A/n: Thanks for the reviews from Bluebear48 and singdane for the first chapter. Well I was on a writing frenzy and now I am going to head to bed because I have work in the morning.
Than To Ever Live Without You
Chapter Two
Rolling over in bed Kaelyn woke up alone as she did every few weeks in Chuck was out of the country. Groaning she lifted herself up as she heard yells coming from the other room and she knew immediately they were from Katherine. Looking at the clock Kaelyn saw it was nearly 7 in the morning, but she was glad that it was Saturday and her office was closed. Sitting up she looked at the post-it on her nightstand. Chuck was coming back into the country that afternoon and as soon as he got back they had reservations at Kaelyn's favorite restaurant Xavion's so they could catch up. The last few weeks had been so busy for the both of them, but it was now July and they were out of their fiscal year and it was time to relax. She missed spending any alone time with Chuck. When they did get a moment it was before bed and in a matter of minutes they were both fast asleep.
"Hey baby girl." Kaelyn said to Katherine as she walked into the bedroom. On the weekends Georgia was off and she would leave the spend the weekend away, but she was going to sacrifice her Saturday night for Kaelyn and Chuck so they could spend time together. "Mommy is here don't cry." Kaelyn picked up Katherine and started to rock her.
Sitting in the dinning room Kaelyn sat with Katherine on her lap as she ate her own breakfast. The morning looked beautiful with the sun out and Kaelyn was considering taking Katherine out to the park for a walk. Humming to herself Kaelyn looked up as she saw a staff member coming to her with the phone.
"For you ma'am." She said as she handed Kaelyn the phone and picked up Kaelyn's now empty plate.
"Hello." Kaelyn said as she rocked Katherine on her knee.
"Hey babe." Chuck said.
"Hey, I am so ready for tonight." Kaelyn said happily.
"Umm that's why I'm calling." He started and Kaelyn suddenly felt her heart sink. "Well there were some mess-ups with the contracts and so I have to stay here until Wednesday to get the new contract drafted and everything sighed. I'm sorry."
"Seriously." Questioned Kaelyn who felt in her chest and throat like she wanted to cry, but she held it in. "Well I guess another time."
"Yeah, sorry." Chuck said as Katherine giggled. "Is that Kat?"
"Yeah she is on my lap." Kaelyn said softly.
"Well I love you both and I guess I will be home on Thursday." Chuck said.
"Thursday." Kaelyn repeated.
"Well I have to go, talk to you soon." He then hung up the phone and Kaelyn took it from her ear with a single tear falling down her cheek. She quickly wiped it away noting to herself that she was just going to have to get over it. She stood with Katherine in her arms and started to get ready for the day.
Walking through Central Park with Katherine in the stroller Kaelyn couldn't help, but feel sad that she wasn't going to be spending the evening the way she had been planning on for the last week. Finally she stopped and sat down on a bench. She took Katherine from the stroller and put her on her lap.
"Kay!" called out a voice and she looked to see Serena walked to her with a stroller. Serena finally made it to where Kaelyn was sitting and sat down next to her. "Hey girlie, so are you ready for your romantic evening?" Serena asked as she pulled out a little blonde baby boy from the stroller she had been pushing.
"Wish it was still on." Kaelyn said.
"What happened?" Serena asked.
"Chuck has to stay in Germany for nearly another week from some issues with the contract he was working on out there." Kaelyn explained as she looked to see the little boy reaching out for Katherine. "Hey there Will." She said to Serena's son William who was already one.
"Kay, Kay!" Will called out happily to Kaelyn.
"Yeah." Kaelyn said to the little boy who Katherine was just starring at before she burst into a fit of giggles. "I see your baby bump has grown." Kaelyn said pointing out Serena's growing stomach from now carrying her second child.
"Oh, my yes. I can now no longer fit those clothes I bought two weeks ago. I am so mad at that." Serena said as Will started to grab on her shirt. "Stop it William." She said to the little boy. "I stopped breast feeding last week and he assumes that is how he still gets his meals." She said as she reached into the stroller and pulled out a bottle.
