Hey friends! Sorry it has taken so long. Things have been crazy in real life with work, my mom in the hospital and I have hurt my left hand. Good news is we are leaving for Disney World on Friday! Let me know what you think of the chapter! I wanted you guys to meet Peter a little.
Jasmine laid beside Alana stroking the new born baby boy's hair as he ate from , her daughter, Alana.
"He is so perfect. " Alana cooed.
"I said that when you and your brothers we're born. " Jasmine smiled.
"We made a cute kid! " Peter chuckled from Alana's other side.
Was there any doubt? " Alana chuckled as she put the baby on her shoulder to burp him. The baby began to scream.
"I think he has both of our tempers. " Peter cringed.
"Poor kid. " Jasmine chuckled as Alana glared at her. The baby finally burped and went back to happily eating.
"He's a good eater. That he gets from me! " Peter said proudly. Jasmine and Alana laughed.
"Well he had to get something from me. He looks just like your brother. " Peter pouted.
"Which one? " Alana laughed.
"All of them! "
"He does look a little like the twins but he looks just like Akil! " Jasmine nodded.
"And Akil looks just like your dad !" Peter threw up his hands playfully. The baby had a head full of jet black hair and big brown eyes like his grandfat her and uncles. His skin tone was a shade lighter than Aladdin. Peter looked more like his father with sandy color hair and hazel eyes he did have a darker skin tone like his mother who was from Agrabah like Alana and her family.
"What are you going to name him? " Jasmine changed the subject.
"I love the name but you explain the name best. " Alana looked at Peter as she gave the baby to him.
"We chose the name AJ because even though he is not a junior it honors both of our fathers may he be strong and brave like Aladdin and stubborn and stands up for others like my dad ,Abraham. Hopefully he is not quite as stubborn." Peter smiled lovingly at AJ.
"That is a wonderful name! Aladdin will be honoured! " Jasmine gushed.
There was knock on the door. Aladdin poked his head in the door. Jasmine got up to greet him.
"Hey Laners you up to some visitors. There are two very excited boys that want to meet their nephew! " Aladdin grinned.
"Come in! " Alana gushed.
The two, shaggy haired, boys came in grinning like Aladdin.
"We need to get you two hair cuts! " Jasmine said and signed.
"We like our hair like this! " Jeremy whined and signed.
Jake made a fist and bounced it up and down agreeing with Jeremy. The two thirteen year olds decided they didn't want to have their hair like the other princes. Aladdin walked over to Peter and AJ was put into his arms.
"Wow good job princess! " Aladdin said softly then kissed Alana on the head.
"OK who wants to hold, what is his name? " Aladdin looked at Peter.
"AJ. " Peter looked down, shyly.
Jasmine explained what the name meant.
"Thank you so much you two. I am honored. " Aladdin gently hugged Peter and kissed Alana again.
"I want to hold him. " Jeremy sat down in the rocking chair besides Alana's bed.
Jasmine tucked a pillow under the teen's arm before Aladdin put the new born in the boys arms. The baby began to squim in his arms. Jeremy looked up for help.
"It's OK Jer babies are squimy. " Alana soothed the uncomfortable teen.
"So I'm doing this right? " Jeremy began rocking the chair and AJ stopped squirming.
"Just right. " Peter smiled.
"Your turn, Jakey! " Aladdin signed.
"I don't want to. "Jake signed and stepped back.
"Why not? " Alana signed.
Jake shrugged . Alana patted the spot where Jasmine had been laying. Jake went and sat down besides her. Jasmine handed AJ to Alana. Alana took Jake's hand and placed it on AJ's tummy. AJ began to squim again until Alana made Jake's hand rub AJ's tummy.
"See he is not going to hurt you and your not going to hurt him. " Alana looked Jake in the eye. Peter smiled.
Aladdin wrapped his arms around Jasmine. He was so lucky to have such an amazing family. Aladdin liked Peter he loved Alana very much and he could tell that Peter was already in love with AJ.
AJ had just turned one when Alana had gotten that awful news. Peter had disappeared during a blackout. He was working with the Royal guard when he disappeared. Alana got the news the next morning. She became inconsolable . She tried to get up get to get AJ but ended up calling her mom to come get him because she couldn't get out of bed. Jasmine took AJ to Aladdin and came back to sit with Alana. Alana felt like her heart would never heal.
Alana had an hour left in her shift when she heard about the baby with smoke damage being brought in from Arendelle. She wasn't sure why the King of Auoradon was here to see the girl. Then they brought in the guy that saved the little girl. She recognize him. She remembered Jay from high school. Of course back in high school she didn't want the son of Jarfar anywhere near her home or brothers. Her parents invited Jay over about eight months after he was in Auoradon. Jay he was very confident at school flirting with all the girls but at their home Jay was shy and very unsure of himself. He did ask Alana's parents if there was anything he could do to make up for what his dad did to them. They told Jay that they didn't blame him for what Jarfar did.
Jay was in bad shape. His lungs were filled with smoke, he had used his shirt to cover the baby's face. His body was covered in scratches and his right shoulder rotary cuff torn. Apparently Jay had to climb a tree very quickly to get away from a car explosion carrying the baby and had to stay in the tree for a couple of hours until help could get him.
Alana made the little girl , no more than a year old, as comfortable as she could and then had to play the dreaded waiting game. She hoped the little girl would make it but her chances weren't good. If she made it twenty four hours her chances would increase. Alana noticed that the King was still hanging around the pediatric ICU
"Can I help you find someone, your majesty? " Alana walked up behind him.
