My Oh My(Heather)

[sammie]

She had gotten little to no sleep last night dealing with Ava, who was colicky, fussy and sick all in one. She had finally managed to get her to sleep long and well enough this morning at six and now she was curled up on the couch with her child sleeping on her chest. Her eyes were closed and her chest rose and fell in a steady rhythm. Lane was also fast asleep, she didn’t know how she would have made it through last night if it hadn’t been for Phoenix, he had stayed up with her for as long as he could, they had been texting back and forth and he finally must have fallen asleep because the texts stopped and it wasn’t like she was complaining because it had been wonderful in the first place that he had stayed up with her. She yawned and opened her eyes, unable to sleep. She carefully moved Ava to the playpen and went to the kitchen and made herself a cup of tea. Her hair sat perched atop her head in a messy bun, blue eyes looked warn and tired but not too bad. She sighed and sat down on the couch again and flipped the news on, taking a sip of her tea with a content sigh, that peacefulness was finally in the house. She stole a glance at the playpen and relaxed a little more, knowing she was still sleeping and not up screaming, the poor child’s cheeks were rosy but the fever was being to break. Lane new she needed to make a doctors appointment for Ava, all night she had been trying to reach and grab her ears and any good parent just knew when there was something else going on with their child. She stood and grabbed her phone, whistling for Duke and watching the white Great Dane amble over, at a year old the pup was huge but he was a serious part of this family and she couldn’t see herself without him. The due went outside and she leaned against the deck rail and scanned her phone until she landed on the doctors office and called, she scheduled an appointment for ten oclock, which meant she needed to start getting ready. She slipped quietly into the house and turned the monitor on and headed upstairs for a wake me up shower, once out she dressed in a cute little sun dress and curled her hair and put makeup on, just in the nick of time because she could hear Ava begin to wake. She pinched the bridge of her nose and headed downstairs scooping her up and kissing her nose, her cheeks were so rosy that it made her frown, mommas sorry that you had to come down with this. She couldn’t help but feel bad and feel like it was all her fault. She held her close and went and made a bottle, with some more baby aspirin in it and gave it to Ava, looking at the clock she moved around the house gathering things and putting them in the dipper bag and then after burping put Ava in the carseat and headed out the door. She put the carseat in the stroller and headed down the street, she lived in a row house that had a small backyard and deck and the inside had been nicely down. It wasn’t a far walk to the drs office and she was there before she knew it. She checked in and after an hour and a trip to the pharmacy, it was determined she had a double ear infection and a viral thing. She arrived home and got Ava all squared away before texting Phoenix, come cuddle with me I need a nap (:. She sat down on the couch and waited for a text back.

[heather]

To Phoenix, being a parent kind of sucked sometimes. Sure, he loved Max with all of his heart and he would be lost without him, but right now Max was jumping on his head to get his father up. Phoenix let out a groan and rolled over so he could see his kid and then grabbed his arm and pulled him towards him. Then he landed kisses on the kids cheeks which made Max giggle and try to wiggle his way out of Phoenix’s arms. Then Phoenix let the little kid go and Max ran back into his room and started to play with his toys. Phoenix let out a yawn and turned so he could stare at his ceiling for a little bit, wondering what he was going to do today. He had today off of work and that was always nice you know? Then he remembered that he had been texting Lane and he went to go look at his phone but found that he had only missed a couple texts. He smiled as he read them and then he set his phone back onto the night stand, the grin still on his handsome face. Then he stretched his limbs, his hands reaching the headboard on his bed and his feet trailing off the bed itself. He needed a new bed apparently.

After a couple more minutes of laying down and giving Max some food to occupy him Phoenix decided a shower was in order. He felt gross and it was always nice to feel clean. He turned the knobs and then stuck a finger into the water, monitoring the temperature. He loved hot showers; they made the world go round. Once it was the right temperature for him he stripped down and then hopped in and washed himself very quickly. He did not like taking a long shower, what was the point? When he turned the faucet off he grabbed his towel and stepped out before wrapping the towel around his lower waist. And when he peeked his head out he saw Max was still watching whatever show he had turned on for him, honestly he could not remember. So he closed the door, confident that his kid would not get into everything until he was able to catch him, and dried his hair before drying everything else. That was when Phoenix realized that he had not grabbed anything to wear. Well shit, he knew he forgot something. So a quick run to his bedroom he grabbed a pair of jeans and a regular tee shirt and slipped that on. There, now he was ready for his day, whatever that was going to be.

A couple of hours later he had heard his phone buzz while Max was coloring. When he saw who it was from a smile formed on Phoenix’s lips. Of course he would go see Lane, he would be crazy not to. I’ll be there in about ten to fifteen see you in a bit.

[/i] He texted and then hit the send. Alright time to get ready to go. He told his child before grabbed a pair of shorts and a tee shirt for his child. The good thing about having a two year old was that they were not picky with what they wore. Then he grabbed his phone, his cash and Max’s things and shoved them into his travel bag and off he went.

