Four years later
“Come on, Mommy. It’s time to wake up” Hailey heard that familiar voice, followed by a tiny pair of hands, pulling her right hand.
“I’ve got my alarm. It will beep when it’s time to wake up” She said with a sleepy voice, her eyes still closed. “But the alarm beeped already and you didn’t wake up”
“It did?” Hailey said, finally opening her eyes. She took a glance at the alarm clock on her bedside and saw that it was15 minutes past her wake up time. She mentally face palmed, slowly pulling herself up into a sitting position“.
"Good morning mama” The little boy threw himself at his mommy the moment she was well seated.
“Good morning, my love” She pulled him into a warm long hug, placing a deep kiss on the crown of his head.
“Are you tired, Mommy?” Hailey smiled, seeing the concern on her Son’s face.
“Yes, just a little bit but I will be fine. I was awake past my bedtime. That’s why”
“Ohhhhh” the little boy realized.
“Don’t do that again, mommy. That’s not good for you” Hailey chuckled. If only her little boy understood that she had a lot on her plate and that included giving her kids the beautiful future she never had.
“Your brother is still asleep?” Hailey asked her first son. The little boy shook his head. “Enzo is watching cartoons” Hailey nodded.
“Let’s get you both ready for school”. She got down from the bed, helped her son down, and with their hands intertwined, they exited the room to the kids room. It was big, beautifully decorated with the best pieces of furniture,and two double beds, each belonging to the boys. And just like Oliver said, Enzo was still on his bed, watching some morning cartoons. He had no idea when his mommy and twin brother walked into the room.
“Did he sleep well through the night?” Hailey asked.
“Yes, mommy,” Oliver answered, nodding. He loved it so much whenever he was given a task to do.
“Thank you, my love” She crouched to Oliver’s height, hugged and kissed him on the cheek after which she made her way to where Enzo was.
“Hi Mommy,” He smiled, moving towards his mother and she pulled him into a long hug.
“How do you feel now?”
“I’m fine, mommy. Is it time to get ready for school?”
“Yes, baby. I’m late for work already but that’s fine. I am still going to drop you all at school”.
“Cool, mommy, I’m going to introduce you to Aubrey“. Oliver voiced out.
“Okay” Hailey mumbled, a smile crept to her lips as she stared from Oliver to Enzo who was blushing, and then back to Oliver. “What did I miss? Who is Aubrey?” Hailey asked, giving all her attention to her boys. At this point, She didn’t care that she could be extremely late to work. She cherished every time spent with her bundles of joy.
“Aubrey is the new girl in class. She said she likes Enzo” Oliver said.
“I don’t like her” Enzo defended, smiling.
“You share your snacks with her,” Oliver said as a matter of fact.
“You do?” Hailey asked Enzo, staring at him with so much amusement. Unlike his twin brother, Enzo was the more reserved and shy one.
“She likes my snack so I shared it with her.”
“You shared?” Hailey couldn’t believe her ears. It wasn’t as though Enzo was a stingy kid. He was just used to being alone.
”He likes her” Oliver giggled.
“We are gonna be late for school” Enzo groaned, not in for any form of teasing this morning.
“Oh cool, that’s not a problem. We will continue this conversation later” Hailey said after which she led her boys to their adjoined bathroom and helped them clean up.
Once done, they dried their bodies and Hailey supervised them as they got into their outfit for the day. It was second to none that the twin boys were at a point in their lives where they just wanted to do everything themselves. Hailey lets them sometimes. While other times, she just sits and supervises.
Once they were done dressing up for school, She led her boys to the dining room. Elma, the maid, was done preparing breakfast so Hailey served Enzo and Oliver some food after which she went to her room to get ready for work.
She was back in about Twenty minutes, She had coffee and eggs, then exited the house with her sons. The ride to their school was mostly quiet. The boys were at the back, occupied with their iPads while Hailey focused on the road and a little bit of her thoughts. After what felt like forever, Hailey pulled you into the parents‘ parking lot, she got down from her car and went over to help the boys out.
“Be good” She kissed them both on the foreheads, after which they shared some hugs. Their class teacher came by, and Hailey spoke to her a bit, after which she took the boys in.