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Author's Note: Chapter 2 in only so many hours. Thank yous go out to Suspect Tomatoes, ShannonxMoore'sxLoverx, RKO'sgirl92, BournePriceless54, Bianca Dollface, and I luv drama and jeff hardy for their reviews! I really appreciated them and keep them coming. So I'm not sure about this chapter. I do like the flashback though.....and maybe they'll be more throughout the story. Who knows. The whole 'Adam-asking-Jaelyn-out' thing was the only thing I could think of to get Adam in the story. More Adam in the next chapter I think.....
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Flashback to 1 year ago
She sat there on the couch holding her sleeping eight month old daughter. She had tears running down her face as she stood up and she placed the sleeping Raegan into the car seat. She carefully buckled her in and then grabbed the pink fleece blanket and tucked it around her daughter. She sniffled softly and wiped her cheeks, trying to wipe away any evidence of the tears that kept spilling down her face.
"We're going to be okay baby," she sniffled as she got up to go get the bags she had packed and the boxes she had filled with her and Raegan's things; she had decided that she couldn't keep living with a man who refused to treat her right.
Jaelyn began to carry the boxes down the stairs, sometimes one at a time and sometimes two at a time, depending on how much they weighed. She had took them into the garage and loaded them into her silver Hummer 3 that Randy had gotten her for her twentieth birthday. It was almost too hard to do this but she couldn't spend another night, another day living a lie with a man who said he loved her but did nothing to prove it.
She continued to load the boxes and after all ten boxes were loaded, she started loading the suitcases that were filled with Raegan's clothes and her own clothes. There were about four suitcases that were jam packed with clothes and then about four more that were filled with Raegan's diapers, blankets, bath stuff, and anything else that Jaelyn could shove in there. The very last suitcase had a ton of pictures that were of her and Randy, her and Raegan, just Raegan, just Randy and Raegan, and then the three of them together. They had gone picture crazy when Raegan was born, when things were good, happy. The suitcase was loaded down with a bunch of frames as well and was probably the heaviest one but she lugged it out to the garage without complaining and loaded it up. She shut the back of the Hummer 3.
She looked at the garage and let a tear slide down her face as she remembered when she had told Randy she was pregnant with Raegan. He had been in the garage getting ready to wash his Mercedes Benz and her Hummer 3. She had been nervous to tell him about the baby. She didn't want him to react badly because they had only been married a year and he had just gotten promoted at the Law firm he worked at. He had been happy when she had finally told him about the pregnancy and they had celebrated right there in the garage.
Now she looked at the garage and the pain she felt in her heart grew at the memory of telling Randy about the pregnancy. She herself took a deep breath before she walked back into the house and she took a last look around the nice kitchen and then advanced towards the living room to get Raegan, her purse, and the diaper bag and leave but stopped when she head Randy's car pull into the garage. She hadn't prepared for a face to face conversation but one that would be dealt with over the phone. She took a deep shaky breath as she prepared to face him with the news. She leaned against the island and waited for him to walk into the kitchen. She waited to smell the woman's cheap perfume the minute he walked in.
"Babe? Why's your Hummer running?" he asked when he walked into the kitchen after hanging his jacket up. He looked around and found her leaning against the island's counter and he instantly noticed her tear stained face. "Jae something wrong?"
"I'm leaving," she mumbled as she tried to hold back more tears. She hadn't wanted to break down in front of him when she was telling him that she was leaving him and getting a divorce. "I want a divorce."
"What? Why?" he asked suddenly in a panic. He had no clue that she even had any idea of the multiple affairs he'd been having with two or three other women. He had thought that he had covered his tracks very well.
"Do you think I can't smell the perfume that you smell like when you come home at night, Randy? Do you think I don't know where you are when I call you at the office and Maryse tells me that you're busy with a client? Randy, I'm not stupid!" she said loudly as a few tears spilled down her cheeks as she looked at her husband.