"I had to stop with being at work all day. I wanted to keep going, but I couldn't leave the office just to come home to feed Kat." Kaelyn said as she rocked the baby girl who had just started to fuss. "I think it's to warm out here for her."
"Yeah it's pretty warm today." Serena commented. "Well we should have a girls night now. I can leave Will with Dan and we should hang out."
"Sounds fun, I need something to keep my mind off of missing Chuck. It has been driving me crazy." Kaelyn said as she started to strap Katherine into her stroller. "I still have the reservation at Xavions."
"Food great!" Serena said happily.
"Alright I will see you later then." Kaelyn said. The girls went their separate ways. Kaelyn walked back home. Once inside she fed Katherine a bottle who was really fussy and Kaelyn knew it was time to put her down for a nap. Walking into her own bedroom she sat on the bed alone and looked over to where they had shelves that contained pictures. There were plenty of pictures of the baby and of Kaelyn and Chuck. She stood and walked over to the pictures and picked up her favorite one. It was taken of her and Chuck on Christmas day when she spent their first Christmas married. She couldn't believe that they had nearly been married for seven years. She smiled down at the picture of them at only 18, but newlyweds and she wished she felt the same way now as she did then. Everything seemed so simple then with the two of them just in college and spending every moment they had together with no distractions, but now they had careers and a baby that kept them from spending all the time that they used to spend together. Even when they started in their careers they still had tons of time for spending time together, but once Katherine was born everything changed for them because they now had a child to take care of and spend time with.
Kaelyn felt a single tear fall down her cheek and she put the picture back before walking into the bathroom and pulling out a medicine bottle that contained anti-depressants. After their first year of marriage she had finally recovered from her dramatic experience at prom and she was finally off the medication, but after having Katherine she was starting to have those feeling again of feeling sad, alone, and just out right depressed that seemed to be taking her over and Chuck noticed it right away telling her to start seeing the doctor again and he immediately gave her the medication. Things had started to get better and she would sparingly take the medication, but in the moment she just felt sad and sad to a horrible extent. There was a glass next to the sink that she filled with water and she took down the pill. She then sat down on the bathroom floor and started to cry.
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Walking into the restaurant Kaelyn received a wave from Serena and she made her way over to her. From the way Kaelyn had fixed up no one would ever know that inside she was feeling downright horrible. Pulling on her smile Kaelyn walked to the maître d' to inform them that she was there. They were immediately taken back to a table that was reserved for Kaelyn and Chuck, but Kaelyn called ahead and said she was bringing her husband instead of her husband.
"So Dan was cool with keeping Will?" Kaelyn asked as she sipped her wine and Serena sipped her water.
"Yeah, when I left he was on the couch with Will on his lap and watching some cartoon." Serena said with a smile.
"That's good." Kaelyn said as she looked around to see mostly couples sitting and enjoying their meals together giving one another lovey eyes. She quickly turned from them and focused her attention elsewhere.
"I hope this one is a girl." Serena said as she placed her hand on her stomach.
"Totally." Kaelyn answered nonchalantly. Sitting there she looked at the other couples again and a tear fell down her face.
"Kay, don't cry." Serena said as she noticed Kaelyn trying to quickly wipe her tears away.
"Sorry for damping the evening." Kaelyn said with a sniff.
"It's alright, everything is going to be alright. I'm sure things will get better between you and Chuck." Serena said.
"Hopefully. It's so annoying not spending time together and when we do lately it seems all we do is have some petty argument." Kaelyn said as she thought back to the last time they actually got to be alone that ended in them arguing and Chuck sleeping in the guest bedroom. Kaelyn wiped away another tear.
"You love each other and hey you made it seven years. I know you are going to make it through all of this." Serena said happily.
"Yeah." Kaelyn said as she took out her compact mirror to make sure her make-up didn't smudge from her crying. She gave a smile trying to feel better as she put her mirror away. The rest of the evening went a little better, but even without talk of the problems they still lingered in Kaelyn's mind.