If you want to see where they're going to stay on their holiday, google 'Villa Alto Claro' and go on the villa plus website. I went on holiday there last summer and it was amazing :)
Saturday 6th July 2019, 2:50am
"Sam... Come on sweetheart, time to get moving." Tom said softly. He was already up and dressed because he was in charge of the whole holiday and he couldn't let a single thing go wrong. "I'm going to go and get Daniel ready alright?" Tom asked and Sam slowly opened her eyes to find that the small bedside lamp provided just enough light so that she could see around the room, but it didn't sting her sleepy eyes.
"Yeah. I'll be ready in a minute." Sam croaked so Tom pecked her on the forehead before he went through to his sons bedroom and turned on his bedside lamp too.
"Come on, I know you're already awake." Tom said as he tickled Daniel and he squirmed as he jumped out of bed. "You excited?" Tom asked as he got the little boy's clothes out of the wardrobe.
"Yeah because I get to spend the whole week with mummy and daddy." Daniel nodded. "Can I go wee wee?" He asked as he crossed his legs.
"Yeah sure, come on." Tom said and he followed Daniel through to his ensuite bathroom, but as they reached Sam and Tom's bedroom, they found Sam standing in just her bra and a pair of low waisted skinny jeans that fitted under her 18 week bump. Daniel froze and looked at it and Tom did so too momentarily before he blinked and was brought back to reality. "Come on Daniel, you shouldn't stare."
"No, it's fine. He's only curious." Sam stated as she went and knelt down in front of her son. "Do you understand where your baby brother or sister is now?" Sam asked.
"There." Daniel nodded as he reached out and placed his hand on Sam's bump. Sam was a little startled at the sudden movement, but she allowed it and Daniel's face suddenly lit up. "I can feel it! I can feel it!" Daniel proclaimed and Sam smiled as she too had felt the movement.
"See, they know you're their big brother."
"Come on, we don't want you having an accident do we?" Tom said as he steered Daniel into the bathroom. But he had to discretely wolfwhistle as he looked at Sam's cleavage first and Sam just rolled her eyes before she continued to get dressed.
"I'm impressed by the way, you picked out my comfiest jeans." Sam admitted.
"I aim to please." Tom called from the bathroom. And a minute later, Daniel zoomed out and went to his bedroom. "Do you want a flask of hot chocolate for the car and see if that'll send you off?" Tom suggested as he glanced out of the doorway and made sure that Daniel went into his own room and not near the staircase.
"Um, yeah that'd be nice thanks. You can go downstairs, I'll go and dress Daniel." Sam added and so Tom disappeared on the lower floor whilst Sam went into Daniel's room where his pyjama top was on the floor and his short sleeved blue checkered top had been put on inside out.
"I stuck." Daniel grinned.
"I can see that." Sam smirked. "Come on, let's get you dressed properly." Sam knelt down and helped Daniel to button up his shirt before she helped him to take his pyjama bottoms off and put some underwear and jeans on. "Are you going to sleep in the car?" Sam asked as she lifted him up and sat him on the bed so that she could pull some socks and trainers on his feet.
"No." Daniel replied firmly, but Sam knew he would. "I'm a big boy because I get my own seat on the plane."
"Mm. Babies have to share a seat with their mummy or daddy don't they?"
"Like him." Daniel said as he pointed to Sam's bump and she sighed as she knew it almost certainly wasn't a 'him', but she didn't want to tell Daniel yet, especially when Tom wasn't there so she just corrected him.
"We've spoke about this, it could be a girl or a boy."
"I know but daddy says it's nicer to chose one rather than call him it." Daniel stated.
"I suppose so, yeah. As long as you don't get your heart set on having a brother. Just in case." Sam said as she lifted him off of the bed.
"I know." Daniel nodded as he opened his mouth as wide as he could and yawned - it was far too early for most adults to be up, but for a 3 and 3/4 year old toddler, it was very early. In fact, Sam was surprised that he wasn't grumpy.
"Right. Let's get you downstairs." Sam said as she picked him up and balanced him on her hip because she didn't want him falling down the stairs which was more likely if he was tired. Sam walked into the kitchen with Daniel to find Tom just putting the lid on top of the handheld flask for Sam.
"Are we all ready to go?" Tom asked.
"Me and Daniel are. Aren't we?" Sam smiled.
"Mm." Daniel mumbled.
"Is the car open? I'd better go and get him comfortable so that he can get to sleep." Sam stated.
