AN: there we are again! And even a day early I had such fun writing this chapter. I hope you guys enjoyed the last chapter. I already have a clear vision where I want the next chapter to go so I am on a roll again!
Chapter 7 Starting to crawl
"I need a huge favour!" I say into the phone not even to be bothered to say my name. "Hello to you to Mer." Izzie jokes. "I am not joking Iz, I really need a huge favour." I say very serious. "Oke, what do you need?" Izzie says laughing.
" Ineedyoutowatchliamonfridaynight." I say really fast relieved that it is out of my system. "What do you say Mer, you are talking to fast, slow down." Izzie says still laughing into the phone. So I speak again this time slower so I don't have to ask it again "I need you to watch Liam on Friday night." "why?" she asks. "oh come on Iz, oke I have a date with Derek, are you happy now?" I say annoyed. "You are having another date with Mcdreamy?" Izzie squeals so hard into the phone that my ears hurt. "Of course I have a date with Mcdreamy where would you think I could get a date so fast if it wasn't him?" I say and Izzie just giggles. "So could you?" I say. "Could what?" Izzie says teasing me. "Watch Liam on Friday night!" I exclaim frustrated. Still giggling Izzie finaly answers.
"Of course I can!" and than she goes on "So how was your coffee date?" "It was great, but I don't want to talk about it over the phone could you come over tonight for diner, I really need to get going to pick up Liam on time?" I say. "Sure, do you need me to pick something up?" she asks. "Could you pick up some cheese and dessert? I still have all the other ingredients for pasta Bolognese." I say. "Oehh I love you pasta Bolognese!" she says and I can hear the excitement in her voice and I just laugh and than say "See you in an hour." "Right see you in an hour with cheese and dessert." Izzie says and than we hang up. I pick up my books. At least I finished my physics homework before I called Izzie. And make my way over to the day care centre.
As I walk into the day care centre I can hear Liam's giggle and I just look trough the window and I see Karen, one of the carers, dancing around with him making pirouettes that make Liam squeal and giggle. I can hear a children's song from behind the window. As I walk trough the open door. Karen says something to Liam and he immediately turns his head and giggles. As I drop my bags and walk closer to him he reaches out for me. I take him out of Karen's arms and give him a big cuddle. "Mommy missed you little guy." I say while snuggling him to my chest. Liam just babbles into my chest.
Karen is just a few years older than me and she is here almost every day when I pick up Liam. We came sort of close over the last few months. She was there when I left Liam for the first time at day care. She had to almost push me out of the room and leaf him be. Liam was not happy at all that his mother left him with those strangers and was screaming his head off. Karen took me into the next room for a little while and talked to me about leaving Liam. When I came out of the room and looked trough the window where Liam was and he was happily laying in one of the playpens and sucking on his dummy. That put me at ease and I pulled myself together and went to class. Liam loves Karen. I can see him smile every time he sees her.
While I cuddle my baby I say to Karen. "How was he doing today?" She answers smiling "We had a great day, lots of smiling, dancing and we even did some finger paint." "I can imagine ending that in a big mess." I say giggling. "That is was… Liam ended up having a bath after that" She says laughing. "You like your baths don't you little guy" I say to Liam and he looks up at me smiling, he starts kicking his legs when he hears the words bath. "No bath right now silly you had one already" I say laughing. I pack up his stuff and than we go home.
I walk into the door and feel exhausted. I pick up Liam's play mat and drag it to the kitchen so I can cook diner and watch him at the same time. I put all the ingredients on the counter and start chopping all the vegetables. The union as always is making me cry. I wipe my tears from my cheek and look over to the play mat but Liam is not there. I knew he was rolling over but he never went far. I put the knife on the counter and look around the kitchen but he is not there.
