Chapter 29 - Unexpected Events
Morning broke on the Kirby house hold Cesca woke first, her eyes opened and a smile poured across her face, last night had been magical and she was still lying in the arms of Jonah, nothing could be better, she rolled over, careful to lift his hand that was still wrapped around her stomach, so that she could turn without moving him to, she stared for a while, simply looking at how content he was, how his body was wrapped around hers. She kissed his cheek seductively waking him from his deep sleep. His gorgeous eyes opened, glistening as they looked towards Cesca who was looking as beautiful as ever, “Morning sleepy head”, She said once she was sure he was awake, he pulled her close wanting to feel her against his body, “morning Ces”, he held her tightly, protecting her from the world, “Last night..”, Cesca began to say as she was interrupted by Jonah, “It was great wasn’t it”, “Great? Jonah it was magical, the bracelet the food, the time we spent together. It was simply perfect”, Jonah smiled, “Well what can I say, I am a man of many talents”, Cesca laughed, “Don’t push it”, Cesca said in her husky voice. “Last night may have been great but that doesn’t change the way I feel about mornings”. Cesca hated them, whether it was a weekday or weekend Cesca hated them, it was as simple as that. The pair cuddled up closer; they wanted to make the most of Mia not being there, as much as they loved her they were enjoying each other’s company without having the responsibilities of caring for Mia. Cesca’s eyes gazed down at her bracelet, holding each heart between her fingers as she fiddled around with it, finding new features to it that she hadn’t noticed before, such as the fact that there were two links that seemed to fit together, they joined. Cesca had missed these links, she just presumed they were pretty links that separated the hearts, but that’s where she was mistaken. These two links were the letters C and J, they fitted together to create the letter M. Cesca felt a tear run down her eye, she had never looked at something so beautiful and felt so much meaning from it. Jonah really had given her the best surprise ever. Jonah hadn’t realised what Cesca was doing as he held her close but began to panic as he felt her body shudder as she sniffed after a few tears. “Ces... What’s wrong?” She rolled over to face him “C, J and M, that’s us”, she pointed towards the bracelet, and he smiled. He had forgotten all about that special link, after all it wasn’t the most obvious on the bracelet, yet it had the most meaning. “Jonah, you’re so thoughtful. This surprise feels like it’s never going to end, every time I look at it, it just makes me smile. You make me smile Jonah”. Jonah smiled as he went in to kiss his wife before wiping away yet another set of tears full of joy. The electricity began to flow once more, kisses returned by kisses, it was as if their lips were magnets, they couldn’t help but be attracted to each other. But then they were interrupted by the sound of Cesca’s phone ringing, it was 12 o’clock, so it wasn’t like the phone call was intentionally meant to wake or disturb her. The pair continued to kiss, Cesca attempted to pull away to get her phone, “Leave it”, Cesca gave into Jonah but only for a second, “if it’s important they can call back”, he spoke again, Cesca was finding the ringing rather off putting so went to answer it but annoyingly as she reached her phone the ringing seized. “Typical”, Cesca said in an almost giggly voice, but then there was a bleep. A text message had come through, so Cesca leant over Jonah towards the bedside table to read the text. She sat up against her pillow, Jonah’s eyes looked up as he scanned every inch of Cesca’s beauty he admired her on so many levels.
