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Chapter thirty-one

Dave's point of view

5 months later

"Babe do you need help with anything? Do you want some water? Are you cold? I can get you a sweater if you want, or-"

"No Dave it's okay.. Calm down I'm not pregnant anymore" she interrupts me, and then giggles. I sigh and glare at her. "That's exactly why I'm trying to be helpful and you know it. But fine.. I'll go." I sigh, and walk to the door.

Emily keeps her mouth shut, but stays in bed. Without water, without a sweater.

I walk out and shut the door, then walk straight to the nursery, where Ace is changing her diapers. I knock on the door softly, not wanting to disturb him.

Soon after, the door opens and Ace is standing in front of me with Venus in his arms. A smile plays on his lips, as he moves her up and down softly. "She just fell asleep.. Do you want to hold her?" My eyes make their way down to her little face, and her small hands.

"Of course I want to, she's my child.." Nodding, Ace hands me my baby. Then he smiles kindly, pats my shoulder and walks out. As I walk to the chair in the corner, I look down at my daughter and whisper: "Hey princess.. Daddy's here.."

Before sitting down, I kiss her forehead. Then I sink down in the comfy chair, and stare at my sleeping baby.

She's so cute.. Every time I look at her, I think back at that moment 11 days ago. Ace was standing on Emily's right, I was standing on her left. My hand felt like it was gonna fall off, that's how hard she squeezed it. Ace was keeping her hair out of her face, and wiping her sweat off.

After that one last push, that loud scream, the woman telling us it was a girl.. I remember exactly what happened. They cleaned her off, then put her in Emily's arms. The tears were streaming down her face, but not just hers. My cheeks were filled with tears too, and Ace couldn't hold them back either.

I remember thinking "she's so beautiful.." and Emily handing her to me. That first moment of her in my arms, when she looked up at me and took my finger with her little hand.. I will never forget that. I think that's what pure happiness feels like.

And of course we're so thankful for Ace. God, without him we wouldn't have been able to do this. Emily is still recovering, it's hard for her to get up. They sent her home tho, thank fuck. Ace has been doing all the work. He's been changing her diapers, doing all the chores, feeding her..

Of course I did some of that too, and she's spend a lot of time sleeping in Emily's arms. On Ace's free day, I do everything. I miss Emily tho.. It's weird, when you're that busy all day that you don't have time to see your girlfriend.

Today will be one of those days. It's Ace's day off, but this morning he changed her diapers because he missed her. Well, I think that's why. I know Ace well enough to know that that's why.

Blinking a few times, I shake myself out of my thoughts. I gotta get up now, do the dishes, then heat up some milk and feed Venus. I smile to myself, thinking about the name we gave her.

Venus.

Ace came up with the name.. He said he read it in some book, and he fell in love with it. Emily and I promised him, that if we'd get a girl, we'd name her Venus. Ace has already switched to calling her V, and I call her princess. My little princess..

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"Dave.. Baby can you get me a drink?" I hear, coming out of the bedroom. Swiping the sweat off my forehead, I get up and yell back: "Yes of course, I'll be there in a second!"

Doing the laundry takes a lot, man. I go down the stairs skipping some steps to go faster. Then I do the same to the last set of stairs, and walk into the kitchen, where Ace is already waiting for me with a glass of water. I grin at him, while trying to get my breathing onto it's normal speed again.

"Thank you Ace." I breathe out, while quickly turning back around to the stairs. "You're welcome man. Love you!"

"Love you too!" I shout back, before running back up the stairs, and opening the door to our bedroom. My lips turn into a smile when seeing my beautiful girlfriend in the bed. Her eyes are closed, her breathing is steady and the corners of her lips are slightly turned up.

I walk at her, set the glass of water down on the nightstand, and sit down next to her. Instantly, she cuddles up against my back. "Hey baby" I whisper, as I stroke some hair out of her face. Then I kiss her forehead, and carefully pick her up.

Laying down on the bed, I place her next to me. Again, she cuddles up against me. I wrap my arms around my girl. My other girl..

A soft "hmm" slips out of her mouth, but she keeps her eyes closed. I exhale slowly, and relax. We have many beautiful years to come, with Venus and Ace. God I love this woman.

My girlfriend, and maybe soon.. My thoughts trail off as I turn my head to my sock drawer. What if she doesn't say yes?

Maybe I'm not being a good father. I'm letting Ace do all the work. What if she thinks I'm having Ace raise our child? What if she stops loving me?

"I'll never stop loving you baby.." I quickly turn my head back, to look right into Emily's eyes. Biting my lip, I swallow. As I try to fight my tears back, I whisper to her: "D-Did I say that out loud?"

"Yes baby.." A kind smile, soft chuckle and slow nod. A sigh leaves me, and I smile back at her. "I love you so much babe, you have no idea.. I want to stay with you forever. You're so perfect, I don't even deserve you." I whisper at her, letting one tear escape my left eye.

Her soft hand wipes it off my cheek, and her soft voice talks back at me: "I love you too.. And I will stay with you forever, I promise."

Yeah, that might be what I needed to hear. Being sure I didn't say it out loud this time, I slide my face into her neck, close my eyes, squeeze her softly and get pulled into unconsciousness.