Chapter 52 - Is that supposed to be some kind of sick joke?
It had been 3 weeks since the whole encounter with Hannah, Jonah and Cesca had moved on from it all, Mia was no longer having nightmares and they were all getting rather excited about the new arrivals, they had planned to decorate the twins room well, Jonah was going to decorate whilst Cesca sat down and supervised with her Grazia magazine, she couldn’t stand for too long anymore so couldn’t really help but she was happy to watch, anything to avoid getting her fingers dirty. Jonah had his shower and was now dressed in a loose v necked t-shirt and some old jeans, he had headed to the nursery where the sheets were down and paint pots open, he was ready to get stuck in. Cesca was enjoying her morning cup of coffee watching Mia play with her toys on the floor in the lounge; it was a lovely sight, a sight that could only ever make Cesca happy. “Mia, do you fancy making cupcakes”, Cesca’s idea came from nowhere but it sounded fun, “Yeah”, Mia was just as excited, “Go and wash your hands and mummy will go and get everything out”, She searched through the cupboards getting out flour and eggs, lemons as they had decided on lemon cupcakes. She was nearly ready when Mia appeared bouncing in, “All clean”, Mia said, “Good girl”, Cesca began to add the sugar and butter into a bowl “I want to do it” , “You can but mummy needs to put it into the bowl because you can’t reach”, Cesca picked the bowl up and gave it to Mia who was sat on the floor, she handed over a wooden spoon and watched as Mia managed to flick the mixture everywhere, “Give it to mummy a second Mia”, Cesca quickly creamed it all together, it was a whole new experience making cupcakes on the kitchen floor, she added in the egg and flour stirring it before letting Mia have a go “Careful Mia, there won’t be any cupcakes at this rate”, Mia giggled, they filled the pink and silver cupcake cases with the mixture before licking out the bowl. Mia had it all over her chops. “Come on mucky pup, they’ll be ready soon, let’s go clean you off”, they headed up stairs to wipe Mia’s face and change her top which was covered in cake mixture. She was all clean, no mucky fingers; they walked past the nursery Mia was just about to lean on the wall, “Mia don’t lean on the wall”, too late. “Mia it’s wet, daddy has been painting it”, top number 2 completely ruined, decorated with a lovely white mark all down the side. Cesca took her hand leading her into the bathroom, removing her top before putting on a new one, she chucked the old one away, “Right, you go and play downstairs nicely and I’ll be down in a second”, Mia bounced off, Cesca smiled before getting off the toilet seat she had been sitting on to help Mia and walked out the room towards the nursery. She wanted to have a proper look without having to tell Mia off, “sorry”, she said. “Don’t worry about it, I’ve sorted it”, Cesca smiled. “It’s looking great j”, “This is the last coat then it just needs to dry”, that was it the nursery almost decorated the wallpapered names would have to wait till a later date when they had actually decided. “You go clean off then, the cupcakes must be ready soon”, Jonah gave his wife a kiss, Cesca headed downstairs just in time for the buzzer. She put on the oven gloves and placed the cupcakes on to the cooling rack. “Yummy”, Mia said admiring them as they sat on the kitchen work top. It had been a week since Mia turned 4 and she had seen a lot of cake recently though it still got her smiling. She went and played with her toys- she had lots with recently having her birthday, she had been spoilt rotten, there had even been a surprise gift from Hannah, Jonah hadn’t been too impressed but Cesca persuaded him to just accept the kind gesture.