"Yes I'm looking for an update on a little girl that was brought in tonight. She had been in a car accident. My brother pulled her from the burning car but I was told that she was brought up here so I'm guessing not very good. " Ben looked very sad.
"Your majesty you don't have a brother " Alana looked confused.
"Well Jay is like a brother to my wife. So he is like a brother to me. Jay disappeared for a while but we understood that he wanted to work things out himself. He was so guilt ridden that he missed watching our daughter grow that he took her out the whole day and she cried when he left her. Jay called to say good bye when he was sitting in a tree holding a little girl he pulled from a burning car. So yes I have a brother. " Ben finished proudly.
"Jay sounds like he has changed since high school" Alana raised her eyebrows.
"No he has always been like this he just chose not to show himself. " Ben explained. Alana watched as their King walked away his shoulders slightly slumped with worry for his friend.
It had been a week since Jay and the baby, they found out her name was Atalie, had been in the hospital. Jay still had not woke up from his coma. His brain activity was responding to voices and stimulus but he just wasn't waking up. Alana was Jay and Atalie's doctor both we're improving but not as quickly as their friends would have liked. Alana entered Jay's room to see the former Queen gently rubbing Jay's hand as she humed. Evie was in another chair beside Jay holding Jay's other hand and holding a tiny baby in her other arm. Alana smiled at them both as she came to the foot of Jay's bed.
"How old is your baby? " Alana asked softly.
"He is a week old. I know he is not suppose to be up here but my husband had a family emergency and I really wanted to see Jay. Please let me stay I haven't got to see him since this happened. " Evie was almost in tears.
"It's OK ! No he's not suppose to be up here but I understand besides the little cutie isn't causing any trouble! " Alana soothed.
"Thank you! I won't stay much longer" Evie promised.
"I just want to listen to his lungs. " Alana walked and pulled out her stethoscope.
Belle stepped aside and Alana slipped her stethoscope under Jay's hospital gown to listen to Jay's lungs. They was still a little rattling ing his chest but it was clearing up which is what she wanted to hear. Atalie had improved also. Alana was surprised to see intense dark brown eyes staring at her when she finished listening to his chest. His eyes were confused but a smirked played on his lips.
"I'm sure it was a surprise to wake up and have someone leaning over you. " Alana smiled.
"Who are you? " Jay croaked.
"My name a Alana . I' m your respiratory therapist. We are very happy you decided to wake up." Alana introduced smiling .
"I'm Jay. " He tried to smile.
"I know we have been waiting for you to wake you. " Alana smiled. This was the flirting Jay she remembered.
"We are very happy you are awake!" Belle poured Jay a cup of water. She walked over to the bed and put the straw to Jay's mouth. Jay took a long drink of the cool liquid, it felt wonderful on his dry throat. Belle gentle pulled the straw from his mouth. She rubbed the crease on his forehead as he frowned at her.
"Not to much love, I don't want you getting sick." Belle soothed. She had come to love the first VKs like they were her own children.
"How is the girl? " Jay's voice was still horse.
"She is a fighter like you. " Evie joined them at the bed. Alana watched as Jay's eyes lit up. Even though Jay was her patient she hoped when he was released that she could get to know him better.
The day Jay was released from the hospital he asked Alana on a date. It was the first date she had been on since Peter disappeared, that had been a year ago. Alana was a little surprised that Jay wanted to foster Atalie. The little one year old had become a favorite of the pediatric bybut she needed constant care and Jay was still healing himself. What really surprised Alana was she found herself offering to help take care of the little girl and Jay . She wasn't sure how she was going to work, take care of her two year old AJ plus a sickly one year old and Jay but she had found herself offering her help very easily. She didn't expect to to fall in love with Jay but she did and it was because Jay fell in love with AJ first. He treated AJ so kindly. When Jay and Atalie moved in Jay brought AJ a small practice shield. AJ's new thing was he really like tourney. Alana guessed it all started when Jasmine and Aladdin took AJ to see the homecoming game. AJ love watching his Uncle Jeremy play tourney. When Jay was still healing he would take AJ to watch Jeremy practice. He even let AJ call him daddy when Atalie started speaking. They had been dating each other a little over a year.
Alana had butterflies in her stomach as she watched AJ happily eat his breakfast. Today AJ was going to meet Peter. Peter's parents demanded that she bring AJ to see Peter. Peter already knew about Jay. Alana didn't think Peter was very happy about Jay but he didn't really say anything. No matter what Peter's parents said Peter had changed and him seeing AJ made her very nervous.
"Are you ready to see your dad today, buddy? " Alana picked up AJ's cereal bowl.
AJ look confused as Jay walked in carrying Atalie. Jay was the only dad AJ knew.
"AJ you are going to meet your dad. His name is Peter and he hasn't seen you since you were one ." Alana explained.
"I'm almost four!" AJ said proudly . He would be four in two months.
"I know it is hard to believe! " Alana chuckled.
"Is Jay coming? " AJ looked at Jay.
"Not today but your dad is going to love meeting you." Jay ruffled AJ's hair.
"Have you met him? " AJ looked curiously.
"I have and you are going to like him. " Jay said convincingly.
AJ looked a little happier as Alana took him to get ready. After Alana and AJ got ready AJ gave Jay a big hug and Alana hugged and kissed Jay. She also kissed Atalie on the head.
"It is going to be OK. I love you and will see you guys when you get home" Jay kissed her again.
"I love you too! See you soon. " Alana said bravely.