Stable {Book 2 of Living Alone}

Ice Cream

Addie and I both take a taxi down to the crime scene, tears are fresh in my eyes with all the crazy crap that has gone on today has surely mashed up my brain. "Do you want to check out the crash? I dont know why anyone would want to?" He says pulling right up next to it, police are there, paramedics pulling everything that has washed up on shore. Including dead bodies, more than I thought.

"We were on that plane, thank you sir, I only have american money is that okay?" He turns to me looking at me so very shocked.

"Oh, no need to pay, today was free for you. Look I realized you just came here but you will need someone to help deliver your baby, my wife and daughter are both midwifes. Give them a call if you would like?" He hands me his card, I gladly take it.

"Thank you so much sir." We both climb out of the car and its even more hectic, people are all talking, and everywhere. I look around for Dean but I cant find him anywhere. But soon two ice cream cones are placed in front of us from behind.

"Yay!" Addie screams taking hers, I grab mine, turning around I see Dean holding one of his own, he has calmed down I can see.

"Thank you so much!" I say to Dean, I turn around completly and kiss his soft lips, I can taste the vanilla in his lips making me hum.

"Mommy! I can hear the baby!" She squeals, people around us look at us  like we are mad, we just crashed and now we are back at our awful scene, eating ice cream, and Im kissing my husband. 

"You what now?" I ask her, we still need to talk about her and the patient, it could have just been she sees Dean and I do so she just says it to her? I dont know.

"I can hear my sibling, its laughing." Addie smiles pressing her head against my stomach and I stare at her so confused, what on earth is she talking about? "Mommy she is laughing." Addie starts to laugh herself and I look up to Dean confused, he just shrugs his arms eating his ice cream.

"Addie why is it laughing?" I ask, she frowns and pulls away from my stomach and she eats her ice cream.

"It said I cant tell you. Not until its born." 

"And why is that?" I ask her eating my own to stop it from melting.

"Because its a secret! Duh mom!" I scowel at her, shes getting her attitude and I dont like it. She sighs looking down holding out her hand for me and I feel like my heart is breaking, I am a horrible mother, I am so horrible. Tears roll down my face so sad, I kneel down and hug her tightly, I dont want to be a horrible mother I didnt mean it, I didnt mean any of it.

"Im sorry baby, Im sorry please dont get mad." I say hugging her, she hugs me back but she doesnt say anything, shes mad isnt she? Shes mad at me I dont want her being bad at me.

"Sloan, come on were all tired, today has been a really eventful day, lets get out of here away and go rest?" Dean pulls me to my feet stroking my tears away from my face, he takes Addies hand with his free one and we walk away, he flags down a cab and they stop for us instantly. We pile and and we all finish our ice cream in the car silently.

"Where to?" He asks us looking into the rewview mirror.

"As far as you can go for One Hundred American dollars." Dean says,  the driver nods to us and flys off. Addie hands me her cone with ice cream dripping down her hands, onto her shirt, and all over her face.

"Baby how did you get it all over yourself?" I ask licking my thumb then wiping her mouth off, she persists on my taking her cone so I do, and I finish it while she licks her hands and arms. "Thanks for the ice cream Dean, it was really nice." I tell him looking to my right I kiss him softly. He smiles under my lips and I pull away.

"No problem I know you wanted it badly so I just went and got some." He puts his hand snugly on my belly and rubs it softly.  With a smile on his face he looks down in lala land.

"You okay there?" I ask him stroking his hand thats over my stomach.

"Yeah just thinking." He says softly, I dont think I should inturupt him, soon the sorrow hits me of Carry, shes gone, shes not with us anymore. Usually she would love coming on outings like this, shes always wanted to come to England, now she cant, of course people say she will always be in your heart but she is not pysically with me and thats all that matters, I want her physically with me. "Whats wrong?" Dean asks me, I turn and look to him to see he is looking into my eyes and he knows that there is something wrong he is just waiting for me to tell him.

"Im just thinking, about Carry."

"No dont do that, dont do any of that just focus on that we are in London, or some place near?" 

"Your in Kent, not London." The man says intruding in our small little moment of Dean being the sweet guy that he is. The baby flutters again making me smile, I look down and Deans hand is still on my stomach.

"Did you feel it?" I ask him brightly, his eye brows furrow together and he shakes his head confused.

"Feel the baby?" He asked me, I nod my head but he frowns deeply and thats when I know he didnt feel the baby.

"Yeah I guess not, it fluttered." I say happily, Im just happy its okay and I dont want to jinx it after all the stress I have been through today I dont want anything to happen to it.

"When we get there, I want us to go and find out the gender, when I was looking for you I went up to the maternity, you know just in case something happened, and they asked the gender of the baby and your name, so I guess you can find out as early as twelve weeks? Were four weeks over we could have found out four weeks ago."

"Dang dude! You really caught up on your work, but okay." I kiss him once again and I feel the car stop, that was fast.

"One hundred american dollars please." He asks, I give him a disgusted look because I know he is just scamming us but Im too tired. I hand him the money and we all quickly get out, we are here, we are finally away from the states.