No Place Like Home

Chapter 20

Two Months Later

Ally's POV
I wrapped the lights around the tree as Austin danced around the living room with Kinsley on his shoulders.
You will get a sentimental feeling when you hear, voices singing
"Let's be jolly; Deck the halls with boughs of holly"
Rocking around the Christmas Tree
Have a happy holiday
Everyone dancing merrily
In a new old fashioned way
Kinsley erupted into a scream as Austin sang the last line and twirled them around.
"Dada, staaap!" She begged.
I giggled as Austin sat her down on the couch while she was holding her little head. "Did Daddy make you dizzy?" I ask her. She nods her head, and I walk over and give her a kiss, "There, maybe that will make it all better."
"Tank you Momma." She says, smiling up at me.
I smile back at her and return to my job of stringing lights on the tree. Austin comes up behind me and wraps his arms around me, resting his chin on my shoulder. "You sure look beautiful decorating the tree." He tells me.
"And you sure know how to scare our daughter half to death." I say, elbowing him.
"She knows she loves it." He says, looking back at our baby on the couch. She's blinking her eyes several times, trying to get rid of the double vision.
"Yeah, her screams assured me of that." I tell him .
"Kins?" He calls.
She looks up at us, waiting for Austin to continue. "You like playing with Dada don't you?" He asks her.
She looks at him for a moment, and then firmly nods her head. "That's my girl." He says, letting go of me and walking over to pick her up.
I walk over to the wall and plug in the lights as the tree explodes in sparkling color. "Yay!" I hear Kinsley scream.
"It's pretty ain't it girl?" Austin asks as he walks around it with her propped up on his hip.
"Uh huh." She replies, amazed by the lights.
I begin digging around in the box, finding the ornaments I wanted to hang this year.
The first one I see is my and Austin's wedding ornament. It's a photo of us in a beautiful glass frame shaped like a bell.
"Austin, look." I tell him as I lift it up out of the box. He walks over beside me and looks at what I am holding.
"I still remember it as though it was yesterday." He says, leaning over to kiss my temple.
"I can't believe it's been four years." I say.
"The best four years of my life." He tells me.
I lean in to kiss him and suddenly feel little hands trying to grab the ornament.
We pull apart and see Kins trying to grab the ornament. "No, baby. You can't hold that." I tell her.
"Momma and Dada?" She says, questionably.
"Yes, that was when Momma and Dada got married Kinsley." Austin tells her.
"Me have!" She exclaims, reaching for the ornament again. Austin pulls her hands away and she begins to whimper.
He takes her to the couch and sits her down, "You can't play with that baby; it's not a toy."
Her breathing becomes heavier as tears are threatening to fall.
Austin quickly reaches over on the other side of the couch and picks up Kinsley's doll, "Here sweetie, hold Dolly for me while Momma and Daddy finish decorating the tree. Okay? I don't want Dolly to be lonely."
Her soft cries begin to subside as she looks down at the doll in her arms, "Okay." She says, rocking the baby doll.
"Thank you." Austin tells her, leaning over and kissing her forehead.
He stands up and walks back over to me, "We need to put that someplace she can't reach it."
"I know." I tell him, "How about up there near the top?"
"That'll work." He tells me.
When I tiptoe and reach up to place the bell on a branch, I become dizzy. Luckily, the ornament makes it on the tree before I stumble back; my vision slightly darkened.
Austin's arms catch me before I fall backwards, "Whoah, are you okay sweetie?"
I close my eyes as the dizziness dissipates, and when I open them, my vision is back to normal.
"Yeah, I just got dizzy when I went to put the ornament on the tree." I tell him, turning around to face him.
"Are you feeling okay?" He asks.
"I am a little light-headed now." I say, feeling as though my head is filled with air.
"Come here, you've got to sit down." He tells me, leading me over to the couch.
"Momma, you 'kay?" Kinsley's little voice calls out.
"Yeah, Mommy just needs to sit down for a minute." I tell her.
Austin soothingly rubs my back as I lay my head on his shoulder.
"Do you think you've caught something Alls?" He quietly asks, not wanting Kinsley to hear.
"I don't know. I have been feeling out of sorts this past week. Maybe I have a bug or something."
"Do you want to go to the doctor?"
"No, I don't think it's serious. It'll most likely pass." I tell him.
"Are you sure?" He asks.
"Yeah, I'll be fine honey." I say as I begin to stand up, and that's when everything goes black.

Austin's POV
As soon as Ally stood up, her footsteps began to waver, and I luckily caught her before she could hit the ground.
I dropped Kinsley off at Trish's, and I was now currently sitting beside Alls in the emergency room as we awaited her blood results.
"I'm sorry babe." She tells me, laying on the cold hospital bed.
"Alls, don't be. There's obviously something going on, and we need to know what it is. We can't have you sick on Christmas, can we?" I ask, causing a smile to form across her lips.
I reach over and wrap my hand around hers, "Everything's going to be okay."
"Come over here." She says, sitting up and patting the bed beside her.
I walk over a sit down beside her, being careful not to touch her IV drip.
I pull my phone out of my pocket and wrap an arm around her shoulders as we lay back.
The time catches my eye, 11:58. "Try to get some sleep Alls. We've been here for four hours, and who knows how long it will be until we get your results."
"Ugh, I know, hopefully it won't be much longer though; I hated having to leave Kins with Trish on such short notice."
"Don't worry, I'm sure she's sound asleep right now." I reassure her.
"Okay." Ally says as she snuggles up to my side.
Within the next half hour, she's sound asleep and I find my eyes growing heavy as well.
I lay my arm over her, to keep her from rolling off, and I close my eyes, deciding to rest them for a couple of minutes.

ausllyfied: I know Christmas season is technically over, but I couldn't resist :)
Hope you enjoyed it! Sadly, this story will probably be coming to a close soon & I'm trying to figure out if I want to do a third installment in this series. What do you guys think? Should I write another sotry? Yay or nay? Let me know!
Love you guys! God bless :)