Mia was bust playing, Jonah had entered the room after freshening up after a long days painting, he sneakily nicked one of the cooling cupcakes whilst Cesca cleared up, “Oi you”, she said, his face slowly becoming a darker shade of red, “that’ll teach you, there hot” Cesca was secretly liking the fact he had burnt his mouth, all her hard work being eaten before she got a look in. “There nice”, Jonah cheekily said, finishing off his second cupcake , this time blowing it before he popped it in his mouth, “i want one”, Mia came in realising what was going on, “No Mia, you won’t eat your dinner”, Cesca said folding up the tea towel. “can’t she have one Ces?”, “No, dinner is almost ready”, Mia threw a tantrum, being 4 defiantly didn’t mean that the screaming stopped, if anything it was worse, Cesca was in a foul mood, she was now 7 months pregnant and wasn’t in the mood to be arguing with Jonah, the screaming suddenly stopped. “Did you just give her one?”, “She can have 1”, “Fine, but if she doesn’t eat her dinner, you’re sitting with her until she does”, Cesca pushed passed Jonah and sat down to watch telly, Jonah dished up since Cesca had cooked and placed it on the table. “Mia dinner”, He called up the stairs, she had been playing with her new dolly, and she loved it. It gave them both an idea as to how she was going to react with the twins around. Mia came in with a look all too familiar to Cesca; she looked at Jonah eyebrows raised as if to say, I told you so. Cesca got up and ushered Mia to the table, lifting her into the chair since she wouldn’t do it herself. “Looks good Ces”, “Thanks.Mia you’re going to eat your dinner” Cesca’s frustration increased when Jonah kept trying to cut her off, “Ces, don’t worry about her”, “Mia, you haven’t had one mouthful yet”, then the words Cesca didn’t want to hear came out, “I’m not hungry”, Cesca glared at Jonah, why didn’t he listen to her, “so like I said you’re sitting with her till she eats it”. Cesca finished her last mouthful and took her plate through to be put in the dishwasher, “Mia you promised me if you had a cupcake you would eat your dinner”, “But I’m not hungry”, “Mia, that’s naughty”. Mia huffed before saying, “Can I have a cupcake?”, “So you are hungry, if you’re hungry you can eat your dinner then you can have a cupcake or some ice cream, but only if you finish it”, Mia continued to protest, Cesca was sat down on the sofa watching Emmerdale, it was past Mia’s bed time but she wasn’t to get down till she had eaten her dinner. Jonah made his way over to Cesca who dismissed him with, “What happened to our deal”, she liked Jonah having to deal with Mia’s tantrum for once instead of her, and she had a smile on her face as she could see of out the corner of her eye him wander back off to Mia. She felt a bit mean so decided she should get up and help, he had tried. “Right, Mia you either eat your dinner or got to bed hungry, it’s late and you have your first day of big school tomorrow”, “Mummy I want a cupcake”, “Right then eat half of what’s on your plate, it’s that or go to bed hungry, your choice Mia”, Cesca sat down with Mia allowing Jonah to clear up the room and begin to assemble some of the furniture. “Is this enough”, “2 more mouthfuls Mia, then I will get you a cupcake”, Mia wolfed down her two mouthfuls, “Right I’ll go and get you a cupcake”, Cesca returned handing the cupcake over, Mia took it out of her hands, “What do you say?”, Mia ignored her, “Mia?”, “what happened to thank you in your sentence” , “thank you”, “that’s better”, Cesca sat back down to watch some corrie before being interrupted by Mia being finished, “Right then lovely, bed”, “’no” ,”Yes Mia, it’s nearly 8 o’clock, you have big school tomorrow, if you hadn’t of taken so long to eat your dinner you would have still been able to play”. Mia huffed before stomping up the stairs with Cesca to get in to her pyjamas and bed. Mia pulled her duvet over her head being in a strop so Cesca left her to it, “night Mia”, Cesca bumped into Jonah as she closed her door, “This is going to be a long night”, Cesca sighed before going and seeing what Jonah had done so far. She walked into a bright open space, the cots were both made and so was the wardrobe, it was only the little touches like bedding and toys left. It was all coming together, they felt so much more organised now that the room was done, and their babies now had somewhere to sleep. “J, it looks great”, “Glad you think so”, He walked over, all hot and bothered and held her close, cradling her bump with his hands, his lips finding their way to hers before they decided to go and chill with some TV before bed. EastEnders was now on, so they settled for a Soap filled night; full of drama but in the company of each other’s arms and lips. Nothing could have been better, but then it reached half past 8, there was a knock at the door “Who’s that?” Cesca said, “Don’t know but I’ll get it”. Jonah got up, lifting Cesca’s feet out of the way as he did so.
