Here's a new chapter of Your Sweet Baby Blues.
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Carmi didn't even bother looking to see who had just entered the room. The multicoloured streaks in her hair were a mess and she was on her third cup of coffee since waking less than an hour earlier. The situation between Holly and Mike was really bothering her. It was impossible to choose sides, and it was not something she wanted to do. Although she had known Mike for longer and he had been somewhat of a confidante to her, the Carolina native sympathised with Holly's dilemma because she knew how it felt to lose the baby that was growing inside you.
"Sweets?" John questioned his wife.
"Yeah?" Carmi replied, looking up to see a restless Lucas in John's arms.
"Pierce is fast asleep but Luke won't settle." John told her.
"Cami!" whined the baby, his arms outstretched towards her.
"Give him to me." Carmi nodded, holding out her arms.
John took a couple of steps forwards and placed the fair-haired baby in his aunt's arms. Lucas immediately calmed, grasping onto a blue strand of her multicoloured hair for comfort. John watched as his wife placed a soft kiss on the top of the little boy's head, stroking his back in a comforting motion.
"He knows something's up, doesn't he?" John sighed.
"Kids can pick up on things." Carmi nodded.
"You didn't get much sleep last night." John remarked to his wife.
"I couldn't get settled either. Holly told me she was going to have a termination." The baby Hurricane whispered the last part.
"Does Mike know?" John raised a brow.
"I don't think so." Carmi shook her head.
"You think she really will?" the Shaman of Sexy asked his wife.
"I don't know. She was really worked up at the time." She shrugged her shoulders.
"I've never seen Mike like this." John shook his head slowly.
"Me either." She added, "What time is it?"
"Just after seven thirty." John replied.
"How about some breakfast then Luke?" Carmi asked the snuggling baby.
"Mm, fast." Lucas replied, wrapping his little arms around her neck.
"Come on then!" Carmi chuckled, setting him on her hip as she walked to the kitchen.
Holly lay in the middle of the bed she usually shared with her husband. She could hear the hushed voices of John and Carmi, but she didn't feel like joining them and talking about things. The Boston native was still wearing the clothes that she had returned from the hospital in, a faded Guns 'N Roses t-shirt and some loose black sweatpants. She remembered her conversation with Carmi last night, and the fact that she had decided to go ahead with a termination.
"Could I really do that?" she asked herself quietly, staring down at her stomach.
Holly placed her hands onto the non-existent bump and lay there in complete silence, somehow hoping for a sign that her unborn child would be ok, and that she wouldn't have to face the mental and physical angst of a termination. Every now and again the brunette thought she could feel a small flutter, like butterflies that she would get whenever she was nervous. Even Carmi would say she was imagining things, she thought.
"Knock-knock, can I come in?" John asked as he popped his head round the bedroom door.
"Come in." Holly replied, propping herself up against the pillows.
"Carmi's making some breakfast. Do you feel like eating?" John asked her.
"I am a little hungry actually." Holly nodded.
"You need help getting downstairs?" the Shaman of Sexy asked, holding out his hand.
"I do have legs John!" Holly broke into a brief smile."
John smiled too, although it was uncomfortable to see both Mike and Holly in such a state. The usually confident and glowing Boston native looked a shadow of her usual self. Her blue eyes seemed to have lost their spark, and underneath them were dark circles, which stood out against her unusually pale skin.
"You know it's just cause we care." The brunette man smiled.
"I know." Holly nodded, following him downstairs.
Arriving in the kitchen, Carmi quickly ushered Holly into a seat and placed a plate of toast in front of her, accompanied by a banana and half an omelette. Although she didn't feel like eating that much, the Boston native was well aware that it was best not to say no to Carmi when she was in her mothering mode. Lucas smiled contentedly from his high chair as the baby Hurricane took a seat beside him and got some food on a spoon.
"Open wide!" she teased as the fair-haired baby obliged.
"Where's Pierce?" Holly frowned, glancing around the room.
"She's asleep in her crib." John replied as he sipped some coffee.
"What about…?" Holly began before Carmi cut her off.
"He's gone out I guess. The car's gone." She replied.
"I'm really sorry to have to put you guys through this too…" Holly sighed.
"Don't be sorry, we're your friends." Carmi scolded the Boston native.
"You know how moody Mike can be. It'll all blow over." John added unconvincingly.
"I'll believe it when I see it." Holly sighed.
"Have you given any thought to what you want to do?" John asked her, knowing what his wife had told him earlier.
"I thought I knew what I wanted, but now I don't." the Boston native replied.
"Well remember that you shouldn't do anything you don't want to do." Carmi told her.
"Ok." She nodded, "Oh Luke, what a mess!" she chuckled at her son.
"No problem. Do you mind cleaning his face and getting him a change of clothes?" the baby Hurricane asked her husband.
"Not at all, come on Luke." John smiled as he lifted the baby boy from his high chair.
The two women ate their breakfast in silence for a moment until they heard John's footsteps go upstairs. Carmi took a sip from her coffee cup and placed it back down on the table. She wanted to have a word with Holly in private, just to make sure she hadn't made any solid plans about terminating her pregnancy. Holly had guessed that her friend was going to broach the subject, after not so subtly sending John to deal with baby Lucas.
"Tell me you're not still considering a…termination…" Carmi hesitated to say that word.
"I really don't think I can go through with it." Holly shook her head slowly.
"Good, then don't force yourself into that decision." The smaller brunette nodded.
"But what's the alternative? Lose the baby, lose my husband?" Holly sighed and ran her hands through her dark brown waves.
"I think before you get all panicked, you should get a second opinion." Carmi told her friend.
"What good will that do?" the taller brunette shrugged.
"I'll come with you. We'll get some proper advice from the cancer doctors and from the baby doctors. No decision making until after that." Carmi warned her.
"Deal." Holly nodded.
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How will Mike react to the decision?
