Free (Sequel to Trapped)

Ch. 176

Ariana

Sunday, 2:28 pm

"It feels great to not do anything all day. I love when it rains on Sundays." I say.

"It's not technically raining. It's just sprinkling. It was really raining on Friday night an Saturday morning." Justin replied.

"Well, Justin, the sky is darker than normal and it's wet outside. There are raindrops falling. This is the best weather." I smile.

"Well, I like anything that makes you happy."

"Nap time makes me happy. It's so quiet in the house."

"I think every parent loves nap time."

"You know what I want to do now?" I ask.

"What is that?"

"Open all the windows and turn off all the lights!" I hop out of Justin's lap and run around the house, except the girls' rooms, opening all the windows.

When I return to the living room, Justin is looking out the back door.

"Is there something out there that you enjoy?"

"If you were out there, then yes, but I'm just looking. I was waiting for you to be done."

"I'm done! What should we do now?"

"Mommy?" Aviella walks into the living room, grasping Tommy by his arm and rubbing her eyes.

"Hey, babe. Did you sleep good?"

"Yeah. Where's Bella?"

"She's taking a nap too, princess. She'll be up soon, I think."

Justin picks Aviella up and she lays her head on his shoulder. We sit on the couch, and he rubs her back until she falls asleep again. Then, we just sit on our phones for around 30 minutes, watching funny videos and making sure not to wake Avi up.

3:04 pm

"I hear a child." Justin says.

I look at the baby monitor and see Bella squirming in her crib.

"The monster is awake. And probably hungry. I'll be back." I stand up and walk upstairs to Bella's room.

She starts crying as soon as I open the door, and she doesn't stop until I let her suck on my boob.

I walk downstairs and sit on the couch with Justin.

"Aviella, wake up. Your sister came to say hi." Justin says.

"Bella? Bella's here?" Aviella lifts her head up and looks at Bella.

"Hi, little sister. Did you have a good nap? I did. I had good dreams about us swimming in pools of candy, when you get older, of course, and me getting married to Lukas and you being the maid of honor..."

Aviella goes on to tell Bella about the endless dreams that she had over her 90 minute nap, then she asks to burp her when she's done eating.

"Of course you can, princess. Be gentle, though."

I lay Bella's towel over Aviella's shoulder and carefully place Bella in her arms.

"You're such a big help, princess. Me and daddy are both very proud of you."

"Thank you, mama. I like babies. I wanna work at a daycare with the babies when I grow up."

"You can do anything you want, baby girl." Justin says.

"I'm gonna have a lot of babies, too! And I'm gonna bring them to your house all the time so you can watch them while I work at daycare with the other babies."

"Are you sure you don't just want to take them to daycare with you? That seems like the more wise decision here."

"Nope! You have to spend time with your grandkids before you die."

"Oh, okay. If you say so." I laugh, shaking my head.

"Okay, mommy. I'm done. I'm hungry."

"Snack time. Come on, princess." Justin picks Aviella up and walks into the kitchen.

I finish burping Bella before joining them in the kitchen, because I'm also hungry.