Lovely readers! Thank you so much for the inspiration to continue the story. I had no idea there would be this much interest. Loving all of the reviews, story alerts, and favorites!
Important A/N: I'm going to start going back and forth between Naya and Heather's POV because there are some things I would like to add into the story from different perspectives instead of just the one side. I hope you don't mind it and you will be well aware of when I switch them. Let me know what you think. =)
Thank you again to SwordOfTheJedi as well as BrittanaGleek4ever and ices8ter for the information on both families. =) I will definitely be able to do more now that I know more details.
Chapter 3
Naya's POV
You're pulled from your sleep by the sound of Kaylin's hushed cries. Not complete screams yet but she's fussing. You blink a few times, trying to adjust your eyes to the light… or lack there of. It's has to be sometime close to 11PM. Your wife is sleeping soundly in the hospital bed right next to you, hair splashed awkwardly from her ponytail. You know she would have scolded you if she caught you smiling at her like that but you honestly can't help it. She looks so beautiful to you.
You carefully unwrap yourself from the blankets and pad quietly over to your daughter's crib that's closest to Heather's side of the bed.
"Hey baby girl." You whisper to her, and she stares up at you. Her tiny blue eyes are full of wonder and it makes your smile grow bigger. You reach down to lift her up into your arms and cradle her against your body.
"How are you doing? Did you sleep ok?" You say in the soft baby voice. She stares at you for a few more moments and you make your way over to the rocking chair by the window. You sit down as gently as you can, careful not to joust her.
"You know… your Grandma says you look just like me because of your hair," you say as you run your hand gently over Kaylin's head and letting the soft dark hair brush under the palm of your hand. "But you actually look like your Mom. You have her eye's you know?"
She's studying you, listening to everything you're saying to her even if she doesn't understand the words.
You laugh softly as you think about your wife. "That was one of the first things I said to her… I was so mesmerized by those ocean blue eye's that when she introduced herself to me… You know what I said?" You ask your daughter, obviously she couldn't answer you so you continue anyway, pretending that she asked you what.
"I said, hello, I'm Naya… you have really beautiful eye's." Kaylin makes a gurgling noise and you giggle… she's totally telling you that's lame Mama. "I know right? Let me tell you, I'm usually a smooth talker but honestly when I saw your Mom for the first time she took my breath away..." You pause for a moment, "she still does."
"You did too, you know?" You ask your daughter softly. "When I saw you for the first time yesterday… all of my dreams came true. And when I saw your Mom hold you for the first time after the nurse brought you to us… I had to literally tell my heart to pump again… in my head of course. Your Mom probably would have killed me if my heart actually stopped. I've never seen anything more beautiful than the two of you together." You say to her.
"I could say the same thing about the two of you." You turn your head to your wife's voice and you blush.
"How much of that did you hear?" You ask shyly.
"The whole thing." She doesn't really laugh audibly but you know she is because she's scrunching up her face and shaking like she's chuckling. "I was awake when she started fussing and yes… I knew you were looking at me when you thought I was asleep."
You look away, now blushing even more profusely than before. She always catches you.
"Come here smooth talker." Heather says with a small laugh. You shake your head. You know she's gonna give you shit for that for the rest of your life now.
You stand up carefully and make your way back over to the bed and hand your daughter to her Mom before climbing in next to your wife.
"What does it feel like?" You ask as Heather settles back against the bed, nursing your baby girl.
"A little funny, my boobs are kinda sore but you get used to it after a few minutes." You chuckle at her bluntness.
You smile as you sit up and face your wife.
"Whatcha thinking about?" She asks you and you lift your gaze from you daughter to met her eyes. You smile and stay silent for a moment.
"How much I love you and how much I love our daughter. You gave me the perfect family Heather." You say as a few happy tears run down your cheeks. "You've given me everything and I'm just so happy right now."
She smiles at you. Always that beautiful smile and you can honestly say you will never get tired of it.
"You've given me everything Nay. Every time I look at you I fall more in love with you and what I just witnessed over there," She points over to the rocking chair you were sitting in a few minutes ago. "The way you were with Kaylin, my heart melted… you're so good with her, even if you were acting like you were going to break her yesterday." She giggles recalling your nervousness. "Just don't go filling her head with stories."
"What stories?"
"Please, Rivera… you couldn't smooth talk me even if you wanted to."
