Ch.21
Adam stood outside the nursery staring and smiling at his daughter.
"Adam, what's wrong? Are you ok?" Leo asked, running to his younger brother.
"Yeah, I'm fine," Adam replied.
"Good, because you didn't sound too good on the phone," Leo said.
"Wait," he started, realizing where he was, "why are you at the nursery?"
"I am looking at my daughter," Adam said.
"WHAT!" Leo said, shocked.
"Yeah, I was shocked too. Phoebe told me about half an hour ago," he said to Leo.
"Congratulations," Leo said, smiling ad hugging Adam.
"Man, Leo, I thought that I was going to be older when I'd be a father. It's just weird, you know. Yesterday, I was Adam Wyatt, just a normal guy. Now, I'm Adam Wyatt, a father of a very beautiful daughter," he said, as he looked at Elizabeth. He watched as she moved her little arms and legs around, trying to get out of the light pink blanket she was wrapped in. Leo smiled as he stood there, beside his brother, staring at his niece.
"Hey Leo, what does it mean when you have this overwhelming amount of love come over you whenever you looked at the girls and you try to think about the best way to give her the best life you can?" Adam asked, breaking the silence.
"It means that you, my dear brother, are a father and you're finally going to get to experience everything that I got to experience with Taylor when she was born," Leo said, pausing after mentioning his oldest daughter's name.
"And, I know that you are going to make a great father," a voice said. Both of them turned around and saw Phoebe standing there, smiling.
"Hey Leo," she said.
"Hey Phoebe. Congratulations," Leo said, giving her a hug.
"Thank you," she replied, as she leaned into Adam and he wrapped his arms around her.
"So, what's her name?" Leo asked.
"Elizabeth Amanda Wyatt, Lizzy for short," Adam said, smiling.
"Really?" Leo asked, also smiling.
"Yeah, really," Adam replied, before they both remembered their sister. She was younger than both of them, and just like her brothers, had blonde hair and blue-green eyes. The three of them loved being together and loved doing everything together. Then one day, when Leo was 13, Adam was 10, and their sister, Elizabeth, was 8, they were playing basketball in front of their house. After only half an hour of playing, a drunk driver hit her. The driver got scared and took off. Elizabeth had died 3 days later. Leo, Adam, and their parents had learned the driver had also died that day in another accident. That was the day that their mother had changed from being the nice women that would give her children anything they wanted, to being the women that would do just about anything to keep Leo and Adam away from Piper and Phoebe. The whole family was hurt that day, but especially Leo. He was the oldest and he felt like it was his job to protect his siblings. He felt like he failed them that day. The worst part was, when Leo and Adam looked at the baby, the saw how much she looked like their baby sister.
"Leo, are you ok?" Phoebe asked. He just looked at Phoebe and Adam.
"What?" he asked lost.
"Are you ok?" Phoebe asked again.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Just spacing out," he said. Adam knew that he was lying and knew what he was thinking about.
"Ok, well, I asked if you're going to get Piper back," she said. Leo just looked at them, not knowing what to say.