Part 3
Maria's alarm clock went off at 6:30 a.m. Maria moaned and hit the off button. She got out of bed and headed downstairs to the kitchen. She got out some milk and poured it in a sauce pan. She turned on the stove and started warming the milk.
Brendan will be awake soon and she wanted to make sure she had his milk ready to go. Maria then walked upstairs and into Brendan's room to see if he was awake yet. She smiled when she saw he his eye's were open. Maria walked over to his crib and picked him up.
"Hello there, big boy. Aren't you being a good boy by not crying." Maria said as she walked downstairs and into the kitchen to fix Brendan his bottle. "Look what momma has for you." Maria told Brendan has she held up the bottle to him. Brendan reached for the bottle and grabbed it.
Maria smiled when Brendan started drinking the bottle and leaned his head on her shoulder. Maria turned around and almost bumped into Michael. Maria gave Michael a weird look, he didn't have to go to work until 8:30. She then looked at her watch. It was already 7, she just shrugged and walked past him.
"Let me take him while you take a shower." Michael told her. Maria turned around and walked up to Michael.
"You wanna go to Daddy, Brendan?" Maria asked him. Brendan was still drinking his bottle but he held out his free hand towards Michael. Michael smiled and took Brendan from Maria and kissed his head.
"Okay, if he finishes that, which he probably will, then give him only half a bottle of apple juice. And if I'm not out of the shower by then just get him dressed." Maria told him.
"I know what to do. I was here for, I don't know, his whole life so far." Michael told her. Maria just rolled her eye's and walked out of the kitchen and to the bathroom to take her shower. After Brendan finished the bottle Michael gave him some apple juice.
"Come on, Bren. Let's go get you some nice clothes to wear to Auntie Tess' house." Michael said while walking up the stairs and into Brendan's room. Michael changed Brendan's diaper and then picked out some clothes for him to wear. Michael noticed the shower turned off a couple minutes ago.
"What do you think, Bren? You think me and your mommy gunna kiss and make- up?" Michael asked as he carefully took of Brendan's PJ's and put on the clothes Michael had picked out for him. Michael saw Brendan had finished the bottle, he took it and picked Brendan up.
"You definitely get your good looks from me, Bren." Michael joked as he looked as his son. Just then a voice came from behind him.
"His name his Brendan." Maria said as she walked into the bedroom wearing a short black skirt and a white T-shirt. Her hair was still wet from the shower.
"I know what his name is. I signed the birth certificate, remember?" Michael told her. Maria just glared at him and took Brendan from Michael. Brendan made a little baby noise and smiled.
"You should take a shower and get ready for work. We wouldn't want you to be late. Even though you always seem to be late when it comes to me." Maria mumbled that last part. Michael heard here, but ignored it and kissed Brendan on the head.
"Bye bye, Brendan. Daddy will see you in a couple of days." Michael told him. Michael then walked out of the bedroom and into the bathroom to take a shower. Maria watched as Michael walked away. Them separating hadn't hit her yet, but she knew when he wouldn't come home tonight, it would hit her hard.
"Come on, Brendan. Let's watch Mommy get ready." She said while blowing a raspberry on his cheek. Brendan laughed and clapped his hands. Maria giggled and walked to the bathroom that was connected to her bedroom.
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Tess looked at her watch, it was 8:30 Maria should be here any minute. Kyle had already left for work. Tess heard a knock on the door and smiled. She opened the door and found Maria and Brendan standing in front of her.
"Hey babe." Maria said while walking into the house.
"Hey, Maria. How are you? And how's my little man?" Tess asked as she held her hands out to Brendan. Maria laughed, she always got a kick out of watching Tess with Brendan.
"We're fine." Maria said while giving Brendan to Tess.
"So is Michael really moving out?" Tess asked as she kissed Brendan's head. Maria nodded her head. "Awwww, come on Ria. You know you guys are just ending up having sex and making up." Maria's eye's widen and her hands covered Brendan's ear's.
"Please don't say that in front of my child." Maria told Tess with a laugh. Tess rolled her eye's.
"Maria, Brendan doesn't understand what we're talking about." Tess said as her and Maria walked to the living-room. Maria placed the baby bag on the floor and sat down on the couch next to Tess.
