Baby I'm Amazed {Jimmy Fallon Romance}

Chapter 18

It was close to 6:00pm when we all got back to Jimmy's apartment that night due to all of the stops we made to take the girls out and get them some fresh air and food.

Winnie ran right to the living room to start playing with her toys, and Jimmy continued to hold Franny in his arms until he got to the living room, then he put her on the floor. She hesitantly made her way to Winnie, crawling very slowly.

"She's doing really well for only crawling for really a week," I said to Jimmy when we sat down on the couch.

He nodded and watched her; Jimmy had sent me a video that Nancy had taken the day she had started crawling. He was so excited, he called me after I watched it and he was crying because of how happy he was.

"She's a real bright kid, you know? She's more advanced at this age than Winnie was. Not that there's anything wrong with where Winnie was, but just the difference between the two is kind of crazy," he mused watching his two daughters on the floor together.

"Do you want a drink?" he asked me, getting up off of the couch.

"Water, please," I smiled.

He smiled back and nodded before turning to go to the kitchen.

I watched the girls sitting together on the floor, Winnie taking the lead and handing toys to Franny, and Franny not knowing what to do with them, so she picks them up and they fall out of her hand. Winnie was trying to tell Franny things, but was unable to get the words out that she wanted. Franny would sit there and watch her, almost with confusion and amazement. I felt the familiar sensation of tears start to well up in my eyes, but I wasn't sure why. I bit my lip as I smiled watching them.

"Here you go," Jimmy said handing me one of my water bottles.

I smiled in thanks and took a drink from it, not tearing my eyes off of the kids in front of me.

"You okay?" he asked me after a couple moments of silence.

I turned to him and nodded, "Yeah," I said as a realization hit me, "I just can't get over these kids. They're amazing, and it really makes me re-evaluate everything, you know? All of this time I've been working and whatnot, and I've missed out on so many things. I missed my nephew crawl and walk and talk for the first time. I missed his first day at pre-school. I've missed so much. But I try to compensate at Christmas and his birthday by buying everything under the sun, and that's not okay. Because this is what is important. This right here, watching them play and laughing and smiling, this is what it's all about."

I wiped the silent tears from my cheeks and looked down at the kids again, they were oblivious as to what I was talking about and to these feeling that were suddenly rushing through me. I had wasted so much time working and missed my family time. Going back a few times a year couldn't compensate for missing the big things.

"I'm sorry," I said, "I don't mean to cry."

He put his hand on my back and began rubbing it, "Don't apologize for that. I completely understand, Maggie. That's why you need the break, why you deserve the break. You're only 25, you've accomplished so much. Take some time for you."

I smiled over at him, "You're right."

He smiled back at me, "I do have a tendency to do that."

I laughed and nudged him with my shoulder, "Shut it."

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A few hours later we put Winnie and Franny to bed together, before we went back downstairs to the living room. We were each holding onto a baby monitor with a screen built in so we could watch the girls and make sure they were okay.