Shattered Glass

[Adelle_fan1000]

Amazing!!!!!

[Louise_2983]

I don't know what to say, but...

perfect ..

Aww thank you

Thanks for all the lovely comments everyone, it means a lot

[Zetti]

Wow!

Your words and the moments just took my breath away

Like Kaiya said, perfect

[Red Ranger 1]

Lovely chapter, captured the moment perfectly.I loved Belle's "Look what we made" on catching sight of her daughter.I was so relieved when she started breathing.

[leah1234]

update tonight???

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[Louise_2983]

Chapter 45

Her tiny hand clenched into a little fist as she lifted it to her mouth and let out a tiny yawn. Mirroring her daughter’s movement Belle’s hand covered her own mouth to catch an escaping manifestation of her exhaustion.

“Ok that’s the third time you’ve yawned in the past ten minutes” Aden told her softly, running his fingers through her dark tresses.

“Let’s get you back”

“No!” she objected, shaking head adamantly.

“Please don’t make me leave her Aden”

“Belle, you need you rest too” he insisted as she perched forward in the wheelchair, as if to demonstrate just how alert and awake she was. Her hand slid through the small door in the side of the

incubator, her fingertips gently playing with her daughter’s tiny toes as she smiled contentedly.

“I’m sat in a wheelchair watching the most beautiful little girl in the world Aden, I’m not running a marathon. I’m fine, I can rest here”

“Bel-” he began to object but her pleading eyes were impossible to say no to and, given that he didn’t want to be apart from her anymore than she wanted to be apart from Alyssia, he couldn’t help but slip his arm around her shoulders and agree when she begged for a little longer with their daughter.

He knew that a little longer would turn into a lot longer if Belle had her way but he couldn’t bring himself to object. He wanted them to be together forever and watching her gaze at their precious little

girl with nothing but love in her beautiful eyes took his breath away.

Gently he dropped his arm from her shoulders to her waist and cautiously levered her light body sideways, out of the wheelchair and onto his lap. She wound the arm, that wasn’t extended to allow her to maintain physical contact with Alyssia, around his neck and rested her temple lightly against his.

“I’m sorry” she whispered so lightly that he almost failed to hear her.

“Sorry? What for babe?” he asked slightly confused.

“This” she sighed, shrugging her shoulders.

“I couldn’t even carry our baby safely Aden. I just don’t understand why to so many women motherhood comes so naturally and yet I manage to screw it up every single time”

“Hey, sssssh!” he murmured, tilting her head to face him and running the back of his palm tenderly down her soft cheek.

“This is not your fault, you know that. It’s nobody’s fault. She obviously just couldn’t wait another minute longer to meet her Mummy and who could blame her?”

“Thank you for trying to make me feel better” she smiled weakly.

“Bu-”

“No buts Belle. You are an amazing mother to this beautiful little girl who is going to adore you just as much as her big brother does. And before you even try to suggest it this didn’t happen as some sort

of punishment or karma and it’s definitely not because you’re not a good mother. It’s just one of those things...”

“We seem to get a lot of those things” Belle laughed softly as he brushed his lips against hers.

“But we always get through them don’t we? Together?”

“Yeah” she nodded with a smile.

“Except for when I run off to another continent”

“Which is not going to happen again”

“I know that but do you, really? You do believe that don’t you Aden?” she questioned needing him to know that there was nowhere else she would rather be in that moment.

“Of course I do” he told her with a sly smile.

“I hid your passport!”

“Ha ha! Very funny” she hit him playfully on the arm and couldn’t help but smile.

“Hold on, you didn’t, did you?” she questioned suddenly serious.

“Of course not. Belle we have the two most adorable children on this planet and I know that you’re not going anywhere. I can’t even get you to leave the room never mind the country!”

“I love you Aden Jefferies” she murmured, kissing him softly.

“I love you more” he whispered softly into her hair.

“Yeah I know” she smiled against his cheek as the door creaked open behind them.

“But I’m working on it”

“Guys, sorry to interrupt bu-”

“Yeah we know Rach” Aden smiled knowingly.

