"Mummy" Ayoko called out.
Kiyoshi rubbed his eyes with his tiny hands as his dad lifted him out of his crib.
"Mummy" Ayoko called out again.
"Let mummy sleep" Jellal asked as he reached back into the crib to grab his sons teddy bear.
Ayoko rested her head on Erza's leg; gently she began tapping her mummy's tummy.
"Mummy…" she whispered.
Erza eyes peered open to the sight of her daughter looking up at her with her deep brown eyes.
Ayoko noticed her mother had finally awoken, she began to jump up and down, calling out to her dad that she had succeed in what he had warned her not to.
"Morning" Jellal smiled
"Could you not sleep?" he questioned.
Erza shook her head; she didn't want to have to explain something to him that she didn't understand herself, besides it was probably nothing. She reasoned with herself that it was because she was sleep deprived…
"Why not have a few more hours sleep have, I can look after the twins while you rest"
"No, it's alright, I'll be fine"
"Mummy" Ayoko began to climb up her mother's leg.
"You need some rest Erza, let me run you a bath, have a few hours to yourself" Jellal persisted.
"Honestly I will be fine" she yawned.
Jellal shook his head and walked off to the bathroom with his son on his side.
"Jelly I appreciate the lovely thought but there is too much to do and…"
"Mummy…mummy…mummy" Ayoko lifted herself up so she was now sitting on her mother's knee.
Erza smiled down at her daughter's glowing smile, she cuddled her while rocking the chair.
"Erza!" Jellal suddenly called from the bathroom.
Erza scooped her baby in her arms before racing towards his call.
"What is it? What's wrong?" Erza looked around with worry.
Jellal stood holding Kiyoshi hands, the little boy wobbled as his father guided him forward.
Erza watched in confusion, Jellal slowly let his grip slide, Kiyoshi stood in the middle of the bathroom, upright on his own.
"He can stand on his own!" Erza's eyes began to fill.
"Not just that" Jellal smiled as he bent down onto his knees.
"Kiyoshi" he called.
The little boy slowly turned to the call, his dads arms were stretched out towards him. The baby smiled as he moved one foot forward before the other followed.
Both parents watched in amazement as their little boy took his first steps, Ayoko clapped her hands as her brother reached Jellal's arms.
Erza eyes poured, she was so proud, the joy in her heart was overwhelming, never had she felt this way before, her little boy could walk!
"Well done!" Erza began clapping along with Ayoko, Kiyoshi smiled, he too looked proud of his achievement. Jellal quickly wiped away a falling tear from his eye before throwing his boy in the air and joining in with the celebration.
Kiyoshi giggled while his sister pulled away from her mother's arms and wrapped herself around her father's leg.
"Daddy" she began tapping him to gain his attention.
Jellal lent down, picking up his little girl, before leaving the bathroom, allowing Erza to bathe while he got the twins dressed.
Erza left the door open a jar just in case Jellal called to her again, the bath was filled with heaps of white popping bubbles, he had poured bath salts in to the steamy hot water, Erza breathed out as she allowed her body to relax against the cushioned panel he had also placed onto the back of the bath.
Jellal ran the soft brush through Ayoko long purple hair, carefully he wrapped a white ribbon into it, she was always well behaved when it came to getting dressed, so long as it was dress she was begin put in, anything else she would throw a two hour tantrum. Erza and Jellal had decided to fill her whole wardrobe with every colour dress they could find and if it got cold they had decided to purchase some cardigan's to match each one of her outfits.
Ayoko wriggled down to go off and play with her toys.
"Kiyoshi" Jellal called out.
"Duck…duck…duck" Kiyoshi called out from behind the bathroom door.
Erza sat up as her son pushed the door open.
"Duck…" Kiyoshi repeated.
Erza sat in surprise as her son walked towards her.
"Jellal" she called out.
"His just said his first word!" Erza eyes filled once more as she explained to his father.
"Duck" Kiyoshi smiled before throwing his collection of water animals into the bath with his mum.
Erza guarded herself from the splashes as her son through more and more toys in with her.
"Duck…duck…duck" he repeated.
