Bella's new bed because she was getting way to big for her crib and then finally taking Hanna to her doctors appointment to finally find out what was wrong.
I hope you enjoyed chapter 1, what do you think is wrong with Hanna did Spencer guess right or was she totally wrong let me know in the reviews. Also can you guys help me decide on a title for chapter 23 of Help Me Find My Way Back I can decide between "The One That Got Away or I'll Make Your Last Day Amazing." Which one. Hope you liked the chapter xx