“I’ve tried to get her to leave but she’s too hypnotised by our gorgeous little girl here”

“Actually it’s not that, it’s Jamie”

“Jamie?” Belle’s head instantly snapped up as she took her eyes from her daughter’s perfect for the first time in hours.

“He’s refusing to go to bed until he’s seen you both, he’s down the corridor with Roman”

Without a word Belle was on her feet, shrugging off Aden’s grasp on her and knocking the wheelchair out of her way haphazardly. Pulling the portable IV besides her she was out of the door and half

way down the long, clinical corridor before anyone could object. Suddenly her body was no longer weak as a desire to see Jamie for the first time in days filled her being.

Her heart skipped a beat and a painful shot of guilt surged through her as she caught sight of her gorgeous son. He was sat quietly on one of the hard, red plastic chairs wearing his bright blue pyjamas emblazoned with the superman logo. His knees were crossed underneath him and the bright red cape which matched his pyjamas was wrapped around the neck of the Mickey Mouse soft toy he hugged close to him.

As she approached his head remained bowed and he buried his face further into the neck of the teddy bear as she knelt down in front of him and took his little hands in her own.

“There’s my favourite boy” she smiled sincerely, leaning forward to brush a kiss over his cheek and breathe in his familiar, comforting scent.

He shuffled backwards a fraction before murmuring a question which broke her heart in two.

“Doesn’t Daddy love me anymore?”

Before she could respond Aden’s strong armed reached out for his son, lifting him with ease before dropping them both back into one of the uncomfortable chairs, so that Jamie was positioned in his lap

and Belle could reach out to hold his hands again.

“Mate, you know that I will never stop loving you. You’re my best boy” he whispered, his heart shattering at the thought that Jamie would ever think that he could stop loving him.

“But you weren’t there to read me my story, you or Mummy. Mummy went away before but you were always there”

“And I always will be Jamie” he promised wholeheartedly.

“I didn’t go far did I?”

“No” he whispered shaking his head softly.

“It only took Uncle Roman from the number 5 to the number 15 to drive here” he told them proudly, demonstrating the passing of time by pointing to his watch.

“And he drives very safely, he doesn’t go fast like Aunt Nicole does”

“I should hope so!” Belle smiled up at him.

“With someone as precious as you in the car with him”

“Hello Mummy” he smiled sweetly as though he had only just noticed her presence.

“You didn’t go far either”

“No and I never will Jamie, I promise” she whispered, kissing his forehead.

“Mummy?” he asked in horror, his eyes fixated on the IV.

“Why do you have a tube in your arm? Are you sick again?”

“I’m just a little tired sweetie but this is going to make me all better, you don’t have to worry”

“Are you and Daddy coming home soon?” he questioned, seemingly accepting her response.

“I hope so mate” Aden smiled down at his son lovingly.

“But right now the doctors are trying to make the baby better”

“Uncle Roman said that the baby girl was born too early even though I told her that she had to stay in Mummy’s tummy for lots more sleeps!”

“Yes” Belle nodded with a smile.

“It seems your little sister is a rebel just like your Daddy!”

“What’s a rebel Mummy?”

“Someone who doesn’t do as they’re told!” she chuckled, tickling him softly as he squirmed in Aden’s lap.

“I’m not a rebel Mummy” he told her seriously as she stopped tickling him.

“I’m a good boy”

“Who wouldn’t go to sleep when Roman told him to!” Aden chuckled, nodding towards Roman who was stood a little distance away talking to Rachel.

“I just wanted to see you and Mummy, Daddy! I missed you lots and lots and I was worried that you’d gone away forever”

“That’s not going to happen mate” he whispered softly against his son’s tiny ear.

“I know Daddy, you always come back”

“That’s right”

“And you’re back forever aren’t you Mummy?” he looked to her for reassurance.

“Forever” she nodded with a smile, tears welling up in her tired eyes. She couldn’t help but feel guilty that they’d left him for two days without a thought that he might be worried about them not coming

back.

“Mummy?”

“Yes baby?”

“Did you come here in a nee naw ambulance?”

“No sweetie, I came in Nana Amanda’s car”

“Oh” he sighed in disappointment.

“I want to go in a nee naw ambulance one day!”

