I know I haven't updated in a loooong time, and Im sorry for that. Life has been hectic lately and the only reason I was able to update now is because my boss gave me a few days off for my birthday. I'm going to try harder to work on my stories but as of now my updates are going to be a lot less frequent.

Eleven

A banging sound made he finally look up from her book, she knew her daughter was being extra grumpy today not to mention one of her newest learned words was "No." When she tried to clean her nose, it was "No, mama." When she tried to dress her in the morning it was "No Mama," and so on and so forth, but she never said no to her daddy so it made her jealous. She watched her daughter pull herself up by the baby gate a second time and shake it as hard as she could, she didn't even look back at her for help she was just determined to get out of the living room anyway she could.

She was still in the learning phases of walking, but she could stand just fine. She walked around the house holding onto any and every thing she could get her hands on. She finally gave up and took a few shaky steps away from the gate before falling on her butt and crawling over to her mother. "Mama." She pulled herself up to stand by the couch to get her mom's attention. She was still pretending to read the book, but it was hard when a little person was hitting her on the knee.

Her daughter gave her a look that made her look exactly like her father, and she knew she was up to something. "Do you wanna go buh-bye." The smile that lit her face meant that was exactly what she wanted, being in the stuffy house all day could ware on her nerves too, but she hated that whenever she left her house she would run into her own mother despite the restraining order she had against her. It was ridiculous that her mother bothered to show her face around her, despite everything she'd done to her.

She grabbed her keys and diaper bag before grabbing the baby who crawled over to the door. If they were going out today, they might as well go somewhere they wouldn't be bothered. Usually when she went grocery shopping she would spot her mother in an aisle or in the cafe, and when she took the baby to the park, it was the same thing, she would be reading on a bench, or sitting under a tree waiting for her to come talk to her, but it was in vain. She had nothing to say to that woman.

She hated to admit it, but she calmed down a lot since she had her daughter. She was always known to be violent, and angry and some people though she was just all around mean. Sure she was used to be angry most of the time, but she eventually learned to control her temper. Her husband still went out of his way to agitate her, but she would try her best to keep her cool to set a good example for her daughter.

That always made her second guess her actions, sure she wanted to break a few of her mother's bones, maybe pull out her hair, or some other way to make her suffer. But getting sent to jail for assault or something like that isn't the type example she was trying to set, and in her current condition she would probably have a break down being away from her daughter for long. She decided to head off to a mall that was around a thirty minute drive away, the baby could take her nap on the way there, and she wanted to look around at the toy store they had there.

She was planning her daughter's first birthday, she still had over a month to go, but knowing her mother kept showing up everywhere she went was postponing her going out and doing things. Even though the case against them was completely thrown out she was still a bit furious about the whole thing. Her father tried to tell her that she should just forgive and forget because holding a grudge took a lot of work, but it was still too fresh for any of that. It had been over a month since she last heard of anything, but seeing her so much still made her angry.

She loaded the baby in the car and started it up before checking her Gps for directions to the mall. The last thing she needed was to get lost on a day she was supposed to be relaxing, she was giggling at the baby dancing in her car seat and sent her husband a text that she would be home late.

Babies were a lot smarter than they looked, she knew this for two reasons, the first being her daughter somehow got into everything despite if she hid it or not. And the second being that her daughter kept hugging her stomach every chance she got. "If you keep doing that, you're going to give me away." The baby snuggled into her stomach and even more, she was still waking up from the nap she took in the car so she was overly affectionate.

She was still torn on the fact she was pregnant again, and how her daughter could tell was pretty surprising. She was only a few weeks now, and she was pretty pissed her birth control failed on her. But the thought of another child was pretty bitter sweet. She didn't discuss it with her husband yet, because all she had to go off of was a home test, and those weren't always right. She scheduled an appointment with her doctor already, and she was just going to do it the same time, she had the one year check up for her daughter.

"Well, I know what your answer is already. You want a little playmate huh?" She knew she was going to have to have a family discussion with everyone pretty soon, another baby meant they were all going to have a lot more work to do. She already stopped taking her birth control, and gave her husband excuses like headaches, and fake fights when he was trying to get romantic lately. Her thoughts kept going back and forward between how shitty her last pregnancy was, and how amazing the result was. Her daughter kissing on her belly wasn't helping the con list at all. "I hope your daddy reacts the same way baby. I really do."

Sorry for being a crappy updater, I'm going to try to write more. Emphasis on try. Thanks for reading!-Chesxca