See Things Through

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ROB

When in the hell did I get so lucky? How was it that not over a year ago, I looked at children, disgusted, to now having three of them?

I looked over to the angel laying next to me. I watched as her chest rose lightly, and fell. There was no one more beautiful than the woman next to me.

I watched her eyes flutter lightly as she opened them, and adjusted to the bright light. We had been home for a week now, after spending five days in the hospital.

The boys' nursery was coming along, so until then, they slept Lily's room, that room being the coolest in the house.

"Morning beautiful." I whispered.

I saw her smile faintly before her eyes drifted back to sleep. Out of the entire week, we must have accumulated ten hours of sleep, last night being the most, which was three hours. I wasn't going to wake her back up, she needed her sleep. I decided to get up to check on my kids. I slipped on a pair of boxers, and walked out into the hallway.

I walked in the nursery, and saw Lily standing in her crib, looking at Liam and Adam as they slept. When she met them, I couldn't hold back the chuckle.

Flashback

"Can you have your mom drop Lily off, I want her to meet her brothers." She smiled over at me. I returned the smile, and picked out my phone from my pocket.

I quickly dialed the number of the house, and was happy to hear the chipper voice of Lizzy, the middle child as she cooed to Lily through the phone. She laughed, and finally probably realized that someone was on the phone.

"Hello?" She asked happily.

"You think you can tear yourself from Lily long enough to bring her down here to meet her new brothers?" I asked.

She giggled. "Well hey little brother! You're a daddy, well, you already were, but now your one even more!" As she said these things, I tried to find some way to try to make sense of them, hoping that my sister wasn't as ditzy as she seemed. No such luck.

"Kristen actually wants her to be here." I said seriously.

"Yea, yea, of course! I'll be down in a few, and oh! By the way, Aunt Diana is coming next Wednesday." She sounded un-thrilled, and I knew exactly why. A few years back. Lizzy had been in a relationship with a guy named 'Trent', and well, to make it simple, Aunt Diana didn't like him. She's despised her ever since.

"Okay, thanks Lizzy." I thanked her.

"No problem."

I hung up the phone, and walked back into Kristen's room. I saw that she was now asleep with Adam in her arms.

I walked over, and gently took him out of her arms. I placed him down in the crib, next to a sleeping Liam.

Twenty minutes later, Lizzy arrived with Lily. I woke Kristen up, and she looked at Lily, and smiled brighter than I saw her smile all day. "Hi baby!" She said as she took her from Lizzy. "Thank you Liz."

"Not a problem." She smiled as she looked over to the crib. I smiled at her, and waved my hand to come and see them.

She walked over, and swooshed her hair behind her ears, getting a better view of the boys. "Hi." She said quietly, now that they were sleeping. At her voice, Liam instantly opened his eyes, and looked up at my sister. I heard her squeal, and smiled down, and give him her finger.

I looked back at my wife, and watched as she talked gently to Lily. I picked Adam up out of the crib, and gently took Liam form my sister.

I brought them over to the bed, and watched as Lily instinctively latched onto Kristen, looking confusingly at the two babies in my arms. "Momma. Mine." She said. Both Kristen and I giggled at that as I set Adam next to Kristen, as she picked him up gently. Lily followed Adam with her eyes. She reached out her small hand, and touched her brother's neck. Adam flinched towards the sudden touch. He looked up at his sister like she was George Washington or something. Lily just starred at Adam as he took small, scared breaths. Liam was calm, looking up at me with his deep blue eyes. "Hi there little fellow." I cooed.

Once I said that, Lily turned her head, and looked at Liam. She reached out to him, and when she couldn't reach him, she proceeded to move, and try to lean to touch him, so Kristen grabbed her around the waist, bringing her back to her previous position. She whined in disappointment as I stood up, and lowered Liam to her so she could touch him.

I wasn't sure how much I completely trusted her. She wasn't being too forward, leading me to think she wasn't fully liking them too much right now, But then on the other hand, when she touched them lightly, it led me to think she was already accepting them. I still wasn't to take the risk. "Liam." I said to Lily.

She looked up at me, and furrowed her brow, trying to process what I had just said to her.

"Liam." I repeated.

"Eeam." She said. Meaning, Liam.

Kristen smiled, and rose her eyebrows, amazed at what our daughter had just said.

"Liam." I nodded at her. She giggled, and happily replied. "Eeam."

I looked over to Adam. "Adam." I said.

She looked at me, making the same face as before. "Abam." She said, smiling.

I chuckled, and kissed her forehead. "I love you Lily."

"She started playing with her shoe, and gently whispered; "I ruv oo dadda."

I looked up at Kristen, who was on the verge of tears. "Lily?" She looked up at me. "I love you." She just starred at me.

I laughed, and kissed Kristen.

End of Flashback

I walked further into the room, and Lily turned her gaze towards me. I went over to the boys' crib, and looked into it, and saw that they were both still sleeping, and I was so thankful for that. They usually were up, crying, and keeping Lily up. Now that they were finally asleep, I decided to take Lily into our room, so she couldn't cause any noise to wake up the babies.

I walked her into our room, and nestled her in between Kristen and I, sure to wrap the blankets tightly around her, so she couldn't wriggle out like the last time. Kristen out her hand lazily over Lily's belly, and I then knew she hadn't gone back to sleep. I brought my hand to her cheek. She opened her eyes, and went to say something, but I stopped her. "Shh, love, go back to sleep." I said. She kept her eyes open, and finally relaxed back into the bed, and soon fell back asleep, along with Lily. I followed soon after.