"Yeah, it's open." Tom nodded. "I've put a blanket and his border collie toy by his car seat as well." Tom added as he and Sam made their way out after turning the lights out. Tom locked the door whilst Sam opened the back door of the car, behind the passenger seat - where Tom had put his car seat so that if Sam fell asleep, he could calm his child - and then laid her son down.
"Night night Daniel." Sam whispered as she secured his strap so that he was safe, before she laid his blue blanket over the top of him and tucked the border collie toy - that Daniel called 'Mini Shadow' - next to him in his seat. The boot was filled with suitcases whilst next to Daniel were three bags which were presumably for hand luggage.
"I'm not tired." Daniel mumbled.
"It's alright, I'm going to go to sleep too in a minute. And then by the time you wake up, we'll be at the airport to go on our holiday." Sam whispered before she kissed him on the forehead.
"Sweet dreams Daniel." Tom said softly as he kissed him on the forehead too and within seconds he closed his eyes. "Right, let's get a move on." Tom said as he gently closed the door and then he got in his side whilst Sam got in the passenger seat.
"I don't like wearing a seatbelt when I'm pregnant. I just worry that if we do suddenly stop then it's going to hurt the baby."
"Well we're fine because it's 3am, the roads are pretty much empty and you won't be awake to worry." Tom stated as he reached behind him and pulled a blanket out. "Sweet dreams mummy." Tom said mockingly. Sam rolled her eyes as she clicked her seatbelt on and then laid the blanket over her. "By the way, we're not going straight to the airport. We're going to this park n' ride thing where we park our car up safely for the week, and then the company there will drive us in a coach or a bus to the airport." He explained as he started the engine and pulled off.
"Alright. Can you wake me up about five minutes before we get there please?"
"Sure."
"Hang on, I haven't seen Daniel's stroller in the car." Sam stated - he was only an infant and he couldn't walk all day like an adult could.
"We're not taking it. It's not the kind of holiday that we'll need it. Besides, if he gets tired today, I'll be alright carrying him. Don't panic. And we're not taking the car seat either, but I've rented a car in the country that we're going to, and they rent out children's car seats too. So it's fine. Now go to sleep." Tom ordered playfully. He began the journey whilst Sam spent five minutes or so drinking the hot chocolate that he had made her in the flask. Then, with the warm feeling in her belly, she went to sleep with her head resting on the window and her hands around her bump under the blanket.
4:45am
"Sam... We're nearly there now." Tom said softly as he gave her hand a small squeeze before he put his hand back on the gearstick as she began to stir.
"Mm. What time is it?" Sam asked sleepily as she rolled her neck and then stretched her arms and legs out.
"Quarter to five. You two slept the whole way." Tom smiled and Sam turned around and looked behind her where her son was cuddling the border collie toy and he was fast asleep in his car seat.
"Can you tell me where we're going yet?" Sam asked.
"If you're sure you want to know." Tom nodded.
"Yep. C'mon, spill."
"We're going to Villa Alto Claro, which is in... Spain." Tom stated.
"Nice." Sam smiled.
"I want to chose somewhere hot, but I didn't want to go too far because I can only imagine what Daniel can be like on a plane." Tom smirked.
"How long is the flight?"
"About two and a half hours. But Daniel's hand luggage is packed full of things to keep him occupied. And the best thing is, you know you gave me a £5,000 budget? Well depending on how much spending money we're gonna use, it's only going to cost around £3,000." Tom stated.
"Wow, I can trust you with money after all." Sam said sarcastically. And Sam curiously looked around as they pulled into a car park and Tom parked up in the new arrivals section.
"Right, you stay there, and I'll go and check in. Don't bother waking Daniel up, I'll try and let him sleep on the bus on the way to the airport." Tom said as he grabbed his black rucksack which had all the travel documents in it, and he left the car. Sam decided to get out of the car to stretch her legs and as she did so, an orange bus pulled up near the building that Tom had just gone in to.
"Do you like the sound of Spain?" Sam asked as she smoothed her hands over her bump through her hoodie. "I'll take that as a yes." Sam smiled as she felt her daughter's strongest kick yet against her abdomen.
She waited a few more minutes in the dimly lit car park until Tom returned and he put his rucksack on his back.
"Right, that bus is ready to leave so I just need to take out suitcases over there. You stay here with Daniel, yeah?"
"I can wheel a suitcase on the ground." Sam argued.
