Chapter 199

Alex finished upstairs in the bathroom and checked her phone when she emerged. Desperately looking for something to do to occupy her for the rest of the day when she decided on going out for the day with her daughter because maybe, just maybe a little mother daughter time wouldn't be too bad and might just be what Phoebe needs to help her remember that no one has forgotten about her yet, and that they aren't planning on abandoning her once her brother is born.

"Bub, come on let's get you ready then we go to the park for the day." Alex said smiling looking at her daughter when the little girl smiled.

"Pawk!" Phoebe repeated and Alex nodded so she got up and they walked towards the bathroom to get ready. "Mama toys and bubbles!" Phoebe added to her items of bath things that had to be part of it, even though her mother wasn't sure they had any bubbles left.

"Okay, we can do that. Choose your toys and then you can get into the bath. But Dada's gonna have to bath you because I can't bent down. Is that okay?" Alex asked sitting on the closed lid of the toilet waiting for her daughter to answer before she called Ryan to come help out with bath time. He and Luca were outside since they have decided that mowing the lawn sounded like a perfect start to the morning, merely because they wanted to ditch not having to pitch in for breakfast dishes.

"Bub you know I love you right?" Alex asked and Phoebe nodded, pushing the rubber ducks around in the water. "Okay, and I need you to promise me that you will behave when we go to the park later today." Alex said and the girl nodded although she wasn't sure if the toddler understood what she meant. "And we can go by the hospital to see if Nana wants to go with."

Alex said but before she could go on Ryan entered the bathroom. "Dada, we go pawk!" Phoebe exclaimed seeing the surprise on his face. "Wow, you're going to the park without me?" Ryan asked looking at his wife and she nodded.

"Yeah unfortunately. It's a girl's thing and you are not invited. " Alex said looking at her husband smirking.

"Nana go wif!" Phoebe said lifting her hands up in the air a little too eager splashing water at her mother who was sitting closest to her.

Ryan nodded and walked further into the bathroom, kneeling down in front of the bath to wash his daughter since his wife couldn't bent down comfortably anymore. "So if you and mama and nana are going away, who am I going to play with?" Ryan asked looking at her.

"Lukie!" She answered smiling putting a wet soapy hand on the side of her father's cheek making him smile.

"Okay, I'll see what Lukie and I can do then. Please give me a kiss then you can go out." Ryan said as Phoebe leaned forward as far as she could kissing her father before he started washing her, but not before they splashed each other with water first.

"Hey, less messing more washing." Alex laughed as she also caught droplets of the water. "Do you think your mom will appreciate the fact that I'm willing to take her out? What if she doesn't want to go?"

Ryan was busy washing Phoebe's hair and looked at her, making her a soapy Mohawk with the shampoo, and laughing at how funny she looked, what made it even more funny was the little laugh Phoebe had when they showed her the picture of how she looks. "I'm sure mom will appreciate the effort to get her out of that hospital room. And besides my sisters are babying her, so if you don't take them along it'll be a bonus." He said trying to get her at ease and she nodded her head.

"Okay husband of mine, let me get princess's clothing and then we will pack a bag of snacks and get going." Alex said leaving them in the bathroom.

"Soooo, does that mean I really can't go with? Sweetheart?" Ryan tried again in a pleading voice.

"No Dada." Phoebe said hugging him with her body still lathered in soap.

"Well there you have your answer." Alex laughed making her way downstairs to get Phoebe's clothes ready for their outing.

Ryan dressed Phoebe while Alex sat and watched the two of them. She tried to get her shoes on but she got frustrated after a while when she couldn't bent down enough with her 7 month pregnant stomach in the way to get her shoes on. "Uuuuggghhhh, I can't even see my feet. Do you know how happy I am when morning breaks because I'm so uncomfortable when it comes to sleeping." She said throwing her shoes down that she tried to put on with the dress. "You do know that I look like a wale and that is all because of you." She whined sitting down in the lounger.

"I'll come put your shoes on now Alexandra Booth." Ryan laughed at how sad his wife looked at the moment. "I love you, and your swollen feet, and your pregnant you, and all of you." He answered putting Phoebe down on the floor and she walked over to her mother and hugged her where she sat on the lounger.

"My mama." Phoebe exclaimed.

"My Phoebe." Alex smiled kissing the top of her head.

Once Ryan put on her shoes, Alex went downstairs to do the dishes that Ryan and Luca left in the kitchen. Not in the mood to put all of it in the dishwasher she decided to go old school and do all of this by hand. Phoebe and her father came downstairs while Ryan checked on how far Luca was with mowing the lawn since he left midway when he heard his wife call his name. Phoebe ran over to her mother with her bottle in her hand and hugged her legs.

