A/N: No, this is not a UC fic. I'm 100% Dreamer. I just added Kyle to
make it a bit more interesting. That's it. No worries though, I have it
all worked out in my head!
Chapter 10
Liz laid Hannah down after double-checking her Apnea Monitor. She returned to her bed quietly. It was one in the afternoon and she was exhausted. Amy had helped her out a bit during the night but Liz had insisted on doing it completely on her own without any help.
The house was silent except for Kyle who was down the hall. Amy was down at the Social Services office getting papers signed and ready so when it was time for Hannah to go into her care, it wouldn't take very long.
She crawled into the bed and tried to relax. It still was uncomfortable to lie on her stomach. On her bed she loved to lie on her stomach, on the floor it was her back.
She shifted pillows around and moved sheets. She changed clothes once. She pulled out more birth announcement cards. She could only do one in the hospital because she was tired. Now she really didn't have anything else to do.
"Hey." There was a knock on the door.
She looked up startled. "Hey, Kyle. Come on in."
"Sorry to startle you, where's the little one?"
"Asleep." She nodded towards the crib.
He went over and looked at the sleeping baby. "She's tiny, but she doesn't look any different from any of my mother's other babies, except she's cuter."
"Thank you." Liz glowed with pride. "Are you having trouble resting?"
"Yeah, I'm used to being on my stomach." She said shyly.
"Oh, that could be a problem." He glanced down at her stomach.
"Yes, it does pose one. I need to get used to not having things my way." She shrugged.
"Mind if I sit?" He motioned towards the bed.
"Sure." She scooted over making room for him on the bed.
He leaned against the headboard.
"So what are you doing at home this time of day?" She asked to keep a conversation going.
"I had things to do here."
"Oh." She shifted towards him for some unknown reason.
"You look exhausted. What time will she wake up again?"
Liz flicked her eyes to the clock. "An hour in a half."
"You can rest until then." He gently pulled her closer to him.
"No, I'll do it on my own." She protested.
"No, come here, rest." He guided her head onto his shoulder. "We'll finish these birth announcements shall we?" He picked up the pen. "What's her full name."
Liz recited the information until she gently lulled herself to sleep.
Kyle smiled and pulled out the book from his back pocket. He moved as little as possible as Liz slept peacefully.
Liz woke up to someone nudging her awake.
"Yeah?"
"Someone's hungry." He held Hannah to Liz.
"Oh." She was suddenly awake. She sat up straighter against the headboard.
"I'll leave you two be." He smiled a kind smile happy with himself. "She's beautiful, Liz. Like her mother."
"Thank you." Liz said not realizing his last comment. He gently shut the door behind him and went on with his work.
****
Max anxiously opened the envelope. Isabel had given it to him saying it was from Liz. Max looked at the contents and froze.
This was his daughter. His baby girl. Hannah.
He read over the birth announcement:
Name: Hannah Bella-Marie Parker
Date: November 4, 2002
Weight: 5 Pounds, 6 Ounces
Length: 18 inches
Mother: Elizabeth Parker
Father: ------
Max's hands shook. The writing was far from Liz's neat precise writing. Father's name had not been filled in. Maybe it didn't deserve to be there.
His daughter was small, she was healthy looking for being a month early. She had dark curly hair on her head. He knew that it would straighten after Liz cut it for the first time. Both he and Liz had curly hair as young kids but had lost them over time. Her eyes were dark and deep. Her face round. He was suddenly aching to hold his daughter, and Liz, in his arms.
He dumped out the rest of the contents of the envelope.
His eyes teared up when he saw it was pictures of Liz with the baby a few days after the birth. There was a look of pure exhaustion on Liz's face. She was smiling and carefully cradling her small bundle. There was another picture. She was not aware the picture was being taken. She was staring down at Hannah total love in her eyes. She was stroking a finger across her cheek.
"Max, are you OK?" His mother asked. He was sitting at the kitchen table.
"Look." He held up the birth announcements. The other pictures were for him and him alone.
"Oh, isn't she cute?" Mrs. Evans took it from him. "That's my granddaughter. We have to put it on the refrigerator." She went to hang it up.
"No, Mom, it's not going up." He removed it from her hands. "It's going in my room."
"But, Max, it's my granddaughter."
