57Wow. Are you sure you reviewed the right story? The response to chapter one was overwhelming (ask my poor computer: the first reviews resulted in an excited squeak which caused the monitor to fall backwards -.-) and I am so glad you liked it!
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"Come on then, Katie, come and see Mommy's friends," Johanna crooned softly, cradling her tiny daughter against her chest.
"And Daddy's friends," Jim muttered under his breath, to which his wife shot him an exasperated look. Before she could reply, however, they were swarmed with well-wishers from both sides of the office, and the surrounding area was soon filled with the high-pitched squeals and nonsense words sent towards the arrival. In a rare show of shyness, baby Katie turned to hide her face against her mother's chest, refusing to grasp any of the fingers offered her way. Realising that unless they moved soon, they would have a screaming baby on their hands, Jim darted in front of his girls and began shooing people away. Once the crowd had subsided he guided them over to the armchairs tucked away in the corner and watched several of the couple's closest friends wander over.
"So this is Baby Beckett!" one woman oozed, running a hand through Katie's thin layer of hair. "Aren't you a bundle of cuteness?"
"She looks just like you, Johanna," another gushed, pushing her face close enough to the small being's to rub noses. As her daughter's nose scrunched up and her eyes opened wide, Jim braced himself for the inevitable shriek. Sure enough –
"Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaah!" Heads snapped up to watch the couple attempt to quiet the screaming baby and make their way briskly to the exit. As the small family left, the two women who had been fussing over the baby walked back to their workstations.
"With that pair of lungs, that's definitely Baby Beckett!"
Rightio. I'm not very happy with this one, but I thought I should do another baby Beckett one before moving on to show the Beckett personality we know and love. I have to say, my mental thesaurus was definitely strained after writing this...
Any requests/suggestions/I-will-shoot-you-if-you-don't-include-this-idea threats would be gratefully received – I have about 30 chapters mapped out, but after all, you will only read what you want to read, so...
Reviews make me do the happy dance *hint hint*
Until next time,
wolfergirl :D
Next chapter at this point in time: Baby Beckett's first Christmas (whoops, I lied. Maybe there'll be some more baby chapters)