"You're never gonna let that go, are you?" You ask; you're positive the flush that's running up your neck and into your cheeks can be seen even though your complexion won't allow it.
"Not a chance." She laughs. "You want some of my make-up?"
"What?"
"That blush is turning scarlet." She says. Yup, you're caught.
"Nice, babe." You role your eyes and shake your head at her.
"I'm just messing with you sweetheart." She giggles.
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"Good Morning Mommies." Doctor Rolland says softly with a smile as she enters the room.
"Hey Doc." Heather says happily.
"Morning." You say with a tired smile.
"How was the first night?" The doctor says as she checks the baby's vitals before moving to check Heather.
"You should really invest in more comfortable beds." The doctor laughs at your comment.
"They aren't really meant for two people." She teases while lifting Heather's gown to check the stitches in her stomach.
"Hey, hey… I would have gladly slept in my own bed but A… I would have never slept at all if I was at home by myself and I knew that my girls were here and B… same reason as A." You say proudly.
Both Heather and Dr. Rolland laugh.
"You got yourself a good woman there Heather." The doctor says to your wife.
"I sure do." She says softly as she looks at you with a smile.
"Aww she's blushing." Dr. Rolland points out.
"Oh for the love of all that is holy… I'm not blushing! This skin tone doesn't allow it." You totally were but come on now, when your wife say something like that you still blush even after all of these years… especially in front of people you hardly know.
"You totally were babe." Heather says. And you give her a pointed look. "I'm just sayin…" She states with a shrug. You try to look mad but it's no use.
"What is this… pick on Naya day or…?" You pout.
"You make it so easy sometimes though." Your mouth falls open.
"I'm just teasing you Nay!" She laughs and you scrunch up your nose and stick your tongue out at her.
Dr. Rolland is laughing hysterically now. "I knew there was a reason why I liked you both so much."
"Why? Because my wife likes to crack jokes all the time?" You say with a smile while taking her hand and placing a kiss to the inside of her palm. You wink at her before returning your attention back to the doctor.
"That too… but not the only reason. You both go so well together. It's nice to see two people who come in here with so much love for each other and in most times don't actually realize it. Even through the joking, I can see the way you look at each other… I rarely see that here. I get single mothers or husbands who come in with their business attire, attached to their cell phones the whole time… like it's an inconvenience to be here." She says.
"You both had a whole waiting room of family and friends out there yesterday and not once did I see you leave her side without her practically shoving you out the door. When you did leave it was for a few minutes only and you returned right after. I mean, nobody willingly sleeps in these beds for crying out loud." She laughs gesturing to the hospital bed that your wife is laying on.
Both of you giggle. "Thanks Dr. Rolland. That's really nice of you to say that." Your wife says and you nod in appreciation.
"You're welcome. One things for certain, you have a beautiful family, and if what I see between the two of you is any indication of how that baby will be raised… She's one lucky kid. She's got a lot of love, not just from her Mom's but from the rest of her family as well." She smiles at the two of you before looking at your daughter. "Your stitches are looking good Heather and the baby is going great. I don't see any reason to keep you any later than this afternoon."
"Sounds good." Heather says as she looks at you excitedly.
"Alright, I'll get the paperwork started and have the nurse come in to go over the procedures for cleaning your stitches when you go home. Do you have the Birth Certificate filled out yet?" She asks.
"Oh… yeah." You say as you reach over to the table with all of the papers. You hand it to her and she looks it over.
"Beautiful name. I'll sign off on this and make a copy for hospital records and have the nurse return it with your release forms."
"Thanks Dr. Rolland… for everything." You say gratefully.
"No problem."
Your phone starts to ring and you look at the screen for the caller ID.
"It's your mom, I forgot to tell her you switched rooms last night."
"Go ahead babe." Your wife says as you step out of the room to go meet your mother-in-law.
Heather's POV
Your wife heads out of the room to go meet your Mom to bring her up to the new room.
"Hey Doc?" You ask as Dr. Rolland is about to leave the room.
"Yes? Is everything alright?" She asks, stepping back in towards the bed.
"Oh yeah, everything is fine… it's just… I wanted to know when it would be ok for me to start the breast pump?"
"Is it uncomfortable for you to breast feed?" She asks.
"No, no it's not that. I just want Naya to be able to feed her too. I love the connection I have with Kaylin when I get to feed her but I just want Naya to be able to have that as well."
