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Post by Mia on Jun 26, 2011 22:36:31 GMT -5
Naomi shifted Arielle in her arms as she tried to calm the fussing baby. "Okay babygirl. It's okay, Mommy's here." She bounced the baby on her shoulder, feeling like crying herself. She wasn't sure if she would be able to handle two babies. Naomi's phone vibrated in her pocket, someone was calling her, but she didn't pay attention to it as she moved around the room, shushing and bouncing Ari. Finally the baby calmed down and feel asleep, and Naomi put her in her crib, leaning against the wall with a sigh. Remembering that her phone had vibrated, Naomi pulled it out to see who had called. "I hope it wasn't anyone important." She muttered as she opened it up. Her heart skipped a beat when she saw the name, and she hesitantly texted Shane.
Did you call me? She went to go sit in the bedroom on the bed as she waited for Shane's reply. When she got it, she felt her heartbeat speed up.
Where the hell are you!??
Naomi bit her lip as she texted back, I'm with Max and Arielle, why?
A few seconds passed before she got the text, We need to talk. Come home.
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Post by Tori on Jun 26, 2011 22:46:45 GMT -5
Max was in the kitchen for the short moment, helping his brother get lunch ready while Naomi was busy herself with the baby in the other room. Once they had finished setting the table and had gotten Brooklyn sitting patiently in her seat, Max headed out to get Naomi and the baby ready to have some lunch as well. Since, today seemed to be a pretty lazy day, they figured they could have a nice, quiet lunch together at home.
Max headed into the baby's room first, spotting Arielle attempting to stand herself up with her fists holding tightly onto the bars of the crib, but continuously falling back on her bottom. "Hey baby girl. You hungry?" he asked the baby, getting only whines and gurgles in return as he picked her up in his arms, kissing her forehead gently. "Come on, lets go get mommy, and then we'll all sit down for a family meal." he said, heading in the next room, finding Naomi sitting on the bed reading a text from her phone. And from the look on her face, it wasn't a very pleasant text she had gotten either. "You okay, Nai?" he asked cautiously, balancing the baby on one side while placing his free hand on Naomi's shoulder gently.
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Post by Mia on Jun 26, 2011 22:53:32 GMT -5
I can't just leave. Naomi texted back, right before Max came into the room. She looked up, startled and snapped her phone closed, shaking her head. "Y-yeah, I'm fine." She stood, running a hand through her hair and smiling a bit. "Do you think we could go to my mom's house today?" Her phone vibrated again but she ignored it, knowing it would only make it worse. "Is lunch ready?" She asked then, pulling out her phone when it vibrated.
Find a way! was the first text, followed by, Answer me dammit!
I'm working on it! Naomi quickly replied before snapping her phone shut and putting it on her pocket.
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Post by Tori on Jun 26, 2011 23:04:19 GMT -5
Max didn't move his hand from her shoulder as she stood back to her feet again, his head tilting slightly at her sudden question. "Sure, babe. Whatever you want." he told her, his eyes growing worried about why she wanted to go back to her mom's house again. He returned his head back upright again when he felt the baby fidgeting in his arms again, moving his hand from Naomi to soothe the baby more against his chest to rest her head on. "Yeah, David and I just finished making lunch." he glanced back down to Arielle who starting to whine and fuss again. "I gotta feed Arielle before we leave first. Is that alright with you? I mean, unless its that urgent to leave now, I could just have you feed her in the car." he told her, giving her the choice to make, since it was her idea.
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Post by Mia on Jun 26, 2011 23:17:55 GMT -5
Naomi shook her head, feeling her phone vibrate again. She didn't want to tell Max why she wanted to go to home because she didn't want him to worry. "We can eat first, it isn't that important." She murmured, knowing it was a complete lie. Sure enough, her phone vibrated again, and she knew she was making Shane more and more angry. She tried to ignore it though, and stood on her tip toes, resting her hand on a spot on Max's chest and kissing him gently. "I love you." She said, smiling.
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Post by Tori on Jun 26, 2011 23:28:35 GMT -5
Max nodded, adjusting the baby in his arms again as Naomi went in for a kiss, and Max returning the kiss back to her. "I love you too, Nai." he grinned, kissing her once more before grabbing her hand with his free hand, leading her into the kitchen where his brother and niece were waiting, Brooklyn seeming more and more impatient and hungry than before. "Daddy, I hungwy!" Brooklyn whined once the others made it back into the kitchen. "Alright baby girl, here's your plate." David handed her her plate of chicken nuggets and ketchup with Cheetos's on the side.
Max let go of Naomi's hand after kissing her once more on the nose, letting her take her seat while he went to grab her own plate of food before grabbing Arielle's bottle to feed her before feeding himself.
