the ultimatum

your brave

The next day Angela, Laura and the twins went into the hospital to visit Tim, Lucy had to go to work and she feels slightly awkward visiting Tim because of everything.

"Where's nice man Wesley?" Arlo asked approaching Angela in the waiting room with a frown.
Angela smiled and leaned down to arlos height, "he's a work" Angela smiles.

"Helping people like he helped daddy?" Arlo asks twisting his fingers nervously.
"yeah he is" Angela replies softly.
"where is daddy is he awake? I can't wait to see him" Avalynn says excitedly, Angela frowns at Laura.

Laura could sense that Angela wanted to say something to her "why don't you two sit down okay?" Laura says to the twins and they toddle off.
"Have you told them?" Angela asks standing her full height. and Laura sighs and pinches the bridge of her nose and shakes her head no.
"Why not?!" Angela snaps standing closer to her.
"I just couldn't..I didn't know how-" Laura whispers and Angela sighs.
"Laura you're a social worker, you break bad news to kids all the time..so what have you told them?" Angela crosses her arms.

"T-that hes asleep and he's excited to see them..and he should wake up when we get here.." Laura stutters
Angela's eyes widen "okay. Did you really think Tim was going to be awake when we got here? No! Why did you say that Laura you..you are messing with their little heads.
Tim's not even an awake and he won't for a few days" Angela snaps quietly.

Laura covers her face with her hands "I know..I know..but you should have seen their little concerned faces..I couldn't face telling the truth to them" Laura sighs.
"But now they are waiting to see their daddy awake and well when he's not even near awake and well?" Angela frowns.
"okay. I was wrong okay..I'll tell them now.." Laura sighs and was about to walk off but Angela grabbed her arm to stop her.
"No. I'll tell them" she says and glares at Laura and walks over to the twins.

Angela sits down next to the twins
"Arlo, avalynn I need to talk to you guys" Angela says softly grabbing their small little hands.
Both of them looked at her and widened their blue eyes in question, god they look exactly like Tim. Angela thought.

"yes?" Avalynn asks innocently.
"your daddy isn't waking up..for a while" Angela explains softly, the twins shake their head
"No. Laura said he's awake" Arlo shakes his finger.
Angela sighs "no..she wasn't being truthful" "lyings bad!" Avalynn snaps and Angela sighs softly.

"yeah it's very bad.."she agrees.
"So..is daddy not waking up?" Arlo asks concerned.
Angela's heart shattered..she feels heart sorry for the twins, she shakes her head no and gets off the chair to kneel on the floor infront of them.

"your daddy is been put in a very very deep sleep okay?" Angela explains slowly to get them to understand.
"is he dying? Like grandpa did?" Arlo asks knowing his grandpa, Ashley's dad, died.

Angela shakes her head "no, no, he's not..don't worry. He's just put in a very deep sleep to make his body strong again okay.? So he won't wake up for a while..do you guys understand?"angela explains as easily as she could for them to understand.

"So he's sleeping? Not dead?" Avalynn asks nervously for reassurance.
"yeah he's just asleep" Angela says grabbing both of the twins hands again and looking at them softly.

"when- when will daddy wake up and be our hero again?" Arlo asks, his eyes filling with tears. Angela kisses his hand and looks at them both adamantly.
"your dad should wake up in a few days.
And avalynn, and Arlo your dad is always going to be a hero okay? You should be so proud of having him as a dad okay? You two are so brave" she says and they both smile and nod.

"daddy is brave too" avalynn says shyly and Angela breaks out into a bright smile. "Yeah he is" she says.
"Are you guys still wanting to see your daddy?" Angela asks and they both look at eachother and nod.

"Okay let's go then, do you want Laura to come or just me?" Angela asks helping them both off the chairs.
The twins oook at Laura who was standing near them awkwardly and shake their heads and pointed at Angela.
"lying is bad, we want you" avalynn says and grabs one of her hands and Arlo grabs the other.

"We shouldnt he to long..sorry Laura" Angela says and walks to Tim's room with the twins, Laura sits down on a waiting room chair, feeling guilty for not being honest and getting the twins hopes up.

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"Can we get daddy something from the store?" Avalynn asks innocently as they walked past the gift shop to go to Tim's room,
Angela smiles and nods and the twins run into the gift shop.

Angela follows them and gets her credit card out her purse.
"What about this? Daddy will love this it's a police bear" Arlo says pulling out a police teddy bear.
"Your dad would love that" Angela agrees and Arlo smiles, Angela goes to the card section to pick out a get well soon card.

They were getting ready to pay, avalynn chose Tim a dog teddy and Arlo chose a police bear, and Angela got a get well soon card. Angela pays for them and the twins burst out the store happily with their teddies to give to Tim.

Angela stands to the side and gets a pen out of her purse and starts to write the card.
'Get well soon Tim,
You're a hero and I'm sorry for not forgiving you. But from now on Tim, I'm on your side okay? Please make it out of this.. I love you Timothy
Lots of love your bff Angela.
(When you read this don't you dare say you are a grown man and that you don't need bffs.)

They stand infront of Tim's hospital room, Angela peaks through the window to see Tim before going in. Tim looked lifeless and pale and skinny, he had wires and tubes all over him...Tim didn't deserve this..Angela finally forgives Tim he has had to much punishment for a life time

Angela sighs and kneels infront of the twins.
"so..your daddy might look abit scary..he has a lot of wires and tubes to help him get strong again..do you guys still want to go in?" She asks and they both nod
"Daddy needs his teddy's to make him better. I got better after mommy pushed me into wall with my teddy's..now daddy's turn" avalynn says and Angela smiles softly and opens the door for them.

They stare at him for abit from the doorway..Angela couldn't tell what they were feeling or thinking..
"Why don't you guys go in and put the bears next to him huh?" Angela says tapping their shoulders.

They nod reluctantly and creep over to the side of Tim, Angela goes in and places the card on the side and goes to the twins and lifts them up to tuck their soft toys they bought next to Tim.
"ca-can we go? I don't like it" Arlo says nervously and Angela looks at them sympathetically and avalynn agrees.
"Okay. But first say bye to your daddy" Angela says lifting them to give Tim a kiss on the head and to leave.

"Bye buddy, please make it out of this as soon as you can. Your kids need you" Angela says grabbing Tim's hand and rubbing it and leaves with the twins.

"I don't want to go back until daddy wakes up" avalynn says quietly.
"Me too" Arlo says nervously.
"If that's what you guys want..it's okay" Angela replies as they go back into the waiting room to where Laura was.