June 28th, 1995
Montgomery didn't want to get up, but it was Mei's last day of school. He had to get up. He could hear the girls and Phillip moving around. Leigh ran into the bedroom and started to shake him.
"Daddy, papa is bleeding." She said. Montgomery immediately sat up with a yawn. He stared at his daughter.
"Papa is bleeding?" He asked. Leigh nodded. He groaned slightly.
"From his nose." Leigh told him. "Mei needs to go to school."
"I know, Baby." Montgomery slid out of bed and walked out of the room. Phillip has been having a lot of nose bleeds lately. He didn't like that. "Go make sure Mei is ready for school."
"Okay." Leigh ran off as Montgomery went into the bathroom. He watched Phillip pinch his nose.
"Are you okay?" He asked. Phillip groaned.
"Just another nose bleed. It's no big deal." He mumbled.
"Yes it is." Montgomery walked up to him. He reached to touch him, but Phillip pulled away.
"Don't touch me." He said.
"What?" Montgomery asked, hurt evident in his voice.
"I don't want you to catch it. Go make sure Mei is ready." Phillip said.
"Catch it? I could care less if I caught it from you. I'm your husband. It's my job to take care of you." Montgomery said.
"It's your job to take care of Mei and Leigh when I'm gone, Monty." Phillip told him. Montgomery groaned loudly.
"Don't give me that shit. You're not going to die." he said.
"You're looking at life in rose tinted glasses." Phillip said. God, Montgomery hated when he talked like that. He was doing it more and more it seemed.
"Daddy! Papa! The bus is here!" Mei yelled. Phillip gave Montgomery a look.
"Have a nice day, Princess Mei." Phillip called out.
"I will!" Mei yelled as she ran out the front door. Montgomery looked at Phillip.
"I'm going to take care of our daughter." he muttered leaving. Montgomery walked down stairs. He hated yelling at Phillip. He hated getting cross with him, but it was getting so frustrating. Phillip was already giving up on life and with an eight and four year old in the house, Montgomery couldn't allow that.
"Knock knock." Doris stood in the doorway.
"Hey." Montgomery mumbled. Doris frowned deeply walking into the house.
"It everything okay, Monty?" She asked. Her eyes widened when she saw the blood. "Are you bleeding?" Montgomery shook his head.
"No. Phillip is having another nose bleed." He said.
"Oh." Doris sat down at the kitchen table.
"How are you feeling?" He asked throwing. Doris sighed slightly.
"I wish my due date was closer." She chuckled.
"Soon enough." Montgomery said making a pot of tea.
"We still haven't come up with a name." She told him, "But I want to use Montgomery as a middle name." He groaned loudly.
"That poor child is going to get beaten up." He chuckled. Doris stuck out her tongue.
"If you want us to watch the girls so you and Phil can relax just say the word." She told her best friend. "You need couple time every once and awhile."
"Thank you." Montgomery whispered. It was nice to have such a caring friend like Doris. He knew as Phillip's health got worse he'd need Doris big time.
July 12th, 1995
Hilary slowly touched her toes. She lifted her leg up behind her and she heard her bones crack. She grunted slightly. After having the twins, Her body was a lot less limber than it used to be. She slowly stood up again, stretching her arms above her head. Leroy walked into the work out room with Logan and Chase.
"Boys are up." he said.
"I see." Hilary said spinning towards her three favourite men. She scooped Logan up and began to spin him around the room. The baby laughed loudly.
"I think we have the next ballet dancers here." Leroy said.
"If that's what they want." Hilary sat on the floor with Logan. The baby started to crawl towards Leroy and Chase. Leroy sat down. "If they want to be something else then that's cool."
"Very cool." He said smiling at his wife. She cocked her eyebrow.
"What?" She asked.
"Nothing. Can't I look at you?" Leroy asked Hilary.
"You're a pervert." She giggled laying on the floor. Leroy crawled over to her. His hand pulled her close. "See?"
"I'm not a pervert. I just want to have fun." He said. Hilary glanced at the twins.
"We had fun last night and I don't want another set of twins." She said pushing him away. Leroy sighed sitting up.
"What's wrong?" He asked.
"Nothings wrong." She leaned against the wall watching Logan and Chase play in the corner.
"Something is wrong." Leroy said ,"I know my wife."
"Do you remember when those pictures were taken, Leroy?" Hilary nodded towards the pictures hanging on the wall. They all were of the major roles they've both played in their careers.
"Of course." He said.
"I haven't been in a major role in about two years now." Hilary said. Leroy sighed. He understood what was going on.
"You were pregnant. You couldn't exactly be sleeping beauty pregnant with twins." Leroy said pulling her close to him. "You had to get your body back to dancing shape. It'll happen soon."
"What if I'm over?" Hilary asked. Leroy chuckled.
"You're not over, Hilary." He said, "Ballerinas have babies and go back to work. I think you look very slim and hot considering you had twin Johnson boys. And who cares if it was suddenly over. Look at them. Look at Chase and Logan. Would it be so horrible to be home with them and watch them grow?" Hilary look at Logan as he began to gnaw on Chase's hand.
"No. It wouldn't be that bad, but I'm a ballerina. I need to dance." Hilary said. "I want to be on that stage and float over it." Leroy nodded.
"Then let's go to an audition." He said kissing her knuckles, "Don't sit around here and do nothing. Go out there and show them your resume. I think they'd be highly impressed."
"Well, of course they would be. I'm me." Hilary turned her nose up to the ceiling with a smug grin. Leroy chuckled loudly.
"My Swam princess." He kissed her cheek. Logan and Chase both crawled over to their parents. Hilary picked Chase up and snuggled him close.
"I love you boys so very much." She whispered. It would be devastating for her career to go down the drain, but if the boys would be her only job, that'd be damn good. She wouldn't complain…Much.