Misadventures
There is No Me
Carolina's POV
“Two more days Honey-Lemon! Just two. More. Days.” I told her, as she looked at me with her head cocked.
“Then daddy will be here!” I said in my baby voice.
She started getting excited and running around in circles. I'm glad she didn't forget Tony. “Yes, now let's go for a walk, we have to keep you looking pretty!” I said.
I probably looked crazy talking to myself, well talking to a puppy like it was a person. But I was really excited that Tony was coming home in just two days! I couldn't wait!
I went to the park with Honey-Lemon and she was a good puppy as usual. Things were going great, until a woman sat down next to me. She had her baby with her, and she was holding it so gentle, I looked at her and smiled.
“Do you have one?” She asked.
“What?” I asked, realizing she meant a baby. “Oh, no. I don't.” I replied.
She nodded and continued rocking the baby back and forth, I couldn't help it, I couldn't help imagine that I could have that with my own baby, the one Tony and I lost. I started to tear up.
“Are you okay?” The lady asked me.
“Y-yeah.” I replied.
“Oh no, you lost one didn't you?” She asked putting her baby back in the carrier.
I looked at her, how could she know? She didn't even know me.
“Yeah, h-how did you know?” I asked.
“Because I've lost many. I know what it's like.” She replied.
I started to cry, and she was nice enough to hug me. So here I was crying on this lady's shoulder, and I didn't know her name, I pulled away from her, wiping my tears away.
“Oh, I'm so sorry.” I said. “My name's Carolina.”
“Shelby.” She said, shaking my hand. “And this is Hazel.” She said showing me her baby, which was one of the cutest I have ever seen.
“Aw, she's so cute.” I said. “This is Honey-Lemon, she's my baby, I'm taking care of him while my boyfriend is out of town.” I told her.
Then just like that, a conversation was started, we talked about guys, babies, the ups and downs of pregnancy, which made me laugh a little, parenthood, and what it would be like if we were in our boyfriend's or in her case, her husband's shoes, which was hysterical.
“Well I have to go, it's supper time for the hubby.” Shelby said.
“Okay, it was nice talking to you.” I said.
“I'll see you tomorrow? Same time?” She asked me.
Did I just make a new friend?
“Yeah! Sure!” I replied.
I took Honey-Lemon home, and took her leash off and did my weekly tick inspection. No ticks, as usual. Man, I am good! I was happy I made a new friend, and talking to Shelby made me think, maybe trying to have another baby wouldn't be such a bad idea, whenever Tony's ready of course.
Tony's POV
I woke up and smiled, then got out of my bunk and got dressed. I went into the front room and the guys were looking at me wondering why I was smiling so weird.
“Two more days!” I said.
“Dude, calm down, we still have shows to play.” Vic said.
“I know.” I said.
We got ready for a show and during the show something went wrong with my amp, which never really happened before, so I was trying to fix it, but it was pretty close to the crowd, which was pretty crazy. I got to fix the amp but the fans pulled me into the crowd and, let's just say they were ruthless animals, tearing at my every limb. Security finally got to them and I got out with a few scratches and bruises. Since that happened our manager didn't let us do any signings which I don't think was fair to the fans. I mean, so what if they didn't show me mercy for a minute or two? The fans were pretty angry that we didn't do the signing, like we said we would, so we headed back to the bus and relaxed.
“You okay, man?” Mike asked me.
“Yeah, just a little sore.” I replied.
Thinking of Carolina, and how smart she was with all the nursing-people-back-to-health stuff, I decided to look up how to treat scratches and bruises. I didn't have any big scratches, so I just washed them with some soap and water, then put a band-aid on them.
I had one on my face, and I'm sure Carolina would freak if she saw that, but I knew she would be proud of me if I took care of it myself, so I did.
“Hey, look at you, Tony, taking care of yourself.” Jaime said.
I laughed. “Yeah, I think it's what Carolina would do.” I said.
“You really miss her don't you?” Vic asked me.
“Yeah, I really do.” I replied.
“Well, when we get home, I'm sure you'll be super happy.” He said.
I looked back at him, just to make sure he wasn't being sarcastic, and he wasn't.
“Both you and Carolina.” He said.
“Yeah, I'm sure we will.” I replied.
