Chapter 54 Our dream
Alex lay his little girl in her hospital crib, still watching her, as he couldn't keep his eyes off of her. Stevie smiled walking to him, laying her arm along his waist. He looked at her with a sweet smile, before kissing her. They both stared at their daughter for a moment. 'Isn't she a dream?' Alex whispered. Stevie nodded, pulling him a bit closer. 'You both are'. He smiled at her, wrapping his arms around her. 'I love you', gazing in her brown eyes made him always feel a bit lost. 'I love you too'. He leaned in to kiss her, her lips asked for more. Stevie's hand pulled him close, starting to kiss him deeply. When their lips separated they held their faces still close, holding each other in a strong embrace. 'Maybe you should pinch me', Alex spoke softly. 'Why?' She smirked, giving him another kiss. 'Cause it feels like I'm constantly dreaming'. 'I know', she agreed, while they started to kiss again.
All of a sudden Stevie pulled away, which surprised Alex, but the smile on her face reassured him there was no need to worry about anything. Stevie looked down beside her. 'She is a dream ... a dream without a name'. Yeah ...', Alex mumbled not having a clue where she was aiming at, but he knew by now she had her strange ways. So her just enjoyed her embrace, giving her a kiss on her cheek. 'Why don't we just call her that', he heard her say softly. 'What? Dream?' She turned her face to him and smirked, shaking her head softly. 'What about Aislin?' 'Aislin?', Alex said to himself, thinking a bit, looking down at his little girl. 'Aislin.' She was sleeping peacefully with a soft smile on her face. 'I like it, I thinks he will like it too.'
'It means dream', she now said, while Alex faced her and looked questioning at her. 'I remember that it's Gaelic for dream.' 'Really?' Alex smiled. 'It's perfect; Aislin Hall-Ryan'. 'It is perfect', Stevie nodded. 'It reminds me a bit of your name', she said kissing him once more. 'But I bet she has the S, I, N from you.' Stevie laughed. 'She has the best of both of us.'
While they just smiled at each other in silence Stevie wondered about the second name. 'What about Louise as second name?' 'Aislin Louise.' The name kept crossing Alex' mind, making him press his lips on Stevie's forehead. 'What did I ever do to deserve you?' Alex touched the side of her face. He had never felt happier. They gazed into each other's eyes, when their moment got interrupted by their daughter, who started to wake up. 'There we have our Aislin Louise interrupting her mummy and daddy', Stevie smiled. 'I hope she won't do that too often', Alex smirked, while his hand slid down of Stevie's face.