Is this destiny?

~ Los Angeles, LA Medical Center ~

Wednesday, 11:54 AM

Sophia and Felix are in the waiting room of the pediatric wing of LA Medical Center. They brought their baby-daughter, Cecilia for her 2 month check-up.

Sophia is checking emails on her phone and sending instructions to Leah and Pam who are in the office. The two of them are working with Sophia\'s team from office in White corp. HQ.

They still have several lawsuits to take care of, but the load is much less than it was two weeks ago.

Sophia is proud that none of the lawsuits reached got on trial. Most of them were exaggerated statements or just made up stories, and Sophia managed to debunk them before they made any damage to White corp. and other people who Marcus targeted.

Of course, Sophia knows that she would not be this successful if not for the advance information she got from Penny, Tiffany, Sarah and Aiden. And a crucial part was done by very capable legal teams from White corp. and Orion Enterprise. When thinking about how many cases they handled in last few weeks, Sophia is confident that they broke some kind of record.

Felix has few work emails pending, but he is unable to focus on work now. He is shaking his legs anxiously while his gaze is not leaving Lia who is peacefully sleeping in her car seat, oblivious to what is coming.

2 months check-up means vaccinations!

Felix knows that vaccines are beneficial and harmless, but he did his research and watched numerous videos on YouTube and those nurses are about to spear his baby-daughter, damnit!

He is still under stress from their stay in the hospital after the delivery. Nurses would come, roughly handle his baby-girl (how he saw it), poke her with all kinds of gadgets, take blood samples. Ah, and now it\'s going to happen again!

"I need to hold her.", Felix told Sophia and reached for the car seat. He knows that holding Lia close will make him feel better.

Sophia grabbed his forearm without removing her gaze from the phone. "Let her sleep."

"My baby-girl will be up for some rude awakening.", Felix mumbled.

Sophia hid her laugh with a cough. She knows that Felix is thinking about the vaccines because he is talking about them for weeks. Sophia admires Felix\'s dedication and all the research he does, but more than often it is making him stressed out unnecessarily. It\'s not that she likes that Lia will get shots, but it needs to happen, and it will happen fast and there is no point in stressing about it.

"Cecilia Martin! … Cecilia Martin!", nurse called from the side door, indicating that they are ready for them. It is time for the appointment!

"Here we go, baby-girl…", Felix said under his breath while carrying the car seat. "Be brave… Daddy is right here… No crying, OK? If you cry, daddy will cry also. Or daddy might hit someone… be brave…"

Sophia walked after him and giggled. Felix is adorable.

Lia fussed for few seconds when they got her out of the car seat, not happy to be woken up.

Lia\'s big blue eyes blinked, and she showed a toothless smile at her anxious father who was doing his best to hide his mental state by singing "Un éléphant qui se balançait", while swinging her in his arms.

His deep voice was mesmerizing not only to his baby girl. Sophia was smiling at the sight of her handsome husband as well. She loves when he enters his super-daddy mode and focuses completely on Lia, neglecting his macho image, without a single care of who is watching. There is nothing sexier than a dedicated father.

Sophia\'s smile fell when she saw that the nurse was looking at Felix with dreamy eyes and a goofy expression. She cleared her throat to remind the nurse to proceed with the pre-checkup paperwork.

Felix was signing and distracting Lia, and she didn\'t seem to notice that they took her weight, length, checked her mouth, ears, eyes, heartbeat… the checkup was done quickly. Pediatrician told them that Lia is a healthy baby, and everything looks normal.

And... it was time for the vaccines!

Felix\'s breath hitched when he saw that nurse prepared four of them! Oh, God! Four shots!

Another nurse came in, and they said that the two of them will give shots at the same time with an explanation that it will be done faster.  

"Do you want me to hold her?", Sophia offered to Felix who looked like he is about to pass out any moment.

Felix inhaled more than necessary. "I will do it."

"Put her flat on her back on the exam table and hold her hands. We will do the rest.", nurse instructed.

"It\'s OK, baby girl…", Felix said with a shaky voice while trying to keep the eye contact with Lia. "Daddy\'s got ya… Daddy\'s got ya…"

He saw Lia\'s eyes widen in shock when first two shots hit her, one in each thigh and a second later her soundless cry turned into shrill screams.

Felix\'s heart broke.

He was sure that his baby-girl is silently accusing him: "Daddy, how could you do something so painful to me? I trusted you and you are holding me for those mean women to poke me! You are a mean man! I will not trust you ever again!"

He was about to swat those two nurses away when he heard one say: "It\'s done. You can dress her up."

Felix looked at Lia\'s thighs and there they were: four small Band-Aids, covering her boo-boos.

Lia was still screaming when her watery eyes went to Sophia, and she extended her chubby arms, asking her mommy to take her.

"Shhh…", Sophia comforted Lia while rubbing her back gently and kissing her forehead. "It\'s OK. It\'s done… it\'s over… Shhh…"

Felix looked at them with a troubled expression.

He extended his arms to take Lia, but his baby girl buried her face in mommy\'s chest.

"Now she thinks I did it.", he said dejectedly.

"Give her a minute. She just went through a stressful situation.", Sophia assured him. She can\'t believe that between her baby and husband, Felix is the one who needs more comforting.

Felix pouted while thinking that next time, Sophia will be the one holding Lia through shots, and he gets to do cuddling and soothing and kissing.

When they exited doctor\'s office, Felix realized that he broke into a cold sweat. Ah, this is too stressful.

His mood improved when Lia looked at him and he got to hold her.

"Yes, my baby-girl… you know who loves you the most, right? It\'s your daddy…", he cooed happily when he saw that precious toothless smile. Lia forgave him for the incident involving vaccines.

Sophia shook her head helplessly. "Let\'s go home."

"Don\'t you need to go back to work?", Felix asked.

"Leah and Pam can hold the fort today. And I will be online."

Felix was happy that Sophia will work from home and he gets to spend the rest of the day with both of his most important ladies.

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