A Second Chance

Chapter 19

One morning at the beginning of December, Rory went to get Matthew up for school only to find that he had a fever. She gave him some kids Tylenol and he went back to sleep.

"He ok?" Logan asked when Rory walked into the kitchen where he was making coffee. Noah was in the kitchen in a baby swing, but the Ryan and Julie were both still asleep.

"Yeah, he went back to sleep" Rory said.

"Good" Logan said. "Cody, back up". The dog seemed to be really interested in the babies, or more specifically, their socks. The babies always had socks on and Cody liked to pull them off.

"I've said it before and I'll say it again, that dog is a weirdo" Rory said.

"I know" Logan said.

Just then they heard crying over the baby monitor.

"I got it" Rory said. She went upstairs and into and Logan's bedroom to get whichever baby was crying. "Hi princess" she said as she picked Julie up. "Are you trying to wake your brother? Come on, let's go downstairs"

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Later that night, about an hour after they'd gone to bed, Logan was woken up by Rory suddenly jumping out of bed. "Damn it" he groaned before getting out of bed and going into the bathroom where Rory was now sitting on the floor. "You too?"

Rory nodded. "I'm gonna go sleep downstairs" she said. The babies were barely older than 2 months and they were also preemies so them getting sick could potentially be really bad. They were also still sleeping in Rory and Logan's room so the best way to avoid them getting sick was for Rory to sleep in the guess room. That and keeping Matthew away from them but they were already doing that.

"Are you ok?" Logan asked.

Rory nodded. "I just don't wanna get the babies sick"

While it wasn't ideal for either one of them to have to take care of all 3 babies on their own, it was certainly better than letting them get sick.

Early the next morning, Logan was woken up by Matthew taking his shoulder.

"What's wrong?"

"Where's mommy?"

"She wasn't feeling well so she went to sleep in the guest room so she wouldn't get the babies sick"

"Can I go to her?" Matthew asked.

"What do you need?" Logan asked. He'd rather Rory get to sleep, so if he could help Matthew with whatever he needed, he would. "Can I help you?"

"I just want mommy"

"Alright" Logan said.

Matthew went downstairs to where Rory was asleep in the guest room and climbed into bed with her.

"What's wrong, bud?" Rory agreed as she pressed the inside of her wrist to Matthew's forehead to try and see if he still had a fever.

"I just wanna be with you" Matthew said.

"Ok" Rory said. Matthew snuggled up against her and they both went back to sleep.

Around 10am, Logan was sitting in the living room with the babies when there was a knock at the door. He opened it to see Lorelai. "Hey, what's up?"

"Chicken soup for the sick ones" Lorelai said and held up a tall cylindrical container. "I also thought you might want some help with the babies"

"Thank you" Logan chuckled. "And I'm 1 against 3 today so if you're offering to help, I won't say no"

"So where are my beautiful grandchildren?"

"Well the babies are in the living room, but Matthew's asleep downstairs"

"Why downstairs?"

"Rory slept in the guest room so she wouldn't get the babies sick and around 4am Matthew decided to join her"

"Got it" 

Over the next few days, Rory and Matthew both started to feel better and everyone was able to get back into their normal routine.

One evening, Rory was cleaning up the kitchen and Logan was getting the babies ready for bed. Matthew was in the playroom, playing with kinetic sand.

While they did have 3 baby bath chairs, Rory and Logan had found that it was easier if they bathe one baby at a time. Usually the kept 2 babies in their swings or on a little mat while they bathed the third baby. They also always bathed Julie last because she hated it.

While Logan was getting ready to bathe the babies, Matthew walked into the room. "What are you doing?"

"I'm gonna give the babies a bath" Logan told him

"Can I help?"

"Sure" Logan said. "Do you wanna go get me 3 diapers and 3 of their pajamas with the feet?"

"From what room?" Matthew asked.

"Either one" Logan said.

"Ok" Matthew said and left the bathroom. He came back a few minutes later with 3 diapers and pajamas for all 3 babies.

"Thank you" Logan said.

"Now what?" Matthew said.

"Now I'm just gonna give them a bath" Logan said.

"Oh"

When Rory was done cleaning up downstairs, she went to help Logan with the babies. After the babies were bathed and dressed, they were fed, rocked, and about half an hour later they were asleep.

That night, Rory woke up around midnight to see Logan sitting up in bed, staring at the babies. "Why are you awake?" Logan asked.

"Because my crazy husband is creepily staring at our babies" Rory said. "What are you doing?"

"I'm just looking at them" Logan said. "I just still can't get over how perfect they are"

"Yeah, they're pretty great" Rory said as she yawned.

"Go back to sleep" Logan said and kissed her. "I'm sorry if I woke you"

"I love you" Rory said

"I love you too"

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AN:
This chapter (both shorter and later than usual) was sponsored by me being sick all weekend and having zero creative energy.

Either way, I hope you enjoy.