Hey guys! Thank you so much for everything you all have done as readers to give this story positive feedback and encouraging me to continue writing. My updates might seem slow to you, but that's because school has started and I'm in three honors classes and awful at geometry so I am really busy. Anyway, hope you guys are still liking this story and finding Liam to be just as adorable as I want him to be. Please enjoy this next chapter!
Rachel is very upset because her audition got moved up two weeks and she starts her rehearsals today. She doesn't want to leave Liam at home he's only six weeks old. Rachel doesn't want to give up all of this extra time with Liam she has been getting. He's grown up so much in the past few weeks and it almost makes Rachel cry to just thinking about leaving him for so many hours of the day. Thank goodness Her rehearsals are in the afternoon until ten, that means that Finn can stay with Liam and Rachel has no doubts that everything will go just fine with Liam in Finn's care.
"Rachel, don't worry, Liam and I will be totally fine tonight." Finn reassures Rachel before she leaves for her rehearsal.
"Alright, I trust you. Be good for Daddy Liam, I will see you in the morning, alright Pumpkin?" Rachel says kissing Liam's cheek and hurrying out the door. Rachel hasn't even been gone for ten minutes when Liam starts crying.
"Shh, I know you miss your mommy, I miss her too. She'll be back soon, I promise." Finn tells Liam while rocking him.
Finn pulls one of Liam's bottles out of the fridge, Rachel pumps so that Liam can have the same feeding routine every day. Finn watches as Liam sucks eagerly on the bottle. God, that little guy looks so cute when he eats.
"Goodness you're hungry. You are always hungry though, but Mommy says because you get that from me, which is probably true." Finn says smiling at Liam.
"You want me to put you in your bouncy seat, you like that, don't you?" He says.
Meanwhile, at Rachel's rehearsal, she's flipping through photos of Liam on her phone because she's on break.
"Is that your son?" One of her cast mates asks"
Rachel smiles. "Yeah, that's Liam."
"Oh, he is just so adorable. How old is he?"
"He's six weeks old. It's so hard to leave him, but at least he gets some bonding time with his Daddy."
Back at the house, Finn is putting Liam in his crib for a little nap, when he notices that Liam's forehead is warmer than usual. He's probably getting a little sick or something. Then Liam wakes up, crying his head off.
"Shh, it's okay Buddy, you're alright Liam, Daddy's got you. You don't feel good, do you? I'm sorry Liam." Finn says rocking Liam back and forth, his heart is officially broken for his poor, sick, little, baby boy. Finn takes Liam to the doctor and the entire way there the poor kid just won't stop crying. Rachel calls when they're pulled into the parking lot.
"Hey Honey, how are you and Liam doing?" Rachel asks.
"Were actually at the doctor's. I think he's sick. Don't worry., I got this taken care of." Finn replies.
"Oh, poor thing. Are you sure you don't want me to come home?"
"Rachel, it's fine, I can handle this. Nothing really odd is going on right now, I'm sure it's just a little cold or like a mild flu or something. You have to trust me when I say that Liam will be just fine."
"Okay, I trust you, thank you for telling me. Make sure you tell Liam I love him."
"I will, I love you."
"Okay Liam, let's go get you all checked out so we can get you to feeling better, because Mommy and I don't like to see you so miserable." Finn says, stroking Liam's head, he's found that it's always worked Liam down, even in situations like these.
The doctor says that Liam just has a tiny cold and he should be back to normal in just a few days. Which to be quite honest is a huge relief.
"My goodness you are burning up. We'll take care of that as soon as we get home, okay, Buddy?" Finn tells Liam.
When they get home, Finn gives Liam some medicine and carefully places him in his crib in the hopes that he'll fall asleep.
"There you go, Buddy. Hopefully this will get you to feel better so can get some sleep. I love you, Liam" Finn says as he rubs Liam's head and then turns of all of the lights in his room.
Two hours Later Liam wakes up crying really loudly. Finn picks him up and notices that his nose is runny.
"Aww, No wonder you don't feel good, your nose is all runny. Don't worry Little Man, Daddy is going to get you all cleaned up."
Liam stops his crying after a bit, but he's still kind of fussy. Pooor baby boy just wants to feel better but he isn't having any luck with that concept at all. Seeing Liam sick is doing nothing but breaking Fiin's heart in two.
Rachel gets home at ten thirty and to be honest, Finn is like super relived to see her.
"Hey, how was rehearsal?" Finn asks her.
"It was good. How's Liam doing, is he feeling any better, I was so worried about him." Rachel
"He's not worse, but he's not doing better either, poor kid's fever isn't going down so far, it's stayed the same, and his nose is also runny. I feel so bad for him. He's sick and he's just a little baby."
The next time Liam wakes up, Rachel goes to get him.
"Hi Sweetheart, Mommy's got you, I'm home, and I'm going to get you to feeling better, okay Little Lion?" Rachel says kissing Liam's little cheek.
