I'll Fight Hell to Hold You

Talking To Gene(Eric P.O.V)

I woke up in the hotel two days later after I walked out on Gene. I still love Gene very much and believe it or not I do miss him. Picking up my phone, I read all the texts from him before listening to my voicemails. Sucking in  deep breath, I call my husband. 

"Gene, I love you. Give me until the end of the week and I'll come home." "I should have talked to you first but I didn't."

"Eric, if you need time that's fine. I just want to know what I did wrong." 

"It's the fact I feel you tricked me into getting pregnant so soon after the twins were born. I know it took both of us but I still feel betrayed. I need to work through this, okay?" "If you want to come talk to me, I'll send you the address."

Waiting for a response, I hear my oldest twins calling for me. I start crying over the phone. "Mama's here, babies. Don't cry!" I'm sniffling by now. "Geneie, I'm on my way home!"

"Baby, I'll be here." "I promise you we'll talk about it when you get home."

I hang up and head to the bathroom to shower and shave. Speaking of shaving, Tommy needs one badly but I understand why Paul won't let him.

My suitcase is still packed so all I have to do when I finish is grab it and head to the lobby.

On my home, I stop at the mall to buy make up gifts for the ones I love dearly. Gene loves sweets so I buy the biggest box of chocolates I can find. For Draco I get a huge dinosaur and for Delilah I find a huge pink unicorn. Jason and Jenny get smaller stuffed animals. 

As soon as I drive up, Draco toddles out to me and I pick him up. His eyes light up at the bag of toys. "Let's go inside and I'll give you the present."

Gene takes me, Draco and the bag in his arms as soon as I open the door. I reluctantly let go of Gene to hand out the presents. The unicorn and dinosaur are bigger than the twins. To mine and Gene's surprise, Delilah wants the dinosaur while Draco claims the unicorn. "Mama! 'in' "!(Pink) exclaims Draco." 'retty(pretty)!"

"Well, I guess Draco likes pink." laughs Gene. He points to Delilah who has the bright blue dinosaur in her arms. " 'Boo(blue)" she cries.

I hand Gene the chocolate as we walk to the couch. He starts apologizing to me and I let him. When he finishes I say my peace. We come to an agreement. We will continue to be intimate but we will only try for another child when we are both ready.

After a late lunch of chicken nuggets and mac-n-cheese, I call Paul to tell him I'm home. He laughs when I tell him about the stuffed animals.

"Hannah adores blue. "Rory favors pink and Tay's obsessed with red. I think Mady just likes whatever's handy. She does love Tom's tartan quilt though. It's red and black."

I hang up after talking to Tommy for a  few minutes and then go outside to find my oldest son crying because the pink roses are wilted. "Mama! No f'ower!" "Dead!" he sobs.

Oh boy! My 20 pound baby boy is a sensitive soul. Taking Draco in my arms, I sing him a lullaby.

"Draco, we can see the flower tomorrow. It sleeps at night, okay?"

"S'eepy? Tired?"

"Yes, sweetheart, it's tired."

Rocking Draco in the porch swing, I wait until he's asleep to carry him inside. "Geneie, our baby boy's a sensitive soul " I told him about the roses.

"Just like you Eric. " "I love that about you."

I let Gene tuck him into bed beside Delilah while I check on Jason and Jenny. 

Before drifting off to sleep, I kiss my family and count my blessings. I fall asleep happy.