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“Yes, we are sweetheart,” Peter hummed exhaustedly as Daisy went upstairs after her pack of furless puppies. “Tomorrow, I can take the family  to Mercy Memorial to visit with Tommy, and then afterwards, I’m meeting up with Gideon to get the ball rolling on suing that dog’s owners.”

“Understood, my love,” I acknowledged his rage and fatherly worry with a gentle hum, reaching out to settle my hand over his tightly curled fingers. “Will you be meeting with Gideon at his home office, or will he come to the house?”

“Neither- he’ll be meeting up with me at the hospital,” he told me, bringing my fist up for a series of soft, whiskery kisses. “He also went ahead and let the rest of the family know about Tommy’s battle scars.”

“Ah, okay then.” I felt sudden relief before immediately feeling guilty. “Well, no doubt at all that our family chat would have exploded when we’ll check it in the morning.”

“Okay,” he smiled as I ran into Elizabeth, who had let Daisy out before heading upstairs for a shower and then bed. “Hihi Elizabeth- how are you doing?”

“Not well,” she confessed as she leaned into me. “Will Tommy be alright?”

“He will be perfectly fine,” I reassured her with a gentle hum as she wrapped her arms around myself before I realized something. “Elizabeth, you are now taller than I am!”

“What?” She pulled away to investigate. “Nooooooooooooooo…” she whined before slouching. “I don’t want to be taller than you!”

I chuckled at her dramatics as Peter came up, telling us both to go upstairs and get ready for bed; he’ll let Daisy back inside when she was ready to come in again. I dropped her off at her bedroom before going to the master bedroom located on the third floor.

I groaned as I sank into my well-deserved bubble bath, warmth enveloping me as I relaxed and felt my muscles untensing. My head lolled backwards and my eyes shut as I momentarily drifted off into restless sleep.

The next thing that I was aware of was someone unplugging the tub and turning the overhead shower on to wash away the bubbles that had come to stick upon my befreckled skin.

“I’m sorry sweetheart,” Peter apologized in a gentle rumble. “it’s already two in the morning and I really need to shower now. I’ll dress you for bed before tucking you into our bed. also, the Ratajczyk family bedbugs had come in to spend the night with us.”

Sure enough, little girl, Baby Noah, Baby Eve, Baby Mattie, Baby Teddy, Baby Jojo, Elizabeth, Elle, Katie and Ning were all tucked into the center of the massively sized bed, sound asleep as Peter and I both smiled knowingly at one another.

“Might as well let them spend the night with us,” Peter shrugged simply as he tugged up the covers up over me. “I really wish that I could take away their anxieties and fears.”

“I feel the same way, my love,” I whispered as I turned onto my side and cooed as the babies immediately came for a nighttime snuggle with mommy. “I’m going to go to sleep now, my love.”

“Goodnight sweetheart.” I didn’t need to look to Peter to know that he was smiling. “I’ll see you in the morning.”

“Just shut up and go to sleep,” Katie grouched just then. “I’m trying to sleep over here!”

Peter and I both contained our sniggers of mirth as he disappeared into the bathroom to take a shower.

~xoXox~

“Hihi Tommy!” I greeted the groggy little man the next morning, leading the charge into his hospital room. “How are you doing today, you brave little man?”

He looked up at me with his face covered in heavy bandaging and let out a distressed little whine, answering me as his siblings came pattering in with drawings for his tasteless hospital room walls.

A nurse came in right after them, and with a sweet smile, began to tape up their drawings. Little girl limped up to me and threw her arms up, demanding to sit on my knee. Her tiny little girl green casted foot was covered with scribbles from the family and friends from school and faire.

“Hihi, Tommy!” Elizabeth greeted him as she entered his room, wearing Isabelle’s kitty backpack with Mittens and Primrose stashed safe and sound away inside. “How’s my little baby brother doing today?”

MEOW Mittens looked concerned as Elizabeth shut the door and opened the backpack, letting the motherly cat and her baby skunklet out. Primrose wandered over to where the babies had congregated while Mittens jumped up onto the bed and curled herself into a purring kitty ball next to Tommy.

“Hihi Mitties,” Tommy slurred as he laid there, unable to really do much of anything. “Good kitty.”

Knock-knock-knock

Mittens leapt from the bed, seizing Primrose around the scruff of her neck and dragged her skunk baby underneath the bed. I casually draped the bedsheets to fall over the bed and conceal the family pets as a young faced nurse entered the room, pushing a cart of bandages and wraps.

“Hello, I need to change Tommy’s bandages,” they announced with a quiet hum as Baby Jojo crawled under the bed.

“Go ahead,” I told them, looking up as Peter and Gideon both entered the sterile room just then. My big brother was dressed casually in jeans, a graphic T-shirt and bright green converse sneakers, his strawberry blond curls swept to the side messily and his car keys twirling on his fingers.

“Hihi Giddy,” I greeted my big brother as the babies swarmed at his feet, all eager to greet their uncle.

“Hihi Mary Claire, hihi babies!” he chuckled as he dropped down to a knee to greet his beloved nieces and nephews. Eventually, he stood back up, with Baby Jojo and Baby Noah under an armpit each and Baby Teddy hanging from the back of his neck. At his feet, Baby Eve and Baby Mattie both took up their positions on a foot each, causing me to take a quick snapshot of the adorable moment.

@Mary_Claire_Ratajczyk_Official, the babies and one of their favorite uncles! with @therealpetersteeleoffical at @mercymemorial

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