The Best Is Yet To Come part 1
This is a continuation of "Countdown"
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Nora rolled over and looked at the clock.
Nora:(exsperated) Three twenty...
Bo: Every twenty-five minutes...
Nora: You're up?
Bo: Yeah...
Nora: You want this one?
Bo: (sitting up and hanging his legs off the edge of the bed) Why not?
Bo threw his robe on and shuffled down the hall, yawning and scratching his head. He peered into the first bedroom door.
Bo: You're still up?
Matt: I guess...
Bo: You are not still on the phone...
Matt: Ok...I'm not still on the phone....
Bo: Matt...go to sleep...
Matt: Yeah...with that constant crying....
Bo: Whatever.
Bo continued his trek down the hall. He opened the door to a screaming baby.
Bo: Maddie...Maddie...Maddie....(he scoops the crying child into his arms) what is it this time princess?
The infant lets out a few more sobs before quieting.
Bo: Some how I think this is a scam...what'll it be? Diaper change? (he feels her bottom) no...just did that twenty-five minutes ago....hungry? (touches her tummy) Can't possibly be...you just finished 8 ounces...hhmmmm....how bout if we just...
Nora: (from down the hall) Bo...don't you dare!
Bo: (to the baby) why don't we just shut off this monitor so mommy can't hear us....(clicks off the unit)
Nora: (walking towards the room) Bo! I mean it....
Bo: And we will just close this door....
Nora: (putting her hand on the door) Bo! No!
Bo: (to Maddie) and daddy will just sing his little angel to sleep...
Nora: (standing in the room with her hand on her hip) Bo...this is why she won't sleep through the night! You are in here every night, holding her.... all night....
Bo: Jealous?
Nora rolls her eyes.
Bo: (Maddie fusses a bit) there, there my little star light.... (starts singing a little made up lullaby) daddy's angel with heaven in her little eyes...so sleepy… so tired.... time to rest....(Bo pulls a blanket around Maddie)
Nora: (whispering) I'm going to bed...
Bo nods as he continues to sing. Nora flips the monitor back on as she leaves the room. She stops by Matt's room.
Nora: (pointing at her son) You better get off that phone.
Matt: Tomorrow's Saturday....
Nora: I don't care...you don't need to be on the phone at three thirty in the morning....
Matt: (total attitude) Fine.
Nora: (mocking his attitude) Fine. (heads off to her room)
Nora flops down in bed. She tried to get comfy but it’s useless. She lay and listened to Bo sing to the baby.
Nora: (to herself) He has spoiled her so much...
Bo sings for almost twenty minutes before putting Maddie in her crib. He heads back down to his room. Checks to see if Matt is off the phone. Lights are out so Bo continues to his bed. He climbs in.
Bo: You asleep?
Nora: If I said yes would you leave me be?
Bo: (pulling her closer to him) Not on your life...
Nora: (touching his chest) I thought you said having a baby in the house was going to diminish our time together?
Bo: You're complaining?
Nora: Oh no! It's just that every night we go through this routine with Maddie and instead of making you as exhausted as me, it sort of gets you all revved up...
Bo: (kissing her neck) so you want me to not do this? (he runs his hand up her tee shirt)
Nora: Um...no...I kinda want you to do that....
Bo: How bout this? (pushes the shirt up and kisses her stomach)
Nora: Mmmmmm....
Bo: Or this? ( he start to push her sleep pants down)
Nora: I like that....
Bo: I'll bet...(he kisses her neck again) why don't we....
Through the monitor Maddie lets out a blood-curdling scream followed by heart wrenching sobs.
Bo: (pulling Nora's sleep pants back up and her tee shirt down to her waist) Your turn. (he rolls over and smiles)
Nora: (warning as she flips out of bed) You are going to pay for this Buchanan...
Bo: I can't wait!
Nora trudges off to the baby's room. She enters and picks up a very upset Maddie.
Nora: Ok...what is the problem here miss? (placing the baby over her shoulder) Come on...calm down...that's it.... there ya go...(pacing across the room) Mommy's baby...Mommy's baby...come on...
Nora heads out of the nursery back towards her room. She sits on the bed with the baby and looks over at Bo.
Bo: Do you know how beautiful you are when you are holding her?
Nora: That smile of yours gives me a clue...
Bo: Why don't you lay her here with us?
Nora: I don't think she wants to lie down.
Bo: (sitting up and leaning against the headboard) Come here...(he motions for her to slide between his legs)
Nora moves over, still holding Madison. Bo wraps his arms around them both and closes his eyes. Nora looks down at Madison.
Nora: Bo....
Bo: Mmm hmmm...
Nora: I love you...you know that, right?
Bo: I know...I love you too Red...(he kiss the back of her head) try and get some sleep...
Nora: Can you believe its been six months already...with Maddie....
Bo: No, I can’t...seems like only yesterday you were falling on the floor at Clint's wedding...
Nora: (smiling) She really is a miracle...I think back on all the time we wasted...
Bo: All in the past (yawning, starting to nod off)...all in the past...
Nora: Bo...(she leans her head back against his shoulder)
Bo: Yeah...
Nora: (yawning) I love you....
Bo: (tightening his embrace slightly and leaning his head back against a pile of pillows) I love you too...
Mom, Dad and baby fall asleep together.
TBC