Chapter 1.
"DAN! Hold Delilah tight otherwise you'll drop her!"
"Phil, I'm not going to drop our own daughter alright! I've got this!"
"Cover her face! We don't want any of the snow getting on her"
"What is a few snowflakes going to do? I know you've read every parenting book in history but I doubt there is anything that says babies are allergic to snow"
Today was the day that both Phil and Dan were taking home their precious bundle of joy, Delilah. It was a cold winter day with about 5cm of snow. Although it wasn't a lot, the guys were taking extra precautions so they wouldn't drop the baby.
As any new parents they were both very protective over her. Both Phil and Dan knew already they would do anything for that baby; absolutely anything.
It would be their first day alone with Delilah; their first day of fatherhood. Deep down they were both extremely nervous and were naturally doubting themselves. But they loved that little girl.
As they reached their apartment Phil used his spare hand which wasn't carrying baby necessities in to unlock the door and let Dan and Delilah in first. Dan instantly went to the sofa and sat down still cradling Delilah to his chest. She squirmed delightfully in his arms and looked at what she could in the room. Everything was so new to her, so strange, and her little brain was trying to process it all.
Phil dragged his bags from Delilah's previous foster home in to her new nursery and plopped them down on the floor. He sighed in relief after letting go of all that weight and glanced around the room.
The nursery was covered in greeny-blue wallpaper with farm animals all over. Both him and Dan decided they didn't want a girly room and rather a unisex one. Little Delilah's cot was painted white with green bedding; a dangling mobile of adorable sheep, cows and pigs above. They chose to have a cream coloured carpet put in. Even though they knew it would be more difficult to clean up they were anxious about Delilah lying, or later on, crawling on hard floors in case she hurt herself.
Thinking of going to make Delilah a bottle of milk, Phil left the nursery and walked in to the hallway. But when he reached the end of the hallway he halted and peered round the corner in to the living room.
Sat on the sofa was Dan, gazing in to Delilah's eyes and she gazed in to his own. One of Dan's thumbs was being comforted by the grasp of hers and he seemed to be singing her to sleep.
"Hey there Delilah don't you worry about the distance,
I'm right there if you get lonely,
Give this song another listen,
Close your eyes, listen to this voice it's my disguise..
I'm by your side"
"A thousand miles seems pretty far,
but they've got planes and trains and cars,
I'd walk to you if I had no other way"
Phil couldn't help but smile gratefully to himself.
This was his life for now on.
And he couldn't be any happier.
*AUTHOR'S NOTE* hey guys! I wrote this chapter about two weeks ago and I thought I may as well just upload it now. So here is another little teaser for you!
