So exciting chapters to follow! It's been a while planning to write some more
today so I can upload over the next few days! Hope you're still enjoying! Madeleine x
Chapter 15
The holidays were over quickly and the fisher/Scotcher clan had been living in a sweet protective bubble of excitement at the prospect of the new baby. Karen was sat on the sofa her hand gently rested on her stomach as Jess bounced in pushing around her dolly. Karen smiled at how sweet both her children had been since they told them. Harry had chatted away before bed about introducing woody and buzz to the baby and how he'd share with them. Rob came in with a glass of water for Karen before catching onto Jess playing with her Dolly sweetly.
"She did this after we told her about Harry coming along"
"Looking after her baby, like mummy will look after her baby" Rob commented sweetly.
"It's like watching that little 2 year old all those years ago" Karen felt quite emotional, oh hormones!
"I can't quite get my head round all of this" rob smiled
"Your telling me I have a tiny human growing inside my stomach. Completely bonkers to me how that happens" rob loved it when Karen was being all sweet and inquisitive like this, it was part of her charm.
"Right better get your school bag together Jess" rob asked her before herding up Harry who sounded like her was lassoing cattle, imitating woody from the noise he was making upstairs.
"SHHHHHH. You'll wake up my baby" Jess replied sweetly.
"Sorry I think they're ok. Shall we leave baby to sleep and go put our shoes on" rob suggested, Jess seemed to really ponder over this.
"And she'll be ok while I'm at school"
"Of course she will, she'll be asleep and when you're home she'll wake up and you can look after her" Karen added in, joining in on Jess's sweet role play. Jess tucked her in with a blanket before sweetly tottering out to get ready for school.
"That was her baby blanket when she was little, she wouldn't sleep without till she was 3" karen was remembering fond memories.
"She's all grown up, but it won't be long till this little one arrives"
Rob sweetly added before placing his hand on her now defined, yet still petite bump. "She's still my little baby to me"
"Oh she'll always be your baby, she'll always be your little girl" rob was so understanding. He just got it! He pushed a piece of her hair that was in her face behind her ear before getting ready to leave home himself.
Harry jumped down the stairs making Karen jump!
"Careful bud" Rob commented as he placed his shoes on.
"What's with all the toys" Karen noted his arms wrapped round all his favourite toys, woody's hat sticking out from under his arms, stitch being held on for dear life by his ears, buzz's buttons having been pressed was talking phrase after phrase and bullseye his new toy (which he'd got after seeing Noah's) was being held on by his reins.
"It's show and tell!" Harry tried to convince them.
"Harry show and tell is on a Friday"
"But, but miss..."
"Bud go put them back in your room"
"But I want to take them to school. I want to show Joel bullseye"
"It might get lost at school Harry, think how upset you'd be if got lost" Karen tried to make him understand.
"But,but" Harry had tears beginning to stream down his face.
"How about we ask Joel for tea sometime this week and you can show Bullseye to him then?" Harry had his grumpy face on, which was unmistakably the cutest little face ever.
"Ok so you go put them back in your room and bring down your bag" Karen asked him and up he went. But he had no intention of doing as he was told. Bullseye would come with him. Harry stuffed him into his school bag and headed downstairs. Everyone was waiting at the door to leave to start the first day back.
Sending the kids off to school had been easy and all that was left to do was to get themselves to work. Rob took Karen's hand in his as they headed back to Karen's car. "I'm kinda nervous Rob".
"It's understandable, but you know they'll all be thrilled" today they told everyone at work they were expecting.
"But we have this afternoon to get excited about"
Karen looked up at him unable to control the smile that grazed her lips at the thought of this afternoon.
Having managed to get themselves to work on time, they approached the staff room. The students hadn't arrived yet and the staff were all awaiting their first day back briefing.
"Good morning everyone, I won't keep you long..."
Karen was mistaken by the iconic voice of Janeece
"Oh my god, miss fisher are you pregnant?" Karen hadn't really expected people to notice from her bump, she was slightly proud of it all of a sudden.
"Urm yes. Rob and I are expecting a baby" Karen replied tentatively. Rob had made his way from the back to be by her side as the room filled with a chorus of congratulations and applause.
"Congratulations you two! I bet Jess and Harry are very excited!" Tom their good friend congratulated them personally.
"Yeah they're very excited!" Karen replied.
"Well this calls for celebratory drinks after work. Orange juice for you obviously Karen"
Chris jumped in on the conversation.
"Actually we have something to do after work, but definitely another night" rob added desperately trying to hold in his excitement. Sian soon followed hugging Karen, they'd grown close since Sian's employment.
"Alfie will have a little friend" Sian and Jez had a little boy of their own who was only 6 months old. The girls nattered away about babies and pregnancy symptoms and aches and pains until the bell rang and "first day back" began properly.
The day wasn't exactly going smoothly, Karen was just finishing dealing with Kyle in her outer office when Rob appeared.
