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Dave and Alex rushed to the hospital to get to Chelsea as fast as they could. Dave pulled into the emergency room parking lot and they both got out of the car and ran into the doors. When they got into the emergency waiting room Keilani came up to them and said, "I am so sorry guys. This is my fault."
"We'll talk about this later. Where is Chelsea?" asked Dave.
"They took her back right away because she was bleeding so much," said Keilani.
"What do you mean she was bleeding so much?" asked Alex.
"Her mouth. She hurt her mouth when she fell."
"What do you mean she fell. What the hell was going on that she fell?" Asked Alex.
"Alex, worry about that later let's just find Chelsea," said Dave.
"Okay." she said. They walked up to the receptionist and Alex said, "Our daughter's name is Chelsea Bautista. She was brought in here by her older sister because there was an incident on the playground."
"Oh yes, Chelsea is back with the doctor," she said. "We need you to feel out her medical information and insurance information."
"Okay but can we please see our daughter?" asked Alex.
"Yes, I'll get the nurse to take you to her," she said.
"Alex, I'll fill out all the information then I'll come join you okay?" said Dave.
"All right," said Alex.
The nurse came to take Alex to Chelsea. "You are the girl's mother?"
"Yes. Is she okay?"
"She will be," said the nurse as she led Alex into the room.
Chelsea was sitting on the bed holding an ice pack with a paper towel around it at her mouth. "Mommy!" she said.
"Hey, Princess. Are you okay?"
"Yes my mouth hurts a lot and my arm hurts too. I can't move it," she said.
"What happened?"
"I falled mommy. I was on the jungle gym and I falled off and hit my mouth and hurt my arm."
Chelsea's mouth was still bleeding and Alex didn't even know where all the blood was coming from. There were two places that the blood could be coming from but she wasn't sure. Alex hugged Chelsea because she felt her daughter's pain. Chelsea's blood dripped onto Alex's shirt. "I'm sorry mommy."
"It doesn't matter, Chelsea. You're alive and that's all that matters. I don't care if I get a little blood on me but when your dad gets in here. I don't know."
Just as Alex said that Dave came into the room. He looked at Chelsea and saw the blood. His face turned white and he began to get light headed. "Why is there so much blood?" He asked.
"I don't know. Is there even a doctor that can come in here and tell us what's going on?"
"Alex, calm down."
"Dave, you sit down before you faint and get hurt too. And don't tell me to calm down. I want to know what is wrong with Chelsea. And I want to know how this happened."
"We'll talk to Keilani about it later," he said.
The doctor came in the room and said, "Hello, I'm Dr. Richards. I'm here to look at Chelsea's injuries."
"Hello," said Chelsea.
"Hi, Chelsea. Can you tell me what happened?"
"I was playing on the jungle gym and I falled off and hit my mouth. And my arm hurts too."
"Can you move your arm?"
"No," she said.
"I'm going to move your arm and you tell me if it hurts. Okay?"
"Okay." The doctor took Chelsea's right arm that was hurting. He lifted it up and Chelsea let out a scream and started crying. He tried to move it but Chelsea screamed even louder.
"Okay. I think her arm is broken. I'm going to do some X-rays after I take care of her mouth. Were you two with her when this happened?"
"No, Dr. Richards. My oldest daughter took her to the park and I guess Chelsea fell and got hurt. So my daughter called me and told me she was bringing her here. We don't even know how it happened." Replied Dave.
"I see," he said. "Okay, Miss Chelsea, I need to look at your mouth can you put the ice pack down for a minute?"
"Yes," she said as she put the ice pack down.
The doctor looked at her mouth. Two of her bottom teeth had gone through her top lip. She had a pretty big hole and it was going to require stitches. "Well, she has a pretty nice size hole in her upper lip where two of her bottom teeth cut through it. She's probably going to need stitches. I'm going to say probably about 7," he said.
"7 stitches?" Asked Dave as his face turned white.
"Yes, Mr. Bautista. 7 Stitches."
