The ease of parenting

Cecilia had dissappered into her small home office like room after nick had fallen asleep in her bed. She had given up on going to care for mollie all of her attempts were a fail as long as Nick was around. She wasn't even aloud to hold her own child. After the crying had settled down Cecilia emerged. She didn't care if nick was in her bed or not. She was going to try and get some sleep. And anyway having nick around had always uu eyes her dreams of Felix. Going to sleep in the bed with him now would be the best night sleep she had ever had. She climbed into bed next to nick. And laid on her side danceing away from him and closeing her eyes

Nick woke up the next morning to find Cecilia sleeping next to him on his left, and Mollie to his right. She was already awake and sucking on her thumb. He dressed her in a light blue onezie and carried her to the kitchen. Nick spoon fed Mollie some mushy peach flavoured baby food. He began to cook biscuits and sausage for himself and Cecilia. She looked like she hadn't eaten in a while and needed some food.

"No, stay away from me," Cecilia murmured in her sleep after nick left the room. She tossed and turned shaking her head, "No!" She yelled sitting straight up as she woke with a jolt. Looking around Nick and mollie were gone. Cecilia's first thought was that Felix had come and taken them away, and her fear and panic grew. Timidly she got up out of bed and tiptoed to the door peeking around the corner to see Nick cooking. She sighed a sigh of releif to see him and not Felix. With the back of her hand she wiped away a few beads of sweat and moved into the kitchen. With a smile she lifted mollie up cradle img her in her arms and rocking back and fourth. The young mother was not worried about the food the father of her child was making but preoccupied herself withher daughter

Nick dumped a pile of food on Cecilia's plate, then the same amount on his own. He took Mollie and put her in her high chair, in front of the baby peaches. Nick would force Cecilia to eat, wether she liked it or not. Cecilia needed to eat. She was looking pale and underfed. It was like she stopped taking care of her self when Mollie was born. And that wasn't healthy for her. While eating his own food he fed Mollie at the same time.

The sarrow grew in Cecilia when nick took Mollie from her and she reluctantly sat infront of the plate that had obviously been set for her. She picked up the fork and pushed some of the food around on her plate. Silently she stared down at the plate the images from her dream flashing about infront of her eyes. She shook her head dropping the fork on the table. Standing Cecilia passed back and fourth. Then she started to clean the dishes Nick had dirtied. She could t sit still. She had to keep herself busy, and to preoccupied to think of the dream she had just awoken from. Her dreams had esulated from those of Felix torturing her to those of Felix hurting Nick, Mollie, Elijah, and Raphel. It was not something pleasant that she wanted to see. It was slowly tearing her heart to little bits.

Nick could see that Cecilia was still having those dreams. He walked over to Cecilia. "If you keep having those dreams I'm taking custody of Mollie until you don't. It's better for her that way. Your weak and fragile and you don't take care of yourself. Now sit down and eat" he said firmly. Nick's words came out harsher than they were supposed to, but she needed motivation to do something anyway.

"I wish I didn't have them," Cecilia whispered on the verge of tears. She didn't want to lose mollie but she didn't know how to over come the dreams she had of him. Once again she sat at the table across from Mollie and where nick had been siting. She picked up the fork again and took a small night of the food immediately retreating it. She had to get back on the runway and she wasn't going to do that by gaining more weight. "I wish I knew how to make them stop." A few tears excaped from the corner of her eye but she quickly wiped them away wondering why she was so weak. Why she couldn't be strong like Elijah was.

Mollie had finished her food. "Come Mollie lets take a bath while mommy eats her food" he said sweetly to the child, completely ignoring what she'd said. Nick filled up the bathroom sink with soapy water. He slowly set Mollie in the warm water and began to wash her hair with tear free shampoo. He rinsed it out by dumping water slowly on the child's head. Mollie began to laugh and splash at Nick. Regardless, he continued to wash her body with a rag. After Mollie was clean, Nick put some plastic boats in the water and watched her play with them.

By the time Nick was done giving Mollie a bath Cecilia had eaten about half the food Nick had put on her plate and was continuing to push the rest of it around with her fork. She was over full already and could not eat anymore. She got up and got a towel to wrap Mollie in and quietly went back to cleaning anything that didn't mess with the sink in which nick had her daughter siting. "You missed a spot." Cecilia whispered picking up a rag and wiping behind Mollies ears carefully and then wiping off a bit of dirt from her mouth before wrapping the towel around mollie and draining the water. She didn't want mollie to sit in the water to long and get sick from it.

Cecilia always had to ruin something. Mollie was clean and having fun. Now she looked as if she was about to cry. Nick kissed Mollie on the forehead and whispered, "don't worry Mollie. Me and you will have some more fun in a moment. Mommy won't ruin it either" he said before he walked out of the room. As he walked out he shot Cecilia a rude glance. She just couldn't have fun with the girl, no instead she had to ruin the girl's fun and make her cry. Nick was a little mad at Cecilia for doing that.