She Saved Me Version 2

Part 60

Helena P.O.V. 

I wake up a few hours later hoping that Laura, Tom and the kids will be home but strangely the house is still eerily quiet. I climb out of bed and walk down the stairs. I walk through the house finding myself still alone. I decide to try to call Laura. I dial her number, but it goes straight to voicemail. I leave her a message hoping she will call me back. I walk into the kitchen to make myself another cup of tea to help with the nausea that is starting to build up. Once my tea is made, I walk into the living room and sit on the sofa. I sip slowly at my tea and think about what Tim said about us getting a place of our own with the kids. As I ponder this my phone rings. I look at the caller id hoping it is Laura but find it to be Tim. I pick it up and answer. "Hello." "Hi Helena, I just wanted to check in and see how you were doing." he says. "I'm okay except I'm still alone in the house I tried calling Laura, but it went straight to voicemail." I tell him. "Don't worry about it Helena, she'll call you when she's ready." Tim says and that seems to ease my mind a little. "What's up?" I ask him. "Nothing is up, I just didn't know if I could stop by and if we could finish our conversation about a name for the baby." he says. I stop and ponder this for a minute. "Sure, that would be fine." I tell him. "Okay I'll be over in about fifteen minutes with TJ." he says hanging up. Sure, enough fifteen minutes later Tim is standing outside the door to the flat with TJ who is asleep in his car seat. I let Tim into the flat and he sits on the couch with TJ in his arms after taking him out of his car seat. I sit next to Tim on the sofa, and he hands TJ to me. I take the baby from him my heart swelling with love for him. As I sit with TJ my phone rings. I grab it and look at the caller id and see it is Laura. I hand TJ back to Tim and pick up my phone. "Hello." I say. "Hello mum." Laura says, I notice her tone is somewhat cold. "I just wanted to call and check in on you guys. I woke up this morning and no one was in the house." I tell her. "I know, I brought everyone to school and daycare and then Tom and I had to go to work. Once we picked everyone up, we decided to stay at his mum's house for a few days." she tells me. I sigh at the fact that she didn't tell me about her plans until the last minute. "When are you guys coming home?" I ask her, hoping once they come home, we will be able to talk things out. "We won't be home until the weekend. Tom's mum was nice enough to let us stay for the week so you have the house to yourself or if you want you can have him in the house all you want, I really don't care." Laura says. "I care I want to be able to talk to you about this." I tell her feeling myself on the verge of tears. "There really is nothing to talk about in my opinion but if you really want to talk about it, we can talk about it when we come home." Laura says. I feel myself breathe a sigh of relief. "Thank you all I want to do is talk about this." I tell her. "That's fine you want to waste your breath when there is nothing to talk about then that is your prerogative." she says. "I'll see you when you get back." I tell her. "Okay." Laura says sounding slightly annoyed. "I love you." I tell her. "I love you too." she says, but I feel like she means it, yet she doesn't. I breathe a sigh of relief and hang up the phone. "Is everything alright?" Tim asks. I relay to him the conversation that just occurred between Laura and I. "Helena I don't know why you are putting yourself through this. You don't need this right now especially with the baby coming. I feel like for now Laura needs to be a back burner priority and you need to make yourself and the baby your top priority." Tim says to me. I stop and contemplate what Tim said. I know I should be focusing on myself and the baby right now, but I can't stand the tension between Laura and I it's killing me and stressing me out. I am brought out of my thoughts when Tim asks me "What names are you considering for the baby?" I look at him after getting lost in thought about Laura. "Huh?" I say, looking at him perplexed. "I asked you what names you are considering for the baby?" Tim asks again. "I was thinking for a boy Benjamin, we could call him Benji or Everleigh Hope. We could call her Eve." I state.  "What do you think?" I ask him curious. " I was thinking for a boy Preston James or Meave Julianna for a girl. " He responds. I stop and contemplate his choices and decide I'm not a fan of either one. I look at him when I notice he is waiting for my reaction. "I don't know Tim I really don't think I'm a fan of either of those." I tell him honestly. I watch him slowly nod his head at me. "What do you say I go out and get some lunch and then we can finish our conversation." He says, looking at me. I nod my head at him as he retreats into the kitchen to get the takeout menu. We sit and look over the menu and then we place the order. Tim leaves after about fifteen minutes to go get the food. While he is gone, I watch TJ sleep in the Pac n play, and I find myself running my hand over my abdomen. As I do this, I swear I can feel fluttering in my stomach. I smile to myself knowing in a few short months the baby will be here. I'm so focused on the new baby and the fluttering in my stomach I almost don't notice Tim when he comes back with the food. "Are you alright Helena?" He asks looking at me. I stop and stare at him for a moment before saying " I'm fine, just lost in thought. " I say, as Tim puts the food down on the kitchen table. "About what?" Tim asks me curious. Instead of replying I take his hand and place it on my abdomen where the fluttering feeling has continued. I watch as Tim looks up at me and smiles. We then walk into the kitchen and sit down to eat. As we eat, we make small talk. Once we are done eating, we rise from our seats and put the food containers in the fridge. We then walk into the living room where TJ has started to cry wanting to eat. I walk into the living room and pick him up. I then grab the diaper bag off the floor and walk into the kitchen. I take out the canister of formula and put two scoops into the bottle. I then take a bottle of water and pour it into TJ's bottle. I shake the bottle to mix the formula. I then place the bottle in the microwave for a few seconds and then check the temperature making sure it's not too hot before giving it to him. As I look down at my grandson eating, I can feel Tim watching me. "I see the motherly instinct hasn't left." he says, smiling at me. I blush at his compliment. I stand there feeding TJ thinking about how soon there will be two mouths to feed. As I ponder this thought, I hurriedly hand TJ to Tim and run to the loo where I proceed to throw up everything I had just eaten for lunch. After getting sick I rinse out my mouth at the sink and walk back into the living room where I find Tim sitting on the sofa feeding TJ. "Are you alright?" he asks, worried. "I'm fine lunch just didn't agree with me." I tell him sitting next to him on the sofa while admiring my grandson. As I sit there looking at TJ, I watch Tim walk over to the stereo. "Can you put on Mozart please? I want to listen to something calming." I say to him. I watch Tim nod his head and walk over to the stereo and push the button to put it on. The sound of Mozart fills the house. I look down at TJ and notice that he has finished his bottle. I put him over my shoulder and burp him. Once this is done, I change his nappy and lay him back in the Pac n play to sleep. As I listen to the sound of Mozart filling the house, I notice Tim has risen from his seat off the couch next to me. I then watch as he walks over to me extending his hand out to me. I take his hand and I rise from my seat off the sofa. Tim takes my hand and wraps his other hand around my waist while I put my other hand on his shoulder. As I listen to the music, I can feel our bodies moving as one swaying to the sound of the music as we get lost in each other's eyes. As we continue our dance, I hear my phone ring but ignore it not wanting to take my eyes off of Tim since I am getting so lost in the moment. Once the music has stopped, I sit back down on the sofa and pick up my phone and look at the screen. I realize that I missed a call from Laura. I hurriedly try to call her back, but she doesn't pick up. I suddenly find myself panicking. I grab my phone and call Tom. "What's wrong Helena?" Tom asks, when he picks up the phone. "I noticed I had a missed call from Laura, I just tried calling her, but she didn't answer so I wanted to make sure you all were okay." I say, genuinely worried about them. "We are all fine, I think Laura just dialed you by accident." Tom says, but I feel like he is hiding something from me. "Okay, I'll see you guys when you come home." I say to him. "Okay." Tom responds before hanging up. Deep down I feel as though something is really wrong.