Forever my Marine

Chapter #35

Chapter #35
Mildred’s POV
I’m getting ready for dinner when I get a call from my favorite kid, well only kid.
“Hey Dear. What’s wrong?” I ask when I hear her sniffle through the phone.
“Can you and Pop come over please. I need my Ma and Pa.” She says that’s the first time she’s called me that.
“We will be there in fifteen minutes.” I say without hesitation.
“Thank you, I'll see you soon.” She says.
“Sherman get in the car we are going to Louri’s she needs us.” I call out. “What’s wrong?” He asks, concerned he loves her dearly as I do. “I didn’t ask, she just said she needed us and I told her we will be there in fifteen minutes.” I tell him. “Ok let’s go.” He says not bothering to change out of his slippers just grabs his phone, wallet and keys and we head for Louri’s.
“Louri it’s Mildred and Sherman!” I call out as I open the door with my key. “Living room!” She calls back and we make our way to the living room and I take a seat next to her on the couch and Sherman takes the other. “I say this with love but you look like shit.” Sherman says. “Sherman.” I scold. “No he’s right I do look like shit. Scarlett had a PTSD episode that was as bad as mine. Devon heard everything he heard. My mother blame Scarlett for what happened at the beach and Scarlett quickly left the room and less than a minute later we heard her scream. I was able to calm her down and she is asleep in the guest room with Devon. Somehow the girls didn’t wake up from all the yelling.” She says. “That's because they are your daughters and they can sleep through almost anything just like you.” Sherman jokes but he’s not wrong. “Do you remember when I once banged pots and pans over your head when you were asleep years ago when you used to live with us when the 4077th got stationed here and you were saving up for a house?” I ask. “Oh my god I do. That was funny.” She laughs at the memory. “You know funny story this was when Devon was about three months old. Well it was my turn to get him when he woke up in the middle of the night. Well I was sleeping hard and next thing I know is I wake up on the floor with Scarlett looking over the edge of the bed saying she was sorry and didn’t think she’d push me out of the bed she was just pushing my shoulders to wake me and she is stronger than she looks due to all that MARVEL training well I burst out laughing because it took her accidentally pushing me out of bed to wake me. I did get up and go get Devon and give him his bottle and rocked him back to sleep and when I went back into our room Scarlett apologized again and being the amazing and caring person she is she grabbed my head to make sure I wasn’t hurt. Once she made sure I was ok we both started laughing about it.” Louri says laughing that sounds accurate. “Have you had dinner yet?” I ask. “No but Mel is in the kitchen right now making it.” She says. “Ok I’m going to go help her.” I tell her.
Scarlett’s POV
I wake up to the smell of my mother’s pot roast. I notice that I am alone in bed and I hear giggling from the living room. I get up and make my way out to the living room and see Sherman playing with Devon and Louri in her chair with the baby monitor on the table next to her. “Having fun here?” I ask, getting everyone’s attention. “Grandpa Sherman and Grandma Mildred are here!” Devon says excitedly. “I see that.” I say going over to Louri and sitting in her lap. “You know we have real furniture that you can use.” She chuckles as I wrap my arm around her neck and her arms wrap around me. “I can move.” I say and start to get up. “Oh no you don’t.” She smiles pulling me back into her lap. “That’s what I thought.” I say. “Oh you are sneaky. You knew I would pull you back.” She says with a smile and raised eyebrow. “Of course I did, you always do.” I say and she nods. “Where’s Mom and Mildred?” I ask. “Making dinner and chatting.” She says. “Oh then they are going to be in there for hours.” I laugh. “Knowing those two, yes that’s very likely.” She says. “Is it pot roast?” I ask. “You are like a bloodhound when you are pregnant and yes it’s pot roast.” She tells me. “I see the girls are still asleep and what is that?” I ask, pointing at the black circle on the monitor. “Oh Gizmo decided he wanted to nap with Louisa.” She says with a chuckle. “That’s cute.” I say not able to contain my smile. “How are you feeling?” Louri asks softly. “Better than before. Being in your arms helps.” I tell her. “I’m glad I make you feel better.” She says before placing a kiss on my temple. “Uh huh I want a real kiss.” I whine like a child and she places her hand gently on my chin and moves my head so that I am completely facing her and places a kiss on my lips. “Ew.” “Gross.” Sherman and Devon speak at the same time. “Children.” I chuckle. “Oh