Love Prevails (Kris Bryant)

47| Catching Up

McKayla

It's been a little over a month since McKenzie was born and each and every day I fall more in love with her. Kris and I have been doing great learning how to care for her. We've had help from the best parents ever in Mike and Sue, but that's besides the point. They left over a week ago and the kid's still alive and well, so ten points Griffendor.

Today would be the first day I've taken her outside that wasn't for a doctors appointment. I promised to meet the girls for lunch at Portillos and they insisted I bring her. She has to come outside eventually, right?

I order food and make sure she was comfortable in her carrier before finding the girls and sitting down.

"Wow Kayla, you sure you had a baby" Brit asks giving me a tight hug. Wow I've missed her.

"Sure feels like it" I admit.

"I've missed you so much. How have you been" Darya asks with a bright smile.

"I'm good, a lot better now I can see you guys again" I say sitting down. McKenzie gets passed around without letting out a peep. It's like she is never upset, must run in the family.

"So you'll be working again soon, how is that going to work" Hyla asks before wiping her cake shake.

"Kris' parents with be back up here until the end of the season once I start up again. So hopefully until November" I laugh. Right now the guys were in the middle of a ten game winning streak and getting a bigger gap between them and the Cardinals. As much as I want Kris home and all to myself, I can't be too selfish though. He's someone that the world deserves to see also.

"I hope so too. I know they've basically already secured a playoff spot and home field advantage, but the more practice the better" Brit agrees.

"So how have you and Kris been since the baby" Darya wonders.

"Really good. He's been great actually. We just work so well together that we know who needs to do what and when. It's the same routine every day and when he's gone he's still here. He calls every hour unless he's playing. The other day he had flowers sent to house with Chinese food and a fortune cookie ready for me. I started crying because that honestly meant the world to me. McKenzie has brought us closer together and I didn't even think that was possible" I admit. Those words burned passing my lips, what McKenzie has done for us was what I was supposed to be for my parents. Maybe I was a troubling baby, maybe they couldn't figure things out like Kris and I have. I didn't have time to think about it because I was beyond done letting those thoughts consume me. I had a child to care for and my parents weren't about to distract me from being the mother my child deserves.

"Uh oh, someone wants their mommy" Melisa says handing me my crying baby. I kiss her head and set her in my lap where she calms down. She finds a piece of bread to nibble on and seemed happy again.

"It's crazy how a mother can calm her baby" Melisa mentions as McKenzie looks up to me with her eyes.

"She's a wonderful little girl, I couldn't ask for a better baby" I say bouncing her on my knee. She looks back up at me and suddenly everything bad in my life was worth it. I can look my baby into her eyes and tell her I love her. The same eyes I've fallen in love with as a kid in Vegas.

"McKayla" Brit says loudly snapping me out of my thoughts.

"I'm sorry what" I laugh.

"The wedding, how's it going" she asks.

"Oh! It's been good. We've had to pause that for a little but it'll proably pick up soon. Kris' mom has got a lot of it like the food and drinks picked out. Kris insisted on planning the honeymoon so I'm sure that is going to be fun. I wanted to see when you guys were free for finding a wedding dress" I smile.

"Seriously" Melisa asks and I nod. We figure out a weekend that would work for everyone and plan a little girls weekend.

"What about a bachelorette party" Darya asks.

"Wasn't planning on one. I have a kid to take care of and a team to watch over. Don't really have time for it" I shrug.

"You've never drank or smoked, waited years for a guy you might never see again, how do you have so much restraint" Brit asks.

"Because I have goals, dreams. And I know the least amount of distractions the more clear my path will be. There's already many things that I can't control that will be trying to stop me, why make it harder on myself" I shrug before wiping away drool from Mckenzie's chin.

"Well I respect that, that's cool" Brit says with a smile. Eventually the girls leave and I return home with my baby.

"How was lunch" Kris asks.

"Good. I missed the girls" I admit. I find him packing his suit case and start to pout. I climb in there and he laughs when he turns around to see me crouched down inside of it.

"I'm guessing you don't want me to leave" he chuckles.

"What gave me away" I joke. He places his shirt on my head and I try to focus in on it.

"You're cute" he mentions kissing my nose and I climb out. I help him pack before letting out a sigh.

"Are you positive you have to go" I ask.

"Don't do this to me Mac, you know how much I hate leaving you guys as is" he warns.

"I know... I'm sorry. I know it's the last time we have to do this but it still sucks" I admit. He wraps his arms around me and I choke back the tears. I hate this part.

"When I get home we can eat Chinese food and listen to the MP3 player and watch Kenzie discover bubbles or something" he says. I had to admit, that sounds real nice. But now I was more anxious for him to be by my side once again.