"Yeah I know, but one of us needs to stay with Daniel in case he wakes up." Tom replied as he opened the boot and took out two of the suitcases. Soon, all of their bags were on the bus and because it was so early in the morning, no one else was there at that time so it was just Sam, Tom and Daniel on the bus.
"What's happening when we actually get off of the plane in Spain then?" Sam asked curiously as she sat next to Tom who had Daniel against his chest with his legs either side of his waist, and he was fast asleep.
"Well as I said, I've rented a car, and the car rental place is attached to the airport so we'll collect our car then, and it'll take about half an hour of driving to get to our villa. And when we're there, I thought you and Daniel might want to have a nap before we go for a big shop and get the food in so we don't have to go out." Tom explained.
"A nap?" Sam moaned.
"Well you don't have to have a nap if you don't want to but I just thought after getting up so early that you might be tired."
"Have we got a pool?" Sam asked.
"Yep. It's our own pool and it's heated." Tom stated. "And the car and the bedrooms are air conditioned so you won't get too hot. Hopefully, you might sleep a bit easier than at home as well."
"What did you bring to eat?" Sam asked. Being pregnant meant that she woke up most nights with hunger pangs and she wouldn't go back to sleep until her stomach was satisfied.
"I've got some brioche for breakfast, some biscuits, sweets, dried fruit, walnuts-"
"Give me the walnuts." Sam ordered.
"Your hand luggage bag is the one filled with food." Tom smirked and Sam bent down and opened her rucksack style handbag to reveal that it was in fact filled with food as well as her kindle.
"Great. Now everyone in the airport is going to think that I'm a greedy pregnant woman." Sam concluded as she took out the nuts and began eating out of the small packet.
"I still don't understand now you can eat raw walnuts. They're disgusting."
"They're nice." Sam protested.
"I've put a label in Daniel's bag by the way. It's got both of our phone numbers, our address and Daniel's name in it just in case he gets lost." Tom stated.
"Mummy?" Daniel croaked as he slowly lifted his head.
"I'm here Daniel." Sam said reassuringly and Daniel looked up to see that his father was holding him and he was on a bus with his mother besides him.
"We're on the way to the airport." Tom explained as he saw the slight look of confusion on the boy's face.
"Where's my-"
"Blanky? Don't worry, we've got blanky and mini Shadow." Tom stated.
"Oh..."
"Do you want to know where we're going Daniel?" Tom asked and suddenly the boy shot awake.
"Yeah!"
"We're going to Spain." Tom announced.
"Yay! Where's that?" Daniel asked and Sam and Tom exchanged a bemused glance before Tom set about trying to explain the global position of Spain.
7am
Sam, Tom and Daniel were walking along the tunnel to get onto the plane after a long morning in the airport.
"We've got three seats all together. One aisle, one middle and one window." Tom stated.
"Shot gun the window seat." Sam said quickly.
"Fine. I'll have the aisle seat and Daniel can sit in the middle- hang on. Is it wise to have you sitting by the window when you're going to be going for a wee every five minutes?" Tom joked.
"It's a two and a half hours flight Tom, I'll only go once. Maximum." Sam argued.
"Sure you will." Tom muttered to himself as they entered the plane. "Keep going Daniel." Tom said encouragingly and the little boy excitedly walked down the aisle of the plane until he reached the back. "Oh brilliant, we're right at the back." Tom said gratefully.
"Why is that brilliant?" Sam asked curiously.
"Because then we won't have anyone kicking the back of our seats, and if you want to, there's a bit of room to get up and stretch your legs." Tom stated. There was three seats on the left and the Kent Family were sitting on the three seats on the right on the small plane. "Right Daniel, you're in the middle." Tom said as he lifted his son up and sat him in the middle seat before Sam sat by the window whilst Tom put their hand luggage in the overhead storage.
"But what about my toys that you promised me?" Daniel asked disappointedly - Tom had packed Daniel a bag full of brand new things to keep him entertained on holiday but he hadn't yet seen what was inside of it.
"Don't worry, you can have it once we've taken off." Tom stated as he sat down too. "What happens is everyone has to sit down with their seat belts on while the plane takes off, and then once we're in the air you can take your seat belt off and I'll get your bag back down for you." Tom explained.
"How long will that take?" Daniel asked.
"Well, we were one of the last few people on this plane so probably around ten, fifteen minutes." Tom replied.
