Gen 2 - Chapter 11: A Mother's Worry

The last few weeks have passed in a blur, what with the twins birthdays, Kayleigh starting school and my maternity leave ending. I have been working four days a week from 8:30 until 6pm, it means less time at home, but at least I get to send Kayleigh off to school each morning and be home in time to help put her and the twins to bed. Jacob has been working the early shift, so has been home by 2pm each day to relieve the sitter and take care of the kids. The twins are growing so much, they have started taking a few steps on their own, it was a little later than normal but we weren't too worried. They are gorgeous and so different from each other, yet they have to be around each other all the time. We have had to move their cribs side by side just to get them to settle properly each night, and when we have been to check on them we have found them sound asleep holding each others hand. I love watching their little personalities grow.

Today was a busy day at work, lots of discharges to write up and handing out plenty of medication, and just catching up with everyone. With it being so busy the day flew by and it was soon time to go home to my brood.

When I got home Jacob was bathing the twins and Kayleigh was in her room, I had noticed she seemed to be spending a lot of her time in there. Whenever I got home from work she would be in her, either with kitty or reading. I popped my head round the door and said hi to Jacob and the twins who were laughing happily in the bath and headed up to see how Kayleigh's day at school was.

I found her sitting on her bed watching one of her SimBie DVDs, I waited while she paused it before speaking. I asked her what lessons she had been having and if she had made any new friends, she told me that she was enjoying art, and that her teacher was really nice. She seemed a little quiet when saying that she only played with kitty, so rather than push her I decided to leave it, she would talk to me when she was ready. I told her to get showered and changed into her pyjamas ready for bed.

By the time I had finished chatting to Kayleigh Jacob had already finished bathing the twins and was just getting them changed and ready for their bottles. I made my way downstairs to grab them from the fridge and heat them up, they refused to drink them cold. I took the bottles up and handed them to the twins, while they drank them I gave Jacob a cuddle and asked how his day was, since his promotion we rarely saw each other at work anymore, let alone at home. All our time at home was spent taking care of our three beautiful children.

I was about to give him a kiss when I felt a tug on my trouser leg, I looked down and saw Melody smiling up at me, I scooped her up and kissed the top of her head. I looked at her and let out a small laugh, she was babbling away like anything in the hopes that I could understand. I just smiled again, nodded my head and said "Oh really". After our little chat I gently placed her in her crib while Jacob sorted Mason out, I kissed them both and quietly left the room.

With it being the end of the working week I thought it would be a nice time for us to let our hair down with a couple of drinks by candle light in the garden. The sun was setting beautifully in the distance and some birds seemed to have nested in our cherry tree, a perfect setting for our evening. I poured us both a glass of red wine and joined Jacob on our new cedar decking, I had to move the pillow as I always found it uncomfortable when I sat down on the swing seat.

I looked at Jacob as he sipped his wine, his eyes reflecting warmly in the candlelight, we exchanged gossip for a while. He told me about the lady who was too heavy for the stretcher and the man who cut his leg off in a freak accident, I find that I'm a very good audience I "oohed" and "aahed" in all the right places. Then I told him about Brenda on Ward C who is having a baby but even she isn't sure of the Dad so we have been trying to guess, my vote is for Alphonso the scary looking Radiologist. I left my biggest concern until last though. I explained that I had a suspicion that something was wrong with Kayleigh, that she seemed to be a bit withdrawn. He told me that he would keep an eye out when was with her and see if he noticed anything. I felt reassured as he spent more time with her than I did, I knew he would notice if anything was wrong, at least I hoped he would.

I took a sip of my wine and snuggled closer to him, he enveloped me in a kiss and suggested we take a shower. Mmmmm that sounded good, we hadn't really been able to have any alone time for a while. His hands were cold against my skin as he helped me out of my clothes. The steam filled the bathroom, as I rubbed Shower Gel onto my body, Jacob's stubble brushed against my shoulder as his hands moved around to my stomach. He nibbled and kissed my neck ever so gently, his hands moving lower with every kiss..........

Stay tuned for chapter 12 :)