Glacial

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*1 week later*

I was standing in the doorway of the nursery rubbing my eyes as I listened to the girls both crying in harmonization. "Ed" I said, barely loud enough but he woke with a start. "wh-what?" he said as he sat up,  rubbing his hands over his face and stretching, making his back click. "for a start, eww and can you help, they're both crying"  I moaned and flopped onto the bed, just missing his legs. "okay okay, you get Stella" he said and I nodded, standing up and dragging my feet to the nursery.

I opened the door and the crying got louder, like ten times louder and I screwed my face up at the noise. I went over to where Stella was laying, her face was red from screaming and she had tear stains on her cheeks. "its okay, mummas here" I said quietly, lifting her little body up and cuddling her close to me. Ed picked up Iris and we stood there for a few seconds, both letting out a sigh. "jinx" I said and he laughed, I think three in morning is so unfair. " cant we sleep?" I asked Stella and she looked up at me and smiled, showing her gummy grin to us both. "what a cheeky lil shit" Ed chuckled as he rocked iris back and forth. "tell me about it" I said yawning.

We must've been standing there for a while because my legs were getting sore and I was becoming increasingly tired with every second that passed. Ed started to hum a quiet tune that I recognized instantly, Autumn Leaves, and I watched the way he was rocking Iris as he did so. I copied his movements as he sung and after about two minutes both girls were asleep again, leaving the room silent. "that's how its done love" he chuckled, but in a low sort of whisper which made him sound a bit creepy. "indeed" I said, feeling quite jealous, as he was always the one to put them to sleep with his amazing voice.

I put Stella back in her crib and she let out a small squeak before turning her head a few times and falling deeper into her sleep. Ed did the same with iris, but instead of wiggling, her body just sinks into the bed, unable to move. We both stepped back from the beds, careful not to make noise as we exited the room, leaving the door open a crack. "now, sleep" I said, pushing Ed out the way and flopping right across the bed, taking up both sides. "hey, move" he said and he lay on top of me, not with full pressure but enough to make me gasp. "stop...Ed" I said, and I rolled out from under him, slipping under the covers and turning so my back was to him. "fine" he said and he climbed in too, coming close so I could feel his heartbeat on my back, and his lips pressed to my neck.

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I woke up suddenly, but to my surprise, the house was quiet. I stretched an arm across the bed only to be greeted with coldness and emptiness, strange. I rolled over to Eds side of the bed and checked the time, 10:02am it read. "fuck" I whispered to myself and I sprung up out of bed, checking on my fluffy green monster slippers and shuffling down the hall top the living room. "morning" I was greeted as I poked my head around the door. Ed was sitting on the sofa, James was eating a large bowl of cereal at the table and the twins were laying on their play mats, Stella grabbing her feet and iris shaking a rattle back and forth, smiling at herself in the mirror above her. "why didn't you wake me?" I said, a little harsher than intended. "you needed the rest, plus, we had fun didn't we james?" Ed said and James nodded, he smiled at me with a mouth full of cereal, milk spilling from his mouth and landing on the table. I rolled my eyes and laughed, plonking myself down next to Ed, watching Stella try to eat her toes furiously. "Have they been fed?" I asked Ed. "yeah, there was milk in bottles in the fridge" He said and I sighed in relief, I was so glad I wouldn't have to spend the next hour feeding two teething babies, that hurts.

I wandered into the kitchen to get myself some food, my pajama pants dragging on the ground, as they are too big for me. James had since hopped down from the breakfast bar and was playing with his sisters on the floor, tickling Stella's toes. "James, you didn't put your bowl away" I said, we were trying to teach him manners early, so we wouldn't have to deal with a lazy child. He got up immediately and ran to the kitchen, he grabbed his bowl and stood on the little stool below the sink and rinsed his bowl, placing it in the dishwasher. "there mum" her said and he gave me an accomplished look, before running back to the living area. "walk James!" I yelled behind him and he slowed down, which made me laugh because he looked like a cartoon character.

"babe, should we go for a walk?" Ed asked me as I sat on the floor, changing Iris' diaper, "if you want, we have to get a few things from the store" I said as I buttoned up her one piece singlet. I lifted her up and kissed her nose gently, before placing her back down on her mat. "oh yeah, lets do that" Ed said and he got up, picking up a teddy from under his foot as he walked out the nursery to get the double pram. "get the girls ready to go!" he yelled form the other room. "okay!" I yelled back, picking matching hats and jackets off the indoor clothes era. I put them in their warm clothes and Stella put up protest, kicking her legs and squealing. "oh shush you" I giggled and she stared at me like I was  a weirdo, her eyes were wide and shining. As I waited for Ed to figure out the pram I placed Stella next to Iris and I watched as she rolled slightly, grabbing her sisters' arm and they both stared at each other and laughed.  Ed came in with their pram and we both picked up a baby and strapped them in, this was the first time we had taken them out in public so we were ready for stares and maybe even the press. "ready?" he asked and I nodded.

"James, you ready?" I asked and he jumped up and down, "im ready mumma!" he said.

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