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CHAPTER 2:Stay for dinner and we'll see"Mommy, mommy" Elizabeth heard the cry of her daughter from her bedroom. She quickly leaped out of bed and ran to Ella's room. There she found a very scared little girl. "Storm" said the little girl between sights.
"It's okay Ella, mommy is here." Elizabeth tried to calm down the little girl.
"Mommy..." Ella said as she extended her arms for Elizabeth to pick her up.
"Shhht baby " Elizabeth said as she scooped her up.
"Do want to sleep with mommy tonight?"
"Yes mommy" Ella nodded and then pointed to the door. Elizabeth entered her room holding Ella tight in her arms and placed her on the bed. She went and laid down next to her daughter and pulled a blanket on them. Ella was still scared and was holding close to her mother. "Close your eyes baby... mommy is here." Elizabeth told the little girl as she stroke her hair. After a few minutes Ella was asleep. Elizabeth looked at her sleeping. She was so beautiful.
"My beautiful little girl..." she said as she rapped her arms around her daughter and tried to fall asleep herself.
"Mommy wake up... Now!" Elizabeth was awakened by Ella who was standing up on the bed with the alarm clock in her hands. She took the alarm clock from her daughter's hands and turned off the alarm.
"Uh, I'm up..."
"Me too..." the little girl exclaimed. That made Elizabeth laugh. She took Ella in her arms and exited her bedroom. Elizabeth went into the kitchen and sat Ella in her highchair. She started playing with her daughter but was interrupted by the phone that was ringing like crazy.
"Yes?" Elizabeth answered.
"Hi Dr. Corday it's me, Kris! I just called to tell you that I won't be able to come sit with Ella today... Sorry, but my sister's husband's grandmother died and I was asked to take care of her children. So we are living for New York in a couple of hours."
"Oh I'm sorry to hear that Elizabeth said. Were you close?"
"I never even heard of her but they are all preparing for the funeral and they just moved there so they didn't have time to look for a nanny... Sorry again..."
"Well thanks for calling. Bye!" Elizabeth hang up the phone and turned to Ella.
"It's just you and me today... Kris can't make it!" But that would mean that I have to take Ella with me to the graveyard to visit Mark... It is a year since his death...
"Hungry!" The little girl exclaimed.
"Breakfast... Yes... Lizzie girl get a grip of yourself!" Elizabeth tried to gather her thoughts. But wait a minute... Lizzie? I called myself Lizzie again... No! No way... Just in my head... Probably I'm still impressed from last night, yes that's it! Robert in McDonald's?
"Lizzie!" Elizabeth was brutally called to reality by her daughter.
"Uh Ella here is your breakfast. Eat it all like a good little girl." Did Ella just say Lizzie?
RING... RING...
"Oh the phone!" she hurried to answer "Hello?"
"Lizzie get down here!" a very angry voice exclaimed at the other end.
"Robert?"
"No, Santa! Yes it's Robert!"
"It's my day off!"
"Sorry to interrupt your girl to girl fun but we are up to our ears in blood!"
"And besides I don't have anyone to look after Ella!"
"We have daycare! Get here as soon as you can!" Robert said as he slammed the phone on his desk. He was to stressed to have any time for any ironical remarks. He knew that she would be angry with him.
Who does he think he is? The guts this man has to call her in and then slam the phone like that? I am furious!
A lot of other thoughts came to Elizabeth's mind while she was getting ready to go to the hospital. She put on a dress, nothing to fancy, put on a little make up, perfume and went to Ella's room to get her ready. After they were both dressed and ready to leave she called a taxi.
HALF AN HOUR LATER.
"Where did you leave the munchkin?"
"At the nursery... where else..."
"Listen I'm sorry that I had to call you here today... Especially if it's your day of "
"Uh Robert forget about it" she said as she looked at her pager.
"It's a mad house here today and one of our surgeons, can't remember his name bailed on us... so you...
"I was the second option."
"Well yes but..." Robert looked down at his pager "This keeps getting better and better!"
"We'd better get moving or our patients will bleed to death." Elizabeth said as she pointed to the elevator.
TWO HOURS LATER
"Of so soon?" Abby asked as she saw Elizabeth walk away with Ella in her arms.
"Yes. I have to go to the cemetery and pick up on some shopping."
"Is a cemetery a good place for a child?"
"I can't leave her alone can I? The nanny bailed on me..."
"Hey there munchkin!" Robert said as he passed by Elizabeth.
"Thanks for coming in on such short notice... "
"Yes well..."
"Down" Ella interrupted Elizabeth.
"Stay close to mommy" Elizabeth said as she placed the little girl down, then directing her attention to Robert "... it's part of the job right?"
"Up..." Ella said as she was standing in front of Robert with her arms wide open.
"Ella, Robert is busy and..."
"Up..." the little girl wouldn't give up.
"Stubborn...I like that." Robert interrupted as he scooped her up.
"Okay Ella now we have to leave..." Elizabeth said as she watched her watch.
"No..." the little girl protested.
"Ella..."
"No..."
"Uh Elizabeth as you can see I'm off now and I could give you a ride to where ever you are going. I think Ella would like that. Wouldn't you?"
"I don't know we are going to the cemetery..."
"You're taking Ella to the cemetery?" Susan asked surprised.
"The nanny bailed out on her..." Abby butted in.
"So shall we?"
"Yes."
They made it out of the hospital without interruptions and headed for the car.
