PIPER'S POV:
"You okay?" Tyler asked as I sat at the breakfast bar in front of my laptop, his hand running soothingly over my back
I nodded my head… "Still trying to process it all."
"Why don't we go for a walk?" he suggested
"Paige and Mark will be back with Eden soon." I informed him "And because she didn't have a great night's sleep last night, I want to get her bathed and straight to bed, so maybe later, yeah?"
He nodded his head as I turned to him, pressing his lips to mine softly… "I'm gonna go for a run then."
"Okay." I replied, smiling at him warmly
TYLER'S POV:
I made my way into Harold's to grab a bottle of water, seeing Terese stood at the counter waiting to pay…
"I'll get this." I informed the waitress
"You don't have to do that." she replied
"I want to." I admitted as I pulled out my wallet "Can we chat?"
"Is everything okay?" she inquired, raising an eyebrow at me
I nodded my head as the waitress handed me my change… "Shall we sit?"
"What's going on, Tyler?" she questioned
"I'm worried about Piper." I informed her
"Why?" she asked
"We found out at our scan today she's further along in her pregnancy than we thought," I admitted "and she's having a hard time coming to terms with it, I think."
"Even though the risk is less?" she inquired
I nodded my head… "I get it, she's scared because of what happened last time, but I don't know what to do to help her because I thought we'd worked through it. I guess I was wrong."
"You're not wrong," she replied "but it's completely natural for Piper to feel the way she feels. Put yourself in her shoes; during her last pregnancy, her body rejected the baby she was going to have with you, and now she's pregnant again, she's scared that it'll happen again."
"So what do I do?" I questioned
"Just be there for her," she informed me "that's all you can do. I know my daughter and I know she'll be okay."
I smiled at her warmly… "Thanks, Terese."
PIPER'S POV:
I turned in my seat as the front door opened and Paige and Mark made their way in, Paige pushing Eden's pushchair as Mark held the door open for her…
"Hey," I greeted them "did you all have a good afternoon?"
"The best." Paige replied "Which means a certain little one is exhausted."
"So I can see." I informed her as I lifted a sleepy Eden from her pushchair "I was hoping Tyler would be back from his run by now but he's not, so could you help me put her to bed?"
"Sure. Piper, is everything okay?" she questioned as I began to walk through to the bedrooms
I nodded my head… "I'm fine."
"Okay," she replied "I'll be through in a minute."
TYLER'S POV:
"Do you think she's okay?" I heard Mark ask as I made my way into the house
"I don't know." Paige admitted
"Do you think who's okay?" I questioned
"Piper." Paige informed me as she turned to me "What's going on with her?"
"Has something happened?" I asked
She shook her head… "Apart from the fact that she asked me to help her put Eden to bed and was a bit quiet, no. But I know my sister, and I know when something's wrong…"
"We're further along than we thought;" I informed them "she's almost 4 months."
"Isn't that good news?" she inquired "There's less of a risk for miscarriage now, right?"
I nodded my head… "But I spoke to Terese."
"You spoke to my Mum about me?" Piper questioned, cutting me off mid-sentence
"Hey." I greeted her
"You spoke to my Mum?" she asked, raising an eyebrow at me
I nodded my head… "I was worried about you."
"Well why not talk to me instead of going on your stupid run then?" she inquired
"Piper, I…" I began
"Eden's in her playpen in our room," she informed me "I'm going out. I'll see you later."
"Piper…" I proclaimed as she made her way out of the front door "Piper!"
Uh-oh…
