Baby Mine, Part 1 by ticklemekerry

2008-01-14T23:25:23Z

Title: Baby Mine, Part 1
Author: ticklemekerry
Pairing(s): Dianne/Kerry and Caroline/OFC
Rating: G (for now)
Summary: Wicked is over and done with, finished, life has moved on. But how much is Kerry prepared to let her life move from the path she set herself?
Disclaimer: I own nothing, but the little man is a creation of mine.
A/N: So this was a challange set for me, as I haven't written in a while, and wanted to write something slightly different. Comments are good, they mean I may continue *nods*

Looking at the baby sleeping in the carry-cot, which they had placed on the bed, Kerry leant into Dianne’s embrace and let out a contented sigh. She couldn’t help but wonder how something so small could make her react this way, something so tiny, so perfect. 10 little fingers and 10 little toes. She had freaked out a little when Caroline asked them to baby-sit, Talyn was only 2 months old, and Kerry had never really been one for babies. She thought she might break him. But here he was, sleeping soundly on her bed, not a care in the world. So much in front of him, so many adventures he was going to have. Resting her head on Dianne’s shoulder, Kerry let out another little sigh.

“Are you okay?” Dianne asked, tightening their embrace ever so slightly by pulling Kerry closer to her.

“Mmmm…” came the reply, “yeah, I’m fine. It’s amazing isn’t it…”

“What is?” asked Dianne.

“How something so small, can be so perfect.” Kerry said, gazing at Talyn as he dreamt. His tongue sticking out of his mouth slightly as if he was concentrating on something really hard in his dreams. Stretching his legs so his little feet came out of the bottom of the blanket.

“He’s going to be a dancer you know…” Kerry said softly.

“And how do you know that?” Dianne asked.

“Oh come on, it’s obvious.” Kerry said with a little giggle, “you grow up around theatre folk, and that’s kind of what happens.”

“By dancer do you mean… gay?” Dianne asked, looking at Kerry and seeing the corners of her mouth start to curl into a slight smile.

“You’re joking right,” she said, “he’s a lesbian.”

Dianne could tell by the tone in Kerry’s voice that she had managed to keep a straight face when she came out with that line. She herself wasn’t so lucky upon hearing it.

Kerry could hear the laughter echo through Dianne’s chest. Ever since Wicked had finished they had been inseparable, together everyday, they had moved in together not long after they finished the show. Both doing their own things, while being together. It always amazed Kerry how much things had changed since the show ended, how much the people had changed, and how they had all managed to keep in touch. The bond that they shared as a group it seemed was to strong to be broken by distance.

Kerry had never imagined that the bond of friendship would include babysitting, and she had never in her wildest moments thought that Caroline would be the first one of them to have a child. It was strange how things worked out. She had never really imagined any of them having kids any time soon, especially not as their careers would all be on the up following Wicked. Caroline had gone and fallen in love though, head over heels in love with an American girl. Looking at Talyn, Kerry finally realised that that is what it must feel like when your whole world makes sense. Bringing a child into the world isn’t the easiest thing as it is, you have to be settled and stable in a relationship, or that’s the way it should be. Settled in your life, comfortable in your own skin. Above all you had to be secure enough within yourself, and sure enough of who you were to bring a child into the world in a same sex relationship.

Just the thought of the way society was made Kerry slightly angry. Prejudice that should have long since passed remained. Same sex marriages were common place in the UK now, they were even legalised in the US, yet parts of society still frowned down on them.

Giggling to herself she knew she had to turn her brain off from time to time, she always thought about things too much, she couldn’t ever just let things be. Shaking her head, and giggling a little more, she looked into the carry-cot. There were the biggest pair of blue eyes she had ever seen, staring back up at her, full of wonder and amazement. Full of hope, full of life, full of love. In that moment, as that little baby boy looked up at her, Kerry felt her heart melt. As those big blue eyes met her own she knew that one day she and Dianne would be sitting like this again, but the baby would be theirs.

She sat up with a start, as the realisation of what she had just thought about started to sink in. It was too soon to think about that, wasn’t it? She knew Dianne would run a mile, damn she’d run a mile herself if the thoughts weren’t in her own head. She was almost 30 years old, her career was soaring, her personal life was going great. Did she really want to upset the balance of either of them by suggesting she and Dianne extend their family?

She took a deep breathe and remembered that rocking the boat is what she did best. That’s what had brought her and Dianne together in the first place. But this was stupid, it was beyond stupid. She had meetings in the US about taking up the role of Elphaba on Broadway, something she always thought could be fun, she also had meetings over there with a record company about releasing her album. The album she had worked so hard on for so long, that had done better than anyone had expected after it was finally released. Her career was important to her, she had been driven to succeed from a young age, and she had fought tooth and nail to get to where she was. Being at the top of your game at her age was something special. But she knew, looking into those blue eyes, that she would be prepared to give it all up for a child of her own to look at her in that way. Her world was falling into place, it was starting to make sense. And it terrified her.