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Prompt: Can you continue the adoption one you did with something about the first time Emily was left alone with the babies for a significant period of time?
Emily is nervous. She's more nervous now than she was for her first Bella's performance. She hasn't been alone with the babies for more than a half hour thus far, but now she's going to be alone with them for an entire day. Taking care of two 3 month olds with three people is a challenge, but taking care of them by herself? So yeah, Emily's nervous.
"But what if something goes wrong?" She questions for the fifth time that morning. Both Chloe and Beca shake their heads in amusement.
"Em. It's gonna be fine. You're great with them, and we're a phone call away if you need anything." Chloe says gently, handing the baby in her arms over to the younger girl. Emily takes Alex in her arms, and smiles down at her.
"You're right. I'll do great. How hard can it be right?" Both older girls nod encouragingly and, with a few final kisses goodbye, leave the apartment.
Turns out it can be extremely hard.
Ten minutes after her girlfriend's had left, Avery had begun to cry which caused Alex to begin crying as well. It took Emily ten minutes to remember that it was time for them to eat. When she finally had them settled down she put them both in the basinet in the living room, and sat down on the couch next to it.
"So I need you guys to be really good for me okay? I'm still new at this so I'm probably gonna mess up, but I'm gonna try my best." She said softly. Alex was now sound asleep, and Avery was looking up at Emily intently. She reached in and pulled him out, not wanting him to disturb his sister. "Hey, little guy. Why aren't you sleeping like you're sister huh?" As expected, she got nothing in reply. Avery seemed content to just lie in her arms, so Emily sat back and watched him as he looked around. They sat there in silence until Alex started fussing. "Hey now, there's no need for that, mama's right here." She said soothingly. She began to rub her belly, but when the fussing only got louder she decided she was going to have to pick the baby up.
She tried to set Avery down, but as soon as she moved to pick Alex up, he began to fuss as well. Knowing there was no way around it, she picked both babies up and started rocking back and forth.
"You know, this isn't exactly easy, guys. I can't believe you expect me to hold you both at the same time. You're other mommies can't even do this, but shhh don't tell them I told you that. They'll deny it forever." The babies had finally calmed, and with a glance at the clock she noted she had another hour before they needed to be fed again, so she set them down and sat next to them; turning the TV on to find something to watch.
The rest of the day passed quite peacefully, until it was bed time for the twins.
"Come on, guys. It's bed time! You gotta get lots of sleep so you can be wide awake when mommies get back tomorrow." Emily said desperately. She had been trying to get the babies to sleep for over an hour now, but every time they calmed down, and she went to put them in their cribs, they'd start right back up. She had tried everything she could think of, but nothing worked.
As a last resort, she went to the living room, and hit play on their stereo system. Beca's mixes began playing through the speakers. After a few moments, Avery and Alex seemed to recognize their mom's music, and began to quiet down. After two songs they were knocked out. Not wanting to risk them waking again, Emily decided to lay with them on the couch. Settling Avery in the crook of her arm, and Alex on her chest with an arm wrapped around her; she closed her eyes, and soon drifted to sleep along with her children.
When Beca and Chloe arrived home at ten, that's how they found the three. After Chloe snapped a few pictures, Beca grabbed both babies and carried them to the nursery while Chloe woke Emily.
"Em. Honey, we're home." She said, moving some hair out of the girl's face. The brunette blinked up at her red headed girlfriend sleepily, but quickly became alarmed when she realized the twins weren't with her. "It's okay. Beca took them." She soothed. Emily relaxed and nodded. Chloe helped her up, and they went to their bed room. They got ready for bed and climbed in, not even waiting for Beca to join them; knowing it'd be a while before the brunette tore herself away from the babies.