"He's probably gonna have to leave the room. He doesn't like needles and stuff like that," said Alex.
"I'll be fine."
"Okay."
"Now, Chelsea can you open your mouth for me?"
"Uh huh," she said as she opened her mouth for Dr. Richards.
Dr. Richards looked inside her mouth he found out where some more of the blood was coming from. "Well, it looks like when Chelsea hit her mouth she knocked her two front teeth loose. Very loose. I can actually pull them out right now if you want me to. I'm not a dentist but I'm pretty sure that if I pull them out her permanent teeth won't grow in for a while so she'll have that gap at least for two years," he said.
"Pull them out," said Alex.
"Are you sure?"
"It's better than them hanging there loosely. Please pull them out," she said.
"Okay," said Dr. Richards as he reached in her mouth and pulled her two front teeth out. "It looks like you're going to get a visit from the tooth fairy tonight," he told her. He took her teeth and put them in a little bag and handed it to Alex. "All right, I'm going to get my nurse in here to help me with the stitches," he said.
"Is it going to hurt?" asked Chelsea.
"It might hurt but it's going to make your mouth feel better. And after we get all the bleeding to stop we'll give you a sticker. How does that sound?"
"That sounds good," said Chelsea.
"So you're going to be brave for me?"
"Yes."
The nurse came in and helped the doctor with the stitches. Chelsea cried and cried because it hurt so much. Alex got up and took her daughter's hand. Dave pretty much just sat there and when Alex looked over at him he was as white as a ghost. The doctor continued stitching as Dave got up and said, "I have to leave," and walked out of the room as he stumbled a little.
"What was that all about?" asked the doctor.
"He doesn't like doctors, hospitals, needles or blood. I'm surprised he lasted as long as he did. He's getting better," she said.
"I see. All right. I'm on the very last stitch," he said as he finished up the stitches. "All finished. Now you can go get a drink of water to rinse the blood off your mouth and out of your mouth. And when you come back I'll have a sticker for you," he said.
Chelsea got off the table and followed the nurse over to a sink. The nurse handed her a cup to rinse her mouth out. When she was finished she went back to the doctor and he gave her the sticker he promised her. "Now, Chelsea, we're going to get an x-ray of your arm to see if it's broken. And if it's broken we're going to put on a cast to make it all better okay?"
"Okay," she said.
Dave had to go with Chelsea to get the x-rays done on her arm because Alex couldn't be around the radiation because of the baby. She waited in the room until they came back. Alex was really upset that she had to even be there. She really hoped Chelsea's arm wasn't broken but by the looks of it, it probably was. Shortly Dave and Chelsea walked back into the room. "The nurse is giving the doctor the x-rays and he's going to look at them and then he's going to come back in here to let us know what's going on," said Dave.
"Okay. I am serious, Dave. I want to know what happened."
"I know but like I said we'll talk to Keilani later."
"All right," said Alex.
The doctor came back into the room. He took out the x-rays and put them on the board. He turned the light on. "Well, as I suspected her arm is broken. It's her ulna bone that's broken. Do you see that break right there?" he asked as he pointed to it.
"Yes," said Alex.
"We're going to put a cast on her arm for about 6 weeks. Then in 6 weeks she will come back here and I'll look to see if the arm is healed. If it is we'll take the cast off but it it's not she'll need to wear the cast longer," said Dr. Richards.
"Okay," said Alex.
"So Chelsea what is your favorite color?"
"Pink," she said.
"Pink? How about we put a pink cast on your arm? Would you like that?"
"Yes," she said.
"Okay." The doctor got the supplies for the cast and then he put the cast on her right arm. The only problem with her right arm being broken was that she was right handed so she'd have to learn to do everything left handed for 6 weeks. "All right. We're all done. You were very brave, Chelsea. I think you deserve another sticker," he said as he gave her another sticker.
"Thank-you," she said.
"You're welcome. Now when she takes a bath the cast can't get wet. I want her to take it easy for a couple days. Give her time to adjust to the cast and her mouth is probably going to be sore for a couple days. Keep cold stuff on it. Ice packs work great and you can even give her popsicles. The coldness will help with the pain. Any questions?"
