Anais' POV
Mama, I like to listen.
Can't you tell?
My ears perk at the sound of your laughing as you bounce me up and down on your knee. Mama, your laugh is like music to my ears! I love it so much. Will you promise to always laugh?
I hear you gasp in delight as my twin rolls over onto her back. Did she do something special? I want to do that, too!
Well, of course she did something special. That is because she is special, mama. She is very special. Some may call it a gift, others say it is a curse.
I hear you talk to daddy with sweetness… sometimes. A lot I hear you angrily growl at him. But mostly, I hear the softness in your voice as you speak to him. I hear something, mama… is that what love sounds like?
If so, I hear it when you talk to me everyday.
Love is patient, mama… Love is kind.
Daddy, I like to listen.
Can't you tell?
I hear the tender and lovely voice you use to talk to my sister and I. Promise me you will always talk to me like that, please…
I also hear the not so pleasant things. I hear in the next room over as you speak of gentle words to mommy, who I just heard scream. Is she alright daddy?
Is something wrong?
Love is patient, daddy… Love is kind.
Only a few moons had risen when I hear the click of the door. Mommy, it's so late. Why are you up?
Your footsteps are not careful of sound as you trudge over to the crib opposite of me, cuddling something, or someone up in your arms.
I see your dark silhouette come over to me.
I hear your nose sniffling. Is everything okay, mama? Tell me what is wrong, I am a very good listener.
My thin skin prickles with hair as your fingertips gently graze over my cheek.
Say something, mama. I am all ears.
"You two are my concrete angels."
Well mama, of course we are! You literally are an angel. A spirit in the body of a human. With us you gave little bits of your magic. A little bit of your soul. You passed bits of your angel features to us.
Maybe that is why I am very excited for when bath time comes. You know, where we get to play with water? The time that my sister absolutely despises? Yes, that.
Water is fun! It tickles at my skin when I splash around happily in the tub. Sometimes, I feel as if the water seeps deeper into me then what my pours soak up. I may not be physically drowning in the wonderful substance known as water, but I know my soul is.
"I'll never stop loving either of you. I loved both of you before time, I love you right now, and I will forever after the end of time."
I love you too, mama! So very much. Now mama, let's to bed. I am very tired, and I know you are too…
"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always preserves.
Love never fails."
~1 Corinthians 13:4-8a
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A/N: I swear guys, I am not religious. I just really love this quote, and quotes in general.
I decided to keep the theme of this quote going, but this is where it stops!
I'm very sorry this chapter was short, but considering how a lot of things were explained in the first part of this Amina and Anais POV, I only needed to focus on Anais this chapter.
Knit-pick from this chapter what you will! I have been literally dying to get this chapter out.
Reviews would be wonderfully appreciated!
