The next couple of days Vanessa had been resting in bed. The only time she would get out of bed was to get Chris if he cried. Zac had told Vanessa that she needed to slow down on working out because he didn't want her to hurt herself. One day, Vanessa was in bed and heard Chris cry. She got out of bed and walked into her son's room and went to his crib and picked him up.
"Hi baby. Are you hungry?" Vanessa asked walking back to the master bedroom.
Vanessa got back into bed and pulled down her shirt and placed Chris to her breast. She watched the newborn eat his morning meal. Zac knocked on the door, which Vanessa had told him to do since she was breastfeeding and didn't want to be exposed all the time.
"Can I come in?" Zac asked.
"Yeah" Vanessa said.
Zac poked his head in and smiled.
"How's he doing? I heard him cry and I didn't know if you got him or not" Zac said walking into the room.
"He's fine. He's just hungry" Vanessa said looking at her son.
"How are you feeling?" Zac asked.
"Fine, I want to go to the gym Zac" Vanessa said.
"Alright, but I need to go with you. I don't want you passing out or anything" Zac said protectively.
Vanessa sighed and looked at Chris.
"Okay" Vanessa said.
"I was reading about breastfeeding earlier and you can burn off hundreds of calories by doing it. So technically you don't have to go to the gym" Zac said.
Vanessa looked at Zac and shook her head.
"Yeah, but the fat is still there. It's not going to magically disappear" Vanessa said annoyed.
There was a moment of silence.
"Sorry" Vanessa said.
"It's okay honey. Don't apologize" Zac said.
"It's just I can't control these stupid mood swings. I just want to be done with them all" Vanessa said.
"I know you do sweetheart. So back to what I was saying, you can lose weight just by breastfeeding" Zac said.
"I still have to go to the gym. It won't do anything to my stomach" Vanessa said.
"Let's just observe for a week and see if you start losing weight. If you do, then that's great" Zac said.
Vanessa nodded. She leaned over and kissed Zac's lips. Vanessa looked at Chris.
"Either you are really hungry or you just like my boobs" Vanessa said.
Zac laughed.
"He's just like his daddy" Zac joked.
Vanessa slapped Zac's shoulder playfully.
"Zac! That's not funny" Vanessa said.
"I was only kidding baby" Zac said.
Vanessa shook her head.
"Men" Vanessa said as she looked at Chris, who had finally pulled away.
Zac took Chris out of Vanessa's arms.
"Go get cleaned up. I will watch him" Zac said.
Vanessa got up and went into the bathroom and cleaned herself up.
"I feel like I'm forty" Vanessa said.
"Why?" Zac asked as he looked at Chris, who had fallen asleep in his arms.
"I am a mother at twenty five" Vanessa said walking back into the room.
"I'm a father at twenty six" Zac said.
"I should be out partying and having fun. But I got pregnant" Vanessa said.
"Are you having regrets?" Zac asked.
"No, but I wish we would have been more cautious" Vanessa said.
Zac nodded.
"I agree but we can't change anything now" Zac said.
"Yeah. I don't wish that Chris was never here, I just wish we were more careful" Vanessa said.
"I understand babe" Zac said.
"My mom wanted to come down for a couple weeks to help us out with Chris. What do you think?" Zac asked.
Vanessa looked at her boyfriend.
"Help us how?" Vanessa asked.
"She wants to help around the house and with Chris. Just so we know what we are doing and figure out a schedule for him" Zac said.
"That's really sweet of her but I don't want us to be a burden on her" Vanessa said.
"She wants to do it babe. She wants to spend some time with her grandson and us" Zac said.
"Okay" Vanessa said.
"Okay, you want her to help us?" Zac asked.
"Yeah, I think that if we learn from someone who has been a parent for twenty six years then we will have an easier time with Chris" Vanessa said.
Zac nodded, agreeing with her opinion.
"Alright. Let me give her a call and see when she would want to come out here" Zac said.
"Okay" Vanessa said.
Zac leaned in and kissed Vanessa's lips.
"Love you" Zac said.
"Love you too. I am going to put Chris in his crib" Vanessa said picking Chris up from Zac's arms.
"Alright" Zac said.
Vanessa walked out of the room and went into Chris' room. She placed Chris into his crib and made sure he fell asleep.
"Night baby" Vanessa said.
Vanessa walked out of the room and went back into the master bedroom. She saw Zac hanging up the phone.
"Did you call your parents?" Vanessa asked.
"Yeah. My mom said she can come tomorrow" Zac said.
"Okay" Vanessa said.
The rest of the day, the couple relaxed around the house. The next afternoon, the doorbell rang. Zac walked downstairs and went to the front door and opened it.
"Hi, how are you?" Starla asked as she hugged and kissed her son.
"Tired and busy. Come on in" Zac said.
Starla and Zac walked into the house.
"Babe? My mom is here" Zac called.
Vanessa walked downstairs with Chris in her arms.
"There's my favorite grandson. Van, you look beautiful" Starla said.
Vanessa smiled.
"Thank you Starla" Vanessa said.
"Alright, first thing's first. I didn't come here to cause any trouble. I know you both are stressed out and I am here to help okay?" Starla said.
Vanessa and Zac nodded.
"Now, both of you go upstairs and get dressed. You are going out tonight" Starla said taking Chris from Vanessa's arms.