"No," said Alex.
"Okay, well. I'll see you back in 6 weeks. You guys are free to go and have a good day," said Dr. Richards.
Dave, Chelsea and Alex left the room and then left the hospital and headed home. Keilani had already went back to the apartment and she was back there waiting for them to come home. Dave, Chelsea and Alex came into the apartment. "Keilani, let's talk," said Dave.
"Okay, Dad," she said. "How is Chelsea?"
"She has a broken arm and she had to get 7 stitches in her lip. Oh and she knocked her two front teeth out. She'll have that gap for 2 years," said Dave.
"I am so sorry. I didn't mean for any of this to happen," she said.
"So tell us what happened," said Alex.
"Well, I was sitting on the bench. I was watching her climb the jungle gym. She looked fine. I took my attention away for a quick minute and then when I turned around I saw her fall. It all happened so fast I didn't know what was going on," she said.
"What made you take your attention away from Chelsea?" asked Dave.
"Nothing," said Keilani.
"You were talking to a boy," said Chelsea.
"You were talking to a boy? It was a boy that took your attention away from Chelsea?" yelled Alex.
"Yes, Alex. I'm sorry."
"So you turned away from my daughter to talk to some guy?"
"I'm sorry."
"So Keilani when I told you not to talk to any guys and that your attention needed to stay on Chelsea at all times you decided to ignore me," said Dave.
"I didn't mean to ignore you. I just I don't know. I was wrong. I'm sorry."
"You're right you were wrong. Chelsea is 4 years old. She shouldn't have even been climbing that jungle gym by herself. You should have been over there with her not sitting on a bench talking to some guy. What if someone would have kidnapped her or worse. What if she would have fallen worse and died? You should consider yourself lucky that all she got from the fall was 7 stitches and a broken arm. Oh and two missing teeth. It could have been a lot worse. I trusted you with her. You told me you wouldn't let anything happen to her and here we are after spending 3 hours at the emergency room while she got stitches and a cast put on her arm having this conversation. Usually when someone says 'I'll watch her and I'll make sure nothing happens to her' that means they're going to make sure it doesn't end up in a hospital trip," said Alex.
"What more do you want me to say, Alex? I am sorry that she got hurt and I'm sorry I turned my attention away for a few minutes. I take full responsibility for this. If I would have done what I was supposed to none of this would have happened. I am sorry," she said.
"It's okay, Keilani. Next time just be a little more careful. I'm sorry I got upset with you it's just I'm hormonal and my little princess got hurt. I know people make mistakes and I'm sorry for getting so upset with you. It could have happened to your dad or me. It could have happened at anytime," said Alex.
"It's okay," said Keilani. "I hope I didn't upset you too much. I don't want you to lose the baby. My dad seems really excited that it's a boy. I wouldn't want anything to happen to him."
"The baby is fine in fact he's been moving around a lot today."
"You felt him move already?" asked Dave.
"Yes, Dave. I've been feeling him move around for at least two days now. He's a very active baby," said Alex.
"So when the baby moves around a lot that's a good sign?" Asked Dave.
"Yes if his movements decrease then that's a bad sign," said Alex.
Shortly after everything happened Donna and Athena came back from shopping. "You missed all the excitement," said Dave.
"What happened?" asked Athena.
"Chelsea had to go to the hospital because she got hurt at the park. She has a broken arm and she got stitches."
"Wow. That's crazy. I always miss things like this," said Athena.
"Trust me seeing all that blood wasn't pleasant," said Dave.
"Oh, dad. You're still scared of doctors and blood?"
"Yes."
"What are you going to do when Alex has the baby. Are you going to miss the birth of your first son?"
"Absolutely not. I will wear an oxygen mask if I have to, to keep me from passing out. I'm not missing Benjamin/Evan's birth for anything," he said as he touched Alex's stomach.
