March 2, 2012
Alexandria, Virginia
"Here, let me take that." Spencer offered to take her go-bag as the couple headed up the walkway towards their house.
Leah handed it to him without protest. Contrary to what her surrogate father had believed, she had been none too thrilled to find herself in New Haven again. She was dog-tired.
But she was happy.
She was back home with her marvelous husband, and she free to act as if he were her husband. She was free to tell Spencer about every little move that all of their septuplets made inside of her. She didn't have to hide any of it here, like she did from the team.
Once inside, she headed straight for the refrigerator. She was tired, yes, but she was also starving. She commandeered a bowl of left-over pasta and slumped into a chair at the table to eat it, staring mindlessly at the refrigerator door while she did so.
She focused her eyes w=once she started feeling cross-eyed. They landed on her rainbow drawing. Leah stared hard at that middle line, green, her favorite.
There was something about the color green in a rainbow, and, though the drawing didn't do it justice, Leah was saving that line for something extra-special, but what? She continued staring at it and thought about it the whole time she ate. She got up when she was finished and put her dishes in the dishwasher.
Turning back around, the perfect thing came to her. She picked up a pencil and wrote in a decisive hand, "my family."
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