"Anyways, I'll be here to pick up Brendan around 2. Everything he needs is in the bag." Maria told Tess. Tess just nodded her head.
"I know, I know. Maria, I've been baby-sitting your son for 4 months now. I think I got it down." Tess told her Maria just nodded her head. "Are you still thinking about quitting your job?" Tess asked her.
"I was at first but I don't think so. Since me and Michael...." Maria paused. "I just think I should keep working so I can actually pay my bills." Maria said with a giggle. Tess nodded her head. "Are you still thinking about not going back to work after the baby is born?" Maria asked her. Tess was 5 months pregnant and was thinking about not going back to work at all after the baby was born.
"I'm still thinking about it but I'm not sure." Tess told Maria. Maria nodded her head and grabbed her purse.
"Well, I gotta go. Even though I'm the manager, I shouldn't be late." Maria said. She walked over to Brendan and gave him a kiss. "Now you be good for Auntie Tess, Momma will be back later." Maria gave Tess a hug and walked out of the house.
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Michael walked into to his work on time. Not that it matter anyway, him and Kyle were the bosses. But he still made sure he was on time, most of the time. He walked past his assistant and into his office. Michael sat down at his desk when Kyle walked in.
"Hey Michael. What's up?" Kyle asked as he sat down on one of the chairs in front of Michael's desk.
"Nothing much. Did you just get in?" Michael asked.
"Nope, I left the house early today. I had to make a few orders." Kyle told Michael. Michael nodded his head.
"So how's Brendan?" Kyle asked Michael. They did this every morning. Kyle would come in and they would talk. After that they would get back to work.
"Brendan is good. How's your kid? Do you know what it is yet?" Michael asked Kyle. Kyle smiled and nodded his head. "Well?" Michael asked.
"Its a girl." Kyle told him. Michael chuckled. "Now I have two girls to look after. Tess and Alexia." Kyle said.
"Alexia?" Michael asked in a confused voice.
"Oh ya, me and Tess already had the names picked out. If it was a boy it was going to be Jonathan and if it was a girl Alexia." Kyle explained to Michael.
"Well Kyle, good luck with that." Michael told him.
"What do you mean by that?" Kyle asked him.
"Well, just wait until Alexia starts dating." Michael told Kyle.
"I'm gunna have to kick a lot of guys asses." Kyle said, Michael chuckled and nodded his head. He would have loved his baby the same if he got a girl but he was thankful he got a boy. He really didn't want to deal with all the girlie stuff.
"So how are things with you and Maria?" Kyle asked Michael. Michael just shook his head.
"Things aren't getting better. We got into another fight last night." Michael said.
"About what?" Kyle asked while taking a donut from the box that Michael had on his desk. Michael shook his head and took a donut too.
"It was stupid. Maria put Brendan to bed last night before I got home. I got mad because I told her to wait until I got home. But the fight then moved into something else." Michael told Kyle.
"What?" Kyle asked.
"It moved into me coming home late all the time. And then she made this comment. She made it sound as if I'm not there for Brendan." Michael told Kyle. Kyle sighed and leaned back into the chair.
"This all started because Maria put Brendan to bed?" Kyle asked. Michael just nodded his head. "Man, what the hell happened to you guys? I mean, you guys use to fight all the time. But two seconds later you guys are sticking your tongues down each other's throat." Kyle told him.
"I don't know. This morning was fine, though. It's just weird, there are times when everything will seem just fine and normal. And then there are those fights. Those fights we get into." Michael told Kyle.
"It'll be okay, man. I know it will. You and Maria always find a way back to each other. I mean you guys love each other." Kyle told him while getting up.
"Yeah." Michael said with a nod of his head.
"Well, I'm going to get back to work. Talk to you at lunch." With that Kyle left Michael's office. Michael then picked up the phone and pushed for his assistant.
"Yes, Mr. Guerin?"
"Ya, Vanessa cancel all my meetings today. I'm going to take the day off." Michael told her.
"All of them?" Vanessa asked.
"Yes!" Michael said as he hung up the phone and left his office. He walked to his car and headed to where Maria worked. He had to talk to right now.
