This chapter takes place six months later. Enjoy.
"Mommy! He won't stop crying!" Delenae complains covering her ears. I have just walked through the door with bag of groceries in my hands. Beck has Omri in his arms trying to comfort him and give him a bottle but it's not working for him.
"Beck put these away for me, give him here" I say putting the bags down. He hands me the baby and takes the bags into the kitchen. I pat the babies back and pace back and forth. "Shh baby, shh" I say.
I hold him up and sniff him. He needs his diaper changed. That's makes more sense, beck wasn't always around Delenae when she first started wearing diapers, he must not have noticed. Plus I was the one who had to teach him how to change her diapers.
I take him upstairs and change him in our room. When I'm done he stops and I gently tickle him. He laughs and starts flailing his arms and legs. "My baby boy" I say and pick him up. I carry him in my arm and get his pacifier from out of the rocking chair. I hold it to him mouth and he accepts it. I take him with me downstairs and head into the kitchen.
Beck is putting the groceries away; "where's Delenae" I ask. Beck looks around, "I don't know, she was just here" he says stopping for a minute. We hear plastic crumpling and I find Delenae in the cabinet under the sink sneaking cookies. I take the cookie box from her and take her out. "Delenae you now the rules, if you have snacks now, you can't have them after dinner" I say strictly. "Sorry mommy" she says. "Did daddy say no already" I ask. "He said later" she replies. "Delenae later means not now. Why would you sneak them? No dessert tonight, go sit on the couch" I order and she exits the room.
I'm sorry baby" beck says sincerely and kisses my cheek. "It's fine. Turns out Omri just needed to be changed" I say. Beck sighs, "I could've done that for you baby. I hadn't noticed", "I know, I know I almost missed it too. But I understand you're a new father, it's not the easiest thing.", "no I'm not a new father, I've been one for four years. I'm not new. I'm clueless" he says. I shake my head. "But you! You're everything a mother should be…and better". He holds onto my waist and kisses me, then kisses the babies head. "Thank you" I say and kiss him again, longer this time.
"Here, let me finish the groceries" he says and gently ruffles Omri's soft brown hair. I head out and join Delenae on the couch. She's a thumb sucker, but only when she's upset. "Delenae if you'd listened to daddy you would have dessert tonight. Don't do that again do you understand" I ask. She looks at me and nods.
She takes her thumb out of her mouth and says, "Mommy can bree come over tomorrow" she asks me. I nod, "yes, but we need to talk to her mommy and daddy first", "yay" she says and claps. This makes Omri smile. Delenae comes over and says, "How old is he" she asks putting her finger in his hand. "He's 6 months old" I reply. "He's getting bigger" she says. "He is" I say and tuck my hair behind my ears.
Delenae looks up at me and her smile goes away, "mommy what's this line" she asks. I put my hand on my scar. "Oh, I'll tell you when you're older". I usually hide it with my hair; I hadn't noticed that I just revealed it. It's not really noticeable unless you're close to me. I've gotten used to seeing it when I was young so it never bothers me. But it's always awkward when someone points it out.
Hours later after Delenae is tucked in and Omri is asleep in his crib beck and I get into bed. "Delenae asked if her friend could come over tomorrow. I think we should both head over to her school so she can point out 'bree' and we can ask the parents" I say. Beck nods, "yeah. I think Delenae pointed bree out before She has red hair, so when we get there we'll know who we're looking for." He says.
I wrap my arms around him and lean on his shoulder, "okay" I say and drift off.
The next day I put Omri in a stroller, beck carries Delenae in his arms and we head to her preschool. When we get there Delenae points at a little red head girl, "bree. That's her" she says. Beck puts her down and she runs over to her friend with us behind her. "Bree" she says and the little girl turns around, as well as her mother.
"Becky!" the woman says and throws her arms around my husband. "Whoa, kea!" he says hugging her back. "I'm sorry who" I ask. "I didn't know you were back, I haven't seen you in so long!" she says. "Beck?!" I ask. He looks at me, "oh, sorry, kea, this is Celine, Celine this is kea". "Hi" she says with a clearly fake smile. "Yeah, hi. Uh, how do you two know each other?" I ask.
