Grace & Lily Meet Their Baby Brother

A few hours later, a soft orange light was flooding in through the large windows in the light beige room, casting an angelic glow over the 3 figures in the room. Alison, of course, hadn't slept in hours, the buzz of just having a baby still hadn't worn off and she was so excited she felt like she could run a marathon. And she probably would if her doctor didn't have her on bed rest for the next 24 hours.

She quickly tore her eyes away from the gorgeous sunrise outside her window to glance at the tiny human, all bundled up in blue, laying in a bassinet not a foot from her bed. She turned on her side and gently reached over to trace his smooth face with her fingertip, careful not to stir him from his sleep. Her heart fluttered when she saw a faint smile pull at the edges of his mouth as he quickly drifted back to whatever he was dreaming about.

Tearing her eyes away from this perfect human, she turned to stare at yet another perfect human. Next to the bassinet, her wife was fast asleep in probably the most uncomfortable chair Alison had ever seen. Emily, who had refused to leave either her wife or her newborn baby boy that evening, had tried her hardest to stay up with Alison, but the night's events proved to be too much for her already tired being to handle.

Alison couldn't help the silent tears that rolled down her face at the thought of the life that her and Emily built together, a life that Alison hoped would never stop growing. Alison didn't know how it was possible, but every single day she'd find reasons to fall in love with Emily all over again. And she knew in her soul that that would never stop. She never imagined when she was a teenager, stealing silent kisses from Emily when no one was looking, and denying to everyone and even herself that her heart belonged to her best friend, that they'd ever be here. That they'd be at a place in their lives where Alison finally admitted to herself and to Emily all that she was feeling, that they'd be happily married, with three unbelievably beautiful and perfect children. Alison kept waiting for someone to pinch her. But, she did know that if this was in fact just one big dream, she prayed that she would never wake up from it.

Before she knew it, a couple of more hours had passed, and soon that soft orange light had turned into the white light that alerted her the day was happening all around her. Just as she was repositioning herself to sitting up for the nurse that would no doubt be coming in soon, she heard a soft knocking at the door, followed by footsteps. Alison quickly turned and saw Spencer peeking through the small opening she created.

"Hi, how you feeling?" Spencer asked, careful to be quiet as not to wake the sleeping baby and her sleeping best friend.

"Hi," Alison said brightly, her and Spencer had gotten quite close in the past years, they really had become family to each other, "I'm feeling really good."

"Good enough for some company?" Spencer asked, a huge smile spreading out on her face as she opened the door wider to reveal two small brunettes, with teddy's in hands, smiles breaking out on their small faces as they saw their mommy.

"Hi girls!" Alison said, a huge grin on her face as they climbed up onto the bed next to Alison.

"Careful girls," Spencer said, as she quickly pressed a kiss to Alison's cheek and went over to the bassinet to fawn over the sweet baby boy.

"Mommy," Grace spoke up, "Can we hug you?"

Alison quickly reached for her girls, "You better!"

The two brunettes quickly crawled into Alison's arms and squeezed tight, but Lily was the first to pull away.

"Mommy, can I meet my little sister now?" Lily asked.

"Brother," Gracie corrected. Alison couldn't help but chuckle when she saw Lily stick her tongue out in response.

"Well, why don't you go wake up your mama and we'll find out."

Grace hung on tight to Alison as Lily carefully climbed down off the bed and perched herself on Emily's lap. Emily, of course, being the heavy sleeper that she was, didn't stir. So Lily reached up, and not so gently, shook her mama's shoulders. Emily quickly stirred out of her sleep and looked down to see the tiny child staring up at her.

"Can you wake up?" Lily asked, "I need to show Gracie I was right about my sister."

"Well good morning to you too, sunshine," Emily said, as she grabbed hold of her little girl and started to tickle her. Emily quickly stopped and flopped Lily on the bed next to Alison and Grace.

She gave a quick hug to Spencer and picked up her son, who was now starting to softly cry from the bassinet. Once she got him to calm back down, she walked over to the bed and perched herself on the corner.

"Girls, meet your baby brother," she said, as she placed the baby in Alison's arms. The two girls stared at the little boy for a while, seemingly taking in every inch of him the same way their moms did just a few hours before.

"So I was right!" Grace exclaimed.

"Yes, Gracie you were right," Emily laughed.

"Well Lily? What do you say?" Alison asked, "We know you were hoping for another sister."

"That's okay, mommy. I like him better. I really just kept saying that to make Gracie mad."

Emily let out a chuckle and moved to pick up Lily, as she sat next to Alison on the bed, and plopped Lily in her lap.

"So," Spencer spoke up, "what's the little guys name?"

Grace and Lily looked up at their moms, excitement written all over their face.

"We decided to name him after someone very special," Alison said.

"His name is Wayne," Emily said, tears prickling at the sides of her eyes.

"Like mama's daddy?" Grace asked.

"Exactly," Alison answered.

"I like it," Lily said.

"Me too," Grace added.

"Me three," Spencer said as she pulled out her phone from her purse, "Let's get a picture of everyone!"

The group of 5 quickly posed as Spencer took the picture that would sit above their fireplace for many years to come.