The next day it was time for Donna, Keilani and Athena to leave. It was tough to see them go but that apartment was just too small for all those people. They said their goodbyes and Dave told Athena he was proud of her for being so nice to Alex. He knew she didn't really care for Alex but she did her best to be polite to her. Athena told him that Alex was starting to grow on her so it was no problem being nice to her.
About two weeks later Alex and Chelsea went to the grocery store to get things for dinner that night. They were at the check-out lane when Chelsea looked up at the tabloids. "Mommy?"
"Yes, Chelsea?"
"Look."
"I can't right now. I'm trying to find a coupon."
"Really Mommy, you should look," she said.
"Chelsea, I will in a minute. I have to find this coupon."
"But mommy. I'm on all the magazines."
"Very fun..What?" asked Alex.
"I'm on the magazines, so are you and so is daddy."
"Chelsea, are you joking?"
"No mommy. I'm telling the truth. Look," she said as she handed Alex a magazine.
Alex took the magazine and looked at the cover. She saw a picture of her and Dave with Chelsea coming out of the hospital a couple weeks ago. It showed Chelsea's broken arm and her holding the icepack on her mouth and Dave carrying her. Alex looked really upset in the picture. The headline read "Terrible parenting! Is the frustration too much for Alex?" Alex was upset. She wasn't sure what they were trying to imply until she looked at the magazine rack and saw another one that said, "Is Chelsea being abused?" "Are you frickin' kidding me?" said Alex.
"What does it say mommy?"
"Nothing. Chelsea." Alex said. She couldn't believe they were trying to say that Chelsea was abused. She was beyond upset. The tabloids just didn't know when to stop harassing people. They tried finding everything they could to bring them down. Two weeks ago they were just congratulating Alex and Dave on having another baby. And this week they were accusing them of abusing their daughter. Anything to make a buck. Alex grabbed the magazine to buy it. The cashier that rang Alex up was her friend Niecey.
"Hey, Alex! I haven't seen you around for a while," she said as she rang Alex's groceries through.
"Yeah. I was on bed rest but I just got off of it today," she said.
"Oh. I see. Are you coming back to work?"
"No. Probably not. Dave doesn't want me working because of the baby."
"I still can't believe that Dave Bautista is your husband," she said.
"Why?"
"Because you don't seem like the type that would be married to someone like him."
"What do you mean someone like him?"
"I don't know. He's so macho and tough. He's a rough neck and you are so sweet. I just don't see how you fell for him."
"Trust me if you knew him like I do he's not that macho and he's not that rough. He's actually pretty sweet. Although being married to him has it's perks but other times it kinda sucks. I mean ever since he got big in movies it's like the paparazzi won't leave us alone. For the longest time they left us go and then in the last couple weeks since Dave got into that fight they've been on our case again. Like this they're trying to accuse us of child abuse because our daughter had an accident on the playground."
"Wow. That sucks."
"I know but we're moving next month and hopefully our lovely followers won't be there. I'm ready to start new. I don't need them ruining everything with their lies."
"I hear you. All right your total is $58. 74," she said.
"All right," said Alex as she wrote out a check. She handed the check to her and she sent it through.
She handed Alex the receipt and said, "Have a nice day. And it was nice to see you again. Come visit me before you move."
"All right. Take care, Niecey."
"You too," said Niecey.
Alex and Chelsea walked out of the grocery store and there were a couple members of the paparazzi waiting for them. A lady asked Alex, "So how did she get a broken arm?"
"She fell off the jungle gym at the playground," said Alex as she pushed past the paparazzi. She was in no mood for it and in no mood for them to harass her.
When she got home Dave came out to the kitchen and told her he'd take care of the groceries and that he would cook dinner. He wanted her to take it easy. She grabbed the magazine before he could see it. She didn't want to show it to him until after Chelsea went to bed. She knew he was going to flip out about it and she didn't want it to happen front of her. After Dave put the groceries away he got out the stuff he needed to make dinner. He was making them pepper steak, with baked potatoes and Chelsea requested they have corn so he was making corn with it. While he was making dinner Chelsea and Alex were playing Barbie dolls in her room. "Mommy. Why was I on that magazine?"
