Chapter 16

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Hey guysss. Yeah I'm so sorry but Maddie's gone for good. Sue me! I'm sorry! But yep. Enjoy! (:

Harry's POV

"What?"

Maddie has to be alive. She has to be.

"You have to be joking!"I cry out.

"I'm so sorry." The nurse whispers.

I look at the twins and back to the nurse.

My tears are unstoppable as I make my way over to the group and hand Louis and Eleanor the twins. I turn on my heel and walk back to Maddie's room where they have began preparing her body. It's to much to handle so I place a soft kiss on her forehead and leave again.

Everyone is crying when I come back.

The last week has been a blur. I have been doing my best with the twins but without Maddie, it's really hard. Today is the funeral and I don't know if I can bear it.

"King Harry?"Somebody knocks at the door. I look at the twins and roll their double stroller over to the door to open it.

"Yes?"I answer.

"Your car is waiting."

I nod and grab the large diaper bag and push the twins out.

The antagonizing drive to the funeral feels like an hour.

After everybody finished their speeches and left, I stayed behind. The twins were good the whole funeral and I was grateful for that. I sent them out to the car with the usher so he could strap them into their car seats beforehand.

I sat next to Maddie's unconscious body for what felt the hundredth time. A tear slipped from my eye as I stared down at her lifeless body and I knew that I couldn't do this. I had to leave here. I pressed my lips to her forehead, both cheeks, and finally her lips before turning on my heel and leaving the room. As I walk out, I realize that I left Kian's bottle in the room so I turn around to get it. The casket is empty.

I call for the guards and decide to let the castle handle this for now. I'm scared. I'm mad. Who wouldve taken her body?! I can't deal with this today.

I slip into the car and stare straight ahead, not wanting to speak for fear of the words that may topple out of my mouth. The drive home was quiet, the twins were sound asleep. Annaleese reminds me so much of Maddie. Her nose and mouth are the same. She has my dimples and curly, brown hair. Kian has my nose and Maddie's mouth. They have the same hair color except that Kian has straight hair instead of curly. Kian and Anna, (short for Annaleese) are obviously not identical but they look very similar. Both have my eyes and Maddie's cheekbones. They're both another and the only lights in my life right now.

We get back to my room and I take the twins inside, sitting our stuff down by the door. I look at the twins sleeping soundly and lay them in their cribs. I turn on the baby monitor and talk other one with me to the bathroom. I place it on the counter and strip off my clothes, leaving them in a pile on the cool floor. I turn the water on to the hot setting and wait for the water to heat up. After a minute or so, it's warm enough and I step in, closing the curtain behind me. I squeeze a spall pool of shampoo into my hand and rub it through my curls. I know guys don't use conditioner but I use a spall amount anyways because it softens my curls. After my hair is washed, I pull out my axe body gel and rub into into the handtowel. I wash my body with it and rinse it off just as quick as it was applied. I stand under the hot water for a while longer until I hear a faint cry coming from the small monitor. I turn the water off and step out of the shower. Grabbing the towel and wrapping it around my waist, I walk out of the bathroom.

Both twins have woken up and are probably hungry or need a diaper change, probably both. I shake my curls as I walk and pull out a pair of boxers arms basketball shorts, changing quickly. Picking up Anna, I can already smell the mess in her diaper. Disgusting. I reach for the wipes and a new diaper, then pull my shirt up over my nose. I change the diaper quickly and place her back into her crib. Kian's turn.

I grab another wipe and diaper and change Kian, then I put him back in his crib and throw the disgusting diapers and wipes away. Hearing that the twins are quiet in their cribs, I decide to make their bottles. I walk back into the room and feed Kian first, only because I changed his diaper last.

UAfter feeding and burping Kian, he decided to spit up on me. Thanks little dude. Luckily I used the burping cloth and it only got on it and his onesie. I pull out a little green onesie with a yellow duck on it and put it on him. He falls back asleep as soon as I start rocking him. I smile and place him into his crib and lay his small blanket over him. I pick up Anna and feed her too, she also spits up and I see some sort of pattern here. Thanks guys. I pull out a matching onesie for her, even though the duck is light blue and the rest is purple. Dressing her in it, I start talking to her.

"You look so much like her, you know that? Beautiful. Both of you. Your brother, too. I see so much of her in both of you and it shatters but holds my heart together at the same time. I have no idea what the future holds for you and your brother. How you will grow and what you'll grow to be. I only hope that I can be the best father I possibly can without Mommys guidance. To know that you won't see her is an awful feeling, but to know that she already loved you both so much is grand."

"I'm speaking to both of you now, Kian, when I'm not here, you better stick up for your sister. Don't let anything happen to her, okay? And Anna, keep your brother in check. Be there for him and you be there for her. I'm counting on you guys in the same way you're counting on me. When I'm away I need you to lookout for each other and always know that when times are rough that you can rely on one another. Never think you're alone, ever. There will always be somebody around for you two. Always. I love you. More than words can explain and I know she loved you too." I finish my speech and stop a tear that is threatening to fall. I put Anna into her crib because she had fallen asleep.

Walking down the stairs to get a glass of water, I hear the door open. I walk toward it and stop dead in my tracks.

"Harry?"

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Hey! So yeah. Maddie's gone. Sorry! But know that I have lots in mind for this story so just hang on for a little and it'll get better! Bye. (:

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