"I think she looks her Mommy," Tommy's mother said.
"She looks more like Kim in this angle."
"I think so too," Tommy said.
"Well, Trisha looks more like her daddy, and the twins, though a combinations, has more of Tommy's features, except for their hazel eyes, Kim deserves one to look like her," Aisha said.
"Sydney looks exactly like Kim when I had her." Kim's mother took the infant again.
"About time," a groggily Kim said.
"Hey." Tommy sat on her bed. "How you feeling?" He rubbed her face.
"Is she okay?"
"You gave us a scare, Beautiful. Sydney is fine." Kim's mother handed her to Tommy and Tommy placed her into Kim's arms. "We all agree she looks like you." Kim smiled and kissed her.
"She soo beautiful and tiny. Is everything okay with her, I mean..."
"Yes. I promise you, she's okay. So are you?"
"Did Doctor Walker to the.."
"No. You said no, so she found another way. You will be able to have more children." Kim pulled his collar down. They kissed. "God, you scared me."
"Sorry."
"I don't know what I would do without you."
"I love you Tommy."
"I love you too." They kissed.
Kimberly and the baby was released together a few days later. Tommy settled little Sydney Dakota Oliver into the baby crib in the nursery. He rubbed her back before turning off the light and the baby mobile went off. Kimberly was suppose to be in bed, sleeping. The doctors wanted complete bedrest. Sleeping and breast-feeding for the first few weeks. Tommy went into the girls' room. Trisha was finger painting on her canvas, as the twins wrote with their crayons on the wall. He was happy and thankful, he got that paint that was washable, other ways, he would be in hell, with the many times the girls would write, color, paint on their wall.
"Girls, please try the books."
"Sorry, Daddy."
"Sorry." Mackenzie went back to her book. Tommy went to the bedroom. Kimberly was sitting up playing with pups.
"I thought you were sleeping!"
"I was, I tried. How are the girls?"
"Painting and coloring."
"They are too quiet on the monitor."
"I kind of told them if they were good girls, while Mommy gets rest, Daddy would take them to Dairy Queen and they could get whatever they want after dinner."
"Dairy Queen, of course." Tommy sat on the bed. He moved the bone from Jack's mouth and Jack barked. Kim tossed the balls for the beagles.
"Kim, you look tired, please rest for me."
"I slept in the hospital for 2 days, I'm fine."
"The doctors said.."
"Listen to your wife. I am fine. I could go for some diet cherry Pepsi."
"Will you lay down after that?"
"Yes."
"Promise?" She nodded and rubbed Jack's belly as she had him turning around to chase his tail. Tommy went and got her the soda. He came back and poured a glass with ice and handed it over to her. Kim took a sip.
"I miss her."
"Who?"
"Sydney." Kim drank more of her drink.
"She's right in the nursery sleeping."
"No, I mean, inside me. Carrying her, feeling her every movement. It's the shits and a pain in the neck being pregnant, but I still miss her." Kim rubbed her slightly rounded stomach. Tommy took the glass and sat it on the dresser.
"You always do. You cried after the twins were born for over a week because you missed them. You did the same for Trisha, you didn't want to leave her. Mom practically had to push you out the door to go back to school." Kim laughed.
"What if we can't have anymore?"
"Doctor Walker said she doesn't see any reason why we can't have any more children."
"I know she said that, but...I can't help but wonder if maybe this is it."
"Don't. Don't you worry, okay. Sydney is not our last child. You promised me a son, remember." She smiled. Tommy put his forehead to hers. "And I will hold you to that." They kissed.
About a month later, the family celebrated Kim's 24th birthday. Tommy was still pursuing his degree in Science. Kimberly laid in bed that night, smiling against Tommy's chest. Though the doctors wanted them to wait for at least 2 months before having sex again, Tommy couldn't refuse a birthday wish from Kimberly. She said 2 months for too long, that she was fine and needed to feel him again in that way. So, she feed Sydney and put her down for the next few hours.
"Thank you."
"For what?"
"Everything. The party, the presents, you, this." She placed with his chest hairs.
"I do every thing in my life, because I love you and you deserved every moment of your life being happy." Her head raised and she kissed him.
"I am happy because I have you, and our girls. My life is damn near perfect because of you. You have brought true happiness and given me true love. There is nothing more I could ask for you." They kissed. "I love you tiger."
"I love you too, Beautiful. For always and forever." They kissed again, making love slowly and well into the morning.
8 months later, Kimberly found out Tommy was moving the family to Reefside, why, she shouldn't figure that one out. The fact that Tommy brought this land in December, building a house on it that would take 5-6 months to be finish, and hadn't told her, caused many fights over the past months. Tommy hadn't even finished his degree and was moving them. On top of that, Tommy was having secret meetings with a college friend that nearly broke the couple apart. Kimberly couldn't understand why her husband would be slipping away for weekends at a time, saying he was working at his uncle's racetrack, only to find out he was slipping off to Reefside.
Kimberly remembers being soo angry and upset with Tommy, as he pulled and dragged her into his car after having his mother watch the girls. He drove them to Reefside, the entire trip was quiet, with evil glares from Kim to Tommy. Tommy hated how he made her soo mad, but knew it would all go away when she saw the house. They drove down a secluded road and pulled up on a house. Kim gasped. The house with white panel around the windows on the first and second floor of the house.
"It has an attic, 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, kitchen the way you wanted, like the loft, but much bigger and modern. Dining and living room. Tons of backyard space for the girls and dogs to run around. The woods, all of that behind it is ours." Kim closed the door and stepped up.
"Oh my..god."
"We can move in before Mack and Maddy's birthday. Everything is ready, plumbing, electricity, even cable is up." Kim laughed. She went to him crying.
"I'm sorry!" They hugged. "I just didn't understand how you...?"
"Hey, I know. I'm sorry, I was secretive and lied to you." They kissed. "You really like it."
"Outside is good, let's just hope the inside lives up to it." Tommy held her face. They kissed again.
"I love you."
"I know. I love you too." Tommy led her inside their new Reefside home.