Jellal laughed along with Erza before picking him up and taking him back to the nursery.
Kiyoshi bounced around in his father's arms; Jellal placed his boy on to the changing mat, while Ayoko sat in the corner of the room talking to herself.
Jellal ensured he had everything before attempting to change the baby, Kiyoshi never enjoyed being changed, once his clothes were off he was happy to lay there in just his nappy.
Jellal leaned over, reaching for the talc, Kiyoshi began wiggling away, throwing his clothes onto the floor.
His dad leant down to pick them up, while using one arm to hold him, Kiyoshi noticed the talc which was now in his reach.
"Daddy" Ayoko called.
Jellal turned towards her, as she pointed to the corner; she began making babbling noises, like she was trying to tell him something. Her father just looked at her in confusion as she attempted to pronounce a new word.
"Hewa…Hewa…hewaaaa" she screamed and pointed but still her father's face showed nothing more than confusion.
"I'll be there in a minute, let me get your brother dressed" he smiled.
Maybe looking after both of them was a little too much he thought to himself.
He looked back down at his son but was greeted with sudden blast of talc to his face.
The powder clung to his long blue hair, Kiyoshi giggled in amusement.
"No" Jellal warned but failed as he started laughing to.
"Hewa…daddy…hewa" Ayoko tried to get her father's attention again, but he was occupied, she sat with a frown.
"Shhhh" a whisper called to her
"In time…" it spoke again to her.
Ayoko nodded her head, accepting the words of the one her mother called a stranger.
Jellal hooked the final button on Kiyoshi dungarees.
"All done" he smiled.
Kiyoshi reached his hand out towards his dad, Jellal leaned forward, the little boy placed his hand onto his father's cheek. The room fell silent as the baby looked into his father's eyes.
"Jellal?" Erza questioned as she entered the room in her shorts and t-shirt.
"Duck" Kiyoshi smiled, before pulling away from his father.
Jellal turned towards her, Erza smiled at the image that lay before her. Jellal's blue hair was covered in white powder while his shirt had little water marks on it from the pink baby lotion he had tried to rub onto his son.
"I'll make us breakfast while you change" she laughed.
Jellal looked down, noticing what she meant; he smiled before handing Kiyoshi over to her.
"What's that?" Erza questioned.
"What?" Jellal answered in confusion.
"On your face, you have rainbow hand print on your cheek…" she moved his face to the side to look at the funny marking closer.
"Kiyoshi placed his hand on me before you came in"
Erza checked her son's hands; there was no paint or colouring on his palms.
Jellal walked toward the mirror, the marking began to suddenly disappear, until it was no longer there.
"Maybe I placed my face in paint?" Jellal laughed
But Erza stood in confusion; again she checked the baby's palms, but still nothing, no markings, no colour, no paint.
"How?" she looked at her son.
Kiyoshi smiled and rested his head onto his mother's shoulder, like he understood what she was asking.
Erza lifted his palms onto her face, again and again she repeated the action, but no marking set on to her face.
How had he done that?
A/N: Hello there my readers, I am in such a great mood! Just seen the views this story is getting, wow! I am so pleased people are coming back to read the chapters, this must mean you like it right? Lol I never thought I would write anymore fanfiction after Freedom of Hearts but everyone on here is so supportive I cannot thank you all enough! :)
Well some news for you, I have entered a competition which needs to be complete in a week! Eeek O.O lol Got four storylines for it so still need to do a lot of planning, I'm not sure if it will be a Jerza fic yet but I will post more information next week on here, so watch this space ^.^
Anyways let's talk dates! Alright a lot of information to give you here, remember to breathe and blink :) Ok here we go…
Chapter five Parenting:
Will be posted here on Friday 19th April 2013
And the teaser will be posted on Facebook (Jerza forever) on Tuesday 16th April 2013, this can also be found on my twitter page tangledheartz
Lastly, this is a really long note O_O I would like to say THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH to all the people who left me reviews on the last chapter –takes deep breathe-
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Hope this chapter hasn't confused you too much lol anyway hope to see you all again soon remember…
Stay awesome, eat oreos and…
JERZA FOREVER ^.^