Wishes and Candles
Summary: Ray DeTamble knows he can't stop his dad from jumping trough time, but he discovers one way to keep him for a little while longer
Chapter 1: New Birth
Ray watched as the doctors rushed his mother to the delivery room where her new little brothers were about to be born
"Come on Ray!" Alba called after him to hurry
"Let's stay over here" Richard said as Alba and Ray were trying to get into the delivery room "you have to wait here"
"But grandpa!" Ray complained eagerly "I want to meet them!"
"You will" Richard said "but you'll just have to wait a little" Richard said as Ray sat on his lap
The birth took several hours, at exactly midnight July 20th the twins were welcomed into the world
"Dad" Henry moved his father's arm slowly "Wake up"
"What?!" Richard woke up abruptly "Are they here?" A big smile was Henry's response
"Daddy?" Alba smiled weakly "can we meet them?"
"Can we see mummy?" Ray asked yawning as Henry picked him up
When they arrived to the room both babies were wrapped and cleaned Clare was looking at them in owe
"Hey guys" she said tiredly "I thought you had gone home"
"Are they okay?" Alba asked walking slowly towards her mother
"They are just great" Clare said as Alba smirked at her brothers
Henry placed Ray on the bed and he crawled closer to examine the newborns
"What are they names?" Alba asked curiously
"Kody" Clare said smiling at Henry
"Ayden James" Henry said kneeling on one side of the bed "AJ for short"
"I like them" Alba said sitting on the chair next to the bed
"What about you bud?" Henry asked Ray as he climbed off the bed. He just smiled widely
"I think he's tired" Clare pointed out
"We all are" Henry said picking up a sleepy Ray "I'll tell dad to take them home"
"But we want to stay daddy!" Alba complained "please?" she glanced at her mother
"Better if you don't honey" Clare said "grandpa needs to rest too"
When the day to take the kids home from the hospital, Ray and Alba waited eagerly with a bright smile as Henry placed Kody on his crib and Clare placed AJ on the other one
"Can I hold them?" Alba asked
"Sure honey just waits until they eat okay?" Clare smiled. Suddenly they heard a familiar sound coming from Ray's stomach
"Looks like someone else is hungry" Henry laughed "come on I'll give you something to eat" Alba and Ray followed their father to the kitchen, but before leaving he whispered "I'll be right back" and left the room
A couple months had passed since that day. Henry hadn't jumped in a while, which had allowed Clare to relax a little. But one tragic day while Henry was watching a movie with Ray, it happened: he slowly started to disappear. Ray watched in fear as with one kiss from Henry he finally faded
Chapter one up! Love this story can't wait to get my hands on the book and my eyes on the movie!