He reached the door not bothering to look through the peep hole to see who it was he swung the door open to see his dad and sister standing at the door, “What’s up?”, “We had better come in” Cesca turned the TV off as they entered it was clear they had something important to tell them. Cesca sat up from being comfy lying on her side, Marcus’s face was a whole shade lighter, “Dad what’s up?”, Ruth was filled with anger, “That stupid woman”, “What’s mum done now?, I thought she had left?”, “She came back for a special flying visit this time”, Ruth said with so much anger and hate in the voice, “What do you mean?”, Cesca asked, “She means she stopped by, with some rather important news”, Marcus’s throat clogged up, he couldn’t get the words out so Ruth stepped in, “Mum’s pregnant”, all their faces dropped but were slightly confused until Ruth said, “With dad’s baby!”, “WHAT” Jonah was flabbergasted. How was that even possible? But then it sunk in, “What did you do, jump in to bed with her at the first chance you got?” Jonah paced round the house, “J” Cesca said but he didn’t listen. “You were the one that wanted her out of our lives, you. Why bring her back, why make everything so complicated?”, “Jonah, it wasn’t planned it wasn’t how you think it was... it just sort of happened, no strings attached”, “Well a little more than strings attached if you know what I mean dad, this is a disaster, what you going to do?”, “I don’t know yet”, Marcus was clearly shocked, he didn’t want this but what choice did he have. Cesca sat silently on the sofa, this came as a shock to her but at the same time couldn’t believe how stupid Marcus had been, he hated the woman to the point it could almost be classed as lust, how did it all come to that, how did they reach that point. Cesca didn’t really want to think about it, it was all too much to deal with, she took deep breaths in, she didn’t want to get stressed out, for the twins sake, they had already made a flying visit to the hospital because of stress, she didn’t need or want to make that 2. Cesca desperately tried to keep her cool until she couldn’t because Jonah was flying off the rails, “J!”, she said, finally getting his attention, he sat next to her, “What’s wrong?”, “Nothing, but there will be if you keep screaming, what happened to no more stress, being over protective. Yes you have a right to be angry but throwing around hate speeches is going to get you nowhere”. She breathed finally finding a level of calm. “I suggest you find Hannah, you need to talk to her about what she wants to do, it is her body”, “Your seriously thinking she is going to keep it”, “Jonah!”, Cesca was shocked at his response, “Yes, it’s your mum having a baby. But that doesn’t change the options or the process. It may all be a little weird but it’s her decision. J I love you, but you need to calm down, this is your dad’s problem he needs us to help him get through it all”, Cesca smiled a warm hearted grin before Jonah reached over to give her a hug and a long passionate kiss, “Your right Ces, I’m sorry, I just have so much hate for her”, “I know, but your dad’s here not her, he needs you baby”. Cesca shared one more kiss before Jonah gave his dad a hug. They all spent the evening cheering him up until someone managed to get hold of Hannah who agreed to meet tomorrow lunchtime. Marcus was nervous but they needed to talk, he didn’t necessarily plan on having another baby, but that was the situation he was in, his worry was how did he trust someone who once broke his heart? How would he ever build a mutual relationship to keep a baby happy when his ex wife completely destroyed him? This had clearly all been the wrong decision but now Marcus would have to pay for his mistakes in cash or in love, it would be Hannah who held the vital answer.
