I wake with a start when I hear one of the babies cry. I quickly get out of bed, but when I reach the babyroom, I see that Dunk's already there.
"Ssht, you're waking mummy up," he whispers to Robin, who he's holding in his arms.
"Too late," I smile.
"Oh, well, time to feed them anyway!" he smiles back and immediately gives me Robin.
"Already?" I ask surprised.
"Yeah, you've been sleeping for quite a while. And I bet you've got enough in there," he cheekily looks at my boobs.
"Oi!" I call out and slap him with my free hand. He puts his arms around me and Robin and hugs us. He gives me a kiss on my nose and lets go off us. After I've fed Robin and Angel, we take them downstairs with us. Soon they've fallen asleep again so we put them in their cribs in the living room.
Dunk sits down close to me and takes my hands. "I got something for you," he says with an excited look on his face.
"For me?" I say surprised. He nods.
"Lee told me that you've heard the songs once before, some time ago. I wrote it for you, I sang it for you, I recorded it for you, and now I've got the very first copy for you," he says excited and hands me a cd. I'm speechless. I know exactly which song he means.
"Is this�?" I say amazed.
"I believe my heart. Yes. I recorded it with Keedie. The people from the record company liked the song so much when they heard it, that I had to record it with Keedie, and it's gonna be released next week!"
"Wow! That's really great!" I call out and put the cd on.
With Dunk's strong arms around me I listen to the beautiful, breath-taking, heart-stopping song. I remember the words from when I first heard them. It seems years ago, and I felt really sad because we weren't a couple. But this time the song makes me feel happy, so happy! Knowing that Dunk loves me as much as I love him� we must be the luckiest people on earth!
3 weeks later, Friday morning
About every day we had guests to see the babies. All day long we're busy with the twins. Bathing them, clothing them, several times a day changing nappies, feeding them, making them stop crying. When they sleep in the afternoon, I immediately go to sleep too. Dunk does the laundry, grocery shopping, he even cleans the house when I'm asleep! He truly is super-dad!
But today he has left the house early, and left me alone with Angel and Robin. His solo-single 'I believe my heart' is doing so great, that he has to do some promotion for it. The record company said that he really can't postpone it any longer. So now he's gone, for two whole days! Today he's doing some promotion and performances in the UK, and tomorrow in Germany, so he isn't even coming home this night. It's the first time in many, many weeks that I have to spend a day without Dunk, let alone a night! And the very first time that I'm alone with the babies. I hope I can manage on my own� The last couple of days they've been very sweet, so I convinced Dunk to go. He kept on saying that our family is more important than his career, but I replied that it won't hurt us to be alone for just 2 days. So he made me promise I would call Lee or Fiona if I need help and than he finally left.
From the moment he left I felt that everything would go wrong the whole day. The babies both started to cry and didn't stop for more than an hour, no matter if I rocked their cribs or held them in my arms and walked around. Even Lee's singing and dancing fairies didn't work. When they had finally gone to sleep, I had to wake them up because it was time to feed them. If I don't feed them on time, it'll be hopeless the rest of the day. But they didn't want to drink properly, so I played with them for a while. It was already past lunchtime when they finally fell asleep again and I quickly went to bed too.
But now, only half an hour later, they've woken me up again. I can hear both of them crying in their room. I stretch myself and get out of bed. Shit, those 30 minutes of sleep didn't do mw any good! I feel more tired than before!
"Ssht, ssht, mummy's here," I walk into the babyroom. They both stop crying for a second, but than start again. I sit down next to their cribs and softly rock them back and forwards.
"What's wrong with you 2 today? Do you miss daddy? Do you miss daddy?" I keep on talking to them and from time to time take them in my arms and walk around.
Two hours later they're still crying. I'm getting desperate now, it's not funny anymore. If they don't stop crying soon, they won't drink properly again the next feeding because they'll be too tired. I take them both to our bedroom and put on some soft music. I lay them in the middle of the bed and lie down next to them. I'm too tired to hold them anymore.
After half an hour they finally calm down a bit. I take the chance and try to feed them before they start crying again. As I expected, they hardly dink and leave me with sore breasts. The phone starts to ring, which makes them cry again.
