Sage had left it at that, throwing a sad glance towards the rest of the family. This sucked, but once he was healthy again, they'd figure all this out.

Celeste sighed, returning to the babies.

Sage talked with Liz for a while longer, before she scampered off to bother Odessa and Xander, who were in the corner talking to each other. He just lay back on the bed, suddenly very tired

Odessa got down onto the ground to play with Lizzie. Celeste finished up with the babies before curling back up with Sage.

Sage wrapped an arm around Celeste when she came over to him, just curling up tiredly. He was glad she was there.

Celeste buried her face in his chest, breathing in his scent.