You're Beautiful To Me

A few days later Frank and I take the kids for a picnic in the back yard, me wanting to take them to the park but Frank insists I take it easy and I reluctantly follow what he wants. Frank and I are sitting cuddled up on a blanket while Anna runs around the yard with her unicorn having adventures and Miles crawls off the edge of the blanket and grabs a handful of grass, tearing it out before sitting back and turning to face us, holding up his handful of grass and I clap as I say "Wow Miles, what have you got there baby?" Miles lets out a little giggle before opening his hand and letting the grass fall onto the edge of the blanket by his legs before he flips himself back onto his hands and knees and crawls his way over and into my lap. I wrap my arms around Miles and start gently poking his stomach and as he giggles it catches Anna's attention and she comes running back over, a flower that she's picked out of the garden clutched in her hand and as she reaches us I say "What's that baby?" "Pretty" she tells me as she holds the flower in my direction and I smile as I say "It's very pretty baby" before reaching out and gently guiding her wrist over so I can smell the flower. When I let her go Anna mimics my action, letting out a small sneeze and I laugh as she giggles too and Frank shakes his head fondly at us and Miles looks around at us confused. "My" Anna chirps out as she steps closer and leans down to press the flower against his nose, letting him smell it too and Miles giggles as he reaches up and grabs the flower, crushing it slightly and Anna frowns and says "Bad My." "Hey, it's alright baby, we'll go pick another one" Frank tells her, trying to diffuse another tantrum which ends in both of them crying and he gets up and takes her hand, leading her back over to the flowers and Anna picks another one, Frank picking one for Miles and when they come back over Frank takes his seat beside me and hands Miles his flower, Miles staring at it wide eyed before waving it around and giggling so his whole body shakes.

After we go back inside I go into the bathroom and start running the kids a bath when my phone starts ringing and I stop the water and answer it, finding it's my doctor and he tells me they have a suitable organ donor candidate for my heart transplant who is currently in a coma and the family are considering turning off life support. I stand in silence, shocked before the doctor breaks me out it by telling me he needs me to come into the hospital tonight so they can run a few tests and prepare me for the surgery. By the time I hang up Frank has come into the room to see what's taking me so long and when he sees the look on my face he quickly walks over and cups my face in his hands. "Baby, what's wrong?" "I....I have a heart. I have to go to the hospital tonight." "What? Baby oh my god" Frank exclaims as he wraps his arms around me, crushing me to his chest and I let out a choked off sob as I collapse against his chest, feeling so overwhelmed. An hour later Mikey has come over to watch the kids, his new girlfriend coming with him and while the kids are distracted playing Frank and I leave, Frank taking me to the hospital.

Once I'm checked in the doctor takes some blood and runs a few tests before leaving again and Frank sits by my bedside holding my hand and talking to me until his phone rings and it's Mikey, telling him Anna won't stop crying and asking for us. It's getting really late and as Frank hangs up I sigh softly and say "Go home baby, the kids need you." "But...." "I'll still be here tomorrow baby, I promise." Frank smiles and nods, standing up and leaning down to press a soft kiss to my lips but I slide my hand up to tangle in the back of his hair and lean in to deepen the kiss, my tongue sliding into his mouth. "Love you so much, you're my whole world baby" Frank whispers against my lips when we pull apart and I smile as I say "Love you too baby, no matter what happens I'll always be yours." Frank sniffles softly before standing up and we say our goodbyes, Frank heading home to help Mikey with the kids.

Notes