One and Only

Chapter 34

Avaa POV (continued)

I must've fallen asleep in the middle of reading through my the files because the next thing I knew, the alarm on my was going off. I reached over and aimlessly pressed at the screen to cut it off, but I couldn't seem to find the 'stop' button.

Ugh

I groaned and opened my eyes to properly stop the noise, but it wasn't my morning alarm to wake up. I blinked a few times to gather my bearings and looked again- it was an alarm from the baby camera app on my phone. It alerted any connected devices and the main screen when there was an issue. I read the notification and it said 'motion detected' in the nursery, so I logged into the app to see what was wrong and Khalil popped up on the screen. He was changing one of the boys at the changing table and dancing with him. Then I noticed movement in Kylei's crib, letting me know that she'd woken up. I pushed the chair back from the desk and went upstairs to the nursery. I picked Ky up from her crib and she turned her head to my boobs and stuck her tongue out, which was her way of telling me that she was hungry, so I sat in the rocking chair and pulled out my boob and she latched right on.

"Dada is gonna wake up soon and he'll be hungry too" Khalil said and as if on cue, Kingsley started making little noises in his crib, "right on time" he chuckled.

"Is there any more breast milk in the mini fridge?" I asked and Khalil shook his head, "nah Bear got the last bag of milk."

"Ok, can you pass him to me, I'll just breastfeed him" I said and he placed Kingsley in my other arm and slid the boppy around me to help cradle the both of them while they ate. "There is more breast milk in the freezer downstairs, if you want to restock this fridge with a few bags and I'll pump more later."

"I'll do it in the morning" he said and I nodded my head and leaned back into the rocking chair. Khalil was still holding Jr. in his arms, but since he'd fallen back asleep, Khalil laid him back in his crib and made himself comfortable on the floor. "Did you finish reading all your files?"

"No, I fell asleep on the desk and got woken up by the camera notification. I'm going back down after these two are done."

"Why don't you just come to bed? Its already 3 in the morning and you've been down there since 10, if you don't get sleep now, you'll be dog tired for your first day back."

"But, babe, I have to finish reading-" I tried to argue, but Khalil cut me off.

"Not to mention we're already running on less sleep because of the babies. Can't you read the rest when you get in tomorrow?"

"I mean yeah, but that's not the po-"

"Then come to bed...please...I can't sleep when you're not in bed with me" he stuck his bottom lip out and I blew out a sigh, "ok, ok." I said and he got a big smile on his face. Big baby.

Kingsley unlatched himself from my boob and snuggled against my body with his eyes closed. I looked down at him and just admired his tiny features. Over the past few weeks, he's actually begun to look more like me, but he still had Khalil's lips and often cracked the same half smile that his Daddy did. Meanwhile, Jr. was still a spitting image of his Daddy and Ky was a mix of the both of us- I think she looks slightly more like Khalil, but he says she looks just like me. Khalil got off the floor and took him out of my arms to burp him as Kylei finished eating as well. I laid her on my chest and patted her back to get her to burp, which didn't take long and soon after she'd drifted back to sleep listening to the sound of my heartbeat. I checked her diaper and placed her back in her crib upon realizing it was clean, while Khalil carried Kingsley to the changing table.

"You bet not pee on me Dada" I heard Khalil whisper to Kingsley making me laugh a little.

"I'll be in bed baby" I whispered loud enough for him to hear.