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After Zoey left the practice the rest of the day passed quickly. She went out to dinner with her mom, Naomi and Sam then went home, going to bed early. She lay in bed for a few hours, trying to decide what to do about Nick. He had always been a jerk to her and she didn't think that he would be able to take care of a child. She finally fell into a restless sleep and woke up early the next morning. She got up and showered and got dressed for the day, before heading downstairs to get breakfast. Addison was a little surprised when she came downstairs to see her daughter with a plate full of food in front of her.
"You're eating? I thought the baby didn't like breakfast."
"Yeah well apparently the baby has decided that it's starving and now I'm starving."
"That happens when you're pregnant. What are your plans for the day?"
"I'm just gonna hang out here today,"
"Alright, well, have a good day. I'm late, so I have to go." Addison quickly walked out the door leaving Zoey alone. Zoey just lounged around the house waiting for someone to arrive. Finally about quarter until nine the doorbell rang. When she answered the door she saw Violet.
"Hey. Did you decide what you're going to tell him?"
"Yepp." Before she could say anything else Nick walked up behind Violet.
"Who's this?" he asked, motioning to Violet.
"This is Violet. She works with my mom."
"What is she doing here? I thought we were going to talk?"
"We are. Violet's a shrink. Let's go inside." She led them to the living room and offered a drink to the two of them. They both declined and Zoey sat down. They sat in an uncomfortable silence for a few moments before Violet spoke up,
"Zoey, you said that you made a decision?"
"Right," Zoey took a deep breath, "Nick, I don't really want you to have and custody of the baby. You can still see it, but only when I am there, or someone that I trust." She paused, waiting for the information to sink in.
"Why?" was all he asked.
"Because I don't trust you Nick?" Zoey paused and waited for the explosion that she knew was about to happen.
"You don't trust me? You don't trust me! Why the hell not Zoey? What have I done that you can't trust me?"
"Everything! You're a jerk to me Nick! You're controlling and rude. I don't want you around my child! And you can't make me change my mind."
"You can't do this Zoey!"
"Ok, I think it's time I stepped in here," Violet said.
"Mind your own business," Nick snapped at her
"Don't talk to her like that! I asked her to be here."
"You know what, whatever. Don't let me see MY kid. But don't ask anything of me either. I don't want to see you or that child ever again." He turned and walked out of the living room and out of the house, slamming the door behind him. Zoey and Violet sat in a shocked silence.
"Well I guess I got what I wanted right?" Zoey said.
"You ok?" Violet asked. Zoey thought about it for a minute,
"Yeah, I am. I mean, this is what I wanted. My baby will be better off if they don't have to go through everything Nick would put us through. Deep down I know that he wouldn't be a good father. This will be fine. Right?"
"Yes. You are strong and capable of raising this baby. You can do it. And everyone will help you. You will make a great mom." Zoey nodded,
"I know. I also know that I ate like two hours ago and I'm starving again! Want something to eat?"
"I can't. I have to get back to work."
"Alright. Thanks for coming over." Violet left and Zoey made her way back into the kitchen. During the early months of her pregnancy Zoey had barely been able to eat anything without throwing it up five minutes later. Now though she was hungry all the time and rarely threw up anymore. She made herself a sandwich and went to sit on the deck outside. She had finished her sandwich and was reading another pregnancy book when she felt a sharp pain in her stomach. She winced and put a hand on her belly.
"You gotta calm down in there kid," She said quietly to her stomach while the baby kicked inside, "Are you training to be a soccer player or something? Or maybe you will do karate. Or ballet? I can't wait to meet you baby." She continued to talk to her stomach for a few minutes before going back to reading her book.
Addison had left work early, wanting to spend some time with Zoey before she had the baby, knowing that they wouldn't be getting much sleep after. Addison walked out to the back deck, only to find that Zoey had fallen asleep on one of the chairs. She shook her awake softly,
"How long have you been out here Zo?"
"What time is it?"
"A little after two."
"Ugh, a couple hours. Let's go inside." Zoey and Addison made their way inside. They were sitting in the kitchen, Zoey was hungry again.
"So, I talked to Violet today. She told me what happened." Zoey didn't answer, just waited for Addison to continue. "I'm very proud of you, for the way that you've handled all of this. Especially at the beginning. You're going to make a great mom."
"Aw, thanks momma," Zoey leaned over and gave her a hug.
"By the way, the kid isn't allowed to call me grandma."
"What?" Zoey said, laughing at Addison.
"I'm way too young to be called grandma. We can come up with something else for me to be called, because I will not be called grandma."
"Ok, mom, whatever you say." Zoey laughed at her some more as she finished her sandwich.
"Let's go baby shopping," Addison suggested
"Why? Between you and Amelia I own every baby item in twenty miles."