"Are you allowed to sleep on a plane?" Daniel asked.
"Yeah, of course you are. I think me and Daddy are going to have a nap to catch up on some sleep so you might as well join us yeah?" Sam said as she made sure that Daniel's seatbelt was done up properly. Sam went to do up her own when she realised that she could only just do the buckle up and it was really tight on her lower abdomen which she didn't like.
"Is it me or are these belts really short?" Tom asked and he looked up to see that Sam too was struggling. "Can you do yours up?" Tom asked.
"Yeah but it's too tight and I don't want it to reduce blood flow to my uterus." Sam replied clinically yet timidly as she undone it.
"Mummy's fat!" Daniel giggled but Sam was finding it far from funny. If anything, she was embarrassed.
"Daniel, be careful. You might find something funny but sometimes it can hurt people's feelings." Tom said sternly yet quietly to his son.
"Sorry." Daniel mumbled.
"It's alright, I know you didn't mean it." Sam forced a smile but her heart was beating faster as she wondered what she was going to do. Suddenly, Tom noticed an air hostess walking past.
"Excuse me, my wife's pregnant and the seatbelt is a bit too tight for her." Tom stated.
"That's not a problem madam, I'll just get you a seatbelt extension." She smiled before she disappeared behind them where the staff area was.
"Don't be embarrassed, it's not because your fat." Tom said reassuringly as he placed a hand on top of Sam's. "Look, it's tight on me." Tom stated.
"Why aren't you getting an extension then?" Sam argued.
"Because I haven't got a precious baby inside of me to protect." Tom replied.
"There you go. You just need to put this on the end of your seatbelt, and then click this into where the end of the normal seatbelt would go." The air hostess explained as she handed Sam a black seatbelt extension.
"Thank you." Sam and Tom said simultaneously though Sam was more shy as she attached the extension and then she tightened it to the right size.
"See you only needed an extra two inches." Tom said reassuringly.
10:30am, Alicante Airport, Spain
An air hostess was preparing for landing when she reached the back of the plane where a pregnant woman was fast asleep in the corner and besides her was her husband, who was also fast asleep, and he was cuddling his sleeping son on his lap against his chest. She knew that they had to wake up and get into their seats for landing so she decided that the best person to wake first would be the husband.
"Excuse me sir? Sir?" She said gently as she tapped his shoulder. "Sorry to wake you but we're getting ready to land so you and your family need to be in your seats with your seat belts fastened."
"No worries, thanks for waking me." Tom smiled and she walked away so Tom set about waking his son and wife. "Daniel, Daniel. We're in Spain." Tom said as he lifted his son onto the aisle seat because it was easier to move him there than to swap seats.
"We're here?" Daniel asked excitedly as he opened his eye wide whilst Tom buckled his son's seatbelt.
"Yep. We're just about to land." Tom smiled before he turned to his spouse. "Sam... Come on. Eres el amor de mi vida."
"What the hell does that mean?" Sam croaked sleepily as she opened her eyes.
"It's Spanish for: you're the love of my life. And I have been practicing that phrase for weeks." Tom smiled.
"Mm. Where's dan-" Sam began to panic as she couldn't see her son but as she sat up she saw that he was sitting safely besides his dad.
"What?" Daniel questioned.
"It's alright, nevermind. Morning." Sam forced a smile as she stretched her arms out before she fidgeted. "I need the toilet." Sam announced.
"We are now beginning the descent to Alicante airport. The weather is lovely and sunny and the temperature on the ground is approximately 26°." The pilot announced.
"You're just gonna have to hold it." Tom said as he took Sam's hand in his and she reluctantly leant back in her seat and just wished that they would soon land and that she would be able to find a toilet quickly when they landed in the airport.
"Why is mummy running?" Daniel asked as he held Tom's hand tightly and they walked after Sam who had just disappeared behind a door for the ladies toilet. Tom meanwhile had all three hand luggage bags on one shoulder and he had Daniel to keep an eye on too in the busy corridor where people were rushing to get their luggage coming off of multiple planes - not just theirs.
"Because mummy needs a wee." Tom replied.
"Why does having a baby make mummy need to wee so much?" Daniel asked as he and Tom stopped by the wall opposite the toilets to wait for Sam.