"Cooler now!" Karen commanded.
"In your dreams" Kyle cheeked back.
"Oi! You don't talk to your head like that. Now out, now!"
Rob took control, "I'll see he gets there. Are you ok?"
"Thanks Rob, yeah I'm fine"
"Ok well I shall see you at three and then we can get going" just the thought brought a smile to Karen's face once more which was excentated by Rob's kiss upon her cheek. The hours ticked by, karen had begun her mountain of paper work for the new term but was no way near focused upon the task at hand as she should have been, her eyes stared at the clock shocked to discover the little hand suddenly hit 3. Home time. She got her stuff together just as Rob arrived.
"Don't think I've ever seen you ready to go at home time. Ever! Must be a special occasion" Rob teased.
"Well maybe it is, who knows? Maybe I'm off for dinner with George Clooney." Their exchange continued throughout their journey in the car to the doctors. They got out taking each other's hands as they walked in. They sat down in the waiting room,
"God rob, your hands are so sweaty" she teased him wiping her hand upon her own knee.
"Sorry. Just a bit nervous" Karen caressed his cheek.
"It's ok to be nervous, but it's going to ok" they shared a kiss as Karen was called.
"Would you like to just sit yourself up on there" the nurse addressed Karen. Rob sat down, his whole body on tender hooks.
"First baby?" The nurses eyes fell to Rob who was looking sickeningly nervous all of a sudden.
"Our first baby, I have two already" the nurse smiled at Karen as if to say poor thing.
Today was an important scan, this scan would reveal the gender.
"Everything looks great, that's a lovely healthy heartbeat" Rob was now stood next to Karen as they listened and saw their baby on the monitor, tears shed.
"Now would you like to know the gender?" The nurse asked sweetly.
Rob reached into his work bag, "we wondered if you could write it in here. We want to know but we want to find out with the kids"
"That's a lovely idea!"
The nurse happily obliged.
"Do you have daughters or sons?" The nurse asked.
"One of each" Karen replied, the nurse returning a very happy smile. They watched the nurse seal up the envelope.
"How old are they?"
"6 and 9"
"So very excited big brother and sister then" Karen and Rob agreed before rob took the card from the nurse and they left the doctors.
"I can't believe in here is the gender of our baby!" Rob was so excited and karen revelled in the excitement of her partner. This pregnancy was definitely the most enjoyable. "Right lets go get the two monkeys!" Rob zoomed off quite abruptly,
"Calm down Rob we want to get there alive!" Rob's adrenaline was clearly a little all over the place but they got the two children from Karen's mums before heading home. They hadn't told either of the children because they knew they'd be too excited and demanded that they came with them or demand to know right there and then.
The children ran in as normal after rob unlocked the door. Coats were thrown to the floor and shoes taken off in the middle of the hallway. Karen picked up the carnage in her way before attempting to calm down her monkeys so that they could reveal the babies gender. Jess was practicing cartwheels in the lounge and had just finished hers and Karen caught sight of Harry trying.
"I don't think that's a good idea darling, you'll hurt yourself"
"But Jess can do it!"
"Well she's bigger than you! Jess please stop doing acrobatics in front of Harry and inside, one day one of you will really hurt themselves!"
"But I want to do it!" Harry demanded.
"Listen, listen to me Harry. Next time we are in the garden I'll teach you but not now ok"
"Plus me and mummy have something exciting for you" rob entered holding the envelope. Both children went and sat down sweetly.
"Mummy and Rob went to the doctors today"
"Are you poorly mummy! I always go to the doctors when I'm not feeling well" Harry commented sweetly worried.
"No darling, we went to see how the baby was"
"The baby in mummy's tummy"
Jess declared proudly.
"And we got to find out whether the baby is going to be a little brother or sister" Jess's eyes beamed open.
"And what is it?"
"We don't know yet" rob added "we got the nurse to write it down in a card" rob showed them the envelope.
"Shall we open it?"
"No can I open it?" Harry asked. Everyone let him it was very sweet, Jess was having one of her big sister moments. Harry opened up the sweet card out of the envelope before giving it straight to his mummy without opening it. It was very sweet.
"Can you read it please mummy?"
"Ok so it says. A baby is coming cute as can be. Will it be a he or will it be a she? Congratulations mini Scotcher will be a SHE" Karen and Rob immediately hugged and kissed one another to the sounds of Jess screaming with excitement. This little girl really had got what she wanted. Harry on the other hand immediatley cried.
"What's the matter bud?" Rob asked .
"I lost bullseye, how will I show my little sister now?" Karen and rob sighed before giving both Jess and Harry a sweet hug. "We'll find bullseye Harry I promise so you can show your little sister when she is born" rob revelled in knowing he was soon to have a little girl to protect. He couldn't help but kiss his beautiful partner with joy. So the news was out, baby Scotcher was to be a little girl.