"Because Chelsea people don't have lives so they try to make one by saying bad things about others."
"They said something bad about me?"
"Not about you about mommy and daddy. It's not true anyway. Usually everything they have on those magazines are lies."
"So they lie? Do they get in trouble?"
"No but they should. Just remember when you can read by yourself and you happen to see yourself, mommy or daddy on those magazines remember none of it's true. So if you read something bad don't get upset. Okay?"
"Okay, Mommy." She said as her and Alex continued playing Barbies. At least Chelsea was being nice to Alex now. Alex wanted to spend as much mommy daughter time with her as she could before the baby got there. She just wanted to make Chelsea feel like she wasn't forgotten about. Soon enough Dave called them to eat dinner. They sat down at the table and said grace before they ate.
"So how was the trip to the grocery store?" He asked.
"I was on magazines, Daddy."
"You were?" he asked as he looked at Alex.
"It's okay though daddy. Mommy told me that they are lies," said Chelsea.
Dave looked at Alex again and said, "really?"
"Dave, we'll talk about it later."
"Okay."
When they finished eating dinner Dave gave Chelsea her bath. He made her put a plastic bag on her arm so her cast wouldn't get wet. When Chelsea got out of the tub he gave her a bedtime snack and then he put her to bed. Alex was taking a little nap while all this was going on. After Chelsea was in bed and asleep Dave went into the bedroom. Alex heard him shut the door behind him and she woke up. "Hey, Dave." she said as she sat up.
"So what was on the magazine?"
"You're going to get upset because I know I was really upset."
"What did it say?"
"Hold on," said Alex as she got the magazine for him to read.
He looked at the cover and said, "They're accusing us of child abuse now? What kind of sick people are they?"
"I don't know."
"I have never once laid a hand on my daughter. And I know you don't believe in spanking her so you've never laid a hand on her either. I guess kids can't fall down anymore without their parents getting accused of hurting them. Maybe I should show the person that wrote this crap what it's like to be abused by Dave Batista," said Dave.
"Dave."
"What, Alex? You know how serious this is? Children protection services could step in because of this crap. Then they'll be on our shit checking in on us all the time acting like were some type of monsters to our kid. What would you do if CPS came in and took her?"
"Dave, if CPS came in they would ask Chelsea what happened and I'm sure she'd tell them that she fell off the jungle gym. They aren't going to take her. They have no reason to take her," she said.
"It doesn't matter if they have reason or not. The accusations are there that we're abusing her and we're not. I really want to smash in the heads of the paparazzi people and the people that write this crap."
"Dave, you can't do anything. You have to stay calm and not hurt anyone. If you go out beating people up again they're going to take you away for 10 years. Just remember what all you have to be around for. Remember the birth of Benjamin/Evan. You have to be there," she said.
"You're right but it just upsets me that they can write these lies and get away with it."
"You know they do anything for the money. Don't be surprised that after the baby is born if they're saying you're not the dad. Anything to make a buck," said Alex.
"Wait. What? Is the baby mine?"
"Yes, Dave. The baby is yours. Why are you trying to doubt it?"
"Because of what you just said."
"I said they're probably going to try and say the baby isn't yours to make a buck. I'm not saying the baby isn't yours because trust me it is. I'm telling the truth when I say I haven't had sex with anyone else other than you in the last 7-8 years. You believe me right?"
"I'm the only guy you've had sex with since we met?"
"Yes, Dave. Why are you questioning me. I'm not some slut that goes around sleeping with other guys. In case you haven't noticed we've been married for 5 ½ years I have never cheated on you and when we were separated I didn't sleep with anyone else. Like I said you are the only man I have slept with in the last 7-8 years. And it upsets me that you're acting like I would just sleep with anyone after we were separated."
"I'm sorry, Alex. I know you're not that type of girl. I'm sorry," he said as he hugged her.
"It's okay," she said.
"So..I'm the only guy that you've slept with?" he asked with a smile.