The whole ride there Phoenix was pretty excited to see Lane. He was also excited to see her daughter who was the cutest little thing he had ever seen. The ride over took only about fifteen minutes so he paid the cab and grabbed Max’s hand before walking up to her door and knocking on it, waiting patiently for her to answer it.
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tag: sammie.
jams: let's ride - kid rock
notes: sorry this took 7 years

[sammie]

Lane was excited when he said he would be here shortly, but her excitement was short lived when Ava woke up screaming her head off. Lane groaned and stood scooping her up and cuddling her close, cooing soft words and rubbing her back to sooth her, my goodness child. She spoke going to find the baby Tylenol and make bottle. She sat down and quietly hummed while Ava looked up at her and drank from the bottle, Lane shut her eyes for all of five seconds before realizing that she had stopped drinking and that she indeed had thrown up, she shook her head and stood making the climb upstairs and to Avas room, she undressed her and brought her to the bathroom drawing a bath and getting her all cleaned up and re dressed. She then turned to herself, only a little had gotten on the dress she had been wearing but she didn’t want to run around smelling like that, she slipped the dress down pass her hips and put it on top of the laundry basket and then put a new one on before going back to Avas room and scooping her up, she had long sense fallen asleep once more, there was a knock at the door and Duke let out a bark but only did so once before simply wagging his tail as Lane came downstairs and went to the door answering it with a smile, Hey and hello there Max, she smiled and stepped aside to allow them to come in before going to the living room and picking up the bottle and putting it on the counter and then sitting down on the couch with Ava, I cant put her down I try to and she sleeps for all of ten minutes and then she up screaming because she doesn’t feel good and there is nothing more I can do, im so exhausted. She looked to Phoenix, happy that he was here and hopefully would make her feel not so tired and better about the situation with Ava. She stood once more and put the sleeping child in the playpen. Lets try this again, she shook her head with a smile and flipped the tv on to some kid appropriate channel for Max and looked to Phoenix as he sat down, she was quick to move close to him and rest her head on his shoulder with a content sigh. So how has Mister Max been and how have you been sense I last talked to you last night. She laughed softly and closed her eyes, it was nice having them here, it was nice in general when she got to talk to Phoenix.

[heather]

When Lane answered the door Phoenix felt his lips turn into a grin as he clutched his kids hand. Once she stepped aside he walked right past her and into her house before looking around for a second. He had been here before but sometimes he was forgetful and forgot stuff easily. Then he turned to face her, the smile still on his lips. When she said hi to Max Phoenix’s dark eyes turned to look at his mini clone and he waved his arm towards Lane. “Say hi back, Max.” he instructed and the little boy said it kind of shyly. Although Phoenix had no idea what Max was still shy around Lane, it’s not like he had not met her before.

She then explained what was going on with Ava and Phoenix turned his smile into a frown. Honestly, he had been lucky with Max and no idea what a bad, screaming baby was like. Max usually never screamed when he was awake, and even when he was teething he never screamed. So Phoenix was the luckiest parent alive. “That sounds terrible. I got lucky with Max here.” he shook his head towards the little boy who had gotten bored with the conversation and went to play with Ava’s toys, although they probably were different than what he was used to. “Did you talk to a doctor about it maybe?” he asked, curious if they would even be able to help her. That was really the only advice that he could give because shaking the baby was bad, he had seen enough medical dramas to know that kills little kids. Not that he would ever do it, but who knows maybe it would have been a last resort if Max ever screamed his little lungs out.

But once they were all settled, Max finally deciding the toys were not for him and Ava sleeping, Phoenix had sat down and Lane had joined her, her head on his shoulder and him pretty damn content with this whole thing. Then she asked how he had been since they last spoke and he cocked his head to the side for a second to think. “I’ve been pretty good actually. The band is still doing good and the job is still there, which is good.” he let out a chuckle before turning the question back onto her. “What about you? How have you been? Besides the obvious tiredness.” he smiled at her after he asked the question, glad that they could just relax and still have a nice chat. He had to say that this was pretty damn nice.

tag: sammie.
jams: around the world - daft punk
notes: sorry this took 7 years

[sammie]

Lane smiled and nodded her head, yes I actually took her to the doctor today some kind of viral thing and a double ear infection poor girl. She spoke quietly, she watched as Max attempted to play with the toys but they were baby toys so they weren’t really fun for him, she stood for a second and in a glass jar on a shelf pulled out a sucker and also on the shelf she pulled down crayons and a coloring book and put them on the coffee table, just between us that’s my secret stash im a child at heart. She winked and gave Max a smile before going and sitting down again and snuggling up to Phoenix again and listening as he spoke, oh besides being exhausted I still have a job, a child that loves me when shes not cranky and a house over my head so I cant complain, and im glad to hear that the band is still doing good. She smiled and was looking up at him with her blue eyes, she sat up slightly and leaned up giving him a kiss, she pulled back, I don’t think your son will mind too much right? She asked quietly with a grin on her features. I mean he looks pretty occupied and of course Ava is asleep and even if she was awake she wouldn’t know what was going on. She laughed lightly and snuggled up again to Phoenix, getting comfortable again, this is really nice she spoke, I needed some adult time going a little stir crazy. She laughed again and looked at the clock and stood, would you like a glass of wine? She asked while walking to the kitchen and pulling down two glasses and pouring some into each, she brought them into the living room and set them down on the table and then sat down again, looking at him and no its not my plan to get you drunk and seduce you into my bed. She laughed and waited for his reaction.