Chummy and Shelagh grew closer together being the only married women in Nonnatus and now both pregnant. Chummy invited Shelagh over for tea on this very rainy day.
Knock, Knock. Chummy heard and walked as fast as should could to the door.
"Come on in!" Chummy and Freddie greeted Shelagh as she held a yawning Angela.
"I am laying down Freddie now, the extra crib is made too you can put little miss down also." Chummy said walking up the stairs. "Oh, wonderful! She is being a wee crank today."
Following her friend up the stairs and laying the small children down. "Tea?" Chummy whispered as they snuck out of the room, Shelagh nodded in agreement. They walked down the stairs and into the kitchen and Chummy poured them both a cup of tea.
"Here you are, but I must tell you these chairs are wicked on ones tailbone!" She said gesturing to the sitting room.
"I have a pillow on mine at home!" Shelagh giggled.
"Much better wouldn't you say?"
"Much." The two sipped their tea and laughed.
Yawn "One is tired all the time now, that is one thing I didn't miss."
"Yes, I absolutely agree, Patrick says I should carry a pillow with my incase I fall asleep in the street." They laughed trying not to wake the sleeping little ones. They finished their tea and decided to enjoy time go by. "One could fall asleep here." Chummy said yawning.
"Agreed, that sounds marvelous." She said, catching her friends yawn. "Maybe just for a bit?" She said covering herself and Chummy with a blanket and nodding in agreement.
It was half past noon when they had fallen asleep and both children had decided an extra long nap was needed too. Peter had got off work and Patrick was in search of his wife. "Patrick, what are you doing here?" Peter asked while walking home. "I am in search of my wife!" "What she never came home? Its four-thirty." He said, nervously. "Camilla? I'm home." Peter said, walking the house and turning to the sitting room. "Well, I'll be." Patrick and Peter chuckled. They hung up their coats and walked into the kitchen to fix a cuppa before waking the sleeping women. Both children started to stir and cry causing them to both to pop to their feet and rush upstairs. "Shh, Mummy's here." Chummy said, picking Freddie up and wrapping his blanket around him. "Shh wee one, it's okay, I didn't leave you." Picking up Angela and grabbing the spare blanket. The two looked at each other and in unison. "Feeding time!" They chuckled.
The two walked downstairs with the screaming little ones and were scared half to death when two men appeared from the kitchen with tea. An ungodly scream came from Shelagh and Chummy was soon to follow "Oh, that was so not funny! You will pay for that Patrick Turner." Shelagh said. "That goes for you too Noakes!" She never called him Noakes, it sent chills down both men's spines as they hung their heads low. Now the children were screaming even louder, Shelagh and Chummy sat down on the settee to nurse covering with the blankets and the had grabbed the men sitting across from them. Both men looking at one another and laughing. "What?" The girls said in unison. "That!" Patrick said, you are too alike!" Patrick said. "We found you asleep together on the couch with a hand on each others belly, your Nursing together and you are both pregnant!" Peter interrupted. "Fantastic!" The girls said in unison, looking at each other and laughing. "Finally done are we, wee one?" Shelagh said, raising her daughter to her shoulder for a burping. "So are we, eh?" Chummy said doing the same. "Why don't you go get Timothy and stay for dinner?" Chummy said talking to Patrick. "Yes, Ma'am." He said, Knowing he had no choice. "Shelagh, will you help with dinner?" She asked. "Shelagh nodded, they stood up and put the babies in the playpen and headed off to the kitchen. By the time Patrick was back dinner was ready and Peter had set out the extra chairs. They enjoyed their dinner and the Turners were getting ready to head home. Chummy was saying goodbye to Shelagh as Peter did the same with Patrick, Timothy stepped in front of his mum and put his hands on Chummys Swollen belly and laid his head down. "Be good and take care of my auntie!" Shelagh and Chummy's eyes welled up with tears, She ran her fingers through his hair and gave him a kiss. "I will do the same too." She said as they four Turners walked out.
"What a bally long day!" Chummy said, getting into bed.
"Yes, it has been hasn't it." Peter said, pulling her close to him, resting an arm around her.
"Goodnight darling." She said closing her eyes and taking in his warm loving embrace.
"I love you." He whispered to her kissing her neck.
"I love you too." She said moments before falling asleep.