"Yes, Dave."
"Well, you know we haven't really slept together for at least a month now. You know something always gets in the way."
"I don't see anything getting in the way now. Chelsea's asleep, your mom isn't here and your daughters aren't here either. I mean we could take advantage of this opportunity," she said.
"I plan to take advantage," he said as he laid her down. He began kissing her neck and then removed her shirt. Then he removed his shirt. Things were starting to heat up. He passionately kissed her and then he began kissing down her body. He slid her pants off and she helped him take off his pants. He laid his body on top of hers and leaned down and began kissing her passionately. Alex's phone started going off. He pulled away "Are you kidding me?"
"I'm going to ignore it. Forget about it. Let's do this," said Alex. Dave continued but her phone started going off again.
"Seriously we need to get rid of these phones."
"Ugh. Let me see who it is." Alex reached for her phone. "It's my mom."
"Ugh," Dave groaned. "it's just like her to know the perfect time to call you."
"It doesn't matter. I'm not answering it. I'm sure it can wait until tomorrow. It's not like we won't see her next week for Christmas," she said throwing her phone. She reached up and grabbed Dave's phone and threw that too. "Okay. Where were we?"
"We were right about here," said Dave as he continued what he was doing. Soon they were making love. It had been so long since they had an intimate moment. When they were finished Dave rolled off of Alex and laid next to her. He took her in his arms and said, "I love you."
"I love you too," said Alex.
"It wasn't too rough was it?" he asked.
"No. It was perfect," she said.
"I didn't hurt the baby did I?"
"No. He's fine," she said.
"Okay," he said as he held her in his arms. He was rubbing his hand on her stomach. Alex grew quiet and Dave must have thought she was asleep because he started talking to the baby. Alex didn't say anything she just listened to what he said. "You know your mom wants to name you Evan but I really like the name Benjamin. But it's up to your mom on what she wants your name to be. I haven't exactly been the best husband to your mom. So she deserves the best. She said it's up to you on what you want your name to be. So could you please try to be a Benjamin. You know I haven't been a good father to your older sister Chelsea but I plan to be the best father to you and her from now on. I'm going to be that big scary guy you first see when you come out but I'm your daddy. I'm a pretty good guy. I know your mom didn't take me back because of you but the fact that I created you helped. You and your sisters are the best things I've ever done in my life. And your mom is the sweetest person you'll ever know in your life. Trust me I know because she is the sweetest person I know. I've never seen anyone so caring and loving as her. She has brought out the best in me. When I first met her I was a wild guy but your mom tamed me. She really turned my life around. She doesn't know that but she made me the man I am today. I am really glad I met her because if I didn't your sister Chelsea wouldn't be here and you wouldn't be in your mom's stomach right now. And if you three weren't around I wouldn't really have much meaning in life. You guys just don't know how much I really love you. Well, Benjamin/Evan I'm going to let you alone now so you can rest but remember I love you," said Dave. Alex opened an eye and she smiled. That was the sweetest thing she had ever heard Dave say. Shortly after she fell asleep.
The next afternoon Chelsea and Alex were making Christmas cookies. Chelsea chose to make chocolate chip cookies and sugar cookies. Dave and Alex opted not to put up a Christmas tree because they weren't going to be home for Christmas because they were going to be in New York with Alex's parents. Alex would much rather stay home but she promised her mom she would be there for Christmas. While Alex and Chelsea were baking cookies Dave was out doing some Christmas shopping for Chelsea. Alex gave him a list of the things to buy her. While he was out he bought Alex's Christmas gift. He spent a lot of money on it but he had his intentions when he bought it. She was going to be shocked to say the least.
Meanwhile back at the apartment Alex was letting Chelsea stir the chocolate chips in the batter. "Mommy, this is fun!"
"I'm glad you're having fun." Alex put the dough on to the cookie sheet and put them in the oven. While they were in the oven she was cutting out shapes for the sugar cookies. "So Chelsea, Do you think your brother is going to be an Evan or a Benjamin?"