“Only if you’re the one driving it though hey mate?” Aden chuckled and tousled his son’s hair affectionately.

“Yep I don’t want to be sick Daddy. Is the baby girl sick?”

“She’s just very little and fragile right now because she was born too soon, so the doctors have to help her to breathe sweetie” Belle explained softly.

“Will she get better?”

“We hope so” Aden replied not willing to sugar coat the possible truth anymore than that.

“Would you like to meet her?”

“Is she your favourite now Mummy?” he asked dubiously.

“You’re both my favourites Jamie”

“Ok then” he nodded enthusiastically.

“Ok sweetie but she’s very, very small and there are a lot of tubes and wires but you mustn’t let them scare you ok? They’re just to help her, they’re nothing to be frightened of” she told him hoping he

would believe her because the tubes and the wires frightened her more than anything.

“Ok” he nodded again as Aden stood with his son in his arms and the three of them walked back into the NICU together.

“She’s very little” Jamie announced as he peered into the incubator at his new sister.

“She looks like one of Sophie’s dolls, are you sure she’s real Mummy?”

“Oh she’s very real sweetie I promise”

“What’s her name Mummy? Is it Jefferies like mine?”

“Of course it is Jamie, she’s part of our family. But her first name is Alyssia”

Jamie lent forward as Aden, worried that Belle had exerted her too much, placed his hands on her shoulders and gently pushed her back down into the wheelchair. She wrapped her arms around Jamie’s

waist as he gazed at his sister.

“Hello Lissia!” he announced with a sweet smile, baring his teeth for the newborn baby to see.

“My name is James Taylor Jefferies but I will let you call me Jamie because I’m your big brother and that means we’re friends”

Belle glanced at Aden and they shared a secret smile as their hearts melted at the sight of their two children together for the first time.

“You’re very pretty like Mummy” he told his sister softly before his tone became more severe.

“But stealing my eyes is very naughty! But I will let you off as long as you share all your toys with me when you’re bigger!”

“She says that’s very forgiving of you mate” Aden teased with a smile.

“When will she be able to talk Daddy?”

“Not for a long time yet son”

“Good because if she talks as much as Aunt Nicole does I’ll have earache all the time! Girls talk too much about silly girl things”

“You got that right, about Nicole anyway” Roman joked as he peered around the door.

“Guys she’s gorgeous” he nodded to Alyssia with a smile.

“Oh we know” Aden smiled back, pride beaming from every pore.

“I think we should get you to bed though now you’ve seen Mummy and Daddy mate” Roman told Jamie knowing he would be a nightmare to get to school in the morning if he wasn’t in bed soon.

“Awwww!”

“Go on Jamie, you be a good boy and Mummy and Daddy will be back as soon as they can”

“Can I come to see you and Lissia again tomorrow?”

“Of course you can mate, I’ll bring you after school” Roman promised as Jamie looked at his sister once more.

“Bye bye baby girl!” he told her sweetly.

“Please hurry up and get bigger so that my Mummy and Daddy can come home!”

“Jamie” Belle called after him after he had kissed them both goodbye and he had headed towards the door.

“Yes Mummy?”

“You forgot Mickey” she told him holding up the soft toy.

“It’s ok” he whispered taking Roman’s hand and heading for the exit.

“Lissia can borrow him because she doesn’t have any toys here”

[bikinikill]

Oh that was so cute. I love that Jamie left Mickey with his sister. And that he talked to her. Tooo cute.

And I love that Belle is bonding with her baby. Thats really lovely.

Awesome work Louise, you are soo good at this.

Can't wait till the next chapter.

[Taniya_K]

Aw, Jamie! He melts my heart too!!!

Loved him calling her Lissia, and letting her borrow Mickey! Such a sweetheart!

Can't wait for more!

[LAURZY!]

WOW! I'm in bits here!!! lol

That was amazing, the ending with Jamie melted my heart

Brilliant! i dont know what else to say haha

It was all so good, one of my fave chapters so far

Really cannot wait to read more

[xknomex]

*squeals*

Awwww Jamie!!!!! he's soooooo cute!!!

a nee naw Ambulance and he gave her Micky!!! *heart melts*

That was such a good chapter!!!!

eeek

xxx