Loving moments
Meredith and Nathan and their moments with Claire. The early years
Meredith's POV
I woke up because of the crying. My head was going to explode. Walked to the nursery, Claire. I held her close to my chest but she just kept it going.
An hour passed. She had calmed down a bit, but not enough. I dialed a number. Nathan answered the phone
"Hello?" his voice sounded sleepy
"Nate is me" I said quietly. I swear he could hear the baby on the other line
"You okay?" he sat up straight "she okay?"
"She's fine, but she just won't stop crying" I said kind of desperate
Nathan chuckled "sorry" he started getting dressed "you want me to go?"
"Please" I begged. He then hung up.
Nathan sneaked out of the house quietly. He grabbed the keys and headed to Meredith's direction
She had been looking out the window for a while. The car lights were like a sign from heaven. He knocked on the door quietly, but instantly she had opened the door. Nathan could hear Claire trough the door before she did
"Hey" he said, she let him in. Claire calmed down a bit when Nathan walked closer to Meredith
"Looks like she's much better huh?" he smiled sweetly
"I think so, here" she handed the baby to Nathan. He looked at Claire in owe "she's got bigger"
Nathan nodded. After he had known Meredith was pregnant, his parents had wanted Meredith to disappear, giving up the baby, but Nathan had managed to keep Meredith close to him, by paying for an apartment in New York. He had been using money from his trust fund and hoped that before it ran out he would get a job, one that had nothing to do with his father. They were sitting on the coach while Nathan rocked Claire. She had finally fallen sleep
"There, that wasn't so hard was it?" he told Meredith before putting the baby back on the crib
"Shut up!" she whispered "I don't know what had gotten into her"
"She just a baby, that's what babies do" Nathan sat back on the couch "I should go"
"No" she said "please". She missed him. She needed him. Help. He was so good with Claire and she wasn't
"I have to" he replied "I sneaked out from my house" he chuckled
"You did?" she smiled "just for me?"
"Just for my girls" Nathan smiled, but he couldn't help but wonder if he could really stick around forever
"I have to tell you something" she started. He had been so good taking care of them, but she needed more, she needed to let him go. They were from different words "I have thought about moving to Texas" she stared deeply into his eyes "I could get a job and I have family there, I could set you free Nate"
"I don't need to be set free, I take care of you, of both" he had just felt as his heart was being reaped out of him
"I've been hiding here for moths" she remained him. "I just can't keep doing this anymore" she had started crying " you brought me here, so you could take care of us, but I feel as if I was living…" she had stopped. Could bring her to say what was next.
They remained in silence for a while. Both merged in their own thoughts. "I should really go". She nodded sadly. She walked him to the door "is that really what you want? moving to Texas, I mean" he asked as they were at the door
"I do" Meredith admitted "I already called up some friends"
"I'll give you money, the rest of my trust fund" Nathan said
"No, you don't have to do that, think about what your father would do to you" she said holding his hand
"I don't really care" he said playing with her fingers
"Yes you do. You always do" Meredith placed a finger on his lips to cut him off "I have some money"
Nathan raised an eyebrow "my uncle sent me some, plus I've been saving"
They were now face to face, their foreheads touching; she leaned in closer and kissed him. A desperate goodbye kiss, she kept begging him for a response, after a while he did. Their tongues fierce, sad, Nathan finally broke the kiss
"Wait" she begged pulling him inside again "kiss me again"
"I can't" he grabbed her wrists "I have to go home" but she was kissing him again. Now on his neck "stop"
"No, I don't want to" she said "I love you"
"Meredith" Nathan was trying to remain focused as she kissed him "we've been through this, Claire is living proof of it"
"Don't make jokes about our daughter" she said unbuttoning his shirt "please Nathan"
Claire had started to cry again. Nathan took advantage of it
"Hey kiddo" he picked his 6 months old daughter; she stared at him as if she was begging him to stay. He walked out of the nursery. The baby had stopped crying. He handed Claire to Meredith and then kissed her forehead
"Go" she whispered hugging him, the baby between them. Once he was walking to his car Meredith said "there goes daddy baby"
End of chapter 1!