Abandoned Baby
Chapter 17
The next morning Bless woke up when she heard Catherine crying. Groaning in her sleep, she rubbed her sleepy eyes when she heard Cat stop crying to see Heath was up and cradling the infant in his arms.
"Shhhh...it's okay Cat, you're okay."He consoled the young one in his soft southern twang.
"Hey Heath...what time did you get up?"Bless asked as she was in her boyfriends arms.
'Few minutes ago and saw the little one was up and thought of tending to her."He warmly smiled at the pretty girl.
"You look so natural holding baby."She told him.
"I love babies. I have a niece just like her and I adore her to death."He said with a smile patting the baby's back gently.
"You're going to make one heck of a dad one day." She complimented in a soft tone not to wake her still sleeping boyfriend.
"Thanks sweetheart. That's very nice thing of you to say that." Heath responded back as he blushed at the sweet compliment. He hoped one day to have a beautiful child just like Catherine. He knew in his heart he wanted to be a dad someday.
"Do you want to help me give her a bath then give Cat her breakfast this morning?"She asked him carefully getting out of Drew's arms.
"Yeah sure."The southener smiled warmly at her as he nodded as she got up to grab a few things from the diaper bag that she needed before they headed off into the master bathroom.
Bless tested the water to see if it was warm enough before putting in the baby bathtub in the water while Heath stripped off the diaper putting it in the trashcan and taking off the pajamas she slept in.
Heath then layed Catherine down in it then strapped her in the little seat that way Bless could give her a bath.
"You're such a good girl today honey."Bless said to Catherine as the baby cooed and gurgled.
The raven haired beauty then got out the baby shampoo putting it on Cat's head causing the little one to whimper a little.
"I know you don't like this part sweetheart."She consoled the baby letting her know as she was washing the little one's hair.
"It's okay baby doll, don't cry."Heath soothed Catherine not to be scared as tears fell on her rosy red cheeks.
"Almost done."Bless tilted Cat's head back and poured water and careful not to get any in her eyes.
The baby whimpered while Bless Shampooed and conditioned her hair one more time before rinsing.
"I know baby...It's okay."The female soon to be mother consoled the raven haired baby girl.
After finishing shampooing and conditioning the baby's hair, Bless got a soft cloth running it under some warm water and added the baby soap to clean Catherine.
The baby began to giggle as Bless tickled her little tummy while cleaning her body.
"You're ticklish aren't ya?"The soon to be mom giggled.
"She adores you."Heath smiled at his best friend unstrapping Catherine out of her little
bathtub seat into her arms that held a towel to dry Catherine off.
"Yeah she does...isn't that right angel?"Bless agreed with the one man rock band.
The two helped each other get Catherine dressed after her bath and cleaned up the bathroom.
"I can't wait to have a kid of my own one day just as special and cute like Cat is."Heath said as he cradled the young one in his arms.
"I'm sure you'll make a great dad too Heath. I saw how much you adore her when you held her a while ago in the livingroom."Bless noticed Heath had a fatherly touch to him when it came to kids.
Bless got Catherine dressed in a cute jean dress and put up her hair in pigtails adding two white ribbons in her hair.
"Aren't you so cute?"The one man rock band smiled at the baby in her soon to be mother's arms as she was tying the ribbons where she made the little pigtails.
"She's all dolled up and ready to go."Bless reassured as she finished tying the last ribbon on smiling.
"So are you and Drew excited about the adoption process in two weeks?" The Southern man asked his friend as he had Catherine on his lap while bless got her pink pacifier handing it to her as Catherine suckled on it softly while watching the adults talk.
"Yup we're ready to finally adopt her and become her parents."Bless anticipated the final process to be finally get Catherine since no one else wanted her and they've been the one's to take the baby into their care.
"It's a great thing what you and Drew are doing and finally have a family."Heath was proud of them taking such an innocent little life and making her a part of their family.
"I agree and Drew is attached to Cat as much as I am already."She knew how much the Scot loved the baby and would make a wonderful dad.
"He's happy as I've seen him when he's around you and the talks non-stop about you two when he arrives at work."Heath told her since he always hung out with the guys and Drew when they had a boys night just to hang out.
Bless couldn't help but blush at the feeling of Drew talking about her and Cat. It made her proud to know they were soon going to be a family. They were both ready for the challenge.
