You're Beautiful To Me

I fall asleep in Franks arms, his hand gently rubbing over my bump and when I wake up he's shifted around so his head is resting on my chest and he's softly singing to the baby as his hands trail soothing patterns over my bump. I slowly bring one hand down to gently stroke through his hair and he jumps a little before starting to sing again. He finishes the song before sitting up and smiling down at me. "How are you feeling this morning my love?" He asks and I frown as I say "I don't wanna go." "I know baby but we need to do this." "I know." Frank lays beside me again and we share soft slow kisses until I pull away and say "Lets go home, I wanna see Anna before I go." Frank rolls his head to look at the clock. "It's six babe and you don't have to go until one so we can be together the whole morning." I nod and we drag ourselves out of bed, pulling on clean clothes and making our way down to check out, Franks arm securely around my waist the whole time. When we get home we go inside to find Anna crawling around on the living room floor babbling away to mom and Mikey as she crawls back and forth between them, a giant beautiful smile on her face. "Good morning little miss" I greet her and she turns her head to look in my direction, letting out a little squeal as she changes her direction and crawls towards me and Frank. I kneel down and hold my arms out to her and when she reaches me I grab her hands and help her stand up, smiling down at her before picking her up and cuddling her to my chest. "Were you a good girl for Grandma and Uncle Mikey?" I ask and she babbles at me before reaching up to play with my face while I nibble at her fingers.

After mom and Mikey leave I settle on the living room floor with Anna and Frank, playing and attempting to keep a smile on my face but it's hard and after an hour I break down crying, slumping forward and sobbing into my hands. Anna crawls over and into my lap, patting her little hand against my bump. "Da" she babbles at me and when I look down at her, tears still streaming down my face her little face crumples and she lets out a long drawn out wail before bursting into tears too. "Shh baby it's ok" I coo as I pick her up and cuddle her to my chest, her little face buried in my shoulder as she cries into my shirt. "Hey little miss, it's alright" I sniffle out as my tears slow to a stop and I gently rub her back, Frank sliding over next to me and wrapping his arms around us. Anna slowly calms down again and when she stops crying Frank takes her from my arms and lays her on the floor, gently tickling her sides and then pulling her shirt up and blowing raspberries on her bare stomach while she shrieks and giggles and I smile at the noise, happy to see her happy again. The morning passes too quickly for my liking and before I know it Frank packs up my stuff that I'm taking with me before helping me and Anna into the car. The drive passes way too quickly and before I know it I am checked into the rehab facility and am saying my very teary goodbyes to Frank and Anna. "I love you so much baby girl, daddy's gonna miss you so much" I whisper into her hair as I bury my face in it, inhaling her perfect scent before sliding her around to my hip and Frank crushes himself against my side. "I love you baby, I'll be here every chance I can see you I promise." We share one last lingering kiss and cuddle before pulling apart and Frank takes Anna from me, watching me go as the nurse leads me away to my room.

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