She was quite surprised when she noticed that her sister was asleep on the stretcher next to Mon-el, because she did not seem to have stayed to accompany him, but seemed to be there fot another reason and, the truth is that she was afraid of that fact, because she did not know the reasons, which is why she decided to look for her older sister, trying to find a logic to what was happening, but soon her eyes met Kon-el, who was sitting in one of the chairs watching them to both.
She sighed, maybe he knew the reasons why Kaelah was lying there, which made her enter the room, getting him to look at her, but she could not take her eyes off the young woman.
"What happened?" she asked directly.
"She was drunk" he said pointing to her. "When I arrived at the apartment she was already like that, I decided to bring her here" he explained, getting her to look at her sister with concern, since when did Kaelah do that?
She had never done it before, never before decided to get drunk to turn off and hide her feelings, she would have risked saying that her sister never would have done it, but apparently she was wrong.
She approached the young woman to stroke her hair, getting her to move angrily, as if she wanted to avoid being touched, which made her laugh as she pulled away, watching her older sister at the door, who smiled slightly at the scene before getting closer.
"Kara, she is pregnant, don't take into account the bad mood" Alex commented with a laugh, but she did not laugh but looked at her trying to understand the situation. "She's okay, they both are fine" her sister reassured her at the same time she placed her hand on the girl's belly.
"In which month is she?" She questioned with a smile.
"Three months, there are three more" Alex answered "I already understand perfectly how your pregnancies work" she smiled proudly of herself, which made her laugh before focusing on listening to the heartbeat of that little boy or girl, who would soon be among them.
She could not deny it, the baby's heartbeat was strong, enough, and the truth is that it surprised her that her sister had not said anything about her being pregnant, which made her rethink if in fact, she did not know this reality .
"I have another good news," Alex said. "Mon-el is beginning to react, he is likely to wake up soon," she explained, looking at Kon-el, who nodded, stirring his younger brother's hair.
She smiled, her sister was going to find even more reasons to return to being as she had always been, to return to focus on the twins and the baby who was on the way. She kissed her forehead before caressing her face and leaving there.
My head hurt and I would not risk saying that it was too much, so I refused to open my eyes, not when I was aware of the amount of light that illuminated the room, because I knew I would not be able to stand it. Finally I decided to open them, having to blink several times while holding my hand to cover me, listening to the laughter of Kon-el, who did not hesitate to grab my arm to push it away.
"The hangover isn't so cool, why not?" He asked me making me shake my head. "Are you going to do it again?" He questioned in a mocking tone, but I shook my head again, because no, I was not going to do it. "I didn't believe otherwise" he laughed, stirring my hair. "There is one, well, two, good news" he smiled looking at Mon-el. "He is beginning to react to stimuli, he may wake up soon" he explained to what I could not help smiling, unable to believe that this was true.
"And the second one?" I asked in a whisper, it hurt to speak.
"There's a baby in here," he said pointing at my bellu, causing me to bring my hands to it, trying to prove it was true, closing my eyes with the intention of finding its heartbeat.
"There is a baby ..." I began to cry without being able to avoid it.
"How did you not notice in these three months?" He asked me, but it took me a while to answer him, because I was overwhelmed by the fact of the baby's heartbeat.
"I was stressed and depressed, I didn't stop to think it could be a baby" I answered still with tears in my eyes. "Is he or she fine?" I asked knowing all the things I had done wrong during these first three months of pregnancy .
"It's a girl" I heard Alex speak. "And she's perfect" she communicated getting me to calm down, it was a relief to think that nothing had happened. "She's strong, Kaelah" she smiled at me approaching.
"Is it true about Mon-el?" I asked, waiting for an affirmation, noting how he smiled slightly.
"It is, but you can see for yourself" she pointed, making me look towards the stretcher.
I could not avoid the tears again, starting to cry while trying to sit up, because the smile on his face was one of the most reassuring I had ever seen in my life. I did not need much to know what he had heard the conversation, at least the end, because the moment I was at his side, he did not hesitate to put his hand on my belly.
"I have to scold you too" he whispered seriously, I bowed my head, he had heard it from before. "Did you get drunk last night?" he asked, so I nodded, because despite not remembering much, I was sure I did that. "Why?" He questioned raising an eyebrow.
"You've been in a coma for two months and I ..." I did not know how to continue the sentence.
"She has neglected herself during this time, right, Kaelah?" Kon-el completed as I nodded. "She started changing for the children, but ... yesterday ... I think she couldn't stand it anymore" he explained at the same time that the tears reappeared in my eyes.
Mon-el hugged me allowing me to rest my head on his shoulder, I could start sobbing, yes, the previous day had not been able to do more with what was happening, with thinking that he was not going to wake up and that had been the reason why I had chosen to end up drinking, to numb my thoughts and feelings, but I did not get it either, not to mention what it took me to do. At the moment when the blurred memories were making their way into my mind, I raised my head slightly to look at Kon-el, who seemed to understand why I was looking at him, as he made a gesture indicating that he was not going to say nothing, which made me whisper a "thank you" while putting my head back on his chest.
"I have to do a couple of tests to verify that everything is in order" Alex said with the intention that I separated from him, but I did not want to do it, because I was afraid that when I returned he was not awake.
However, when my sister came into the room communicating that my parents were here with the children, I had to leave. I watched as both children ran to hug my legs, with a smile on their face as they began to tell what happened that night, getting me to smile without being able to avoid it, because they were so excited about it.
I sighed, maybe it was not the best time to do it and, maybe, I should wait for Mon-el, but I could not hold it any longer, so after sitting on the floor in a way that I could be equal to both, I smiled, placing my hand on my belly.
"Do you know what's in here?" I asked getting curious glances from the twins, who did not hesitate to place their hands next to mine as if in that way they were to know. "There is a baby" I whispered making they both to look at me. "You are going to have a little sister" I told them, watching how Kaia squinted trying to understand the situation before returning her hand to where it had been before.
"How did she get there?" The question was Kyron's and, after hearing my sister's laughter, I decided to sit up, holding their hands, not sure what I could answer.
"Who wants to go see daddy?" I asked trying to change the subject.
Both nodded excitedly at the proposal and I could not help but feel relieved that the question had been forgotten. I went with them to the room, waiting to get permission from Alex to be able to enter with the children, so that until she did not nod, I did not go inside.
I watched as Mon-he smiled when he saw them enter, getting excited the moment the twins asked to be seated on the bed, so with help from Alex, I sat them, unable to avoid smiling the moment they both embraced their father.
I turned to my parents when I knew they wanted to talk to me, allowing my mother to hug me tight against her, smiling when I separated from her.
"Is it a smile?" Asked my father holding my face. "Congratulations, sweetheart" he whispered placing his hand on my belly before hugging me, resting my head on his shoulder.
"Daddy" I heard Kyron call. "How did a baby get into mommy's belly?" he asked getting me to laugh as a result of the face of Mon-el, who looked at the child without knowing what he could answer. "Has she eaten the baby?" he asked alarmed.
"No, baby," he denied, holding back his laughter, infected by everyone else. "It's ..." he did not answer anything because of the interruption of Kaia.
"Are you going to return home with us?" Kaia asked. "Mommy has missed you and I, and Kyron" she commented.
"I'm coming back home, princess," he brushed the hair out of her face before hugging both children, whispering something to them.
"Mommy" they both called me, so I approached them, hugging them both as I felt the arms of Mon-el surrounding me.
"I love you, Kaelah" he whispered in my ear before kissing my cheek, making me smile.
"I love you too" I whispered back without being able to stop smiling.
Thank you for reading,
Ayrin