"Well then we will go further. Get in the car, we're going shopping." Zoey rolled her eyes, but followed Addison out to the car anyway. As much as she complained about everyone buying her things for the baby she was truly grateful for all of it. She had multiple outfits for a boy or a girl, newborn to toddler size. There were outfits for different holidays and all seasons. They had bought so many pairs of shoes that the baby was going to have more than Zoey herself soon. And still, they were going to buy even more stuff. They made their way through the city and found a little boutique that they had not been in yet. Two hours and many dollars later they were home again. They carried all of the stuff inside, up to the nursery.
"I really hope we can find out the sex of the baby tomorrow. We have to get the nursery put together soon."
"I have a good feeling about it." They ordered dinner and watched a movie on TV before heading to bed.
The two left for the practice early the next morning, "Ok, so I have a couple patients to see this morning. But you can hang out in my office, or go see Amelia or whatever until we do the ultrasound."
"Alright, I'll see you later." She made her way to Amelia's office and walked in without knocking. Amelia was on the phone when she walked in so she sat on the couch and waited for her to finish. "Who were you talking to?" she asked when Amelia hung up.
"Your dad," Zoey glared at the phone, Derek was still being rather ridiculous about everything and Zoey wasn't happy with him.
"What did he want?"
"I needed him to do a consult for me and I sent him some files. I wanted to make sure he got them."
"Oh, ok."
"So what's up Zo?"
"Just waiting for mom. We did more baby shopping last night."
"Oh! That reminds me!" Amelia pulled a shopping bag out from behind her desk, causing Zoey to roll her eyes.
"You bought me more stuff?"
"I couldn't help it. I thought it was so cute!" Zoey pulled out a light pink sun dress that had little white flowers all over it and matching shoes.
"It's beautiful Amy. Thank you. I love it." She gave Amelia a hug, "What are we going to do with all the stuff that doesn't match the baby? Like if it's a boy what do we do with the girl stuff and it's a girl what do we do with all the boy stuff?" Amelia shrugged,
"We can return it. Or if we can't return it we will give it to someone who has a baby or something."
"That works"
"I still think you're having a girl."
"Well hopefully we will find out soon. Mom said she would be done by lunch. Speaking of which, I'm starving again. Let's go get a second breakfast." Amelia laughed and followed Zoey out the door. They ate at a small restaurant down the street. When they got back Addison met them in the lobby,
"You ready?" Zoey nodded and looked at Amelia,
"You coming?" Amelia followed them into the exam room. After a few seconds the baby's heartbeat filled the room, causing all three women to smile. Addison moved the wand around again before holding it in one spot,
"Alright, let's see," Addison looked at the screen, "it's a…" she paused,
"MOM!"
"It's a girl!"
"What? Really?"
"Yepp." They were all smiling widely.
"I'm gonna have a niece! Again," she added as an afterthought. Zoey looked at her stomach.
"Hello sweet baby girl," they all stared at her stomach smiling. "Guess we're painting the nursery pink."
"We will go paint shopping in a little while. Let me just finish up a few things." Zoey nodded and quickly jumped off the table and went into the kitchen where everyone else who worked at the practice was.
"It's a girl!" she said loudly, interrupting the conversation going on. Everyone looked at her then quickly began talking about the news at once. Everyone hugged her and finally Naomi asked,
"Do you have a name for her?" Zoey thought about it,
"No. But I will know when I see her," she said certainly. She left with Addison not long after and they went to the store to buy paint. After about twenty minutes of staring at paint swatches they finally chose lavender and white. Zoey thought that lavender would be a more peaceful color for the baby.
"Now I don't want you doing any of the painting. It's not good for the baby if you inhale paint fumes. We can get Sam and Pete to do it ok?" Addison said on her way home, not wanting any harm to come to her future grandchild.
"That's fine. I don't really like painting anyway."
"How would you know? You've never painted anything."
"I just know that I wouldn't like it. Do I really seem like the painting type to you?"
"No you definitely do not," Addison said laughing. "What are your plans for tomorrow?"
"I was gonna look for a crib. Now that we know she's a girl and we have a color picked for the nursery."
"Oh, more shopping?"
"Just online shopping mom. Don't get too excited."
"Ok, but I am buying the crib, so I will leave my credit card on the kitchen counter for you." Zoey looked at Addison.
"Momma?" Addison smiled,
"Yeah Zo?"
"Thanks."
"What for?" Addison asked, wondering why her daughter had suddenly gotten quieter.
"For everything. You've done so much for me. You've paid for basically everything and taken care of everything. I haven't had to do anything for this baby, other than let it grow in my stomach for nine months,"
"You're my daughter; I'm supposed to take care of you. And I'm supposed to spoil my granddaughter. "I know. But I'm really lucky to have you. I love you."
"I love you too baby." Addison said, wrapping her arms around Zoey and holding her tight.
Yay another chapter! So I totally went to shut my laptop down last night and ended up writing most of this chapter instead. So what did you think of my one o'clock ramblings? I think I did pretty damn good, but it's always nice to hear other people tell me that too. So review please and tell me what you think! Any suggestions on names for the baby? I have an idea, but I would love to hear yours too.
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