Sleeping with a lie

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Hey guys! This story will still be sweet, and lovely like my other parts.

Enjoy!

Theo P.O.V
8:30pm

"Belle..." Her hand reached for her daughter's left hand weakly. "How are you doing my little firefly?"

"Fine, mama." She was about to cry.

Entering the room with my child and my wife, I sit on the edge of the bed with Belle on my lap.

"How do you feel?" I rubbed her leg.

"I feel like I'm drowning." She shows a crooked smile on her face.

I stare into her kind eyes. "What happened last night?"

"My body is shutting down. That was my immune system." She says.

"Mom said that you
came here to die." My eyes search her pale face. "What's up with that?"

"I know I'm going to die. And I don't want you to wake up in bed to me one morning, and had kissed me, but instead kissed a corpse." She laughed a bit. "I can't handle you being sad."

"I can't handle you being dead!" I say nearly in tears. "You aren't as strong as I thought you were."

Her eyes search mine. Seconds pass and our lips lock. She gently places her hand on my face, as I grasp her wrist. Having not kissed her in so long, it was like our first kiss.

I lightly push back."Can you be released?"

"I don't know. In my condition right now, I could catch a simple cold and not wake up the next day."

Dr. Yahn came in with Oliver and Carson Rae. Shailene puts a mask over her mouth. Collecting my boys, the whole family was on the bed. Except for Belle, who was listening to music in the corner.

"Belle." I call out.

She tapped her Nabi screen and took out a earbud.

"Turn it down honey, or turn it off." I warned.

She nods. "Yes Dada."

Shailene and Oliver laughed and giggled together. His chubby thighs bouncing up and down on her lap. She held him by the top of his head, and cradled him like she always did.

"He's cuter than before!" She smiled down at him.

"Aghhgk." Oliver gurgled.

Carson Rae had just finished a bottle of milk, and fell right asleep. I didn't want to wake him up, knowing he would stay awake all night.

"They ask about you all the time, babe." I say quietly.

"What do they say?"

"How they want you, and Belle refuses to sleep in her own room. The way you do her night routine is so perfect, She remembers it step by step. Its insanely amazing." Shailene's eyes lit up.

"I love my family..." She cooed. "I love my life."

"It's a great life, Shailene." I say sweetly.
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Flashback to last year:
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"do you need a friend?" his deep voice sounded from the doorway. He sat next beside me. "Belle is going to be okay, I promise."

"I wish I could say the same." I say doubtfully. "Theo, if Belle dies... I need you to tell Ansel. He won't believe me."

"Shai, Shai." his hand touches the blonde highlight in my hair.

I come face to face with him. "I..."

We kissed.

I back away pressing my hand on his chest firmly."Ansel isn't here to support me nor Belle. All he can do is hold a grudge."

"so..."

"Show me that you can love me the correct way..."

"I can show you now." he kisses me again, lifting my chin. As he parted his lips from the intense kiss, spit trailed from our mouths. I nuzzle my head into his shoulder, hugging him. "Belle is okay."
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"Oh, and don't forget the time we slept together." I laughed.

Shailene rocked Oliver on her shoulder. "Speaking of..I had a dream last night."

I raise my eyebrows. "Oh?"

"Of course, you had a beard. Well, stubble. But I think I rather keep the rest to myself. Our children don't need to hear it."

Dr. Yahn came back in the room. "Alright guys. visitation is over."

I hand her my boys, including Belle.

"Where are you taking them?" Shai asks.

"Nurse Bradco has them. They'll be watching a movie." Dr. Yahn pushed a stroller with Oliver and Carson Rae in it, and Belle walked.

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9:55Pm

Shai P.O.V
Theo untied my hospital gown.

"You're serious about this?" I giggle.

"Do you want me to be?"

"Of course I want you, you're my husband."

"Then yes." My gown was off.

I smooch him first, then the heat increased. We couldn't move a lot, my wires tugging every once and a while. His hands were on the small of my back. Chuckling back on a kiss, I look down at his shirt.

"So you get to see me naked...That's quite unfair."

"I thought you would do the honors."

"My pleasure." I lightly pull off his shirt. "I miss this. I miss us."

His eyes gawks at my body. "We have each other. Right now."

"We can't do too much." I whisper. "If My heart monitor goes up, the doctors might catch us."

"Good. We can take it slow." He says with a romantic tone.

Theo kisses me with passion, but slowly. Every now and then, our tongues would arrange some type of way.

A tear fell down his face. "I'm sorry."

"For what?" I hold his face.

"For ever fighting with you, for ever disrespecting you, I love you with all my heart." He tucked a piece of my hair behind my ear. "Shai, when you sit next to me, I forget how to breathe! You can't die missing me. You can't die missing the kids."

"So what are you saying?"

"Don't die at all."

I hug him tightly, laughing hysterically while crying.

I found him. Thank God.