Chapter 15 - 3's a Crowd
It had been exactly a week since Sam had moved in with the Kirby’s after finding out that she was pregnant and being kicked out by her mum, the move had clearly begun to put a strain on Cesca and Jonah’s relationship they were both snappy, grumpy, always anxious and most of all tired. But who could blame them, Sam was a nightmare, she went out till all hours of the morning, came in at the crack of dawn, didn’t help out in anyway, played music at full volume whilst Mia was supposed to be sleeping and most of all used the fact she was pregnant as an excuse for everything. Jonah couldn’t put up with it anymore, he felt intruded upon, and he felt like he couldn’t be his normal self because Sam was there. Equally Cesca was beginning to reach the end of her tether with the whole issue to, she hadn’t realised what it would be like, she already lived with one teenager, well Jonah was technically now an adult, but he was still younger than Cesca, she wasn’t expecting Sam to be as rowdy or as obnoxious as she was, especially in the mornings. It reached 8.00am the Kirby’s were nearly ready to leave, but they couldn’t until Sam was out the door, this always took forever and each day she seemed to take longer, “Sam, can you get a move on”, Jonah shouted up the stairs, “Jonah”, Cesca said, she wasn’t the sort of person to be rude to guests, Jonah just sighed this had to stop soon, they were always late at the minute something that they couldn’t afford to be yet again. Nearly 15 minutes later Sam appeared at the bottom of the stairs, bag in hand and half asleep, she hadn’t got in the night before until 5.00 am. Cesca and Jonah were also feeling the effects of that as Mia began to cry, she was an agitated little girl and one that needed her sleep, Sam was making a right hash of Mia’s routine, keeping her up at all hours of the night which meant that Cesca and Jonah were to.
Sam walked down the stairs got out her phone and instantly began to text, completely ignoring Cesca, Jonah and Mia as she walked out the door slamming it behind her, “Morning to you to”, Cesca said as the door slammed shut, “Mia, you are definitely never becoming a teenager”, Jonah laughed which was nice as it broke the anger that could have been sliced with a knife, they finally left getting in the car, settling a grumpy Mia before they left. Cesca started the car and pulled away, “I can’t keep on like this, Mia’s grumpy, were tired. The house is a tip with all her rubbish everywhere has she never heard of the word tidying up”, Cesca said, she needed to get it off her chest, she looked both ways before turning on to the road to school, “Then tell her to leave”, Jonah’s answer was simple and would have solved all their problems but it wasn’t as simple as that for Cesca, “No Jonah, she needs us, we took her in. We can’t just throw her out”, Cesca parked they all unbuckled, Cesca getting out to get Mia out, she was still grizzly, so grizzly that Flopsy wouldn’t even calm her down. “Ces, she doesn’t need us, she just needs someone”, with that Jonah kissed Mia and Cesca goodbye before leaving the side of the car to begin his last day of exams. Jonah left something for Cesca to think about. However his words kept being over written by the thought of this poor 16 year old girl, pregnant and homeless, Cesca didn’t want to be responsible for that, Sam was a good kid, who was in a big mess. She may be driving them both insane but she was a teenager living in her house; she was going to break the rules and be moody. Cesca just hadn’t quite realised the reality of teenage mood swings, Jonah’s mature for his age and 2 years older than Sam, those 2 years seemed to make a big difference, Jonah was now an adult, he may still be at school but that didn’t change what he was, this whole situation was slowly making the tiny part of Cesca that was still clinging to the words that her marriage was all wrong, he was just a boy, were slowly fading away. She grabbed her bag out of the car and walked into school, she knew today would be a quiet one with the majority of her lessons being level classes and they were all in exams. That meant that she would have the chance to catch up on coursework and end of year exam marking, something that seemed to never end if you were a teacher. It was a great opportunity though to think and reflect on everything, Cesca was finding herself doing this a lot at the minute, but recently it was more to do with how lucky she was and how happy she was but now it was what to do about Sam, Sam trusts Cesca how can she just throw that away, Sam needs someone and Cesca offered to be that someone she can’t just take it back. Cesca spent most of the morning thinking about it all, she thought about how Jonah had had enough, how he couldn’t live like this, she knew that the whole situation was putting a lot of strain and pressure on her relationship with Jonah and she didn’t want to lose what they had together but how did she please him and help Sam out.
