Scene 5
Setting: Novenber 2013
In the playroom of Charlotte and Cooper's house.
Charlotte is two months pregnant with the second baby. CJ (Cooper Junior) is ten months old.
Cooper is playing on the floor with CJ. They're playing with a toy piano. Cooper and CJ take turns pressing the keys. It rings out high pitched tones.
Charlotte hangs up the phone.
"Who was on the phone?" Cooper asks her.
"It was Landry. He's starting Christmas shopping with momma tomorrow. They want to know what to get for CJ." She tells him.
The playroom is filled with all sorts of baby and toddler toys. It's neatly oranized but the shelves are stacked.
"What did you tell them to get?" Cooper asks.
"I said to get him some books." Charlotte tells Cooper.
"Books?" Cooper scoffs. " Books are no fun. He's not even a year old yet. He can't read." Cooper tells her.
"We can read to him." Charlotte tells.
"We already do that every night." Cooper plays with CJ on the floor.
"Look around Cooper. CJ has every toy made to man already. Books are good for him." Charlotte tells Cooper.
"What should we get him for the holidays?" Cooper asks.
Charlotte shrugs. "We're already giving him the best present we can; a sibling." Charlotte says.
"His sibling isn't due for seven more months and the holidays are next month." Cooper says.
"I can't believe next Christmas we'll be a family of four." Charlotte dreams ahead.
"Who would've thought when I answered that message on my adult web site from Can you Handle Me 699 that I would be married to her with two kids a few years later?" Cooper smiles.
"I was mortified when you sat down at the bar." Charlotte tells him.
"I almost walked out when I saw it was you. I'm so glad I decided to stay." Cooper says.
"Why were you going to walk away?" Charlotte never knew this.
"Well you were so-" Cooper tries to find the right word. "-mean- back then." Cooper watches for her reaction.
"I wasn't mean. I was Chief of Staff and needed my staff to respect me and you worked under me at the hospital." She tells Cooper.
"Didn't your momma teach you that you catch more flies with honey?" Cooper smiles.
"All the time. But my daddy taught me you gotta be tough to earn respect." She tells him.
"And how'd that work out for you?" Cooper looks at her.
"I learned you need to be somewhere in the middle of honey sweet and stern dictatator." She tells him.
"What made you decide to come home with me and have a drink? At first you said no." Cooper asks.
Charlotte smiles. "You were very cute when you were trying to convince me."
"So it was my good looks and charm." Cooper teases.
"That and I saw how good you were with bat girl that day at the office. I thought that man would make a great daddy someday." Charlotte smiles.
"But you didn't want kids then?" Cooper's confused.
"Good daddy's are usually good men. I like good men." Charlotte explains.
"I'm happy you changed your mind and allowed me to be a daddy to CJ and this new baby." Cooper touches his hand on her belly.
"I wouldn't want it any other way. Thank you for helping me change my mind about having a baby." She kisses CJ on the cheek.
"I knew you would be a great mom." He tells her.
"How could you know that?" She smiles at him while tickling CJ.
"Charlotte King Freedman." He says loud "I know you better than you know yourself." He laughs.
"Touche." She laughs back.
End Of Scene 5
Thanks to SunKissedGurlFF for editing this chapter for me.