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It had been two weeks since Darcy died. I felt emptiness inside me, but I couldn't let it consume me. I needed to stay strong for Eli and for my own unborn baby. They needed me as much as I desperately needed them.
When it came time to move, Eli and his parents did all the work and I sat in the van quietly crying with my head pressed to the cold window, slowly fogging it up. Eli noticed and started to rub my growing bump. I smiled a little and put my head on his lap. Adam looked at us and said,
"How are you feeling, Clare?" I cleared my throat and said,
"Better, I at least am not having nightmares about her death as much anymore." Adam leaned over the seats and hugged me and said,
"You know you can talk to me about anything, I am always going to be there for you, no matter what." I smiled and went back to lying on Eli's lap. He kept rubbing my belly and whispered sweet words into my ears as he fidgeted with his head phones. He found a song he liked and placed the noise blocking phones over my belly and turned the music to low. I giggled and said,
"Giving the baby some pop culture?" I nudged his side and he said,
"Haha, very funny, I want the baby to calm down and I read that if they hear calming music it helps." The baby was kicking a lot today, so I thought that was an incredibly sweet gesture of him to do.
"Hey kids, we are about to enter state lines of Wyoming, are you guys ready to call it a night and go get some food and a hotel for the night." I was so happy to hear those words, I was so exhausted and ready to eat and sleep.
"Yes, thank you so much mom." Eli answered for all three of us. I smiled up at him and we went back to cuddling. I think I must have fallen asleep because the next thing I remember was Eli nudging me. He smiled and said,
"Sweetie, we're here." Oh I was so hungry! I looked around and saw we were at a diner. I hopped out of the car and hobbled to the door and walked inside.
We all sat down and I ordered a burger and a stack of hot cakes. When everyone was situated I announced I needed to use the powder room and got up. Cece volunteered to come with me.
"So how are you holding up, honey?" Cece said to me as we walked to the powder room.
"I'm getting by, taking it one day at a time." Cece nodded and said,
"Just come to me anytime you need to talk, okay baby girl?" I nodded and side hugged her before going into a vacant stall.
When we all finished eating, we drove to the hotel and Eli, Adam and I all shared a hotel suite. Soon after I climbed into bed I fell asleep to the sound of my iPod gently playing against my stomach to calm down the baby.
A/N: Okay well again, a slow chapter but the story will have I think a chapter or two then we will be all done! Thank you all! R&R please? Much love!