Charlie's POV
Bella is in surgery and Jillian is already under so she'll be ready as soon as they take Bella's kidney. I cannot believe Josh agreed to this but I get his reasoning. You can't really tell someone they can't save someone else's life.
He could have told her no. For as stubborn and spoiled as she is he can tell her no and she listens. He doesn't do it often though or I would kill him. She is still my little girl. But this time he wouldn't tell her no even though I tried to talk him into her right after I tried to talk her out of it.
It's not that I want Renee's little girl to die but Bella is going to have a hard time recovering from having a baby and then giving a kidney. She's not the lay around and rest type so Josh is going to pretty much force her into it and she is not going to like that.
"Josh?" Renee comes into the room we are using to wait in, it's an empty patient room she arranged so Jason isn't running around the main waiting room and he can keep Brooke away from people without having to leave her in the nursery.
He looks at her and she tells him that she's out of surgery and he can see her as soon as she wakes up, everything went fine and there shouldn't be any complications. He tells her thank you and she asks me to come out with her for a minute.
"What is it Renee?" I ask her slightly annoyed.
"I just wanted to tell you how sorry I am for walking out on you and Bella so long ago. I thought it was the only choice but it wasn't. I could have just left you and not her. I could have refused to quit school. I could have been stronger. But you raised an amazing daughter. So thank you for that. I want to try to be a part of her life." She tells me.
"Are you asking me? Because if the decision was mine I would tell you hell no but it is not my decision. It is Bella's. She's an amazing person, she'll forgive you. He won't like it but he won't stop her. And she'll be much more reluctant to let you in Jason and Brooke's life. You'll have to prove yourself to her first." I tell her.
"You're really OK with them being together?" She asks.
"Not that it is any of your business but yes I am. You've seen them together, they love each other. It took some getting used to; I mean we were friends in high school. I remember him and Alison and Alison practically raised Bella. He's good to her and he's good to the kids." I tell her.
"He was a jerk with Alison." She says and I just say yes.
"So where is Alison now?" She asks.
"Again not any of your business but she told Bella she had to pick between her and Josh and then she pretended to be over it and tried to turn Bella against him." I tell her.
"No wonder she has abandonment issues. Me and then Alison. I really am so sorry." She says. I actually never thought about Alison contributing to her abandonment issues.
"I think she's mostly past all that. He's helped her a lot but if you're going to be a part of her life you better be sure you plan to stay a part of her life." I tell her.
"Don't you worry about him walking out on her since he did it before?" She asks.
"No, I don't. I'm going back in there now; please let us know as soon as he can see her."
"Can you handle both of the babies while he's with her? I can help." She asks.
"I can handle it and I wouldn't let you near either of them without Bella saying it's OK." I tell her and she says oh right and then walks off.
"What did she want?" Josh asks as he hands me Brooke because Jason is trying to climb onto the bed.
"To tell me she wants to be a part of Bella's life and then she asks if I'm really OK with you two and then she offered to help me with them while you're with Bella."
"And you told her?" He asks as he grabs Jason from trying to run out the door.
"That I have no say in whether she's in her life, I approve of the two of you and I don't need her help." I tell him.
"Glad to know you approve." He laughs. "You could probably use her help though."
"It wouldn't have mattered if I hadn't approved and I would prefer Bella to still speak to me."
"Your support made things easier. And you're probably right; she should be the one to decide if Renee can be around them. I kind of hope she refuses to let Renee in our life. I don't really trust her. But I have a feeling Bella will give her a second chance." He tells me.
"She'll probably feel like she has too because of you." I point out.
"Damn I didn't even think about that."
"Don't worry about it. Just get her through this week and getting home. You know how hard it is going to be to keep her still and resting for 3-4 weeks especially with Jason?" I ask him.
"I'm not going back to the studio until she's fully recovered. Even then I think I may keep the guy I hired for this month on and just run the business side. I missed so much with Sam I want to be as involved with Jason and Brooke as I can be. So then I'll be able to chase Jason around and she can sit around and hold Brooke. Hopefully she'll be good with that. I need to get Jason something to eat before Bella wakes up. Can you stay here with Brooke? I'll take him with me and then bring him back in here to eat."
"You can leave him too; you'll be quicker without him." I lay Brooke on the bed and pick Jason up and as soon as Josh walks out of the room he starts screaming. Love you too kid.
"Jason, you have to be quiet or you'll make Brooke upset. You don't want your baby sister to be upset do you?" He keeps screaming. He is only 11 months old so I can't really blame him.
Soon Brooke is screaming too and so I put Jason down and pick her up, then he starts screaming up!up! This is just so much fun I think as I pick him up and balance them both.
The door opens and Renee walks in, looks at me, laughs and says you sure you can handle them both?
"They won't stop screaming." I tell her like it isn't obvious.
"Well from what I can tell Jason is spoiled rotten and Brooke is a day old. Does he take a pacifier?" She asks and I tell her I don't know. Sue or Bella always deals with him when he's like this, I just play with him. She goes through his bag and puts one in his mouth. He stops screaming and now he's just sniffling and he lays his head down on me. "Brooke is probably hungry; do you know where he put her bottles?" I tell her no but he should be back soon.
"Is she awake?"
"Oh no, I just wanted to tell him that Jillian's surgery is going well and should be over soon in case Bella asks. She should be awake soon though. Where did he go?"
"To get Jason some lunch."
"Oh well then can you please tell him about Jillian? I'll be back soon to get him for Bella." I tell her fine and thanks for the pacifier thing.
"She doesn't seem so bad does she Jason? I don't know. She screwed your mommy up pretty bad, your daddy is lucky she has Sam and Jake to talk her into things like being with him."
He's staring at the door probably waiting for Josh to come back.
"He's coming back soon; he just went to get you some lunch. I wonder if you're going to be picky like your mom. Hopefully not, I'm surprised she survived on what she grew up on. She was kind of a spoiled kid. She's still pretty spoiled. Your daddy loves her very much and they both love you and Brooke. Can I put you down? I really don't want to drop your sister." He shakes his head no.
Josh comes back a few minutes later with some gross looking chicken stuff and some jello.
"Sorry buddy this is all they had." Jason looks at it and shakes his head no. "Just a bite?" More head shaking. "You want a bag of cookies?" Jason shakes his head yes.
Josh gives him a snack size pack of Oreos and tells him not to tell mommy.
"Mama, mama, mama." He babbles.
"She's sleeping buddy, she should wake up soon and then you're going to stay with Grandpa again. And then I'll come get you and we can go see her together." He tells him.
Then he makes Brooke a bottle and takes her from me to feed her.
Renee comes back in and tells us she's awake.
"Did you seriously give him cookies for lunch?" She asks him.
"The food here is crap, at least he's eating. OK, Jason I'm going to see mommy now. Be a good boy." Jason shakes his head no.
At least he's honest about his intentions.