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Maria's alarm clock went off at 6:30 a.m. Maria moaned and hit the off button. She got out of bed and headed downstairs to the kitchen. She got out some milk and poured it in a sauce pan. She turned on the stove and started warming the milk.
Brendan will be awake soon and she wanted to make sure she had his milk ready to go. Maria then walked upstairs and into Brendan's room to see if he was awake yet. She smiled when she saw he his eye's were open. Maria walked over to his crib and picked him up.
"Hello there, big boy. Aren't you being a good boy by not crying." Maria said as she walked downstairs and into the kitchen to fix Brendan his bottle. "Look what momma has for you." Maria told Brendan has she held up the bottle to him. Brendan reached for the bottle and grabbed it.
Maria smiled when Brendan started drinking the bottle and leaned his head on her shoulder. Maria turned around and almost bumped into Michael. Maria gave Michael a weird look, he didn't have to go to work until 8:30. She then looked at her watch. It was already 7, she just shrugged and walked past him.
"Let me take him while you take a shower." Michael told her. Maria turned around and walked up to Michael.
"You wanna go to Daddy, Brendan?" Maria asked him. Brendan was still drinking his bottle but he held out his free hand towards Michael. Michael smiled and took Brendan from Maria and kissed his head.
"Okay, if he finishes that, which he probably will, then give him only half a bottle of apple juice. And if I'm not out of the shower by then just get him dressed." Maria told him.
"I know what to do. I was here for, I don't know, his whole life so far." Michael told her. Maria just rolled her eye's and walked out of the kitchen and to the bathroom to take her shower. After Brendan finished the bottle Michael gave him some apple juice.
"Come on, Bren. Let's go get you some nice clothes to wear to Auntie Tess' house." Michael said while walking up the stairs and into Brendan's room. Michael changed Brendan's diaper and then picked out some clothes for him to wear. Michael noticed the shower turned off a couple minutes ago.
"What do you think, Bren? You think me and your mommy gunna kiss and make- up?" Michael asked as he carefully took of Brendan's PJ's and put on the clothes Michael had picked out for him. Michael saw Brendan had finished the bottle, he took it and picked Brendan up.
"You definitely get your good looks from me, Bren." Michael joked as he looked as his son. Just then a voice came from behind him.
"His name his Brendan." Maria said as she walked into the bedroom wearing a short black skirt and a white T-shirt. Her hair was still wet from the shower.
"I know what his name is. I signed the birth certificate, remember?" Michael told her. Maria just glared at him and took Brendan from Michael. Brendan made a little baby noise and smiled.
"You should take a shower and get ready for work. We wouldn't want you to be late. Even though you always seem to be late when it comes to me." Maria mumbled that last part. Michael heard here, but ignored it and kissed Brendan on the head.
"Bye bye, Brendan. Daddy will see you in a couple of days." Michael told him. Michael then walked out of the bedroom and into the bathroom to take a shower. Maria watched as Michael walked away. Them separating hadn't hit her yet, but she knew when he wouldn't come home tonight, it would hit her hard.
"Come on, Brendan. Let's watch Mommy get ready." She said while blowing a raspberry on his cheek. Brendan laughed and clapped his hands. Maria giggled and walked to the bathroom that was connected to her bedroom.
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Tess looked at her watch, it was 8:30 Maria should be here any minute. Kyle had already left for work. Tess heard a knock on the door and smiled. She opened the door and found Maria and Brendan standing in front of her.
"Hey babe." Maria said while walking into the house.
"Hey, Maria. How are you? And how's my little man?" Tess asked as she held her hands out to Brendan. Maria laughed, she always got a kick out of watching Tess with Brendan.
"We're fine." Maria said while giving Brendan to Tess.
"So is Michael really moving out?" Tess asked as she kissed Brendan's head. Maria nodded her head. "Awwww, come on Ria. You know you guys are just ending up having sex and making up." Maria's eye's widen and her hands covered Brendan's ear's.
"Please don't say that in front of my child." Maria told Tess with a laugh. Tess rolled her eye's.
"Maria, Brendan doesn't understand what we're talking about." Tess said as her and Maria walked to the living-room. Maria placed the baby bag on the floor and sat down on the couch next to Tess.
