Roman
Flynnand I bolt to our feet the second that Aspen comes into view.
“She’s smiling. That has to be a good sign, right?” Flynn asks under his breath.
I just nod, not willing to take my eyes off our girl. These last fourteen hours have been so hard on her and I want nothing more than to bundle her up and take her home where we can keep her safe but right now, we need to be focused on helping her with Adeline.
“How is she?” I ask as soon as Aspen is within hearing distance.
“She’s good. She’s awake and she wants to meet you two.” She says before she holds her hands out to us.
I don’t even hesitate, slipping my palm against hers as Flynn does the same. She turns us and heads back down the hallway towards Adeline’s room.
“The doctor said that she’s really weak right now so we can’t stay long but I’ve been telling her about you two and she’s been dying to meet you both.”
She lets go of my hand to open a door and walks through smiling at the tiny girl laying in the hospital bed.
“FINALLY!” Adeline says as soon as we walk through the door.
I can’t help but smile at her for that but what really makes me happy is the look on Aspen’s face when she looks at her friend. Thank god she’s ok. I couldn’t imagine how our girl would take losing her best friend.
I step forward and offer Adeline my hand.
“I’m Roman and this is Flynn.”
“Adeline, but I’m sure you already knew that.” She says with a wink at us.
Flynn steps forward and shakes her hand too.
“We did. It’s nice to finally meet you. Aspen talks about you a lot.” He says.
“All good things, I’m sure.” She says with a sideways look at Aspen.
“Of course.”
“She’s told me a little about you two, too.”
Flynn and I both beam at Aspen when we hear this.
“Oh really?” Flynn says with a sly smile.
“Yes, and I’m sure you realize how private she is and what a big deal that is. So, I just have one question for you two.”
“Anything.” I say as I move closer to Aspen.
“What are your intentions with my sister?”
I want to laugh at the formal, old fashioned question and Flynn does laugh.
“We love her.” I say simply.
“We want to take care of her. To marry her and have babies with her.” Flynn adds.
“We want to be a part of your family and we want you both to be a part of ours.” I finish.
Adeline thinks over our answer for a minute before she turns to Aspen, who is standing next to me with tears in her eyes looking up at the two of us. I lean down and brush a kiss across her lips, wiping her tears away when a few slip from her eyes.
“Good answer.” Adeline says, drawing our eyes back to hers.
She has a few tears in her eyes too and Aspen pulls away from me to go over to her. She sits on the edge of her hospital bed and grabs her hand in hers.
“Roman and I have been thinking about it, and well, you’ll probably want to be together while you recover and we have all this extra space and we were wondering if you both would like to move in with us. We can be there to help with whatever you need and all get to know each other a little better.” Flynn finishes in a rush.
I hold my breath as the girls look at each other, having some sort of silent conversation with their eyes. Finally, they turn back to us and I relax when I see they both have smiles stretched across their faces.
“Sounds good, roomies.” Adeline says and I smile as Aspen laughs at her friend.
The nurse comes back in and tells us that visiting hours are over and Adeline needs to get some rest. We pull Aspen out with us, promising Adeline that we would all be back tomorrow morning as soon as visiting hours started again and that we would bring donuts.
Aspen tries to argue to stay and spend the night with her friend but Adeline waves us out and I can see that she’s struggling to keep her eyes open long enough for us to leave. We drag Aspen out and text Jack to meet us out front. We’re bringing our girl home.