"Damned phone!" I swear when I can't find where it is. I feel the tears burning in my eyes when I look at my 2 upset little babies. Finally the phone stops ringing, I can't find it anyway!
"I can't help it! Just tell me what to do!" I whisper, closing my eyes desperate. Now my cell phone starts to ring. Thank God it's in my pocket, otherwise I wouldn't have found this one either! I look at the screen.
"Lee!" I burst out crying.
"Iris! Calm down! I'm coming right away!" Lee answers shocked. "I'll be there in 15 minutes!" he hangs up the phone.
I take a deep breath and wipe away the tears with my sleeve. I take Angel and Robin in my arms and go downstairs. When Lee comes rushing in, exactly 15 minutes later, I burst out in tears again. I can't help it, I'm so tired and desperate! Lee doesn't say anything, but he gives me a kiss on my forehead and takes both babies from my arms. He disappears upstairs and comes back only a couple of minutes later. I can still hear the twins crying. I look up at Lee, my face covered in tears. He kneels down in front of me and gives me a big hug.
"Ssht, don't cry," he whispers. Still half-crying I tell him about today, how everything goes wrong.
"They won't stop crying if you lay them in their cots," I sob, still hearing them cry.
"They've cried so much today, it won't hurt to cry another 10 minutes. Now tell me, did you have lunch?" he asks me.
"Erm�"
"That's what I thought. You've only been thinking of the babies, and you forgot yourself. Did you drink anything?" he wipes away my tears. I shake my head.
"How can you feed them if you don't drink and eat anything yourself?" he smiles. I feel new tears burning in my eyes.
"Hey, I'm not blaming you or anything!" Lee says sweetly. "I'm just saying that we have to take care of you first now. I understand that it's really hard to be alone all day long! Especially when Angel and Robin are having a bad day. Come on, let's see what Dunk has left for you in the fridge. I bet it's enough for at least a week," he smiles and takes my hand. I follow him to the kitchen and he opens the fridge.
"A week? A month!" he calls out, making me smile a bit.
"Aw that's better!" he smiles and strokes some hair out of my face. "Now sit down," he instructs me and makes me a really big sandwich and pours me a drink.
"Eat and drink all of this, and after that you're going to bed," he says determined and he leaves the kitchen before I can reply. I hear him going upstairs to the babyroom.
I take a deep breath and do as Lee said: I eat and drink everything and than go upstairs. I see that Lee's walking around with Robin and Angel lying on his shoulders. They're still crying, but not too loud or upset.
"Go to bed, and try to sleep. I'll wake you up when it's time," he says when he sees me.
"Are you sure?" I ask him. He nods.
"Come here, give us a hug," he smiles. I wrap my arms around him and the babies.
"There's nothing wrong with them, they just want to cry today," he whispers in my hair. I give him a kiss and leave the room.
I can hear him softly singing to the twins and smile. I go to bed and surprisingly I fall asleep immediately.
A couple of hours later Lee wakes me up.
"You look much better now," he smiles at me.
"I feel much better indeed," I nod. I listen for any noise but I don't hear the babies.
"Did they stop crying?" I whisper. He puts his finger on his lips and nods. He takes my hand and we tiptoe into the babyroom.
What I see brings a big smile to my face. The twins are both awake, and looking with big eyes at the dancing fairies above their heads. Their small hands and feet are mowing through the air and they're making cute noises. When I bend over the cots they stretch their arms at me.
"I bet they're hungry," Lee smiles when Angel grabs my shirt when I lift her up.
"Are you hungry little Angel? Are you hungry?" I talk to her and sit down to feed her. She's hungry indeed and starts to drink immediately. Lee's watching us silently and smiles when I look up at him.
"Thanks for coming over Lee!"
"Don't mention it. Do you need help, with changing nappies or something? Otherwise I'll go and make dinner," he asks.
"I'll be okay. It would be great if you make dinner," I say grateful.
He stays with us that night and the whole Saturday, until Dunk comes back home. I have to tell Patty how great Lee is with the babies, she'll love to hear it!
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