“It’s from Layla”, Cesca called out to Jonah, “That’s a nice surprise, what did she say?” Jonah said with a smile on her face, Cesca scanned the text quickly before replying to Jonah “She wants to meet for a coffee with Mia”, “Sounds like a nice idea, Mia would love it, she likes Layla” “Yeah it would be nice to go out, have some girly time. I have had way to much male attention recently”, Cesca finished her sentence with a giggle as she planted her lips on to Jonah’s giggling some more just before she reached them. They embraced for a few minutes, sharing the warmth that was created when their bodies met, Cesca decided she should probably get ready if she was going out for some coffee, she had to get Mia before she even go to the coffee part. “Right as much as I would like to stay like this all day, I really need to go and get ready”, “Not even for 1 more minute?”, Jonah tried to persuade her, but it hadn’t worked, instead she kissed him on the cheek, which only teased him and got out of bed, heading for the shower. Jonah headed downstairs to turn the kettle on so that Cesca could be greeted with her morning coffee. He could tell she was going to need it, she had spent way too much time in bed and wasn’t too happy departing it. Mia was very similar to Cesca, Jonah knew that Mia would be playing up at his dad’s and was finding pleasure in knowing that he would be the one having to deal with it and not him, he couldn’t help but smile as he poured the water into Cesca’s favourite mug. As if on cue in walked Cesca, her hair was flowing, falling naturally into its luscious curls, her makeup looked beautiful too, not too much but not too little either, just the right amount. She was still in her dressing gown, which meant that she was undecided as to what to wear. “Tired are we, this should help?”, Jonah lifted the mug towards her, she accepted it caressing his hands as it was placed into hers, “Life saver”, She said, this cup of coffee really would save most of their morning, it would be the cause for the lack of arguing over the littlest things. Cesca perched against the kitchen work top as she drank her coffee, Jonah simply watched, it may have been early for Cesca but she still looked radiant. “What”, she said in a sensitive, cheeky voice after realising Jonah was watching her, “nothing”; he said innocently, his eyes clearly fixated with her. Cesca let out a cheeky smile, the coffee had already perked her up, before heading upstairs to make the tough decision of what to wear. She opened her wardrobe; it was stacked with clothes in variety of colours. The sun was shining, it seemed to a lot these days, Cesca didn’t know whether it was because life was just panning out great or whether it was just her luck, either way she was going to use the weather to her advantage, so she decided it was going to be a dress day. She moved the dresses about, looking at each one and then moving it along until she found two she liked, they were both new so neither had been worn before, which only made the decision that much harder. Luckily for Cesca maybe not so lucky for Jonah, Cesca could ask her hubby for advice, which he happily gave despite knowing that he would help her choose and then she’d completely change her mind, but then again it’s a girls prerogative to do so. Cesca held up the first dress, it was a black halter neck dress with white polka dots, it was very cute. “What you think?”, “It looks lovely, but what’s the other like?” Cesca swapped the dresses over, holding up a cute red flowery, frilly tea dress. It was gorgeous, stylish and dressy but not to dressy, Jonah’s eyes lit up as he imagined her in it, “That’s the one, you’ll look stunning”, “If it’s got your vote then I’m not complaining”, Cesca liked this dress to but she was originally unsure as she thought it might be too fussy. She slipped it on, her hair was now clipped to one side, and she looked so summery. Jonah had gotten out of the shower as he caught sight of her. “You... look incredible”, Jonah was utterly speechless, Cesca couldn’t help but blush, she loved to impress Jonah, and his opinion was the only one that truly mattered to her. “Thanks baby”, she said. Jonah slipped on his jeans as Cesca slipped into some rather cute strappy heels. “Right I better get going, don’t want to be late and I still need to get Mia”, She walked over to Jonah, finding comfort in his warm embrace, he was topless and toned, that would put a smile on any girls face. He held her close before sharing a long passionate kiss, “Have fun, I might go and meet Ronan, haven’t seen him in a while. Last I heard he was engaged to Vicki, might see how it’s all going, offer my support and advice”, “Sounds lovely, text you later, love you”, “Love you always”, was Jonah reply, she grabbed a brown over sized bag from under her dressing table and walked downstairs on the hunt for her car keys. “Come on, come on”, Cesca found herself muttering to herself, until she found them, which was great as she was beginning to look a little silly, still no one was watching her or there to judge her.
