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Kelly just sat there with a howling baby on her knee. What the hell was she supposed to do? She didn't know.
"Shhhhh" she bounced him up and in what she thought was a soothing manner. Apparently not.
Leo just cried and cried. Maybe he…umm… needs changed, she thought to herself. No that wasn't it. What else? Food! Kelly got up off the sofa, carrying the baby and went to find his bag. David had seemed to have put all his stuff in her bedroom.
"It's ok baby, what's the matter?" She looked at him expectedly. "Uh he can't answer you, you idiot!" she told herself now getting frustrated.
She lay him on the bed only increasing the volume of his squealing. She desperately rummaged through his bag until she found the bottle. Hurriedly she ran out of the room towards the Kitchen. As quickly as she could she placed the bottle on the plate in the microwave and pressed the power on. She stood nervously tapping her foot as she watched it go round.
A noise startled her. What was it? She thought to herself.
"AH! BABY!!!!" Kelly raced back to the room quicker than she thought she could even move, heaving a sigh of relief when she saw him still laying safely on the bed where she had left him.
"Oh I'm sorry baby, come on" she tried to sound calm but didn't really succeed. Picking up the crying wee boy she wiped away his tears as she briskly headed back to the kitchen with him in her arms.
When she opened the microwave Kelly could have started to cry. The smell of burnt milk filled her nostrils as she took in the sight of the plastic bottle, now not so bottle shaped, melted all over her microwave. Kelly carried him over to place him in his play cot that was set up in the middle of the living room. She lay him down in it and offered him is dummy before walking back to the kitchen, from the layout of her apartment he was still visible to her.
Filling the sink with water she pulled the plate out of the microwave.
"AH SHIT!" she screamed as she burned her hand.
As Kelly washed the melted plastic off of the plate she felt so angry. Her head was throbbing from the horrendous sound Leo was making, he was certainly persistent. The more he cried and the louder he got, the more Kelly scrubbed. Her knuckles turning white from where she gripped the scrubber.
"Oh my God! Be quiet, be quiet, be quiet!" she cried as she headed back to the living room. "what am I gonna do?"
She once again picked him up and rocked him back and forth trying to calm his sobs. It again, failed to work.
"I need help" she muttered as she grabbed up the phone and punched in a number, that for some reason she knew by heart.
"Hello" His voice came when he answered.
"I need help" She simply stated.
"Kelly?" Peter sounded surprised. "Why? what's wrong?" he now just sounded concerned.
"Well, " she sighed thinking of how she was gonna explain that her so-called Fiancé had a night out and decided to dump his baby on her without asking. "David had a function tonight, and I offered to baby-sit, but I just can't seem to calm him down, he's been crying for ages." She stopped to take a breath but Peter interrupted her.
"And you thought that I have experience and could help you?" He asked hoping she wanted him to come around.
"Oh, something like that" she said as she sat down with Leo on her lap, still crying.
"Okay, so how can I help?"
"Well, are you busy?"
Peter just smiled to himself. "Not. At all, I'm just watching telly."
"I don't suppose you could come round? Apart from getting him to stop crying I could use the company" She gently wiped a tear off her cheek as she tried to sound her normal, chirpy self..
"Sure. I'll be there soon."
"Great, thanks!" And then she hung up.
My God look at the state of the place Kelly thought as she sat, in the same place still holding Leo on her lap. She had semi-blocked out the crying by now but it was still upsetting, that he was in such distress and she couldn't do anything to help him. She moved his position so that she held him upright on her shoulder as she smoothed his back with her hand. To her delight and surprise his distraught subsided as he calmed slightly. She pushed his dummy into his mouth and he only heaved a sigh every now and then as he was breathless from his endless wailing.
Just as she got him clam, the doorbell rang, shrilling through the flat, piercing the silence and restarting the baby's sobs.
"Hey" Peter smiled as she opened the door.
Kelly just smiled widely in return.
"I guess this is the unhappy little man" Peter said as he stroked Leo's cheek gently.
"I had just managed to calm him down and then you turned up and the doorbell startled him again." she joked slightly making him smile.
Kelly let Peter in and then watched as he sat on her couch, watching as she awkwardly swung him about.
"Well have you changed him?" Peter asked.
"I checked, he doesn't need it."
"Okay so maybe he's just hungry."
Kelly tried not to look shocked at herself as she remembered that she hadn't actually fed him cause she melted the bottle. Kelly nodded slightly as Peter walked towards her and lifted Leo from her grasp rocking him gently in his arms. Kelly stood there watching as the interaction as the wee boy actually silenced slightly.
"Kelly?"
"Hmmm?" She was snapped out of her daydream.
"The bottle?"
"Right, of course" feeling totally stupid she turned and headed to her bedroom hoping David had been smart enough to pack more than one bottle.