There was a gentle knock at the door, Cesca looked up though it look her a while to notice someone was even standing there, “Ces, you alright”, it was Adanna, she walked in sitting on the desk closest to Cesca before studying Cesca’s face which was clearly giving out mixed messages. “Me, I’m fine”, Adanna knew that wasn’t true and persisted on like a true soldier until she got her answers. “Ces, something is clearly getting you down, please just tell me, I’m not leaving until you do”, “Adanna, I just don’t know what to do, Sam is causing chaos, she parties all night and comes in late, she plays her music full blast and most of does absolutely nothing to help, she happily helps to mess it all up”, “then why are you letting her stay still”, “because she needs me, Adanna. She trusted me, I can’t just bail out on her like everyone else has”, “but Ces, this is clearly affecting you and Jonah as a couple, do you really want to jeopardise that over a trust issue with a student, Ces, I know you are trying to do the right thing by everyone, but for once. Think about yourself”, Adanna got up after spreading her words of wisdom across Cescas room. Cesca knew that Jonah and Adanna were right and she defiantly didn’t want to lose Jonah but how do you kick someone out nicely.
Thankfully the end of the day had arrived, so Cesca grabbed her things together and headed to look for Jonah which didn’t take long as he was already on his way to find her, “Hey you”, he greeted her with a warm sensitive hug, Cescas head resting on his chest as she held him tightly, “How did your exams go”, “they went okay, I tried my best, so glad there over”, “I bet you are, you worked so hard for these, I’m proud of you”, a word that came up often with Jonah around, he was constantly impressing and surprising Cesca with his sensitive, loyal and trustworthy heart, “How’s about we go home and celebrate”, Cesca giggled “Yeah, why not”, This put a smile on Cesca’s face and allowed her to forget about the whole Sam situation. They headed to the crèche together something they hadn’t done in a while, hand in hand, smile to smile, this was what they had both always wanted, it may have all come a little soon but their little family were just perfect, they loved watching Mia grow, she was the icing on the cake for them, she meant the world. They reached the crèche to find a content and quite giggly little Mia, which was a change from when Cesca had dropped her off this morning in a right old grump. “Hey, Mia, mummy and daddy are here”, Beth said in quite a patronising voice, but Mia was only little so she gotten away with it. Jonah stepped forward taking Mia off Beth’s hands. “Hello gorgeous,” he lifted her in the air before kissing her on the head and holding her. Cesca smiled, Jonah was so good with Mia, “Thanks Beth, looks like Mia has had another exciting day, she loves it here, anyway will see you on Monday”, “yeah I think she has, I will see you all on Monday”, Jonah and Cesca encouraged Mia to wave back, Mia's attempt wasn’t bad and was congratulated with another kiss from Jonah, just as Mia let out a big yawn, “Right, I think we should be getting home, Mia is exhausted”. “Yeah,hopefully she’ll sleep better tonight an early night should do her good, plus we have some celebrating to do”, The walked out of school, one of Jonahs arms holding Mia and the other around Cescas waist, they were a unit one strong bond. They got in the car still smiling, Mia really was tired she fell asleep very quickly after being placed in her car seat, “she’s beautiful”, Jonah said as he turned around staring at his sleeping daughter. “she’s my little munchkin”, Cesca added, they arrived home, Jonah grabbed the bags and the buggy out of the boot allowing Cesca to take sleeping Mia out of the car, Jonah go to the door first, Cesca closely following in behind, “Right you put Mia to bed and I shall grab the bubbly”, he said, Cesca began to climb the stairs when Jonah began “What are you doing?” , Cesca climbed back down with a stirring Mia to find Sam all over Fin Sharky, “Fin” Cesca said shocked. “Get out now!” Cesca said, “But miss”, “Sam are you crazy, did you really expect me to be okay with Fin being in my house, the guy who attacked me only a month ago”, “But miss”, “Sam”, Jonah added, he couldn’t believe it, it wasn’t even the fact it was Fin for him, it was the fact they were all over each other in his living room, “Sam, it’s the middle of the day and you’re in my living room, did you really expect not to get caught”, Fin left, but not before giving Sam a long passionate kiss which was rudely interrupted by Cesca “Fin, get out!”, Mia was now screaming, Sam was in a foul mood and Jonah was fuming, Jonah headed for the kitchen where he signalled for Cesca to come to, “Ces, that’s it, she can’t stay anymore, either she goes”, He composed himself before finishing his sentence. “... or I go”, Cesca found herself rocking Mia in her arms as she was hit with the news, “Jonah, I love you. But I can’t just throw her out, she’s 16”, Jonah began to leave the room, “everyone in her life has bailed on her”, she began to say the last part to Mia as Jonah had completely left the room” I don’t want to be one of those people”, Cesca didn’t know what to do, she decided to go and put Mia to bed before going to find Jonah who had begun to pack “Ces, I’m serious, I love you, more than anything but I can’t be happy when Sam’s here” , Cesca began to cry, she panicked, she didn’t want Jonah to leave, she began to take everything out his bag whilst he put it all back in again “Jonah, you can’t go”, “Cesca your giving me no choice”, Cesca knew it was serious, Jonah had said her first name, she left the room and suddenly thought of a way to make this all better, she began to phone Tom.
