Short on Time

Chapter 76

A small cry woke me up, and then it stopped as soon as I sat up. I looked around in panic and saw Barry wasn't next to me. I jumped out of bed and ran to the nursery, only to see Barry holding Henry in his arms as Esther just watched him.

"What are you?" I asked yawning.

"I thought you could use more sleep, so I grabbed them before they could make too much noise," Barry said innocently.

I gave Barry a playful glare as I picked up Esther, "it's been a month and you need to let me do things. This parenting thing is for both of us you know."

"But you were so sick after the labor," Barry protested.

"Giving labor at night as a bad idea, but I'm fine now. You need your rest too," I told Barry.

"You take care of them during the day, I'm on duty at night, seems fair," Barry said and then his phone went off.

"You're always on double duty," I told Barry as I took Henry from him.

"Tripple duty really," Barry replied as he ran off. 

"Thank goodness we didn't have triplets, I don't think I could handle that," I muttered and the twins looked at me innocently. "Yes, you two are a handful." They both then giggled at me and reached for my hair, "no! We've talked about this, don't pull on mommy's hair. Besides, it's bedtime." 

The twins lips wobbled and scrunched up and they began to cry, "don't you be doing that to me. It might work on your daddy, but I am not weak like him. It's time for sleeping and no complaining from either of you. I'm looking at you Henry, you loud child. I swear you're worse than Camren when he was a baby."

~*~

"They are so cute!" Felicity announced as she came in with balloons and bags, which she immediately dropped as she ran towards me squealing about the twins who just looked at her in confusion. "Look at their little tufts of red hair! And their eyes are just like Barry's! Their hair is so fluffy I'm gonna die!"

"I was wondering who was making all of the squealing noises, but I should've known it was Felicity," Iris said walking in. 

"Yes, now all we're waiting on is Caitlin and Cecile," I said. 

"What about your mom and sister?" Felicity asked confused.

"They had their fill and partied after the twins were born," Iris said.

"Mom took a month off from work and Chloe took a month off of school, it was time for them to head back," I shrugged.

"But not until after Ember got extremely drunk," Iris said laughing.

I shook my head sadly, "I always thought it was my dad who couldn't hold his own, but I guess everybody in my family is a lightweight." 

"Let's go find Caitlin," Iris said.

"But babies," Felicity pouted.

"We can bring them with," I announced as I picked up Henry and handed Esther to Iris. "Would you like to hold him?" I asked Felicity and her eyes lit up. 

"You are so precious!" Felicity cooed as she held Henry, he smiled up at her and reached for her glasses. "And handsy."

I laughed, "you should see him with my hair."

"Sounds painful," Felicity said.

"It isn't too bad," I shrugged. 

"Too bad?! Henry just about ripped your hair out, multiple times," Iris said giving me a look.