"Because, the baby is inside an organ that only girls have, called a uterus. And as the baby gets bigger, the uterus gets bigger. You understand so far?" Tom asked and Daniel slowly nodded. "Well basically, as the uterus gets bigger, there's less room inside of mummy and that means that her bladder is more squished. And a bladder is where wee is stored. Mummy isn't weeing a lot more in quantity or amount, she's just going more times in one day because her bladder can't hold very much." Tom explained. He thought that it was best not to go into detail about hCG and how Sam's kidneys were working overtime because he seemed to have barely understood what he had said just now.
"One benefit of being pregnant: people let you skip a queue in the toilets if you're desperate." Sam stated smugly as she came out and joined her husband and son.
"That and the fact that you get a beautiful baby at the end of it." Tom said sarcastically. "Right, that board says that our bags should be coming onto bag claim number three. But we need to get a trolley to put all of the bags on and make it easier." Tom stated as he took out his wallet and got a €1 coin out.
"How much money have you got in there?" Sam asked quietly.
"We've got enough for the holiday, don't worry." Tom said as he began to push the suitcase trolley towards baggage claim. "Daniel, if you hold on tight, I'll let you sit on here." Tom said and Daniel nodded eagerly as he jumped on the trolley. Both Sam and Tom smiled because they both knew that it was a way to keep Daniel from running off, but it was a tactic that the young boy was unaware of. They collected their suitcases as well as their rental car, before they set off for their holiday home.
Midday
It was absolutely scorching outside, but thankfully, the car had air conditioning so they were comfortable on their journey from the airport and they had finally arrived. After leaving their home in the early hours of the morning, they had finally arrived at Villa Alto Claro - a place that they would live in for the next week.
"Welcome to our villa." Tom announced as he pulled up on the edge of the road and looked at the beautiful building with a gate across it's driveway. "Just wait here, there should be a box that needs a pin code to get the keys out behind the letterbox." Tom said as he opened the car door, and as he did so the heat hit him like a tonne of bricks. After using the instructions he had been given by Villa Plus, the travels agents, Tom opened the gates and got back in the car.
"Do I have my own bedroom?" Daniel asked excitedly.
"Of course you have. This place has got 5 bedrooms." Tom stated. "Seriously, there aren't many two bedroom villas that you can book for a holiday." Tom explained to Sam. "Besides, some villas with three or four bedrooms were more expensive than this one." He added as he pulled onto the driveway. "
"Daniel, I want you to be in a bedroom next to ours." Sam stated as she got out of the car and even in her white maternity camisole and skinny jeans, she had begun to sweat.
"Do I have to?" Daniel moaned as Tom helped him out of his car seat.
"You're better off staying near us mate. Just in case you need the toilet in the night or something. Right, let's go and look around before we bring the bags in." Tom said as he took Daniel's hand, locked the car and followed Sam up a small pebbled staircase until they reached the front door. "Don't go running off." Tom warned his son before he unlocked the door to reveal a corridor. Well those are three of the bedrooms and a bathroom down here, and in here should be the living room. Bingo." Tom grinned as he walked into a large spacious area with comfortable looking sofas all in a semicircle facing a large TV. Then there was a dining area, a large kitchen and out of the back doors, Sam's smile grew into one similar to the Cheshire Cat as she saw that the back patio consisted of a table and chairs, four deck chairs, a BBQ area, a good sized patch of grass and then a wonderful swimming pool that she longed to lounge about in. "There is another twin bedroom and a balcony upstairs but we're not going to sleep up there so Daniel, I don't want you going upstairs without me or mummy. Okay?" Tom said sternly because he did not want an accident with a balcony. Though he would keep the door to the balcony locked at all times anyway.
"Okay." Daniel nodded.
"Right. You two can do a bit more exploring, I'm going to bring our suitcases in. By the way, down that corridor where there's three bedrooms, one of them is a double bedroom with an ensuite which me and mummy are going to share. Daniel you can chose one of the two rooms next to it, they should both be twin rooms."
After bringing all of their bags up to the villa and into the correct bedrooms - Daniel had chosen the twin bedroom right next to Sam and Tom's master one because it had French doors that opened out onto the back patio where the pool was, but Tom had already ensured that the door was locked just in case Daniel wanted to go for an early morning swim unsupervised.
"You two have a little nap while I unpack." Tom said as he shut their bedroom door to keep the air cool because they had the air con on.
"I'm fine." Sam protested.
"Come on, Daniel needs someone to cuddle up to." Tom smiled as he lifted his son onto the double bed and handed him his blanky and mini shadow toy. "But just to make it clear, you're sleeping in your own room tonight. This is just while I get our rooms ready." Tom said as Sam slowly laid down and then she cuddled up with her son.
