Adeline

>>>Chapter 19<<<

Adeline is now three months old, and in less than a month, i'm going to marry my other half.

the planning process has been hectic, due to having a child around 24/7.

I always knew i would marry Daniel, just had that feeling when i looked at him, the feeling where i would say to myself oh my god i'm in love and that's the man i'm gonna marry.

although i always hoped to marry daniel, its crazy to believe that i'm actually going to be actually walking down the isle, and soon.

i'm laying on the couch, adeline laying on my stomach, a spot she's taken a liking to when sleeping with me.

i'm just watching out the window, waiting for daniel to come home from the studio, while listening to the sound of adeline's breathing and occasional snore.

when daniel isn't home, adeline tends to be a pain in the butt. she cries more often, and it takes much longer for me to calm her down. whenever her daddy gets home, she always knows. i watched her perk up the other night when the door opened and he walked through, which was very adorable if you ask me.

i look at the time on my phone that's laying on the coffee table.

9:28

Daniel must be staying late, he's normally home by now, i guess i didn't realize how late it actually was.

i carefully pick up adeline, somehow not waking her, and walk her to her nursery placing her gently in her crib.

i kiss her forehead and don't bother to cover her in her small blanket, as she always ends up kicking it off anyway during the night.

i walk out of her room, making sure to turn on the baby monitor as i walk out, also turning on the one in the living room.

i sat back on the couch, watching out the window once again.

"where is he?" i mumble to myself, knowing he would have told me if he was going to be staying late.

after a few more minutes of quietly staring out the window, Daniel pulls in.

"finally." i mumble to myself once more.

Daniel opens the door, walking in. he looks super stressed and sweaty, and as soon as he sees me he rushes over towards me, grabbing me tightly, pulling me off the couch into him. he puts his head in the crook of his neck, and the next thing i know he's crying.

"Daniel, shh.... calm down. tell me what's wrong." i say, worried for him as i rub his back comfortingly.

"this... is..... too.... hard" daniel says, taking a deep breath before every word, as he lets out more tears.

"what is baby, tell me." i say, even more worried now.

"being at the studio when i could be home with the two people i love the most. i just need a break but management can't see how stressed and pressured i am. they aren't 19 raising a child they don't understand." he says, stopping every few words to cough, hiccup or sniffle.

it hurts me to see him all worked up over his job, his passion.

"hey now, me and adeline are just fine, and you don't need to feel stressed because you are doing what you love. please when you feel stressed just remember as soon as you finish what you need to finish you can come home, which makes it worth it." i say the comfort and worry showing in my voice.

he still is crying consistently.

"stop crying baby." i say still worried for him.

"i-i-i" he gets choked up on tears again

"you what baby, tell me."

"you are gonna be mad." he says, crying more.

"no i won't just tell me." i'm really worried and it shows in my voice.

"i was so caught up in the studio i forgot today was our anniversary." he says, still crying.

and then i started laughing, squeezing daniel tighter.

"Baby, i forgot that was today too! i've been so busy with adeline that i didn't remember. It's okay."

he perks up from his spot on my shoulder.

"I was so scared i thought you were gonna be so mad at me." his tears aren't as heavy anymore

"I didn't even remember today, so it's okay, let's just make tonight special for us. adeline's in bed, theres plenty of food in the kitchen, i'll make us a nice dinner while you take a shower and de stress. then we can find a movie and eat our dinner, in our comfiest pajamas, because i don't need something special and planned, when i can just have you." i say, and then lean forward, kissing daniel lightly.

within a half hour, me and daniel find ourselves sitting on the couch after just finishing some quick mac and cheese i made, grabbing the first thing in the cupboard.

the hallmark channel is playing, as there's nothing we love more than cheesy romance movies.

we are both wearing matching flannel pajama pants, with our black why don't we sweatshirts. i mean hey, gotta support the boys.

i am curled up into daniels side and he is gently stroking my hair, appearing to be very into the movie, as it's one of our favorites, love on the slopes.

"happy anniversary baby." i mumble, as my eyes slowly close.

"happy anniversary." he says, kissing my head, and with that, i'm out like a light.

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a/n~ okay so i didn't do a great job of clarifying this but it their anniversary marking their third year of dating, NOT marriage, for those of you who may have been confused by that.

we are literally almost to 800 reads and i swear
i'm gonna cry if we hit that many!

also happy birthday to my
baby zachary dean herronnnnnn 🤩

18 days until i get to meet the boys and i'm honestly gonna squeeze them too hard and suffocate them on accident :')

but thanks for reading this, hope you are having a nice memorial day weekend <3

until next chapter

~Audney💘