"Liam" I yell a bit scared. I can hear his giggle from the living room and run into the room. I see him next to a teddy bear, he is babbling to it. Than he pushes himself into sitting position and pull the bear into is arm and cuddles him. I look in awe at Liam. He is looking back at me with his big blue eyes. He pushes the bear away and start to crawl towards me. I clap my hand excitedly and say: "good job Liam!" I scoop him up in my arms when he reaches me and cover him with kisses. "Did you just crawl out of mommy's sight, you little rascal." Liam just smiles back at me.
I walk back into the kitchen place Liam back on the mat. I take on of the chairs and lay it on its side so it is blocking the doorway so Liam cannot escape. Going back to my chopping job. I am almost finished when I feel something at my legs. Liam is trying to climb in between the space from my legs and the counter. "Oh hi little one going on a adventure?" I say giggling as Liam wurms his way trough. And crawls further. I put a pot on the stove put in the union, garlic and vegetables. After 5 minutes I throw in the minced meat. As I stir the pot I hear the doorbell ring. I put the stove on low. Look around the kitchen for Liam and swipe him off the floor, push the chair out of the way and open the door.
"I come bringing cheese and strawberry ice cream!" Izzie says. "You are right on time, and you got boose." I wink at Izzie. "Liam can you say hi to Izzie?" Liam tries to wave at Izzie but he is not quite there yet it looks more like he is hitting something, but it is a start. I let Izzie in and we walk back into the kitchen where she puts everything on the counter and the grabs to wine glasses. I put Liam back on the floor and put the chair back into its place. "Uhm Mer, why are you barricading the doorway?" Izzie asks surprised. "Just look at Liam" I say pointing to him. I walk back to the stove and stir the meat before it starts to burn. Put in the tomatoes and the tomato sauce and stir again. I hear Izzie squeal. "He is crawling!" "Yes he did it for the first time today." I say proudly. "Hence the chair in the doorway he escaped into the living room right before you came because I didn't know he started crawling." I reach for my glass of wine. "I need to babyproof the apartment." I say after taking a sip. "That might be helpful, do you need a hand with that?" Izzie asks. "That would be great, thank you" I smile. "I need to finish that big biology paper tomorrow." I sigh. "Me too, that paper is a pain in my ass." Izzie says taking a big zip of her wine. "We finish early on Wednesday, maybe we can go to the store right after class and I will pick Liam up on the way home." I say stirring the pot and putting it on low so it can simmer for a while.
Liam is starting to get hungry as he starts to whale and putting his hands on my legs. Putting one of his cans into the microwave I warm up his dinner. And I prep his bottle for later. As the microwave beeps I pull out the can and put into a small bowl it looks disgusting. The label on the can says pumpkin, chicken and potato. Izzie is playing on the floor with him. She is such a good friend. I put his dinner on the table and say: "Dinner is ready Liam." Liam drops his toy on the floor and starts to crawl over to the high chair. I pick him up place him in the highchair. I grab a bib and start feeding him. Izzie is joining me at the table. "So …." She starts. "How was your coffee date with Mcdreamy?" "He was 15 minutes because he was pulled into a surgery right before the end of his shift. So I was starting to think that he was going to stand me up." I say while giving Liam another spoonful of his dinner. "But than he showed up looking like a photomodel and all I could do was just stare at him while he walked towards me." "So he is still Mcdreamy even though he was late to your first date?" Izzie asks. "Yes he is, those eyes are just so blue I can drown in them forever. Oh and his hair I just want to run my fingers through it!" I say blushing a little. Liam is slamming his hands on the tray demanding another bite. He seems to love the flavour and I make a metal note that I need to get more of that flavour. "And he just is so handsome and kind." I say. "Oh Mer, are you falling for him?" "Puff of course not." I huff while feeding Liam another spoonful and reaching for my wine and taking a big gulp. "Oh Mer, you so are." Izzie says. I almost spit out my wine, I try to stop it and now the wine is coming out of my nose and I start to cough. Liam is laughing at me as there is snot coming out of my nose I reach for the wet wipes. "Oh you think it is funny Liam that your mommy is falling for another man, you should be scared that you are not the only man in my life anymore." I say very serious to him.
