Grimm Chronicles. Book Two

Chapter Fourteen

Today was one of the most special days of my entire being. It was the day that I gave birth to our baby daughter, Alaia Graves. Looking at her after hours of intense pain, it feels as if I felt nothing hurting me at all. We are now sitting in the nursery at home, and I am busy breastfeeding her. (Scarlett): “Did you hear the news? Aunt Claudia and Uncle Jonathan had a baby boy! They named him Nicholas Grimm. They say he looks almost like grandfather” (Blake): “Wow. So, they are a family of four now. How’s our little angel doing?” (Scarlett): “If she is anything like what her father called her mother then she would be an angel born out of hellfire” (Blake): “I did say that didn’t I?” (Scarlett): “Yes you did, my love” (Blake): “Hello, baby Alaia. It’s daddy. We are going to make you the happiest you will ever be in your entire eternity. So, no boys until you’re at least 500 years old” (Scarlett): “Or don’t date at all until you turn a thousand. Mommy’s rules” (Blake): “Hey, what if she meets someone who becomes the love of her life that looks at her the way daddy looks at mommy” (Scarlett): “Let’s worry about that when we get there. Isn’t she so precious? I can’t believe she’s finally here. She’s so beautiful. My heart hurts knowing that she is going to grow up” (Blake): “Hey. Don’t cry. There’s a lot of time before we do the huge milestones. We have eternity remember? She is going to love you whether she is one year old, or one thousand. So, there’s no need to cry. She loves you” (Scarlett): “It’s just that she is going to be moody, and not want to spend as much time with me. What if she hates me when she’s a teenager, and says that I am a horrible mother?” (Blake): “Scarlett Grimm-Graves… You have looked death in the face and didn’t flinch once. I think you can handle a daughter that has some mood swings. You can handle anything” (Scarlett): “I just want her to love us as much as we love her. What if she wonders if we really love her or- (Blake): “Okay. That is enough overthinking now, my love. Just slowly rock back and forth and take deep breaths. Just feel content knowing that we can trust in the present. What we know in the present is that we love her more than anything else in this entire universe, and we would do anything to make her happy. There is nothing else that matters other than being together and happy as a family” (Scarlett): “You are right. I love you. Thank you for putting up with me these last nine months. I know I was a bit much” (Blake): “I would do it a thousand times over because I love you, I’m not going anywhere” (Scarlett): “You are not allowed to go anywhere. If you dare to run away, I will be running with you, and with our baby in my arms. So, you’re not going anywhere, mister Graves” (Blake): “It’s been a long time since you called me that. I am not going anywhere, my love. I’m right here. For both you and our little Alaia” Rocking back and forth with her breastfeeding in my arms makes it all feel so real. I am a mother. I have a baby girl now. We are officially a family. There is so much that I want to talk about, but then Blake walks in with a strange look on his face. (Scarlett): “What’s going on? Are you alright?” (Blake): “I am, but you are going to become pissed in a second” (Scarlett): “What happened?” (Blake): “I saw your message pop up on your phone, and Brooke is engaged” (Scarlett): “She’s engaged? She told me over text? Oh hell, no. Give me my phone” (Blake): “Let me hold Alaia, then you can have your hands free” (Scarlett): “MY PHONE” He rushes to the kitchen to fetch my phone, and immediately finds Brooke’s number in my contact list because he knows that I am going to call her to find out what is going on. (Scarlett): “You are joking me if you think that sending a text message announcing your engagement is good enough! I’m your best friend! When I told you of my engagement, you were surrounded by my family! No, this is not different, I am your best friend, Brooke. We don’t share big life changing news over text messages, and I don’t care if you were concerned that I would be taking care of a baby. You should have at least called. Yes, I am holding her and breastfeeding as we are talking, that doesn’t change the situation! When you tell someone that you are about to be married soon, which is life-altering news by the way, you tell them in person… I am sure that is Jesse crying in the background, so I assume that I am on speaker. Jesse! I am very disappointed in you pal” (Jesse): “For what it’s worth, I told her that she should have at least called you because a message is too small for such big news” (Scarlett): “See? Even he gets it! I need to burp my baby, so we will continue this conversation soon, young lady!” Holy crap. Am I turning into my mother? Blake comes in and I am finished burping Alaia. He steps in to help change her diaper and have her cleaned up. I am trying to calm myself after that phone call because I can’t believe that she actually did that to me. Even if she feels like she was doing me a favour because I have a baby now, that is still not fair. I wish she called me to share the news. Now I am crying. These hormones have really taken me for a joyride the entire pregnancy, and I didn’t think that there would be any leftover once the baby was born, but boy was I wrong. (Blake): “I put her down for a nap. Let’s get you into a nice bath, so you can soak off before trying to sneak in a nap for yourself” (Scarlett): “Alright” We quickly run a bubble bath, and we wash off the exhaustion of the last few months. We have a baby monitor, so we can see that baby Alaia is still sleeping sweetly in her crib. I am so at peace when she is at peace. Once we have finished our bath, and washed our hair, I kid you not, Blake did my hair for me. I did not expect it at all. He asked me to show him how to do it, and he blow dried then straightened my hair for me. He knew that I wouldn’t be able to do it because my arms are aching from holding Alaia all the time. I appreciate him so much for how helpful he has been in the entire situation. Then as I walk out of the bedroom into the nursery, I am surprised with the sweetest surprise. Mother, father, Violet, and Damian are all here. Blake asked them to come and surprise us with the baby. (Scarlett): “Hi everybody. I’m sorry if I sound sleepy. I didn’t expect this. Damian, where’s Isabella and the baby?” (Damian): “At home safely” (Scarlett): “What about Ava and the two babies?” (Violet): “They are doing great. Things get easier once the first year has gone by” (Scarlett): “You are giving me hope and it has only been the first day” (Mother): “Rest your feet up in the armchair, darling. We’re here to help” (Scarlett): “No. I can’t relax. If I relax, then I will fall asleep. If I fall asleep then I won’t be able to breastfeed when Alaia wakes up from her nap” (Violet): “I will be on it, sister. Your boob will be ready for her when she wakes up” (Scarlett): “You would really help me with that? I don’t mean to cry” (Damian): “It’s the hormones” (Violet): “They come and go. So, don’t feel sorry about them, okay? We will be here to help your baby, our niece, and granddaughter. You just get some rest. Your hubby did the right thing by calling us. He knew you had not been getting enough sleep the last few months” (Scarlett): “I couldn’t help it. It was almost impossible to sleep with that gigantic belly always being in the way. I know. I know, it was my baby in the belly, so I shouldn’t call it gigantic, but it was. It was huge. I could barely use the freaking bathroom without needing support to stand back up. It was ridiculous. Oh wait. Did you hear about Aunt Claudia and Uncle Jonathan? Did you see baby Nicholas?” (Mother): “Yes, my dear. We saw the news. You need to get some rest okay? We will take things from here, and everything will be handled by the time you wake up. Just get some rest, darling. You will feel so much lighter” I agree that I need to get some rest, but I hate that so many things are going on. I thought that my best friend would have at least confided in me via phone call about her engagement. I wanted to tell my family about the engagement too, but by the time I was going to tell them, I got so comfortable in the armchair that I drifted off into a deep sleep.