Hope (JB+AG)

-14-

Ariana

Saturday, April 7

1:28 pm

"Mommy, Bella is asleep." Aviella says.

"Great. I'll go put her in her room then." I get up from the couch and pick Bella up off the floor.

She squirms in my arms, but I rub her back to put her back to sleep.

"Shh, it's okay, baby." I whisper, walking up the stairs to her room.

I lay Bella in her bed and put her giraffe right next to her. She won't stay asleep without it.

"Sleep good, cutie." I kiss her head before leaving her room and closing the door behind me.

As I turn towards the stairs, Justin comes out of our room, his hair still wet from the shower.

"Hey, baby." He says, kissing my cheek.

"Hey. Did you have fun in the shower?" We walk down the stairs together.

"I did, but it would've been a lot more fun if you were in it with me. How were the kids?"

"All fine. I just put Bella to bed, Aviella and the twins are watching TV."

"Mama, the twins aren't watching anything. I'm watching TV." Aviella says as we walk into the living room.

"Okay, babe. You're right." I tell her.

I sit on the couch and Justin sits next to me, wrapping an arm around my shoulders.

"You smell good." I whisper.

"Thank you, babe." Justin smiles, kissing my head.

"Aviella, are you gonna take a nap today?" I ask.

"Absolutely positively not." She shakes her head, crossing her arms.

30 Minutes Later

"'Absolutely positively not'." Justin says, picking Aviella up off of the couch.

"You can never take her serious when she says she's not gonna take a nap. How does she know?" I laugh, looking down at Alex in my arms.

"Hey, cutie. How does it feel to be the only son?" I ask him, stroking his hair.

He just stares up at me and I smile.

"Mommy loves you so much. You know that right? You look just like your dad."

"Of course. That's why he's so handsome." Justin says as he walks in.

"You hush. I wasn't talking to you." I put Alex back in his swing and make sure Alessia is okay  before sitting back on the couch.

"What do you wanna do now?" Justin asks.

"Watch a movie. We can eat when the kids wake up."

"Sounds like a plan. I'll go get something when the movie is over." Justin grabs the remote and we decide on a movie to watch.

3:43 pm

"So, what to eat?" I ask.

"Your decision, my beautiful wife." Justin answers, placing Alex's almost empty bottle on the coffee table.

"Um, what about pizza? Actually, chinese. Final decision."

"Chinese it is. I'll order it now and go pick it up. I don't wanna leave you here with all of the kids though."

"I'll be fine. Bella will probably stay asleep the whole time and Aviella can help me with the twins when she wakes up. We're good."

"If you say so."

Justin orders the food while I watch the twins in the living room.

"They said it'll take 30 minutes. Where is that place, anyways?" Justin asks, coming back from the kitchen.

"It's about 10 minutes away. You haven't went there before?"

"Not that I remember." Justin holds his hand out and I grab it so he can pull me up.

"We are never gonna be completely alone ever again." He says, planting a kiss on my cheek.

"Yes we will. Not in the near future, though. And I want Toulouse to come live with us, too."

"Oh wow, so basically another kid. That's fine with me though. I know you love him almost as much me."

"Yeah, almost. If you really think that." I laugh.

"I think that because it's true. I'm gonna leave now, because I feel as though the faster I get there the faster it will be ready. I love you."

"I love you more." I smile, looking up at my beautiful husband.

He kisses my head, then my lips and I run my fingers through his hair.

"I'll see you in a couple minutes." He says.

"More than a couple, but okay. Have fun."