Chapter 7
Jeff awoke the next morning feeling better than he had in months. The sunlight hit his face and warmed his skin. He opened his eyes to see his wife's sleeping face. She looked beautiful when she slept, and to Jeff's joy, it was real… she was home. He pushed her brunette hair from her face and kissed her cheek. He held her close to his body as he thought about meeting his daughters for the first time… being a father… and a husband. Things he'd been told for months weren't possible. But, he'd never given up hope, and now in a short time, all his dreams would be a reality. He lay awake as he held her and felt her heart beating. He watched as her chest rose and fell with each breath. Jeff's phone began to ring and he spun his body to reach it from the bedside table, carefully trying not to wake her.
"Hey Matt…" he spoke softly.
"Did I wake you? Why are you talking so softly?"
"No, Megan's sleeping next to me…."
Matt laughed softly. "So how was last night?"
Megan's eyes blinked open as she heard Jeff's voice. She smiled at him as she looked into his eyes. "Matt, let me call you back. Meg just woke up…." He said quickly closing his phone shut. "Morning…" he smiled at her as he kissed her lips.
"What time is it?" she asked stretching her arms out.
He stared at his phone and read her the time. "Why?"
She smiled at him. "Don't you want to meet your girls?"
Jeff was in the SUV when Matt walked up the driveway. Matt began laughing as he heard Jeff cursing from inside the SUV.
"You need some help?" he asked laughing at his brother.
Jeff spun his head to face Matt and smiled knowing he'd been caught. "I don't understand how this hooks up to the seat belt!"
"Let me try…." Matt said grabbing one of the car seats. "So when should I be back to meet my nieces?"
"Probably 2 hours…. Meg said Ethan packed up their things already…." Jeff said as he clicked the seat belt into the holder. "Done…"
Matt laughed. "That doesn't look right…."
Megan walked up to the SUV and smiled at the boys. "Wow…. How many men does it take to secure two car seats?" she laughed as she hugged Matt.
"Ask the expert to check them…" Matt laughed.
She looked into the car and laughed as she fixed the side Jeff was working on, and adjusted Matt's. "Ok, so I'll drive and you follow me. Here's the directions just in case we get separated…." She said handing Jeff a piece of paper.
"I'll see you when you guys get back…" Matt said as he began to head home.
Jeff followed behind Megan as they drove towards Ethan's house. All this time, she was only 50 miles from home. Jeff thought to himself. Before he knew it, they were pulling into a driveway of a nice house. He parked behind her and jumped out quickly. They were met at the door by Ethan, who smiled glumly at them.
"Ethan, this is my husband Jeff… Jeff this is Ethan." She said as they shook hands.
"I just can't thank you enough for everything you've done." Jeff said strongly.
Ethan smiled at Megan. "The girls are upstairs in their cribs. I have their stuff all packed.." he said pointing at the bags near the door.
"Come on, Jeff…" she spoke softly as she took his hand and led him upstairs. She led him to a simple white door and opened the door slowly. Jeff looked around the nursery as they neared the cribs which stood side by side.
He gazed down into the first crib to see a sleeping baby. "This is Bianca." Megan whispered.
Megan looked down into Cameron's crib and found the baby awake and smiling at her. Jeff touched Bianca's small fist and looked up at Megan as she lifted the other baby from the crib. "This is Cameron."
Jeff looked into the eyes of Cameron and smiled at her. Megan motioned to Jeff. "Want to hold your daughter?"
Jeff nodded his head as he reached for the baby, who was smiling at him. Once in his arms, she began to laugh and tug on his long hair. Megan scooped Bianca into her arms and stared at Jeff.
"They're so beautiful." He said feeling the words choke in his throat.
"Matt always said we had good genes…" she laughed.
Jeff had tears in his eyes as he stepped towards Megan and kissed her.
Ethan helped Jeff pack the SUV with the girls' things before saying goodbye to the girls. Megan loaded the twins into their seats and hugged Ethan tightly.
"Jeff…." Ethan called as they turned to get into the SUV. "Here…. It's just some things that I thought you'd like." He said handing Jeff a box. Jeff popped the lid and saw pictures of the girls, along with two baby books. "Thanks." Jeff said offering a strong handshake before getting into the driver's seat.
Ethan waved from the house as they pulled off. Jeff drove home feeling complete as he instinctively checked on the girls through the rear-view mirror. Megan patted his knee and smiled. When they reached their driveway, Jeff pointed out all of the familiar cars which were parked at the house. Everyone was waiting outside when they arrived and Megan gasped at the sight of all of her friends, family, and WWE coworkers. Trish and Maria ran to the car and gripped Megan before all three of them began to sob in each other's arms. Matt ran to the back door of the truck and unstrapped Cameron from the car seat. Before long, Megan and the twins had been in everyone's arms. Jeff smiled at his family from across the yard.
2 years later
Jeff sat in the locker room waiting for his match to begin. He smiled as he heard his phone ring and looked at the screen. It was a video from Megan, who was at home with the kids. He opened the message and played the video. His laughter filled the air as he watched his twins dancing to his theme music, the way he danced to it. He heard Megan's voice telling the girls to "Say hi to Daddy…" and "Tell Daddy you love him."
The voices of the girls began laughing and greeting their Dad.
Jeff heard the squeal of his son and laughed as Aiden began crawling near the dancing girls.
The video ended and Jeff smiled as he closed his phone. He'd be home with them all soon enough. A few hours from now, he'd be home.
The End