Life is Strange: A New Light
Chapter 2 of my Life is Strange story, enjoy.
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Chapter 2
Chloe smiled as she finished her lunch, it was just another day it seemed.
'Of course, nothing is ever routine with a baby around.' She told herself.
Nevertheless; this was how her life was going at the moment; coping with the various rigours of the day, trying to care for her daughter. Sure enough, at that moment, Rachel began to cry, Chloe hurried to her.
"Hey Rachel, it's alright." She said softly.
She was getting used to Rachel's different cries now and knew what was wrong.
Smiling she prepared herself to begin. "Aww, c'mon sweetie, let's feed you."
Once ready she allowed Rachel to latch on and sure enough she did, immediately beginning to feed. It was then she heard a knock at the door.
"Uh oh...awkward, who…?" She muttered to herself.
Luckily at that moment she heard the person on the other side calling out. "Chloe, are you home?"
"Max." She gasped in relief. "Hey, hold on...kinda awkward at the moment."
Even so, despite the difficulties she was able to let Max in.
"Hey, ah, see Rachel's hungry." Max said at once.
Chloe nodded. "Yeah; good to see you, so, what brings you here?"
Max explained. "Just dropped by to see if things were alright, if there was anything I could help with."
"That's...that's real nice, thanks...I'm okay just now." Chloe replied.
Together they sat, talking away while Chloe finally finished breastfeeding her daughter and fixed her clothes, burping her and gently rocking her to sleep.
It was only a short time later that something happened to truly test Chloe's mothering abilities. Rachel woke up screaming and Chloe paled as she realized.
"Chloe?" Max asked worriedly.
Chloe cringed and replied. "She...needs changing."
"Ah..."
Nodding Chloe made her way to Rachel and found, at least to some relief, her daughter was only wet.
"Alright, here we go." She muttered as she got everything she needed.
Max stayed nearby, watching and smiling lightly as Chloe got to work, actually only needing to help towards the end as Rachel turned out to be ticklish and wriggled around.
"Um, Max, could you…?" Chloe began.
Nodding Max help keep Rachel still while Chloe finished. "There we go, nice and fresh."
She lifted her daughter up and Max grinned, watching this.
"You've already come a long way Chloe."
Chloe smiled lightly. "I know, I just...hope I can keep doing this. For her sake."
Max nodded, glad to see that, although thrust upon her unexpectedly, Chloe was handling her new life of responsibility and motherhood well.
Later in the day, while cradling Rachel as she took her nap, Chloe was talking with Joyce and David.
"So, um...What's going on?" She asked.
David sighed and then explained. "Chloe, we need to start thinking, for you...about the future."
Chloe bit her lip, she knew this was coming.
"You're a mother now Chloe, you have to be able to provide for Rachel." Joyce explained. "Make sure she's taken care of."
Nodding Chloe replied. "I know...believe me, I do...I've been thinking the same thing, namely, I'm definitely going to need to start finding a way to properly earn money, to help, you know."
They all nodded; both Joyce and David relieved, for they could see Chloe was sincere and they began talking together, discussing ideas that would help Chloe provide a stable future for her daughter.
End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.