Stranger Things Have Happened, I Know

Ch 65

Chapter 65

~*~*Dave’s Point of View*~*~

                Since I’d taken away Kate’s prescriptions, she’d been keeping some what normal hours, but I was still really, really worried about her. She still went to bed early, slept late and took a long nap in the middle of the day. I knew losing the baby was going to be a struggle, but I never imagined she’d break like this. It had been almost two months since the miscarriage and I was exhausted. I needed a change of scenery. I pitched the idea to Kate one day over breakfast.

                “Miami?” she asked.

                “Yeah, what do you think?”

                “It’s not really a change of scenery. It’s not all that different from LA,” she said.

                “Yes it is. The colors, the food, the people, the attitude,” I said. “You can see you parents, they can watch JD while we have some alone time…” I watched her chew her toast while she thought this over. “And, it will give us something to do besides stare at these four walls.” I watched her posture change. She was resigning herself to going. I jumped on this. “Baby,” I said in a quiet voice. “This will be good for us. This maybe just what you need. Hell, it’s just what I need.” I offered her a hopeful smile and when she returned it, I leaned over and kissed her lips gently.

                “Ok, I will call my parents and set it up,” she said, standing to begin clearing the table. I stood to help, following her to the sink. “Hey Dave?” She said as I loaded the dish washer. I stopped and looked up at her. “I am so sorry I am such a drag…” I set down the plate I was holding and wiped my hands on a dish towel.

                “Katie,” I cooed. “You’re not a drag. You’re just bummed out. We are all bummed out. It will get better.” I pulled her into a hug. “We just have to start doing things to help us feel better, like vacation.”

“You’re right,” she said, hugging me back. “Maybe it will be nice to get out of town. It will be good to see my parents again, too.” She let me go and reached for her cell phone, taking it out back to our patio to make her call. I finished cleaning up from breakfast and decided to bring JD out back to play while we waited for Kate to finish up her phone call. JD ran over to play on the swing set while I curled up on the outdoor couch with Kate. She covered the mouthpiece of the phone, looked at me and mouthed the words “Wanna leave this weekend?” I smiled and nodded excitedly. There was nothing preventing us from packing up and heading out right away. We quickly made all the travel arrangements and preparations to head down to Florida that very weekend.

                We arrived in Miami International Airport late in the evening and by the time we checked into our hotel room, we were ready to collapse. We got JD set up in one of the large suite’s bedrooms and then climbed into bed ourselves, both falling asleep almost instantly. When I woke up the next morning, I hopped up and opened the drapes, sunlight streaming in the large windows overlooking the glittering ocean. Katie stretched and yawned and rolled over too look out at the beautiful day.

                “You were right,” she said. “A change of scenery might be just what we needed.” I smiled and leaned in and kissed her.

                “I love you,” I murmured, my lips brushing against her soft skin. She giggled at the way my beard and mustache tickled her. “And I love when it tell me that I’m right.” I missed her, I craved her. I ran my hands along her sides. I wanted her so badly, but we hadn’t been intimate since before the miscarriage and I hadn’t wanted to rush her. So instead of ravishing her right then and there, I forced myself up and set out to wake JD, put on some coffee and start my vacation.