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Chapter 8: Hedgie Visits

Roni POV
We leave from North Carolina the next day, but not without a visit to Hedgie. We haven't seen him in awhile and I want to. Aaron drives to where he stays. He brings the kids in after I get a good hold on Hedgie. We want them to experience it but we don't want them to get pricked or anything. I have him cupped in hands and with a blanket sort of around him. The kids come in. I start off telling them that a hedgehog is spikey so they have to be careful around him scared them.

"It's ok guys don't be scared. I'm holding him so he won't hurt you. They're really nice creatures" I say. They slowly walk up to me and I bend down to their level. They just look at him at first. Vinny has proven himself the be the brave one multiple times and this is no exception. He reaches out.

"Rub him gently like this" I say. I guide his hand going the way that the spikes naturally goes. He takes over and does it himself.

"Try it Vi" he says. She slowly reaches out and does the same thing as him. A smile forms on both Aaron and I's faces. They look so calm petting him and the really enjoy it.

"He not soft like Guppy" Vi says. Their little broken language is so funny to me.

"No he's not as soft as guppy but he's cute like him" I say.

"I like him" Vinny says

"Me too" Vi says

"We have to leave him soon so tell him bye" Aaron says

"Bye Hedgie!" Vinny says

"We love you Hedgie!" Vi says. She blows a kiss at him. She learned that from when I blew a kiss at Aaron and ever since then it's stuck. I put him back into his cage and say my good byes to him too. I meet them back in the car.

"Who's Hedgie's owner?" Vi asks

"Me, but dada brought him for me" I say

"Why?" Vinny asks. That's a line that he's notorious for.

"Because mama really likes hedgehogs. She told me that a lot. I got him as a gift for her. I didn't know that he couldn't stay in LA so he has to stay here"

"Poor Hedgie" Vi says

"Don't feel bad, we'll come back to see him so he doesn't get lonely. Plus he's down here with grandma, grandpa, uncle Andrew, aunt Mariah, and cousin Malaya. They'll come and visit him. He won't be lonely." Aaron says.

"Yay!" The Twins say at the same time. We drive the car back to the house and pick up Andrew so he can drive it back from the airport. We've really enjoyed our time in North Carolina.

We go through to whole boarding process after Andrew drives off. Finally we're on the plane and off to LA. Back to our actual home. I love North Carolina and all the people there but after this busy, and crazy week we've had I'm ready to go home. I'm sure everyone is. Traveling is a lot now that we each have our own families. I don't understand how Alex and Lauren are even going to Canada. I get visiting her family but jeez that's a lot of flying. Hey, I won't knock their grind. They're good at doing their thing.

We start flying. I'm not that tired so I decide to just stay awake. That's the worst decision I've made in my life. I start feeling panic creeping up on me. I'm having a panic attack. My anxiety is horrible with this type of stuff. I wish it wasn't.

"Breathe" Aaron says while rubbing my back. He must have noticed that I'm having a panic attack. "Everything is ok, I'm right here" I take slow deep breaths. I slowly start to calm down.

"Better?" Aaron asks me.

"Much" I say. He hands me some water. I take a couple of sips. He knows exactly what to do when I have an attack. It's all always so comforting and helps me calm down. I love him so much for that. I give him a quick kiss on the cheek and relax. I try to go to sleep to avoid having another attack. I hate having to leave Aaron to keep an eye on the kids but I really can't have another attack. He has said multiple times that he understands, but I still hate doing it. I put more thought in but as soon as I close me eyes I'm asleep and I wake up to Aaron tapping on my shoulder.

"We're landing in a bit babe." He says. I nod my head and get my stuff in my area up. The kids must have fallen asleep while I was asleep because they're knocked out right now. When we land I carry one out and Aaron carries the other. I grab a couple of bags and Aaron grabs the rest. Finally Kian and Nessa pick us up. We drop our bags off upstairs and put the twins in bed. We turn on the baby monitors.

"Can we unpack tomorrow? I'm to lazy and tired to do it now" Aaron whines.

"You definitely don't have to ask me that. I would wait for a week to unpack if I could" I say

"I've never felt so jet lagged" he complains

"Probably because you've traveled to like three different places in such little time. Your body can't keep up"

"Ok Dr. Roni" he teases. I stick my tongue out at him and he does the same back. We crack up.

"Ok, ok, ok, ok" I say. "I'm going to grab the kids a little snack for when they wake up. I'm going to try to edit a video too. I advise you to just relax and take a nap. I got the next couple of hours." I say

"Love you" he says

"Love you too" I say and give him a kiss on the lips and I go back to my mom duties.