Law of Love

27

When Stevie's alarm went off at six in the morning on August 3rd, Stevie pouted. She slammed her hand on it and slowly sat up in bed. She was scrubbing at her eyes when the bedroom door opened and Lindsey walked in with Lily. 

"There's momma." Lindsey coos handing the crying baby over.

"Oh, my baby girl what's the matter?" Stevie coos to crying infant. 

"She's hungry and Daddy doesn't have that ability," Lindsey states crawling back into the bed as Stevie pulls the strap of her nightgown down. 

"Don't we have bottles already made up?" She questions.

"We do, but they're going to be for Mrs. Anderson. There's like four left and if everything goes as planned today, that covers all of her feeding times while we're away." Lindsey grins.

"That means I have to pump tonight then." Stevie winces. She absolutely hates pumping breastmilk. 

"You're right it does." Lindsey nods kissing Stevie's cheek then bending down and kissing the baby's head, before exiting the bedroom. 

"Stevie was walking around the bedroom, gathering things that she needed for the day when the door lightly pushed opened. Kate came walking in wrapped in the little crocheted blanket from the foot of her bed. 

"You're on summer break you should still be sleeping." Stevie chuckles laying out her suit and comparing it to several blouses she had scattered around the bed. 

"I heard you and daddy talking. I've been awake for a while. I just couldn't sleep." Kate shrugs. 

"Well, pick me out a shirt to wear to work today then?" Stevie questions walking into the bathroom to turn on the hot water. 

Kate hands her a mauve-y pink chiffon blouse and Stevie nods. 

"Alright." She sits down at the foot of the bed because she knows that relatively soon Lily would stop suckling on her breast. 

Kate crawled up next to her and laid her head on Stevie's bicep. She didn't mind that Kate watched Lilian suckle, Cole would do it too, that one did weird her out a little bit but it wasn't bad. William at almost fifteen is completely awkward around Stevie when breastfeeding or pumping is brought up so she tends to go do it in her room or the nursery to keep everything modest and hidden. 

"She's cute mommy." Kate brings her hand up and rubs at Lilian's little blonde curls as the baby pulls away from her meal. 

"Yeah, she is. Do you want to burp her?" Stevie asks.

"Can I?" Kate gasps.

"Sure. I'll help you. So all I'm going to do is place her on your shoulder. I want you to put one hand on her head and neck and then lightly pat her back with the other hand." Stevie grins. 

Kate does as told, but Stevie doesn't remove her left hand just as an extra precaution. When Lily burps, Kate giggles and Stevie takes her back. 

"Alright, now crawl into the bed," Stevie demands. Kate does and makes herself comfortable on Stevie's side and Stevie takes Lindsey's pillow and creates a wall. "Now, I'm going to lay her down. Why don't you watch her and play with her while I take a shower and get ready? Don't pick her up though." Stevie warns gently laying the baby on the bed.

Stevie showers with the door slightly ajar so she can hear what's going on and when she finally emerges dressed for the day, she can see that Kate had fallen back to sleep and Lindsey was sitting on the bed peering down at Lilian. "Let's have another one." He states.

"We already have four. Besides, I'm still breastfeeding and I haven't gotten a period yet. The doctor says I probably won't get one until next month. To top it off, I'm almost fifty, my chances of having Lilian were slim." Stevie sighs. 

"But she's so cute." Lindsey pouts. 

"You're right she is cute...she looks like me, and would I consider having more kids sure...but we don't absolutely need to have another one. I say, we just see what happens. I haven't even been cleared for sex yet." Stevie says quietly running her brush through her hair. 

"Alright, fine. But we're having sex as soon as you can." Lindsey points as he picks Lilian up and sticks her in the baby swing in the middle of their bedroom floor. 

Stevie just stifles a laugh and goes over to wrap her arms around his neck. 

"I love you." She grins.

"I love you too." He smiles grabbing her cheeks and kissing her. 

"Alright. Are you heading out?" She asks looking him up and down. 

"I am yeah. I have an early court date." He states.

"I'll see you later." Stevie nods as he kisses her again and leaves the bedroom. 

***

When Mrs. Anderson arrived, Stevie had Lily laying on the floor with some toys. She greeted the older woman with a smile. 

"Hey, so Lily's right here. She'll be getting tired soon and will probably go down around nine. I have four bottles made up in the fridge, Just fifteen seconds in the bottle warmer. She'll eat when she wakes up from naptime. Around 11, she'll eat again at 2, and that bottle will normally put her to sleep. She'll eat when she wakes up, around four and then again at six. Lindsey or I should be home by then but if we aren't, I wanted to have one made up for you.  The latest I'll come home is around seven-thirty. I'm going to assume I'll have a lot of work to catch up on." Stevie laughs standing up from her kneeling position on the floor. 

"Wonderful, we'll be perfectly fine. What about the other kids?" 

"Well, they don't really need to be watched. I mean William is almost fifteen but we didn't want to leave him home alone with a baby. I would just make sure that they all do their chores, and they know what they are. I have them written out on the counter. Feed them around noon, William can't cook.  I would just really watch them if Cole and Kate decide they want to go outside or swim in the pool, it's perfectly fine just keep an eye on them. Also, help them if they want to hold the baby." Stevie shrugs sliding her feet into her nude stilettos and slinging her brown suit jacket over her shoulders. 

"Sounds good are they all still asleep?" 

"I think so...I know Katie is, she's sleeping in our bed. She for some reason woke up around four this morning, she fell back asleep about an hour ago. William probably won't emerge until around noon and it's normally because he gets hungry, another reason why we're having you babysit." Stevie smiles grabbing her purse and her briefcase. 

"Alright, have a good day at work Stephanie" Mrs. Anderson smiles and waves. 

"I will, bye." Stevie waves making her way out of the house. 

She was sad that she had to leave her baby at home, and as much as she loved snuggling and being there with her she was antsy and she needed to be back at work. It has been almost five months and she was losing her mind. She was slightly jealous that Lindsey got to get up at five in the morning and be in a courtroom. She missed it.