Hope (JB+AG)

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Ariana

Saturday, April 21

5:32 am

"You okay, babe?" Justin asks.

"I don't know. Yesterday, at the party, I got a headache out of nowhere and I was really tired. I just ignored it since I went right to sleep when we got home, but now I have a headache again and I can't sleep."

"Aww, baby. Why didn't you tell me?"

"I didn't want you to be distracted."

"Ariana, you know I will drop everything for you. We could've left earlier if I would have known."

"That's why I didn't tell you. I didn't want to have to leave early."

"Oh, babe. You're so stubborn." Justin pulls me into his arms and I close my eyes.

"Do you want Tylenol or Advil?" He asks, stroking my hair.

"No. I just wanna go to sleep. I'm so tired."

"NyQuil?"

"You're staying in this bed. I don't want any medicine." I tell him.

"Alright, fine."

We both stop talking, and Justin continues playing with my hair, which is already making me fall asleep. I should've known. This always works.

"Hey, you know what puts you to sleep sometimes?" Justin asks, chuckling.

"What?" I look up and the smirk is clear on his face.

I already know exactly what he's talking about.

"Justin, you really think I wanna have sex right now?"

"Baby, you know you go right to sleep when we're done. I'm just trying to help." He shrugs, laughing.

I can't help but smile. He might be stupid most of the time, but I love him.

"I was almost asleep before you opened your big mouth."

"Oh, I'll keep doing this then. Why does this always work?"

"Because you're not talking when you do it. Shh."

"Okay, okay. I'll be quiet. I wanna go back to sleep, too."

Justin playing with my hair puts me to sleep in less than 5 minutes, and I don't wake up until the twins wake up to eat.

9:26 am

"Hey, hey, hey. Shh. It's okay, baby girl." I hear Justin whispering to Alessia to stop her from crying.

I open my eyes and watch him lift her out of her bassinet and rock her in his arms. He already has a bottle ready to feed her.

"Ariana, babe. Go back to sleep." He tells me.

"But Alex needs to be fed too. You know they get jealous when the other one is getting fed."

"Daddy's got it, queen. Just go to sleep." He says.

"Are you sure?" I ask.

"Positive. Bella and Avi are both still asleep. I can handle the twins."

"Okay, babe. Thank you. I love you."

"I love you, too."

I smile to myself, laying my head back on my pillow.

Justin

9:49 am

I finish feeding Alessia and start to burp her, trying to finish taking care of her before Alex gets upset.

"Alright, love bug. Daddy's done with you." I place her back in her bassinet and grab Alex to feed and burp him.

When I'm done with that, I put him back in his bassinet and go check on the two older girls. Aviella is still asleep, but Bella is starting to squirm in her bed. I close the door quietly and go down to the kitchen to start making breakfast.