She opened the door, being sure to close it behind her, she headed for the car, she was rather looking forward to meeting up with Layla again, they’d had such a lovely time last time they saw each other, the pair had really hit it off! Cesca started the ignition and headed for Marcus’s to go and get Mia, she was missing her a lot, but she knew that she would have been having lots of fun with Granddad and Auntie Ruth, the pair of them spoilt her rotten with all the attention they gave her. She stopped outside the house, grabbing her bag before walking up the beautiful winding path to the Kirby’s front door; she knocked gently three times before Marcus appeared with a beaming smile and an excited Mia. “Hello Mia, Mummy’s missed you”, Marcus handed Mia over to Cesca who was very excited to see her little girl, who looked gorgeous, her hair was beginning to get quite curly, just like Cesca’s, she had a red bow in her hair matched with a little red and white spotted dress, she looked gorgeous. She even had some pretty patent read brogues on; she was defiantly Cesca’s daughter. “You want to stay for a coffee?” Marcus asked, “I would love to but got plans to meet Layla for Coffee”, “Don’t worry about it, heard a lot about the other night with Danny and Layla, heard it went well. It’s nice to meet a new crowd once in a while, give you a chance to escape from everything”, “Yeah, it was great. They are so lovely and their expecting a baby. It’s nice to have someone to relate to”, “Well I’m glad it’s going so well, say hi to Jonah for me and remember we are happy to have Mia anytime, you know that”, Marcus smiled, brushing his fingers across Mia’s cute chubby cheeks, Cesca looked towards Mia as he did so, it was a cute moment. “Yes I know, I better get going, thanks for having her. I shall get Jonah to call you tonight”, “Okay, look forward to it, bye”, “Bye, you going to wave to Granddad and Auntie Ruth Mia?”, “bye bye” Mia said, she was getting quite good at talking, her words were much more recognisable now and her waving was getting cuter by the second, Cesca giggled as she put Mia down so that she could walk. She was an independent soul.
“Come here rascal, mummy’s missed you”, Cesca picked up Mia so that she could put her in the car, being sure to kiss her and touch noses before putting her in her car seat. Mia was in a happy mood so this was easy. “Right were going to see Layla”, “Lala”, “Yep, that’s right Mia”, Cesca shut Mia’s door, got in and began to drive off towards star bucks, Mia chatted to herself the whole way it was cute watching her converse with Flopsy. Cesca watched Mia through the rear view mirror as she stopped outside star bucks. She got out the car, unstrapped Mia and began to walk in; Mia could see Layla and was giving her some rather cute smiles. Cesca walked in holding Mia, who had Flopsy tightly held in her hand, his little legs were dangling down against Cesca’s legs. “Hey, this was a nice idea”, Cesca greeted Layla who was comfortably sat down, she was quite frankly blooming, she looked as if she might explode. Cesca had forgotten how much you change towards the end of your pregnancy after all Mia was nearly 2 and a half. Mia was placed in the high chair as Layla replied, “Well I needed a good catch up and the other night was lovely”, “Yeah it was, thank you for coming, I’m going to grab a coffee you want one?”, “Sure”, Cesca rummaged through her bag for her purse and headed off to cue for the coffees. She looked back to see Layla playing with Mia, it was a lovely sight, Mia was giggling and smiling away, Cesca knew that Layla was going to be a good mum. Cesca soon returned with the coffee’s placing them down just as Layla began to feel uncomfortable. Layla’s happy expression soon turned to pain and fear. “Layla, are you okay?” Cesca asked, keeping her eye on Mia who was happily breaking up half a kit kat that Cesca had given her, she had been a good girl so deserved a treat. “Yeah, just the baby kicking” “as long as your okay”, “Yeah I’m fine, how’s Jonah then?”, “Yeah he’s great thanks, spent the night in so got some quality time without this little monster, he’s gone to meet a friend talk about their engagement plans”, “That’s good, Danny’s at some music festival, so I’m sure he’s having fun, he called me this morning, they have been really lucky with the weather, it’s usually chucking it down”, “Yeah, it’s absolutely gorgeous weather, Mia’s been playing in the garden a lot recently, been thinking about getting a sand pit, would be great in the sum”, Cesca’s sentence was cut short as Layla appeared to be in agony. “It’s okay, breathe”, Layla was clearly having a contraction, Cesca kept her calm whilst making sure that Mia was settled, the last thing she needed right now was for Mia to kick off. “That’s it, good”, Layla wasn’t in as much pain but was still really feeling it. Cesca was about to offer her lift to the hospital when Layla’s waters suddenly broke, which decided Layla’s answer without the use of words, they were off to the hospital.
