Love For Granted
Rating: I haven't decided yet.
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
Summary: How can you feel so much love for someone you've only been knowing for a few minutes? In this case, she had to ask herself that question twice.
A/N: Yeah. Another Grillows story. Holy cow. I'm going to burn myself out one day, but I don't care. LOL. This story goes perfectly with the song Love For Granted by Phoenix, so I used it as the title. AND I've got another idea sent to me by a wonderful Grillows shipper I still start working on in a few days. Sorry for any grammar mistakes. This story has a point, I promise you! LOL
She leaned her head back against the pillow, listening to the cries of her daughter fill the small hospital room. How could she feel so much love for someone she's only been knowing for a few minutes? Soon enough, her little bundle of joy was snuggled in arms. She didn't even realize she was crying until a tear fell onto her daughter's soft, pink cheek.
A small pair of crystal blue eyes were staring back at her now.
Catherine smiled.
She had never imagined herself a mother. She had even cried when she found out she was pregnant, afraid of making the same mistakes her own mother made. As the months passed, she grew more confident. She quit her job at the strip club once she was in the fourth month.
And now here she was; alone in the hospital with her daughter in her arms.
But she couldn't remember for the life of her how she had gotten to the hospital. She had no time to think though, as a nurse came in with papers and a smile.
"Have you thought about what you're going to name the little angel?"
"Lindsey," she whispered.
"Well... here are the papers." She set them down on Catherine's lap with a pen. "And ugh... you have a visitor," she added before walking out of the room.
Catherine's eyes flew to the door, wondering if it were Eddie or...
"Gil?"
"Hey..." He moved closer to her hesitantly. Both of them concentrated on the baby in her arms. "She's beautiful, Cath."
"You wanna hold her?" He grew nervous suddenly, giving her a sad frown and shaking his head. "Oh come on. Here..." She sat up in the bed, reaching for him with one arm while keeping the other safely around Lindsey. She pulled him closer and raised her baby slowly into his arms.
Lindsey whimpered, but only for a second, until she felt Gil's strong arms cuddle her close to his chest. Catherine smiled.
"You're a natural."
"She's so beautiful," he whispered, truly blessed to be holding such a small creature in his arms. He was almost afraid to cuddle her to close. "-just like her mother." He continued to rock Lindsey back and forth for a few minutes, unaware of Catherine's shy grin that had appeared on her face. She got started on signing the papers in front of her. "What's her name?"
"Lindsey," she spoke softly, not wanting to ruin the precious moment in front of her. She leaned back against her pillow, comfortable with knowing Gil had her daughter safely in his arms. She was almost afraid to trust anyone other than him. She finished off the top paper, then hesitated when it came time to state the father of her baby. She bit her lip and looked up at the sight in front of her one last time, then shook her head; knowing Gil would never agree to be the father to Lindsey, even though he damn well acted like it as of the moment.
"Where's Eddie?" She almost jumped at his sudden question. She shrugged and got back to the task on hand- it almost pained her to write that same name on the papers.
"Don't know." He looked up at her with a sleeping Lindsey in his arms. "He's not here. I know that" She put the papers on the stand next to her bed for the nurse to pick up. "He doesn't deserve to be here," she bit back tears and placed her hands in her lap. She shook the thoughts from her head and watched her stirring daughter. Lindsey's arms had broken free from the tight blanket she had been wrapped in and were now flying in the air, feeling her surroundings. Her tiny hand came to rest against Gil's chest and she instantly relaxed.
After a few minutes of just sitting there and holding her, he began to get up. He carefully handed Lindsey back to her mother and smiled down at the two of them.
"I better get going. You two need your rest," he whispered.
"No," she pleaded. "Don't go." He stopped. "Don't leave me here alone." Her voice cracked. Even Lindsey started to stir and wake, her small eyes fluttering open fully now.
"I won't," he comforted her and took a seat on the same couch he had been on moments ago. "But promise me you'll get some rest while I'm here. You need it."
As she began to nod, the nurse came back in with a smile. She picked up the papers and reached for Lindsey, explaining that they need to weigh her in and clean her off a bit more. Catherine willingly gave her daughter to the young nurse and shifted around in the bed, suddenly feeling cold now that her little bundle of joy wasn't there with her.
"She'll be back, Cath," she heard him say soothingly.
"Stay with me."
"I'm right here. I'm not leaving."
And then she fell asleep, for the first time in two days.
Gil sat there and watched over her, her constant breathing lulling him to sleep also. He yawned a few times and finally laid back against the couch, his head against the arm rest and his feet propped up against the opposite rest.
Before he closed his eyes, he turned his head and made sure Catherine was alright.
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The faintest noises had always waken him up. He opened one eye upon hearing the door creak open. The same nurse was back with Lindsey, in new blankets and a soft pink outfit. Lindsey too seemed tired. The nurse noticed Catherine was in a deep sleep and padded towards Gil.
"Here you are. Daddy'll take care of you while mommy rests," the nurse cooed in Lindsey's little ear. Gil went to sit up, but before he could, the nurse had simply laid Lindsey on top of his chest carefully and walked out. He laid there awkwardly with baby Lindsey lying on top his chest. Her small head was sideways, facing her mother, while the rest of her small body was snuggled against his chest.
She made small noises in her sleep, the sound of Gil's heartbeat relaxing her yet again. That's when he had completely fell in love with this little girl. He realized that she fit perfectly against his chest. He caressed her back gently and placed a kiss to the top of her head before drifting off to a light sleep.
A/N: Right. So young Gil and Catherine in this story. I'm guessing they're in their twenties. (shrugs) I'll figure it out later. So! Catherine had Lindsey in this chapter, Eddie is no where to be found, Gil's the only one there with Cath and Linds, and what's going to happen next? I don't know. LOL.
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