They pull into the parking lot and Blake scans the cars searching for his mom's but he doesn't see it. "Good." He thinks to himself. He knows his mom is gonna go a little nuts at first and he wants that to happen inside not outside. He and Gwen get out and Blake gets Lena out of her car seat carrying her in.
"Hi, there are four of us and one's a high chair please." Gwen's says to the man waiting at the podium.
"Ok right this way." The man says leading them to an empty table.
Gwen can tell by the way Blake is holding himself that he is nervous about how this is gonna go down, and it's starting to affect Lena as she starts fussing.
"Blake what are you so nervous about?"
"Gwen we just got married, I didn't call her, and now I'm showing up with a baby. She is gonna lose it!"
"You act like us having a baby is wrong."
"That's not what I meant Gwen."
"Well that's sure what it sounded like. I'm gonna take her to the bathroom and change her diaper." Gwen says walking away
"No Gwen wait please baby."
Great now he made her mad. This needs to go well and he is fucking it up already. He looks at his watch and sees that he still has about five minutes before his mom get there. Gwen comes back to the table talking to Lena making her giggle. She sits down but doesn't look at Blake just keeps her attention on Lena.
"Gwen I'm sorry baby. Please talk to me."
"Blake ever since we got the ok to keep her you seem like you don't want to keep her now."
"It has nothing to do with that. I really want to keep her and now that we can I feel like there is so much pressure on me to be the perfect dad, like you're a natural and I'm not."
"That's the thing Blake you are a natural. This little girl cries every morning not wanting to leave the bed without you. She loves you so much; I just wish you could see it."
Gwen looks and sees Blake's mom walk through the door.
"Baby everything is gonna be ok! Alright? I'm right here. ALWAYS!" She links hands with him under the table
"ALWAYS" he says back.
"Oh my gosh look at you two all tan. And who might this little cutie be?" Dot says as Blake and Gwen get up to hug her.
"Her nickname is Lena."
"She is just the cutest. Who's little one is she? I don't think I have ever seen her around here before."
"We found her the night of the storm on the property." Blake says
"Poor thing and you haven't found her parents?"
"The police did. Her parents abused her a lot. They died in the storm with drugs and alcohol all around them."
"Wow. So what happens to this cutie now?"
"Well we were just given the opportunity to adopt her."
"Wow umm that's a lot to take in. Do you guys really think you're ready for a baby?"
"I honestly think if it had been just any baby no, but we have taken care of her just a short time and I wish you could see her with us. She is attached to us and she fits with us perfectly." Gwen says brushing a strand of Lena's hair out of her face. Lena looks at Gwen with the biggest smile dimples on full display.
"It kinda feels like God lined everything up to bring her into our lives." Blake says watching Lena interacting with Gwen.
"She is very in tune to you guys. You just need to make sure your ready for the sleepless nights, the lack of alone time, the stress of dealing with a baby. What kind of abuse are we talking?"
