"You look beautiful" Kate smiled as she stared at the redhead who was stood in front of her, smiling to herself as she looked at her reflection, amazed at how well Kate had done her hair and make-up while looking after a baby at the same time and texting her rather protective father. "You're dad's going to be slightly shocked when he sees how grown up you look, to him you're still Johanna's age" she laughed, Alexis rolling her eyes quickly before wrapping her arms around the brunette, Kate keeping her close for a moment. "You do know that I love you like my own daughter Alexis, I love you so much" she whispered into her hair, the smile growing on the redheads face as she slowly moved away and pressed her lips against Kate's cheek. "Right come on you, I have a lot to do after dropping you off so get a move on" she explained, Alexis staring at her as she watched Kate begin to get Johanna ready.
"Kate it's seven at night, what are you planning to do?" Alexis asked, Kate sighing as she picked her daughter up and walked towards the door, grabbing her coat that had been thrown over the dressing table earlier that day for some reason. Leaving the room quickly with Alexis following, Kate stared at the apartment that had managed to become a mess over the past night with washing flung across the sides for drying, toys covering the floor and Rick's paper manuscripts on the stairs, books littering the floor. "You're not planning on cleaning all of this, why not wait till dad's back, get him to help you seeing that he makes most of the mess?" she asked, Kate shaking her head quickly as she sighed, holding Johanna on one side of her while grabbing some of the clothes that littered the stairs.
"No I'm just planning on dropping you off, going to the shops to get the food, clean the apartment, get you later, then come back to get this one to bed and then wait for your father to get back from that party of his so I can remind him again to sort things out" Kate moaned, Alexis quickly touching Kate's shoulders, stopping her for a moment. "The one thing I said to your dad before I left this morning was to help clean up and he failed at that" she moaned, a tear running down her cheek, Alexis sighing as she took Johanna from the woman and smiled at her.
"You're not superwoman Kate, however hard you try to be. You can't do all of that in one evening as well as being a detective all day and chasing criminals and having a young baby" Alexis explained, walking over to the side to get her phone. Dialling the number, she slowly brought it to her ear and watched as she held her sister who was playing with her hair; Kate sat on the sofa running her hands through her hair as she tried to think about everything. "Hey it's Alexis, look I can't come tonight, there's a problem at home" she explained, Kate looking up as tears ran down her head while it shook, Kate walking over quickly to stop the teenager who quickly hung up. "Kate, I would rather spend the evening helping you than with someone I like worrying about you" she explained, Kate smiling as she wrapped her arms around the teenager, her eyes shutting for a moment. "Look I'm going to go change and then we'll go to the shops" she suggested, Kate nodding slowly as Alexis smiled and ran up the stairs.
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"You can be so much trouble young lady, screaming the whole shop down as soon as we arrived" Kate laughed as she carried Johanna into the apartment after she and Alexis had unloaded all of the shopping into the apartment itself, resting the small child in the Moses Basket that was resting on the sofa before staring around the building. "I hate your father sometimes Alexis, why can't he be a normal grown up and understand responsibility?" she asked as Alexis shut the door behind her and stared also at the message, finally noticing the amount of washing and paperwork that was surrounding every space in the apartment. "How does he manage to make this much mess in a day?" she asked, Alexis shrugging as she slowly began to unpack the shopping, the door opening behind them quickly.
"What's going on? Alexis aren't you supposed to be at a party tonight?" Rick asked as Kate turned and glared at him, Rick noticing the anger that covered her face before she turned and picked Johanna up, leaving up the stairs quickly. "What have I done this time?" he asked, Alexis groaning as she ran up the stairs to join Kate in their bedroom, watching as she slowly put Johanna to bed and lay down on her own, Alexis slowly walking over and sitting down beside her. Lying down on the bed, Alexis sighed as Kate moved and hugged her, the teen shutting her eyes slowly.
"Thank you for coming to the shops with me, you made it a lot easier and I don't think I could have done the whole thing without you" Kate whispered into the familiar red hair as there was knock at the door, Kate groaning as Rick entered the room to see his fiancée and daughter lying on the bed in each other's arms. "Rick can you go away please? I really don't want to talk to you right now" she asked, Rick staring at them in confusion before Kate turned to see him just stood there.
"What exactly have I done wrong Kate? You were alright about the party before I went so what's changed now?" he announced, Kate climbing off the bed before walking up to him, anger covering her face as Alexis sat up and watched the couple.
"It's not about the party Rick, it's about the promises you've broken over the past few weeks" she explained, the anger building up in her voice. "What about Johanna's nursery that you promised to finish? Or the cleaning that you promised you'd do for me today? Or what about the shopping you promised to do to me as well since you're at home all day at the moment?" she declared, walking out of the room quickly as Rick followed her, shutting the door behind him. "Rick, it's not like I'm asking you to do anything major like run the country or something like that but I can barely walk around here without stepping on something and I just want to be able to walk around my home without worrying about dropping my daughter down the stairs because of all the paper that's lying around" she glared as something clicked in her and she walked towards the railings where clothes were hanging from, pushing them all of quickly, Rick watching in shock as she kicked the piles of paper down the stairs.
"Kate I'm sorry okay" he whispered as she shook her head and sighed, walking down the stairs quickly as Alexis left the bedroom, watching as her father continued to stare at the woman who was beginning to pick up all the paper. Turning, he saw his daughter who shook her head and quickly walked down the corridor towards her own bedroom, Rick groaning as he walked down the stairs and knelt beside her, reaching across to take the papers from her as she shook her head, moving away from him quickly. Forcing his arm around her, he kept her close as she burst into tears and shut her eyes, Rick's arm tightening around her as he lifted her into his arms and carried her up the stairs. Entering their bedroom, he slowly rested her on the bed, watching as she turned on her side away from him. "I promise tomorrow I'll get it sorted for you, I'll make it better".
"Rick how exactly are you helping at the moment because right now all it feels like is that I spend all day at work away from our daughter while you're having fun with her, then I come home, cook dinner, clean the apartment, do all the boring things with Johanna, put her to bed and then go to bed myself. I don't get to play with her like you do, I don't get to spend all day with her like you do because when I'm home I'm looking after everything else at the moment" she sighed, Rick sitting himself down next to her. "I just want you to help me Rick, I had the most fun in a while just doing Alexis' hair and makeup this evening and she didn't go to the party in the end because she felt sorry for me".
"Katie please" he whispered as she shook her head and turned to look at him, her teeth sinking into her lips as she sat up slowly.
"Can you sleep in the spare room tonight? I don't think I can spend tonight with you at the moment" she mumbled, turning again as Rick watched her for a moment before pressing a kiss against Johanna's forehead and left the room, his heart breaking as he heard Kate sobbing from inside their bedroom, knowing that it was his fault she was upset.
I really want to get a chapter with them struggling, so I hope you enjoyed it and please review; I do want to know what you thought about it because I'm not sure about it myself. Anyway thank you for all previous reviews and I will see you again with the next chapter.