“It’s from Layla”, Cesca called out to Jonah, “That’s a nice surprise, what did she say?” Jonah said with a smile on her face, Cesca scanned the text quickly before replying to Jonah “She wants to meet for a coffee with Mia”, “Sounds like a nice idea, Mia would love it, she likes Layla” “Yeah it would be nice to go out, have some girly time. I have had way to much male attention recently”, Cesca finished her sentence with a giggle as she planted her lips on to Jonah’s giggling some more just before she reached them. They embraced for a few minutes, sharing the warmth that was created when their bodies met, Cesca decided she should probably get ready if she was going out for some coffee, she had to get Mia before she even go to the coffee part. “Right as much as I would like to stay like this all day, I really need to go and get ready”, “Not even for 1 more minute?”, Jonah tried to persuade her, but it hadn’t worked, instead she kissed him on the cheek, which only teased him and got out of bed, heading for the shower. Jonah headed downstairs to turn the kettle on so that Cesca could be greeted with her morning coffee. He could tell she was going to need it, she had spent way too much time in bed and wasn’t too happy departing it. Mia was very similar to Cesca, Jonah knew that Mia would be playing up at his dad’s and was finding pleasure in knowing that he would be the one having to deal with it and not him, he couldn’t help but smile as he poured the water into Cesca’s favourite mug. As if on cue in walked Cesca, her hair was flowing, falling naturally into its luscious curls, her makeup looked beautiful too, not too much but not too little either, just the right amount. She was still in her dressing gown, which meant that she was undecided as to what to wear. “Tired are we, this should help?”, Jonah lifted the mug towards her, she accepted it caressing his hands as it was placed into hers, “Life saver”, She said, this cup of coffee really would save most of their morning, it would be the cause for the lack of arguing over the littlest things. Cesca perched against the kitchen work top as she drank her coffee, Jonah simply watched, it may have been early for Cesca but she still looked radiant. “What”, she said in a sensitive, cheeky voice after realising Jonah was watching her, “nothing”; he said innocently, his eyes clearly fixated with her. Cesca let out a cheeky smile, the coffee had already perked her up, before heading upstairs to make the tough decision of what to wear. She opened her wardrobe; it was stacked with clothes in variety of colours. The sun was shining, it seemed to a lot these days, Cesca didn’t know whether it was because life was just panning out great or whether it was just her luck, either way she was going to use the weather to her advantage, so she decided it was going to be a dress day. She moved the dresses about, looking at each one and then moving it along until she found two she liked, they were both new so neither had been worn before, which only made the decision that much harder. Luckily for Cesca maybe not so lucky for Jonah, Cesca could ask her hubby for advice, which he happily gave despite knowing that he would help her choose and then she’d completely change her mind, but then again it’s a girls prerogative to do so. Cesca held up the first dress, it was a black halter neck dress with white polka dots, it was very cute. “What you think?”, “It looks lovely, but what’s the other like?” Cesca swapped the dresses over, holding up a cute red flowery, frilly tea dress. It was gorgeous, stylish and dressy but not to dressy, Jonah’s eyes lit up as he imagined her in it, “That’s the one, you’ll look stunning”, “If it’s got your vote then I’m not complaining”, Cesca liked this dress to but she was originally unsure as she thought it might be too fussy. She slipped it on, her hair was now clipped to one side, and she looked so summery. Jonah had gotten out of the shower as he caught sight of her. “You... look incredible”, Jonah was utterly speechless, Cesca couldn’t help but blush, she loved to impress Jonah, and his opinion was the only one that truly mattered to her. “Thanks baby”, she said. Jonah slipped on his jeans as Cesca slipped into some rather cute strappy heels. “Right I better get going, don’t want to be late and I still need to get Mia”, She walked over to Jonah, finding comfort in his warm embrace, he was topless and toned, that would put a smile on any girls face. He held her close before sharing a long passionate kiss, “Have fun, I might go and meet Ronan, haven’t seen him in a while. Last I heard he was engaged to Vicki, might see how it’s all going, offer my support and advice”, “Sounds lovely, text you later, love you”, “Love you always”, was Jonah reply, she grabbed a brown over sized bag from under her dressing table and walked downstairs on the hunt for her car keys. “Come on, come on”, Cesca found herself muttering to herself, until she found them, which was great as she was beginning to look a little silly, still no one was watching her or there to judge her.
