"No stop Shem I can't breathe." I cried out in between giggles.
"Give me the berries and I will stop." My husband replied.
I had been searching through the forest in our new Eden when I found a bush of berries. When I showed Shem, yet refused to give his some, he had brought me down and started tickling me.
"Please Shem I have to feed your daughters." I said, hoping he would release me.
"Oh now they are just my daughters." He said with a smirk.
"When they are hungry because they have inherited their father's voracious appetite, then yes they are just your daughters." I replied smugly.
Then as if on cue the twins began to wail. I gave Shem an "I told you so" look and he got off of me. I then got up and the two of us walked into our hut to see our girls in their cradle, tiny fists waving around in the air and their faces red.
"Yes they are definitely yours. Evi smells foul. Take her and wash and change her while I feed Adah, then we will switch." I told him.
Shem took Evi while I picked Adah up. As soon as she was in my arms she began to calm a little.
"Hello little one." I cooed to her. "Are you hungry?"
I put her to my chest and she immediately began to eat.
"Not too fast, my love." I cooed.
It had been two months since the ark found land and the twins were born. In this time, Noah had isolated himself to a secluded cave and Ham was beginning to speak to people again; Shem had also begun building a home for us. It was starting to take shape and looked like it would be just the right size.
The girls had also begun to change. Their eyes had gotten bluer and their hair blonder and it was becoming easier to tell them apart by their personalities. Adah was very calm and quiet where as Evi was constantly crying. Mother told me that when she planted another herb garden she would have something that would help but that would take a while. Adah also preferred to be in my arms while Evi was quite attached to her father.
"Here we are, nice and clean." Shem said, coming back into the tent. "Is Adah almost down feeding?"
"Not yet, but I can take Evi if she is hungry." I told him.
"I think she will be alright, it will teach her patience." Shem replied.
"Patience doesn't seem to be her strong suit Shem." I said.
"That is why we will teach her now. Isn't that right Evi?" Shem asked the baby he was rocking in his arms.
"You are a wonderful father Shem." I told him.
I could see a blush creep onto his cheeks. Ever since he failed to stop Noah from trying to kill the girls Shem had believed he was a terrible father, no matter how many times I told him he wasn't.
"Well you are an even better mother Ila." He told me.