AJ let Drew haul her to her feet while Kristien shoved wet towels and used coffee cups back into the basket. As soon as she started walking, her legs started aching. “Oh, ouch!”
“Yeah, we’ll give you a massage when we get home. You swam a lot faster than we did, and you had the weight of the boy and the task of holding his head up all the way back too. I bet your arm muscles are going to hurt like hell tomorrow as well,” Drew said.
“Gee, thanks. More aching muscles, just what I needed,” she joked.
Mavis was pacing the kitchen when they got back. A huge plate of freshly made sandwiches was sitting on the table, and more coffee was bubbling in the pot.
“How….”
“Utah heard you leave and guessed what was going on. He woke Edmund and they made coffee and collected towels. The smell of the coffee woke me, so I thought you might need more when you got back. Now. Tell me, what on earth were you racing off to do in the middle of the night? It’s all this emerald-protection thing isn’t it?”
AJ sank onto a chair and took a sandwich. Suddenly she was ravenously hungry, and when Mavis handed her more coffee, she drank it straight down. Meanwhile Drew and Kristien told Mavis what had happened.
They’d just finished talking and were eating sandwiches when Edmund and Utah walked inside. “Oh yum, I’m starving,” said Edmund, giving Mavis a kiss. “You’re a wonderful sister.”
She smiled at him. “You know, I think I’ll start teaching John about swimming tomorrow too. It’s not too soon to give him some water awareness training and to teach him to float. In a way, this disaster has made me see he’s not a tiny baby anymore. I need to adjust to that and start seeing him as a little person.”
“We’ll help you. Drew and Kristien are going to be busy protecting AJ as she comes into her full psychic powers, so Utah and I will be here to help you and John,” said Edmund.
Mavis looked around the room smiling at each one of them. “You’re all wonderful. I’m so glad you’re in my life.”
AJ nodded. “We’re privileged to share your life with you. And you and the baby brought me Kristien and Drew, which has made me happier than I could ever have believed I’d be.” Tears misted in her eyes as she gazed at Drew and Kristien. Her life. Her future. Her happiness.
Drew grinned back at her while Kristien gave her a wink.
The End
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