Chapter 31 - Picture Perfect
Cesca and Jonah were in awe they were so proud of their friends, so happy for them, this was one of those moments you treasured forever. There was a lot of love and sense of calm in the room at this one moment, As Layla and Danny became more engrossed in their tiny baby boy, Cesca and Jonah’s attention turned to Mia. She was their little sleeping beauty, curled up in the chair, Flopsy under one arm, one of his legs was half way out the hole that was under the arm rest, her thumb on her other hand was in her mouth and it definitely wasn’t budging. “She’s gorgeous Mrs Kirby”, Jonah whispered to Cesca, his head still nestled into her neck, Cesca’s hand had reached his face now as the couple shared a picture perfect moment together once more before Cesca replied with, “She is isn’t she”. It was only late afternoon but everyone was starting to feel the tiredness that was swimming around the room after the exciting and frantic few hours that had only just occurred. “We should probably get off; leave you to bond with Olly properly”. Cesca smiled up at Jonah before carrying on the conversation. “Mia’s completely flaked out, congratulations again”. Cesca went over to give Layla a proud hug of congratulations. “Well done you!” She said as she pulled away. “Cesca, I really couldn’t have done it without you, thank you so much”, “Don’t thank me; you would have done the same. Give me a call when you’re out of hospital, we’ll pop round. I’m sure Mia would love to meet Olly... properly”. They all giggled, Mia was still looking as cute as ever. Jonah went to pick up their gorgeous little girl, careful not to wake her as he lifted her into his arms, holding her tightly as he held the back of her head. Cesca grabbed her bag before they all said their final goodbyes and headed for the door leaving the room. Jonah held Mia tightly with one arm as he reached out his other to be in contact with his other beautiful girl. Cesca looked up as she interlocked her tiny, delicate hand with his. “I really do love you Cesca Kirby”; “I love you to”. Cesca looked up towards him, softly kissing him on the cheek. They reached the car; they had to depart at this point which was sad and altogether quite annoying. Jonah had used his car to bring Danny so they had to drive back separately. Cesca rummaged through her bag, something she had done a lot that day, but at least this time she was calm and there was no hurry, other than the fact Jonah’s arms were beginning to ache from carrying Mia, she had been carried in an awkward position, though it was comfy for Mia, just not the person carrying her.
Cesca had found her keys and calmly unlocked it, opening the door on the driver’s side so she could place her bag in the car. She quickly climbed out realising that Jonah needed help opening the door, Jonah calmly and happily placed his little girl in her car seat whilst Cesca stood behind him arms folded admiring his handy work. He really was the best father she could have ever hoped he’d be. He loved Mia to bits; they were the Kirby’s. Jonah carefully backed out of the car, kissing Mia on the head before bowing his head so he didn’t bump it as he got out. He shut the door quietly, being sure not to wake Mia, though she seemed to be in a pretty deep sleep, this day really had warn her out, it had warn them all to be frank. Jonah placed his hands around Cesca’s waist pulling her closer he looked down at her with his sexy eyes, which only made Cesca giggle as he bit his lip, “I really am the luckiest guy”, they stared into each other’s eyes, swapping between lips and eyes, the moment was captivating. Jonah inclined his head down towards her lips; they shared a long romantic kiss before Jonah held her close one last time. “I’ll see you back at the house”, she said, smiling. She waited by her door, which was wide open as she watched him climb into his car, she mirrored his actions. She fastened her seatbelt as she admired her little piece of heaven through the rear view mirror. She started the ignition, and pulled away smoothly. Cesca and Jonah couldn’t stop thinking about each other the whole ride home. Cesca had the biggest grin on her face until Mia started to grizzle and open her eyes; Cesca watched her daughter wake graceful wouldn’t have been the words Cesca would have chosen to describe this moment. Mia began to cry, the last thing she remembered was being at the hospital with her mummy, it was all so confusing suddenly being in the car again, “Shh, it’s alright Mia, were going home”. Cesca’s voice was calm and loving, Mia wasn’t screaming anymore but the tears carried on rolling down Mia’s smooth cheeks, each tear followed by a tiny whimper as she caught her breath. “Lala”, Mia called out through her tears of worry. “Layla’s at the hospital with Danny and the baby, Mia”, “Bubba”. “That’s right Mia, you’re a clever girl”. Mia sunk back into her car seat, still Holding Flopsy as she looked out the window as they approached home. She stopped the car as smoothly as she had started it and began to get out.
