I run into the living room and start grabing some of Owen's things off the
floor and packing them into a bag. I can see my parents watching me and
wondering what I'm doing. I hear Owen crying in the hallway, he's upset
because Claire's stopped feeding him when he was still a little hungry.
Claire appears at the door with Owen in his car seat and then I turn to my
parents.
There's been an emergency and we need to get to the hospital so you can all stay here or go out somewhere.
Robert: What kind of emergency?
Claire's dad's very ill and they're not sure how long he'll be able to hold on for, so we need to take Owen to see him.
Gaynor: I don't want my grandson around a sick man, he may catch something!
I grab Claire's arm and pull her out of the room and into the car. We quickly rush to the hospital and into Robert's room. Claire breaks down in tears and I feel a single tear rush down my cheek, Owen is still not pleased about being disturbed whilst feeding so Claire finishes off feeding him. I sit down and talk to Nina about what is actually wrong and how my parents have been behaving. After a while Robert suddenly starts to move and sit up, his skin is as white as a sheet and his eyes look blurred and unfocused.
Claire: Dad would you like to hold Owen?
Robert: Have you finished feeding him and burping him.
Claire: *smiling* Yes.
Robert: Ok pass him here.
Claire passes Owen to Robert and Owen looks like he's going to start crying but luckily he decides not to. Robert however starts to get very emotional and I start to feel very uneasy about being in the room, afterall I'm not exactly family! Well I will be soon but what upsets me the most is Robert probably won't be there to give Claire away at least I know we have his blessing. Nina also looks really pale and I can tell she is really worried, Gemma looks more scared than anything else and Claire well Claire looks shocked, upset and in need of a cuddle. I stand up and go over to Claire before picking her up and putting her on my lap, I hug her tightly and allow her to cry silently in my arms.
Robert: Hey don't cry Claire, I'm not going anywhere. I'm not going to give up yet I've got too much going on in my life right now haven't I Owen?
Owen makes a little sound which sounds rather like a gigle and Robert smiles. After about three hours of being at the hospital I am really surprised that Owen hasn't fallen to sleep or started to get bored, he seems extremely happy laying in his Granddad's arms.
We've just got home and all Claire wants to do is have a nice soak in the bath with Owen, put him to bed and then get into bed herself but I've got a feeling that's not going to happen. My Mum of course is wanting to hold Owen again and Claire is trying to explain that its late and he needs to go to bed. In the end Claire wins and goes off to have her bath. I make them all a cup of tea and take a Vodka for myself and sit in the living room watching TV.
Jamie: When are we actually going to get to hold our nephew?
Tomorrow ok, you just came at a bad time.
Alyn: But just remember he has two families.
Claire's Dad is ill and that's why we went today and I'm sorry if you have a problem with that.
Gaynor: Boys just go to your rooms and behave yourselves please.
I watch them leave and down my whole glass of Vodka before going into the kitchen to think about things. Don't get me wrong I love my parents to bits I really do but they always seem to come at the wrong time. Since I've been going out with Claire I think things have changed a lot but for the better. I became more protective because it wasn't just me I had to look out for it was Claire aswell and then when she told me she was pregnant I was just so happy. I knew I had to mature a lot to be able to be anything like a good father and now I have Owen to think about aswell and if anything is said or done which will hurt or upset either Owen or Claire it is my job to have a go. At first I was really scared of doing things like that but now its starting to come very naturally to me which to some extent is a bit worrying. At the end of the day I love all my family but no one could ever compare or have the same amount of love from me to that of which I give to Owen and Claire. They are my world, my everything!
There's been an emergency and we need to get to the hospital so you can all stay here or go out somewhere.
Robert: What kind of emergency?
Claire's dad's very ill and they're not sure how long he'll be able to hold on for, so we need to take Owen to see him.
Gaynor: I don't want my grandson around a sick man, he may catch something!
I grab Claire's arm and pull her out of the room and into the car. We quickly rush to the hospital and into Robert's room. Claire breaks down in tears and I feel a single tear rush down my cheek, Owen is still not pleased about being disturbed whilst feeding so Claire finishes off feeding him. I sit down and talk to Nina about what is actually wrong and how my parents have been behaving. After a while Robert suddenly starts to move and sit up, his skin is as white as a sheet and his eyes look blurred and unfocused.
Claire: Dad would you like to hold Owen?
Robert: Have you finished feeding him and burping him.
Claire: *smiling* Yes.
Robert: Ok pass him here.
Claire passes Owen to Robert and Owen looks like he's going to start crying but luckily he decides not to. Robert however starts to get very emotional and I start to feel very uneasy about being in the room, afterall I'm not exactly family! Well I will be soon but what upsets me the most is Robert probably won't be there to give Claire away at least I know we have his blessing. Nina also looks really pale and I can tell she is really worried, Gemma looks more scared than anything else and Claire well Claire looks shocked, upset and in need of a cuddle. I stand up and go over to Claire before picking her up and putting her on my lap, I hug her tightly and allow her to cry silently in my arms.
Robert: Hey don't cry Claire, I'm not going anywhere. I'm not going to give up yet I've got too much going on in my life right now haven't I Owen?
Owen makes a little sound which sounds rather like a gigle and Robert smiles. After about three hours of being at the hospital I am really surprised that Owen hasn't fallen to sleep or started to get bored, he seems extremely happy laying in his Granddad's arms.
We've just got home and all Claire wants to do is have a nice soak in the bath with Owen, put him to bed and then get into bed herself but I've got a feeling that's not going to happen. My Mum of course is wanting to hold Owen again and Claire is trying to explain that its late and he needs to go to bed. In the end Claire wins and goes off to have her bath. I make them all a cup of tea and take a Vodka for myself and sit in the living room watching TV.
Jamie: When are we actually going to get to hold our nephew?
Tomorrow ok, you just came at a bad time.
Alyn: But just remember he has two families.
Claire's Dad is ill and that's why we went today and I'm sorry if you have a problem with that.
Gaynor: Boys just go to your rooms and behave yourselves please.
I watch them leave and down my whole glass of Vodka before going into the kitchen to think about things. Don't get me wrong I love my parents to bits I really do but they always seem to come at the wrong time. Since I've been going out with Claire I think things have changed a lot but for the better. I became more protective because it wasn't just me I had to look out for it was Claire aswell and then when she told me she was pregnant I was just so happy. I knew I had to mature a lot to be able to be anything like a good father and now I have Owen to think about aswell and if anything is said or done which will hurt or upset either Owen or Claire it is my job to have a go. At first I was really scared of doing things like that but now its starting to come very naturally to me which to some extent is a bit worrying. At the end of the day I love all my family but no one could ever compare or have the same amount of love from me to that of which I give to Owen and Claire. They are my world, my everything!