I was actually going to make this longer, but I think it ends at a good spot. Again, it's not proofread so sorry about any mistakes! I hope you guys enjoy!
I didn't make it very far in my dramatic exit, just out the door and down the hall a bit, before I broke down in tears. I slumped against the cold, cave walls and buried my face in my hands. I was a pretty emotional person to begin with and the pregnancy hormones didn't help much. It wasn't right! It wasn't fair that my beautiful little girl should suffer because I'm a parasite. I'm told time and time again that I'm not a parasite, it's not my fault, I can't help who I am, but what does it matter? I'm not human and because of that my husband, my daughter and my unborn babies must suffer.
I was pulled from my thoughts when I felt a tiny body slump beside mine and teeny arms wrap around me. I could feel Sunny's body shaking from her silent tears. She is the sweetest.
"I'm so sorry, Wanda. I don't know how people related to Ian and Kyle could be so cruel."
I didn't respond. I wasn't going to remind her how Ian treatment me when I first arrive or how Kyle treated me for almost a year. It wasn't there reaction to me that upset me. That was normal. That was expected. I could deal with that. We could build from there. It was their disregard for Avery that killed me. Jodie's baby was their first grandchild. The first that mattered at least.
Yes, Ian was every bit as much as their son as Kyle was. But Jodie, she was human. I could not say the same for myself and that was where my baby lost out.
Sunny pressed little kisses into my hair and held me as we cried. Sometimes, it felt good just to get it all out. Next thing I know, I was being pulled from Sunny's embrace into an equally warm embrace by arms just as small as Sunny's were.
"Avery will ALWAYS be my first niece," Mollie whispered as she held me.
"Thank you, Mollie."
"I don't like to make excuses for them Wanda, but they aren't usually like this! Really! I don't know what-"
"MOMMY!" Avery was running down the hall, dressed in pink pajamas and giant bunny slippers with her hair pulled into a high side pony, "I forgot to say goodnight to the babies!"
I pulled away from Mollie and smiled through the tears that were welling up in my eyes. I tried to wipe them quickly before she could see them. Avery had this adorable routine of kissing my belly twice and saying goodnight to her brother and sister.
"Of course, baby. Come here," I tried to keep my voice from quivering, but it didn't work.
"Mommy, are you cryin'?"
"No, honey. I'm fine."
She looked me in the eye, "You're lyin Mommy! Why are you sad? Who made you cry?"
"Avery, I'm fine."
She glared at me.
"Aunt Sunny. Why is Mommy cryin'?"
Sunny looked at me and back to Avery, "Um… no reason…"
Geez. Sunny was a worse liar than me.
Avery huffed loudly and stomped her little foot in annoyance.
"Aunt Mollie, will YOU please, please, please tell me why Mommy is cryin'?"
Mollie kneeled down and put a hand on her shoulder. Oh no! She was going to tell her! Before I could stop her, she said, "My mommy and daddy said something not very nice to your mommy."
Avery's sapphire blue eyes narrowed coldly. She stormed angrily past us and into the game room. Mollie, Sunny, and I exchanged concerned glances.
"Sorry," Mollie muttered. We all chased after her.
Avery marched right up to the O'Shea clan, placed one small hand on her hip and pointed at them with the other one.
"YOU!" she exclaimed, "I don't like you!"
Carole stepped forward, placing a hand on the little girl's shoulder, "Avery, sweartheart-"
"NO!" Avery shrieked, flinching away from her touch, "I don't like you. You made my mommy cry and you are MEAN!"
"Avery," I warned. She ignored me of course.
"Honey, your grandma and I-"
Avery apparently wasn't listening to their excuses either, "You are NOT my grans! I dunt care what Mommy and Daddy said. Pappy Jeb is my gran and he NEVER makes my mommy cry! I LOVE him, but not you 'cause you are a meanie head!"
"Avery Melanie O'Shea! It is nap time!" I announced trying to get this to stop.
"We didn't mean to make your mommy cry," Joe tried explaining to her. He and Carole were clearly getting upset. I could tell they were guilty, but Avery just wasn't letting up. I glanced at Mollie, but she was only watching Aves with an amused smiled. I turned to Sunny, but she wasn't much help either. She appeared to be more frazzled then I was and just shrugged uncomfortably.
"Aunt Mollie said that you were mean to my mommy! Aunt Mollie wouldn't lie! You are mean! You made Mommy cry! Imma tell Daddy on you and he's gonna kick your ass!"
"Avery! Language!" I scolded. I blamed Kyle for sitting down and teaching her those bad words just to get under my skin. He really was that irritating older brother that I never wanted, but was glad I got.
"Honey, we are your daddy's mommy and daddy. He loves us and he wouldn't hurt us," Carole tried to explain. If looks could kill was the only way to describe my little girl's expression.
"Daddy doesn't love anymore more than he love Mommy, 'cept me course. You aren't a very good Mommy to Daddy 'cause you made my Mommy cry and he's still gonna kick your ass!"
"Avery, I'm serious. Let's go," I was pleading now. She doesn't get like this very often, but when she does, I'm not sure what to do. I've never been a child myself, how am I supposed to handle an out-of-control toddler?
Avery huffed and glanced back at me, "Can't you see I'm very, very busy?"
"Babe, we need to go get the babies checked out! I just remembered!"
Dang it! Ian's here now. This is not going to end well…
Again, I was going to add Ian's reaction, but it was about 1,000 words at this point so I figured I'd leave it at a cliff-hanger and post what I had. I wanted to write Avery's little rampage, because I couldn't get the idea out of my head and needed to write it down. How sweet was her defending her mommy though? I definitely think that Ian's baby would tell off anyone who made Wanda cry, especially because she's seen her daddy being so protective of her mommy.
Please review and tell me what you think guys! I'll try to update sometime later in the week. I hope that my frequent updates are giving you the confidence that I'm actually back, after two freaking years, to finish this story for good! I'll also probably start making the chapters longer than they are now. I'm actually supposed to be working on a GIANT biochem research paper on apoptosis and cancer that's due Friday (I have a lot done, thank goodness, but it's still a lot of work!) so after that's turned in and all, my chapters will probably start being at least twice this size.
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