"Mama up." The toddler demanded looking at her mother with big brown eyes and full eye lashes.

"Phoebe I cannot pick you up anymore, just wait until I'm done here please." Alex said looking at her daughter her hands still full of dishwashing soap, but Phoebe refused to listen to the words of her mother. "No mama, me uppie." Phoebe persisted and started jumping up and down on the floor with her hands stretched out in front of her mother, as she hits her stomach to grab her attention and her whining becomes louder.

"Maaammmmaaaa meeeaaaaaannnn." The toddler started crying while her mother looked down at her.

"Phoebe I said I can't pick you up anymore, please just give me a few minutes to finish here." Alex asked again continuing with the dishes hoping her daughter will understand that she just have to wait. "Wait until I sit down on the couch then I will pick you up." By this time she was in full on tantrum mode that was so bad that her father was coming in the kitchen to see what was going on.

"Pheebs?" Ryan asked looking for an explanation from either one of the two women in his life but neither of them seemed to be talking to him anytime soon, because he had a little one in a full blown tantrum and the mother of his child was merely looking at the their little tantrum throwing princess.

Exasperated she looked to her husband. "Can you please finish here, Ryan. Come on Phoebe." Alex said and walked over to the couch waiting on her daughter to follow her but she didn't.

"No mama. Me uppie." She continued looking at her mother and refusing to get up from the floor.

"Phoebe I cannot pick you up, come here. We'll sit on the couch while you finish your bottle." Alex explained looking at her daughter from the couch, but Ryan being the one who likes to keep the peace in the household picked their daughter up and carried her over to her mother, where she laid her head on Alex's lap and finished her bottle a small little hand resting on her mother's belly where her brother was kicking. As much as Alex wanted to be upset at her daughter for her behavior it was little things like this that made her smile and realize how much she loved her daughter. Tantrums and all.

After Phoebe's nap Alex packed a few things in a bag and drove to the hospital to get her mother in law to see if she will be up for a day at the park with her and Phoebe, which she will hopefully say yes to. The two of them driving down to the hospital while having a conversation every now and then when Phoebe feels like answering, or when the toddler talks to herself or sings nursey rhymes out of the blue. The walked into Theresa's ward seeing her sit in the chair reading, looking up towards the door when she heard the familiar voice of her granddaughter.

"Nana, we go pawk!" Phoebe explained climbing onto her grandmother's lap, and Theresa looks up at her daughter in law for further explanations. "We were wondering if you would like to go to the park with us. And please don't say no Theresa we need some time out of the house and out of this place with sick people." Alex said and Theresa looked at how excited Phoebe was making her feel guilty if she would say no to this smiley face.

"Okay, let's do it." Theresa said, as they arranged with the doctors and they gave them a radius that they were not allowed to exceed.

At the park they set up and decided to sit on the grass on the open blanket in the shade of a big oak tree. Alex packed out some of the snacks that she brought while she and Theresa caught up on some gossip and how her chemo treatment were going and Phoebe were busy playing with the squirrels. "How has she been? Ryan told me about the terrible twos that were approaching." Theresa asked looking at her grandchild who seemed like the opposite of the little monster that her parents always talk to her about from time to time.

"She has a split personality." Alex laughed because not Theresa nor Sita wants to believe how she behaves at times when they tell her about her. "She's okay now, but when she doesn't get her way it turns into chaos, and of course her father would rather give in to her demands instead of her crying it out." Alex said smiling at how the toddler ran towards the squirrels while she tried to feed one who nibbled on a piece of bread she held out to them and then ran towards where her grandmother and mother sat.

"Nana he took foodies." She complained pointing towards the squirrel that ate the bread causing her mother and grandmother to laugh.

"Well you offered it to him that's why he ate your food." Theresa explained handing her another sandwhich that she once again didn't eat but offered to her squirrel friend once again.

Alex sat up from the relaxed position that she was sitting in when she felt a sharp stabbing pain in her abdomen. Rubbing the side of her stomach while breathing deeply. "Alex? Is everything okay?" Theresa asked concerned looking at the sudden pale complexion of her daughter in law. Alex didn't answer but the look of fear she had in her eyes when she looked down and saw blood on the blanket that they were sitting on. She wondered if she had the same fearful look that her mother in law mirrored when they looked at each other with big eyes, and Alex let out a soft cry as another uncontrollable pain hit her and she knew that something was wrong, she was just hoping that her worst fears wasn't coming true at this moment and that it wasn't what she was thinking.

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