Does anyone else hate being an adult? I did not sign up for any of it. All I want to do is lay in bed all day and watch Grey's and write. Anyway enjoy the chapter! Review!
Chapter 26-
A month had passed and Eli was officially allowed to leave the hospital, having been able to keep his body heat up and breathe without the incubator. The past month was full of over night hospital visits. Emerson barely ever stayed at the apartment. Liam was only allowed to stay at the hospital over the weekend and Steve made sure the two soon to be Rogers didn't over do it. Making sure Emerson slept in a real bed at least 4 nights a week, even if they ended up being at the hospital bright and early the next morning. While also finding a bigger apartment for the family to live in. The apartment that they had now was perfect for when it was only Emerson and Liam, and it was okay even after Steve moved his own things in. But now that they have a new baby in the apartment, they are going to need an extra bedroom. The only problem Steve and Emerson were facing was the location.
But luckily the couple found the perfect apartment, one only a block away from the Bake Away Bakery. It was a 1 and a half level 4 bedroom apartment. On the first level was the living needs, hard wood floors throughout. The living room, dining room, kitchen and a den. When you would first walk into the apartment you were greeted into the living room area, where Emerson made sure you felt like you were at home. The walls were painted a dark creme that had a built in shelves that held their family photos. From the original photos on Emerson's mantel when she and Steve first met to the most recent pictures of the growing family. And the same red couch was in the center of the living room facing the TV, underneath was a fireplace. Now there were two extra red chairs so more company could sit without pulling chairs from the dinning room table. The dinning room was what Emerson was most proud of. Her parents gave them her Grandma and Grandpa Emerson's old dinning table, that was a dark cherry wood with matching chairs. It was able to hold about 10 people if needed. From the dinning room you would enter the kitchen, which had enough room to eat in. And that was where the old kitchen table sat. The kitchen was also painted the same dark creme, except behind the oven which was all red brick. The cabinets were a light creme and the countertops were a light creme concrete, something that was easy to clean up for when Emerson would bake and Liam would help.
The top level of the apartment was where the rooms were located. The first door was the guest bedroom, that was tastefully decorated with a navy blue comforter and white pillows. The room next to the guest room was the communal bathroom, that would mainly be used by Liam and Eli, when the time came for him to be raich Emerson let Liam pick out how he wanted his room decorated. And the seven year old picked his favorite superhero The Flash, deciding that it was too hard to pick a real superhero that he knew, so he picked a pretend one. Everything from the curtains to the comforter was the Flash except for one poster that was of Supergirl. Liam's girlfriend, as Emerson likes to put it. The nursery that was finally put together was across the hall from Emerson and Steve's room, had sky blue walls. And the real reason Emerson said yes to this apartment was the master bedroom. The walls were painted the same dark creme as the down stairs living room. They had a king size bed in the center of the room with a grey comforter on top. There was a walk in closet to the left of the bed, which led into the master bath. There were two sinks, a bathtub that was deep enough when Emerson would lay in it would cover her whole body and a stand up shower. It was Emerson's dream apartment and today was the day they officially moved in.
"Mom is Eli coming home today?" Liam asked watching Emerson pack up a bag of baby supplies the nurses had given to them. The family was at the hospital, packing Eli's things and signing a million forms.
Smiling softly over at her eldest son, Emerson zipped up her new diaper bag Steve bought. "Yes Eli is coming home today. Are you ready to be a big brother full time now?"
"I think so yeah." Liam said looking over at Steve who was holding Eli carefully. "Do you think I'll be a good brother?"
Nodding his head, Steve looked down at Liam. "I think you will be an amazing big brother. Don't you agree Em?"
"Oh I completely agree." Emerson said kneeling down to Liam's height. "You are going to be the best big brother Eli could ever ask for. You are going to help as much as you can won't you?"
Nodding his head excitedly while a smile grew on his face. "Yeah I will. And when he gets bigger I am going to show him how to play legos."
Chuckling softly, Emerson kissed the top of Liam's head. "That might be a while, but I will help find you toys to play with from when you were his age. I'm sure he'll like that."
"Yeah I had the bestest toys when I was a baby." Liam agreed.
Setting Eli down in the car seat, Emerson's parents bought them, Steve looked over at the two. "Are you guys ready to go?"
"We are." Emerson said standing up slowly. "Do you want to carry the diaper bag or the car seat?"
"I can do you one better." Steve said taking the diaper bag away from Emerson. "I'll take them both."
Nodding her head, she took Liam's hand. "Perfect. Alright lets go home boys."
Steve parked their car in the parking spot and turned towards Emerson. Both boys were fast asleep in the back seat and Emerson wanted Liam to sleep a little more so he wouldn't be grumpy. She was not in the mood to deal with a newborn baby and a grumpy seven year old boy. "So there is something I need to tell you."
"And whats that?" Emerson asked looking over Steve.
