Next to me

Ten

Brennan's POV September (Four months Pregnant):

I haven't talked to Logan since that fight, I didn't even tell him when I found out I was two months pregnant a month after I moved into Ainsley's. Today is the first day of my teaching job, I am the new health teacher at the school Logan works at. "Well your daddy is definitely going to be surprised." I whisper down to my bump and I smooth my flowing maternity top over it feeling the baby kick. I get out of the car and walk into the school and down to my classroom, I get there thirty minutes  before the bell is supposed to ring so I gather my stuff for this week  and write my name on the board. Mrs. Christiansen, it feels weird to still be called that.

~~~~~~~~~~~

"Good morning class I'm Mrs. Christiansen, your new health teacher." I chime as the class settles in and is paying attention to me. "Since today is the first day and I'm new we are going to go around the class. I want you to say your name, your grade, something interesting about you and write down a question to ask me on the sticky note on your desk." I tell them and I pace in the front of the class. "I will start. My name is Brennan Christiansen, I'm Mr. Christiansen's wife, I used to be a doctor but now I'm a teacher. How about you next." I say pointing to a girl in the front of the far right row. "My name is Cammy, I'm in 9th grade and umm I have a twin brother." She says and then scribbles down something on the sticky note, I walk over to her and she places it in the glass fish bowl in  my hands. "Just continue on down the row and then come back to the start of this next one and so forth." I say and the next person stands up. We go down the rows until everyone has gone, then I perch on my big desk in the front of class and start to mix up the questions. "So I am going to answer five of these everyday for the first week of school; the first one is 'Are you pregnant?'. Yes I am four months pregnant, I also have a three year old daughter named Lennon. Next question; 'Why aren't you a doctor anymore?', umm personal reasons that I don't want to talk about." I say.

My day went mostly like this now it was lunch time and I had to brave the staff lunchroom, which means I have to face Logan. I grab my lunch and walk bravely into the room, all of the teachers turn to look at me. "Welcome to the school." a few of them say, Logan just stares at my bump. "Can I talk to you for a little bit?" Logan asks, he doesn't wait for me to answer he just grabs my arm and pulls me into the hall. "Surprise! I'm a teacher now and I'm pregnant!" I chime and Logan just looks at me unamused. "Why didn't you tell me?" he demands, he's not mad but I can tell he's disappointed. "We just needed some space. Can I move back in?" I ask hoping that he won't freak out at me. "Of course you can, I've really missed you. We can go get your stuff after we pick up Lennon from daycare." He tells me and then pulls me into a hug, I breath a sigh of relief and  wrap my arms around him. "I love you, that's why I'm here, that's why I'm teaching." I say into his chest, he releases me and kisses me on the forehead. "I love you too. SO did you find out what this munchkin is?" He asks crouching down and putting his hands on my bump, the baby kicks at the sound of Logan's voice. "It's another girl, sorry you still don't have a little boy." I chuckle and he presses his lips to my bump. "Oh I will eventually have a son." Logan says shooting me a wink and a smirk.

Our day went by fast, Logan decided to let me go get Lennon and he went to get my stuff from Ainsley's

~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Hello, I'm here to pick up Lennon." I chime as I get into the daycare center. "Lenny your mom's here." the lady calls into the play area. "Her name is Lennon not Lenny, I'd appreciate it if you kept it as Lennon." I mutter to the lady sternly. "I apologize, so here is her dayley report and her bag.", The lady says handing me the small flower print backpack with Lennon embroidered on the front, "You can come on back and get her." the woman says and she opens the gate, I walk through and I see Lennon playing with a bunch of other kids her age. "Lennon sweetie we gotta go." I chime, Lennon turns and her face lights up when she see's me. "Where were you mommy?" She asks and I lift her onto my hip. "I was with Aunty Ainsley and cousin Henry, daddy and I needed some time away from each other." I tell her and she nods in agreement. "Why is your belly bigger?" she asks and I buckle her into her carseat, I hand her my phone to play with and she smiles. "You are going to have a baby sister in a few months." I tell her and her smile grows bigger. "A baby sister? Emmy has a baby sister, she cries a lot but Emmy says she's fun to play with." Lennon starts babbling about her friend Emmy's little sister Evie, Good Lennon isn't upset about the baby. I think to myself as I walk around my SUV and get into the driver's seat. "Do you want a special snack today Lennon?" I ask as the bakery comes to mind, remembering Lennon loves the raspberry cocoa and vanilla raspberry cupcakes. "Sure mama." she says as I pull onto the main street of downtown, we drive a few blocks and then I park a few spaces down from the bakery.

"How does a cocoa and a cupcake sound?" I ask her, she claps and squeals in response. I get out of the car and then I get her out of her car seat. "Where's daddy?" Lennon asks as soon as we are seated at our table in the warm cafe, we sit in a window watching the maple trees blowing in the breeze their leaves just starting to turn. "Daddy is picking up some stuff from auntie Ainsley's, should we bring him a cupcake?" I ask her and she nods her head quickly. The waiter comes over and takes our order, I get Lennon her cocoa and cupcake and I get a cup of tea and a slice of ginger molasses cake (A/N there's a  vegan bakery in my hometown that makes ginger molasses cake it's fabulous)"What's baby sister's name?" Lennon asks after the waiter comes back with our order. "I don't know, what do you want to name her?" I ask her, knowing that she would love to get to name her little sister. "What's ya-ya's name?" She asks, ya-ya is what she calls my mom she calls Lorena nanna and Timothy papa. "Faith Gaia." I tell her and she smiles. "Then my baby sister is Gaia. What's nanna's name?" She asks and I laugh a little. "Lorena Amelia." I tell her and I take a drink of my warm vanilla chamomile tea. "Gaia Amelia, that's my baby sister." She chimes, I smile at her feeling proud that my three year old took it upon herself to name her younger sister. "Alright, daddy will be very happy that you picked such a pretty name for your baby sister." I tell her, she smiles as she eats some frosting off of the top of her cupcake.

"I really missed seeing you everyday Lennon. I'm really sorry that I wasn't around much in the past year, I got caught up in my job and forgot what was really important to me." I tell her after we had sat in a comfortable silence for a while. "It's okay mommy." she tells me with a small grin. "No Lennon it's not okay I made you feel like it was your fault for me not being around. You thought that I hated you and that's not okay. I was a bad mom to you and I'm sorry about that." I tell her grasping her little hand on top of the table, a tear escapes my eye. "I love you mommy." Lennon says, I just gaze at her, my little girl with green eyes and dark brown hair, she is the perfect blend of me and Logan. "I love you too Lennon. Are you ready to go?" I ask her and she nods, I slide out of my chair and I  pick her up swinging her onto my hip. I walk over to the counter and order Logan a red velvet cupcake, I pay and then we leave.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I open the door to our house, Lennon fell asleep on the way home so I carry her up to her room and lay her down for a nap. "Honey I'm home!" I hear Logan call from down stairs, I walk the stairs. "Shush would ya? I just put her down." I tell him and he laughs pulling me into a hug. "I really missed having you around, I'm sorry I made you feel like a shitty mom." He mumbles and holds me close to him. "I needed it, now I have a job with the same hours as you and our new baby will have both of us all the time." I tell him and I roll up on my toes to kiss him. I'm home I think feeling warmth fill my heart.

Authors note:
Hey guys! So what do ya think about her being a teacher? In all honesty it makes me kinda sad because there was another plot that I had planned but this one ended up getting pulled out of the hat. Comment, vote, tell your buddies!
Love ya!
~Kaylynn ❤️