Bedtime Stories
A/N
So this is yet another wee sequel to "Miracles" based on an OTP prompt on Tumblr.
Reviews welcome,
Laura xx
Zoe was having a bit of trouble putting her three children to bed. Madison, Ethan, and Sophia were all ready for bed, but they couldn't decided on which bedtime story their mother was going to read to them.
"The Hungry Caterpillar?" Zoe asked.
"No! You read that one last night!" protested Sophia.
"Sleeping Beauty?"
"No that's girly!" Ethan said.
"Er, Frozen?"
"No!" all three chorused.
"The Tiger Who Came To Tea, then?"
"No!"
"Blimmin 'eck, you three are fussy tonight!" sighed Zoe. She heard a key in the front door.
"That's your Dad" she smiled. The three children clambered out of bed and shot downstairs.
"Daddy! We can't choose a story to read, so can you tell us a story?" asked Sophia.
"Okey doke" Max beamed, sweeping her up into his arms.
"Don't I get a kiss?" asked Zoe.
"Fine!" Max pretended to be annoyed, and gave her a sloppy kiss on the lips.
"Ewww!" said Ethan.
"Oh, stop it. they're in lurveee!" teased Madison. This gave Zoe a brainwave.
"Why don't Dad and I tell you all the story of how we both met?" She suggested.
"Ooh, okay!" Sophia looked enthusiastic.
Sophia, Ethan, and Madison went back upstairs to wait for their parents.
"How was your shift?" Zoe asked Max.
"Okay. Dixie was being ever so rude, her jokes are hilarious!" Max chuckled.
"I don't wanna know" Zoe held her arms up.
"You don't!"
"Anyway, let's go upstairs and tell our three wee monkeys the story of us"
"It's their story too" Max smiled.
"That it is, it's important for them to know, don't you think?"
"Yep"
Zoe and Max made their way upstairs.
"Mummy, can you sit on my bed? I want a cuddle!" asked Madison.
"Okay" Zoe said, sitting down on Madison's bed. her daughter clambered into her arms.
Max sat down on Sophia's bed and Sophia snuggled into him. "Story! Story!" she chanted.
"Okay, okay." Max laughed.
"Once upon a time there was a beautiful princess, her name was Zoe." Zoe began.
"Is that you?" Ethan asked.
"Of course it is" Snapped Sophia.
"And Princess Zoe was a doctor, she was a very lonely doctor. But one day, Max, a pauper, came to the hospital." Zoe continued.
"And he was very handsome, and Zoe and Max fell in love" Max added.
"But an evil dragon, Constance, had a wish. That wish was to tear the two apart, and make Zoe so stressed that she would go away for a while and forget all about Max." said Zoe.
"She sounds scary!" Said Ethan
"Not as scary as your Mum when she's in a bad mood!" Max laughed. "Anyway, Constance's wish came true. Zoe went away, and Max was very sad and lonely without her." Continued Max.
"And then, Zoe came back but she had a car accident. Max was ever so worried, he rushed to her aid. In time, Zoe got better." The Clinical Lead said.
Max went on: "But then Zoe realized that she loved Max very much."
"And they all lived happily ever after?" Asked Maddie.
"Sort of. They had a bit of sadness here and there, but they had two children. Prince Ethan and Princess Sophia. And then they had little Princess Madison, who was a lot cheekier than her siblings!" Zoe smiled.
"I'm not a princess, I'm a Queen!" protested Madison.
"Excuse me, your Mummy is a Queen! My queen, anyway" Max smiled, giving Zoe a kiss.
"It's time for bed, by the way!" Zoe said when she and Max broke apart. To her surprise, the three were already asleep.
"I guess our bedtime story worked then?" Max enquired when they went out of the room.
"I guess it did!" Zoe grinned.
"Our story is better than any old book, isn't it?"
"It certainly is."