"Mom, that's really-" Zac started but was then interrupted.
"No excuses. I want to help and I know you both haven't had any quality time together since Chris has been born. So go out" Starla said.
Zac looked at Vanessa.
"Thanks mom" Zac said.
"No problem. Go get ready. I will go get Chris settled" Starla said walking into the kitchen.
Zac and Vanessa walked upstairs and went into their bedroom.
"That was nice of your mom to take care of Chris so we can go out" Vanessa said.
"Yeah" Zac said.
Zac and Vanessa got ready and walked downstairs and went into the kitchen.
"What's his schedule?" Starla asked looking at her grandson.
"He goes down for a nap at six and wakes up around eight. I pumped some milk earlier and that is in the fridge. Give that to him when he wakes up" Vanessa said.
"Alright" Starla said.
"Thank you so much for watching him" Vanessa said.
"It's no problem" Starla said.
Vanessa and Zac kissed Chris' head and left the house. Zac started driving. Vanessa looked at Zac.
"So where are we going?" Vanessa asked.
"To eat" Zac said.
"I know that. But where?" Vanessa asked.
"Do you want to go to Paty's (do not own)?" Zac asked.
"Okay" Vanessa said.
Zac drove to the restaurant and parked his car. The couple got out of the car and went into the restaurant and were seated.
"We haven't done this in a while" Vanessa said.
"I know. It's nice to just get out of the house" Zac said.
"So do you want to go the gym with me tomorrow?" Vanessa asked.
Zac looked at Vanessa.
"You aren't going to drop this whole working out thing are you?" Zac asked.
"Babe, I want my body back" Vanessa said.
"I know you do honey. I just want you to be safe while doing it" Zac explained.
Vanessa sighed.
"I understand that and I will. But I also have a lot of weight to lose" Vanessa said.
"Didn't we just agree that you were going to wait and see how you looked next week?" Zac asked.
"I don't want to wait a week because then I will want to wait another week and it will never get done" Vanessa said.
Knowing that Zac wasn't going to win this argument, he just looked at Vanessa.
"Alright. Do what you want" Zac said.
Vanessa sighed.
"I don't want to fight with you babe. But this is my body" Vanessa said.
"I know it's your body. I just want you to be safe that's all Van" Zac said.
The couple ordered their food and then looked at each other.
"I know you want me to be safe but you don't understand how I feel right now" Vanessa said.
"Tell me how you are feeling. Talk to me" Zac said.
"I feel gross, my boobs are engorged with milk, I weigh twice as much as I used to, and I am trying to deal with becoming a new mother. I just want to do something that I am used to doing" Vanessa said.
Zac sighed and took Vanessa's hand in his.
"Baby, I understand. I really do. I know you want look like your old self, honey. I just don't want you to hurt yourself" Zac said.
Vanessa looked down.
"Hey, look at me Van" Zac said.
Vanessa looked up and tears cascaded down her face.
"It's been a really hard year" Vanessa said.
"I know it has been baby. But, we are getting through it" Zac said.
Vanessa wiped her tears away.
"I don't want to talk about this anymore" Vanessa said.
"Alright" Zac said.
Their food came and the couple ate in silence. After they finished, the couple paid and left the restaurant. Zac and Vanessa got into the car. Zac looked at Vanessa. Vanessa was looking out the window. Zac drove home and parked his car. The couple got out of the car and walked into the house. Vanessa walked upstairs and closed the door behind her. Zac heard the bedroom door close and walked into the living room and saw his mother and Chris watching television.
"Hey, how was your date?" Starla asked.
"We got into an argument" Zac said sitting next to his mother and taking Chris out of her arms.
"About what?" Starla asked.
"She wants to work out and lose the baby weight fast. I told her that she needs to do it slowly. She got upset. I told her that she needed to be careful because she almost passed out the other day from working out so hard. I don't know what to do" Zac said.
"Just give her some space Zac. Let her relax. Hang out downstairs" Starla said.
Zac nodded.
"I don't know if this is some post birth stuff or what" Zac said.
"When a woman has a baby, they feel horrible about themselves after. Vanessa wants the baby weight off of her so she doesn't feel that way anymore" Starla said.
Zac nodded and walked upstairs with Chris and went into his room. He changed his diaper and put his pajamas on. Zac then placed Chris into his crib and kissed his head softly. He then walked downstairs and saw that his mother had gone to bed and picked up a blanket and covered himself and fell asleep. The next morning, Vanessa opened the bedroom door and walked into Chris' room and saw that he was sleeping. She then walked downstairs and saw Zac sleeping on the couch. Zac opened his eyes slowly and saw Vanessa walking into the living room.
"Hi" Vanessa said.
"Hi" Zac said.
"I'm sorry for getting upset last night" Vanessa said.
"I just want you to be safe that's all babe" Zac said.
Vanessa nodded. She walked over to the couch and motioned him to move over. Zac moved over and Vanessa lied down next to him.
"I will be safe. I promise" Vanessa said.
"Okay" Zac said.
"Can we finally move past this?" Zac asked.
Vanessa nodded. She straddled Zac on the couch and kissed his lips softly.
"I love you" Vanessa said.
Zac smiled and put his hands on Vanessa's hips.
"I love you too baby girl" Zac said.
The rest of the day, the couple relaxed around the house. They were happy to finally be able to start their life with their son.