Part 3
"Well he aint gonna find out will he, Buddah Boy?"
Kyle sighed at the remark.
"Will he?" The other end of the phone was silent.
"Fine." She sighed. "If a certain Kyle Valenti doesn't want to keep having-"
"All right! He won't find out from me, I swear."
Tess brightened.
"Thanks! I gotta go, Anabelle's screaming again. Love you."
Tess sighed at the sound of the crying eleven month old child.
"Me too. Bye."
Tess hung up.
"All right, all right, already. I'm coming." She cried as she headed for the nursery.
She opened the door, Max was already there, holding the crying child. A worried look on his face.
"Tess, go get a warm, wet washcloth."
"What...?"
Then she spotted the mess in the crib. Anabelle had thrown up. Blood! in the mess as well.
"Oh my poor baby." She cooed, coming toward Max and Anabelle.
"Tess just get the cloth." He told her angrily, as Anabelle began crying harder at the sight of her mother.
Tess looked hurt and left the room.
Max patted the back of his daughter
He walked to the kitchen and picked up the phone. He pressed the speed dial number for 'Alex and Izzy'. It rang a few times before a groggy Alex answered.
"Hel...lo?" He yawned.
"Hey Alex, is Izzy there?" He rushed.
"(Yawn) Hold on...(a pause for a minute) She's still asleep. Can I help you with something?"
"Actually I need Isabel. Can you wake her up, it's about Ana?"
"Oh my god, what's wrong with Ana?" Alex said suddenly awake.
"She-" Max was cut off when he heard Isabel shout at Alex, 'What's wrong with Anabelle?'
"Hold on here she-"
"Max, what's worong with her?!"
"Iz." He heard Alex say in the background.
"Izzy what has Anabelle had to eat today?"
"Um... I can't remember, what's wrong with her?"
He sighed. "She threw up blood. Izzy I need to know what she ate?!"
"That jar of apple stuff," Isabel said after an audible gasp. "We went to the park, she had a chocolate ice- cream from Alex's friend's shop, um, we went to the crashdown, she had a martian shake, then we went back to you place, where mum came over, she gave us some pie, which is in the fridge, we went to lunch with mum, she had... uh... the... uh... oh yeah, the kid's fish special and a chocolate milkshake."
Max sighed and rubbed his eyes. That didn't really help.
"Oh yeah, and she had a snack when I dropped her off, I think it was some strawberries that Tess gave her. Strawberries!!" Isabel justed realised.
"Tess!! You gave Ana strawberries!! You know she's alergic!" Tess handed him the towl which he snatched from her hand.
"I- I'm sorry, I forgot." She tried.
"You forgot! Bye Izzy." He murmered into the phone and hung up.
"She's your daughter Tess! How could you forget?!"
"I just did! It's not like your the one looking after her 24'7!"
"Well neither are you! What would've happened if I wasn't here till later! She might have died! Where are you all day, you don't work?"
"Hey, I didn't choose to live on this stupid planet. You chose that! I had no say in the matter. And it's not like I had any choice in whether I had to carry her around for two full years. I just went along with it because I didn't have a choice or warning. And because I care about you!!" She shouted in exhaustion and collapsed on the couch crying.
Max shut his mouth and sat next to her, then healed Anabelle and she stopped crying.
"I'm sorry." Max apologised. He put his arm around her, making sure not to drop his daughter, and pulled Tess towards him.
"I had no idea you felt this way. You know if there were any way we could go to Antar..." He trailed off, telling her sympathetically
"I know, Max, and I'm sorry too. It's just, I want to go home." She sobbed.
"And so do I. But for now this..." He indicated around them.
"This, is home."
TBC...
"Well he aint gonna find out will he, Buddah Boy?"
Kyle sighed at the remark.
"Will he?" The other end of the phone was silent.
"Fine." She sighed. "If a certain Kyle Valenti doesn't want to keep having-"
"All right! He won't find out from me, I swear."
Tess brightened.
"Thanks! I gotta go, Anabelle's screaming again. Love you."
Tess sighed at the sound of the crying eleven month old child.
"Me too. Bye."
Tess hung up.
"All right, all right, already. I'm coming." She cried as she headed for the nursery.
She opened the door, Max was already there, holding the crying child. A worried look on his face.
"Tess, go get a warm, wet washcloth."
"What...?"
Then she spotted the mess in the crib. Anabelle had thrown up. Blood! in the mess as well.
"Oh my poor baby." She cooed, coming toward Max and Anabelle.
"Tess just get the cloth." He told her angrily, as Anabelle began crying harder at the sight of her mother.
Tess looked hurt and left the room.
Max patted the back of his daughter
He walked to the kitchen and picked up the phone. He pressed the speed dial number for 'Alex and Izzy'. It rang a few times before a groggy Alex answered.
"Hel...lo?" He yawned.
"Hey Alex, is Izzy there?" He rushed.
"(Yawn) Hold on...(a pause for a minute) She's still asleep. Can I help you with something?"
"Actually I need Isabel. Can you wake her up, it's about Ana?"
"Oh my god, what's wrong with Ana?" Alex said suddenly awake.
"She-" Max was cut off when he heard Isabel shout at Alex, 'What's wrong with Anabelle?'
"Hold on here she-"
"Max, what's worong with her?!"
"Iz." He heard Alex say in the background.
"Izzy what has Anabelle had to eat today?"
"Um... I can't remember, what's wrong with her?"
He sighed. "She threw up blood. Izzy I need to know what she ate?!"
"That jar of apple stuff," Isabel said after an audible gasp. "We went to the park, she had a chocolate ice- cream from Alex's friend's shop, um, we went to the crashdown, she had a martian shake, then we went back to you place, where mum came over, she gave us some pie, which is in the fridge, we went to lunch with mum, she had... uh... the... uh... oh yeah, the kid's fish special and a chocolate milkshake."
Max sighed and rubbed his eyes. That didn't really help.
"Oh yeah, and she had a snack when I dropped her off, I think it was some strawberries that Tess gave her. Strawberries!!" Isabel justed realised.
"Tess!! You gave Ana strawberries!! You know she's alergic!" Tess handed him the towl which he snatched from her hand.
"I- I'm sorry, I forgot." She tried.
"You forgot! Bye Izzy." He murmered into the phone and hung up.
"She's your daughter Tess! How could you forget?!"
"I just did! It's not like your the one looking after her 24'7!"
"Well neither are you! What would've happened if I wasn't here till later! She might have died! Where are you all day, you don't work?"
"Hey, I didn't choose to live on this stupid planet. You chose that! I had no say in the matter. And it's not like I had any choice in whether I had to carry her around for two full years. I just went along with it because I didn't have a choice or warning. And because I care about you!!" She shouted in exhaustion and collapsed on the couch crying.
Max shut his mouth and sat next to her, then healed Anabelle and she stopped crying.
"I'm sorry." Max apologised. He put his arm around her, making sure not to drop his daughter, and pulled Tess towards him.
"I had no idea you felt this way. You know if there were any way we could go to Antar..." He trailed off, telling her sympathetically
"I know, Max, and I'm sorry too. It's just, I want to go home." She sobbed.
"And so do I. But for now this..." He indicated around them.
"This, is home."
TBC...