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A Life of the Plain and the Simple

Twenty-Eight

Stella's behavior had me on edge. I missed my wife and I missed my daughters. She was going through a really bad time, I understood that, but having her push everyone away left me to do everything alone. I would go see Tom and Aubree by myself - Stell needed me, I know, but my brother-in-law and his wife deserved to have the same new baby welcoming that Stella and I had with Izzy. It was a big part of being a new parent and I refused to take that away from them.


I would run Izzy back and forth from our parents house. My mom was always thankful to get her, as were the Gaskarth's, but they were all wondering when this would end. Even Nate would come over and hang out late at night when Stell had gone to bed, just so I'd have someone to talk to. Times were hard. It had to change.


I'd just gotten back from dropping Izzy off at Alex's and it seems that the entire All Time Low family was there to confront me with Stella's situation. They wanted me to get her help and I couldn't agree more. I would wait to tell Stella about this, though, because I was only home long enough to pick her up. We were going to see our twins today.


Stella, as usual, spent most of the ride staring out of the window. Our fingers weren't laced like they normally would be and she wasn't singing along with the radio. It'd been so long since I heard her sing I almost forgot what her voice sounds like. Needless to say, I was thankful when we got to the hospital.


We went through the normal routine, putting on a gown and scrubbing our hands, but when we found our way to our twins we were surprised to see they were in open cribs. A nurse pushed two chairs up for us before we could even ask what was going on. She offered us a seat, which we took, worried and nervous that something had gone wrong over night.


"The girls have made a lot of progress," she spoke, typing on the computer. "We can't give you an exact date of when they'll be released, however, I can offer you something just as sweet."


She walked over to Lily's crib and scooped up our daughter. Stella gasped as she saw all of the wires hooked up to our little girl, but tears formed in her eyes when the nurse placed our tiny, baby girl in Stella's arms. I could feel my heart skip a beat when she did the same with Lacey, only this little angel was placed in my arms.


Lacey stretched the best she could and looked up at me with her big, doe eyes. I hadn't realized I was crying with Stella. This was the first time I'd ever held my daughter and I swear it was the most amazing feeling in the world. She was so much smaller than Izzy had been but the love in my heart felt the same.


"They look so good," Stella sniffed, clinging to Lily like her life depended on it. "So beautiful."


"We told you they were getting better, Stell," I smiled, extending and arm so I could put my hand on Stella's shoulder. Lily yawned in her arms, making us laugh gently. "Do you think you'd be willing to get help now? If you start taking medication now, you'll be ready for the twins when they come home.."


Stella didn't answer me. She stared at Lily the same way she'd done with Izzy when she was born. For that moment, I saw my wife again, the woman she'd been before she even got pregnant with the twins. It'd been a long, hard road, but our girls were okay. They were in our arms, admiring us, waiting for us to bring them home.


"Okay," Stella whispered, running her fingers along Lily's hand. "I'll get help."


I thought about leaning across the chairs and giving my wife the biggest kiss I'd ever given her, but Lily was the person pulling her back down to Earth right now and I needed to respect that. So, I laid back in my seat, kissed my daughter on her forehead and snuggled up close to the bundle of joy in my arms. We were going to be okay. All five of us.

Notes

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Comments

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AndieRose AndieRose
10/23/13
Awwwwwwwhhhhhhh
AndieRose AndieRose
10/16/13
Awwwwww
AndieRose AndieRose
10/10/13
I hope that Stella is going to be okay.....
alltimerhi alltimerhi
10/7/13
I........need.........more
AndieRose AndieRose
10/7/13