User blog:Rene Keyes/Halo: Serenity

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January 17th, 2540

Jacob Keyes sat in the waiting room with his daughter and son, Miranda and Jorge. How long has it been since his wife was in the Operating Room? Jorge counted four hours. Miranda counted two. No one was really sure, but they were all eager to see the new baby. As Jacob began to become worried, a nurse emerged from the operating room. "Mrs. Halsey requests to see you, Sir..", said the nurse with a shining smile. Jacob quickly got up, and told Miranda and Jorge to stay. As he stepped into the room, he saw Catherine laying on one of the hospital beds. She was tired, but happy. Jacob then noticed a pink bundle was cradled in her arms. "Its a girl, sweetheart..", Catherine whispered to him. She then moved some of the cloth out of the baby's face. "She's....she's beautiful, just like you", Jacob replied. Catherine smiled, and Miranda and Jorge walked in. "Its a girl! I knew it, Jorge!", Miranda cut in with glee. The taller-- and older-- sibling just smiled happily. The little girl in her mother's arms smiled, too.

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January 19th, 2540

It had been two days since Amethyst was born. Everyone was still excited at the thought of a new arrival. Miranda and Jorge always wanted to help take care of their new sibling, while their mother worked in the lab. Everything seemed..perfect. "Miranda, could you feed Amethyst, please? I have something to work on..", Catherine said. Miranda did as she told, and she was happy to do it. Jorge was holding Amethyst gently, because as a Spartan, he needed to be as gentle as possible. Miranda came back to Amethyst's room, with food in hand. "Hand her over, Jorge!", Miranda said in a jokingly tone. Jorge gave Miranda a smirk. "Ok, ok, fine...", Jorge replied, with a smirk still plastered across his face. He handed Amethyst over to Miranda, which in turn Mrianda sat down and opened a can of soft food for Amethyst. As Miranda began to feed Amethyst, Jorge fell asleep in the chair across the room.

Peace and Quiet, Miranda whispered...