Destiny Faith Hope

Twenty-Two

Five Days Later

-September 28th, 2021- -Miley's POV-

It's been five days since I gave birth to Asher and Luis, and since Patrick broke off the wedding. All I could think about was that it was like Liam and me all over again-- minus the baby part...I haven't gotten much sleep because I was thinking about all of this and how I desperately wanted all of this to be a dream. I wanted Patrick and me to be here in the hospital together, with Destiny, holding the babies.

"The babies have had their baths, they're dressed and ready to go home." I say to my mom, putting Asher in his car seat while my mom was putting Luis in his. "How am I supposed to take care of twins and a five year old all by myself?"

"You'll get the hang of it, why don't you ask Noah to help you?" She replies.

"She couldn't stand Destiny's crying when Destiny was a baby. How will she survive the twins crying?" I ask.

"She was fifteen then. She's twenty-one now, I'm sure she'll be okay with it if you asked."

"Duh I'll be okay with it!" Noah says, standing in the doorway. "I'd love to help watch my nephews and niece."

"Okay then, will you take this one out to my car?" I ask Noah, nodding towards Luis in his car seat. "I'll take Asher." Then she grabs the car seat and I grab the other one and we head out to my car.

"Did you get Patrick to sign the birth certificates?" Noah asks, then I nod.

"Yeah, he wasn't happy about it. He said if Nick was the father then he should sign them. But the thing is-- Nick doesn't know. No one but the family and Patrick know. Everyone else thinks the magazine was a rumor. I'd like to keep it that way. Oh Stella and Cheyne know too but that's it. Gosh I feel like a slut!" I say once we get to my car. Paparazzi were everywhere taking pictures of the babies, Noah, and me. Destiny absolutely hates paparazzi, thank goodness she wasn't here...the paparazzi were asking questions about who the father was, and I answered Patrick. They asked embarrassing questions about my labor and the birth, but I answered them by saying it was private. When I put the twins in the car and fastened the car seats in, we got in my car. I let Noah drive, since I was still in pain.

"I'm surprised you're letting me drive your car."

"Why? I'm in pain." I reply.

"How are you still in pain? You gave birth like five days ago."

"My vagina hurts because it ripped. Dr. Prescott had to stitch it up." We stopped at a red light and she looked at me like I was crazy. "I'm serious, that's why it hurts so bad. Be prepared for something like that to happen. I feel like a slut." I say, wiping a single tear from my eye.

"Miley, you're not a slut! Stop saying that. So you had sex with Nick Ryan, it's not like you had sex with all of One Direction and 5 Seconds of Summer. Then you'd be a slut. I can think of plenty other women who have had sex with more men than you that don't call themselves sluts. So don't call yourself a slut." Then the light turns green, and she focused on the road again. "Hell, Miley. If you're a slut then I'm a whore."

"Noah Cyrus don't you ever say that again. Why would you be a whore? You haven't slept with more guys than me. In case you haven't noticed, it wasn't just Nick and Patrick that I slept with." Then she hit a bump in the road and I yelled in pain. "Son of a bitch Noah!" Then one of the twins started to cry.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to do that." She says.

"I know, sorry I yelled." Then I turn around in my seat and try to calm the baby, I was touching his head when he started to calm down. "Shh, it's okay. It's okay." Then I turn back around and close my eyes. When I opened them, we were home. I got out, and took Asher out of the car, and Noah did the same with Luis. When we got inside, Destiny came out of her room and ran up to us.

"Mommy! You're home!"

"Destiny, shh, be quiet. They're sleeping." I say, pointing to the twins.

"Sorry, mommy." Then Cheyne comes into the living room, and greets me with a hug.

"Hey." He says, sympathetically. "How have you been holding up?"

"I've been doing better than I thought I would be." Then I sigh. "Thanks for watching Destiny and the animals for me. Lately my life has been hell." Then I smile, looking at the twins. My dogs came up to me, and sniffed me. I pet them, and then they sniffed the twins. Then Bubba Sue came over to me and greeted me.

"No problem." He replies.

"Noah, will you grab Luis out of the car seat and take him to the nursery? Put him in the blue crib." Then I grab Asher out of his car seat and go to the nursery to put him in the green crib.

"Smart, having two different colored cribs. How will you tell them apart after you take off their hospital bracelets?" Noah says as I put Asher on the changing table to take off his hospital bracelet off of his ankle.

"Their personalities are different. Asher is more quiet, and Luis is a little more noisy. And Asher has more blue in his eyes. They're still hazel green, but you can see blue in them too." Then I put Asher in his crib and put Luis on the changing table, and take off his hospital bracelet. "There you go." Then I kiss his cheek and carefully put him in his crib. They quickly went to sleep after I put them in their cribs, and I went out to the living room.

"They went to sleep fast." Noah says.

"I'd better get going, I've got some things to do." Then Cheyne hugs me again before leaving.

"Noah, will you watch Destiny for me? I should sleep as much as I can while the babies are sleeping, that way I won't be as tired." Then she nods, and I go to my room to sleep. I got into my bed and quickly fell asleep.