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Chapter 11 – Miracles Do Happen
A Few Months Later…
"Good morning, sunshine," Philip smiled as he noticed that Mimi had awakened.
"Good morning to you, too," she smiled back.
"Meredith, Matthew, and David are all sound asleep and your breakfast should be here in just a minute. I had Francis make your favorite while I fed the twins."
"Did I ever tell you how much I love you?" Mimi smiled as she leaned up to kiss him.
"Only every time I look in your beautiful eyes," Philip smiled as he deepened the kiss.
"Ahem," Francis coughed as she stood at the door of the bedroom, carrying the tray of breakfast food.
"Come on in, Francis," Philip said as he stood up and went into the bathroom. "I'm just gonna take a shower."
Francis sat the tray on the bed and left the room.
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"Good morning, my lovely ladies," Brady smiled as he entered the nursery to find Chloe feeding Elizabeth.
"Good morning to you, too, handsome," Chloe smiled as Brady approached them.
"She's gonna be beautiful when she grows up."
"Of course," Chloe smiled. "I'm just thankful she didn't take after her father," she laughed.
"Me too," Brady smiled.
"Mommy, you have to finish my costume," Jessica said as she entered the nursery.
"Sweetie, you don't have to be there until 5:30 tonight. I promise I'll sew the buttons on just as soon as I eat breakfast."
"Okay, but don't forget."
"I won't. Now come over her and give me a hug," Chloe smiled as she held out her free arm to hug her daughter.
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She awoke to a baby crying like she had so many times before that morning.
"Shawn, get him!" Belle cried as she rolled over and covered her head with the pillow.
"I do have him," Shawn said as he entered the room, carrying Dalton. "He wants you."
"Come over here," Belle said sleepily as she slowly pulled herself up in the bed.
As soon as she took him from Shawn he stopped crying.
"What time is it?" she asked grumpily. She had been up the whole night with a screaming baby. At least now he wasn't crying as much as he had been.
"It's ten fifteen."
"I really hope he calms down before tonight," Belle said, rocking him back and forth.
"Me too. I'd hate to miss Jessica's play."
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Later that day…
"David, it's time to take your bath." Mimi said, entering the playroom.
"I'm not going to," David said and then went back to playing with his action figures.
"David, I'm not going to tell you again. You have to take a bath so we can go see Jessica in her play, remember?"
"But I wanna plaaaaay," David cried, sticking out his lip and giving her puppy dog eyes.
"Are you ready to play cowboys and Indians?" Philip asked as he came into the playroom, not noticing Mimi.
"Philip Kiriakis! I'm trying to get him to take a bath! No, you are not going to play cowboys and Indians! The two of you are going into the bathroom, and you are giving him his bath, and don't make a mess!"
"Ha! Ha! You got in trouuuble," David said, pointing his finger at his dad.
"Come on. Let's go take a bath," Philip said picking up David and carrying him on his shoulders to the bathroom.
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"Jessica, go take you bath while I sew on the buttons," Chloe said as she walked by the open door of Jessica's bedroom. "Brady, give Josh a bath in our bathroom, and when you're finished, give Elizabeth a bath," Chloe said, passing Josh's room where Josh, Brady, and Elizabeth sat watching Barney. She then walked into the bedroom and began sewing the buttons onto the costume.
Brady entered moments later with Josh and a sleeping Elizabeth.
"Hey, honey," Chloe smiled as Brady laid Elizabeth in the basinet beside the bed.
"Where are Josh's clothes?"
"They're already in the bathroom."
"Come on buddy," Brady said, picking Josh up and carrying him into the bathroom.
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"Honey, it's ti…" Shawn started, walking into the nursery, finding Belle asleep while Dalton was lying awake in her arms.
"Come to Daddy, Dalton," Shawn said, picking up Dalton from Belle's arms. He put Dalton in the crib and walked over to Belle. He gently scooped her up, not wanting to disturb her sleep. She immediately threw her arms around his neck as he carried into the bedroom.
"Where's Dalton?" she asked sleepily, not opening her eyes.
"He's in his crib. I'll get him ready while you sleep. Sweet dreams," Shawn smiled, kissing her forehead as he laid her on the bed.
He took his time getting Dalton bathed. After he was bathed, Shawn decided to give Belle more time to sleep and went to take his shower, remembering to get the baby monitor just in case Dalton fussed.
He had been in the shower for a few minutes when Dalton began to cry. He quickly rushed to the nursery, not wanting Belle to wake up. Too late, he thought as he walked into the nursery to find that Belle had already awakened and was holding him.
"That's a nice look for you," Belle smiled as Shawn entered the room, dripping wet with a towel around his waist.
"I think you'd look much better in it," Shawn smirked. "How was your nap?"
"Good. Now go dry off, your dripping water all over the place," Belle said, shooing him out of the room.
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Later that evening…
"Welcome to tonight's program! We are delighted to welcome you to our production of 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.' Our class has worked especially hard on it since our last production. Now, without further adieu, 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,'" She said, stepping behind the curtain.
About an hour and a half later…
"And they lived happily ever after," the narrator said from offstage as the curtains closed.
The curtain reopened and the cast bowed. Everyone in the auditorium stood up and clapped.
The students brought out a bouquet of flowers and gave them to their teacher.
"Thank you! We couldn't have made this possible without the hard work of some very dedicated parents. We've had a lot of help from two parents especially. He worked overtime on helping to revamp the sets and she made all of the costumes. Mr. and Mrs. Brady Black, please come up."
Chloe and Brady blushed as they walked hand in hand up the steps of the stage to stand beside the teacher.
Jessica stepped out from the crowd of students and presented her mother and father with a bouquet of flowers.
As Chloe stood up there, hugging her daughter, she looked out in the crowd to the row of familiar faces. There sat Philip holding Meredith, Mimi holding Matthew, and David. Then beside them were Shawn and Belle holding Dalton. Next to them were Marlena and John, holding Elizabeth and Josh respectively, and then Nancy and Craig. It was great seeing them together as a whole. As she glanced back out, she realized that although it may take some time, miracles do happen.
THE END
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