Thank you to Lauren, AsandCastle103 and Ashley for reviewing without Ashley's review I probably wouldn't have a chapter written by now, I needed a nudge to get typing again :)
Sorry for the delay in chapter's have been lazy lately, sorry it's short as well I am going to make the next one longer :P
As always no reviews no new chapter :)
Enjoy!
Previously:
"Lucy's your daughter" Gabrielle blurted out
"What?" Steve said completely stunned
"Lucy the little girl sitting right next to us" Gabrielle replied smiling nervously
Steve didn't reply after that he just looked at her blankly
Chapter 3:
"You said what?" Steve replied dumbfound "Lucy's not my daughter, how could she be you had an abortion"
"Well, I kind of changed my mind about that and then well I had Lucy and she's just amazing, I'm in love with her, she just captures your heart" Gabrielle replied admiringly as she ran her finger across Lucy's cheek
"Why didn't you call me or write or something, you know how much I wanted to be a father" Steve replied a little annoyed
"How was I supposed to, you just dropped off the face of the earth I had no idea where you were, you didn't want any contact with anyone remember. Anyway would you even have taken my call or opened my letter if I tried to contact you?" she asked
"Of course I would have, no matter how mad I was at you. Couldn't you have found some way to contact me?" he asked
"I tried for three years Steve! It took me until now to find out where you were" she replied feeling anger creeping into her emotions
"Oh" Steve said shortly
"Yeah oh" Gabrielle replied "Anyway can we talk about that another time, right now I would like to talk about our daughter" she said looking over at her daughter who had now finished her juice box and had decided that it was a new toy for her by starting to hit it onto the highchair she was seated in
"Ok yeah, so tell me about her then, it seems I know nothing other than my daughter's name and age" he said
"Ok, well she was born on April 26th 2010, she loves the colour pink, always as her teddy she named 'teddy' around her. She loves the hospital and likes coming to work with me, her favourite T.V shows are the wiggles and banana's in pyjamas, she like's going to the park and playing in the playground, she also like swimming at the beach and building sandcastles. She never where's the colour purple and doesn't wear skirts but will wear dresses. She loves strawberries, chicken and yogurt but will not touch bananas or beans. She sleeps with a night light and has a favourite blanket she likes to sleep with. She is also average weight and height for her age, plus very bright and that's about all you really need to know" Gabrielle replied admiringly
"Wow" Steve replied trying to process all the information Gabby had just given him
"Yeah, she's an amazingly little girl" Gabrielle said looking at her daughter who was staring at her and Steve seeming to understand she was being talked about
"Mamma, mamma, mamma" Lucy said looking up at her mother with her big blue eyes
"Yes honey?" Gabby replied
"Who's that?" she asked pointing towards Steve
"This is your Dad sweety" Gabrielle replied
"Dab?" Lucy asked confused
"Yes, I will explain later, when we get back to the hotel" Gabrielle replied
"Ok, where's Teddy?" Lucy asked her minding easily switching from topics and her curiosity now turning into concern for the whereabouts of her favourite toy
"Um, I don't know honey, I think you left it in the car, I will go check" Gabrielle replied getting up from the table "Could you go look after for a few minutes, will I go find her teddy?" Gabby asked
"Yeah sure" Steve replied a little apprehensive about looking after a child he had only met half an hour ago although she was his daughter
"Thank you" she replied "I'll be back in a few minutes" Gabrielle said addressing her daughter, before kissing the top of her head and walking off towards her car
"Bye Mummy" Lucy replied waving her tiny hand back and forth
"Hi there" Steve said to Lucy who immediately turned her attention to him curiously
"Hello" she replied sucking her thumb
"Umm" Steve said not sure where to go from here
"Play?" Lucy asked holding out a spoon for him
"Sure" Steve replied slightly confused
Lucy grabbed the juice box she had previously finished and started moving it towards the spoon in Steve's hand like a car "Beep, beep" Lucy said when she reached the spoon. Steve realised this meant for him to place the spoon on top of the juice box so Lucy could drive the spoon all over the top of the table. He just sat there and watched her, she really was amazing. "Your turn" Lucy told him placing the spoon and the juice box in front of him
"Sure" Steve replied as he started to move the juice box around the table, Lucy watched in amazement and started to giggle
"What's so funny?" he asked curiously
Lucy just plastered a large grin on her face and pointed towards him "I like you" she told him after a few minutes
"Well I like you too" he replied smiling just as Gabrielle came back over with Lucy's teddy in her hand
"Teddy!" Lucy squealed reaching her arms out to her mother for the stuffed toy
"Here you go sweetheart" Gabby said passing the toy towards her daughter "You left in the car buckled up"
"Thank you" Lucy replied politely who had now taken back the juice box and was pretending to feed it to teddy
"So what is going to happen?" Steve asked once Gabrielle was seated again
"Well, I don't know it all depends on what you want, I am happy if you don't want to really be a part of her life, because I am staying in Sydney and I know you have a girlfriend and everything. I just wanted her to meet her father at least and know sort of who he was, so it's up to you" Gabrielle replied
"Are you kidding of course I want to be a part of her life, I have always wanted this, I just..I just have to figure out how I will see her, I'll have to think about moving, but I do love it here, I've built a reputation and I have a life here now" Steve replied
"Of course I understand" Gabrielle replied smiling "Lucy and I will be here for a week, we will figure something about by then"
Well there you go, I finally finished another chapter, I am hoping the next chapter will be quicker :)
Rachel
