"Come on daddy, open the door," says Jane. She's holding the baby in her arms. Her smile is radiant. They are standing in front of their door as Kurt struggles with keys, suitcases and the baby's seat. "Come on daddy, I wanna see my room and my toys."
Kurt laughs and opens the door for them. "Oh, Jane. You're going to use the baby now?"
She winks at him and goes inside. "Oh, my god," she says and stops. He looks at her questioningly and then looks at their living room. It's full of pink, white and light yellow balloons, teddy bears and a big banner saying "Welcome little girl!"
Sarah is now behind him. "Come on Kurt, move, I have to leave this bags. My hands…"
Jane turns to look at Sarah smiling. "Oh, Sarah, did you do all these?"
Sarah leaves the bags on the floor and comes to stand next to Jane. She smiles. "Yeah, me and Patty mostly, but everybody helped. You like it?"
"Oh, Sarah, I love it… Look what aunt Sarah did for you, baby. Do you see all these balloons? It's all for you. Come Aunt Sarah, we wanna give you a kiss," says Jane and kisses Sarah on the cheek. "Thank you, Sarah, thank you for everything," she whispers.
Sarah kisses her back. "Oh sweetie, it's my pleasure. My absolute pleasure. Anything for our little pumpkin. Oh god, I'm so excited we have a little girl. Have I told you how excited I'm for you little pumpkin? Have I?" Sarah is all smiles as she talks to the baby and kisses her tiny knuckles.
"No Sarah, actually you haven't said that in the last two minutes , and to tell you the truth, I was getting a little worried that you didn't like us anymore," Kurt teases her and she hits him on the ribs. He kisses her temple. "You are the best sis."
Jane is already in the living room showing the baby around, explaining everything to her. "Come on, go to your girls. I'll take care of the suitcases and the baby's presents."
Kurt joins his girls. "So does she like it so far? Or do we have to redecorate?" He hugs Jane from behind, putting his hands around her waist and resting his chin on her shoulder.
"I think she likes it a lot. Go to her room?" Kurt opens the door for Jane and they enter the nursery together.
"Hey, little angel, this is your room. Daddy and I decorated it. Do you like it? This is your bed. This is where you will be sleeping. Well, when mommy is strong enough to be more than a few inches away from you," she says and turns to Kurt "Which is not happening very soon. I cannot leave her all alone in here , Kurt..."
"We will not leave her alone, Janie. That's why we also got the crib. She'll be sleeping next to you. Within arm's length," he reassures her. Their daughter is just two days old but Jane is already addicted to her. He's too. It hurts when they are not with her when they are not holding her.
"And do you see this mobile above your bed? It's daddy's gift. You see those stars and the sun and the moon? He got all these for you, baby. And if we press this button, then … do you hear this? It's a little song for you when you'll be sleepy". Jane says softly to the baby who doesn't stop looking at her mother's eyes.
And then she shows her the library. Yes, their two-day old daughter has a library. It's Patty's and Borden's godchild, so of course she has a library. And yes, there are a lot of Shakespeare's books adapted for kids in there. Because again, she's Borden's goddaughter. And Jane's daughter who has every single Shakespeare book in her own library (yes, Borden is to blame for this too).
"Daddy put this together and mommy with your godparents got all the books. See how many books you have? Do you remember when mommy was reading to you? We'll read your favorites tonight." Jane is glowing. She talks and stops to kiss the baby and then talks and then kisses her again and again and again.
"And look at this wallpaper. Daddy's choice too. Look at these cute little animals, the giraffes and the elephants and the tigers. Your own little jungle. Do you like it? And this is mommy's chair. Mommy's and yours. We'll sit here when you're hungry. See what it does? It goes back and forth. Isn't that fun? Huh? It's mommy's favorite." She looks at Kurt as she sits in the chair holding the baby tightly to her chest. "Do you believe this? We're home with her."
He smiles and kneels in front of them kissing the baby's head. "I know," he says, "I know".
"I'm so happy Kurt. I'm … Is this real? I'm a little scared that..."
He knows what she wants to say. What she's afraid of. She's scared that something will go wrong and everything will be taken away from her. He gets up and frames her face with his hands. "Come here, beautiful girl," he says and kisses her.
"She's real, this is real, we are real. And we deserve this, okay?" She nods. "I'm here with you and everything will be fine." She nods again.
She believes him. She really does and she smiles. "Okay," she says.
"Okay, now give her to me. I've missed her. I'll show her the toys. Well, that could take a couple of hours kiddo, because your godparents, aunties and uncles and your mom, well let's just say that they go overboard sometimes." He gets the baby, kisses her head, and holds her close to him.
Jane looks at the two of them smiling. Her heart is so full. She's a lucky, lucky woman. Because this man in front of her, he's the best man in the whole world and he's hers and only hers. And she can't wait to see their daughter growing up and taking after her dad. There's nothing more she would like in the world.