"I love you mummy." Daniel mumbled.
"I love you too darling." Sam whispered as she kissed the top of his head before both of them drifted off.
1pm
Sam slowly opened her eyes to the familiar feeling of hunger in her stomach, and she realised that as she was hugging Daniel in the middle of the bed, Tom was behind her with his arms wrapped around her abdomen.
"Are you awake?" Sam whispered.
"No, I just wanted a cuddle." Tom replied before he nuzzled his nose into the back of Sam's neck and she smiled as the feeling of his warm breath sent a shiver down her spine, but in a good way.
"I'm hungry." Sam sighed.
"Well I was just waiting for you two to wake up so that we could go food shopping but if you want to stay here with Daniel then-"
"Not, I'll come with you. That way I can eat my way around the shop." Sam smiled. "Cheeky monkey, wakey wakey." Sam said softly as she gently tickled Daniel's hips.
"What?" Daniel asked sleepily.
"We're going to go shopping. Don't you want to get a few toys to play in the pool with?" Tom suggested. "And we could get a football and play on the grass too."
"I'm ready!" Daniel announced as he jumped up on the bed and Sam smiled as Tom gave her a playful swat on the bum before they got up.
"I don't like this." Daniel mumbled as he clung to Sam's bare leg - she had changed into shorts to keep her cool and they were just walking into the local supermarket called Masymas.
"Why not?" Sam asked confusedly as she stroked the top of his head to calm him whilst Tom collected a trolley. Sam watched as a very tanned lady walked past them, and she was speaking fluent Spanish down the phone until she exited the shop. "Is it the way some people are speaking?" Sam asked and Daniel nodded. "It's just another language Daniel. Like, me, you and Daddy speak English because we live in England. And most people who live in Spain will speak Spanish. There's no need to be scared of someone just because they're speaking." Sam said reassuringly and slowly, Daniel released Sam's leg as Tom joined them.
"Daniel, see if you can find where the French sticks are because if we get one then we can have a bit of a nibble on it while we walk around." Tom said as he glanced at Sam who gave a coy smile.
"There!" Daniel said as he pointed to the end of the first aisle - usually he would run off in the supermarket once he had found where they were going, but he was sticking close to his mum and dad now.
"Seeing as they're pretty small, shall we get two? Then we can have french stick for lunch." Tom suggested.
"Sounds good to me." Sam nodded as she broke the end off of a French stick and shoved it in her mouth. Tom just laughed as he picked that one and another one up and put them in the trolley. He broke off another, smaller bit and handed that to Daniel before they walked towards the children's section of the supermarket.
"Right Daniel, what toys do you want for the pool?" Tom asked.
"Shot gun this is mine." Sam said as she picked up a box containing a blue lilo - not a flimsy one but a strong, heavy duty one with a built in pillow.
"Please?" Daniel asked as he held up a box for a blue rubber ring.
"Er, you can get a rubber ring Daniel but I think this one might be a bit too big for you. Here, this one looks a better size." Tom said as he replaced the box with another and put it in the trolley. He then picked up an inflatable beach ball and put that in the trolley.
"Not to be a spoilsport or anything but I don't remember seeing a pump in the villa." Sam remarked.
"So? Whoever wants it has to blow it up. Daniel can blow up his rubber ring, and you can blow up that massive lilo." Tom smirked.
"I think I'd pass out numerous times if I had to blow that up."
"I'm joking, I'll do it for you."
"I know you will." Sam said sternly.
Daniel was happily swimming about in the late afternoon sun with his arm bands on whilst Sam laid on her lilo and Tom floated besides her as he kept his arms on the edge of her lilo and rested his chin on his hands.
"You look so beautiful like that." Tom whispered. Sam was in plain white bikini with her bump out in the open as she kept her eyes closed and relaxed in the lovely Spanish weather.
"Don't get me wrong, I love being pregnant but I just want to hold her in my arms right now." Sam said quietly so that Daniel didn't hear because he still didn't know that Sam was having a baby girl. "I mean, as she grows up, I'll wish I was pregnant with her again but at the moment, I just want to speed everything up after this holiday and then give birth again."
"Mm. I can't wait for the birth either. It just fascinates me so much how your body knows what to do." Tom admitted. "Have you decided on what's happening with Daniel when you go into labour yet?"
