Chapter 102: Bryn

“Are you sure he’s okay to go home?” I ask the doctor as she goes over our discharge information.

She smiles at me. “He’s perfectly healthy. You have nothing to worry about, but you need to take it easy for a little while. You had surgery so you will take some time to heal, but make sure to walk at least a small amount of time a day. Okay?”

I nod but I’m still worried about Henry. He was born early and I’ve read that there can be complications. It seems too good to be true that he’s completely fine.

“Okay, doctor. Thank you.” I tell her giving her a very unconvincing smile.

She rests a hand on my legs and pats it. “You’ll be just fine dear.”

My eyes well up but I hold back the tears until she leaves. I look down at my sleeping baby. God, he’s so cute! He looks so much like Sawyer that it makes my heart swell any time I look at him. Sawyer says he looks like me, but I don’t see it. Not that it matters as long as he is healthy. It does have me wondering what my other babies would look like. It’s way too soon to be thinking about it, but I can’t help it. I want to give all the guys babies, but let’s see if we can handle one baby first.

“Ready baby?” Sawyer walks in with a proud swagger.

He’s been doing that a lot. Looking like a puffed-up proud dad. It’s kind of cute, to be honest.

“All ready!” I say a little too high-pitched.

He frowns and sits down next to me on the bed and reaches over to brush down Henry’s hair. It's a little wild even though it’s short.

“What’s wrong?” He asks.

“I just want to make sure he’s okay. I keep thinking something will suddenly be wrong with him. He was born too soon.” I confess.

“Yeah, but he doesn’t look like it. He looks healthy and the doctors say he is. I know you’re worried but don’t be.” He says and I nod but honestly it doesn’t help with my fears.

I guess only time will help me relax.

“Now let's go home and get ready for the move.” He says before standing and offering me his hand.

There is a wheelchair just a few steps from the bed, and he helps me move over to it. Once I’m seated he pushes me out of my room and down the hallway leading out of the maternity wing of the hospital. I wave goodbye to a few nurses who helped me and the security guard hired to look after our baby while I was not able to take care of him. Sawyer has promised him a job in California as our personal security, so we’ll be seeing him a lot more. He’ll stay until the hospital finds a replacement for him at Sawyer’s insistence. It’s helped a lot of the other parents feel a lot better about their babies in the nursery.

When we finally make it out front the others are waiting for us in front of a car I’ve never seen before.

“What’s this?” I ask with a laugh.

“Our new ride. We’re going to need it.” Jaxon says stepping aside and holding an arm out like he’s in a showroom trying to see us the thing.

A van. Yep, a minivan is parked in front of me with three very big guys standing in front of it.

“Are you serious? This is for big families with lots of kids. We only have one baby.” I remind them.

“It seats 7. That means we can all ride together and still have room for a couple of kids.” Jaxon says causally.

I shake my head. “You guys are crazy. This is just another car we are going to need to be sent to California.”

“Don’t worry about anything sweetheart All you have to do is take care of our little man and we’ll handle everything else. Unless you need a break then we’ll take care of him too.” Maddox promises.

Oh boy, here come the tears again. I’ve been crying a lot since the baby was born. Apparently, it's normal to be emotional because of the hormones being all weird in my body.

“This is amazing guys,” I say with a sniffle.

Sawyer leans down and kisses the side of my neck making me shiver. “You’re welcome. Now let's go home.”

I nod with a smile on my face. “I’ll take the little man,” Jaxon says before he carefully takes him from my arms.

“I’ll help you love.” Nolan holds his arm out for me to slip through and he escorts me into the car.

Once I’m inside he jogs to the other side and climbs into the very back. Jaxon passes the baby off to Sawyer and climbs in but stops next to me to lift my chin up and kiss me. Once he has me melting he pulls away and climbs into the back seat with Nolan. My face is on fire and I catch a few people on the sidewalk looking our way. Maddox closes the door for me as soon as he notices me feeling awkward.

Sawyer carefully puts the baby in his carseat and does his best to close the door without waking him. He manages it and even Maddox is able to close his own door without waking the little guy. Once we’re all strapped in Sawyer pulls away from the curb and we head home.

We drive up to the house that has become a real home over the last few months. With the addition of the other guys it’s felt so full of love and happiness that I feel an ache of sadness to leave it. I know that our new house is going to eventually feel just like home too eventually but hormones you know, so I cry.

“Sweetheart,” Maddox says before he wraps me in a big hug.

He doesn’t ask me why I’m crying or tell me to stop. Nope! He holds me as I cry over leaving our home. Once I am done he keeps his arm wrapped around my waist as we head inside. Nolan is carrying the car seat into the house and I’m shocked that the baby slept through the whole ride. He sets the seat down on the longer section of the couch until we can bring his bassinet over. Jaxon slides over a small table with wheels to the couch and I see a serving tray full of my favorite snacks, some water, and the TV remote. Nolan brings Henry’s small rocker bassinet over as well and Maddox leads me over to the long section of the couch so I can lay down.

Seriously these guys are trying to make me cry again!

“Need anything else Angel?” Jaxon asks looking like an eager puppy.

I look between them all and they’re all looking at me expectantly. “I’m good. Thank you!”

They all relax and move around the house grabbing food and a bunch of blankets and pillows. We bought this couch a few weeks ago, and it’s been one of the best things we could have gotten. It’s L-shaped, but the whole thing can be turned into a giant lounging space. So Maddox gets the rest of the couch ready and the guys all climb on next to me and wait for me to pick something for us to watch.

“You guys don’t have to sit with me if you want to-“

“We aren’t going anywhere sweetheart, so pick a movie.” Maddox is sitting the closest to me, so when I pick a movie I lay my head on his shoulder.

He wraps an arm around me and I get comfortable against his broad chest. It doesn’t take long for me to fall asleep and I think I heard the baby at some point but no one woke me up so assume one of the guys grabbed him and took him to the nursery so that I could sleep.

When I finally make up I lift my head to find the baby laying on Jaxon’s chest asleep and the other guys fixed on a game playing on the TV. It’s a football game on mute. I smile at their attempt to be quiet while watching sports. They’re so careful about making sure that me and the baby are rested and undisturbed.

“You awake sweetheart?” Maddox asks.

I sit up and yawn. “How long was I out?”

“About an hour. Do you want to lie down in the room? We can set up your stuff in there.” He offers but I shake my head.

“I like it out here, but you don’t have to mute the game,” I say as I adjust some pillows behind me and get comfortable.

“We didn’t want to wake you guys. Besides it isn’t a great game.” Jaxon grumbles at that last statement.

“Oh okay.” I shrug and grab my Kindle off the table next to me.

Maybe I don’t have to be worried about being home after all.