"Anyways, I'll be here to pick up Brendan around 2. Everything he needs is in the bag." Maria told Tess. Tess just nodded her head.
"I know, I know. Maria, I've been baby-sitting your son for 4 months now. I think I got it down." Tess told her Maria just nodded her head. "Are you still thinking about quitting your job?" Tess asked her.
"I was at first but I don't think so. Since me and Michael...." Maria paused. "I just think I should keep working so I can actually pay my bills." Maria said with a giggle. Tess nodded her head. "Are you still thinking about not going back to work after the baby is born?" Maria asked her. Tess was 5 months pregnant and was thinking about not going back to work at all after the baby was born.
"I'm still thinking about it but I'm not sure." Tess told Maria. Maria nodded her head and grabbed her purse.
"Well, I gotta go. Even though I'm the manager, I shouldn't be late." Maria said. She walked over to Brendan and gave him a kiss. "Now you be good for Auntie Tess, Momma will be back later." Maria gave Tess a hug and walked out of the house.
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Michael walked into to his work on time. Not that it matter anyway, him and Kyle were the bosses. But he still made sure he was on time, most of the time. He walked past his assistant and into his office. Michael sat down at his desk when Kyle walked in.
"Hey Michael. What's up?" Kyle asked as he sat down on one of the chairs in front of Michael's desk.
"Nothing much. Did you just get in?" Michael asked.
"Nope, I left the house early today. I had to make a few orders." Kyle told Michael. Michael nodded his head.
"So how's Brendan?" Kyle asked Michael. They did this every morning. Kyle would come in and they would talk. After that they would get back to work.
"Brendan is good. How's your kid? Do you know what it is yet?" Michael asked Kyle. Kyle smiled and nodded his head. "Well?" Michael asked.
"Its a girl." Kyle told him. Michael chuckled. "Now I have two girls to look after. Tess and Alexia." Kyle said.
"Alexia?" Michael asked in a confused voice.
"Oh ya, me and Tess already had the names picked out. If it was a boy it was going to be Jonathan and if it was a girl Alexia." Kyle explained to Michael.
"Well Kyle, good luck with that." Michael told him.
"What do you mean by that?" Kyle asked him.
"Well, just wait until Alexia starts dating." Michael told Kyle.
"I'm gunna have to kick a lot of guys asses." Kyle said, Michael chuckled and nodded his head. He would have loved his baby the same if he got a girl but he was thankful he got a boy. He really didn't want to deal with all the girlie stuff.
"So how are things with you and Maria?" Kyle asked Michael. Michael just shook his head.
"Things aren't getting better. We got into another fight last night." Michael said.
"About what?" Kyle asked while taking a donut from the box that Michael had on his desk. Michael shook his head and took a donut too.
"It was stupid. Maria put Brendan to bed last night before I got home. I got mad because I told her to wait until I got home. But the fight then moved into something else." Michael told Kyle.
"What?" Kyle asked.
"It moved into me coming home late all the time. And then she made this comment. She made it sound as if I'm not there for Brendan." Michael told Kyle. Kyle sighed and leaned back into the chair.
"This all started because Maria put Brendan to bed?" Kyle asked. Michael just nodded his head. "Man, what the hell happened to you guys? I mean, you guys use to fight all the time. But two seconds later you guys are sticking your tongues down each other's throat." Kyle told him.
"I don't know. This morning was fine, though. It's just weird, there are times when everything will seem just fine and normal. And then there are those fights. Those fights we get into." Michael told Kyle.
"It'll be okay, man. I know it will. You and Maria always find a way back to each other. I mean you guys love each other." Kyle told him while getting up.
"Yeah." Michael said with a nod of his head.
"Well, I'm going to get back to work. Talk to you at lunch." With that Kyle left Michael's office. Michael then picked up the phone and pushed for his assistant.
"Yes, Mr. Guerin?"
"Ya, Vanessa cancel all my meetings today. I'm going to take the day off." Michael told her.
"All of them?" Vanessa asked.
"Yes!" Michael said as he hung up the phone and left his office. He walked to his car and headed to where Maria worked. He had to talk to right now.
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