When We Were Young

Epilouge

Alicia
3 years later...

"ALEC I FUCKING HATE YOU."

"I love you too baby girl."

"I will murder you if you EVER make me do this again."

Alec kisses my sweaty forehead. "Of course you will tiger. You're doing great though, haven't broken any of my fingers. You broke two when AJ was born."

I narrowed my eyes at him dangerously. As I laid in the hospital bed all I could think about was how much I wish I opted for a C-Section instead of trying to be "I am woman, hear me roar" and doing a natural birth.

God was it this painful when I had AJ?

I whimpered losing all of my energy to be bitchy. "Baby, it hurts."

He sighed and caressed my face. "I know Lacy. Don't worry soon they will be here soon."

I sighed and nearly screamed as another contraction ripped through me.

"FUCK! Where is that nurse with the epidural ! She said she'd be a minute twenty minutes ago!" I cried.

Alec rushed out of the room to look for the nurse and came back with one almost immediately.

"Sorry Mrs. Handler, I was called to Emergency. Big car accident." The nurse apologized as she gave me the epidural.

I sighed. "It's okay. As long as I have the drugs now."

She smiled at me. "You should start to feel a little better. Soon you'll be ready to push out your little girls."

I gave her a weak smile and sighed in content as Alec kissed my hair. "I can't wait to meet my little princesses."

I looked up at him as much as I could. "Me neither."

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17 hours of pain, but my beautiful little girls were here with us. Little Maribel had little tuffs of blonde hair and my blue eyes while her little sister Veronica had tuffs of black hair, but also had my amazing blue eyes.

"I'll admit, I'm a little jealous that none of our children got my eyes." Alec whispered as he rocked back and forth with a sleeping Veronica.

I chuckled as I cuddled Maribel closer to me, her little hands grasping on my gown tightly. "But they all look exactly like you."

He shrugged and looked down at sweet little Veronica, "You're right. They are all pretty damn cute."
I rolled my eyes and sighed. I smiled and thought about the hellish journey my life has taken. From teenage mother to grown adult with a beautiful family and wonderful husband.
"You know you were really an ass all the those years ago." I chuckled as I turned my head to look at Alec.
Alec frowned at me. "You don't have to remind me Lacy, I know all my faults."
I rolled my eyes and smiled softly at him. "It's okay. We were together at the wrong time. Timing is everything baby, and we suck at it." I laughed softly and looked down at my beautiful baby girl. She was asleep but had a steel grip on my gown.
"You're right. But then again you've always been right. Ever since we were young."
I titled my head up and beckoned him for a kiss. I received a slow peck on the lips.
"Ew ! Mami ! Papi! Gross!" I hear my son exclaim behind us.
I giggle and look over to see him standing there with my abuela and our lovely friends Spidey and Gina-tho every now and then I have to let the 'Crazies' slip- standing there in the doorway.
I look around the room and appreciate all the amazing people who are in my life and have come this long way with us.
I sighed and realized no matter the shit I went through, I would never change anything from when we were young.
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AND THATS IT. THE LONG ANTICIPATED EPILOGUE. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS JOINED ME ON THIS ROCKY JOURNEY. I LOVE YOU ALL AND I HOPE YOU LOVED ALEC AND ALICIA AS MUCH I HAVE. MY FIRST COMPLETED STORY. SHITTY BUT I AM PROUD OF EVERYTHING I HAVE WRITTEN.
Thank you bunnies, this one is for all of you ❤️
P.S some of you have great intuition, I was finishing up editing this chapter when someone messages me asking about it, go you!
But as always, for the last time in this book,
Peace,
Love,
&I Baby Ducks💕