One or Two Things I Know for Sure
Chapter 4 Baby
"Baby?" Madeline asks me as I carry her to the maternity floor, towards Allison's room.
"Yes, Mommy had the baby. Now you're a big sister!" I smile at her and she giggles. She leans her little head against my shoulder; it always amazes me how much like Allison she is.
She's such a calm and giggly little girl whose only peeve is brushing her curly dark brown hair. Which of course her Daddy forgot to mention last night when he dropped both her and Annabel at my house after Allison's contractions started. This of course led me to try and put Madeline's waist length hair up in a pony tail this morning and a lot of crying.
"Me big siter! Ike Anni!!" Madeline giggles and wraps her little arms around me.
"Well I'm a bigger sister!" I shake my head and smile, Annabel is her father in a small package "right Aunty Lisa?" Annabel squeezes my hand; giving me the most irresistible blue eyes and it no wonder she can get away with murder.
"Yes Bel, but now you'll have to teach Maddy how to be a big sister. Cause your older and already know all about it" I tell her and she smiles, using her free hand to twirl a curl around her finger.
Just as we are walking down the corridor that leads to Allison's room, House steps out and I can see stars in Annabel's eyes. They light up and she takes in a little gasp before letting go of my hand and running towards him. He is the only person who can make her do that, who can get her to sit down and listen, and be the perfect little girl that is somewhere deep down in her.
Madeline lifts her head from my shoulder and smiles, clapping her hands in a joy that only two-year-olds have at the sight of her father.
"Hey Cuddles, didn't anyone ever tell you that you aren't suppose to let children run wild through a hospital?!" House half shouts from across the corridor, but there is a smile on his face as he bends to give Annabel a kiss and twirl one of her ponytails.
I sigh and shake my head and tell Madeline that her Daddy is very annoying, which just makes her giggle again. I swear the girl will laugh at anything.
She gives me a kiss on my cheek before I hand her over to her father who messes with her hair, making the long strands cover half her face. She pouts for a moment then pushes it away from her eyes.
I remember being so jealous of this, when Annabel was born and I could see the happiness in House's face. A man who I have known for a better part of my life, who said for years the last thing he wanted was a wife or a kid.
A man who got it all before I did, even when I'd already spend almost two years trying to get pregnant. When nothing worked. I remember not wanting to be around them, because it hurt to see that he had everything I didn't. It was like he was rubbing it in.
Now I feel terribly embarrassed about those feelings, because if it wasn't for House meddling with my life (as well as James') I wouldn't be where I am now. If it wasn't for Allison showing me little things, I would have driven myself insane the first few weeks after Aaden was born.
"So how's the new addition to the House clan?" I ask, smiling at House and completely ignoring his joke about how a mother of two, such as me, should not wear a top that low cut.
"Fine. Six pounds two ounces, seventeen inches long. Looks just like this new doctor in peds, I think I should be worried" he tells me, opening the door to let me in and I roll my eyes. Must he ruin everything with a joke?
"She would be so lucky"
"Is he ruining our daughter's reputation already?" Allison asks me, with a bundle in her arms. She smiles and sits up a bit more.
"I told you to let me stitch his mouth closed when Maddy was born," I shake my head and Allison laughs, I lean over to look at the new addition to their family. She's beautiful, with red hair and pink cheeks and looks just like Allison.
"Hey there little girl" I trace a finger over her tiny arms and smile "I guess James will be loosing half his paycheck after all" I say referring to their little bet over the baby's sex.
"Told him not to bet against me" House says as he sits down next to his wife, putting Madeline up in the bed with Allison and letting Annabel lean over to see her new sister.
"Baby?" Madeline asks again, looking at her baby sister.
"Maddy, this is Leah she's your new baby sister. Say hi"
"Hi baby" Madeline says and giggles, turning to her older sister and pointing "See, baby!" she says in delight.
"So, Leah?" I ask, sitting on the foot of the bed and letting Annabel climb up to sit on my lap.
"Leah Nicole House" House says, stretching his right leg to rest on a second chair.
"Talking about spawns, where are yours?" House asks and Allison sends him a nasty glare which he pretends not to see.
"At daycare. Now I have to get back to work, I'll pick up the girls later" I smile and leave the room, counting down the weeks till my due date.
One more chapter done. Again, sorry for any grammatical mistakes I tried to fix as many as I could.
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