Mia was bust playing, Jonah had entered the room after freshening up after a long days painting, he sneakily nicked one of the cooling cupcakes whilst Cesca cleared up, “Oi you”, she said, his face slowly becoming a darker shade of red, “that’ll teach you, there hot” Cesca was secretly liking the fact he had burnt his mouth, all her hard work being eaten before she got a look in. “There nice”, Jonah cheekily said, finishing off his second cupcake , this time blowing it before he popped it in his mouth, “i want one”, Mia came in realising what was going on, “No Mia, you won’t eat your dinner”, Cesca said folding up the tea towel. “can’t she have one Ces?”, “No, dinner is almost ready”, Mia threw a tantrum, being 4 defiantly didn’t mean that the screaming stopped, if anything it was worse, Cesca was in a foul mood, she was now 7 months pregnant and wasn’t in the mood to be arguing with Jonah, the screaming suddenly stopped. “Did you just give her one?”, “She can have 1”, “Fine, but if she doesn’t eat her dinner, you’re sitting with her until she does”, Cesca pushed passed Jonah and sat down to watch telly, Jonah dished up since Cesca had cooked and placed it on the table. “Mia dinner”, He called up the stairs, she had been playing with her new dolly, and she loved it. It gave them both an idea as to how she was going to react with the twins around. Mia came in with a look all too familiar to Cesca; she looked at Jonah eyebrows raised as if to say, I told you so. Cesca got up and ushered Mia to the table, lifting her into the chair since she wouldn’t do it herself. “Looks good Ces”, “Thanks.Mia you’re going to eat your dinner” Cesca’s frustration increased when Jonah kept trying to cut her off, “Ces, don’t worry about her”, “Mia, you haven’t had one mouthful yet”, then the words Cesca didn’t want to hear came out, “I’m not hungry”, Cesca glared at Jonah, why didn’t he listen to her, “so like I said you’re sitting with her till she eats it”. Cesca finished her last mouthful and took her plate through to be put in the dishwasher, “Mia you promised me if you had a cupcake you would eat your dinner”, “But I’m not hungry”, “Mia, that’s naughty”. Mia huffed before saying, “Can I have a cupcake?”, “So you are hungry, if you’re hungry you can eat your dinner then you can have a cupcake or some ice cream, but only if you finish it”, Mia continued to protest, Cesca was sat down on the sofa watching Emmerdale, it was past Mia’s bed time but she wasn’t to get down till she had eaten her dinner. Jonah made his way over to Cesca who dismissed him with, “What happened to our deal”, she liked Jonah having to deal with Mia’s tantrum for once instead of her, and she had a smile on her face as she could see of out the corner of her eye him wander back off to Mia. She felt a bit mean so decided she should get up and help, he had tried. “Right, Mia you either eat your dinner or got to bed hungry, it’s late and you have your first day of big school tomorrow”, “Mummy I want a cupcake”, “Right then eat half of what’s on your plate, it’s that or go to bed hungry, your choice Mia”, Cesca sat down with Mia allowing Jonah to clear up the room and begin to assemble some of the furniture. “Is this enough”, “2 more mouthfuls Mia, then I will get you a cupcake”, Mia wolfed down her two mouthfuls, “Right I’ll go and get you a cupcake”, Cesca returned handing the cupcake over, Mia took it out of her hands, “What do you say?”, Mia ignored her, “Mia?”, “what happened to thank you in your sentence” , “thank you”, “that’s better”, Cesca sat back down to watch some corrie before being interrupted by Mia being finished, “Right then lovely, bed”, “’no” ,”Yes Mia, it’s nearly 8 o’clock, you have big school tomorrow, if you hadn’t of taken so long to eat your dinner you would have still been able to play”. Mia huffed before stomping up the stairs with Cesca to get in to her pyjamas and bed. Mia pulled her duvet over her head being in a strop so Cesca left her to it, “night Mia”, Cesca bumped into Jonah as she closed her door, “This is going to be a long night”, Cesca sighed before going and seeing what Jonah had done so far. She walked into a bright open space, the cots were both made and so was the wardrobe, it was only the little touches like bedding and toys left. It was all coming together, they felt so much more organised now that the room was done, and their babies now had somewhere to sleep. “J, it looks great”, “Glad you think so”, He walked over, all hot and bothered and held her close, cradling her bump with his hands, his lips finding their way to hers before they decided to go and chill with some TV before bed. EastEnders was now on, so they settled for a Soap filled night; full of drama but in the company of each other’s arms and lips. Nothing could have been better, but then it reached half past 8, there was a knock at the door “Who’s that?” Cesca said, “Don’t know but I’ll get it”. Jonah got up, lifting Cesca’s feet out of the way as he did so.