"Jae…" he started but didn't know what to say as he saw the pained look on her face as she tried not to break down in tears.
"I'm taking Raegan and moving into my own apartment. I will have my lawyer call your lawyer," she informed him as more tears began to spill down her face.
"You can't take Raegan, Jae! She's my daughter!" he protested loudly, slamming his fist down on the countertop of the island.
A small sob escaped Jaelyn's throat as she looked at Randy. She didn't want to take his daughter away from him but she knew that he couldn't handle a baby with a job like his. She knew he loved Raegan but with his busy schedule, he couldn't be the best father in the world.
"You can't take care of her, Randy; not with your job," she said as more tears began to fall down her face. As angry as she was with him, she was just as sad, if not more.
"I can take care of my own daughter, Jaelyn," he said loudly, now angered by the fact that Jaelyn was going to take his daughter away from him.
"You couldn't even be a good husband, Randy! What makes you think you could be a good father without me here to give her the attention she needs? Do you even know that she can crawl or that apples and cherries is her favorite baby food? Did you also know that she prefers to sleep in her own crib rather then in the bed beside me and that she adores the sound of your voice?" she said loudly at him as the tears continued to flow. "But even though she adores the sound of your voice, Randy, she is a mommy's girl because you aren't around enough."
Randy gave up because he didn't know how to respond to that. Jaelyn saw the defeated look on his face and she turned around and walked into the living room. She picked up the car seat and balanced it on her left arm and grabbed the pink diaper bag with the other one. She walked into the kitchen and Randy stopped her.
"Please let me be apart of her life, Jae; I do love her," Randy pleaded with her, his eyes full of sorrow.
"Fine but call me first," she told him before walking out of the kitchen.
End of flashback
Jaelyn tried to wipe away the tears from her eyes as she walked back into the building before Trish saw them but it didn't work. Trish pulled her into the kitchen and looked at her.
"JB are you okay?" Trish asked as she saw the look on Jaelyn's face.
"I'm fine, I just want to get back to work. I'm sorry about him coming here," Jaelyn said with a small sniffle as she looked at Trish.
"Honey it's fine. Do you need the rest of the day off?" Trish asked as she felt concerned for Jaelyn.
"No. I just want to get back to work and I'm sure Mel and Ria are a little lost at what to tell Adam and Jeff. I really appreciate your concern but I'm fine; I'm used to Randy," Jaelyn said waving off the emotions she was feeling.
Trish nodded her head and let Jaelyn go back to the baby room, where Adam and Jeff still were. Jaelyn slipped into the room, shutting the door quietly behind her. Melina and Maria looked up and had a soft look on each of their faces. Jaelyn sported a smile on her face, hiding the emotions that had wanted to appear on her face.
"Do you guys have any questions that Ria or Mel didn't answer?" Jaelyn asked with a smile as she saw Adam holding his daughter, Coco.
"Not really, they explained the sheets and the cubby thing to us," Adam said as he smiled down at his two month old daughter. "I guess I do have one question. What if Coco needs medicine, what do I do?"
"You bring the medicine and explain to us when she needs it and how much then we write it down on the margins on her sheet," Jaelyn explained as she placed her hands on her hips. She could still feel Jeff's eyes on her and she looked at him. "Where's Rowan?"
"Oh, I let him crawl around; he gets bored easily," Jeff said as he pointed to Rowan, who was playing with Kolton.
"Another thing, if they eat cereal or baby food you should tell us what kind and how much they can have. Usually if they can have baby food, we mix the baby food with some sort of cereal," Jaelyn explained. "My daughter liked to have hers separate when she was around six or seven months old."
"You have a daughter?" Adam asked, interested.
"Yes I do. She turned eighteen months just two days ago and got bumped up to the toddler room and she's not adjusting very well to the change," Jaelyn smiled warmly.