A few minutes a knock was heard a Heath said come in to reveal Stu (Wade) was awake and smiling when he came in.
"Hey, I was wondering where you three were when I heard talking in here."The British man said to his friends.
"How long have you been up?"bless asked the tall man.
"About 10 minutes ago. What about you two?"He asked them sitting by Heath and Cat.
"20 minutes ago and Bless got up around same time I did but a few minutes later to give this little one a bath and I helped and got her dressed."The one man Rock band explained as the baby began to crawl towards the raven haired girl who took the baby into her arms.
"That little baby is such a beauty this morning."The Brit said with a smile.
"You hear that honey...Uncle Stu says you're beautiful."Bless said to Catherine who giggled around her pacifier.
"So how does it feel to be a soon to be mother?"The big man asked her.
"It feels wonderful to be honest and never felt a love for a child until I found Catherine that night. When I held her, I knew she was meant to be mine and Drew's and we both fell in love with her instantly. We don't want to give her away nor want her in a a foster care but I know she belongs with us."Bless explained to him as she gave the baby a kiss on the head.
"You and Drew look like you're both prepared for the challenge to become parents. I know that for the fact how much you both love her. Drew always talks about you and the baby to me,Heath,Justin,and Ste, it's like he's turned into a big softie. You really changed his life in perspective and he seems happier now."Stu noticed Drew's attitude seemed more happy and content now that they had a baby to take care of and had Bless in his life.
"Well thanks to Ste, he's the one that got us together in the first place and I have to thank him for that."The raven haired PA had to thank the Irishman for pushing them together and since then they were happy together and in love.
"I can tell how much Drew loves you and I can see it in his eyes."The green eyed man explained how in love he was with Bless and she made him so happy.
"You're a good girl Bless and I'm glad he finally found the woman that could keep him in line and with Catherine added to the mix, it changed his whole life in perspective."Stu was very honest with her and thought she was a very sweet girl with a big heart of gold.
Stu and the boys were always finding Drew smitten with her backstage and wanted to get to know her more. He introduce her to them and right away they adored her from the very start.
Bless was known for being a hard worker backstage as a PA (Personal Assistant) and made her rounds handing them their scripts and being everyone's best friend backstage. They all loved her and seen how hard she worked to get where she was at.
She wasn't afraid to get her hands dirty at any kind of work she had on the side while working as a PA such as also helping set up the ring, help with the divas or the guys makeup, give them advice whenever they needed it, working odd jobs here and there when there wasn't else much to do. The boys and girl's really admired that about the young girl.
She even sat with the boys when she needed her downtime after work to just hang out and be one of the boys. She wasn't all that girly but anyone could say she was partly a tom boy at heart.
"Stu is right sweetie, you are like a sister to us and our bestfriend. We're glad you've made Drew happy and included us in your lives as we've been like a family since the very beginning."Heath took her hand gently and gave it a light squeeze.
"Thanks guys...that really means a lot."She hugged the guys with her right arm.
After they talked for a while, Bless knew the baby would be hungry so the trio went to the kitchen to eat and she would make baby Gerber Oatmeal and a bottle of milk for Catherine.
Drew and PJ were soon up when they heard the trio in the kitchen. Stu was around looking for pots and pans to make some home cooked breakfast for them.
"Morning babe, Morning PJ."Bless greeted the two still sleepy men as she was feeding the baby.
"Morning."Drew greeted with a soft yet tired smile giving his girlfriend a soft peck on the lips and gave Catherine a kiss on the forehead before sitting with them.
"Mornin."The sleepy eyed African greeted the pretty girl good morning giving her a hug and kissed Catherine on the cheek causing the baby to giggle before man hugging the guys good morning as well grabbing a hot cocoa packet from the table and got up to get a mug to prepare something to drink.
"How did you and our baby sleep lastnight?"The brunette asked his girlfriend.
"Pretty good and relaxing being snuggled in your arms. I'm sure our baby had a good night's sleep too and haven't heard a peep out of her in the middle of the night so that's a good thing."She said leaning into her boyfriend while feeding the little one.
"Mmmm...is that good?"The PA spoke to the baby while wiping her mouth with a bib.
"Did mommy pick out your outfit today sweetheart?"Drew noticed Catherine looked so cute with her jean dress and pigtails in white ribbons to match along with her outfit.