She grabbed her bag before shutting her door and opening Mia’s. Her face was sodden and she was still crying, “No more tears Mia”. Cesca said as she adjusted her on her hip. They began to walk towards the door, Jonah was there waiting for them, “Keys?”, Cesca questioned, “Didn’t bring them, didn’t really expect this all to happen”, Cesca laughed, Jonah caught sight of a grizzly and very teary Mia, “Guessing she woke up then”, “you guessed it”, Cesca was just as warn out as Mia, except it wasn’t considered right for a grown adult to suddenly break down in tears because it had all become too much. Jonah could see that Mia’s emotional rollercoaster was taking its toll on Cesca, so just before she was ready to kick her shoes off, Jonah took her off her hands. “Thanks”, she said, with a smile on her face, “I am in serious need of some coffee, you want one?” Jonah laughed this time and replied with “No thanks”. Cesca headed to the kitchen watching her man cheer their little girl up. They were sat on the sofa Mia comfortably in his lap, she was nestled into his chest, his t-shirt was rather wet after all the tears and snot that had been wiped all over it, “thanks Mia”, he said jokingly. Mia let out a grin, “Right, that’s it...tickle time”. Jonah found himself tickling Mia until she was in shreds of laughter. Cesca walked back through surprised at the change of mood, but was just happy to see everyone happy again. She took a big sip of her drink before heading over to join in with tickle time “Mummy’s coming to get you”. Cesca called out as she headed for the sofa, sitting next to Jonah as the pair tickled Mia to death. It was slowly approaching four o’clock; Mia needed to eat something before she went to bed. The tickling had seized and they were all sat watching TV, Jonah had Mia on his lap and his arm around Cesca, who was rather enjoying the family time they had spent together. “Right, I better go and put something together for Mia’s tea”, “okay Ces”, he kissed her before watching her get up, walking away with poise. He couldn’t help but smile at his beautiful wife, he found himself hugging Mia closer he couldn’t believe how lucky he was to have such a beautiful and loving family. “Mia, you know that daddy loves you” “Mia loves daddy to”. Jonah smiled before kissing her on the cheek and picking her up so that she was ready to eat some tea. “Are you a hungry girl Mia?” Jonah asked as he sat her down and placed her bib on, they didn’t want that pretty dress of hers to be ruined with yummy tomato pasta, something Cesca could cook without burning. Cesca bought through the food and the couple watched as she gulped it down like a good little girl.
Cesca finished her coffee and took the empty mug and Mia’s plate through to the kitchen before replying as she re-entered “Saving it for later, were we Mia?”, Cesca handed Jonah the flannel so that he could clean her face, “Your such a mucky pup”, He said, Mia was making funny noises as Jonah moved her face around, it was a sweet moment. “Pretty song Mia”, Cesca called out. Jonah unbuckled her handing the flannel back to Cesca. Mia was now in his arms and Cesca said goodnight before heading off to clean up and make their dinner, “Sweet dreams, love you lots!” She moved her fringe back as she kissed her on the forehead. “Night night mummy”, Jonah called out as he took Mia up to bed. Cesca smiled and headed to dish up some pasta for the pair of them to eat. Jonah wasn’t gone very long, despite Mia sleeping a lot of the day, she was still exhausted. He returned back in the room to find food on the table “Out like a light”, “Bless her, today really was jam packed for her”. The pair sat down and began to tuck in. “I had a really lovely day today, Ces. I know it sounds weird but we spent so much time together, quality time with Mia”. “I know, it really was lovely and all the worrying was so worthwhile, Olly is gorgeous. He has made them so happy”. The pair caressed hands, “You make me happy Ces”, was all that needed to be said. Cesca knew exactly how Jonah was feeling as he said these words; she understood every ounce of emotion in his words. “I love you”, she said before clearing up the plates and chucking them into the dishwasher. Jonah washed the pans and Cesca dried them as Jonah brung up and idea that had been running around in his mind for a while and today just proved how lovely it could be.