I woke up to a whining sound next to me, and suddenly remembered that Lily was in the bed with us as well. I opened my eyes to see Lily, wiggling to get free of Kristen's arm, and whining about it. I looked down at my daughter, and put a finger to her lips. I knew she was starting to teeth, and I hoped that by giving her something to bite on, it would distract her from making noise to get free of her mother's arm, and quiet her down.

She immediately calmed down, and bit gently on my finger. I gazed at the clock, seeing the red numbers reading; 12:17. It was hard to believe that I was still tired, and that the boy's were still probably asleep, as do my wife. I knew that if I dared to get out of bed, Lily would throw a fit, and wake up her mother.

OH FUCK.

Today was Wednesday.

"Oh, by the way, Aunt Diana is coming next Wednesday."

Today! Today was next Wednesday. I jerked up, tearing my finger from Lily's mouth, causing her to start screaming. Kristen suddenly jerked away, and I could hear the boys starting to cry.

SHITSHITSHIT…SHIT!

After we tidied the house, fed the kids, dressed them, and ate breakfast, we were just waiting for the doorbell to ring, knots in both of our stomachs.

"I hate her." Kristen said, looking blankly at the door. I chuckled, and wrapped my arm around her.

"So do I, love." I said, kissing her forehead.

A few minutes later, the doorbell rang. Kristen felt the need to dress up, so she dressed in an off the shoulder, white lace dress with white pumps. She curled her hair, slight waves cascading down her back.

We put the fake smile on, and opened the front door, to a smiling aunt Diana.

"Aunt Diana." I said, embracing her in a hug.

"Robert, darling!" She said, excitedly.

I let her go, and Kristen came from behind me. "Hello, Diana." She said politely.

"Yes, well, where are my grandbabies?" She asked, looking beyond my wife. I watched as Kristen looked to her feet.

"Inside." She said flatly.

Once we were all inside, I offered Diana the sofa. She sat down, and Kristen attempted to sit next to her, but Diana's instant words were; "Lily and Rob need somewhere to sit." She said, coldly.

Kristen pursed her lips together, and walked up the stairs to get the kids. I followed her, because there was no way she could carry three kids with two arms.

"I'm sorry." I apologized.

"It isn't your fault that your aunt is a cold bitch." She said, angered.

"That she is." I agreed.

Once we got back downstairs, Diana stepped up, and took Lily from Kristen's arms. "My my, you are so young to be a mother, are you sure you know when to feed these darling babies, and when they need to be changed." She asked, sarcasm intended.

Kristen stepped forward, and claimed Lily back from her arms. "I don't appreciate you, and what you have to say to me. I know my babies, and when to feed them, and change them. I don't need you dictating my life." She seethed.

Diana narrowed her eyes at my wife, and cleared her throat. "I didn't intend--" She started.

"Yes. You did." Kristen interrupted.

I tried to hold back my laughter, so I decided to hug Kristen to smiled behind her hair.

We were all sitting at the kitchen table, drinking coffee. The kids were upstairs in their cribs, taking their naps.

"So, Kristen…have you finished school?" Diana asked.

"Yes. I have." She said.

Diana nodded her head. "Good."

"Excuse me?" Kristen said as she stopped tracing the rim of her mug with her finger, and looked up to Diana.

"What the hell is that supposed to mean?" She asked again.

"I just meant that now, you can focus all your time on the children." She said, trying to save herself.

I heard Kristen mutter; "Bullshit."

Diana must have also heard, because she cleared her throat, and wrapped her scarf tighter around her shoulders, and sat up.

"I still think that you could have done better." She said, directed towards me.

I looked up from the table, and cocked my head. "What?" I asked, unsure if she actually said what I thought she said. I looked over to Kristen who laughed sarcastically, and got up form the table, and walked towards the stairs. "Stop!" I yelled out to my wife.

I looked back to Diana. She was currently stirring a sugar cube into her coffee.

"Okay, look." I started. Diana stopped stirring, and looked up at me, cocking an eyebrow at me, like anything I was going to say was going to go into one of her ears, and then fly out the other.

"I don't really care if you like it or not, but I have married that woman." I said, pointing to Kristen.

"I have had three children with this woman!" I shouted, still pointing to her.

"I have sex with this woman." I spat.

Diana looked disgusted. "Do not use that tone with me, young man!" She yelled.

"Like hell I won't. If you think that I am going to sit around, and watch as you tear down my wife with your snide comments, you got another thing coming. She is a twenty year old woman, and is perfectly capable of taking care of children! You know, Diana, I fucking hate England! That's why I haven't gone back there. Another thing I hate, is your ridiculous behavior. You think that this is polite, you think you have manners?!" I yelled.

Diana grabbed her purse, and walked towards the door, which Kristen instantly blocked. "If you ever say another bad word about me, I swear to god, you will never see the light of day again. I don't want to hear your little remarks about me through the fucking tabloids, Diana! I am a human being!" She shouted, quickly swinging the door open. I watched Kristen's gaze as she starred down Diana as she walked out the door.

KRISTEN

Today had made me feel more empowered then I had in a while. As much as I absolutely despised Diana, I thanked her for being such a bitch. Because I fucking owned her.

We made an appointment for a family photo for next Tuesday. I knew that Ashley would want to pick out the outfits which called for lots, and lots of shopping.