Abandoned Baby
Chapter 111
The next morning Bless woke up early knowing she had to get up since Catherine was up too as she seen the itty bitty child was in her playpen playing with her toys.
"Hey there princess." Bless greeted her daughter good morning as the baby smiled up at her and reached out for her mother to carry her as she did so while giving Catherine a kiss on the forehead.
"You sleep okay?" Her mother asked her daughter.
Catherine squeaked and smiled as they made their way out of the room to go downstairs to see Sam was downstairs with Alanna getting her ready for school while Randy was nowhere to be found.
"Hey Sammy." Bless greeted the brunette with a warm smile.
"Hey miss preggers. How did you sleep lastnight?" The brunette turned around to greet Bless and gave her a kiss on the cheek.
"Pretty okay. By the way, where's Randy?" The soon to be mom asked.
"He left early for the road with John and would be back in a couple of days so it's just you, me,and Cat while I get this one ready for school this morning." The brunette friend told the pregnant woman as she was combing Alanna's hair into cute pigtails.
"Seems like she's all ready and to start off the day." Bless smiled watching her friend do her mommy duties.
"Hi Aunty Bless." Alanna greeted her favorite aunt.
"Hey there Lanna. You ready for school today?" Bless asked the little toddler.
"Yeah we going to have fun today in school. We get to do a lot of fun things." Alanna said in an excited tone.
"That sounds like fun then. I hope you have a good time munchkin." Bless smiled at the little blonde.
"I will." Alanna nodded smiling.
"I'm gonna be back soon. Gotta walk this little one to the bus stop. I got some bagels for us and there's juice in the fridge if you want something to drink." Samantha told her friend.
"Thanks Sam. I'm starving so I think I'm gonna grab my meds first before I eat." Bless went back to the room with the baby and got her medication before walking downstairs to see Sam leaving the house to walk Alanna to the bus stop.
"Honey, are you hungry yet?" Bless asked her daughter who sat on her lap.
"Yeah." Catherine squeaked that she wanted to eat.
"Do you want cereal or oatmeal?" Bless asked her daughter what she wanted to eat.
"Oatmeal." Her daughter told her what she wanted.
"Okay. Do you mind if mommy eats first then make your breakfast?" Her mommy asked if it was okay for her to eat then make her breakfast to eat.
"Otay momma." Catherine spoke with a bright smile as Bless giggled at her cuteness as she kissed her on top of the head.
Bless made herself her bagel with cream cheese then popped open her medication putting one tablet on her plate that way she wouldn't forget to take it later before putting her medication back in her purse before putting it down on the chair next to her.
Once Sam got back from dropping Alanna off once the bus got her, she smiled seeing Bless and Catherine talking with each other and having a good time during breakfast.
She could see what a great mom she was being while interacting with the toddler on her lap.
"Do you want to taste a small portion of my bagel baby?" Bless asked her daughter if she wanted to try a small portion of her bagel.
"Yeah." Catherine nodded as her mom broke a small piece of a small portion of the soft part of her bagel which was the soft bread as she had Catherine eat a portion of it.
"Yummy." Catherine giggled sweetly.
"You like that don't you?" Her mother smiled.
"Yeah." The toddler agreed with her mom it was yummy.
"You're such a good mom." Sam mentioned making Bless jump a little when she heard the brunette's voice.
"Geez Sammy. Way to scare a girl." Bless teased her best friend clutching her chest happy to see her.
"Sorry about that but I couldn't help but see how cute you and Catherine were. She's growing up so fast." Sam mentioned sitting beside her friend and niece.
"Yeah she is. She's my only baby girl right honey?" Her mommy asked her giving her a kiss.
"Yeah." Catherine squeaked with a small giggle as her mother hugged her close.
"I can see how much you love her. You're doing a great job being a single mom. I know I couldn't do it alone if Randy weren't ever around but you make it look so easy without Drew. I'm so proud of you Bless how you're handling the situation. It has to be hard to move on but I think you can make it without him." Sam knew Bless' situation and she seemed to be handling things on her own without Drew helping her and she seemed to be moving on without him and handling Catherine and her being still pregnant she made it look too easy though it had to be hard on her since she and Drew were no longer together.
"I do love my babies and would do anything to protect them. Both of them and I wouldn't let anyone get in the way of our happiness. Drew can move on without me because I've already moved on. I just want to be happy and not cry all the time and relive my past. I came here to finally be with my family and I don't want to see Catherine sad anymore." Bless mentioned she would do anything for her children and wanted them to be happy with their family that they were close too.
"Why did you run away though?" Sam asked her.
"I...I just wanted to be away from my problems and didn't want to get hurt again by Drew. I don't want my children to suffer the same fate if Drew hurt them too. I'd be too much...I just couldn't handle it..."Bless told her softly about the situation why she fled.
"You know you could've stayed with us instead and we could've taken cared of you, Cat, and the baby until things settled down. I just hope you don't go anywhere else again. I missed you so much and so did Randy and everyone else." The brunette explain she would've helped take care of them since she cared for them like family.
"I didn't want to be a burden at that time and I thought getting away would help the situation and it didn't. I was just hurting myself and Catherine so I decided to come back here. I feel ready just to move on and have a happy life and to bring my baby into this world." She smiled a little rubbing her stomach.
"You look like you're ready to pop at any moment."Sam joked when she seen Bless' stomach expanding due to the baby growing already.
"I feel like it too and I miss seeing my feet." The young mom giggled.
"I know that feeling. I had it too when I was pregnant with Lanna." The proud mom told the brunette sharing the same sentiments when she was pregnant with Alanna.