She smiles at you. "Oh course, well that depends. Some woman wait to start pumping after the first couple of weeks assuming that everything is going well with the normal breast feeding, however if you're comfortable with it and you are producing enough milk then you can start right away and alternate. Just make sure that you stick to the same schedule when you pump as you would normally feed her so that you keep the regular cycle of milk coming."
You nod and smile. "Thank you." You say.
"You're welcome and again, congratulations on your little bundle of joy." She says "I wish you and your family the best."
"Thanks again." You say. She nods once more before leaving the room.
A few moments later, you hear that contagious laugh in the hallway and it makes your heart flutter and you chuckle. You could pick her out in a crowded room just by her laugh. Naya walks though the door closely followed by your Mom only seconds later.
"Hey sweetheart. How are you feeling?" Your Mom asks with a smile, coming over to kiss you gently on the cheek before moving over a few steps to look at her Granddaughter.
"Awesome… the doctor says I can come home today." You say happily as you look to your wife who's sipping on a Starbucks coffee. Your mom definitely knows her too well.
You laugh softly. "Good stuff there baby?" You say to Naya and she smiles at you.
"The best!" She answers with a content sigh like it's the greatest thing she's tasted for weeks.
"Goofball." You tease her.
She really has been amazing. She stayed awake almost all night, even when you told her it was ok to sleep. She didn't want to chance anything and basically watched Kaylin like a hawk. It was the same routine throughout the night though, about every two hours she would wake up to eat and then go right back to sleep. But Naya persisted. She's too stubborn for her own good sometimes. She's going to make an amazing Mom. She already is.
When you witnessed her holding your daughter last night and talking to her the way she did, you could almost feel your heart turn to mush in your chest. You always knew she would be a great Mom but being able to see it was even better than you imagined it.
"Yeah but even goofballs get kisses, right?" She says to you and you fain having to think about it for a moment before you shrug.
"I suppose." You say with a smile before she chuckles and leans up from her chair to plant a chaste kiss to your lips.
You hum approvingly before tugging at her lower lip playfully and deepen the kiss slightly before hearing your mother start talking to Kaylin.
"At this rate, Grandma is gonna have to buy you a blindfold baby girl." She says with a smile chuckling at you and Naya. "Possibly some earmuffs at some point. Lord only knows the things I've heard over the years."
"MOM!" You say and you know without looking at your wife that she is bright red now.
"Oh please, don't Mom me. I'm surprised you girls haven't managed to have the police called out for excessive noise complaints." She laughs out.
"That actually happened once." Dianna says as her and Lea walk through the door holding a huge pink 'It's A Girl' Balloon.
"Oh for fu-fudges sake" You hear your wife catch herself and you can't help the smile even during one of the most awkward conversations you have had with your mother.
"There are no secrets in this friendship! THAT WAS ONE TIME!" Naya huffs in embarrassment before sinking back into her chair.
"Hey, you're lucky it was the neighbors that called the police before we could turn on the computer and record the noise. I so could have gotten you back for the time you blackmailed me for signing to Di in the shower… and we weren't even doing anything!" Lea says to your wife.
You think back to the time when all of this happened. You were all still on Glee and had just returned from the Live Tour between seasons 2 and 3. Dianna and Lea shared the same apartment complex as you and Naya at the time. Your best friends did have a point though. The first weekend back especially was pretty intense seeing as you rarely had any privacy during the tour and the last few weeks before returning to L.A. you were all sleeping on the Tour Buses.
"I think I'm gonna go take the baby for a walk. There are just some things a Mom does not need to hear about her daughter's and inadvertently her adopted OTHER daughters!" She says to Lea and Dianna with a laugh before turning to you and giving you a kiss on the temple and moving around the bed to do the same to Naya.
"Nice guys…" You say to your best friends as your Mom walks out of the room cradling your daughter in her arms, pointing out random things to the baby the way a Grandma only could.
"I was just speaking the truth." Dianna shrugs as she moves over to ruffle Naya's hair before moving over to the bed to kiss your cheek and give you a hug.
"Aye Aye… you did NOT just do that." She says trying to smooth out her hair. "And mittens off my wife." She says and you laugh.
She still tends to channel her inner 'Santana' sometimes. Especially when she's tired. You can't fault her for it though. It was really adorable how you would wake up at random times before Kaylin would to eat and you would catch a glimpse of your wife staring intently at the baby and keeping a firm grasp on your hand.
