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“I hate this part,” Em whispers, watching as the girls are rolled out in clear bassinets. “I heard this would happen, but it sucks.”
I kiss her head and stroke her arm. “I know, but they’ll be back soon with a clean bill of health, and we won’t have to be apart from them again.”
She nods, tears in her deep blue eyes.
“I was thinking… for their names. I know we talked about a couple different names, but what about Charlotte Reed Adams, and Quinn Allie Adams?” she asks.
Fuck, naming the girls after Reed and Allie? Nothing in the world would make me happier. We both have such close relationships with our siblings, it makes perfect sense that our girls have a piece of them too.
“That’s perfect, Em.”
She nods, a small smile tugging at her lips. “I think so too. I think it fits them.”
“Me too.”
Her eyes hold mine for a moment, and she opens her mouth to speak but then closes it.
It feels like there’s so much to say, and so much I want to say, but I want to hold on to this moment.
An hour later, the nurse wheels Charlotte and Quinn back into the room, then places them in my arms. The nurse leaves a few things for Em then exits, leaving us all alone for the very first time. I’m sitting right next to Emery, who’s dozed off from pure exhaustion. She tried to keep her eyes open as long as she could, but her body needed rest. She just did the most incredible thing in the world, birthing our babies, and she needs to replenish her energy.
Plus, it gives me a second with the girls before they become Mama’s girls.
With Charlotte on my left, and Quinn on my right, I watch them as their little lips pucker in sleep, dreams dancing behind their eyes. Well, at least I think that babies dream.
“I feel like I’ve waited so long for this moment, but now that you’re here, it feels like I don’t have long enough with you. Before I’ve got to share you with everyone else. That sounds selfish, I know. I just… I don’t want to share you just yet. Only with your mama.”
When I look up, I see Em’s eyes open, staring directly at me, filled with tears.
I grin. “I can’t believe we get to be parents to these beautiful girls.” I lean down again, pretending to whisper to them, “I know you probably don’t know this yet, but you’ve got the most beautiful mama in the world, and you look just like her. Except, I think you’re even prettier.”
Emery laughs. “Always the Casanova, Adams.”
Shrugging, I stand carefully and walk the girls over to Em, gently setting them in her arms.
She stares at them both, love and adoration in her eyes, and I’m so proud in this moment to be their dad.
To be her partner, in whatever sense.
One thing I know, without a doubt and with upmost certainty, I’m in love with Emery Davidson, and I won’t stop until she’s mine and our family is together, just the way it should be.