"There is a party happening up in our apartment. It was all your mom and sister's idea. I had no part of it." Steve said resting his hand on her thigh. "They wanted to throw you a baby shower, but because of well everything that happened in the past couple of months. This was the only time that it could work."
Setting her own hand on top of his, Emerson sighed softly. "I knew this would happen. I just hoped they would have waited until we were all settled. Or you know threw it at mom and dad's, not here."
"They wanted you and Eli to be comfortable." Steve said looking back at the sleeping boys. "Trust me I tried to convince them. But Jackson told me that it was a lost cause and that I should just give them a key so they could start planning."
"I understand, thank you for trying at least." Emerson noticed Liam stirring in the backseat and nodded her head to the super soldier. "Lets go to the party."
Steve got out of the car and made sure he grabbed everything before Emerson could even try to do so. He knew that she was healed, but he still didn't want her to strain anything. Steve could tell that Emerson was still a bit sore any time she would be sitting for long periods of time and moved to stand up. But he was going to make sure that Emerson stayed comfortable during this party, if that was the only thing he could do.
"I think this is the most adorable baby I have ever seen." Sarah said holding Ei while Emerson and Steve began to open the gifts everyone got for them. Even though the two didn't need anything for Eli. Any time Emerson walked by a baby store she came home with some thing new. From onies to a crib and everything in between.
Emerson smiled at her mom as she opened Tony's gift. "I agree, I make very adorable baby boys. Tony this better not be anything that will turn into a robot that wants to take over the world."
"Too soon, Almost Mrs. Capisical." Tony said wagging his finger at the blonde women. "Cap control your women."
Snorting softly into his cup, Steve said."Yeah theres no controlling that one."
"Good answer Steve." Emerson said rubbing the super soldiers back. "And I think if anyone is aloud to make jokes about that, it is me."
"She has a point Stark." Natasha said from her spot in between the agreeing Wanda and Jensen. After Sokovia, Emerson forgave Wanda for everything that happened. The two girls were slowly working on becoming friends as the brunette girl was now apart of the Avengers. Natasha still made sure the two girls were never alone, just in case something were to happen.
Tony rolled his eyes at the women sitting on the couch and turned his attention back to Emerson opening the gift. "Its actually something useful. Mainly because Pepper was the one who picked it out for you."
"A bottle warmer." Emerson smiled over at the billionaire. "Thank you, we need this. I was going to pick one up tomorrow. One less thing to do get."
Kissing Emerson's temple, Steve smiled. "I don't think we are going to have to pick up anymore baby things. We are set until Eli goes to college, gets married and has kids of his own."
Emerson turned her head towards Steve's. "Trust me, there is always something to pick up. Its the thing that you just never know what you are going to need."
"Okay." Resting his hand on her cheek, Steve gently kissed her. "I love you doll."
"I love you too." Emerson whispered against his lips. "Can you go get me some food?"
Laughing softly, Steve stood up from his spot. "Of course, what would you like?"
"Um some pasta salad will be great," Emerson said taking his hand in hers. "Extra Italian dressing."
"I know I know." Steve said walking away mumbling under his breath. "You put it on everything. Even something that already has tons of dressing on it already."
Hearing everything that Steve was saying, Emerson yelled after him. "What was that?"
"Nothing! I said nothing!" Steve yelled back from the kitchen, looking at Sam. "She hears everything."
"Well she is a mom of two boys now." Sam said taking a sip of his drink. "I think it becomes mandatory."
Smirking softly, Steve nodded his head. "Yeah I think so."
Watching the super soldier load up the plate of pasta salad, Sam felt his phone vibrate. Reading the text message he received, Sam looked quickly back at Steve. "I think we just found Bucky. You know how I had a friend over seas looking for him? Well I think they got him."
"What?" Steve asked dropping the plate to the floor, glassing and pasta noodles going everywhere. "Where? What country?"
"Here, America. They saw him at the Smithsonian." Sam said helping Steve clean up neither noticing the blonde women that just walked into the kitchen. "Looking at the Captain America Exhibit."
"He's still in America? I thought he would have left the country." Steve said standing up and making a new plate for Emerson. "Do you think he came back because he remembers me?"
"Well there's only one way to find out." Emerson said taking the plate from Steve. "You go to D.C and find your best friend. Then maybe we can start planning our wedding, now that you have your best man."
Shaking his head, Steve turned towards his soon to be wife. "I can't go to D.C. You and the boys need me here."
"You need your best friend. And he needs you." Emerson said placing her hands on Steve's chest. "If he is beginning to remember things, he is going to need the one person who is alive that can help him. And thats you."
"She's right you know." Sam said agreeing with Emerson. "And we won't be that long. A day, two days tops. It really depends on if Bucky wants to come with us."
Nodding her head, Emerson said. "Go to D.C. Go get Bucky."
