A new direction part 1
Tess watched her 3 week old daughter sleep peacefully in the hospital crib. She looked at the name above her daughter. She loved the name it fitted so well, Michele Louise Ryan. Michele because since for ever she had always wanted a daughter called Michele Louise after her late sister, Claire she only thought it was fair to name her first born after her sister as Claire had name her first , well only born child after, tess. Her thought were interrupted by a knock coming at her door.
"Come in" she called
She was surprised to see peter walk in but then her little 4 year old niece charlotte came bounding through the door.
"Hi" peter said
"hi, this is a surprise" she said
" well ever since stevie called my place to let us know that you would have to postpone charlotte's visit, as you were having the baby she hasn't stopped talking about her little baby cousin. So I wanted to take her he to see you and to see her cousin.....
FLASHBACK
'Ring ring'
"Hello, peter specking"
"hi peter this is stevie"
"Stevie?"
"From droves run, Tess's manger"
"right stevie, what can I do for you"
"Well I was ringing to let you know that we can't have charlotte this weekend...."
" WHAT, you can just ring up hear and tell me that you can't take charlotte for two days, why hum why maybe because it doesn't fit in with tess's married life any more or maybe because she is too much of a pain to have around or maybe..."
" STOP, now if you had let me finish, what I was going to say was that we cant have charlotte this weekend because tess had gone into labor, and 4 year olds an't mush fun around hospitals, so we thought it would be easer if she just stayed put until tess can have her over again"
END OF FLAHBACK
"Michele, Michele Louise Ryan"
"Lovely name tess, why did you pick it"
"Well ever since I was a little girl I have always wanted a little girl called Michele and Louise after Claire"
"Really, I did not know that Claire middle name was Louise"
"yeah, and I thought it was fitting after Claire name her daughter after me"
"Really, your middle name is charlotte"
Just then their was a knock as the door and a nurse came in
"I'm sorry Miss McLeod, I have you husband on the phone"
" right, well thank you peter for stopping by and tell charlotte that she will get to meet her cousin really soon, referring to charlotte who had fallen asleep that I will see her in maybe 20 minute after I take this call
"sure we will be in the cafeteria, come on charlotte" who had woken up
Tess on the phone to nick
"Hello"
"Hi baby, how are you"
"Fine considering that I have been hears for 3 weeks already"
"yes but you know that since Michele was nearly a month and a half early, the doctors wanted to keep you hear for a few weeks"
"I know, but when can we go home"
"well that's why im ringing, you can go home any day now"
"Really"
"Really,"
"Can you come get me now?"
"Sorry honey, but I will come and get you tomorrow"
"Ok I love you"
"And I love you, bye"
And with that he hung up and peter walked through the door, charlotte meet Michele and loved her instantly, by when peter was about to leave, Tess asked him
"Peter, by any chance are you going into gungallan, tonight"
"yeah, im meeting Jules and the kids were going to have diner, at the pub, she been in the city visiting her family, and I was just about to go and meet them why?"
"I was wondering if I could get a lift into gungallan, to get my car"
"Sure, let's got"
"Thanks"
with that tess got checked out and herself and Michele were with peter going into gungallan, and tess new that her life was going in a new direction as she was making plans to leave, nick, and to leave drovers run