The phone rang, it was taking ages to get through, Cesca was standing at the top of the stairs, keeping her eye on Jonah as he was slowly reaching the last of his things, “Tom, it’s Sam, I can’t have her anymore, Jonah’s threatening to leave, Mia is constantly tired and I just”, Tom finished her sentence” you don’t want to hurt anyone, Ces, Sam can stay with me and Josh, don’t feel bad, Sam has had a hard life and none of it was your fault, I’ll be over in a bit”, Cesca hung up the phone and clung to it as she pressed it against her chest. Her eyes were slowly welling up, Jonah was now zipping up his bag, she watched as his hand slowly let go of the handle of the zip just as the door rang, she ran down the stairs, swung the door open to a Tom who reassured her with a hug “Ces, it’s going to be alright”, she let out quiet sops, she didn’t want Sam to hear that she was crying, Tom made his way into the lounge as Jonah’s footsteps began to walk down the stairs he was unaware that Tom had just come in. “Sam, you’re going to come home with me, Cesca and Jonah need there space back, they have a baby to look after, they don’t need you to”, Sam let out a smile that said thank you and sorry. “Miss, I’m sorry if I have made your lives hell, I have been inconsiderate and have behaved appallingly but you stood by me and I will never forget that”, Cesca felt a warm sensation fill her body, those words settled all the worries she had with Sam, she was going to be alright after all she now had Tom, though Cesca had something she had to say “Sam, I will always be here for you”, she said just as Sam ran up the stairs to get her things together, “So what was it that drove you off the edge”, “Fin Sharky all over Sam”, “that kid has a nerve, after everything he did to you”, “Tom it’s fine as long as Sam’s happy”. Jonah was almost at the bottom when Sam ran straight passed him; he picked up his pace as he reached the door frame of the lounge to find Tom and a slightly relieved but messed up Cesca. He dropped his bags and headed for the lounge, “Ces, you okay”, “Jonah, Sam’s going to Tom’s she is going to be okay”, “Ces, she was always going to be okay, I love you”. They shared a passionate kiss as Sam came back down the stairs and met tom in the hallway only to find the pair kissing, “at least wait till I’ve left” the pair laughed composing themselves as they waved off Sam at the door, “I know this wasn’t easy for you, your problem is you care to much Ces, but that’s why I love you”, “”Jonah I love you and I wasn’t going to lose you that easily”, The pair turned to face each other before sharing a meaningful hug, closing the door before Jonah had a suggestion “How’s about we crack open some shampoo and finally get on with the celebrations we had planned”, Cesca grabbed the classes and smiled as Jonah began to poor away, they had their lives back. They were able to live and be the family they were without feeling overlooked or being kept up all night every night. Jonah began a toast “To us and being a family”; they took a cheeky sip before sharing one more passionate kiss.
Sam walked down the stairs got out her phone and instantly began to text, completely ignoring Cesca, Jonah and Mia as she walked out the door slamming it behind her, “Morning to you to”, Cesca said as the door slammed shut, “Mia, you are definitely never becoming a teenager”, Jonah laughed which was nice as it broke the anger that could have been sliced with a knife, they finally left getting in the car, settling a grumpy Mia before they left. Cesca started the car and pulled away, “I can’t keep on like this, Mia’s grumpy, were tired. The house is a tip with all her rubbish everywhere has she never heard of the word tidying up”, Cesca said, she needed to get it off her chest, she looked both ways before turning on to the road to school, “Then tell her to leave”, Jonah’s answer was simple and would have solved all their problems but it wasn’t as simple as that for Cesca, “No Jonah, she needs us, we took her in. We can’t just throw her out”, Cesca parked they all unbuckled, Cesca getting out to get Mia out, she was still grizzly, so grizzly that Flopsy wouldn’t even calm her down. “Ces, she doesn’t need us, she just needs someone”, with that Jonah kissed Mia and Cesca goodbye before leaving the side of the car to begin his last day of exams. Jonah left something for Cesca to think about. However his words kept being over written by the thought of this poor 16 year old girl, pregnant and homeless, Cesca didn’t want to be responsible for that, Sam was a good kid, who was in a big mess. She may be driving them both insane but she was a teenager living in her house; she was going to break the rules and be moody. Cesca just hadn’t quite realised the reality of teenage mood swings, Jonah’s mature for his age and 2 years older than Sam, those 2 years seemed to make a big difference, Jonah was now an adult, he may still be at school but that didn’t change what he was, this whole situation was slowly making the tiny part of Cesca that was still clinging to the words that her marriage was all wrong, he was just a boy, were slowly fading away. She grabbed her bag out of the car and walked into school, she knew today would be a quiet one with the majority of her lessons being level classes and they were all in exams. That meant that she would have the chance to catch up on coursework and end of year exam marking, something that seemed to never end if you were a teacher. It was a great opportunity though to think and reflect on everything, Cesca was finding herself doing this a lot at the minute, but recently it was more to do with how lucky she was and how happy she was but now it was what to do about Sam, Sam trusts Cesca how can she just throw that away, Sam needs someone and Cesca offered to be that someone she can’t just take it back. Cesca spent most of the morning thinking about it all, she thought about how Jonah had had enough, how he couldn’t live like this, she knew that the whole situation was putting a lot of strain and pressure on her relationship with Jonah and she didn’t want to lose what they had together but how did she please him and help Sam out.
