New Day, New Life

"If you really want to interest him, then have Angus make a tropical rum punch. He knows the recipe. Its really strong, and Brian cant resist it. Ask Angus to conjure up a big platter of those egg rolls that Brian loves and are stuffed with the crab and creamcheese filling that a chinese potsticker is. Brian loves those. He deserves a little pampering. He always swore that if he ever had a bachelor party that he wanted rum punch and Angus's crab egg rolls. I'm fine if he gets drunk. Just bring him here to bed when he's wasted, would you? I really don't want to be without him tonight. I know it sound silly, but I'd rather have him here, even if he's passed out, than not at all. I sound really silly, don't I?" She felt like she sounded like a first time mom herself rather than this being her second pregnancy. But, it was very rare for anyone in the wizarding world to have triplets. And she really wanted Brian close. It made her feel immature, and she was hoping the need to have him right beside her passed quickly.

"Daddy told us he made some sort of notation someplace in his journal that he recommends bottle feeding. He says I work too many hours for me to try to breastfeed. I haven't seen this so called journal, but he wanted us to mention it to you so you could read up on the instructions for the babies. Oh, and he said if you check the storage room, he had the place stocked with several cases of prebottled commercial formulas so we didn't have to keep making the stuff. We just open the bottles, heat it with a flick of a wand and we're ready to go. Then we can pitch the bottles when we're done. He said there's enough there for several months and they don't need refrigeration. They're shelf stable as is. Sounds like he sent several cases of what we use at St. Mungos. Its really very highly nutritious. Even our most fragile babies seem to thrive on it. You might look and see what the heck he did send."

"Occupational hazard, I suppose," Khaat sighed. "You don't know how many new mothers I've taken care of. And I've done twins but not triplets. I know you and Brian will do fine. And I do know there is a lot of help here. That, and my father doesn't usually miss much. I'm sure its alright. My mother always did say that healers made the worst patients. I think she's right. My father and I always seem to have a need to try to run things from our beds when it happens. If you think I'm bad, try taking care of him. He makes me look like an angel." She smiled. "My mother just doesn't put up with him. She just tells him how it is, and he takes it from her for some dumb reason. I don't know why, but he just gives into her. I will try to behave. I promise, but it would be easier to take care of them if their cribs were closer to me instead of across the room. But then again, if I had been you, I'd have done that for exactly that reason I suppose."

"I don't need a sleep spell," Khaat said gently but firmly. "I am resting. You have to remember, it would be lunch time back home. It is not a normal time of day for me to sleep. I will rest, but I will sleep a bit later. Right now, I just want to enjoy the Kona that Brian left for me."

When Jess left and found Brian and she wanted to take his daughter from him, he merely handed her over to Jess without a word. He accio'd his coffee cup from the beach, put it in the sink and got a fresh cup and poured fresh Kona in it. He decided to return to his walk outside that had been interrupted. He merely went back outside without saying a single syllable. Angus simply watched Brian leave, but he didn't comment. He diverted himself back to the kitchen to work on some menu planning for the first couple of days.

"Brian actually did very well just now," Angus said. "I can make the rum punch and the eggrolls he likes. But he simply did what you asked of him. He only wanted a moment to hold his newborn daughter, thats all. He's a healer too--he wasn't going to let anything happen to her. He just wants a few minutes of fresh air right now to deal with a whale of a lot of emotion that he's feeling. You're pushing him pretty hard, Jess. So far, he hasn't pushed back. And that's good for both of you. He's feeling like a first time dad, and he has a huge amount of anger to deal with. He has to cope with the fact that the reason the babies got here today was because Chase tried to kill her--hit her, tried to strangle her. Having to remove Khaat from England the instant Robert closed up the incision didn't fit with what he wanted for his family. He wanted to take them home. And as beautiful as this is, its not home. Not to mention, nobody knows what the devil Robert is really doing, and Brian feels closed out of it. That bothers him. He's feeling a need to be back in charge, and the last few hours have been anything except in his control. Give him a bit of a break, Jess."