At about 4 in the morning; Nova awoke from a bad dream. She sat straight up in her bed and breathed heavily; Sprx woke up to the sound of her gasp.
"What's wrong Nova" he sat up and quickly moved over to her bed; she was crying silently…he took her and hugged her as tightly and comforting as he possibly could
"I…I…can't remember…there were these big noises…and the babies….a…and…."
"Shhhh…..It's ok…It's ok..." he hugged her and rubbed her back trying to comfort her until she said something that shocked him..
"Can I sleep with you?" she asked still in his arms…"I don't want to be alone…"
"Sure you can…you can do whatever you want…" he smiled and got into his bed with her behind him. He was about to cover them up when out of no where she turned around and looked at him, "What is it?" She only continued to look at him until she pulled him into a kiss; he just went with it until they pulled apart and she smiled. Lying back down without another word she scooted back so far that her back was on his chest; he pulled the covers up over them and he took her into his embrace….They fell asleep not noticing the two pairs of eyes watching them in the darkness of their room.
As soon as the two adult monkey's fell asleep the two young monkey's turned to each other and started whispering
"Do you think they noticed us?" muttered Raydon
"Obviously they did not….have you discovered any information?" Marcella asked
"The only data I have so far is that the female is very gentle and caring of us." he stated
"I concur….the red male seems to have bonded with me, but I have yet to discover any other information." Marcella said quietly
They were silent for moments when Raydon looked at his bed, "I am growing too big for this bed…I think its best that we move."
"Let's take our mother's bed; she seems to have taken up our father's bed." Marcella said looking over toward them.
"Agreed" Raydon said; they both quietly jumped out of their beds and climbed into their mother's bed. They got comfortable and settled in; one on each side of the bed, "Goodnight sister." Raydon said pulling up the covers
"Goodnight brother"
They finished their words and fell asleep in the bed until only 3 hours later when they woke up before their parents.
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When Adeline woke up, she felt like she hadn't even had a baby; the soreness was gone and her stomach had returned to normal. She sat up in her bed, stretched and yawned; for a few moments she sat there not thinking about how her baby hadn't woke her up when she saw that the bassinet had been tipped. Her eyes widened and she spoke out as to herself, "Oh my god!" She ran over to it and only saw a baby pillow and a blanket on the floor next to the now fallen basinet; she threw herself to the ground trying to find her. She was now muttering to herself, "No…no…no...no" she couldn't believe that her baby was gone, but she was too busy worrying to not see a small child sitting up in her bed…
"Mommy, wha's 'wong?" Donatella asked
Adeline wasn't thinking about it and started to answer, "I can't find Donatella! She fell out of…..her….." she looked over to see a small child in a diaper sitting up in her bed, "Donatella?" she asked amazingly
"Yes, mommy?" the small child asked
Adeline still couldn't believe her eyes; by the looks of her daughter she was about 2 or 3 yrs old, but she was so happy that her daughter wasn't hurt that she ran over to the bed, picked her up, and hugged her. She came out of her hug and looked at her daughters face…it was beautiful; her eye's were a beautiful shade of green and her hair had grown to a point where it was now at her shoulders…she stood there looking at her daughter and she just said in return, "Nothing sweetie….nothings wrong.."
Her daughter shivered, "I'm cold…."
Adeline looked at and felt her skin; she was indeed cold. She walked over to the dresser still holding her daughter searching through the clothes that her family had provided for her. They must have thought either they wouldn't have been able to get toddler clothes anytime soon and had bought some; she picked out a small periwinkle blue long sleeve shirt with butterflies on the hem and a pair of blue jeans; she also took out socks and shoes she found.
Putting her daughter down on the changing table, she changed her diaper and got her dressed; she even got 2 hair ties and put her hair into low back pigtails. She looked at her daughter's cute face, "Well aren't you just the vision of an angel." she said smiling.
Donatella giggled and then her stomach growled, "I'm hungry…"
Adeline just looked at her and laughed, "Ok….let's go get you some food." she took Donatella out to the kitchen; no one was up yet and she knew that her family would freak once they saw how big Donatella had gotten overnight. She sat Donatella in her fathers chair, "Sit here…I'll be right back."
"Ok mommy…" her daughter said smiling, sitting, and looking around.
Adeline was happy that her Uncle Otto had created the food synthesizer because now all she had to do was tell it what you wanted; she thought for a moment and told the computer to give her a bowl of Cheerios with half a banana. It appeared in the window and she reached out and took it, but she forgot the drink; she got a sippie cup full of milk and walked over to her daughter giving her the food. She dug right in but Adeline didn't want her to choke, "Slow down sweetie….don't inhale your food"
She had a mouthful so she just nodded her head. Adeline gave a smile and muttered, "That's my girl…"
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Nova woke up next to Sprx holding her close; she smiled at her own happiness and sat up, stretching. Sprx woke up yawning and sitting up and smiling, "Hey are you ok?"
Nova smiled and looked into his eyes, "Of course I am…." They looked at each other for a long time.
This time it was Sprx's turn; he leaned forward and kissed her; she kissed him back. They were looking into each other's eyes until they heard giggling; they looked over and didn't see anything. Then two heads popped up on the other side of Nova's bed, giggling
"What the…" Sprx started to say until Nova stopped him from saying the next word
"Hey! Language!" Nova exclaimed looking at him then when she looked back; the first thing she saw was Raydon lunging at her knocking her back onto Sprx's bed…
"Mommy!" Raydon exclaimed as Marcella ran over the top of the bed and jumped at Sprx.
"Daddy!"
Sprx was surprised, "Huh? Wha'd you call me?" he was too shocked to believe it
"Daddy….silly…You're my Daddy!" she was hugging him and he hugged her back
He was still in shock and he stuttered, "Yeah…I...I guess I am" he smiled a huge smile as he sat up holding his newly found daughter hugging her some more. He looked over to Nova who was hugging Raydon and looking towards Sprx with passion and extreme happiness in her eyes. They were a family now…and a happy one at that.