"How does it feel for Cat to be a big sister?" Her friend asked.
"She loves the baby and loves feeling the baby kick every now and then." Bless smiled at her daughter who was content sitting on her lap.
"Momma hungry." Catherine spoke up.
"Okay sweetie pie, momma's going to make your oatmeal." Bless smiled at her little girl.
"Bless, don't get up, I'll make it for her that way you don't have to do it. Just hand me the stuff she'll need." The brunette didn't mind helping her out since she knew how hard it would be for Bless moving around and knowing she was still trying to recuperate from the jetlag.
"Thanks Sam. You're a good friend." Bless appreciated the help as she got out the stuff from her bags and handed it to her friend to make it for Alanna.
"Are you really planning to move back to Florida this week?" The former gymnast asked the soon to be mom.
"Maybe in 2 weeks time but farther away from Tampa. I found some cute apartments that I want to look at while I'm at it." The former Tampa resident told her she was ready to move out and be on her own.
"Who is going to help you though once the baby gets here, You have no one else that's around Florida." Sam was concerned for her that Bless would be alone and had no one to help her once she had the baby.
"I have some connections around Florida that can help me so that would help eventually and while I was away for a few months I e-mailed my friend Leslie who lives down in Brandon, FL whose going to help me once I have the baby so I'll live closer to her." Bless explained she had some help along the way.
"Good thing you got some connections while you were away." Sam was relieved to hear that as she stood at the stove mixing Catherine's meal.
"Actually she moved down recently to Florida from New York since she needed some peace and quiet and hates the traffic up north so she wanted a nice quiet place and she's plans on taking photography classes since she loves taking pictures and art." The six month pregnant female told the brunette.
"That sounds great and sounds like you have everything planned out." Sam was happy for Bless everything was a work in progress and she seemed like she was moving on past her relationship with Drew and wanted to become a single mom.
"I do and my children and I can have a happy life without Drew. If he wants to come apologize then he can himself because I'm not taking anymore excuses from him if he decides and cheats on me again."
"I don't blame you for being upset sweetie. You have a right too be away from Drew after he did what he did and he did put this all on himself. If Randy did that to me, I think I would've done the same thing."
"Thanks for sticking up for me Sam. It seems like you're the only one that understands me and know what I'm going through. You're the only friend I have in this world that I can trust and can talk too." Bless smiled at the Viper's wife feeling like she could relate some stuff with her about anything and she didn't judge too quickly. No wonder she liked Sam so much. She was so sweet and down to earth.
"Any time Bless. You're a good friend with a good heart too. I would do anything to be there for you and your children. I was sad when you ran away though without any explanation but I'm not going to judge you on that. You had a right too go away for a while and I hated that Drew hurt you the way he did. He had NO right too whatsoever and I hope he learns from that mistake that he let go of the best thing that ever happen to him. If he hurts you again, I promise I'm going to sick Randy on him for you. I don't want to see you, Catherine,and the baby get hurt since I care about you three so much. You're my family and eversince I met you I knew we would be close friends."
Bless took Sam's explanation to heart and loved her for that reason.
"Sam, I know this sounds sudden but would you love to be the godmother of my son?" The six month pregnant woman asked.
Sam turned around and had happy tears in her eyes.
"Do you mean that?"
"Yeah I do." Bless nodded that she wanted Sam to be a part of her baby's life.
"I would love too have that honor." The brunette smiled as she nodded that she would love to be a godmother to the baby.
"I love you like a sister Sam and you will be part of my family." Bless let her know that as Sam blushed.
After Sam finished with Cat's oatmeal, she handed the bowl of oatmeal to Bless to feed Catherine.
"Mmmmm...is that yummy?" Bless asked feeding Catherine who licked her lips and giggled.
"I think she enjoys it."Sam giggled watching the little girl sway on her mom's lap as she ate.
"Nom nom." Catherine worded for yummy.
"That's good huh?" Bless asked her baby girl who nodded happily.
"Make sure you eat all of it okay?" Bless told her daughter while wiping her mouth with a napkin.
Catherine nodded obeying her mommy as she spoon fed her.
"Good girl." Bless smiled as she gave another spoonful of oatmeal to Catherine.
"Nom nom..." Catherine mumbled enjoying her breakfast.
"I'm glad you like it baby."Her mommy smiled while wiping some oatmeal from her mouth.
"Here comes the airplane." Bless giggled as she moved the spoon about as Catherine laughed at her mom's playfulness as Bless brought the spoon to her daughter's mouth as she ate it.
"You're such a good mom with Cat. She loves you." Sam could tell how much Bless loved her daughter so much as they interacted with each other.
"She sure does right baby?" Her mom asked as she kissed her daughter.
"Wuv momma." Catherine giggled happily as the young mom hugged her daughter close to her.
"See, she loves her mommy." The six month pregnant mom smiled.
"Here baby, eat more." Her mom told her as she got another spoonful of oatmeal to give to Cat who licked her lips as she ate.
"Such a good little girl and she loves to eat." Sam teased watching the precious toddler.
"She loves to eat just like me." Bless laughed as she watch her daughter enjoy herself while eating.
"How about after breakfast we can just go outside the patio and go swimming in the pool since it's nice out?" The brunette suggested to Bless.
"That sounds nice. I could use some sun and I'm sure Catherine would enjoy to to spend time with us." Bless agreed to have some girl time with her Sam and her daughter while they still could.
"Great. After we eat, we can get ready and enjoy our girl time." The older mom was excited she could spend some girl time with her friend and niece and just get together again like old times.
After breakfast, the trio got ready to spend the day together and have fun bonding.