The Invasion

"Hm, well maybe she'll be up." Punk said. He didn't tell the kids that she was up yet, he wanted them to be surprised. "I'm glad you're excited Allison." he said as he led them to her room.

"She sleep forever." Brandon said as they walked.

"Mhm, I tell her about my toy you bought me." Ally grinned.

"Brandon, cheer up. She'll be up." Ellie encouraged.

"I'm sure she'd love to here about that." Phil said as he smiled a bit and opened the door to her room.

They walked in, and Lacy was still sleeping. "See?!" Brandon pointed at her. "Forever!"

He sighed a bit and shook Lacy by the shoulders gently. "Come on...please wake up now...."

It took her a while, but she did eventually wake up. "Stop shaking me," she mumbled tiredly.

Brandon tilted his head. "Mommy..?"

He stopped as she spoke. "...kids want to see you."

"Tell 'em to come back later," she yawned before shifting a little.

"No way." he said.

"Yeah come on, you've had your rest for a month. Wake up sunshine." Ellie teased with a small smile.

Lacy opened her eyes to look around the room. She saw her kids first and smiled tiredly at them. "Hi babies."

"Mommy!" Allison ran over to the bed moving to hug Lacy. Brandon did the same, while crying.

Lacy held back a grimace. Her ribs hurt at any movement, and two kids on top of her wasn't helping, but she lightly wrapped her arms around the both of them and kissed the tops of their heads. "I missed you two."

"I miss you too mommy, Daddy do everything wrong." Allison said, kissing her cheek.

"Geez, they're telling on me already." he said with a small chuckle as he rubbed Brandon's back a bit. "Careful guys, don't hurt mommy."

They had no concept of the idea that laying flat on top of Lacy hurt her like hell, so they ignored him.

Brandon continued to cry in the crook of Lacy's neck.

Lacy continued to hold Brandon while talking to Allison. "Yeah, what'd he do wrong?"

"Well he buy us toys but he doesn't do my hair like you or tuck me in like you... and he can't sing." Ally nodded, talking her head off.

Lacy chuckled a bit. "Your daddy can sing, he just doesn't like to. Right El?" she joked, giving her a small smile. "Hey, by the way."

"Right." she chuckled a bit. "Hey yourself. Welcome back." she said.

"I am a good singer when I want to be."

"I wanna go to sleep." She chuckled a bit. "Thanks, though."

"You sound funny daddy." Ally wrinkled her nose.

She nodded a bit. "Once you get out of here, you'll get your rest." she said. "Besides, I don't think Brandon wants you sleeping anymore. Poor thing, took it really hard."

"Making fun of me?" he chuckled as he lightly tickled her.

"Daddy." Ally giggled. She was just happy that Lacy was up.

"I know, I know." She kissed the top of his head. He seemed to cry himself to sleep, then again, he hadn't been sleeping well at all. "Geez, make me feel bad about being in a coma," she chuckled a bit.

"Be nice." he chuckled as he stopped.

"Oh sorry, I didn't mean to. Just sucked not having you around." she shrugged. "Helping Phil with these two was a task, especially Brandon. He would throw temper tantrums, didn't want to eat and hardly ever slept. But now that he saw you awake, I think he'll be okay." she said. "I missed having you around. It was weird going to your house and not having you there."

"Guys, don't make me cry." She chuckled a little and wiped at her eyes.

"Sorry." she chuckled as she wiped at her eyes as well, she had a few tears come out. "Anyway, Layley...." she teased. "How you feeling though?"

"Exhausted." She chuckled a bit, though it had no humor in it. "Like a bad mom for missing my kids' birthdays."

"They understand." she said.

"Yeah, they got on my case about how I was singing Happy Birthday wrong and that I didn't buy the right cake. You'll have to do all that when you're better." Punk snorted.

"I don't know how you sing it wrong." She laughed a little.

"It wasn't like you apparently. You'll have to teach me."

"I don't even know how to do it properly." She groaned, "Can someone take B off of me now, it hurts."

"Sorry." he said as he took Brandon off of her gently. "Want me to take Allison too?"