Meggy could not sleep an entire night, couldn't or wouldn't Duncan is not quite sure however he likes to think that his 3 week old daughter isn't plotting against him. He gets up for yet another feeding, grabbing a bottle already prepared from the fridge and popping it in the microwave. He went through all the steps that the health teacher explained to him, right down to testing the milk on his arm. Walking back to the nursery he felt a wave of happiness rush through him. It was just an instant but in that time he felt every emotion he had ever felt for Meg.
He walked up to the crib and pulled his girl into his arms carrying her over to the antique rocking chairs that Veronica found him. He sat back plopping the bottle into her mouth and rocked her back and forth slowly drifting off to sleep.
In his dreams it was all white and baby blues, he could see his baby girl laying on a blanket in the park a woman sitting next to her. She was not Meg, or Veronica, or even Lilly. Her long hair cascaded down her back and he could hear her soft laughter flowing from her spot. She turned her head just enough where he was about to see her face….
Meggy had spit out the nipple of the bottle and continued to cry until Duncan stirred from his peaceful slumber. He rocked her again patting her back until a tiny burp escaped her lungs. Her eyes drifted closed as her miniature chest moved evenly and he was convinced she was asleep.
He got to his own room and walked over to his bed; he lay down and flung an arm over his face. His eyes grew heavy and again he was in dream land, yet the girl was no where to be seen.
The interviews started at 8 as Logan, Veronica, and Duncan sat on the couch while each interviewee took a seat in the chair across from them. Mrs. Gratin was a old woman filling Duncan's description of what he didn't want to a tee. They had see about 30 women that day and none of them seemed good enough.
So they did what any other teens with short attention spans would do, they went to the mall to blow off some steam. Walking through the crowded halls they passed many a gawking 09er at the sight of Duncan and child. They split up and found their respectable stores, Veronica was in the electronic boutique always on search for the new spy gadget. Logan checked out The Edge a cool knife store with replica swords. While Duncan went into Sam Goody in search for something that could get Meggy to bed faster.
After pursuing the children's section he settled on jazz, at that moment Meggy found it necessary to let out the loudest screech he thinks he had ever heard. How could something so small and beautiful create such a evil noise. He rocked her back and forth and couldn't get her to stop. Just then a hand was placed on his shoulder, 'oh great just what I need to be kicked out of a store' he thought.
A brunette girl walked around him, she was in her early 20s if not younger and smiled like an angel. He looked down as she placed a pair of headphones on Meggy's ears and rubbed her back lightly through the snuggly attached to his chest. Just then the impossible happened Meggy's mouth closed and all that was left from her fit was tiny sniffles, her eye lids moved up and down creating the illusion that sleep was coming but Duncan knew better. To his surprise her eyes did close and all that was left was the soft breaths against his chest.
"How did you?" he asked shocked.
She lightly pulled the head phones from the babies ears and lifted them up adjusting the band around his head to let him hear. The song was slow and rhythmic with soft flutes and light drums, yet the power was behind the steady sound of a heart beat through out the song.
Duncan looked confused.
"She is less then two month's right?" she asked.
"Yeah"
"Well all she has heard for the past 9 months was muffled sounds and the loud thump of her mothers heart" she said sweetly.
"Ahh, and you just happen to have this on hand" he asked with a slight chuckle. She smiled looking over her shoulder at the baby in the stroller behind her. He couldn't be much older then Megan and was fast asleep, Duncan nodded his head in understanding.
"Madi" she said extending her hand to him.
"Duncan" he replied letting one hand off of the baby and shook this miracle workers hand.
"And her?" she said lightly stroking Meggy's hair.
"Megan" he said looking back at his daughter holding her closer to his chest.
"Kenneth" she said looking over her shoulder again.
"Do you think we could talk in full sentences now" he laughed.
"Hey you're the one that started it, I was just going with the flow" she joked back. They started walking together while she pushed the stroller and he held onto Meg in the snuggly trying not to jostle her too much.
"Duncan I found the cutest thing…." Veronica said holding a paper bag up but stopped when she noticed he wasn't alone. She had an urge to get angry at the thought of him hitting on a girl when the mother of his child just died yet suppressed it when she saw the stroller the girl was pushing.
"Veronica this is Madi she saved my life back in the store" he laughed a bit and she let out a giggle that caught his attention. It was so familiar yet he had never heard it before or not that he could remember. He was snapped out of his trance when he watched Veronica take the girls hand into hers.
"Well you are most certainly not Meggy's mommy look at you, I would kill to have your stomach" she said.
"I like her" Veronica joked. "Well you certainly don't look like the mother of an infant either." She pointed out to the girl's slender figure.
"True, true he is my nephew" she said pulling the now wide awake baby from the stroller. "I am watching him until his mommy and daddy come back from their honeymoon, then auntie Madi actually has to get a job" she said baby talking to the boy.
"Honeymoon?" Veronica asked.
"Last minute wedding" she said. "Now that she isn't pregnant they decided to take the trip that they wanted." Veronica nodded her head in understanding.
"Dude I found this awesome sword" Logan said walking up to the group. "And who are you?" he asks with a charming smirk.
"Madi" she said as he took her hand and gave it a kiss, causing a pinch of jealousy to shoot through Veronica.
"Madeline?" he asks.
"Madison" she corrected.
"Hey we know a Madison"
"Let me guess, tall, white blonde, face that always seems to be stuck in anger"
"Yep"
"We've met" she said with a smile.
"Why do I have the feeling that isn't the whole story" Logan laughed.
"Because it isn't" she joked back stealing a glance at Duncan.
"Well how about you tell us the whole story over lunch" Duncan said pointing out a restaurant in the corner.
"You're on" she smiled at the group walked towards the restaurant.