"I think he's going to be an Evan."
"Me too but your daddy thinks he's a Benjamin," she said.
"No he's an Evan."
"That's what I think too," she said as she gave Chelsea some cookies to sugar. Alex's cell phone started ringing. She looked at it and saw it was her mom. She didn't really want to talk to her mom but she answered anyway. "Yes, Mother."
"Hey, Alexandra it's about time you answered your phone."
"Mom, you know I hate being called Alexandra. Please call me Alex. I've been telling you that for years."
"I named you Alexandra for a reason. I didn't name you Alex. I don't know why you insist on going by that boy name anyway."
"I go by it because I like it and I hate Alexandra."
"Well, anyway I tried calling you last night."
"I know."
"Why didn't you answer your phone?"
"I was busy."
"Busy with what?"
"My husband."
"I swear Alexandra I don't know why you're still with him after everything he's done to you."
"Mom what did you want?" Asked Alex as she watched Chelsea sugar the cookies.
"I just wanted to see what you were up to."
"Chelsea and me are making cookies to bring with us next week."
"Oh yeah you're coming to visit us next week. I feel like I haven't seen little Chelsea forever."
"Chelsea, that's too much sugar," said Alex.
"Okay, Mommy."
"You're letting her have sugar?"
"Yes, Mother. She is a kid."
"You're going to make her obese."
"Mother can you refrain from using that abusive talk when we're up there next week. I don't want her getting a complex and end up having an eating disorder."
"When are you coming in?"
"We'll be in on Saturday at 1:00 p.m."
"Okay."
"Anything else?" asked Alex as she took the chocolate chip cookies out of the oven.
"Yes, Alexandra. I saw the tabloids this week. Are you really abusing Chelsea?"
"No mother. Unlike you I don't lay a hand on my kid."
"Why do you talk to me like that?"
Dave walked in the door. "Daddy!" yelled Chelsea.
"Hey, Princess," he said. He walked over and kissed Alex.
"Hey, Baby," she said.
"Who's on the phone?"
Alex put her hand over the phone and said, "My mother."
Just hearing Alex say she was on the phone with her mother Dave got goosebumps. Dave couldn't stand Alex's mom and Alex's mom didn't like Dave too much but he decided to be nice and say, "Tell mom I said hi." Alex's mom hated when Dave called her mom. He did it to annoy her.
"Mother, Dave said hi."
"Tell him I said hi."
"She said hi."
Dave took a seat next to Chelsea and helped her sugar cookies. "Did you talk to grandma?" He asked.
"Oh no! I don't want to. Grandma Brooks is a meanie. I like Nanny much better," said Chelsea.
"Me too," said Dave.
"I'm with you two," said Alex.
"What did you say honey?" asked her mother.
"Nothing. Well mom I have to go. I'll talk to you later. Actually I'll see you when we come to New York on Saturday. Bye."
"I love you, Alexandra. Bye."
Alex flipped her phone shut. "That was a stressful conversation."
"Why are we going up there again?"
"Because if we don't she's going to be disappointed."
"Ugh. I guess I should be ready for my usual lectures and belittling," he said.
"And I have to be ready for the I can't believe you dropped out of law school for him speech and then when they find out about the baby the crap is going to hit the fan."
"Well, I think you should have told them earlier because when they see you on Saturday there is no hiding your stomach. You're definitely showing now."
"Maybe I can borrow one of your jerseys. They won't suspect a thing."
"Yeah but they'll say how trashy you look wearing my clothes."
"I know. We're in for a fun Christmas," said Alex.
"The best," said Dave.
*And there is Chapter 21. Poor Chelsea she really got hurt but she took it like a trooper. She did better than her dad would have done. They had no interruptions this time. And isn't Alex's mom a peach? How about Dave talking to Benjamin/Evan..you do know there is bound to be a Benjamin/Evan debate in the future. What did you think? Please review. I love getting your reviews.
*Chapter 22: Christmas with Alex's family we finally get to see where Alex came from and see what made her so sweet and all about family.