September 14th, 2008

Week 36

So he was seeing a shrink. It was a hard thing for Dave to do, but for Randi and the girls he would do it. Eventually, he would be able to do it for himself.

It did do some good though. What surprised Dave was he didn't start out talking about the kidnapping. He started talking about his childhood and mostly about his father. Randi knew some about how his father was like, but not everything. He kept things from her, but it was for the better for now. Dave limped slightly into the house.

"Daddy!!!!!!!!!" Lyric ran to him and he scooped her up.

"Have you been a good girl?" He asked tickling her nose.

"I'm always a good girl." Lyric smiled. Dave chuckled, "Landsie wasn't good though."

"What did she do now?" He asked.

"She pushed Lori into the pool." Lyric said, "But she had her wings on." Dave frowned and put Lyric down.

"You guys swimming?" He asked.

"Daddy, I'm wearing my suit." She said. Dave looked at her ink bathing suit. "You're silly, Daddy."

"I know. Let's go see Momma." He and Lyric waked out to the deck. Randi was in the pool, helping Sailor swim.

"Good girl." Randi smiled as she held Sailor in the water, "Kick your legs harder."

"I done, Momma!" Sailor squealed with a smile.

"Daddy's home!" Lyric cried as she jumped into the pool.

"Hey!" Randi smiled looking up to her husband, "How was your session?"

"It was fine." Dave took his shoes off, "Nice bathing suit."

"Shut up. I look like an utter whale." She said, "I'm trying to induce labour." Dave chuckled.

"Don't try to induce when I'm not here." Dave stripped down to his boxers; "You guys have sun block on?" Ireland took her sunglasses off.

"Of course." She said batting her eyes like a little diva.

"Daddy's in his undies!" Lyric squealed as she swam to the side.

"Yup!" Dave dove into the pool. The cool water felt so good on his skin. After breaking his legs, swimming was a good excursus that Marlowe gave him. It made him feel better. He swam up to Lyric and grabbed her waist.

"You're gonna drown me!" She cried.

"Don't bet your butt on it." He said putting her on one of the floats. Randi smiled placing Sailor on the deck. She jumped up and ran over to Ireland and sprinkled the water on her.

"Damn you!!" Ireland cried

"Ireland Grace." Randi arched her eyebrow. Ireland sighed.

"Don't do that, Sailor." Ireland said. Sailor giggled softly.

"I do what I wanna, Landsie." Sailor stuck out her tongue and ran off to the jungle gym. Dave chuckled and slid his arms around Randi's very large waist. He could reach all the way around. She smiled softly.

"How much bigger do you think I'll get?" She asked. Dave shrugged.

"You'll probably gain around three or four ore pounds." He said.

"Lord." Randi smiled softly, "So, really…How did the appointment go?" Dave sighed slightly, burying his face into her neck.

"We talked about my father." He said. Randi turned around.

"And?" She asked, "Did you tell her everything?" Dave nodded.

"Yeah, but um…I really haven't told you everything." Dave said.

"You haven't?" Randi asked with a slight frown. Dave shook his head. He glanced over at the girls playing. He sighed softly, "You don't need to tell me everything, Dave. We're married yeah, but if there's things you need to keep in your past, then go ahead."

"I want to tell you, but I'm not ready yet." He said.

"Okay." Randi gave him a reassuring smile. "Want to help me get out of this pool? I don't think I can do it by myself."

"Sure." Dave chuckled as he pulled his own sore body out. He smiled softly at Randi.

God, he loved her so much. He didn't have to tell her about the things that his father had done. She respected that. She respected that he wasn't ready to tell her. He was married to a wonderful and caring whale. Dave chuckled to himself. Randi would have punched him if he had just heard his thoughts.

September 28th, 2008

Week 38

Dave shut the bathroom light off with a yawn. It was so late, around midnight, but he couldn't sleep once again. His dreams weren't getting much better. His therapist had prescribed him sleeping pills, but Dave didn't want to take them. He stepped into the bedroom.

Randi was sound asleep in bed. She had fallen asleep at around eight that night. The pregnancy was tiring her so much lately. Randi had been getting a few contractions every once and awhile. The big day was coming any day now and they were excited.

Dave sat on the edge of the bed when he heard Ireland begin to cry from her bedroom. He frowned slightly. She must be having a bad dream. Dave stood up and walked to her room. She was thrashing around in her bed.

"Landsie?" Dave whispered. He glanced over at Lyric. She was sound asleep. Dave sat on the bed and shook Ireland softly. "Ireland, wake up baby." She whimpered and opened her eyes.

"Daddy?" She whimpered as she pushed her sweaty hair off of her forehead. Dave smiled softly.

"It's okay, Landsie." He said, "You were having a bad dream."

"I know." She said, "Can you lay with me?" Dave nodded.

"Of course." Dave crawled underneath the pink blanket and drew his daughter close to him, "What was your bad dream about?"

"I don't wanna tell you." She whispered.

"You'll feel better if you tell me." Dave said kissing her hair. She turned her blue eyes up to him.

"Really?" Ireland asked. Dave nodded.

"Yeah. Whispered it to me. We don't want to wake Lyric."

"Okay." She snuggled into him; "I was sitting on that big rock that's in the brook. You know the moldy one?"

"I've seen it." Dave smiled softly

"Well, I was sitting there and Aaron came running through the water. He splashed me and got my dress all wet." She said.

"And that's what you were upset about?" he asked.

"No, Daddy." Ireland said softly. She hesitated for a moment, but decided to continue, "He was laughing and then he started to cry. His neck started to bleed. He took my hand and he squeezed it really hard." Ireland bit her lip. Her eyes were large again. She looked like she was going to cry.

"I wanted to help him. I was crying for you 'cause you're a doctor and then the current started to take Aaron away from me. I couldn't hold on to him. I held his hand so tight and I held onto the rock so tight, but…but I couldn't hold onto him, Daddy. He got swept away from me and never came back." Ireland's lips quivered. Dave sighed softly

"Oh Ireland." Dave whispered, "it was just a dream." Ireland shook her head.

"It was real." She said, "I couldn't hold onto him in real life."

"Ireland…" Dave sighed softly again, "What happened to him wasn't your fault. It wasn't mommy's fault and it wasn't my fault." A little crease formed on Ireland's forehead as she thought about it for a moment. She bit her lip and looked up at Dave.

"Why do miscarriages happen, Daddy?" Ireland asked him. Dave stared at his daughter. That was such a big question from such a small girl. He asked himself that question nearly everyday.

"God put you and Aaron in Mommy's belly for a reason, Ireland. Twins are such a blessing and he knows that. When Aaron passed away, God wanted him to become an angel so he could help you, help Lyric, help Sammi, help Daisy…To help all of us. Everyone needs an angel. Sometimes God takes angels from Mommy's bellies. Sometimes he takes angels the day they're born and sometimes he takes angels when they're old and grey."

"Aren't there too many angels in Heaven?" Ireland asked.

"There will never been too many angels. Every person on earth need their own guardian angels." He said. Ireland smiled.

"Aaron is my guardian angel." She said. Dave nodded slowly.

"You have very lucky you have such a special angel." He said.

"I know." Ireland yawned.

"Try to get some sleep now okay, Ireland?" He said.

"You'll stay with me right?" Ireland whispered. Dave nodded.

"Of course." He said rubbing her back. Ireland almost instantly fell asleep. Dave couldn't believe she had such a troublesome time accepting that miscarriages happened. It wasn't like she was old enough to remember Aaron, but he knew twins had that connection. Ireland would always feel like there was piece of her missing and that saddened Dave.

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