STEFS POV
I woke up thirsty, it's still dark. I looked over at the love of my life who was thankfully still asleep. I reached over to the night stand and grabbed my phone and unplugged it from its charger.
The time lit up as 1:34 AM. I slowly slipped out of the covers and put my slippers on. We have wood floor that gets really cold at night. I also grabbed my robe on the way out the door.
As I was in the hallway near the stairs I saw a light that seemed to be on the stairs. I walked closer to see which one of my babies it was. It was Clara, she had the flashlight on her phone on and shining at the pictures that we have hung up along the stairs.
"Can't sleep pumpkin?" I asked softly.
"Not really, I keep having this dream and it leads me to this picture," she said pointing to a picture with her flashlight. "Mom, who is that?" She asked.
"That is Callie when she was probably 5 or 6," I answered stepping down the stairs to a landing where Clara was standing.
"So that is who is in my dream!" She said a little too loudly.
"Shhh pumpkin don't wake mama and your sisters," I whispered.
Clara made a "my bad" face and whispered "sorry,"
I stood behind her and threw my arms around her. I kissed the top of her head and asked,"wanna come tell your mommy about your dream?"
She smiled and replied "sure," and then she added,"mommy," with a smirk.
We both giggled and turned to go down stairs. I put my arm around her shoulder and we went down the rest of the stairs and into the kitchen.
"I am going to make tea, want any pumpkin?" I asked realizing how many times I have called her pumpkin.
"Sure mom," she said with a smile,"and I like the nickname," she added with a wink.
I smiled and asked,"green tea alright?"
"Mmmmm my favorite!" She said softly.
I giggled,"mine too," I said putting the tea kettle on the stove.
"Pumpkin will you run upstairs and get that big down comforter we brought used on your birthday? I think it's in the closet by mama and my room," I asked.
She smiled and answered, "sure mom," kissed me on the cheek and started quietly up the stairs.
I love my little pumpkin, she is so loving and affectionate, and she loves her mama cuddles as much as we love our Clara cuddles! Clara is definitely the cuddle bug out of the kids. It takes a rough day to get cuddles out of the other kids but Clara is down for a cuddle whenever!
I poured the tea into the 2 cups I had sat on the counter. Clara was coming down the stairs with the big comforter and I nodded my head towards the living room and walked in.
I sat the tea on the coffee table and Clara and I sat on the couch and covered ourselves with the blanket. We got all cuddled up and comfy I kissed her temple and whispered,"now, tell me about this dream,"
"Well," Clara started,"basically every time I have the dream I am running from someone and there is this little girl that tells me to run and she runs with me but I have to stop running because I get tired and then I wake up but I had the dream in the hospital and I recognized the street and then I was somehow on the stairs staring at that picture and then I was back on the street and the little girl kept telling me "she can help us! They can help us!" And then there were 2 figures and she yelled "there! That's them! Hurry!" And we got clos-"
I cut her off "wait who were the people?" I asked curiously.
"It- it was you and mama," she answered.
"Me!?" I asked shocked.
"Yeah you, and the picture in the hallway is of Callie so I guess you and mama can help Callie and me," she said.
"You said you recognized the street?" I asked.
"Yeah, it's the street that foster home that Callie and I went to is on," she answered.
I pulled her in closer,"oh my baby, how many times have you had this dream?" I asked softly.
"I don't know I lost track," she replied.
"Hmm, well you know you will always be safe with me," i whispered,"and mama," I added.
"Mom?" Clara asked.
"Yeah pumpkin," I answered.
"I had that dream before I even got here," She said.
"Well I guess the universe is just making sure you know that you belong here and you belong to me and you belong to mama and we love you more than you will ever know," I said sweetly planting kisses on her face.
She pulled me in even closer, we both sipped our tea, and fell asleep.
A/N
Hey guys! So I had surgery yesterday so I will have a ton of down time so I will have a lot of time to write!!!
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