Bumps in the Road

Chapter 8

Bryce's POV:

"Girl."

The doctor hands Addison the baby. Addison immediately starts crying and says, "Hi baby girl." She holds her for a few seconds longer and then hands her to me. When I held my daughter, this feeling came over me, a protective and loving feeling, that I usually only feel with Addison. I fear tears well up in my eyes. "Don't worry, I won't let anyone hurt you." I tell her. I see Addison wipe tears from under her eyes. I hand our daughter back to her and sit with her and the baby until we have to hand the baby to the nurse. At that point Addison and I are extremely tired, her maybe a little more than me because she did just give birth, and we fall asleep.

*Less than a week later*

We finally get to go home. Addison's parents have been working profusely to get baby clothes and getting the baby what she needs. We chose a name, Rose. We chose it because we love the name and the night I gave Addison her promise ring we came home and I had left her one rose on the bed with a card. The card said, "Addison, I love you. You know that. But I also love the life we have created together, with the baby on the way and the house that we can now proudly call our home. Let this single rose stand for the day I decided I wanted to spend the rest of my life with you. Love, Bryce." She pressed the rose and took the card and put it in a frame with a picture of us under the awning of vines, roses, and lights. We were kissing and I assume either Dixie or Griffin took it. This sits on top of our mantle in the living room, reminding us each and every day.

I take rose into my arms and walk to her room with Addison holding onto my arm, walking with us. We walk into Rose's room to find that Addison's parents had painted her name on the wall and adorned the room with toys of every shape and size. I carefully lay Rose down in her crib and tip-toe out of the room trying not to wake her. I take Addison by the hand and lead her to our bedroom. We sit down on the bed and finally get a chance to think about all that has happened once we started dating. I realize that these past months have been some of the best moments of my life, with the birth of Rose coming on top. I look over at her and find that she was already staring at me. I assume she had come to the same realization that I had because she pulls me close to her and kisses me. "What was that for?" I ask. "Why does there have to be a reason for me to kiss you?" She says while smiling. I smile back and kiss her again. We fall on the bed and stare at each other. I pull her close to me and wrap my arms around her waist. She put her hands on my face and makes out with my. We come up for air a few times but not long enough to stop what we're doing. We wrap up and then go out to the kitchen to get some dinner. Addison goes to check on Rose while I check the fridge to see what I can use to make dinner. I open the door and see that our friends and family have stocked us up on premade dinners. I call Addison into the kitchen and show her what they did for us. Even the sway boys made something! I call them up and thank them for their support. And then Addison and I make FaceTime calls to all our other friends and her parents. When we hang up Addison starts on putting one of the casseroles in the oven. I hear Rose cry and got into the nursery to calm her down. He crying subsides and I change her diaper. Rose is now wide awake so I take her to get a bottle of milk and feed her. I see Addison staring at us while I'm feeding Rose. She smiles and then takes a picture.

I think to myself, "How could life get any better than this?"