“Ces, I’ve been thinking”, “what about?”, she said with a smile on her face, despite being unsure of what he was going to say, she knew instantly from his tone of voice that it was sure to be something nice, “I think we should go away for a while?”, “A holiday?”, she asked, “yeah, some time away from Rochdale. Mia would love it, it would be great to spend more time together as a family, with Uni and work not on the agenda, what you think”, Cesca placed down the pan she was drying and simply clasped Jonah’s face in her hand and said “It’s a lovely idea”. The pair finished up before heading off to bed, well they wouldn’t be sleeping they had so much to talk about and arrange. They got into bed snuggling up against each other, “So where were you thinking of”, She asked once they were both settled, “Hadn’t got as far as deciding on a destination in my head”, Cesca laughed, “Well can I make a suggestion?, “Of course you can baby, fire away”, Cesca loved Jonah when he was trying to be funny, just made him seem that much more sexy, her hand was placed on his bare chest and her head carefully placed in his arms. “How about Spain...” Cesca wasn’t sure what Jonah would say, so didn’t give him time to respond before she started talking again. “We don’t have to, it’s up to you, it would be nice to see my family and for you to see where I grew up, but it’s up to you”, Cesca’s words came out fast and ferociously, Jonah simply shut her off with a kiss. “Spain it is”, he said and with that the passion grew and the smiles on their faces didn’t stop beaming, it was another long night of romance. The pair were so happy, a break was just what they needed and they were sure that Mia would be over the moon to be going on an aeroplane. Cesca was excited about them all being together in Spain, it wouldn’t bring back the happiest of memories with her father’s court case not so long ago, but she loved it there, it was all so beautiful and the weather was gorgeous. The house was silent and filled with joy as the Kirby’s slept peacefully, excited about telling Mia they were off on an adventure, they planned to book early in the morning, hoping to get a last minute deal to leave on the Saturday which would leave them with 2 days to pack and build on the excitement of the trip, after all it would be 2 weeks enjoying the sun and each other’s company, what more could they ask for.
Cesca had found her keys and calmly unlocked it, opening the door on the driver’s side so she could place her bag in the car. She quickly climbed out realising that Jonah needed help opening the door, Jonah calmly and happily placed his little girl in her car seat whilst Cesca stood behind him arms folded admiring his handy work. He really was the best father she could have ever hoped he’d be. He loved Mia to bits; they were the Kirby’s. Jonah carefully backed out of the car, kissing Mia on the head before bowing his head so he didn’t bump it as he got out. He shut the door quietly, being sure not to wake Mia, though she seemed to be in a pretty deep sleep, this day really had warn her out, it had warn them all to be frank. Jonah placed his hands around Cesca’s waist pulling her closer he looked down at her with his sexy eyes, which only made Cesca giggle as he bit his lip, “I really am the luckiest guy”, they stared into each other’s eyes, swapping between lips and eyes, the moment was captivating. Jonah inclined his head down towards her lips; they shared a long romantic kiss before Jonah held her close one last time. “I’ll see you back at the house”, she said, smiling. She waited by her door, which was wide open as she watched him climb into his car, she mirrored his actions. She fastened her seatbelt as she admired her little piece of heaven through the rear view mirror. She started the ignition, and pulled away smoothly. Cesca and Jonah couldn’t stop thinking about each other the whole ride home. Cesca had the biggest grin on her face until Mia started to grizzle and open her eyes; Cesca watched her daughter wake graceful wouldn’t have been the words Cesca would have chosen to describe this moment. Mia began to cry, the last thing she remembered was being at the hospital with her mummy, it was all so confusing suddenly being in the car again, “Shh, it’s alright Mia, were going home”. Cesca’s voice was calm and loving, Mia wasn’t screaming anymore but the tears carried on rolling down Mia’s smooth cheeks, each tear followed by a tiny whimper as she caught her breath. “Lala”, Mia called out through her tears of worry. “Layla’s at the hospital with Danny and the baby, Mia”, “Bubba”. “That’s right Mia, you’re a clever girl”. Mia sunk back into her car seat, still Holding Flopsy as she looked out the window as they approached home. She stopped the car as smoothly as she had started it and began to get out.
She grabbed her bag before shutting her door and opening Mia’s. Her face was sodden and she was still crying, “No more tears Mia”. Cesca said as she adjusted her on her hip. They began to walk towards the door, Jonah was there waiting for them, “Keys?”, Cesca questioned, “Didn’t bring them, didn’t really expect this all to happen”, Cesca laughed, Jonah caught sight of a grizzly and very teary Mia, “Guessing she woke up then”, “you guessed it”, Cesca was just as warn out as Mia, except it wasn’t considered right for a grown adult to suddenly break down in tears because it had all become too much. Jonah could see that Mia’s emotional rollercoaster was taking its toll on Cesca, so just before she was ready to kick her shoes off, Jonah took her off her hands. “Thanks”, she said, with a smile on her face, “I am in serious need of some coffee, you want one?” Jonah laughed this time and replied with “No thanks”. Cesca headed to the kitchen watching her man cheer their little girl up. They were sat on the sofa Mia comfortably in his lap, she was nestled into his chest, his t-shirt was rather wet after all the tears and snot that had been wiped all over it, “thanks Mia”, he said jokingly. Mia let out a grin, “Right, that’s it...tickle time”. Jonah found himself tickling Mia until she was in shreds of laughter. Cesca walked back through surprised at the change of mood, but was just happy to see everyone happy again. She took a big sip of her drink before heading over to join in with tickle time “Mummy’s coming to get you”. Cesca called out as she headed for the sofa, sitting next to Jonah as the pair tickled Mia to death. It was slowly approaching four o’clock; Mia needed to eat something before she went to bed. The tickling had seized and they were all sat watching TV, Jonah had Mia on his lap and his arm around Cesca, who was rather enjoying the family time they had spent together. “Right, I better go and put something together for Mia’s tea”, “okay Ces”, he kissed her before watching her get up, walking away with poise. He couldn’t help but smile at his beautiful wife, he found himself hugging Mia closer he couldn’t believe how lucky he was to have such a beautiful and loving family. “Mia, you know that daddy loves you” “Mia loves daddy to”. Jonah smiled before kissing her on the cheek and picking her up so that she was ready to eat some tea. “Are you a hungry girl Mia?” Jonah asked as he sat her down and placed her bib on, they didn’t want that pretty dress of hers to be ruined with yummy tomato pasta, something Cesca could cook without burning. Cesca bought through the food and the couple watched as she gulped it down like a good little girl.