"So you admit it!" Izzie exclaimed. "Oke, I admit it I am falling for Mcdreamy!" I say giggling. I give Liam his last spoonful and walk over to the fridge to crab a yoghurt. He loves strawberry yoghurt! I stir a little bit in the pot with sauce. "You hungry yet?" I ask Izzie. "I am starving!" Izzie says dramatic. "Can you feed Liam his yoghurt so I can finish dinner?" "Yes sure, how hard can it be to feed a baby his favourite yoghurt." She says and I just snicker inside.
I search for a big pot for the pasta. And bring the water to a boil. As I am waiting for the water to start boiling I can see Liam reaching for a spoon full of yoghurt with his hands. Before Izzie notices it Liam slaps the spoon out of her hands and it is al over the tray. "Liam, no grabbing the spoon!" she exclaims. She try's again. But no luck Liam is waving his hands around in excitement having fun with this little game. And this time the yoghurt lands on Izzie's hands and jeans. I burst out laughing. "It is not funny, Mer! "Oh yes it is Iz" I say still laughing. I walk over to the highchair. "Oke, can I trust you to cook the pasta? Than I will take over feeding the baby." Izzie wipes the yoghurt of her hands and jeans and walks over to the stove.
I finish feeding Liam. I manage to keep the mess to a minimum. I wipe of his face and hands. I just leave him in the highchair for a bit longer. I set the table for dinner. As Izzie puts the pasta on the table I take the sauce of the stove and place it on the table. Than I lift Liam out of the chair so he can move around while we eat.
"Did you kiss him again?" Izzie asks in between bites. "Yes, he walked me back to the library and kissed me goodbye. We had such a lovely time, I told him who my mother was and he was dumbfound." I say giggling. "You told him the mommy secret?" Izzie says. "Yes we were talking about surgery a lot and he was very impressed with how much I knew about surgery, it just slipped out. I just feel very comfortable with him." I say taking another sip of my wine. "Did you talk about Finn?" Izzie asks quietly. "O no thank god no! You don't talk about your death boyfriend who you have a child with on your first date. And no I didn't talk about Liam either. I just want to get to know the guy first." I say. "So you just talked about surgery? You didn't really get to know him." Izzie says confused. "We did talk about surgery and I need to get to know him better we will definitely have to work on that on the next date. I did find out his age tough!" I say. "Oh do tell!" Izzie says very excited. "He turned 28 last month." I say quietly. "Isn't that a bit to old, Mer?" Izzie asks. "No I am not bothered with it as long he isn't. It is just 10 years and I am not a typical 19 year old." I say looking over to Liam. "And I don't think guys of our age want to get involved with someone who already has a baby." I say sadly. "As long as you are happy. That is what counts" Izzie says comforting me. "I am very happy at the moment" I reply with a smile. "So I am going to watch the little one on Friday night, so you can go on your date with Mcdreamy." Izzie says. "Yes, thank you very much for that. I will have him ready in his jammies or already in bed it depends on what time Derek is going to pick me up." I say. "I will bring my own jammies so you can come home as late as you want. Just have fun with Mcdreamy." Izzie says smiling. "You are such a great friend, thank you." I say while standing up and giving her a hug. "No problem, Mer that is what friends are for." Izzie says. "So I will do the dishes cause you cooked and you can get the little on of to bed and than we can watch a movie and eat the icecream." Izzie orders.
When Liam is in bed and fast a sleep. He was exhausted from all the crawling. We sit down on the couch. Izzie already picked a movie and I was a bit surprised that she pick on of my mothers tapes again. "Are you hooked on those tapes as well." I ask jokingly. "Maybe just a little." Izzie winks at me. And than I remember that I had to let Kathrin know what time I was going to drop Liam off. "Just hold on one second." I say to Izzie while I run into my room to grab my agenda. My first class is at 10 o'clock so I will drop him of at 9. I quickly sent a text to Kathrin and than I sit down on the couch next to Izzie who already started the strawberry ice cream.