"Obviously. You didn't think about that seven months ago when we told you. You forced her to leave, Mother. No, her picture is not going up on your refrigerator."
"Isabel will want to see."
"Isabel has her own. Good Evening, Mother." He took the pictures from the table and stalked angrily up to his room. He knew inside that he didn't even deserve to have her picture. He had forced Liz to leave as well.
****
"Kyle, will you watch her for a few minutes?" Liz handed him Hannah. "I want to make sure we have everything before I go, and I need to find Maria."
"Of course." He cradled her gently in his arms. "Hey."
"Hello, Kyle. Thank you for holding my baby." Alex walked in the door and scooped Hannah away.
"Hey, I was holding her." Kyle crossed his arms. "This is my house and I didn't say you could come in."
"Fine, don't cry." Alex handed her back. "Remember at the end of this week, I get to live with her." Alex smiled. "And Maria's right behind me, it's her house, she said I could come in."
"Thank you." Kyle accepted the baby back.
"If you two can't behave around that child, I'm going to take her away from both of you permanently." Maria rushed in the door. "You both grew up with babies, they're fragile."
"Alright, Maria come on." Liz said. "I'll take her back now." Liz stood on tiptoes to take her daughter back. "Thank you."
"Adieu, Hannah." He said quietly.
Liz smiled at him and placed her in her seat. "Alright, we'll see you guys later.'
Maria held the door open and they were off to the doctor's office.
****
Liz returned from the doctor with a screaming Hannah.
"Hey." Kyle held the door open.
"Hello, Kyle." She said quickly and removed the baby from the seat and rushed back to her room to feed her.
"Move out of the way." Maria barged through the door.
"What? You don't have a baby, little sister." He grabbed her and pecked her cheek.
"No, Kyle, you can ask her out yourself." She pushed him away.
"No, for once, I was just saying hi, although it wouldn't be a bad idea." He smiled.
"Kyle, leave her alone. The father of her child left her alone pregnant. Give her time to adjust to being a mother then, when she's secure, you can go for it. Only when she's secure." Maria pecked him on his cheek and went to check on Liz and Hannah.
Kyle knew that he had to wait a little while to date Liz. That didn't need any telling, she wasn't ready. But it wouldn't hurt to ease her into the idea, would it?
Chapter 10
Liz laid Hannah down after double-checking her Apnea Monitor. She returned to her bed quietly. It was one in the afternoon and she was exhausted. Amy had helped her out a bit during the night but Liz had insisted on doing it completely on her own without any help.
The house was silent except for Kyle who was down the hall. Amy was down at the Social Services office getting papers signed and ready so when it was time for Hannah to go into her care, it wouldn't take very long.
She crawled into the bed and tried to relax. It still was uncomfortable to lie on her stomach. On her bed she loved to lie on her stomach, on the floor it was her back.
She shifted pillows around and moved sheets. She changed clothes once. She pulled out more birth announcement cards. She could only do one in the hospital because she was tired. Now she really didn't have anything else to do.
"Hey." There was a knock on the door.
She looked up startled. "Hey, Kyle. Come on in."
"Sorry to startle you, where's the little one?"
"Asleep." She nodded towards the crib.
He went over and looked at the sleeping baby. "She's tiny, but she doesn't look any different from any of my mother's other babies, except she's cuter."
"Thank you." Liz glowed with pride. "Are you having trouble resting?"
"Yeah, I'm used to being on my stomach." She said shyly.
"Oh, that could be a problem." He glanced down at her stomach.
"Yes, it does pose one. I need to get used to not having things my way." She shrugged.
"Mind if I sit?" He motioned towards the bed.
"Sure." She scooted over making room for him on the bed.
He leaned against the headboard.
"So what are you doing at home this time of day?" She asked to keep a conversation going.
"I had things to do here."
"Oh." She shifted towards him for some unknown reason.
"You look exhausted. What time will she wake up again?"
Liz flicked her eyes to the clock. "An hour in a half."
"You can rest until then." He gently pulled her closer to him.
"No, I'll do it on my own." She protested.
"No, come here, rest." He guided her head onto his shoulder. "We'll finish these birth announcements shall we?" He picked up the pen. "What's her full name."
Liz recited the information until she gently lulled herself to sleep.
Kyle smiled and pulled out the book from his back pocket. He moved as little as possible as Liz slept peacefully.
