A Love from racing

Part Thirty Nine

It's been a few weeks since Amy's birthday party at our house. And currently we were in our kitchen waiting for Hanna and Ella to get here. Esmaè was having her lunch, that I was feeding her. Today she was having spaghetti. And it smelt amazing, why did baby food always smell so good?

She seemed to enjoy the food by the looks of it. She was waving her lion rattle around, making 'num' noises and bouncing in her seat until I gave her another spoonful. She hardly had any on her face either.

Although I tried the aeroplane thing with her but she didn't like that, so it was just scoop the food out of the jar and put the spoon in her mouth. When it came to food there was no messing around. Just put the food on the spoon and offer it.

As Esmaè finished up, the doorbell rang. Alison set about answering it while I grabbed the pack of wet wipes and cleaned Esmaè up, not that there was much to clean this time.

"There she is" Hanna said in a baby voice as she walked into the kitchen as I was removing Esmaè's bib.

I smiled at how excited my daughter looked seeing my best friends, her god parents. Hanna came over and picked Es up out of her high chair, when the baby was reaching for her, and raised her up blowing on her little tummy making the baby laugh and kick her feet wildly. I just stood and smiled at my best friend while tidying.

Ella came by her wife's side and kissed the babys cheek who was loving all the attention they were giving her.

"Look what we brought for you maè" Ella said as she gave my daughter a stuffed toy Elephant that was a patch work, the ears where soft, fluffy and rustled when you touched them.

Es looked at the Elephant toy and immediately her small hands went for the ears to which made a rustling sound. She was so intrigued now with different sounds.

"So.." I said as I threw the empty jar of baby food away for recycling,  little bits help the environment. As they all sat around the dining table.

"The test was negative, summer house sex didn't work either" Hanna said disappointment lacing her voice but with a chuckle at the end.

I felt so bad for the couple seeing how great they both were with my daughter I really wanted them to have a baby of their own, it's what would complete them both.

"That's one of the reasons why we're here" Ella said shyly. "We want to ask for your help with ivf, your charity already helped a number of couples like us start a family and we really don't want to wait another eight years to have a baby. We don't even know where to begin this process. We just want the best team to hopefully get the best possible outcome because we can't afford to do this a second time"

Ali hugs Ella when the brunette starts to tear up. "Of course, you don't have to ask"

It didn't take a brain scientist to see how much this ment to her and Hanna. I could see the devastation in their eyes everytime we'd meet up and they'd play and hold Esmaè, knowing there was a piece of their puzzle missing.

Ali sits back down in her chair while I disinfect the high chair. "I'll handle it. I'll call the best doctors I know, and if it doesn't work the first time, which I know it will, we'll keep trying"

I looked over to them both "We'll pay for everything, every step of the way. I want to do that for you, you both mean the world to me" I added.

"Thank you guys so much" Ella said now crying happy tears, once again Ali got up to hug her as Hanna rested a comforting hand on her wife's leg as my daughter sat in her lap chewing on her new toys ear unaware of what was going on.

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A couple hours later, after we finished playing with Es when she started to get fussy, Ali was making phone calls to the best ivf clinics she knew for our friends.