I see movement.” Louri says as Maya climbs out of her toddler bed. I can’t believe they are three. Louri was really upset that she missed their birthday but she was able to get the day off and was on a video call with them and us all day. Soon Maya is in the living room playing with Devon and Sherman. “I’m going to get Louisa I don’t want her to have trouble sleeping tonight.” I tell Louri and she nods and lets me go and turns off the monitor. I head upstairs to the twins room and Louisa is sprawled out in bed with her hair on her face. That's my mini me alright. “Sweetie. It’s time to get up and there are some people here I think you will want to see.” I say gently rubbing her arm. “Who?” She asks. “Grandpa Sherman and Grandma Mildred.” I tell her and she smiles widely. “Yay! They fun.” She says. “Well then you will have to get up and come downstairs with me.” I say and she crawls out of bed and I take her hand and we head downstairs together. “Hey sweet pea, did you sleep well?” Louri asks and Louisa nods and goes straight to Sherman. “I think our kids love them more than they do us.” I laugh. “Of course they do, we are fun.” Mildred says walking in from the kitchen and picks Maya up and sits on the couch with her. “Well shit.” Louri says. “SHIT!” Devon cheers and I glare at Louri. “No bubs, that's an adult word.” I tell him. “But Mama says it and you call her a giant child all the time.” He says well damn he’s got me there. “She does but it’s a joke because your Mama is old.” Sherman says and I put my hand on my hips. “She’s only three days older than me. Sherman, do you want to rethink what you just said?” I say in my ‘mom’ voice. “Oh dude you are screwed she’s using the ‘mom’ voice. It was nice knowing you.” Louri says. “I take it back Devon, your Mama and Mommy aren’t old.” He says. “That’s much better.” I say and take my place on Louri’s lap. “Det var lidt varmt. (That was kinda hot)” She says in Danish so the kids don’t understand. “Tak skal du have. Men var han ikke udstationeret i Danmark hos dig?(Thank you. But wasn’t he stationed in Denmark with you?)” I ask, pointing to Sherman. “Det var han, men han taler ikke dansk.(He was, but he doesn't speak Danish)” She says. “Ok good.” I say going back to english I don’t want to confuse the kids too much. “Are you guys otay?” Maya asks me. “Yeah honey what makes you think something is wrong?” I ask. “You talk funny.” She says. “We were speaking a different language called Danish.” Louri tells her. “Oh I don’t get it.” She says with her hand on her chin something Louri does when she’s thinking that Maya picked up from her it’s quite cute. “That’s ok sweetie you don’t have to.” I tell her. “Otay.” She says and goes back to playing. “Scarlett, is it true you pushed Louri out of bed?” Mildred asks clearly, holding back a laugh. “Oh yeah, once I was trying to wake her because it was her turn to get Devon. How old was he, Baby?” I ask Louri. “Three months.” She says. “Right like she said he was three months and it was her turn to get him and I was just pushing her shoulder to wake her up while saying her name and I didn’t realize just how close to the edge of the bed she was because next thing I heard was a thud so I was now wide awake and looked over the edge of the bed and apologized and she burst out laughing and went and took care of Devon I felt so bad but when she came back and I had made sure  she wasn’t hurt we both laughed about it and went back to sleep.” I say. “Is that why you have crash mats on the floor next to Louri’s side of the bed?” Mom asks, walking in. “Yes it is. Don’t tell Kevin I took them off the set after Scarlett said we should get some. Not my finest moment.” Louri says. “You stole from the set?” I ask shocked. “Hey Hemsworth took hammers.” She says. “Babe.” I say. “I said it wasn’t my finest moment but I was tired and had a three month old strapped to my chest. Why do you think I call him my partner in crime?” She says. “Oh my god.” I say burying my face in her chest. “Missed your besties huh?” She jokes. “I’m never living that down am I?” I ask, raising my head. “Nope.” She smiles. “Besties?” Mom asks. “I had a fever, I was delirious.” I say. “And you said my breasts were your best friends. I picked you up and you said and I quote ‘Hello besties’.” Louri says and I bury my face in her neck as my Mom bursts out laughing. “Devon save me Grandma Mel is being mean and laughing at me.” I say. “It’s not nice to laugh at people, Grandma.” Devon says standing up in front of her. “You are right it’s not.” She says. “You have to apologize.” He says. “Ok Scarlett I’m sorry for laughing at you.” Mom says. “Thank you Mom and thank you Devon you are my hero.” I say making him smile.

A/N
Oh my god Devon’s too cute. Anygays see you in the next one.