(A few weeks later)
(Calleigh's POV)
I placed Demetri in his car seat, buckling him in. He was fast asleep, barely stirring while I clipped him in. I did the same for A.J, he was wake. He looked at me confused for a few moments then smiling realizing who I was. "Hi A.J! How are you?" I cooed cheerfully.
He can't hear you.
I sighed; I still wasn't used to knowing A.J couldn't hear me. It had been two months since the babies were born. They are finally ready to come home. They can breathe and eat without tubes and are in good health gaining a few pounds. Demetri weighed 6.7 pounds. A.J weighed 6.5 pounds.
"Are the boys ready yet?" Eric asked interrupting my thoughts.
"Yeah, both boys are buckled in." I responded.
He smiled looking at them in their matching yellow outfits. "Why yellow, they are boys Cal."
I rolled my eyes. "Don't you know it brings good luck?"
"Why do they need luck when they have a dad like me?" Eric laughed.
A nurse came thankfully ending the conversation. "Is everything alright in here? Before you leave I need you to sign to discharge papers."
I signed the papers.
Eric and I took each one car seat, waking down the halls of the maternity ward.
"I'm glad we can finally take the boys home." I said.
"Yeah, the boys need to be home" Eric said agreeing with me.
We got in the car, driving in silence. Thirty minutes Eric parked in an empty parking space right in front of the condo. Demetri and A.J slept the whole ride home, not stirring or made a peep.
"Can you hand me a blanket one of the boys used?" Eric asked.
I took a small grey blanket out from the baby bag, throwing it to him.
"Why do you need it?"
"For Jasper, so he knows there are other people living here." Eric said before opening the door, entering inside.
He came back a few moments later taking one car seat and the baby bag. I followed him into the condo placing the seat I was holding next to me on the couch.
"Emily! We're home!" Emily would be staying with Eric and me for a few weeks until we were settled. Over the past weeks I mended with my father after my blow out at the hospital. My parents had a vacation to Europe but would be back before their christening.
Em padded down the hall from the bedroom joining me on the couch. She took out Demetri placing him on her lap. She played peek-a-boo with him, making him smile and laugh.
"Eric, when are you going back to work?" Emily asked.
"I'm going back Thursday, if they don't call me for an emergency." Eric replied.
She nodded getting quiet but then squealed. "I have a surprise for you!" She said before swiftly walking down the hall with the baby. Emily came back sitting on the couch.
"I thought you guys would like something so you could tell the boys apart, I got two bracelets one for A.J the other obliviously for Demetri." She handed the bracelets to me. One was a blue with green stitching read "A.J", the other with a green band and blue stitching said Demetri.
"Aw, it's beautiful thank you Emily." I said embracing her.
"Thanks Em you did have to this." Eric said.
A.J. began to cry.
"Oh, someone needs a diaper change." Eric picked up A.J.
"We might as well bathe them and put them to bed." I said yawning. "They must be tired."
"They aren't the only ones." Eric said.
Eric and I bathed the boys put them in the bassinets and went to bed ourselves.
(A few days later)
"Are you ok with being alone with the boys?" Eric questioned. It was Eric's first day back at work and mine alone with the kids.
"Yes Eric, Emily is here if anything occurs." I said.
"If there is an emergency don't hesitate to call." He kissed the boys.
I nodded in agreement. "Go before you're late." I said pushing him out the bedroom door.
"Can I at least get a kiss?"
I gave him a sweet peck. "Bye" He said leaving.
A.J and Demetri have been angels for the past days. They barely cried unless they needed a bottle or a diaper change. They both were easy going with other people.
Emily entered the room still in her purple . "Good Morning! Did you sleep well?"
"As much sleep as you can get with two babies screaming and yelling every two hours." I replied, rubbing my eyes.
"I'm making breakfast. Do you want eggs?" Emily said. "Sure" I agreed.
I let out Jasper in the backyard. I put Demetri and A.J in their sit and bounce.
Emily came back handing me a steaming plate of eggs.
"Thanks" I mumbled before digging in.
"I was wondering, it's a nice day do you want to take A.J and Demetri to the park?"
"Yeah it would be fun. I have being cooped up in the house all day.
Emily finished eating and went to the bathroom to get ready.
I took the boys to the bathroom. I took off their clothes and hospital trinkets making a mental note to put them in the photo binder with the other pictures. I bathed the boys one at a time then placed them of the bed. I put on matching onesies and blue overalls. I searched for bracelets Emily gave me the other day. I was about to slip them on when I realized I didn't know which twin was which.
"Emily, can you come here for a minute?" She ran down the hall. "What's up? Are you ready to go?"
"I don't know which twin is which!" I cried. Emily struggled to keep a straight face and began to laugh.
"I'm serious! I feel terrible I don't know my kids!"
She picked up one child staring at him then removed the overalls examining his legs.
"This is Demetri." She slipped on one trinket. "How do you know?"
"Demetri has a small mole near his knee." I slipped on the other bracelet on A.J.
"I still feel terrible." I said guilty.
"Trust me I know many mothers that have switched their twins. You aren't the first."
"Let's just keep this our little secret ok?" "Sure, I know worst" Emily said winking at me.
A/N: Where do I start? I am so sorry for the M.I.A. I had a huge case of the writer's block and had a family emergency. The next chapter will most likely be the last. Reviews are welcomed!