Four weeks later
I groaned and sat up. I felt like a whale but then I thought about how Addison must feel and I felt better. Which sounds awful I know, but it was true. I was twenty one weeks pregnant and the twins were very active. They were always fighting each other. Addison went on maternity leave last week so things at work were pretty boring for me. Addison had become my best friend. Callie and I were pretty close now too. But Addison was my best friend. I had never associated myself with girls before Anthony, Trenton, and Mason came along. I had never had a girl best friend growing up in Alabama. There was too much drama. But now I bonded over having kids. My kids had become my life. I used to be some crazed workaholic, but now I spent a ton of time with my kids. Running Mason to baseball and Anthony to soccer. Taking care of Trenton was almost a full time job. He was out of the hospital now thankfully and they hadn't found anymore cancer. The oncologist had declared him cancer free. We were ecstatic and now all of our attention was focused on getting ready for the twins to arrive. We still hadn't officially picked out names. Of course we were still letting Trenton pick the boy's name. Of course Cooper and I had the final say, but we were letting him come up with the names and then the whole family would vote. Tonight Trenton was going to submit his final choices and we'd vote tonight. No one had even really started thinking about what to name the girl. Cooper still really liked Athena but I wasn't so sure. I finished up my work at the office and headed out. I stopped by Addison and Mark's house on my way back to our home. Addison opened the door when I rang the bell. She looked tired. Her hair was pulled up into a messy bun, her tshirt hardly fit over her stomach anymore.
"Hey Charlotte." She said.
"How are you?" I asked.
"Exhausted and fat. You?"
"Same." I laughed. Whitney came into the living room.
"Aunt Charlotte!" She exclaimed wrapping me in a hug.
"Hey kiddo. How are you?" I asked.
"Great! I love having momma home." Whitney beamed. I smiled.
"Where's Nathan?" I asked.
"He's upstairs playing with his cars. Do you want me to go get him?" She asked.
"Sure." I said grinning. Whitney nodded and ran upstairs. I smiled.
"Addison, your kids are more and more adorable each day." I told her. Addison smiled and rubbed her stomach.
"Thanks. Nathan worries me though. He's going through this stage where he doesn't talk to anyone but Whitney. I can't get him to say anything, neither can Mark." Addison told me worriedly.
"Maybe he's worried that you won't love him anymore once the triplets come?" I suggested. Addison frowned.
"I hope that's not it. I will always love him. He's my Nate Nate." Addison said.
"You should talk to him and remind him that you'll always love him. We had the same problem with Mason before Anthony came along." I told her. Addison nodded.
"Thanks Charlotte." Addison said. I smiled.
"Anytime." I assured her. Whitney came into the living room with Nathan. Nathan smiled when he saw me.
"Hey Aunt Charlotte." He said. I smiled.
"Hey Nathan. High five little man?" I asked. Nathan nodded and gave me a high five. My phone rang and I answered it.
"Charlotte?" Cooper asked.
"Yeah Coop?" I asked.
"It's Anthony." He said.
"What happened?" I asked.
"He fell at soccer practice. Landed on his arm. Looks like a pretty nasty break. He's in a lot of pain." Cooper said.
"Oh my baby boy. Are you guys at St. Ambrose?" I asked.
"Yeah in the ER." Cooper said.
"Where are Mason and Trenton?" I asked.
"They're at Sam and Naomi's house." Cooper said.
"Okay, I'm coming." I said and hung up.
"What is it?" Addison asked.
"Anthony fell and broke his arm pretty bad." I told her.
"Oh my gosh. Poor Anthony." Addison said sadly. I nodded.
"I gotta go be with him. Cooper said he was in a lot of pain." I told her standing up from the couch. Nathan and Whitney gave me a hug.
"Tell Anthony I hope he feels better soon." Whitney said. I smiled.
"I will sweetie. Bye Addison." I said and left. When I got to the ER I found Anthony and Cooper in a bed near the nurse's station. Anthony was moaning and crying in pain. Cooper was trying but failing miserably at getting him to calm down. I sighed and sat down next to Anthony's bed. I took his unwrapped hand and held it tight. I stoked his hair with my other hand.
"Momma it hurts." Anthony cried.
"Shh, baby I know. I know baby. I'm so sorry. It's going to be okay. I pinky promise." I said softly. Anthony whimpered.
"When are they coming to set his arm?" I asked.
"They're still waiting on the x-ray results to come back in." Cooper told me. I sighed and moved my hand down from Anthony's hair to stroke his tearstained cheek. Callie came over to us with Anthony's x-rays.
"How does it look?" I asked.
"Bad. His radius is broken clean through and his elbow is fractured. I need to go in and reset the radius." Callie said.
"When?" Cooper asked.
"Right now." Callie replied. I nodded and kissed Anthony on the forehead.
"Let's do this." I said. Anthony glanced nervously at Callie.
"I want green." Anthony told her. Callie smiled.
"I can do that for you." She said. Anthony smiled slightly and nodded.