Liz woke up to someone nudging her awake.
"Yeah?"
"Someone's hungry." He held Hannah to Liz.
"Oh." She was suddenly awake. She sat up straighter against the headboard.
"I'll leave you two be." He smiled a kind smile happy with himself. "She's beautiful, Liz. Like her mother."
"Thank you." Liz said not realizing his last comment. He gently shut the door behind him and went on with his work.
****
Max anxiously opened the envelope. Isabel had given it to him saying it was from Liz. Max looked at the contents and froze.
This was his daughter. His baby girl. Hannah.
He read over the birth announcement:
Name: Hannah Bella-Marie Parker
Date: November 4, 2002
Weight: 5 Pounds, 6 Ounces
Length: 18 inches
Mother: Elizabeth Parker
Father: ------
Max's hands shook. The writing was far from Liz's neat precise writing. Father's name had not been filled in. Maybe it didn't deserve to be there.
His daughter was small, she was healthy looking for being a month early. She had dark curly hair on her head. He knew that it would straighten after Liz cut it for the first time. Both he and Liz had curly hair as young kids but had lost them over time. Her eyes were dark and deep. Her face round. He was suddenly aching to hold his daughter, and Liz, in his arms.
He dumped out the rest of the contents of the envelope.
His eyes teared up when he saw it was pictures of Liz with the baby a few days after the birth. There was a look of pure exhaustion on Liz's face. She was smiling and carefully cradling her small bundle. There was another picture. She was not aware the picture was being taken. She was staring down at Hannah total love in her eyes. She was stroking a finger across her cheek.
"Max, are you OK?" His mother asked. He was sitting at the kitchen table.
"Look." He held up the birth announcements. The other pictures were for him and him alone.
"Oh, isn't she cute?" Mrs. Evans took it from him. "That's my granddaughter. We have to put it on the refrigerator." She went to hang it up.
"No, Mom, it's not going up." He removed it from her hands. "It's going in my room."
"But, Max, it's my granddaughter."
"Obviously. You didn't think about that seven months ago when we told you. You forced her to leave, Mother. No, her picture is not going up on your refrigerator."
"Isabel will want to see."
"Isabel has her own. Good Evening, Mother." He took the pictures from the table and stalked angrily up to his room. He knew inside that he didn't even deserve to have her picture. He had forced Liz to leave as well.
****
"Kyle, will you watch her for a few minutes?" Liz handed him Hannah. "I want to make sure we have everything before I go, and I need to find Maria."
"Of course." He cradled her gently in his arms. "Hey."
"Hello, Kyle. Thank you for holding my baby." Alex walked in the door and scooped Hannah away.
"Hey, I was holding her." Kyle crossed his arms. "This is my house and I didn't say you could come in."
"Fine, don't cry." Alex handed her back. "Remember at the end of this week, I get to live with her." Alex smiled. "And Maria's right behind me, it's her house, she said I could come in."
"Thank you." Kyle accepted the baby back.
"If you two can't behave around that child, I'm going to take her away from both of you permanently." Maria rushed in the door. "You both grew up with babies, they're fragile."
"Alright, Maria come on." Liz said. "I'll take her back now." Liz stood on tiptoes to take her daughter back. "Thank you."
"Adieu, Hannah." He said quietly.
Liz smiled at him and placed her in her seat. "Alright, we'll see you guys later.'
Maria held the door open and they were off to the doctor's office.
****
Liz returned from the doctor with a screaming Hannah.
"Hey." Kyle held the door open.
"Hello, Kyle." She said quickly and removed the baby from the seat and rushed back to her room to feed her.
"Move out of the way." Maria barged through the door.
"What? You don't have a baby, little sister." He grabbed her and pecked her cheek.
"No, Kyle, you can ask her out yourself." She pushed him away.
"No, for once, I was just saying hi, although it wouldn't be a bad idea." He smiled.
"Kyle, leave her alone. The father of her child left her alone pregnant. Give her time to adjust to being a mother then, when she's secure, you can go for it. Only when she's secure." Maria pecked him on his cheek and went to check on Liz and Hannah.
Kyle knew that he had to wait a little while to date Liz. That didn't need any telling, she wasn't ready. But it wouldn't hurt to ease her into the idea, would it?