There was a gentle knock at the door, Cesca looked up though it look her a while to notice someone was even standing there, “Ces, you alright”, it was Adanna, she walked in sitting on the desk closest to Cesca before studying Cesca’s face which was clearly giving out mixed messages. “Me, I’m fine”, Adanna knew that wasn’t true and persisted on like a true soldier until she got her answers. “Ces, something is clearly getting you down, please just tell me, I’m not leaving until you do”, “Adanna, I just don’t know what to do, Sam is causing chaos, she parties all night and comes in late, she plays her music full blast and most of does absolutely nothing to help, she happily helps to mess it all up”, “then why are you letting her stay still”, “because she needs me, Adanna. She trusted me, I can’t just bail out on her like everyone else has”, “but Ces, this is clearly affecting you and Jonah as a couple, do you really want to jeopardise that over a trust issue with a student, Ces, I know you are trying to do the right thing by everyone, but for once. Think about yourself”, Adanna got up after spreading her words of wisdom across Cescas room. Cesca knew that Jonah and Adanna were right and she defiantly didn’t want to lose Jonah but how do you kick someone out nicely.
Thankfully the end of the day had arrived, so Cesca grabbed her things together and headed to look for Jonah which didn’t take long as he was already on his way to find her, “Hey you”, he greeted her with a warm sensitive hug, Cescas head resting on his chest as she held him tightly, “How did your exams go”, “they went okay, I tried my best, so glad there over”, “I bet you are, you worked so hard for these, I’m proud of you”, a word that came up often with Jonah around, he was constantly impressing and surprising Cesca with his sensitive, loyal and trustworthy heart, “How’s about we go home and celebrate”, Cesca giggled “Yeah, why not”, This put a smile on Cesca’s face and allowed her to forget about the whole Sam situation. They headed to the crèche together something they hadn’t done in a while, hand in hand, smile to smile, this was what they had both always wanted, it may have all come a little soon but their little family were just perfect, they loved watching Mia grow, she was the icing on the cake for them, she meant the world. They reached the crèche to find a content and quite giggly little Mia, which was a change from when Cesca had dropped her off this morning in a right old grump. “Hey, Mia, mummy and daddy are here”, Beth said in quite a patronising voice, but Mia was only little so she gotten away with it. Jonah stepped forward taking Mia off Beth’s hands. “Hello gorgeous,” he lifted her in the air before kissing her on the head and holding her. Cesca smiled, Jonah was so good with Mia, “Thanks Beth, looks like Mia has had another exciting day, she loves it here, anyway will see you on Monday”, “yeah I think she has, I will see you all on Monday”, Jonah and Cesca encouraged Mia to wave back, Mia's attempt wasn’t bad and was congratulated with another kiss from Jonah, just as Mia let out a big yawn, “Right, I think we should be getting home, Mia is exhausted”. “Yeah,hopefully she’ll sleep better tonight an early night should do her good, plus we have some celebrating to do”, The walked out of school, one of Jonahs arms holding Mia and the other around Cescas waist, they were a unit one strong bond. They got in the car still smiling, Mia really was tired she fell asleep very quickly after being placed in her car seat, “she’s beautiful”, Jonah said as he turned around staring at his sleeping daughter. “she’s my little munchkin”, Cesca added, they arrived home, Jonah grabbed the bags and the buggy out of the boot allowing Cesca to take sleeping Mia out of the car, Jonah go to the door first, Cesca closely following in behind, “Right you put Mia to bed and I shall grab the bubbly”, he said, Cesca began to climb the stairs when Jonah began “What are you doing?” , Cesca climbed back down with a stirring Mia to find Sam all over Fin Sharky, “Fin” Cesca said shocked. “Get out now!” Cesca said, “But miss”, “Sam are you crazy, did you really expect me to be okay with Fin being in my house, the guy who attacked me only a month ago”, “But miss”, “Sam”, Jonah added, he couldn’t believe it, it wasn’t even the fact it was Fin for him, it was the fact they were all over each other in his living room, “Sam, it’s the middle