Battle Scars

Chapter 22

                                Alyx's POV
"Have they eaten yet?"

"Yeah. I gave them bottles about an hour ago. They're getting another one in an hour or two."

"Y-you'll show me how to make them right?"

"Yes. Of course."

"H-how do I feed them at the same time?"

"I'll help. You can't feed them all at the same time. You don't have enough hands."

"I-I'm sorry. I don't know what I'm doing."

"And that's okay. I didn't know what I was doing with Pixella. I haven't had triplets so this is new for me too. Your doctor will be in soon to check on you. How do you feel? Any pain?"

"Kinda. My stomach feels strange."

"That's normal. Are you relieved now that they're here?"

"Yeah. I am. I've been waiting to hold them."

Pixella and Rosemary ran into the room. Asher's mom was right behind them.

"Mommy!"

"Hi girls! Hey Sharon!"

"Can we see?!"

"I wanna see!"

"Okay. Okay. Relax."

Asher picked the girls up and put them on the bed.

"This is your sister Kairi. And these are your brothers Knox and Deven."

"They went with the girl name we picked!"

"Yay! They picked her name!"

"Shhhh. We don't want to scare them."

"Okay."

They got closer and started looking at their siblings closer. I moved the blanket away from Kairi's face. Rosemary reached out.

"Oh no. Don't touch her face Rose."

Asher showed her how she could touch her.

"Gently. Don't touch her face or head."

"How do you feel Alyx?"

"Sleepy. Very sleepy."

"That's normal."

My doctor came in and explained everything to me. Asher showed me how to make their bottles and how to feed them. I was starting to feel uncomfortable but I didn't want to put my little ones down.

"Here, Alyx get some sleep. Your body needs it."

"They're so cute though."

Asher walked up to me and took them away from me.

"Hey!"

"Lyx go to sleep."

"Okay. Okay. I'll try."

I laid down on my back. I fell asleep. 

                          Asher's POV
Pixella and Rosemary started playing tag.

"Girls no. No."

Rosemary wasn't paying attention and ran into my legs and plopped down.

"Okay first, this isn't a safe place for you play. Second, mommy needs to sleep. You can play on your phones. No playing tag or hide and seek while in the hospital. It's not safe."

"Okay."

"We're sorry daddy."

"You aren't in trouble. I'm not gonna yell at you. I just need you two to be calm. Mommy and your siblings need to rest."

Devan started crying. I went over to him and picked him up.

"Hey buddy. What's up? Are you hungry? You just ate not long ago though. Ah. I got it. You need a diaper change. That's what you need, huh?"

I put him on the changing table and changed his diaper. I threw the diaper away then washed my hands.

"All done. See? All done."

I picked him up and walked over to the couch. I sat down.

"Come here girls. It's okay. Do you wanna talk to him?"

"We can talk to him?"

"Yeah. He can hear you."