"Yeah. I think I'm going to ask Fletch if he can look after Daniel for a few hours. I just, I don't want to have to worry about him because Daniel was frightened when I had morning sickness and I think he'd be petrified if he saw me in that much pain. He can stay with us for early labour if he wants to, but when I get to the pushing stage, we could walk him across the road to Fletch's place."
"Yep. Okay." Tom nodded. "Y'know... If you're up for it later, we've still got to christen our bed, if you know what I mean." Tom grinned.
"I don't know, maybe tomorrow because I'm still a bit jet lagged."
"Sam, we had a two and a bit hour flight, and the time different is one hour ahead." Tom laughed.
"Yeah yeah, help me off of this thing without getting my hair wet. I'm hungry and I need the toilet." Sam stated and Tom rolled his eyes in amusement as he put one arm around Sam's shoulders and then put the other under her smooth legs and because he could stand on the floor, he lifted her off of the lilo and walked her to the edge of the pool where there was a couple of steps so that she could get out of the pool.
"Thank you." Tom said sarcastically.
"You're welcome." Sam smiled cheekily as she wrapped a towel around her, put her flip flops on and then walked inside.
9pm
Sam was fast asleep and Tom had just decided to call it a night too after watching some football when Daniel came into their bedroom.
"Daddy-"
"Sshh!" Tom ordered and then Daniel noticed that his mother was tucked under the thin bed sheet and she was fast asleep. It was freezing in their room because Sam liked having the air con on very low, but as soon as Tom had come in, he had turned it up a bit because she'd never know the difference once she was asleep. "What's the matter?" Tom asked quietly as he walked over and crouched down in front of his son.
"I can't sleep. Can I sleep with you and mummy?" Daniel asked.
"Daniel, you're old enough to sleep on your own now." Tom sighed. "Come on, I'll come and tuck you back in." Tom walked the infant just next door and laid him in one of the twin beds that had his blue night light switched on just next to it. "Remember what I said about the morning, if you wake up early, don't go into the pool okay. Just come and wake me up and I'll see if its too early to get up or not."
"Can't I wake mummy?"
"No mate, the baby makes mummy a bit more tired than usual because her body is making another human inside of her. Can you imagine how much energy that takes?"
"A lot." Daniel mumbled.
"Exactly. So if in the night you can't sleep again, or you need the toilet or whatever, can you come and wake me up rather than mummy. Because we want mummy and the baby to get enough sleep don't we?" Tom asked and Daniel nodded. "Good boy. Right, night night." Tom kissed Daniel on the forehead before he closed the bedroom door because Daniel and his air con on, but Sam had left it on fairly high so he definitely wouldn't get too cold and the remote control was out of his reach. Tom then returned to his own room where he found the bed empty, but the ensuite door was closed. Once Tom had climbed into bed, Sam came out and got under the covers next to him. "By the way, if you get hungry in the night, I left you a little present in the draw in your bedside table." Tom stated and Sam opened it to find a box of almond butter cookies that she had taken a fancy to when they went shopping.
"Thank you." Sam smiled as she snuggled into his chest. "Have you turned the air con up?" Sam demanded.
"You had it on too low, I didn't want you getting too cold." Tom warned. "Besides, your skin is cool to the touch so you can't be hot now." Tom stated as he checked by putting the back of his hand to Sam's forehead.
"Shut up." Sam muttered playfully as she entwined her legs with his.
"Do you think Shadow, Alex and Panda have driven the people in the kennel mad yet from barking?" Tom smirked.
"I'm sure they've had worse."
"Really? You think they've had worse than three protective dogs who try to guard their pregnant owner every minute of the day and now they're completely separated from you, sharing an enclosure?" Tom joked and Sam smiled. "Mind you, I think they're probably a bit relieved that Daniel isn't pulling on their fur."
"I think their probably relieved that you aren't putting Daniel on their backs and pretending that he's riding a horse." Sam remarked. "Right, I'm tired. Night."
"Night night. And goodnight to my beautiful daughter." Tom whispered as he snaked one arm around Sam's bump and kept it there for any movements. "I think she's gone to sleep." Tom smiled. "Oh, she isn't the only one." Tom smirked as he noticed that Sam had closed her eyes. So he took did the same before he was in the land of dreams.
Coming up: A little bit more holiday stuff and then Sam, Tom and Daniel head home. Then Sam has her official 20 week scan. How will Daniel deal with the news of having a sister rather than a brother?
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