It wasn’t the way the evening was suppose to go and who would have known that the early hours of that following Sunday morning, that everything would be so very different, in the new light of day.
It all begun on the Saturday during the daytime, when the phone rang. “Hi mum it’s Petra, we’re going out to celebrate our birthday’s tonight and we need you to babysit.” Petra said in an assuming tone.
“ Sorry Petra, i’ve plans myself tonight.”
Patrica was quite relived that she wasn’t having to be used a definite certainty. As Petra, would often take advantage. For Petra still craved those evenings out, that would last for hours and hours.
Even now when Petra was mum of two young children, the need still hadn’t change or lessened in anyway, from when Petra was a teenager, still experiencing the odd tantrum here and there when she didn’t get her way.
Although, Petra would always found a way to get her own way in the end regardless of anyone else’s needs, emotions, thoughts or feelings at various times through her life.
“Mum, is Felicity there,
is she napping? Can i talk to her?”
Felicity was Petra’s last hope for that evening to happen, as Mike’s parents were also busy with their own social plans like Patricia was.
Minutes later, Felicity came to the phone.
“ Hi Petra, are you alright?” “Yes fine, but we were hoping for a night out tonight, around the town, to celebrate the birthday’s. Except mum’s out and Mike’s mum & dad aren’t available either. So could you come round and babysit for us, you can sleep over and take our bed, with the pregnancy going on.” Petra said.
Petra spoke with much insistence giving up their bed for the night.
This was all decided through much consideration, as Felicity had just reached her 8 month of pregnancy,in her third trimester. Felicity wanted to say no, with very tiny vibration of her being but as she was staying over, in a big bed to help her feel as comfortable as possible with pregnancy situation going on. She agreed.
“ Yes of course, i will as it’s your birthday celebrations and your giving up your bed for the night.” Felicity felt fine with that compromise.
After all Petra was a mum to two young children herself, so she understood how even more important and challenging at this stage of the pregnancy was, as Petra was woman who has already been through pregnancies a few times before.
When the early evening arrived, Patrica dropped off Felicity with her overnight bag at Petra and Mike’s house.
The children had gone to bed and Petra and Mike’s taxi, to take them...