Jackson had planned to spend all day with Harriet, since it was April's first day back in the hospital. In the end, he had to go to the hospital and couldn't. But now he was home with his little princess. He stared at her, their baby girl was so beautiful.
Jackson put Harriet on a baby chair and started setting the table. At first he thought of waiting for April to finish working, but then he realized she had taken her car, so it was a bit pointless. He decided he was going to suggest they go to work together from now on, that would be easier. April arrived home a bit after Jackson and Harriet. She looked really happy after her first day back to work. She went straight to Harriet and picked her up. April made a funny face and declared Harriet needed a diaper change.
- Jackson?
- Yeah?
- Why is Harriet wearing two diapers?
Jackson burst out laughing.
- Well, I was paged for an emergency, Owen volunteered to take her to the daycare and they ended up spending most of the day together. So you can ask him tomorrow.
April laughed.
- He had her all day? He sent Ben in the morning to see if I was free, I told them to take her to daycare. Aw, Harriet, did you give uncle Owen any trouble? No, you didn't, right? This little nugget is a good nugget.
They looked at each other and laughed a bit longer. They sat down and April microwaved some of the food she had prepared yesterday. She told him all about her day and asked about his patient. She knew who he was, since he arrived at the E.R. and was glad Jackson had being able to help him.
It had being two months since Harriet was born and they had being living together for a little over month now. It had started to feel natural to arrive home and being there with both April and Harriet. Ok, sure, April had acted a bit weird the night before, but he wasn't going to make a fuss about it. It was April, she was probably over thinking something and getting stressed. And she was going to be more relaxed now that she was back at work. He knew April spending all day long alone with a baby was the perfect recipe for over thinking, but now that was over.
Jackson stared at April for a moment. She was relaxed and happy. And he was so glad they could talk like this, live together like this. He decided he wasn't going to stress about their relationship anymore. He was going to enjoy their time together. He didn't know what kind of relationship they had or how long they would live together, but for now it was fine. It would be ok. He was just going to be happy about living with April and their daughter.
- April?
- Yes?
- I was thinking, tomorrow we should go to work together, you know, share the car and all that, and we can take Harriet to the daycare.
- Yeah, I was thinking about that too. There's no reason to use both cars, and it's better for the environment and everything.
- Absolutely.
Well, at least that was settled.
Jackson woke up. He was tired. Harriet had woken up a couple times last night. At least they were taking turns now, proper turns. He got up and as he was leaving his room he saw April leaving hers with slight dark circles under her eyes. They were both sleepy.
- I'll make breakfast- she said.
- I'll get Harriet ready- he answered.
And both started walking towards their respective chores. Soon they were both ready, both had already eaten breakfast and had coffee. Harriet was dressed and her diaper bag was full with everything she needed. He didn't mind their mornings anymore. Before it had being awkward and filled with small talk. Now they were just like before, when they were newlyweds, only they had Harriet and they weren't married, but those were happy mornings.
They even talked on their way to work. They used to be best friends. He had missed this so much. It no longer felt like they were on their own. They were a team now. A good team.