"I'm his ex girlfriend" she says clinging to his arm. I'm taken aback, "what!?" I look at beck, "what!?" I was the ONLY girl he's ever been with! Does this mean he cheated!?
I'm at a loss for word. "Kea, do you mind if bree comes over to play with Delenae" he asks. "Of course, where'd she come from she's adorable" she asks. What is she dumb! "She came from me" I announce. She doesn't even look my way. "Uh, beck can you watch Omri for me" I ask. "Of course" he says and takes the stroller. "Aww he looks just like you" kea says.
I take Delenae's hand and lead her into the school. I crouch before her, "I'll come pick you up after school okay" I say. She nods. "I love you", "I love you too" she says and hugs me. She walks into her classroom. I get up and walk out of the building. Beck and kea are still chatting. I walk up to them and grab the stroller from beck, "c'mon beck" I say pulling on is arm.
"I'm coming. It was nice seeing you!" he calls to kea.
We get to the house after five minutes of silence. The door is shut behind me and I snap, "What was that!" I ask un-strapping the baby. "What" he asks. "Becky? She's your ex, when did all of this happen". "Years ago, but it doesn't matter I'm not even into her", "oh yeah, you seemed pretty into her while she was practically glued to your arm" I carry my baby in my arms and head for the kitchen, "and when did you have a girlfriend" I ask. "Celine it's not important. It's not something I want to talk about" he answers. "Yea I bet it's not" I say opening the refrigerator and taking out a bottle. "Babe, kea and I are done, okay" he says. I put the bottle into the microwave. "Oh yeah, cause you two weren't drooling over each other." I say. I turn to him and put my hand on my hips.
"When did you go out with her" I demand. "About four years ago" he confesses. "So I was about seventeen. That was around when Delenae was born. You cheated on me!?". "No! I didn't" he says walking over to me. The microwave beeps and I turn to take the bottle out. Infuriated I splash some of the milk on him, "is it hots enough" I ask, he nods. I feed the baby milk and exit the room. "So you didn't cheat" I ask stopping in my tracks and turning to him. "No! We broke up remember" he says. My mouth drops open, "you went out with another girl after we broke up!", "yeah" he replies. "Why!? You were the one who said we had to wait for each other, then you go kissing another girl", I am so upset. I storm out of the room and head upstairs. I lay the baby down in his crib.
"Why are you so upset about it, it's not like I slept with her" he says. I whip around and he freezes. His eyes grow wide and he bites his lip. My mouth drops open slowly, "did you!?" I ask. He doesn't answer me. He opens his mouth to say something but he can't say anything.
I shake my head in disbelief. "Celine" he says softly. I turn around and pick the baby back up. I head into our closet and grab my suitcase. We all have pre-packed bags incase of an emergency. "Celine" he begs. I don't even answer him. I head downstairs and out the door. Beck calls for me and follows me. I head to the car and put my bag in it then begin to strap up the baby. "Babe c'mon, don't leave", he pleads and takes my arm. I pull away. "Let go" I say. "No baby please don't leave" he begs pulling me into a hug. I try as hard as I can to pull away. I don't want to even look at him. I hang my head to hide my tears. "baby please" presses me to the car and tries to kiss me.
I shove him away, "get off of me!" I shout. "You can go ahead and be with kea now!" I say getting into the front seat and driving away. I go to the preschool, take the baby out, and go to Delenae's class. I knock and the teacher lets me in. "hi, sorry to interrupt but I'm going to need to take Delenae out early" I say signaling for her to come. She gets up and the teacher gives her, her things and she runs to me. "Hi mommy" she says. I take her hand and we go back to the car, "we're going to go visit grandma and grandpa" I say and take her with me to the car. "Mommy isn't daddy coming with us" Delenae asks. "Nope, I'm mad at daddy" I say. I strap my children in and we drive down to the train station. I have them board the train with me to my home district, 12.
I'm not ready to be around beck. I cannot believe he had sex with another girl! He said he wanted to wait for me, then he goes and sleeps with a girl he doesn't even know. What is the matter with him. I remember dad told me he doesn't think beck is the best guy for me.
I'm starting to think I know what he's talking about.
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