She opened the door, being sure to close it behind her, she headed for the car, she was rather looking forward to meeting up with Layla again, they’d had such a lovely time last time they saw each other, the pair had really hit it off! Cesca started the ignition and headed for Marcus’s to go and get Mia, she was missing her a lot, but she knew that she would have been having lots of fun with Granddad and Auntie Ruth, the pair of them spoilt her rotten with all the attention they gave her. She stopped outside the house, grabbing her bag before walking up the beautiful winding path to the Kirby’s front door; she knocked gently three times before Marcus appeared with a beaming smile and an excited Mia. “Hello Mia, Mummy’s missed you”, Marcus handed Mia over to Cesca who was very excited to see her little girl, who looked gorgeous, her hair was beginning to get quite curly, just like Cesca’s, she had a red bow in her hair matched with a little red and white spotted dress, she looked gorgeous. She even had some pretty patent read brogues on; she was defiantly Cesca’s daughter. “You want to stay for a coffee?” Marcus asked, “I would love to but got plans to meet Layla for Coffee”, “Don’t worry about it, heard a lot about the other night with Danny and Layla, heard it went well. It’s nice to meet a new crowd once in a while, give you a chance to escape from everything”, “Yeah, it was great. They are so lovely and their expecting a baby. It’s nice to have someone to relate to”, “Well I’m glad it’s going so well, say hi to Jonah for me and remember we are happy to have Mia anytime, you know that”, Marcus smiled, brushing his fingers across Mia’s cute chubby cheeks, Cesca looked towards Mia as he did so, it was a cute moment. “Yes I know, I better get going, thanks for having her. I shall get Jonah to call you tonight”, “Okay, look forward to it, bye”, “Bye, you going to wave to Granddad and Auntie Ruth Mia?”, “bye bye” Mia said, she was getting quite good at talking, her words were much more recognisable now and her waving was getting cuter by the second, Cesca giggled as she put Mia down so that she could walk. She was an independent soul.
“Come here rascal, mummy’s missed you”, Cesca picked up Mia so that she could put her in the car, being sure to kiss her and touch noses before putting her in her car seat. Mia was in a happy mood so this was easy. “Right were going to see Layla”, “Lala”, “Yep, that’s right Mia”, Cesca shut Mia’s door, got in and began to drive off towards star bucks, Mia chatted to herself the whole way it was cute watching her converse with Flopsy. Cesca watched Mia through the rear view mirror as she stopped outside star bucks. She got out the car, unstrapped Mia and began to walk in; Mia could see Layla and was giving her some rather cute smiles. Cesca walked in holding Mia, who had Flopsy tightly held in her hand, his little legs were dangling down against Cesca’s legs. “Hey, this was a nice idea”, Cesca greeted Layla who was comfortably sat down, she was quite frankly blooming, she looked as if she might explode. Cesca had forgotten how much you change towards the end of your pregnancy after all Mia was nearly 2 and a half. Mia was placed in the high chair as Layla replied, “Well I needed a good catch up and the other night was lovely”, “Yeah it was, thank you for coming, I’m going to grab a coffee you want one?”, “Sure”, Cesca rummaged through her bag for her purse and headed off to cue for the coffees. She looked back to see Layla playing with Mia, it was a lovely sight, Mia was giggling and smiling away, Cesca knew that Layla was going to be a good mum. Cesca soon returned with the coffee’s placing them down just as Layla began to feel uncomfortable. Layla’s happy expression soon turned to pain and fear. “Layla, are you okay?” Cesca asked, keeping her eye on Mia who was happily breaking up half a kit kat that Cesca had given her, she had been a good girl so deserved a treat. “Yeah, just the baby kicking” “as long as your okay”, “Yeah I’m fine, how’s Jonah then?”, “Yeah he’s great thanks, spent the night in so got some quality time without this little monster, he’s gone to meet a friend talk about their engagement plans”, “That’s good, Danny’s at some music festival, so I’m sure he’s having fun, he called me this morning, they have been really lucky with the weather, it’s usually chucking it down”, “Yeah, it’s absolutely gorgeous weather, Mia’s been playing in the garden a lot recently, been thinking about getting a sand pit, would be great in the sum”, Cesca’s sentence was cut short as Layla appeared to be in agony. “It’s okay, breathe”, Layla was clearly having a contraction, Cesca kept her calm whilst making sure that Mia was settled, the last thing she needed right now was for Mia to kick off. “That’s it, good”, Layla wasn’t in as much pain but was still really feeling it. Cesca was about to offer her lift to the hospital when Layla’s waters suddenly broke, which decided Layla’s answer without the use of words, they were off to the hospital.