He reached the door not bothering to look through the peep hole to see who it was he swung the door open to see his dad and sister standing at the door, “What’s up?”, “We had better come in” Cesca turned the TV off as they entered it was clear they had something important to tell them. Cesca sat up from being comfy lying on her side, Marcus’s face was a whole shade lighter, “Dad what’s up?”, Ruth was filled with anger, “That stupid woman”, “What’s mum done now?, I thought she had left?”, “She came back for a special flying visit this time”, Ruth said with so much anger and hate in the voice, “What do you mean?”, Cesca asked, “She means she stopped by, with some rather important news”, Marcus’s throat clogged up, he couldn’t get the words out so Ruth stepped in, “Mum’s pregnant”, all their faces dropped but were slightly confused until Ruth said, “With dad’s baby!”, “WHAT” Jonah was flabbergasted. How was that even possible? But then it sunk in, “What did you do, jump in to bed with her at the first chance you got?” Jonah paced round the house, “J” Cesca said but he didn’t listen. “You were the one that wanted her out of our lives, you. Why bring her back, why make everything so complicated?”, “Jonah, it wasn’t planned it wasn’t how you think it was... it just sort of happened, no strings attached”, “Well a little more than strings attached if you know what I mean dad, this is a disaster, what you going to do?”, “I don’t know yet”, Marcus was clearly shocked, he didn’t want this but what choice did he have. Cesca sat silently on the sofa, this came as a shock to her but at the same time couldn’t believe how stupid Marcus had been, he hated the woman to the point it could almost be classed as lust, how did it all come to that, how did they reach that point. Cesca didn’t really want to think about it, it was all too much to deal with, she took deep breaths in, she didn’t want to get stressed out, for the twins sake, they had already made a flying visit to the hospital because of stress, she didn’t need or want to make that 2. Cesca desperately tried to keep her cool until she couldn’t because Jonah was flying off the rails, “J!”, she said, finally getting his attention, he sat next to her, “What’s wrong?”, “Nothing, but there will be if you keep screaming, what happened to no more stress, being over protective. Yes you have a right to be angry but throwing around hate speeches is going to get you nowhere”. She breathed finally finding a level of calm. “I suggest you find Hannah, you need to talk to her about what she wants to do, it is her body”, “Your seriously thinking she is going to keep it”, “Jonah!”, Cesca was shocked at his response, “Yes, it’s your mum having a baby. But that doesn’t change the options or the process. It may all be a little weird but it’s her decision. J I love you, but you need to calm down, this is your dad’s problem he needs us to help him get through it all”, Cesca smiled a warm hearted grin before Jonah reached over to give her a hug and a long passionate kiss, “Your right Ces, I’m sorry, I just have so much hate for her”, “I know, but your dad’s here not her, he needs you baby”. Cesca shared one more kiss before Jonah gave his dad a hug. They all spent the evening cheering him up until someone managed to get hold of Hannah who agreed to meet tomorrow lunchtime. Marcus was nervous but they needed to talk, he didn’t necessarily plan on having another baby, but that was the situation he was in, his worry was how did he trust someone who once broke his heart? How would he ever build a mutual relationship to keep a baby happy when his ex wife completely destroyed him? This had clearly all been the wrong decision but now Marcus would have to pay for his mistakes in cash or in love, it would be Hannah who held the vital answer.