of the day and you’re in my living room, did you really expect not to get caught”, Fin left, but not before giving Sam a long passionate kiss which was rudely interrupted by Cesca “Fin, get out!”, Mia was now screaming, Sam was in a foul mood and Jonah was fuming, Jonah headed for the kitchen where he signalled for Cesca to come to, “Ces, that’s it, she can’t stay anymore, either she goes”, He composed himself before finishing his sentence. “... or I go”, Cesca found herself rocking Mia in her arms as she was hit with the news, “Jonah, I love you. But I can’t just throw her out, she’s 16”, Jonah began to leave the room, “everyone in her life has bailed on her”, she began to say the last part to Mia as Jonah had completely left the room” I don’t want to be one of those people”, Cesca didn’t know what to do, she decided to go and put Mia to bed before going to find Jonah who had begun to pack “Ces, I’m serious, I love you, more than anything but I can’t be happy when Sam’s here” , Cesca began to cry, she panicked, she didn’t want Jonah to leave, she began to take everything out his bag whilst he put it all back in again “Jonah, you can’t go”, “Cesca your giving me no choice”, Cesca knew it was serious, Jonah had said her first name, she left the room and suddenly thought of a way to make this all better, she began to phone Tom.
The phone rang, it was taking ages to get through, Cesca was standing at the top of the stairs, keeping her eye on Jonah as he was slowly reaching the last of his things, “Tom, it’s Sam, I can’t have her anymore, Jonah’s threatening to leave, Mia is constantly tired and I just”, Tom finished her sentence” you don’t want to hurt anyone, Ces, Sam can stay with me and Josh, don’t feel bad, Sam has had a hard life and none of it was your fault, I’ll be over in a bit”, Cesca hung up the phone and clung to it as she pressed it against her chest. Her eyes were slowly welling up, Jonah was now zipping up his bag, she watched as his hand slowly let go of the handle of the zip just as the door rang, she ran down the stairs, swung the door open to a Tom who reassured her with a hug “Ces, it’s going to be alright”, she let out quiet sops, she didn’t want Sam to hear that she was crying, Tom made his way into the lounge as Jonah’s footsteps began to walk down the stairs he was unaware that Tom had just come in. “Sam, you’re going to come home with me, Cesca and Jonah need there space back, they have a baby to look after, they don’t need you to”, Sam let out a smile that said thank you and sorry. “Miss, I’m sorry if I have made your lives hell, I have been inconsiderate and have behaved appallingly but you stood by me and I will never forget that”, Cesca felt a warm sensation fill her body, those words settled all the worries she had with Sam, she was going to be alright after all she now had Tom, though Cesca had something she had to say “Sam, I will always be here for you”, she said just as Sam ran up the stairs to get her things together, “So what was it that drove you off the edge”, “Fin Sharky all over Sam”, “that kid has a nerve, after everything he did to you”, “Tom it’s fine as long as Sam’s happy”. Jonah was almost at the bottom when Sam ran straight passed him; he picked up his pace as he reached the door frame of the lounge to find Tom and a slightly relieved but messed up Cesca. He dropped his bags and headed for the lounge, “Ces, you okay”, “Jonah, Sam’s going to Tom’s she is going to be okay”, “Ces, she was always going to be okay, I love you”. They shared a passionate kiss as Sam came back down the stairs and met tom in the hallway only to find the pair kissing, “at least wait till I’ve left” the pair laughed composing themselves as they waved off Sam at the door, “I know this wasn’t easy for you, your problem is you care to much Ces, but that’s why I love you”, “”Jonah I love you and I wasn’t going to lose you that easily”, The pair turned to face each other before sharing a meaningful hug, closing the door before Jonah had a suggestion “How’s about we crack open some shampoo and finally get on with the celebrations we had planned”, Cesca grabbed the classes and smiled as Jonah began to poor away, they had their lives back. They were able to live and be the family they were without feeling overlooked or being kept up all night every night. Jonah began a toast “To us and being a family”; they took a cheeky sip before sharing one more passionate kiss.