"Red car..." Ella said.
"Yes sweetheart it's red." Elizabeth said as they got into the car.
The ride to the cemetery was quiet, or almost quiet, because of Ella's constant remarks about the birds and the colored lights at the stops. They finally got there.
"Do you want to go in there alone? I can stay with Ella here..."
"Uh I wouldn't want to bother you anymore..."
"Hey I offered my services. So?"
"So what?" Elizabeth said as she tried to shake off the strange feeling that she was having. It came from deep inside her. She felt Robert closer to her then ever. How was that possible...? Yesterday they were drinking milkshakes together and now he was offering to stay with Ella.
"Lizzie are you felling okay?"
"Yes."
"Yes what? YES I am felling okay or YES I want you to stay with Ella?"
"Both" Elizabeth said as she turned to the gate of the cemetery.
She came out of the cemetery an hour later.
"Are you felling okay, you were in there for a very long time. Ella fell asleep so I put her on the backseat of the car."
"I'm fine... I guess I just needed to say goodbye for the last time."
"What?"
"Oh nothing I was just thinking up loud."
"Look if you don't want to wake up Ella I can give you a ride home."
"That would be lovely Robert."
"So here we are ... Chez Corday!" Robert said as he opened the door for Elizabeth.
"Thank you. Could you please help me? Get the keys from my pocket and open the door. I don't want to wake Ella up."
"Sure." He put his hand in her pocket, took out the keys and then opened the door. Elizabeth entered and went up the stairs. When she came back down Robert was gone.
She opened the front door and saw him get into his car.
"Stay for dinner!" Did those words just come out of my mouth? Snap out of it Lizzie... Wait, did I just call myself Lizzie again?
"Lizzie dinner is three hours away!"
"Well I have to cook it you know..."Well what's done is done. Hope he says yes...
"Are you sure about this?" What is she trying to do with his attitude? Is she lonely and wants company so desperately she doesn't care who the person keeping her company is?
Come on Robert you've waited for this a very long time. Just don't blow it. If she wants anything to do with you she will make the first move. God knows you have! And more then once!
"Yes Robert I am" she said trying to catch a grip of her feelings.
"Okay then... What are we having?" He asked as he came in.
"I don't know... maybe spaghetti."
"Yummy" Robert said as he rubbed his stomach.
"Well then I'll wash my hands and start cooking."
"And what do I get to do?"
"Cheer the sheff!"
"Oh come on Lizzie I'm not useless around a kitchen, you know!"
"How should I know that?"
"Well I live alone..."
"You are getting a little chubby..." she said as she gave him a funny look.
"Hey... You're not to skinny yourself."
"Robert... I just thought that you are my guest and that you..."
"With all this talking we're never going to eat..."
"And I like myself the way I am thank you!" Elizabeth put on a sulky face.
"Women..."He said almost whispering.
"I heard that!"
After an hour of exchanging sarcastic remarks dinner was prepared.
"So I guess we'll be having an early dinner today." She said as she put the plates on the table. "Here or in the lounge?" Elizabeth asked.
"What?"
"Where do you want to eat?"
"Uh where ever you like."
"The lounge it is." Elizabeth picked up the plates and was going into the lounge as she heard a sound upstairs.
"Ella is up. Can you get these?" she said as she handed the plates to Robert.
"Sure thing Lizzie." He took the plates from her hands and took them into the lounge. He placed the plates on the table and sat down. Seeing that Elizabeth was not coming down he got up and went to the bookcase. There he found a small picture of her and Ella in a small frame. He took it and looked at it. She looked so happy. They both did. Hearing noise in the hallway he put the picture back and turned to face the door.
"Hungry" Ella said as she saw the plates. Elizabeth put her down and the little girl ran to Robert. She pulled his hand to be sure that she got his attention "Up" and Robert scooped her up. After a fine dinner Ella wanted to play with her toys. Elizabeth and Robert took the dishes into the kitchen.
"Just put them into the sink and I'll wash them later." Robert went to the sink and tried to put his plate in but he couldn't. Elizabeth was standing there, back turned and was looking for something in a cupboard above the sink. He went next to her, put his arms around her and placed the dishes into the sink. Felling his arms around her she quickly turned to face him. Their mouths were almost touching and she could fell his breath. He could fell her breast moving up and down, with every breath she took, against his chest.
She put her hand on his cheek and started to caress it. Her skin was so soft he placed his hand on hers, took it to his mouth and kissed it. She put her arms around him and pulled him to her, their eyes locked on one another and they fell into a passionate kiss. After that kiss they held each other tight, his hand playing with her hair.
"Wow... Always wanted to do this."
"Really?"
"Like you didn't know..." Robert said with a smirk on his face. "So, I didn't know how to ask you this, but I was invited to this medical conference and they told me I could bring another doctor... Do you want to come? There's a party after..."
"Is this all professional or are you asking me on a date?"
"It depends... Are you saying yes?"
"Yes."
"Then I'm asking you on a date!"
"Well I'd better get going now... I'll see you tomorrow..." He said as he walked into the lounge to say goodbye to Ella.
"Say bye-bye to Robert, Ella!"
"Bye-bye she said waving." Elizabeth walked him to the door. He went down the steppes, but before she could close the door he grabbed her hand, turned her to face him and kissed her hard on the lips.
"You forgot to kiss me good night."
"I didn't, " she said. "You rushed out."
TBC