Love of Her Life (A Love Story Between an OB and a Neurosurgeon)

New York Trip Part 1:Driving To New York

Mark starts driving to New York. Amelia is in the front seat whilst Carina and the kids being in the back. He's got a coffee to keep him awake since he's exhausted and hasn't been sleeping well these last few nights. Traveling in a car full of girls is awkward. He's flat out staying awake and in no state to drive, but he needs to drive to district his mind. He's slowly working his way up to speeding since that feels like therapy to him.

Amelia's very much against the idea of Mark driving. She sits there with her arms folded and pretty much watching everything Mark does. "We're swapping seats when we get to the 7-11"

"Why? I'm fine to drive...I mean, I'm a little tired, but this is distracting my mind from...well everything" Mark says.

"Okay, yeah and the car you're driving is yellow. We'll swap over soon so you can sleep. You need it" Amelia says.

"I also need distractions. I want a family. We can't have everything we want" He's being really blunt and snappy with the way he's talking. He most definitely shouldn't be driving.

Amelia can tell he's getting mad. "Mark, don't make this difficult. Pull over"

He pulls over into the gas station. "Happy?"

Amelia kind of shook that for a change, he actually didn't make this difficult. "Yes" She gets out of the car, walks over to the drivers seat door and opens it.

Mark's sitting in the seat staring at the steering wheel.

"Move over to the passengers seat" Amelia says to him sternly.

Mark looks up at Amelia, then slowly moves over to the passengers seat.

Amelia gets into car. "Thank you. Now, while we're here, does anybody want anything from the store?"

"I'll just take a bottled water" Carina says.

"The will to live? I'll take 5" Mark says.

"Okay babe!" She smiles at her wife. Then, Mark makes his quip. She squints her eyes at him and picks up her purse. "Okay, yeah, real funny"

Mark starts chewing his nails. It's one of the worst habits when he gets into mental states like this .

Carina smiles at her wife. "Want me to come with you or?"

"Sure! I mean, I'll only be a couple seconds" Amelia says.

"Alright" Carina smiles and gets out of the car.

Mark yawns silently. He won't admit the fact he's beyond tired.

Amelia walks into the 7-11 with Carina whilst holding her hand.

Carina's holding Amelia's hand.

Victoria's awake as anything. "Uncle Mark, why is mommy not letting you drive?"

"Because I'm a little bit tired baby and it's not safe for me to drive" Mark tells her.

"Okay" Victoria says.

"Why don't you try and sleep, yeah? We're gonna be driving all night. We still have 35 hours to go. That's a long time in a car" Mark says.

"I'll try" Victoria says.

Amelia's putting various snacks in the shopping basket.

"Good girl. Are you warm enough back there? Do you want my hoodie?" Mark says Victoria.

"I'm warm. I've got my moms blanket hoodie and my blanket from my bed" Victoria smiles. She's probably the most snug human being alive right now.

Mark smiles. "Here Iris looks a little chilly, put my hoodie over her" He takes his hoodie off and lays it over Iris who is passed out in her car seat. It's freezing outside. He sees Carina and Amelia coming out of the 7-11. "Here comes your mommy and mama" He's shivering. All he cared about was that both the kids were warm and snug. "Are you both comfy back there, Vic?"