Memories Of Her, chapter 4
It was just another sleepless night, I lied in my cold bed in the dark praying for morning to come. It was only 2:00am, I had about four hours before the sun would rise and brighten the city of Berkeley. I just laid there pretending it was the good old days again, I imagined Adie sleeping peacefully right next to me, keeping me warm, but then reality took its cruel toll on me and I realized I was very alone and I was uncomfortably cold. I tried harder to convince myself Adrienne was by my side once again, in a deep, peaceful slumber, but I knew quite well that she was in a different kind of sleep in which she would never awake from.
*
"Push baby, push!" I yelled, encouraging my wife to birth our second child, which would be another son. She quickly turned her head and glared up at me.
"Easy for you to say," I heard her mumble before her face scrunched up with pain and she let out a loud gasp. I gripped her hand tightly in mine and squeezed with all my might, again she swiftly turned her head to look up at me. "I'm supposed to squeeze your hand you idiot!" she cried.
"Oops, my bad. I guess I just got a little scared," I said absent-mindedly.
"You're scared!" she yelled. "Do you have a mini person coming out of you?! No, so what the hell are you so scared about?!"
"I love you," I said timidly, giving her my cutest puppy dog face.
"Not now," she grumbled.
"Do you wanna hear a joke Tre just told me?" I asked innocently.
"Billie Joe Armstrong, I'm sort of in the middle of something right now, so if you don't mind..shut the fuck up! Just hold my hand and remind me to breathe. Got it?" she finished sweetly. I nodded my head and leaned down and kissed her forehead.
"I do love you," I whispered in her ear. I stood back up and a smile was spread across her face.
"I love you too," she mouthed back.
*
By the time I had come out of my thoughts dawn was breaking and birds were beginning to wake, starting off the new day by singing or tweeting away. I couldn't help but smirk when I thought of that day Adie gave me my second and last child. I was so immature then, fuck, I still am in some ways. Adrienne and I were so happy when Jakob was finally delivered, he was adorable, just like Joey was. Adrienne loved the boys with all her heart, but I knew she secretly had always wanted a little girl. I kinda knew Adie always felt out numbered, three boys and one woman, she definitely had a lot to handle. Adrienne never complained though, she always told me she was the most fortunate woman alive. Little did she know, I was the lucky one.
*
"Push baby, push!" I yelled, encouraging my wife to birth our second child, which would be another son. She quickly turned her head and glared up at me.
"Easy for you to say," I heard her mumble before her face scrunched up with pain and she let out a loud gasp. I gripped her hand tightly in mine and squeezed with all my might, again she swiftly turned her head to look up at me. "I'm supposed to squeeze your hand you idiot!" she cried.
"Oops, my bad. I guess I just got a little scared," I said absent-mindedly.
"You're scared!" she yelled. "Do you have a mini person coming out of you?! No, so what the hell are you so scared about?!"
"I love you," I said timidly, giving her my cutest puppy dog face.
"Not now," she grumbled.
"Do you wanna hear a joke Tre just told me?" I asked innocently.
"Billie Joe Armstrong, I'm sort of in the middle of something right now, so if you don't mind..shut the fuck up! Just hold my hand and remind me to breathe. Got it?" she finished sweetly. I nodded my head and leaned down and kissed her forehead.
"I do love you," I whispered in her ear. I stood back up and a smile was spread across her face.
"I love you too," she mouthed back.
*
By the time I had come out of my thoughts dawn was breaking and birds were beginning to wake, starting off the new day by singing or tweeting away. I couldn't help but smirk when I thought of that day Adie gave me my second and last child. I was so immature then, fuck, I still am in some ways. Adrienne and I were so happy when Jakob was finally delivered, he was adorable, just like Joey was. Adrienne loved the boys with all her heart, but I knew she secretly had always wanted a little girl. I kinda knew Adie always felt out numbered, three boys and one woman, she definitely had a lot to handle. Adrienne never complained though, she always told me she was the most fortunate woman alive. Little did she know, I was the lucky one.
