Beau Babies / h.s

Names

   My arms ached, my legs ached, my head ached. Everything ached. It hurt. Everything hurt. I felt stiff, it was hard to move. But I did.

   Pulling my eyes open was a pain in itself and I had to groan heavily in effort. The pupils in my eyes reacted badly with the bright lights above me. I gasped and had to blink quickly for at least a minute before I was able to keep them fully open.

   I was alive. I was alive. Looking down, I noticed that my stomach was as round as it was before, pulling the sheet off, I saw the huge fresh c section scar on my abdomen,

   “Shit,” I cursed. Hang on. If I was still alive… What about them? What about my babies? Were they alright? Did they find the contract? What if they’re dead? What am I going to do? Without thinking, I pulled them emergency chord and immediately, Angela burst through the door, “Where are they?” I exclaimed,

   “You’re awake then,” She smiled, but didn’t answer my question, “How are you feeling? Groggy?”

   “Where are they?” I repeated with even more desperation in my voice,

   Angela sighed, “They’re all fine, they’re all healthy and are in the baby ward-”

   “Can I see them?” I asked hopefully,

   She shook her head, “Not yet, we need you to recover fully, a day, and then I’ll take you down to them. But…” Angela stopped and smiled, “There are some people who want to see you. And congratulations on your baby girls,”

   “They’re girls?” I whispered, I had three daughters,

   “Can we come in?” An extremely joyful voice asked as five smiling faces appeared in the door,

   “Of course you can,” I grinned, “I’m a mum…” I cried again, god I was way too over emotional for my own good,

   They hugged me each in turn, “How are you feeling?” Liam asked,

   I shrugged, “Better if I could see them but not too bad, have you seen them?”

   Harry nodded, “They’re so…tiny…” I laughed,

   “You gave us a hell of a scare,” Zayn said, I bit my lip guiltily,

   “Sorry,” I bowed my head,

   “Just don’t do it again and I’ll forgive you,” Zayn said hugging me from the side, I rested my head on his shoulder and was happy to have them with me,

   “I really appreciate you guys being here you know,”

   “Aww,” Louis said pretending to cry, “Don’t make me blush,”

   I laughed, “I’m serious though, with now having any friends or family I…I really appreciate you all being here,” Liam grinned,

   “Don’t worry about it, honestly, it’s a privilege and we really enjoy seeing you…most days…” Niall smiled showing me his teeth,

   “What are you going to call them?” We all turned to Harry who suddenly spoke loudly and completely changing the subject,

   “Huh?”

   “Your kids,” Harry said excitedly, “What are you going to call them?”

   I sighed and shrugged, “I…I don’t know, I’ve never really thought about it,” I told them,

   “Why not?” Zayn asked curiosity waving over him,

   Breathing out loudly I replied, “I never thought I’d be the one to name them,” They all looked confused still, so I elaborated, “I didn’t think I’d still be here to name them…” After that, there was an awkward silence, until none other than Harry, of course, broke it,