Welcome to The Family

Chapter Twenty One Seize the day

Auggie's POV

I feel someone tap on my shoulder. I turn around to see a nurse walk in holding a bundle of blue. She walks over to me and places the baby in my shaking arms. She's talking too fast for me to catch anything she's saying. I turn to see Xander interprets. 'Congradulations. At five pounds and four ounces he's a healthy baby boy.'

"His name's Oliver Mikeal Moriarty." I tell them then look at the sleeping baby

He looks so much like Lyla. 'He has your nose.' Eli points out

"Are we gonna keep him?" I ask my brothers

I look up to see all four of their faces. This isn't the way I expected him to come into this world. Not the way at all. Not in a million years would I have thought that while holding my newborn son, his mother would be laying n a bed not even ten feet away dead. I just want to fall to the floor and have a nervous break down. But I just stand there and craddle Oliver because he needs me. I'm all he has left. "I want to keep him." I tell my brothers

I see Xander nod his head and ask to hold him. I gentley hand him to Xander.

Xander's POV

I laugh at how small he is. "He's so tiny!" I say in disbelief

"He looks so much like Auggie it's insane." Eli points out

"We'll take care of you little guy. I promise." I whisper to the tiny baby I craddle in my arms

I look back to Auggie, who sits beside Lyla's bed. I can't even imagine what he's going through right now. "You think he's gonna be okay?" Jace asks me

"He has to be. Oliver's counting on him now." I tell Jace

Auggie's POV

"I promise I'm gonna love him and take care of him. I won't be a fuck up. Not like our dads. I'll stick around. I'll love him. He's so beautiful Lyla. He looks so much like us. It's insane. Why did you leave me? We were suppose to be in this together. And you just left me. I don't know what I'm gonna do without you. I'm sorry for all this shit that I've put you through. I love you so much. So much. Knowing you won't wake up it's killing me. Knowing I can never kiss you again, knowing that I can never hold you in my arms again it's killing me. I'm so sorry. I know I'm a bastard for what I've done. I don't want to do this without you. You're my world; you're my everything. I love you so much. I know I keep saying that, but it's true. God Lyla I wish you would just wake up. I need you." I tell Lyla crying as I hold her now ice cold hand

They're taking her to the mourge in a bit so I only have ten minutes to say good bye. This is the end. This is how I have to say good bye. I see the doctors come in. They're here to take her away. My hands shake as I leave the room. I can feel something inside me die a little bit more.

~Two days later~

I stand holding my son at Lyla's funeraul. We watched a video filled with pictures of Lyla as she aged.The last one was of us on Christmas. We look so happy there. I see a couple in the very back. I know exactly who they are too. The woman even looks like Lyla. Liza sees them too. I hand Oliver over to Jace and walk over to them. "What are you doing here?" I ask George and Lena Sanchez

"We came to pay our respects." Lena tells me

"For the daughter you abandoned?" I question them

"The reason we came is none of your business boy." George snaps at me

"Lyla will always be my business." I tell him

They glare at me. They never liked me and I never liked them. Liza walks up and asks to talk to them in private. How dare they show up. They shouldn't be allowed to. Xander walks up to me and hugs me. I hug him tight and just start sobbing. "I don't want to do this!" I cry

He pulls back and signs 'This isn't something anyone saw coming, but this is what we were dealt with and you know what it's just what is Auggie. We can't change it; no matter how much we wish we could. You have to be strong. That baby needs you; this family needs you. We're gonna help you raise Oliver like he's our kid. Step by step we'll be there. That kid may not have a mom, but you know what? He'll have one dad and four uncles who are willing to do anything for him. To me that sounds pretty good. Life has to go on. We have to move on, 'cause if we don't life just continues without us. Time doesn't stop for us to grieve.'

a lot shorter than I expected but there will be a 2nd book. It'll be up soon. that baby right there --> that's Oliver Mikeal Moriarty. The songs Seize the day by avenged sevenfold. the song and the music video fit perfectly for this chapter and I felt that the last chapter should have a song with avenged sevenfold since the title is named after one of their songs.