What About Us

FURTHER | TWENTY

"Alright, your baby seems to be fine, Beatrice." Dr. Martin smiles at me as he skims over my belly with the wand and warm jelly on my abdomen, "Try not to get stressed over a lot and maintain a good diet will make things much easier, but of course I'm not telling you anything new." He laughs, handing me a towel to wipe off the goo. 

I had a doctors appointment today for my 6 month check up and sadly, Tobias couldn't make it due to work at the office. He said that there was some type of slip up so that left me to get all of the information myself. Tobias has been acting more weird lately and I really want to just sit him down and ask him what's wrong, ever since we went out together as a family and he rushed to the bathroom like he saw a ghost, he's been acting different and I quite can't put my finger on why. 

Dr. Martin gives me a hand and I sit up from the bed, off of the crumpled paper. He helps me down and hands me my ultrasound pictures for Tobias, I make another appointment and leave to go pick up the girls. Eric had them all week and have been taking them to school and daycare with Christina or my parents, we may be divorced but he still needs to see his kids. I haven't gotten a call from the hospital yet, so they must be fine. 

I drive there quickly to go pick them up and I knock on the door. His new significant other, Olivia, opens the door. She is a dumb brunette that almost scares me when she's around my children, but Eric informed me that they will be safe, "Hey, Tris!" She gleams, giving me a big hug that nearly suffocates me. She is really kind and doesn't fight me like a girlfriend of my ex-husband would, she actually thinks we're friends. Of course she knew that we moved on. . .rather quickly, "How's the baby?" She questions, rubbing my swollen abdomen. I almost hate the fact of being tired again, like right now I could sleep on Eric's couch and get home when I get home. 

Exercising like I did during the duration of me not being pregnant, makes me feel like this is my first pregnancy all over again, "Fine, where is Eric?" I dismiss her, already annoyed by her chipper attitude. I let myself inside of her small, two-story, home 

"Oh, he's in the kitchen giving the girls their dinner." I make my  way to the kitchen, a look of discomfort on my face. My whole body is starting to feel tighter and just an ache I can't really put my finger on it. I lean on the door and watch as Eric wipes some soft of sauce off of Camryn's face and she places her sticky fingers in his face, making him grimace. 

"Need help?" I ask, grabbing some wipes from the table and wiping the kids hands and face off. 

A look of relief washes over his face as he see's me helping him and he starts taking the plates away from them to wash them. Eric has never really been well with kids, but they were begging to see their daddy. Over the time, we've come to agreement that Eric wants the girls to call Tobias anything but dad or anything with the name daddy in it. He may not like kids but he feels that he's the one who impregnated me with those girls and wants to at least keep that title, so they call Tobias papa, which Tobias hates because it makes him sound old. . . it's still all a working progress, "You're here." He say with another sigh of relief, "How are you?" 

Telling Eric about me being pregnant was the hardest yet easiest thing ever, he told me congratulations but he isn't mad nor does he care. . . as long as he isn't having any more kids. Yeah, it hurt me to know that if we were still together and if I wanted a child, he wouldn't want one, "Fine, I'm in pain." I grit out, feeling pissed off for everyone keep asking me if I'm okay. I'm only pregnant! I didn't get shot! "Are you guys ready to go?" 

"No." London pouts and crosses her arms, "I wanna stay with Daddy." Eric looks scared and confused as she says this. 

"No." Camryn copies her sister. My baby is now 1 and is talking up a storm. 

"I think its best you guys go with mommy, I have a lot of work to get done." Eric clears his throat as he lifts up London and I take Camryn. We go to the living room where Olivia is following an exercise video, she stops her squats and turns around with a big smile on her face. 

"Leaving already?" Camryn furrows her eyebrows at Olivia and I try my best to not laugh in her face as Camryn buries her face in my neck. Olivia shrugs and helps take the bags out to the car. 

We get home in record time through afternoon traffic and about time I get in the driveway, the girls are beat and I think the heavens for that. When I get inside I don't find Tobias in the kitchen or living room, he's in the dining room writing furiously on some papers, "Do you mind helping me?" I grunt as I have a tired, crying, London behind me and sleeping Camryn in my arms. 

"Why don't you call me and tell me that you were outside?" He takes London in his arms and wipes her tears away, rocking her into her room. I take Camryn to her crib and take off her jacket, pants, and shoes. Soon, she's going to have a big girl bed when we move her into London's room and give the new baby, depending on gender, their room. Tobias and I meet in the hallway and he gives me a tender kiss on my lips, "How are you feeling? You shouldn't carry Camryn or London now that you are this far along." He places his hand on my shoulder and steers me to the dining room, massaging my tense muscles as we walk there. 

I roll my eyes in my head, that's like the 10th time someone's asked me how do I feel. STILL THE SAME! "I'm okay, I'm just achy and tired." 

"So you don't want dinner?" 

"Not really." 

I gasp as Tobias lifts me up from my feet and carries me fireman style to the bedroom where he gently sets me down on the bed and helps me into one of his loose shirts and helps me under the covers, "Are you getting in bed with me?" I question once he tucks me in comfortably. 

"I have to finish a few things, give me 10 minutes." He kisses my forehead and before he could even get out of the door, I was fast asleep. 

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More so a filler chapter like an apology chapter. . . but why in the hell is Tobias distant? Hm....