Family Visit
The next morning Dave was delighted to see the swelling in Aaron's eye had gone down and he could see out of both eyes. Aaron was more than happy he could now see out of both eyes again.
He heard footsteps running down the hall and a few women's voices telling whoever it was to slow down. Soon enough he saw Jack poke his head round the door and he smiled.
"Dad," he shouted running up.
"Hey buddy," he smiled back trying to sit up but it hurt too much.
"Are you ok?"
"I am now," he smiled at them all as a young mixed race woman and a pregnant Jessica walked in.
"Glad to hear it," Jessica smiled at him.
"You must be Davinia?" he smiled.
"Yes sir," she smiled nervously.
"Please call me Aaron. You're after all my fiance's daughter."
"Or you could call him daddy tie?" Jack offered. "I call your dad Daddy Beard."
Dave and Aaron laughed while Aaron winced slightly from the bruises which had turned faint purple. Jack saw the wince and kicked his feet.
"Dad, I'm sorry for hurting you," he said innocently.
"It's fine, Jack, you didn't. You'd never hurt me," he answered.
He smiled back then Aaron looked down. He wanted so badly to hug his son but he couldn't due to the injuries.
"Dad, it'll be okay. You can hug me when you're better and we'll make sure you're better soon," Jack smiled slightly.
He smiled gently over at his son who always seemed to know the right thing to say and was wiser than his years. He wondered what he'd done to gain such a wonderful son.
"I know, buddy," he replied. "I know. You'll all take really good care of me."
Jack nodded vigorously. "Yes we will."
Davinia smiled down at the little boy who she already adored as a little brother. She'd do anything for Jack and she'd only known him less than 24 hours.
He smiled back up at her and added, "So will Davinia?"
She nodded at the man who she could clearly see her father was in love with as he took great care of him and couldn't pull his eyes away from him. She was happy to see Aaron felt the same for her father.
"Jessica, how's the baby?" he asked concerned.
"He's fine," she smiled stroking her unborn nephew. She hoped they would always allow her to see the boy.
"We're having a son?"
Dave and Jessica nodded while Dave answered, "yes we are."
Aaron smiled back up at them so excited he and Dave were going to gain another son in three months time. Jack beamed back thrilled he was going to have a baby brother. Even though he loved being a little brother now he had a big sister he couldn't wait to be a big brother.
Aaron just hoped he'd be out of hospital soon enough that he could be on hand to help Jessica through her last three months of pregnancy. They'd already moved her into their house to help her through the last trimester.