Chapter 18

I woke up to my beautiful babies crying. Before I could do anything, Skyler was holding them.

"Go back to sleep." He whispered.

He rocked them back and fourth.

"My babies need me." I whispered back.

I tried to move some part of my body but it felt impossible.

"Sleep." He laughed "I won't let you get up unless you have had eight hours of sleep."

I figured to just go with it. It wasn't like I could move anyway. Skyler glided over to the cribs. Within seconds the babies were calm and sleeping. I went back to sleep too. I dreamed about having Bell and Dameon back. When I woke up, it was ten in the morning. I got out of bed and walked over to my children. I picked Scarlet and Alexander and put them in a stroller. It was too hard to carry two babies. I then headed downstairs, looking for Skyler. I wondered why he wasn't there when I woke up. He always was. Why wasn't he now? When I reached the bottom of the staircase I found out why. Mel and Christian were fighting. Mel was still in her pajamas. Her hair was everywhere. She looked like she had just rolled out of bed. Christian was a bit cleaner than that.

"You are such an ignoramus!" Mel screeched.

"You would know you blubbering idiot!" Christian snapped.

"Guys!" Skyler yelled "Calm yourselves!"

"Well if this idiot would stop playing that stupid violin so loud!"

"You should appreciate my music!" Christian screamed "It's better than anything you could ever play!"

Melinda gasped.

"Well then!" Melinda retorted "At least I don't look like a stuck up pretty pretty princess snob!"

"Hey!" I screamed, louder than all of them "Stop it! Now! Melinda! Go back to bed! Christian! Go play your music in a different room."

They listened and walked away.

"Good morning sweetheart." Skyler laughed as he kissed my cheek.

"Good morning." I giggled.

"And hello my cute little babies." He said, speaking as if he were two years old.

Alexander and Scarlet giggled. I was pleased to see that they loved their father.

"I was going to go into the kitchen and feed them." I explained "Then I was going to make them take a nap. I think they need one. They were crying all night."

Skyler chuckled and I pushed our children into the kitchen. I put them both in high chairs. I skipped over to the cupboards and pulled out two containers of baby food and two small spoons.

"Are you guys' hungry?" I asked them.

They both giggled.

"I'm taking that as a yes." I laughed "Skyler. Can you feed Alexander? I'll feed Scarlet."

He nodded and took one of the containers of baby food and a spoon. I took the others and fed Scar. She swallowed every bite, just as Melinda would. That made everything easy. Alexander wasn't as easy. He kept rejecting his food. He threw a handful at Skyler and at his little sister. She began to cry. I picked Scar up and rocked her back and fourth. I started to hum the song that Skyler wrote for me. Skyler recognized it and smiled.

"You remember the whole thing?" He laughed.

"Of course." I giggled "It was beautiful, and you wrote it yourself which makes me love it even more."

He grinned. As I kept humming, the babies calmed down. I was surprised that they were relaxed.

"I'm going to go clean them up and put them down for a nap." I told Skyler.

"Ok." Was his answer.

I carried Alex and Scar upstairs. They were the giggliest babies I have ever seen. As I layed them down, Neo came bursting through the door with Evangeline and all of her baby things in her arms.

"I can't handle her!" Neo screamed "I need a break! You take care of her!"

She dropped her things and put Evangeline in my arms.

"UGH!" Neo screamed.

"Wait!" I yelled "Why are you doing this? Why don't you want to take care of Evangeline?"

Neo came back into the room.

"Because I have never seen a child crap as often as she does! I am tired of the smell!"

Evangeline started to giggle. She started to glow a golden yellow color. She was a very beautiful baby. Her beautiful curly brown hair had gotten longer and her eyes were starting to turn red. She looked so much like her mother. I set her crib next to Scar's. I figured the two of them would get along better. Alex would like to start fights with Evangeline. I rocked her back and fourth and hummed the song that Skyler had written for me. Her tiny eyes closed and her breathing slowed. I layed her in the crib so she would be more comfortable. I solved one problem. Now I should go fix Melinda's. I tiptoed into her room. She was lying on her bed with an angry look on her face.

"Turn that frown upside down!" I cheered.

She looked over at me and glared. Her beady little eyes watching my every move.

"I hate him." She told me in a flat voice "I hate him very much."

"You don't hate him" I laughed "You are just frustrated. Relax."

I walked over and sat next to her on the bed. She was such a drama queen. It was one in the afternoon and she was still acting like a five year old over something that happened three hours ago.

"Be happy!" I yelled.

I shook her continuously. She refused to be happy.

"Stop!" She whined.

I stopped. What was with her today?

"Why are you being like this?" I asked "You were fine before. What changed?"

"He just bugs me."

I rolled my eyes. I decided that I didn't really feel like dealing with her right now. I walked back into my room. I layed on the bed, and took a nap, next to the three babies I loved most and my wonderful Fiancé.