“You can go home today, Miss Hedlund.” The doctor came into my hospital room and spoke those words I’ve been dying to hear. We had been in the hospital for five days, they needed to keep a close eye to both me and Antonia. My little baby had been born perfectly fine but the doctors were still worried that there was going to be Sid effects from her growth, which had disappeared. So when the doctor actually told us we could go home, we were thrilled. Liam and I were the only ones at the hospital and the rest of the boys and girls were at mine and Maddies apartment.

After the doctor had spoken Liam grabbed my hand and kissed the back of it. “Thank you doctor.” Liam spoke and I smiled towards the man in front of us.

“Yes, thank you. For all you’ve done for us.” He nodded and smiled back to us.

“I will need you to fill these out.” He handed a clipboard full of papers over to me. “It’s the papers saying that we have signed you out and so on.” He nodded and began walking out of the room. “Hand those to the nurses at the reception when you leave. Good luck in the future.” Liam and I said thank you and goodbye before the doctor walked out. Before anyone of us could say anything our nurse Elma came into the room with our daughter in a small basket-like thing. She sat her down on my bed and smiled to us.

“Heard you get to go home today! How wonderful!” She smiled largely and walked over to hug me. I hugged her back as I couldn’t help but laugh.

“Yeah, its great! But we will miss you. You have been such an angel these past few days.” Liam nodded next to me and squeezed my hand.

“Oh I will miss you kids too!” We laughed at the word ‘kids’ and she patted Antonias head. “Well I shall leave you two, so you can pack up and sign those papers. Remember that you can call if you need help with anything.” She hugged us both one more time and then walked out of the room. I looked up at Liam as he let go of my hand. He walked over to Antonias little basket and picked her up. He looked at her with adoring eyes and I felt my heart swell as he kissed her forehead. I placed a hand over my heart and tears fell from my eyes. Liam looked up and me as he walked closer to where I was sitting. He sat down on the bed next to me and placed a hand on my cheek. He wiped a tear away and leaned forward to peck my lips softly.

“Ready to go home mom?” I smiled at his words and nodded.

“I sure am dad.” I felt the words leave my lips as a whisper but Liam heard every single one of them.

An hour later we were all packed and the papers had been signed. I had changed into some more comfortable clothes and we had placed Antonia in a car seat. We were walking towards the reception where we were going to drop of the papers and then we could go home. We managed to do that fine and started to walk outside. When we got to the big hospital entrance Paul was standing there waiting for us. Liam was holding Antonias car seat in one hand and a bag over the same shoulder, as he held my hand with the other. The walk outside felt weird since I had been here for several days now. As soon as the big glass doors opened the flashes started. Liam let go of my hand to place his arm behind my back as we walked quickly towards the car. Antonia had been covered with a blanket so that no one would get any pictures of her and so that the flashes wouldn’t bother her. We quickly jumped into the car, in the backseat, and the doors were closed as soon as we were inside. The windows were tinted so no one could see in. Paul jumped into the driver seat and started the car. He quickly stepped on the gas and we drove away from the hospital.

I lifted the blanket that was covering Antonia and smiled at my sleeping baby. I gently caressed her cheek with the tip of my fingers. Liam put his arm around me and kissed the top of my head. When I looked up at him he was looking at our baby and smiling.

“The paps are going to angry that they didn’t get a picture of the baby…” I spoke softly and looked down at the sleeping wonder.

“I know.” He hugged me close and I sighed in content. “That’s why it is so good that you and I are on the same page about all of this. I want us to be the ones to decide who gets to publish our story and when.” I nodded and closed my eyes as I leaned into him. He kissed the top of my head again and it made me blush. We sat there for what seemed like only seconds before Paul stopped the car.

“We are here.” He turned around to look at us. As he glanced down at Antonia he spoke. “It looks like there are some paps here so you should cover her.” He waited until we had placed the blanket over her before he got out of the car. He opened the door on Liams side and Liam got out first. He grabbed Antonia first and then reached out his hand for me. I grabbed it and he helped me out of the car. Without letting it go we walked towards the familiar doors that led to my apartment. I looked behind me to see Paul with our bags. We walked into the building and up the stairs to the third floor. I pulled out my key and unlocked the door before opening it and walking in. The first thing I see is dirty clothes all over my living room floor and dirty dishes in my kitchen. Instead of feeling happy to be home I felt rage build up. My hormones were flying everywhere and I felt like I was going to explode. Without a second thought I opened my mouth and screamed.

“MADDIE!” I saw Liam flinch to my right and he lifted the blanket to check if I had woken Antonia up. I hadn’t.

“Oh no…” I heard someone whisper and then I saw her appear from her room. She looked at me with fear in her eyes. “Rosie! I thought you two were coming home the day after tomorrow!” She walked towards me with her arms open as if she were going to hug me but I just shook my head and she dropped them.

“Where are the boys?” I looked at the floor, feeling my anger growing as I watched her.

“They’re in my room playing videogames.” She turned around and went to fetch them. I heard her warn them about me, telling them I was not as safe as I normally am. When they walked out into the room they all looked a little weary and they stopped two meters from me. Liam kissed my cheek before walking past the boys and into my room. They all looked at him with scared eyes and I had to fight a small smile. Although all I had to do was look around the room and I was yet again reminded about how mad I was. When they all were quiet in front of me I stared at them while taking a deep breath.

“I am going to take a nap, when I wake up this apartment better be spotless or else.” I did nothing else as I walked past them and into my room. I closed the door and sat down on the bed. I put my head in my hands and sighed as I heard them starting to clean the apartment. I let out a little laugh and heard Liam do the same. I turned around and saw him placing Antonia into her crib. When he stood up and turned around to face me I sighed and gave him a smile.

“You don’t think you went a little harsh on them?” He motioned towards the door and I shrugged.

“Honestly I do not care right now.” I stood up from the bed to walk over to him. He wrapped his arms around me as I did the same to him. As I rested my head against his chest I actually began to feel tired. I let out a yawn and closed my eyes.

“Do you want to take that nap maybe?” I looked up at him with a small smile on my lips. I reached up to peck his lips and nodded after.

“But only if you nap with me.” He let out a small laugh before nodded. We walked to the bed and climbed on to it. He placed himself on his back and motioned for me to put my head on his chest, so I did.

“I love you Rosanna.” I smiled at his sweet words as I felt my eyes grow heavy.

“I love you Liam.” And within seconds I was asleep.