I stood there with my eyes closed as I held Armins hand. Our two children stood next to me, with tears in their eyes. My children are my world, even though they are a pain in the ass sometimes, they brought me and Armin hapiness. Aime is a rowdy little boy, quite eccentric at times too. Kiesten, a petite little girl who somehow looks a lot like Armin, she is the oldest by a few months. They are both our pride and joy.
Currently though, none of us are at our best. Armin suddenly got sick a few days ago, he fainted while he was cooking. I discovered him when I went over to help, as I made my way to the kitchen I saw a pool of blood, thats when I realized Armin had fainted and hit his head, and thats how were in the hospital now.
"Is daddy going to be okay?" Little Aime asked.
"I dont know" I said truthfully, I really didnt know.
"I'll be fine" Armin said "Daddy might seem weak but hes stronger than he seems" My husband attempted to smile.
"Daddy, do you have a boo-boo?" Kiesten asked
"Yes honey, I do have a boo-boo." Armin once again smiled
"Armin, please dont" I pleaded "The Doctor said you have to stay still, that includes not moving your mouth" I stated.
"But, Jean..." Armin insisted
"No buts...just please, I want you to stay with me, okay?" I pled in exaggeration.
"The Doctor doesnt know whats wrong with me, so how can he know what Im not supposed to do?" the love of my life declared
I started to cry, covering my face so that the kids wouldnt see me.
"Oh Aime, I love your red t-shirt. What does it say?" Armin changed the subject with guilt.
"It says inspi(red)" Aime quickly responded because he loves that T-shirt more than anything else in the world, and Armin knows it.
"Mine is a dress, so it doesn't say anything" Kiesten added.
"Your dress is beautiful my little girl." Armin put Kiesten onto his arms.
"Remember when Daddy Armin got you this dress?" I said in between sobs to remind Kiesten of the good instead of the bad.
"Yeah! It was great I will always remember" Kiesten suddenly got happy after saying that.
The Doctor walks in for a check-up, he is geared with a lot of medical supplies not even Armin can name.
"Hello, are you Armin Kirschtein?" The Doctor asked.
Armin blushed. "Yes...yes I am" My husband confirmed.
"Well its time for your check-up, I will be taking the guests out of here into the waiting room." The Doctor addresed
"Armin I love you" I said for what could be the last time
"Stop being so dramatic, I love you too" Armin responded.
The kids looked at me with a brooding look that saddened me to the core. Maybe I WAS being overly-dramatic. But I worry about him, I really do. He is the love of my life, we've been dating for eight years and weve been married for one. If anything were to happen to him, I would die.
"Why is Daddy Armin so sick Dad?" Aime asked me
"I dont know. I blame those nasty germs in the house" I answered. I quickly stopped myself before I started another rant in front of the kids again. Armin would get pissed, even thoguh its cute, you do not want that.
The Doctor led us a bit through the hall of the hospital, at least until you could see a sign that said "waiting rooom" in bright red that was impossible to miss. The room was isolated, thank God, I do not need another stranger staring at my children for being so loud. We sat down and Kiesten being the independent little girl she is, sat far away from me, two seats away, to be exact. But Aime sat on my lap so Im not as sad a I could be.
"Daddy Jeany, Is Daddy Armin going to die?" Kiesten asked
The thought of that made me extremely sad, my eyes got watered actually.
"Honey, no, daddy wont die" I thought positively for once.
"I was wondering..how did you and Daddy make us?" My little boy asked
"Oh we didn't make you. We got you from Ireland. We love you so much we would travel half-way across the world just to get you guys" I said this with confidence because me and Armin have practiced this ever since we adopted Kiesten and Aime. He is going to be dissapointed I broke the news without him.
"If we're from Ireland, why are we so tan?" The smarter and older one, Kiesten, asked.
"Because there is a lot of sun here in California, your skin got darker my little girl." I swiftly answered.
"Oh Daddy, do you really love us that much" Aime smiled and hugged me
"Yes, Daddy Armin and Daddy Jean love you both with all our hearts" I vowed.
"Because me and Kiesten love you too. We would go to the moon to get you and Daddy" Aime sweetly said melting my heart out.
"How did you and Daddy meet?" Kiesten randomly asked.
"Oh its a long story, you kids will get bored" I admitt.
"PLEASEEE...I WANNA KNOW I WANNA KNOW" Aime screams
"If you lower your voice I will tell you" I threatened in a childish way.
"okay" Aime whispered
"tell ussssss" Kiesten also whispered.
"Where do I start?" I asked myself outloud, confusing the children