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Post by Mia on Jun 26, 2011 23:38:54 GMT -5
Naomi smiled when Max kissed her back and took her hand to lead her to the kitchen. A light blush crossed her cheeks when he kissed her nose and she sat at the table, thanking him softly when he handed her her food. She felt her phone vibrate once again, and knew that ignoring it was only going to make it worse. She could handle Shane yelling at her, but she had to make sure Max wasn't around when Shane inevitably blew up at her, because he would only try to help her and end up making things worse. Naomi sighed, pushing her food around her plate, not really eating it. Knowing she was gonna see Shane only made her lose her appetite.
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Post by Tori on Jun 26, 2011 23:53:03 GMT -5
As soon as everyone was at the table eating and enjoying their food, David was the first to really notice Naomi not really eating...again. He thought about saying something, but decided it would be best for Max to do it. Clearing his throat, David nudged Max's shoulder just enough to get his attention from feeding the baby, to his fiancee. And of course, Max only grew more worried of Naomi's continuous loss of appetite. "Nai..." he started, setting Arielle's bottle down once she had finished. "You know I don't like seeing you so down like this. What's up?" he asked her, moving Arielle over his shoulder lightly patting her back to burp her while he waited for an answer.
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Post by Mia on Jun 27, 2011 10:26:57 GMT -5
Naomi looked up at Max and shook her head, smiling a bit. "I'm fine. I'm just not too hungry." She pulled away from the table, avoiding eye contact with anyone. "I'm gonna go into the room." Naomi glanced up at Max, and then looked away again. "We can leave when your done eating." She turned and quickly moved to run into the bedroom.
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Post by Tori on Jun 27, 2011 10:39:02 GMT -5
Max finished burping the gurgling baby, but never turned his eyes away from Naomi. "Okay, baby." he said simply, letting her take off to the bedroom, as he set Arielle in her high chair, returning to his own plate of food in front of him.
Max, as well as David were both worried about what was going on with Naomi. "I think its Shane." Max told his brother. "Her own brother?" he asked wide-eyed. Max slowly nodded before answering back, "They were really close siblings, Dave. Close, like, like how we are. Best friends, Naomi even said Shane was like a son she never had." he explained again, David just shaking his head, worriedly. "You gotta go talk to her. Alone." David told him, emphasizing on the last word, telling him to talk to her without the baby. "We already talked though. Lots of times. And every time I think we have it figured out, she goes and pulls another surprise worry to me." David said nothing, only his stubborn eyes telling him what to do. Max nodded in agreement finally, getting up from his seat and headed to the bedroom where Naomi was.
"Hey, Nai. There something you wanna talk about?" he asked, slowly making his way towards his girl.
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Post by Mia on Jun 27, 2011 11:11:39 GMT -5
Naomi had went to go lay on the bed, clutching the pillow close to her, her eyes squeezed shut to block the tears. "I'm being stupid." She whispered, turning her face into the pillow. "I'm making them worry again. It's all I ever do." She felt horribly for acting like this, but she didn't know how else to deal with things. Naomi sat up quickly when she heard Max's voice, wiping her eyes with her sleeve and shaking her head. "N-no. Why?"
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Post by Tori on Jun 27, 2011 11:28:10 GMT -5
Max couldn't help but notice the left over tears in her eyes that she had wiped away just before Max had entered the room. He furrowed his eyebrows even more with concern then, walking over to sit on the edge of the bed beside Naomi, not taking his eyes off of her. "You sure? Was it any of the texts you got this morning that bugged you?" he asked again, knowing he was only making Naomi feel more bad, but he honestly just wanted to get to the bottom of it and help her out. "Is it....Shane?"
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Post by Mia on Jun 27, 2011 11:38:10 GMT -5
Naomi laid her head on Max's chest, partly so he couldn't see her face and partly because she needed to be held. She bit her lip, sniffling a bit. "Shane wants to see me." She whispered, keeping her voice quiet so it wouldn't break. She sniffed again, shaking her head. She didn't want to explain anything, so she took her phone out of her pocket and held it up to Max so he could see the texts for himself.
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Post by Tori on Jun 27, 2011 11:51:38 GMT -5
As Naomi laid her head on Max's chest, all he could do at that moment was wrap his arm around her tightly, holding her close to his warm body, but most importantly, his heart. He was about to answer to her first reply back, but was interrupted with Naomi's phone held up in front of his face, where he couldn't help but take it from her hand and read the texts sent by Shane, himself. His facial expression stayed the same however, handing the phone back to her, and he continued to hold her close to him for the comfort that she needed from him. "It'll be okay, Nai." he told her first. "Did....did he say what he wanted to talk to you about?"
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Post by Mia on Jun 27, 2011 12:20:03 GMT -5
Naomi shook her head, putting her phone back into her pocket. "No. Only that he wanted to talk." Tears began streaming down her cheeks again. "He's angry Max. He only going to yell at me." She began crying, making her words hard to form. "I-I can't t-tell him M-Max. I c-can't tell h-him about t-the baby, o-or us g-getting married. He'll h-hate me."
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