Adam just smiled warmly at the news of hearing that. Ireland began to fuss as she just woke up from her nap. Jaelyn walked over to the crib where Ireland was and picked her up carefully. She smiled down at the three month old infant before walking over to the changing table after grabbing a diaper. She laid the baby down on the changing mat and began to change her, not aware that Adam and Jeff were both watching her every move. She cooed at Ireland as she changed her, soothing her cries in a matter of seconds.
"She has a talent with babies," Maria commented as she saw Jeff and Adam staring at Jaelyn in amazement that she had calmed the baby down easily. "It's like she has some sort or aura about her."
"Ria, do you even know what you're talking about?" Melina asked as she looked over at the red head with a confused look on her face. Maria just shrugged and went back to rocking another baby.
Jaelyn looked down at her feet as she felt somebody tug on the pant legs of her jeans. She smiled at Rowan as he looked up at her, with a grin. She could see that he had at least one tooth all ready in. She handed Ireland to Melina before looking at Jeff.
"Can I pick him up?" she asked him and when she received a nod from him, she bent over a little and scooped Rowan up into her arms. "Hey little dude."
Jeff and Adam both watched as Jaelyn interacted with Rowan and out of nowhere, Jeff's cell phone began to ring. He pulled it out of his pants pocket and checked the caller id before answering it. He was on the phone for a few minutes before hanging up and placing the phone back in his pocket. He walked towards Jaelyn and stretched his arms out towards Rowan, who in turn lunged towards Jeff. Jaelyn carefully handed the six month old infant back to his father.
"Sorry for the rush, but I have to go. My brother is having some sort of fight with his girlfriend and she's done something stupid," Jeff mumbled almost embarrassingly.
"It's okay. So he'll be here tomorrow, right?" Jaelyn asked as she leaned back against the changing table, watching Jeff as he strapped Rowan into his car seat.
"Yup," Jeff said as he heaved the car seat up and onto his arm. "He'll be here around nine in the morning, if that's not a problem."
"It's fine by me," Jaelyn smiled as she opened the door for Jeff, a warm smile on her face. "I'll see you tomorrow."
Jeff waved goodbye before he left and Jaelyn turned back around to face Adam who was strapping Coco into her car seat as well. Jaelyn watched him in interest before walking over to the marker board to change Ireland's time and to write what her last dirty diaper was.
"Jaelyn?" Adam asked softly as he stood back up.
"Yes?" Jaelyn said turning back around to face Adam.
"Can I talk to you in the back room?" Adam asked with a soft smile on his face.
"Sure," Jaelyn said with a sort of confused look on her face but she walked into the back room, in front of Adam and had him shut the door behind him. "Did you want something?"
"Yeah, I did," he grinned cheekily at her. "I've noticed how good you are with the babies and I was wondering if you could be Coco's mom."
Jaelyn's mouth dropped open in half shock and half confusion. She didn't know what to say to that as she stood in front of Adam, her mouth open.
"Kidding, kidding," Adam chuckled as he looked at her shocked face. "I was just wondering if you wanted to go out some night. You know as a way for me to get to know you better since you will be taking care of my Coco."
"You're asking me out…on a date?" she asked, with an eyebrow raised.
"It's not a date…just a casual get together," he retorted as he crossed his arms over his chest.
"I don't know, Adam. I barely know you," she said uneasily.
"That's why would we would go do something together to get to know each other. I would really prefer if I knew at least one of the girls in the baby room on a somewhat of a personal level and it would make me feel better when I leave Coco for the day," Adam said, a genuine look in his green eyes. "And you can bring your daughter and I'll bring Coco so it's not a date."
"I'll think about it," Jaelyn said as she looked at Adam.
"Good because you definitely want to know me; I'm awesome," Adam said with a smirk as they walked back into the other room. "Let me know tomorrow morning and I'll have something planned."
She nodded as she watched him pick up the car seat and walk out of the room. She was still confused to his motives as she watched him walk out of the daycare building. She didn't know why he didn't choose Maria or Melina to get to know on a personal level and why he had chosen her and she wasn't sure if she wanted to 'date' again.
