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Chloe stood at the door as Tommy walked in “here take her for god’s sake, just take her” Chloe thrust a crying baby girl into Tommy’s arms and ran upstairs to the bathroom “shush shush darling” Tommy rocked her as he walked upstairs and stood outside the bathroom door “what is going on” Chloe sighed as she opened the door with wet hands “she won’t nap, she won’t stop crying, I can’t even put her down and I haven’t been to the toilet since you left” Tommy looked at Chloe shocked “that was 3 hours ago, Chloe why didn’t you call?” Chloe rolled her eyes “don’t you think I tried that Tommy. Just take her I can’t right now I just, I can’t” Tommy sighed as Chloe walked down the hall to the bedroom “Chloe come on, we knew it would be hard but...” Chloe laid down on the bed “let me sleep for 5 minutes, please just let me sleep” Etta come running in and bounced up on the bed curling up beside Chloe “fine okay, fine I’ll take her for the night” Tommy closed the door and left Chloe to sleep.
Tommy walked downstairs to the crib in the room and laid her down gently, he smiled as he looked down at her sleeping peacefully in the crib “I love you, Charlotte!” Tommy sat down in the chair by the crib and smiled as he drifted off to sleep. Tommy woke up and rubbed his head as he heard Charlotte crying, he looked at the clock “bottle time already” he got up and picked Charlotte up out of the crib to stop her crying as he walked into the kitchen “shush darling shush Daddy’s head hurts” he bounced up and down gently to soothe her while he warmed her bottle. Tommy rubbed his eyes with his free hand as Chloe walked into the kitchen “give her here” Tommy shook his head as he looked up “go back to bed I got this, I just need to check the milk” Chloe smiled as she walked over taking Charlotte from him “it’s okay, I just needed a nap. I’m fine now” Tommy sighed as he got the bottle out of the boiling water and tested it on his arm “this should be fine” Chloe smile taking the bottle from him “can you get me some orange juice I’ll meet you upstairs” Tommy smiled “sure, be up in a minute.” Chloe walked out of the kitchen with Charlotte as Etta walked in and barked at Tommy “what’s wrong big girl” Etta walked over to the door and scratched it, Tommy smiled and walked over opening the door for Etta so she could go out in the yard, he walked over to the fridge grabbing a bottle of water and the carton of orange juice, Tommy put the water and juice on the counter then went over to the door waiting for Etta to come back inside “come on girl” Etta looked up and ran into the house. Tommy smiled and closed the door then walked over to the counter and picked up the water and juice before walking upstairs.
Chloe looked up at Tommy as he walked in “sorry about earlier I just...” Tommy shook his head “its fine I understand this is stressful for you” Tommy paused as he walked over to the bed and put the drinks down “it was only 8 week ago you had her you are bound to be tired I mean you couldn’t sleep for the first week at home remember and you hardly slept the first 4 weeks in hospital” Chloe nodded as Tommy sat down “I was just scared after she was born, I thought we were going to lose her” Tommy nodded “I know, there were some complications and she was born prematurely but she’s fine now she’s putting on weight and she’s feeding, you just need to take a break baby and rest” Chloe looked down at Charlotte and smiled as she took the empty bottle away and passed it to Tommy “have you spoken to Adam recently” Tommy shook his head as he put the bottle down on the bedside table “not since last week, he said he was going to try and get back to see her he has 5 days between one of the shows” Chloe shrugged as she wiped Charlotte mouth with her shirt “he’s busy, I’m sure he will meet her eventually” Tommy looked at Chloe as she cradled Charlotte in her arms gently rocking her to sleep “could you pass me the juice” Tommy sat silently watching her as she looked up “Tommy are you okay?” Tommy smiled “I was just thinking about how perfect you are” Chloe blushed and looked down at Charlotte “stop it” Tommy smiled and pulled her into his arms as he looked down at Charlotte with her “who would have thought that one night, us being drunk idiots would lead to this perfect life, I don’t think I would have ever had the courage to admit how much I loved you if it wasn’t for that night” Chloe smiled as she snuggled into Tommy’s arms “I’m so glad it happened, I didn’t know how much more I could take, I was actually thinking about moving away from here...” Chloe paused as she looked up “it hurt when you would treat me like you did” Tommy frowned looking down at her “I’m sorry Chloe, I just didn’t understand my feelings I was confused because I cared for you more like an annoying sister when we first met but my feelings changed and I didn’t know what to do” Chloe smirked trying not to laugh “always the mature one Tommy.” Tommy rolled his eyes as Chloe got up and put Charlotte in the crib “It’s not my fault I was confused” Chloe laughed as she laid Charlotte down “Tommy you don’t have to justify yourself to me, I love you just the way you are” Etta walked into the bedroom and over to the crib as Chloe got back in bed “she’s doing her nightly check” Chloe looked over to where Tommy was pointing to see Etta sniffing at the crib before she curled up by it, Chloe smiled as she snuggled up to Tommy “I am so glad you got a female dog, they are so motherly” Tommy smiled as he pulled Chloe to face him and placed a long passionate kiss on her lips before pulling away “I love you Chloe.” Chloe smiled as she put her hand in Tommy’s “I love you too Tommy”
Chloe woke up and rubbed her head as she heard Etta barking “Tommy, Tommy I think someone is in the house” Tommy jumped out of bed “get Charlotte and get in the bathroom” Chloe ran over to the crib to see it empty “she’s gone”