"Shh, don't cry, Mommy doesn't like it when you cry. Everything is going to be alright, Liam, you will get to feeling better soon."
Rachel decides to bottle feed Liam because he's sick, but when she goes to feed him, he just won't eat.
"Come on Pumpkin, you have to eat, I know you don't feel good, but you should eat, it is going to help you feel better, I promise."
It takes a little, okay, a lot more coaxing from his mommy, but Liam finally starts to eat.
"That's it Sweetheart, I knew you were hungry, you always are. You were starting to scare mommy. You need to eat so you can be strong and healthy." Rachel tells Liam. The poor baby spits up just a little a few minutes after he's done eating and Rachel feels so bad for him, her sweet little boy really is feeling miserable and Rachel hates seeing him like that. Especially when he wont stop crying, it breaks her heart.
"Oh Sweetie, I'm so sorry, that couldn't have felt good, let's get you all cleaned up, alright ?" Rachel says.
She quickly retrieves some towels from the laundry room and gets Liam a fresh pair of footie pajamas, his favorite pair, with a lion on them, just in case having something familiar and cozy will work in making him feel better.
"What's all that for?" Finn asks.
"Liam spit up really bad, I'm going to get him cleaned up and changed before I put him back to bed." Rachel replies.
"Aww, poor thing, that must be awful. Would you like any help with anything?"
"No thank you, I can handle it all."
"Alright, just let me know if you need help, okay?"
"I will."
Rachel gets Liam all cleaned up and sits him in his crib to go to sleep, but he starts crying shortly after.
"Honey, it's okay you're all cleaned up and ready for bed, you need to go to sleep so you can give your fever plenty of time to break so you can feel better, we'll even cuddle because that always makes you feel better."
Ten minutes later, Liam is still fussy and crying. He won't stop at all and Rachel just wishes that he would because she hates to see him cry.
"What about if Mama sang you a lullaby, would that help Sweetie?" Rachel asks Liam, and his crying softens just a little bit, so she figures it's going to work.
"My daddies used to sing this to me when I was a baby, and they claim it always put me to sleep, so I'm going to sing for okay, my little prince?" Rachel coos.
A gentle breeze from Hushabye Mountain
Softly blows o'er Lullaby Bay
It Fills the sails of boats that are waiting
Waiting to sail your worries away
It isn't far to Hushabye Mountain
And your boat waits down by the quay
The winds of night so softly are sighing
Soon they will fly your troubles to the sea
So close your eyes on Hushabye Mountain
Wave good...bye to cares of the day
And watch your boat from Hushabye Mountain
Sail far away from Lullaby Bay.
Rachel smiles when she looks over to see Liam fast asleep, she knew that the lullaby would work.
"Goodnight my Little Lion, Momma loves you, I love you very much." She says kissing Liam on the forehead.
"Hey, how's Liam." Finn asks when Rachel returns to their bedroom.
"He's good, he's fast asleep, actually." Rachel replies smiling.
"Good. Did you sing him a lullaby?"
"Yeah, how did you know?"
"Rachel Sweetheart, you are forgetting something, I know you, and I don't just know you, I know you very well."
"Well, I know you do, I just don't understand how you knew that I decided to sing Liam a lullaby."
"I just knew that you'd sing to him, because let's be honest, your angelic voice could make anyone feel better."
"Aww, thank you, that's very sweet of you to say.
"Well, I only say things if they are a hundred percent true, my love. "
The next morning Liam wakes up at around eight, and Rachel gets him up.
"Morning sweet boy. You feeling better, you must be, your little forehead sure isn't as warm as it was last night. Let's just check your temperature just to be sure okay Liam?" Rachel tells Liam. She then checks his temperature, it's perfectly normal.
"Guess what Sweetie? Your fever broke, you're all better!" Rachel says, first kissing Liam's forehead, and then his cheek. She is so happy her little boy is feeling so much better. Liam looks straight at Rachel, his wide, brown eyes completely lit up.
"Yeah, that makes you happy too, doesn't it Liam?" Rachel coos.
She brings Liam into the kitchen, where Finn is sitting drinking his Saturday morning coffee.
"Good morning, Rachel. How's our little man doing, is he feeling better?" Finn asks.
"He sure is, his fever broke!" Rachel replies grinning
"That's such good news, I'm so glad he's feeling better!"
"Me too, I was worried sick about him."
"Come here Liam, I think you need some Daddy time, Buddy!" Finn says, scooping Liam out of Rachel's arms.
"Look Finn! Liam's smiling at you!" Rachel says happily.
"Yeah, he is! Who loves his Daddy? That's right, Liam loves his Daddy!" Finn says playfully.
"Liam, tell your father he's so silly." Rachel says giggling
"Don't listen to your mommy, Buddy, she is the silly one."
"I missed this, I am so glad he's a happy baby again." Rachel says
"Me too, it broke my heart seeing him so sick. I'm really happy to see him smile."
Songs used: Hushabye Mountain from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Preformed by: Rachel Hudson
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