"Oh someone feisty this morning." Lea laughs before ruffling her hair once more and placing a kiss on your wife's cheek, copying Dianna. Naya wipes at the place where Lea kissed her cheek.
"Alright guys… no teasing her, that's my job." You say with a smile as you grab your wife's hand and entwine your fingers.
"Yeah, that her job." Naya echoes back with a smirk and a playful raised eyebrow.
"Whipped!" You turn your head to the door to see Kevin's playful coughing voice at the statement.
"Not cool, Bee. I resent that." Naya says with a pout.
"Nay we all know you're whipped. Heather totally had you wrapped around her finger since day one." Nickayla says as she walks in with your mother-in-law and father-in-law.
"Really guys? I see how it is."
"Hey Heather just had the baby so there is like this unwritten rule that you can't tease the Mom for like a week or something." Mychal says with a smile as he enters the room with huge bouquet of flowers and a balloon similar to the one Lea was holding, only this one said 'My Niece Has Arrived' and had a stuffed penguin attached to the end of the string.
It's been a while since you were last able to see your brother-in-law and it brings a smile to your face as well as a mega watt smile to Naya's. He moved to New York with his, now fiancée, Cassie, shortly after graduation when he was drafted to the Giants.
Naya shot out of her seat and barely gave him time to set down the gifts before he was engulfed in a hug.
"Congrats sis!" He says, wrapping his huge arms around his, very much, smaller sister. You smile even wider. After a few moments Naya finally let him go and he walks over to you to give you a gentler hug and congratulating you as well.
"Where is the little one anyway?" Naya's Mom asks.
As if on queue your Mom walks back into the room holding your little one. "Just went for a short walk." She said glancing at the original four with a knowing look before placing your daughter in your arms. "She's hungry though… getting a little fussy and probably needs a diaper change."
"Thanks Mama M. I see that everyone wants to love and hold her until it's time for the poopie diapers and then it's all on us." Your wife says with a pointed look to your Mom while glancing around at everyone else.
"Exactly!" Everyone says together before breaking into fits of laughter. Naya is shaking her head with a smile and you can't help but join in. It was funny.
Naya stands up and takes a few steps over to the bed and you hand your daughter to her. She walks over to the padded table and begins to change the baby.
Naya's mom walks over to you and places a kiss to your crown. "We will give you guys some privacy. Are you hungry?"
"Starving!" She laughs at you're all-too-eager tone.
"What would you like? I can go back with your mom and we can make you something or just go grab something down the street. I think there is a Subway and a Panda Express."
"Subway sound's great!" You say.
"Alright, same as usual?" You nod in response.
"Only no olives… I had the worst cravings for those while I was pregnant and I don't think I can eat them for the rest of my life." You cringe at the thought.
The craving was so bad that you woke up your wife around midnight a few months ago and wanting olives to mix with your ice cream.
Naya comes back over with Kaylin and places her in your arms.
"Thank you baby." You say to her and lean up to give her a kiss.
"What about you Nay? Subway?" Her Mom asks.
"Sounds good. Thanks Ma. Oh… no olives please." She says with a hint of disgust and everyone burst into another round of laughter.
"What did I miss?" Naya asks, confused.
You giggle. "I was telling your mom about my cravings."
"Ohhhhh." She says. "Yeah no go for olives I think… ever!" The statement making everyone laugh even more.
"Sometimes you two are so in-tune with each other with out even knowing it, that I tend to question how you never met before Glee." Lea says before shaking her head at the thought.
"You think that's bad?" Nickayla asks. "You should see them in the morning when they make breakfast and coffee. They don't say anything to each other sometimes but they still work around each other in this creepy computerized daze. Naya will walk back into the house cuz she forgot her keys for the studio and Heather will have them looped around her finger while still reading the paper."
"It's a true story." Dianna says. "Creepy really sometimes when you think about it."
Like Lea, everyone just shakes their head with a smile because they all can totally see it. You know it's true actually now that you think about it.
Naya's Mom laughs once more before standing up straight. "We'll she you girls in a little while.
You all say your goodbyes before everyone leaves the room for lunch and you are left alone once again with your beautiful wife and daughter. It's doesn't get any better than this.
Hope you all enjoyed the new chapter. =) Let me know what you think of the POV switch and if it's something you would like for me to continue. Honestly I think it gives you more information if I'm allowed to go back and forth with it. Anyways, drop a review for me. =D