"Yes I did after Heath and I gave her a bath this morning."His girlfriend said nodding with a smile.
"Mommy made the right choice then because you are so cute."Drew spoke to Catherine as she giggled as if she understood him.
"Hey Drew..I've been thinking for quite some time maybe you,Bless, Catherine should move in with us here at the apartment."Stu was thinking it would be a great idea to have them around and plus they could split the rent and make it cheaper and they had more room where they could stay plus they wouldn't have to travel far and they could babysit Catherine when either of them would be at the house.
"Are you sure man?...I mean we wouldn't want to be a burden to you guys..."Drew spoke up looking up at the green eyed man for reassurance.
"Drew, I think it would be a great idea plus it's just been on my mind for quite some time plus it would make the rent easier to pay if there were you and Bless around and one of us could watch the baby anytime we're around that way you two wouldn't have to find a babysitter. It'll be easier for us to travel to the airport instead of you having to drive most of the time, and we could still bond like we used too back in the days."The British man thought of it plus he wanted to have his bestfriend around though he loved the other guys like brother's plus the two were just as close growing up and working in CZW (Combat Zone Wrestling), IWW (Irish Whip Wrestling), OVW (Ohio Valley Wrestling), and WWE.
As much as Drew loved the guys like brother's, he and Bless always loved the privacy of their own home but now that Stu mentioned it, it kind of hit home for him how he missed traveling with the guys and bonding like brother's with Stu and missed their pep talks once in a while plus he never had time to always get together with them and now was the only rare time they had as a family since they were always busy on the road.
"Honey,what do you think of Stu's input?"Drew asked his girlfriend how she felt about her moving in with the guys.
"Well...if it makes you happy sweetie then I guess I'm in although I have to think about it because I don't know if I'm ready to move out of our apartment yet and we had so many good memories there."Bless added her two cents in.
"Take all the time you need sweetheart...I don't want to rush you guys if the two of you aren't ready but I just wanted to let you two know that you have a home here with us."Stu let her know with a warm smile but was willing to take them as their family.
"I don't blame you either baby. We do have some pretty awesome memories at our apartment such as our first date, first kiss, making love in our bed, and the first day you moved in with me was a special day because I knew I loved you, and taking Catherine in as ours."Drew had to agree with his girlfriend on that subject. He held those special memories close to his heart and it felt as if they were already starting a family with just the three of them.
Some part of Bless wanted to move in with the guys since she loved them as her family and another part of her loved their home with the memories they cherished. She would have to give it some time to think it over. She was thankful for Stu being such a great friend and thinking of them.
"Hey guys, what do you think of Drew and Bless moving in with us?"The British man asked Heath and PJ what their thoughts on the matter was.
"I think it would be a great idea plus we can have another room mate or two around."Heath put in his input.
"What about you PJ?"The big man turned to the South African.
"Sounds wonderful plus I know how close you and Drew are including with Bless so I wouldn't mind either plus we can always travel together."The young high flyer gave his feedback.
"Thanks for caring you guys. I find it very sweet of you guys to include Drew and I into the family circle."Bless appreciated how they all felt.
"Honey,you are family and we would love to have you and Drew around and Catherine too."PJ told her with a smile on his face letting her know how much he and the guys cared for them.
"Baby, why don't we give them maybe a week or two in notice maybe it wouldn't be so bad to move in with them and we're closer to the guys plus we don't have to travel to here at their apartment and we could always stay with them and I don't have to drive all the time and we could always alternate when on the road plus there's more room here in their place than our's."Drew suggested to his girlfriend.
"I guess so...we'll see babe."Bless nodded seeing where Drew was coming from with his statement. He was right, maybe it wouldn't be so bad so they wouldn't have to go the extra miles to travel plus it would be easier for them to commute and they were right that the apartment had more room for them and they didn't seem to mind the company.
The neighborhood also looked so comfortable,spacious, safe, and the there was a huge backyard outside where they could go out whenever they needed too or she could take Catherine to go play outside.
They all talked over breakfast during the morning over a wonderful homemade meal made by Stu such as french toast with maple syrup, scrambled eggs, sausage links, some assortment of cut up fruits in a bowl, coffee, and fresh squeezed orange juice.