“What are they?” she sounded so anxious, as was I.

“Positive. But, we still have to run one more test to be sure,” I took in a huge breath and hunched over in my chair. I was smiling; I was so elated, so happy. I would be crying if I could.

“Oh God, oh God, thank you, thank you, thank you so much!” she was crying, the tears I couldn’t shed. The happiness was written on her face as she slid down to the floor and sobbed. I would have gone to her, but I was frozen in my chair, the joy was too much to handle.

“When can you come in for the third test?” I was too happy to get angry at his tone.

“Um, today’s Friday, so, um, how about Monday?”

“That works for me.”

“Thank you Dr. Solomon, thank you so, so much,” then I heard the click. I stood up and opened my arms for her, she rushed into them and continued to cry, tears of joy. She was the happiest I’d ever seen her. She looked up at me and smiled, “Edward,” she whispered. I smiled back, took her face in my hands and pressed my lips to hers, she was smiling against mine, and I couldn’t contain mine either. She rested her head on my chest and I held her. I was in my own little world, I wasn’t pulled out of it until I heard Antoinette yell, “Mmmy!” she was pounding her fist on the high chair. We both erupted in laughter. She was so adorable! Bella pulled away from me and went to pick up Antoinette, her daughter, my daughter, and somehow she was, she was mine. “Mommy loves you so much,” Bella kissed her nose, Antoinette laughed and clapped her hands together. I walked over to Bella and ruffled Antoinette’s hair, she laughed once more and reached out her arms to me. I took her in my arms and through her in the air. She giggled as I caught her.

            After breakfast we watched the penguin movie Antoinette loved so much she was seated on my lap with the penguin I had bought, I smiled at the memory. My arm was around Bella’s shoulder and she was leaning into me. Antoinette fell asleep about halfway through the movie. It had been hilarious watching her try to keep them open, her eyelids would drift close and then she snapped them back open, only for them to close again. We sat there and watched her sleep. Sitting there with Bella, watching our daughter, was the most wonderful thing in the world. All that missing was Rora, but she was asleep upstairs, and I wasn’t going to wake her. She needed to rest, I wanted her to get better, I had no idea what I what do without her, if I lost any of them…there were no words, I would be lost. After having them, to have them taken away…I wouldn’t survive.