My New Legacy - Helms-Lear - Gen 1 - Ch. 10

My New Legacy

Alayna's Story
Generation One

Chapter  Ten

"What did you say?!"

Alayna held Brie Anna, the first one born of the triplets.  She  couldn't believe she just gave birth to triplets!  It just blew her mind, and how was Christopher going to take it.  He was a loving, caring guy and she knew he would love all three girls, but even he would wonder how they would take care of them. 






Alayna heard the car pull up and a car door slam, then Christopher walked in and looked around the room at the three babies. 

Alayna walked over to him and said, "Surprise, we had triplets!"






Christopher's mouth dropped open.  "What?!  What did you say?!" he asked, stunned.  He couldn't believe it.  They had triplets!






Alayna turned her back to him.  "I know, I can't believe it either.  I don't know how we can take care of them," she said, her voice full of sorrow.  She wondered if they shouldn't give up two of them to adoption.  At least, then they would be well taken care of by families that could afford them.

Christopher closed his eyes.  It was a lot to take in.  He had worked a full day, and closed the store, and it was late and he was tired and he just really wanted to go to bed, but the truth was, it wasn't about him. 






"Alayna, honey," he said, his voice tender and kind.  "It's alright.  I will help you with the babies and we will figure things out tomorrow.  But I promise it will be alright."

"How do you know?  We can't afford them," she said, looking around the room at the three girls.  "We don't even have enough money for all the cribs."  Her voice cracked and she wanted to cry again.






"Listen to me, it will be ok.  You know they are really precious.  We'll find a way to make it work," he said. 

Alayna thought it was doubtful.






Christopher saw the look on her face, and wanted to cheer her up.
 "Wow, Alayna, you just gave birth to triplets.  Three amazing little girls," he said, smiling from ear to ear.  "I'm a daddy to three beautiful little girls.  I'm sure they will all be as beautiful as you."

Alayna could see the look of worry and panic under his smile, but he kept it to himself and put on a brave face for her and the babies. 






Alayna felt so grateful to him at that moment.  He loved her and she loved him and she leaned over and hug him tightly.






Christopher held onto her for a long moment trying to reassure her, then he pulled away and said, "Let me see my little girls.  I'm sure they all need to be snuggled, and feed."






So, they spent the next hour snuggling, playing with, and feeding each baby.  Alayna loved each girl and as she took turns helping with each baby, she realized there was no way she could give any of them up for adoption.  She glanced at her easel and knew she was just going to have to paint more.  It probably meant a lot of sleepless nights with the babies, but also trying to make money.






Christopher held Brooke Lynne and knew he was going to have to work harder at work to take care of all of his girls.  He was already trying to work towards a promotion, but now he was going to have to work even harder.  They needed the money.






They finally laid the babies down on the floor.  Yes, they had the one crib, but it didn't seem fair that one of the babies got the crib while the others slept on the floor.  Plus, who would they pick to sleep in the crib. 

They decided to let all three babies sleep on the floor until they could afford the two other cribs.   It only seem fair.  However, both parents felt guilty for it.  Here they brought these poor, innocent babies into the world only to treat them like an animal that sleeps on the ground. 

It took the babies a long time to fall asleep and Brie Anna took the longest to finally go to sleep.






Finally, when all three babies where asleep, then both parents felt like they could sleep.






The next morning, well late morning, the parents woke up to crying babies.  Alayna got up and started snuggling, playing with, and feeding each child.





 
While Christopher practice his cooking skills by making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.






Christopher went ahead and ate first while Alyana was taking care of the second baby, Bethany Marie. 






Then Alayna ate while Christopher took care of the third baby, Brooke Lynne, and then changed all the babies diapers.






However, Christopher had a terrible night's sleep and had to work that night.  He took off for that night and decided he really needed to catch up on his sleep if he was planning on doing well at work to earn a promotion. 

He moved the spare bed outside and went to sleep.  He knew this might seem weird to the neighbors, but it seemed to be the only way he could actually sleep and get some rest. 






Finally, all three babies were snuggled, played with, fed, and had clean clothes and laid on the floor peacefully. 






While Alayna took that moment to take a nap. 






But it didn't last long.   The babies started crying again.







Alayna got up and started taking care of them again, while Christopher slept outside. 








This ends Chapter Ten.  I hope you enjoyed it.  Thank you for reading it.