ten

Only two weeks after the banquet, things had managed to get even worse than they already were. Bieber Enterprises' numbers had gone down nearly 50% since Lifeline had opened and Justin was stressed more now than ever, the fear of losing the company the only thing on his mind these days.

Elianna had been going to work, but as her pregnancy symptoms grew more irritating, Justin allowed her to work from home more, which also gave her the opportunity to spend more time with the kids during breaks and pack up some of the house when there was nothing left for her to do. Seeing as numbers had been going down, the amount of her work had gone down too.

Now more than before, although she didn't think it was possibly, Justin is never around. He sleeps an average of two hours a night, is up before anyone and asleep way past everyone else. He's exhausted, but anxious... unable to sleep.

Today, however, Elianna wouldn't allow this fact to get in the way of her excitement. Today was move in day. They were finally moving into their new house. Everything was ready. Rooms painted, furniture inside. The only thing left to do was to decorate and put rooms together... along with move their things in, of course.

Of course, at 28 weeks pregnant she can't do much, but she figured sending the kids into the playroom and working on the nursery would be a good idea for her.

Thankfully, she had called on her friends as well as Justins' to help out. Even her brother and step dad had agreed. So, it'll also be like a little reunion.

As 9:00 am arrives, so does her friends and family, starting to pack up the first moving truck along with some cars as well. By noon, everything was packed and ready to go. Thankfully, they had decided to rent the house furnished, of course, which saved a lot of room. Taking one last look around, Elianna piles the kids into the car and starts towards the new house, following the moving truck and the personal cars following her.

She goes and parks in the garage, not bothering to leave the car out since they won't be leaving.

They first bring in the things for the playroom, making sure to keep the kids busy in there with Mama Lee who offered to look after them while we work. Next all nursery boxes come in, being placed in the center of the room.

Stealing all of the girls, excluding Pattie who wanted to work in the kitchen, Elianna starts in the nursery, the girls banging nails into the walls to hang curtain rods and picture frames and Elianna putting the clean sheets on the mattress in the crib. Once that's done, the girls begin decorating, listening to Elianna's instructions and what goes where while she puts down a rug down and sets up the changing table with a lamp and supplies.

Once they're done with the nursery, at least for the most part, they notice that it's near 4pm, leading Elianna to order pizza for everyone.

As everyone eats, her cell phone rings, Justin's name on the screen.

"Hello?"

"Hey baby, how's the moving going?"

"Really good. With everyone here unpacking is going by fast. The nursery is done, playroom done, and two of the three kids rooms are done."

"Good. You're not working to hard, are you?"

"No, of course not. No one would let me work any harder."

"Got that right!" Elianna's brother yells.

Justin chuckles. "Alright, I'm gonna get back to work, I just wanted to call and make sure everything was running smooth."

"Okay, hey, I got pizza for dinner so you might wanna grab something."

"Alright, cool. I love you."

"I love you too. Kids, say hi to daddy." she says, putting the phone on speaker.

"Hi daddy! I love you!" they all say at different times yet all at once.

He chuckles. "I love you too."

"Okay, bye." I tell him, hanging up.

After a couple more hours of unpacking as Elianna makes her way around the house and tells everyone where things go, everyone leaves to go home and Elianna bathes the kids before putting them to bed, deciding she'll unpack their clothes and things tomorrow.

Instead, she goes to the master bedroom, unpacking hers and Justin's clothes, putting them in the closets and then starting to unload all of their shower things into the bathroom. By the time she's done with that, it's about 10:30pm and she decides to try to go to sleep.

After climbing into bed, she sighs to herself, snuggling into the blankets and closing her eyes.

Not five minutes later, the bedroom door creaks open, making her turn over to see Justin walking in.

"Hey baby, were you asleep?" Justin asks.

She shakes her head. "No," she pauses as he kisses her. "I just laid down."

"Okay, I wanted to let you know I'm home. I have a bunch of work to do so I'm gonna work downstairs on my laptop for a bit then I'll be up." he explains.

She nods, snuggling into the blankets again. "Okay, as long as you're home." she says, sighing in relief.

He grins, kissing her head. "I love you."

"I love you too." she tells him, hearing the door creak shut a few seconds later.

Before long, Elianna finds her insomnia still present, preventing her from sleeping. So, instead of laying there, she finds herself rising from the bed and making her way around the room, unpacking more things and doing everything but hang things as it would be too loud to do at night. Once that's done, she still feels wide awake, making her walk to the nursery and open a box, noticing it to be some baby clothes. Sighing, she moves on, opening all three remaining boxes to find all filled with clothes. She nods to herself, sitting on the floor and starting to unpack and refold all of the clothes.

"Baby, what are you doing?" Justin asks suddenly, making her look up.

"Folding the baby's stuff." she answers nonchalantly.

"At 1:30 in the morning?" he asks.

She sighs. "I can't sleep, so I figured I'd be productive."

He sighs, walking in and sitting with her leaning against the wall across from her. "Want me to help?"

"I thought you were working." she says softly, looking up.

He chuckles. "It's been three hours. I wanna sleep for a couple hours before I start again. But, I'll stay up with-"

"No." she shakes her head. "You need sleep. You barely get any as it is."

"You need sleep too." He says, giving her a look. "So, you're coming to bed with me."

"But-"

"No." he says, shaking his head, standing and holding out his hand. "Come on, we'll put on the white noise or something. That usually helps, right?"

She sighs, letting him help her up. "Sometimes."

"Well then let's try." he says, taking her to the room.

Thankfully, both were able to fall asleep after another hour... but by the time Justin woke at 4:30am, Elianna was awake again, folding more of the baby's laundry and starting to organize it in the closet and drawers.

Justin glances in the room quietly, watching her for a moment.

Only if she knew how much he wanted to be there... helping.

Only if she knew there's nothing he wanted more...

Only if she knew how terrible he felt...

Only if she knew...

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short and sweet.. there was nothing else to be written in this chapter.

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