"Of course he did. He's not stupid" she told herself as she found another one.
When she entered the kitchen Peter was already there with a quiet baby.
"How did you manage to do that?" She asked clearly impressed.
"Oh I just spoke to him and jiggled him a bit"
"Uh huh" she said as she poured the milk into a mug and placed in it the microwave.
Once it was done she poured it back into the bottle and screwed the lid back on. Part of her was hoping that Peter would do it for her so that she didn't have to. No such luck, he walked over to her and handed him to her.
"You're probably better at this than me now" he chuckled.
Kelly wanted to cry, "umm… yeah, I…umm…I guess" She nodded awkwardly as she lifted the bottle and moved it straight towards Leo's mouth.
"Wow Kel, what are you doing?" He grabbed her arm gently as he prevented mouth and bottle meeting,. "You gotta check the temperature first."
Kelly sighed and looked down not sure what to do or say.
"If' it's too hot you could burn his mouth" Peter still sounded alarmed and slightly mad.
"Fine, you do it" she retorted as she pushed the baby into his arms and walked away running her fingers through her hair.
She threw herself onto the couch and cuddled the pillow into her stomach as she sat there staring at the walls and thinking of how mad she was at David. Peter entered a few minutes later obviously having fed Leo. Slowly he walked over and placed Leo in his play cot and then turned to look at Kelly.
"I'm sorry, that wasn't fair" she looked over at him regretting that moment in the kitchen.
He waved his hands implying it was nothing. "Don't worry about it. I wasn't meaning to sound like I was lecturing you" he apologised now.
Kelly just gave him a sad smile as he sat next to her on the sofa.
"You didn't offer to baby-sit did you?" he asked gently.
"No" she said as she looked down. "David didn't really give me much option."
Peter used his finger to lift her chin and make her look him in the eye.
"Why wouldn't you tell me that?"
Kelly didn't have an answer.
"Well, I'm glad you called me"
"Me too." she said as sincerely.
"How about, we get him into bed and asleep and then we can have a drink and talk?" He suggested.
"Sounds wonderful," she squinted her eyes at him slightly.
"What?"
"Peter, How good are you at assembling cots?"
Peter followed Kelly to her bedroom where the travel cot was waiting to be set up. As he entered all he could think about was the fact that he was in Kelly Rowan's bedroom. Her queen sized bet lay centred in the room a closet and bathroom came off of the far wall and the she simply had a desk with her make-up and a laptop on the surface.
"What?" she asked amused as he looked around her bedroom.
"Nothing, uh nice room" he said casually.
She just giggled and sat on the bed with Leo on her lap and motioned for Peter fix the cot.
"This doesn't look too difficult" he muttered as he set to work.
Kelly laughed for as the whole thing collapsed in a heap while Peter tried to set it up. Kelly eventually decided that maybe she should help him. She held the corner as he tried to fix the opposite one. As soon as he let go it collapsed again, trapping them both under the net together. The both laughed slightly until their eyes met. Kelly quickly untangled herself, feeling bad that she was doing this, with him, that he was here and David didn't know.
She quickly got up and collected Leo into her arms again. Deciding she needed to get out of the room for a moment she made the excuse that he should be changed before bad and she would do it while Peter fixed the bed.
Kelly and Peter sat on the couch as Leo finally slept in Kelly's room. Kelly got them a glass of wine and they put on some background music.
"Don't feel you have to stay" she told him for the fifth time since he arrived.
"I told you, I want to" he said back. "So…what exactly happened when you saw David" Peter asked hoping he had chosen the correct name.
"Uh"
"You don't have to tell me, but it might make you feel better, and we're friends aren't we?"
"The best" she nodded. "I got back yesterday and he was here, as you know. He was all dressed up in a suit and I thought he was going to take me out…"
"But he left you with his child and went out himself" Peter finished for her.
"Something like that." she smiled sadly. "I just…oh I don't know, maybe if he had asked me in advance I could have prepared for It or something, but he just sprung it on me and I don't understand why he couldn't leave him with the Nanny"
"The nanny?"
"Yeah, he has a nanny. He doesn't like to…uhh…never mind." she stopped herself from saying something she might later regret.
"And you don't like the baby."
"Oh God no I mean yes. Hmm it's not that I don't like him, I just have no experience with these things and I don't know what to do. I, uh it's like I panic and I get upset that he's upset and I can't help him."
"That just means you care." Peter tried to comfort.
"Maybe. But I shouldn't be left with him. I mean if you hadn't been her tonight I would probably have burned him with the milk cause I didn't check the temperature"
"the temperature was fine" he cut her off.
"Maybe so, but what if it hadn't been?" She was getting exasperated as she rambled away to him. "I mean before you came I tried to feed him but put the whole plastic bottle in the microwave and melted the bloody thing!"
