The Darkest Hour
Chapter 13: PRACTICALLY Perfect
"Clarisse, love, you get Addie, and I will get Hope."
Joseph groaned out. The two got off the bed and got the girls. Joseph went downstairs to make the two a bottle. Clarisse changed Addie's diaper and picked her back up and sat down with her on the bed and started rocking her. Joseph came back up with the bottles and gave one to Clarisse. She went over to the corner and sat in the rocker with Addison and gave her the bottle and began to rock her. It wasn't very long before Addie went to sleep. Clarisse put her in her basinet and went over to help Joseph with Hope.
"I don't know why she won't stop crying. I am holding her correctly, right?"
"Joseph, darling. Let me see her."
Joseph gave Clarisse the baby and she went over to the rocker and gave her the bottle and started rocking and singing her to sleep. Joseph sat at the foot of the bed and simply watched his beloved wife singing his daughter to sleep.
"Hush little baby don't say a word. Mama's gonna buy you a mocking bird. If that Mocking bird won't sing, Mama's gonna buy you a diamond ring. If that diamond ring turns brass, Mama's gonna buy you a looking glass. If that looking glass gets broke, Mama's gonna buy you a Billy Goat. If that Billy Goat won't pull, Mama's gonna buy you a cart and bull, if that cart and bull falls down, you'll still be the sweetest little baby in town."
After the lullaby, Hope finally fell asleep. Clarisse carefully got out of the rocker and put Hope in her basinet. After she put Hope down, Clarisse walked over to Joseph and he just looked her, amazed. Clarisse being confused just looked at him.
"What?"
She asked.
"How in the world did you do that? I couldn't do that to save my life."
"Oh darling, it's just a mother's intuition. When the boys were small, half the time when they were crying, It was I that had to put them down because Rupert didn't know how to. He would try everything for hours, and then the first time I pick them up, they go right to sleep. I guess I have that effect on babies."
Clarisse laughed, while Joseph pulled her close. They kissed passionately for a few minutes. Then they sat down on the end of the bed, both extremely tired, but neither could sleep. They just wanted to sit and kiss and hold each other until the break of day.
"Joseph, we should stop this."
Clarisse said, her hands roaming all over her husband's back. She knew this wasn't a good place to go just yet. After all, this was how they got the first two babies in the first place.
"Why darling? I don't want to stop, it feels too good."
Joseph said, cupping her breast. He heard her breath hitch in her throat and she let out a throaty moan as she slid up on his lap. She could feel his excitement and knew it wasn't a good idea, but she couldn't help herself. She began to take off his pants.
"Clarisse, darling are you sure you want to do this?"
Joseph asked, not wanting her to feel forced into anything. Clarisse only nodded as she slid her hands down his pants and that was it for Joseph. He pulled his wife over onto the bed and they silently, or as silently as they could, made love for the first time since the babies were home.
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That next morning, Clarisse and Joseph woke up to Hope screaming in her basinet. Clarisse got up and threw on her robe and picked her up.
"Good morning, Hope."
Clarisse loved her daughters more than anything, but she only wished they would sleep as long as Clarisse wanted to.
"Are you hungry, darling? Let's go downstairs and make you a bottle. Let daddy and sissy sleep for a while longer."
Clarisse gave her daughter a kiss on the cheek and went downstairs to get her a bottle and to make herself a cup of tea. Lord knows she needed it. It was about an hour later when Joseph walked down the stairs holding Addie.
"Good morning, my loves."
Joseph exclaimed as he walked down the last few steps, giving his daughter a kiss to her forehead and his wife a kiss on the lips.
"How did you sleep last night, dear?"
Asked Clarisse, chuckling lightly to herself.
"I think you know. You know very well, my love."
Joseph said, looking over the rim of his coffee cup. Making Clarisse giggle.
"I know. Darling that's what you do to me."
The two sat down at the dinner table, holding the two love of their lives. The new addition to their already perfect family.
"You darling, if I didn't say so myself, this is Practically Perfect."
Clarisse said, giving Joseph an elongated, fervent kiss to his lips. The kiss was a soft, but wanting kiss, giving Joseph all the hope he needed.
"You ready for a third, my love?"
"Like I said darling, PRACTICALLY perfect."
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Alrighty guys! That is going to be the last chapter! Thanks for reading, and please leave me all the reviews you would like! It may be a while before I get another story up because I don't have any clue what I will write about next. If you have any requests, please, feel free to send me a PM. Thanks so much! Love you guys!