Aren't you all lucky! Two chapters in one day! Here is the follow on from the previous chapter, enjoy!
Chapter 19
Rob stalled as he attempted to leave the hospital, his adrenaline was high and he couldn't wait to see Harry and Jess and take them to see their baby sister. He pulled up outside Emma's house with a spring in his step and knocked quite abruptly. Emma opened the door with Jess and Harry practically attached to her legs. Rob couldn't help but smile.
"Come on then you two lets get your coats and shoes on" the children didn't move but just stood staring at Rob with massive grins.
"What you up to!" Rob knew them too well and the pair of them immediately burst into laughter.
"Oh you two, show Rob" Emma attempted to put Rob out of his misery. Jess and Harry removed the bag of goodies and a bunny teddy from their backs that Auntie Emma had been helping them get in preparation for their little sister.
"We got presents to give to our sister" Harry said sweetly.
"Auntie Emma helped us"
"I just paid for it they did all the choosing" rob welled up, they were so sweet and he could tell that a lot of thought had gone into this.
"Well then let's go show mummy and the baby" Rob gave them both a hug before attempting to shoo them out the door.
"You coming Auntie Emma?" Harry asked sweetly.
"I'll go and meet her later" she replied
"Em you can come now, I'm sure Karen would love you to meet her"
"Honestly you guys have this time, it's special. I'll be over later when Ella's finally slept. Her little cousin won't be impressed if she's groggy and screaming the whole time" Emma kissed her niece and nephew before waving them all off.
Rob parked up in the hospital and turned around to two sparkly eyed children. "Shall we go in then"
"YES" they replied in unison. Harry attempted to give Rob the bag of presents.
"No you hold on to that bud, she won't know it's from you otherwise" rob was having a really surreal moment. Jess and Harry took hold of his hands as they reached the maternity ward. Rob buzzed to be let in and Jess and Harry looked up at him unsure in an unfamiliar surrounding. It was then that Rob really felt like the father figure in their life, they looked to him for guidance and reassurance.
"Mummy's just down this corridor" Harry stopped walking.
"Come on bud"
He suddenly looked very worried.
"What if she doesn't like me?"
Rob walked back to Harry and crouched down,
"Don't be silly, she's your sister. She loves you"
"Just like I do" Jess joined in, in reassuring Harry and she leant against Rob sweetly. Rob really did feel like the luckiest guy, he had a beautiful, loving partner and three children, because Jess and Harry were as special and important to him as his own daughter. They reached the door and Rob bent down to talk to Harry and Jess.
"You ready to meet your little sister"
"Yes!" They both said together
"Ok, but you have to be really quiet and gentle because she's only little and she might be asleep" Jess put her finger to her lips to show Rob that she understood and Harry whispered "we will be Rob" rob was oozing with pride and he smothered them both in hugs and kisses.
"Ok let me just see if mummy's ready" Jess and Harry sat down in seats just outside the door.
He looked at Harry and Jess before slowly opening the door to find Karen asleep, he went to go out and wait till she was awake when she opened her eyes. Her face filled with happiness
"Are Jess and Harry here?"
"They are"
"Bring them in then, there's a little person that wants to meet them." Rob beamed as he returned out to the corridor to get Harry and Jess.
"Mummy's ready" they both got up and followed Rob in slightly apprehensively, Harry more so than Jess. Rob noticed and took hold of Harry's hand to make him feel better. They walked in to see their mummy holding their little sister in her arms.
"Hello you two" Karen had never seen her children so peaceful. Harry had gotten very shy suddenly and almost hid around Rob's legs. Rob held his arm around Harry and tried to be supportive and not push Harry.
Jess was so excited to meet her sister and walked towards the bed,
"You can sit up on the bed" Karen said sweetly Jess's eyes lit up as she scrambled carefully and sat next to her mum. Jess snuggled in next to her mum before being mesmerised by her little sister.
"She's beautiful" Jess reached out and held her little hand.
"She's so tiny"
"She is, you were even smaller when you were born" Karen added.
"Her hair is curly" Karen smiled at her little girl who was wide awake in her arms.
"Harry come and meet her" Jess said calmly. Rob had sat down and Harry had been sat on his lap.
"Why don't you give her your presents?" Rob suggested trying to encourage Harry.
Harry got up smiling at Rob before slowly walking over to his mummy.
"You've brought presents for your sister?" Karen asked quite touched.
"No Auntie Emma did" Harry replied.
"She bought them but you and Jess chose them" rob explained for Harry.
"That's very sweet of you both." Rob had convinced Harry to sit up on the the other side next to his mummy. Harry immediately giggled and looked back at Rob proudly.
"I love her" Harry said sweetly as he to held his little sisters hand, she looked back at him.
"She has pretty eyes" Harry said sweetly. Karen was overwhelmed at the fact all her children were here in the same room.
"Mummy can we give her our presents now?" Jess asked sweetly.
"No I want to give them to her" Harry and Jess began to argue.
"Hey hey hey, you'll upset her. How about we open them together?" Karen suggested, rob took his little girl into his arms and gently rocked her whilst Karen opened up the gifts from her children. Karen looked up admiring her partner and baby daughter together.
"Mummy let's do this one first!" Harry demanded
"Alright Harry calm down" Jess giggled with excitement. Karen with help from Harry opened the present to reveal a gorgeous baby grow that was covered with a strawberry pattern.
"This is gorgeous you two" Karen held it up to show Rob who walked round still gently rocking his little girl.
"Good pick you two." They continued on through the presents, next was a sweet little bunny teddy whose inner ear was a sweet floral pattern, one ear even complete with a little bow.