"You melted the bottle?" he chuckled also making her laugh.
"It was an accident" she laughed back. "His crying was preventing me from thinking straight."
Peter smiled at her, loving how passionately she wanted to do it right and at how she was managing to tell him and not feeling awkward.
"I am not his mother and I feel like I shouldn't have to do these things, it's not my responsibility." She looked up and saw him just looking at her "is that a bad thing to feel?" she asked unsure what was going through his mind.
"No" he whispered as he took her hand in his and tried to comfort her, stroking it with his thumb as their eyes met and locked with each other.
A loud screech came roaring through the flat breaking their connection with one another.
"I guess Leo is awake" Kelly whispered as she went to get up.
"You want me to go?" Peter asked as he headed to her bedroom as Kelly nodded gratefully.
Peter gently picked Leo up as he swayed side to side. As he looked down at the little boy's innocent face he got lost in thought.
"How can you cause another person, who is so loving and wonderful so much grief?" Peter whispered to him. "hmmm? Yeah, I know, like father like son."
Kelly found Peter in her room swaying Leo back and forth as he sweetly sang a song to him. Peter's voice could sooth anyone, she though as she closed her eyes and let it drown her thoughts. Successfully by the end of the song they were able to retreat back to the living room.
"Feeling any happier?" he asked her hopefully.
"Yeah, he's asleep" she joked. "I can't help it. I'm sorry."
"What are you apologising for? You haven't done anything wrong" Again he took one of her hands in his. "Kelly, it's okay to get upset or angry."
She closed her eyes for a moment and when she finally opened them again she knew she wasn't gonna hold it together. Tears flowed freely down her face. "Does he really love me?" she cried.
"I can't answer that, Kel"
"Sorry. He does love me, I know he does. I just can't help but feel like a lot of the time he takes me for granted. I mean here I am stupid Kelly, getting all excited because the man that's meant to love me is coming to visit, but hey only because he needs a baby sitter and I'm apparently the best option, even though I'm a thousand miles away."
Peter couldn't help himself. He couldn't witness her like this. His hands found their way to her face as he held her cheeks. His thumbs gently wiped away her falling tears as he raised her head slightly. As soon as their eyes met He leaned in and for the first time, off screen, being completely serious, their lips met in a slow kiss. As soon as Kelly felt Peter's lips on hers she slowly closed her eyes. The kiss was prolonged but both kept their mouths closed.
When he pulled away again his hands remained on her face. When her eyes slowly opened and met his again he looked into them,
"You are anything, but stupid" he whispered to her.
Kelly didn't give him a chance to continue. She leaned in again and pressed her lips against his. This time willing him further as she opened her mouth and ran her tongue along his bottom lip. As soon as he opened his mouth, their tongues met and there was no holding back. The kiss they were experiencing seemed so different from any they had ever shared before. He tasted different. As did she. Maybe because it was real.
Kelly's hands found their way to the back of his neck as she pulled him closer to her. Peter pressed her back gently on the couch so that she lay down with him on top of her. Careful not to squash her small frame he leaned over her as he moved his kisses down her neck discovering almost immediately which spots she preferred. Kelly let out shallow breaths as his mouth moved down her neck and then back up again. It felt so good. Slowly he slipped his hand to the rim of her top edging it up slightly and playing with the skin on her stomach. He pulled his mouth away and looked at her for confirmation. Kelly just nodded at him as once again her eyes clasped closed.
Peter lifted her top over her head as she sat up slightly. He was excited when he met her semi-see through black bra. As his hands teased her skin and their mouths met again she found herself unbuttoning his shirt. She wanted him so bad. As she felt him press his groin closer to hers, she knew he wanted her just as bad. They worked on the clothes on each other's bottom halves as the kissed each other frantically. Peter gently massaged her breasts as he loved how she felt. Now only in her panties and him in his boxers they were turned on to the point of no return. Peter's hand slipped down from her chest to her leg as he played with the outline of her panties. When he knew she wanted him to he massaged her folds with his fingers before briefly plunging them inside her. As soon as they were in he realised that she was almost ready.
As their breathing became erratic, Peter stripped her of her pants and himself of his boxers. Kelly was impressed. He was much more well endowed than she had ever thought possible. A soon as he took his position on her again she felt his hardness next to her entrance.
"Please…" she sighed.
That was all he needed to gear as he plunged directly into her. They moved together rhythmically as he pulsated in and out of her. He kissed her mouth as they both moaned out loud. Peter was ready but held back for Kelly. She was so surprised. He was great, well she wasn't surprised he was great, she was surprised that he was holding back until she was satisfied. He felt her walls clamp and immediately after she came screaming his name, closely followed by him. There was no doubt, he was the best and most considerate lover she had ever had.
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