Pacing the floor of the maternity ward, Daisy in her arms, Lindsey sighed as she tried everything she could to get her to settle. She'd fed, changed and even tried singing to her but nothing was working.
"Having a bit of a hard time with her aren't you?" Freddie said, walking over to where the pair were.
"I've done everything, fed, changed, sang to her. Nothing is working." Lindsey replied over the cries of Daisy.
"Give her here, I'll see what I can do." He added, carefully taking the small baby girl from her arms and cradling her, rocking her gently from side to side as almost immediately she stopped crying.
"Are you serious?" She joked, chuckling as she took a seat on the bed. "I've been here for the past hour trying to settle her and all she wanted was you?"
"Well, what can I say?" He voiced, smiling as he took a seat on the chair and rocking Daisy gently in his arms.
"She's already a daddy's girl then?" She said, pulling her hair into a ponytail in the moments of spare time.
"Course she is." He joked, winking in a friendly manner. "Anyway, when can we take her home?"
"Tomorrow if everything stays fine, she's doing really well. Apart from the fact she can't fit into any of her clothes, she's so tiny." She said softly, gazing at Daisy who was falling asleep in Freddie's arms.
"Well, she shouldn't be out in this crazy world yet, should you?" He glanced down at Daisy during the last part of his sentence.
Lindsey couldn't help but smile, seeing Freddie holding their daughter. She let out a sigh of happiness as she thought about everything, it was all coming together slowly.
Walking through the village, her stiletto heels echoing as she strutted, Mercedes smiled, her head held high. She had a bright pink helium balloon and a pink bag of gifts in one hand and was holding her dark red lipstick and compact mirror, applying it in her other hand.
"I take it you're going to see Lindsey?" Joe voiced, stopping infront of Mercedes.
" 'Aye, and what d'ya want?" Mercedes asked, putting her lipstick and mirror into her bag, placing her hand on her hip.
"Just uh, tell her congratulations from me." Joe replied, flashing a sarcastic smile before walking off.
Mercedes scoffed, turning on her heels to see Joe walking away. She looked him up and down and smirked to herself before shrugging her shoulders and continuing her journey to the hospital.
Upon arriving, Mercedes strutted through the corridors of the hospital. She could feel herself getting more and more frustrated at the amount of corridors and flights of stairs it took her to find the ward. Finally finding it, she let out a sigh of relief, walking over to where Lindsey's bed was.
"At last! You won't believe how long it took me to find you. I've been up and down, round and round, I've annoyed pretty much all the nurses, I've-" Mercedes got stopped as Lindsey 'shushed' her, pointing at the sleeping baby girl in the hospital cot beside her.
Mercedes gasped, seeing the tiny baby. She squealed in excitement as she perched herself on the side of the bed, admiring the sleeping baby with a huge grin on her face. She hadn't visited Lindsey since Daisy had been out of special care so it was her first time seeing her properly.
"Ain't she gorgeous? And so tiny! She's doesn't look so much like a potato now!" Mercedes joked, turning to face Lindsey.
"Pretty perfect this little stunner is!" Lindsey said, holding Daisy's hand with her finger.
"I come bearing gifts!" Mercedes replied excitedly, holding up the pink bag and placing the helium balloon beside her bed.
"Hey, you didn't need to get us anything!" Lindsey exclaimed, carefully taking the bag from her.
"Couldn't not get something for this little 'un, could I?" She grinned, glancing at Daisy.
"They're beautiful, thankyou." Lindsey said with a smile, looking through the clothes that Mercedes had bought for Daisy.
"There's also a giant bar of chocolate in the bottom of that bag." She whispered in response. "Don't show the nurses, they'll probably prosecute you for not eatin' the grungy hospital food." She shivered at the thought.
"This is why you're my best friend!" She said happily, pulling Mercedes into a gentle hug. "Thankyou so much, it's so good to see you."
Back at the flat, Freddie was tidying up the mess that JJ had left after pulling out every single toy and spreading them across the floor before of course, falling asleep. Picking up the toys and placing them carefully back into the toy box as to not wake up JJ, Freddie heard a knock at the door. He quickly got up and opened it to see Joe standing there.
"Where's JJ?" Joe asked, stepping into the flat and glancing around.
"It's his nap time, why are you here?" Freddie replied, closing the door and glaring at Joe.
"I'm here for my son, why do you think I'm here? To make small talk with you and sit around talking about everyday things?" He said sarcastically, scoffing.
"Joe, it isn't your day to have him. Keep your voice down, you'll wake him up." He added sternly.
"Oh, yeah. And that's what I came over here for." Joe said quietly, taking a step closer to Freddie. "I think it's about time I went for full custody, you know, of my son."
"Does Lindsey know about this 'decision' of yours, hmm?"
"Not yet but when she gets home, she will. She'll realise that she can't cope with two babies and she'll be desperate for me to get full custody."
"Pack it in Joe. Who do you think'll win? The mother who is a stable relationship, a doctor, a flat or the dad that nearly got sent down for murder and isn't capable of caring full time for him?"
Joe glared at him angrily, grabbing the rim of Freddie's vest as he pushed him up against the wall. That was enough to push him over the edge.
"Don't you dare say that. JJ is ten times better off with me than with you, murdering piece of scum." Joe whispered angrily.
"I'm not scared of you." Freddie voiced, pushing Joe off of him. "Now if you don't mind, JJ is trying to sleep and I've got better things to do than argue with the likes of you. Now goodbye." He added, pushing Joe out of the flat and closing the door.
"I'll get my son back!" Joe yelled before heading down the stairs of the flats to get away as quickly as he could.
Freddie chuckled smugly to himself as he heard Joe. There was no chance he was letting Joe get inbetween his and Lindsey's new family. Just as he was about to carry on with the tidying, a loud cry came from the baby monitor. He groaned and chucked the toys in his hands into the box, walking into the nursery and picking up JJ from his cot.
"You are so much better off without him in your life. And when your mummy and sister come home, he'll be out of your life for good." Freddie whispered, planting a gentle kiss on JJ's head as he held him close.
A/N; I'm sorry for the non regular updates of this story. I've had total writers block lately! But I've got alot of ideas now so I'll try update more regularly. Thankyou for some lovely reviews aswell, makes me so happy to know you guys are enjoying it!