"It's lovely and soft, I'm sure she'll love this"
"We named her Thumper"
"Oh sorry didn't realise she was a girl bunny" Karen giggled.
"We named her Thumper because Bambi was my favourite film when I was little, we thought she'd like it too. I'm going to watch it with her" Karen's heart melted, her children had been preparing for their little sister just as much as Rob and herself had been preparing for a daughter. Rob picked up the bunny and showed his little girl, her eyes were open wide and sparkly, "I think she likes it" rob declared. There were two more presents left, Karen opened the next one.
"I sense there being a theme of rabbits" Karen showed Rob.
"She'll be all cosy in that" they'd chosen a sweet little all one coat that resembled a little bunny.
"I chose that!" Harry quite proudly declared. The final present was opened, it was a sweet denim button up detailed dress. The sleeves were rimmed with floral fabric, there were two bunnies in the same pattern on the skirt of the dress and the bottom was rimmed with lace. This was Karen's personal favourite.
"You've spoilt her" Karen gave her two monkeys lots of hugs and kisses.
"Well aren't you a lucky little girl" rob talked to his daughter who was so content in his arms.
"Mummy what have you called her?" Jess asked the most important question, to be honest she was quite surprised it had taken them so long to ask them. "Well..." Karen paused and waited for Rob to have joined them on the bed still holding his little girl in his arms.
"Mummy and I decided on ..." In unison they told the children the name of their new sister.
"Darcy" Karen brushed her little girls cheek as she slowly dozed off to sleep.
"Darcy Eliza Scotcher" Karen carried on as her eyes remained fixed on their little girl.
"She looks like a Darcy" Harry added which made them all laugh.
"And what does a Darcy look like Harry?" Rob asked teasing him, but his reply they weren't expecting.
"Well beautiful. I'm your big brother Darcy and I will always protect you." Karen felt a tear slide down her cheek and she quickly wiped it away before squeezing her little boy.
"Darcy is perfect" Jess added in sweetly.
"Can I hold her?" Jess asked.
"Of course you can" rob passed his little girl into Jess's arms.
"Both arms out and make sure you support her head" Jess proudly looked up as Rob snapped a photo.
"She even smells lovely" Karen laughed,
"She's even better than I could have wished for" Karen was a mess at this point, it had been an emotional day and now she was listening to her daughter idolise the little sister she had always wanted. These were special mummy moments. Jess kissed the top of Darcy's head.
"Do you want to hold her Harry?" He nodded sweetly. Rob placed his little girl into Harry's arms and laughed at Harry's expression of I don't know what I'm doing but there is a baby in my arms.
"That expression sums up exactly how I feel being a new daddy" rob laughed.
"Yes but you're such a natural with her, she adores you" Karen commented sweetly as stroked his arm as the pair of them admired little Darcy in Harry's arms, this time Jess taking a photo of them all.
Darcy began to suddenly get fussy and Harry's expression was a picture as he almost outstretched his baby sister away from his body.
"It's ok bud, she's probably hungry"
"Again! I'd only just fed her before you all came" Karen had forgotten what all the feeding was like, it had been 7 years since her last baby.
"Alright Darcy, let's pass you to mummy." Rob then sat with Jess and Harry all piled on his lap in the one hospital chair in the room as Karen began to feed Darcy.
"Why aren't you giving her a bottle mummy?" Jess asked sweetly, Harry even put in his two pence.
"Jess always feeds her dollies a bottle"
"Well that's because I'm breastfeeding Darcy" Rob laughed, knowing how awkward and hilarious the next question was bound to be from Harry and the explanation he expected from Karen.
"What?" Was all Harry replied, almost outraged that Karen wasn't following the model of a child's toy.
"Well it means that the milk Darcy gets is from mummy's"
"Boobies" Jess shouted out hysterically which made Karen and Rob laugh out loud. Harry's face read disgust, it was quite sweet. Karen was also quite shocked at how knowledgable her not so little girl was.
A nurse entered the room,
"Sorry just to say visiting hours finish in 15 minutes"
"Thanks" rob politely replied. Harry and Jess clearly didn't want to leave.
"Right you two we are going to have to leave Darcy and mummy and go home" rob said saddened.
"But aren't they coming home with us?" Harry asked confused.
"Not tonight sweetheart, we'll be home tomorrow"
"Yes and we'll come and take them home after nanny, grandad, grandma..." Rob got interrupted by Jess.
"Grandma? Why is grandma coming?" Jess was being quite sweet.
"Not your Grandma, but Islas's grandma will. Cathy is Isla's grandma" Jess
Seemed to get it.
"And then I think auntie Emma, uncle Craig and Sarah may see us all at home."
"But I'll miss them too much in that time" Harry moaned sweetly.
"I know bud, but it won't be long once we are home we'll have a quick tea (don't tell mummy but a stop at macdonald's may happen) you'll go to sleep and before you know it we'll be back again" Harry and Jess seemed to accept it. They both gave a big hug and kiss to their mummy before kissing Darcy and putting on their coats whilst Rob said a special goodbye.
"You sure you two are going to be ok?"
"We'll be fine, won't we Darcy. I think you may have to give him a cuddle to convince him though" Karen passed their little girl to daddy for a goodbye cuddle.
"Come on you two coats or Rob won't be able to take you to macdonald's. By the way mister that was sneaky!"
"Well what can I say they deserved spoiling after their lovely gifts and being so good." Karen loved Rob so much, he passed her back Darcy before saying a final goodbye.
"I'm so proud of you. I know you're exhausted but we got our healthy, gorgeous girl. We got Darcy Eliza Scotcher."