Lindsey finished getting herself ready late morning, pulling her hair into a high bun. She picked up JJ and stepped out of the bedroom, walking into the living room and placing JJ on the floor to walk. She smiled softly as she glanced over at Freddie who was lying on the sofa with Daisy curled up and froggy legged asleep on his chest, him completely absorbed in some programme on the telly.
"You two look comfy." Lindsey spoke, chuckling quietly.
"Huh what?" Freddie said, snapping himself from the trance he was in from the telly. "Oh, yeah. Um, I winded her like you said and then she fell asleep like this, there was no way I was attempting to move incase she woke up."
"You're such a good dad! Not to mention you look really good with a baby." She shrugged and smirked at him before going into the kitchen getting followed by JJ.
"Compliment taken." He shrugged being careful not to wake nor move Daisy.
"You're also going to have to move from that sofa soon you know? You haven't forgotten Daisy's appointment?"
"Hang on, there's an appointment?" He asked, unaware.
"Yeah, she's got her four week check-up and they want to see that everything's okay after her bout of pneumonia."
"Oh right, yeah. I better get myself sorted but it's so comfortable and I don't want to move her." He replied childishly.
"I'll take the baby and you get yourself sorted, we can't be late and I've still gotta drop JJ to Kim." She walked out of the kitchen, her little shadow that was JJ following her as she picked up Daisy and held her close.
"I was so comfy." He mumbled, getting up off the sofa and heading to the bedroom to get ready.
"You're so childish." She shouted at him, giggling under her breath.
"Right, well. We've checked her breathing, heart rate and we've got the test results back from last week and I'm so pleased to say that Daisy is doing really well. The pneumonia has completely gone with the antibiotics and her early birth hasn't affected her in any way atall." The doctor said with a wide smile.
"Oh thank goodness!" Lindsey replied, letting out a sigh of relief. "So does that mean we don't have to come back for a few weeks?"
"It means that you don't have to come back atall! She is a perfectly healthy little girl, growing well and unless she has anymore stints with bad breathing then I don't see why she'd have to come back."
"That's great news, thankyou so much for everything." Freddie spoke, a small smile upon his face.
"Thankyou again, bye." Lindsey added, smiling softly at the doctor before the pair left the doctors office.
"See, didn't I tell you everything was going to be okay? Our Daisy can fight through anything." Freddie said, wrapping his arm around Lindsey as they left the hospital.
"I couldn't have done that without you and I could have gotten through Daisy being ill without you, I can't even begin to thank you, Fred." Lindsey replied, glancing up at him.
"You don't need to, I'll be here no matter what, I promise." He smiled down at her. As they were walking, his phone chirped notifying him he had a text, pulling it out and see it was from Mercedes.
'Decorations are here and you need to pick 'em up. Hurry!'
"Linds, do you mind if I just nip off somewhere? I've got something to do and it needs to be done now.." Freddie said, not being able to think of a good excuse.
"Uh, yeah sure? I'll go and get JJ from Kim and go there for an hour. What are you hiding?" She asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Nothing. Love you, see you later." He planted a kiss on her head and stroked Daisy's hand softly before darting off in the other direction.
"Weird." She mumbled under her breath, shaking her head and carrying on walking.
"How much stuff did you order?" Freddie asked, walking backwards through the village as him and Mercedes carried a box of decorations.
"Enough stuff, that's all I'm saying! Now will you hurry up and walk faster?" Mercedes moaned, looking from side to side as they got to the block of flats.
"I can only walk so fast when I'm carrying a massive box of decorations, god." He mumbled the last bit, unlocking the flat block and stepping in, walking backwards up the stairs.
"And don't you even think about falling over, I'm in heels and once you go, I'm a gonner too."
"Maybe you should wear more practical shoes then."
"How dare you." She voiced sternly, getting to the top of the stairs as Freddie tried to find the flat keys.
"Well, what's going on here? What's in that box?" Cindy asked, stepping out of her flat.
"Nappies." Freddie spoke.
"An animal." Mercedes said at the same time, Freddie looking over to her with a 'wtf' expression.
"Right, I'm just going to go and get my shopping now." Cindy replied awkwardly, walking down the stairs quickly.
"An animal? What even?" He spoke quietly, unlocking the flat and stepping in.
"First thing that came to mind." She shrugged, following him into the flat and dumping the box on the floor.
"We do have to hide this box you know? Can't just leave it in the middle of the floor!"
"But my arms are aching and I don't want to chip my nails!"
"Mercedes.."
"Fine, fine!" She groaned and picked up the box again, the two of them taking it into the nursery room and placing it under JJ's cot to hide it.
"Job done. Thanks for helping Merc, even if you are useless when it comes to practical things."
"Shut up!" She gasped, crossing her arms. "Not long now. I'll come see you in a couple days and we can start decorating."
"Sounds good to me."
Mercedes smiled at him, Freddie smiling back as they high fived, both of them letting out a sigh of relief.
