Disclaimer: I dont own waterloo road or any of its charaters.
A/N: I apologise for the ridiculously long wait. Only a few more chapters left before I can upload my new one. When we left the last chapter, Ronnie was slowly coming around to her new baby sister. Enjoy.
That evening, they went to McDonald's for dinner before heading back to the hospital; as Rachel lifted Ronnie out of the car seat, she handed her the little pink teddy bear.
"Baby girl, are you sure you want to go in there? You were scared this morning; you dont have to if you dont want to?"
"Me want to mommy"
"Okay; let's go and see your sister"
When they got in the room, Rachel sat with Ronnie on her lap as she slowly looked at her sister.
"Are you okay baby girl?" Rachel asked, unsure of how her daughter was feeling.
"She small"
"Yeah she is; she's a smaller than you were when you were a baby"
"She wuv me?"
"Absolutely; let me tell you a secret. When you were in mommy's tummy, Michael would come home from school and sit for ages talking to you; and when you were born, every night he would say 'night night Ronnie; I'm your big brother and I love you'. He said it every night before I read him a story; why dont you say hello to your little sister?"
Ronnie looked at Olivia and stared; she looked at Rachel and leant forward.
"Hello Livvie; I'm your sissy. Me got you bear. Wuv you"
She looked back up at her mom with wide eyes.
"That was beautiful baby girl; mommy is very proud of you. And she hasnt cried once since we've been here; I think she likes you"
"Me thirsty mommy"
"We'll get you a drink in a minute; do you want to sit in daddy's lap while I talk to your sister?"
With Ronnie settled in Eddie's lap, Rachel gently held Olivia's hand as she leant forward.
"Hi darling, mommy and daddy are here; we cant wait til we can bring you home properly. The nice doctors said you are fighting hard; your sister brought you a teddy bear so you're not scared when we're not here. We're gonna come and see you all the time, okay? We love you"
"Hey sweetheart, it's daddy; your mommy is been so strong. She's coming up to the hospital and looking after your brother and sister and her little niece and nephew. She's amazing and I love her; that's why we need you to keep fighting so we cna make mommy happy all the time. I love you sweetie"
Rachel settled the teddy in the incubator before she left with Eddie and Ronnie; when they got home, they settled Ronnie on the sofa with the blanket over her before sitting on the other side of the sofa, wrapped in each others arms.
"I miss her Eddie; I want her home already"
"I know and she will be soon; why dont I run you a bath seeing as Michael's staying at my dads tonight?"
"With lots of bubbles and you washing my back?"
"I promise"
"That would be great then, thanks"
"It wont be long"
He kissed her forehead before leaving the room; Rachel sat at the side of the sofa, brushing her daughters hair back as she stirred.
"Hey baby girl; mummy's gonna take a bath with daddy. Do you want to sleep in mommys bed?"
Ronnie nodded, not really fully awake; she nuzzled her head into the crook of Rachel's neck as she lifted her daughter up. She settled her in the bed and pulled the duvet over her before kissing her forehead and going into the en-suite; after a relaxing bath, she laid in the bed, her daughter snuggled against her side as Eddie went and got them a drink and something to eat.
"Mommy" Ronnie mumbled sleepily.
"It's okay baby girl, go back to sleep. Mommy is here"
"Wuv you" she whispered.
"I love you too baby girl"
She kissed her forehead again as Eddie came back in and sat on the bed; he handed her the coffee and put the plate of chocolate biscuits on the bed.
"She still out?"
"Yeah, she stirred a little when I got in but wake fully; thank you for tonight"
"No problem; can I get you anything else?"
"I would really like to watch a film; we havent done that for a while"
"What do you want to watch?"
"Something funny...Grease or summat"
"Sounds perfect"
Halfway through, he noticed Rachel had fallen asleep; he turned the tv off and pulled the duvet over all of them before kissing their foreheads and turning out the light.