Cesca finished her coffee and took the empty mug and Mia’s plate through to the kitchen before replying as she re-entered “Saving it for later, were we Mia?”, Cesca handed Jonah the flannel so that he could clean her face, “Your such a mucky pup”, He said, Mia was making funny noises as Jonah moved her face around, it was a sweet moment. “Pretty song Mia”, Cesca called out. Jonah unbuckled her handing the flannel back to Cesca. Mia was now in his arms and Cesca said goodnight before heading off to clean up and make their dinner, “Sweet dreams, love you lots!” She moved her fringe back as she kissed her on the forehead. “Night night mummy”, Jonah called out as he took Mia up to bed. Cesca smiled and headed to dish up some pasta for the pair of them to eat. Jonah wasn’t gone very long, despite Mia sleeping a lot of the day, she was still exhausted. He returned back in the room to find food on the table “Out like a light”, “Bless her, today really was jam packed for her”. The pair sat down and began to tuck in. “I had a really lovely day today, Ces. I know it sounds weird but we spent so much time together, quality time with Mia”. “I know, it really was lovely and all the worrying was so worthwhile, Olly is gorgeous. He has made them so happy”. The pair caressed hands, “You make me happy Ces”, was all that needed to be said. Cesca knew exactly how Jonah was feeling as he said these words; she understood every ounce of emotion in his words. “I love you”, she said before clearing up the plates and chucking them into the dishwasher. Jonah washed the pans and Cesca dried them as Jonah brung up and idea that had been running around in his mind for a while and today just proved how lovely it could be.
“Ces, I’ve been thinking”, “what about?”, she said with a smile on her face, despite being unsure of what he was going to say, she knew instantly from his tone of voice that it was sure to be something nice, “I think we should go away for a while?”, “A holiday?”, she asked, “yeah, some time away from Rochdale. Mia would love it, it would be great to spend more time together as a family, with Uni and work not on the agenda, what you think”, Cesca placed down the pan she was drying and simply clasped Jonah’s face in her hand and said “It’s a lovely idea”. The pair finished up before heading off to bed, well they wouldn’t be sleeping they had so much to talk about and arrange. They got into bed snuggling up against each other, “So where were you thinking of”, She asked once they were both settled, “Hadn’t got as far as deciding on a destination in my head”, Cesca laughed, “Well can I make a suggestion?, “Of course you can baby, fire away”, Cesca loved Jonah when he was trying to be funny, just made him seem that much more sexy, her hand was placed on his bare chest and her head carefully placed in his arms. “How about Spain...” Cesca wasn’t sure what Jonah would say, so didn’t give him time to respond before she started talking again. “We don’t have to, it’s up to you, it would be nice to see my family and for you to see where I grew up, but it’s up to you”, Cesca’s words came out fast and ferociously, Jonah simply shut her off with a kiss. “Spain it is”, he said and with that the passion grew and the smiles on their faces didn’t stop beaming, it was another long night of romance. The pair were so happy, a break was just what they needed and they were sure that Mia would be over the moon to be going on an aeroplane. Cesca was excited about them all being together in Spain, it wouldn’t bring back the happiest of memories with her father’s court case not so long ago, but she loved it there, it was all so beautiful and the weather was gorgeous. The house was silent and filled with joy as the Kirby’s slept peacefully, excited about telling Mia they were off on an adventure, they planned to book early in the morning, hoping to get a last minute deal to leave on the Saturday which would leave them with 2 days to pack and build on the excitement of the trip, after all it would be 2 weeks enjoying the sun and each other’s company, what more could they ask for.
