So this chapter is a little shorter, but I hope you guys still enjoy it!
LPOV
We walked up to Rhiannon's hospital room and a nurse let us in. We walked over to the bed where Rhiannon was. There were IV tubes and sensors all over her. Her heart rate was weak and her breathing was slow. Even through all of this, I could see the girl that I had loved so long ago. She was older now of course, probably about sixteen.
"Well, look who beat us here." A man said behind us.
"Uncle Jack, Aunt Sarah," I smiled. "It's good to see you."
" It's good to see you, too dear." Sarah smiled. "And you must be Stef?"
"I am." Stef smiled, stepping forward. "I'm Lena's wife."
"It's nice to meet you." Jack said, shaking Stef's hand.
My father greeted his brother and sister in law warmly. We sat down where we could, although there weren't very many places to sit.
"Lena," Sarah said. "Your uncle and I were talking and we know that Lucy said she wanted you to be Rhiannon's guardian, however we thought it would be better for everyone if we decided to take in Rhiannon."
"Why would you say that?" I asked slowly, taken aback.
"We just think that it would be better for Rhiannon to have a stable environment to grow up in." Jack explained.
"Well if that's what you're worried about," Stef said. "I would consider our home quite stable."
"Yes." My mother agreed. "Those kids couldn't be happier."
"We just know that financially we could support Rhiannon." Sarah said. "And we think that she would be better served living in a house with um... different moral standards than the ones you live by."
"Excuse me?" I said. " Are you saying that you don't want Rhiannon living with us because we're gay?"
"We just don't want Rhiannon getting any ideas-"
"That's enough." My dad spoke up. "I will not have you insulting my daughter that way. There is nothing wrong with who she is and who she loves. And I doubt that just because Lena is married to a woman will have any negative affect on Rhiannon's upbringing."
"Thank you, Dad." I said.
Jack and Sarah were quiet. "Well, we will just let you think about it." Sarah said as the got up to leave.
"Wow." Stef sighed after a moment of silence.
We all looked over to Rhiannon as her breathing changed and she inhaled slowly. Her blue eyes blinked a few times before starting to look around.
"Where am I?" She asked slowly, wincing at the light. "Who are you?"
I got up and slowly walked over to her. "Rhiannon," I said gently. " You probably don't remember me, but I was your mom's cousin. My name's-"
"Lena?" She rasped. "No, I remember."
"Yeah." I smiled, surprised that she remembered. "Uh, you were in a car accident a few days ago. "
"Where's my mom?"
"I'm sorry,but..."
"I see." She said, looking away.
"This is my wife, Stef." I introduced, motioning for her to come over.
"Hi." Stef said softly.
"Hi." Rhiannon smiled. "I'm glad you broke up with Gretchen. I didn't really like her."
"I'm glad, too." Stef joked.
"I heard what my grandparents said to you guys." Rhiannon mentioned. "I had always hoped that if something were to happen to my mom I'd end up with you."
"I'm glad." I told her. " Well, I hope you don't mind not being an only child anymore."
"Because we currently have five kids in our house."
"Are you for real?"
"Yes, we are totally for real." Stef laughed.
"And you're still taking me in?" Rhiannon asked. "You really wanna add a sixth kid to your house?"
"Well, we know it won't be easy, but I think we can make it work." I told her, looking at Stef.
"I think so, too." She said, looking at me also.
"Thank you." Rhiannon said. " Really."
"We wouldn't have it any other way." I told her, taking her hand.
