News and Excitment

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Alex's POV

The drive home is filled with excited chatter, the two of us finally able to rejoice on the twins after knowing that they are safe and healthy.

"Oh they're going to be perfect!" Chloe gushes, running his stomach lovingly as he stares at the pictures in his hand, the two babies perfectly clear in the image.

"Who would have guessed. The Goddess blessed us today." I tell him, my smile damn near breaking my face. I pull into my driveway and suddenly get an evil idea. "Maybe we should fuck with them a little." I say, turning to Chloe with a smile and he looks up at me shaking his head once he sees the look in my face.

      "Why are you so mean?" He asks me trying to go for a scolding look but it's disrupted by a smile he can't quite keep hidden.

      'We're not mean, everyone else is just weak.' Tobias says surely only just coming down from his shocked state where he howled for twenty minutes in excitement, claiming his sperm is superior.

    I scoff taken aback at the words. "I am not mean. besides we deserve a little fun." I tell him, winking as I turn off the car. I see the blinds open for someone to look out and I give my best puppy dog eyes.

    He relents finally just as the door opens. "Fine, fine. Take the lead." He says and our features quickly lose their smile, sullen features there instead as we open our doors and head out of the car. Once Chloe meets me around the front of it, I wrap him up in two arms and he buries his head in my chest as we walk towards the front porch where Cody is holding the door open for us.

     "Oh, Goddess, what happened?" He whimpers but I ignore him, and I'll definitely have to take him and Cora shopping at some point. Neither of them are going to like us very much after this. We slip through Cody and everyone else that's waiting in the lobby and head straight to the living room.

     I sit on the couch to my left and allow Chloe to crawl up into my lap, our friends filing in behind us with worried and scared faces, gathering around us loosing but giving up plenty of breathing room. "Alex." James says softly, his arms wrapped tightly around his bean's shaking frame. "What happened?"

     I take a deep breath almost loosing character as I feel Chloe begin to laugh against my chest but I keep my features schooled. "So it turns out we're not having a healthy baby boy, after all." I start, voice burdened and sad and those around us gasp. Unable to take it anymore I laugh and grin making them jump. "Because we're having two! A boy and a girl!" I announce and the room goes crazy.

    Of course Cody and Cora come over to slap my body a couple times as they cry, their sadness turning to relief but the rest of the room is a chorus of joy and congratulations.

    A giggling Chloe is lifted off my lap and into the arms of Thomas where they spin around, while James walks up to me as I stand up, a firm hand clasping my shoulder.

     "Congrats, man. You're having twins!" He says and Graves and Ares come over as well to share  their praise and happiness at the news.

     Ares gets my attention and asks me seriously. "Did you cry?"

    I laugh and nod, the relief and news still making its way through me. "So fucking hard." I admit and the guys all tease me calling me soft with smiles on their faces and pride in their hearts.

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Night has fallen and our group of friends has migrated from in the house to the large campfire area in my backyard. We all sit on the ground surrounding the flames as we lean against the logs, jabbing and mocking each other into the night, never wanting the good day to end.

"You know, before everything happened, Thomas and I were talking about getting pregnant." Ares says, head leaning back against the log as we lounge about, his lover laying on his back with his head on Ares' lap. His fingers glide in his hair as the rest of us turn towards the couple in mild surprise.

Chloe is snuggled under my arm, arms wrapped around my waist as he speaks up. "Oh yeah? Thomas you want to get pregnant?" He asks and his friend laughs in response.

"I could never." Comes his response and I'm confused for a moment, before it finally clicks, a moment after it does for Graves.

"Holy cow!" He says, censoring himself for Cora that's currently playing with her elephant stuffie beside him. "You want to get pregnant, Ares?"

The Enchanted glances away from the stars above and and looks down at his Bond, a soft smile framing his face as he looks in his eyes. "I want to start a family with my kitten. Give each other what we never had. I wouldn't mind carrying our child." He says and there's a silent awe that goes around the group with the love that shines there.

"Aw boo hoo enough with the sappy shit- Sorry babygirl." Graves says kissing Cora, who slaps his arm lightly, in apology. "Enough of the sappy stuff. I need to know what we're naming my niece and nephew."

James groans throwing a pebble at the man who's laughs and dodges it. "Goddess, man, you always have to ruin the moment."

"It's too fun of a day to get all mushy." He says shrugging his shoulders as he grabs a doll and plays along with Cora who giggles and smiles.

"I think you should name the girl Serenity." Cody says, speaking up from his position on James' lap. "It's always sounded like a pretty name."

"Way too girly." I say shaking my head. "If I know anything, Chloe is going to want as close to gender neutral names as we can get." I say looking down at my princess to get his nod of confirmation. We go back and forth like this trying to figure out names until one catches my attention.

"What about Madison?" Cora asks looking up form her dolls. "Madison Avana." She says before looking back down to her toys.

"That's beautiful Cora." Chloe breathes looking up at me with a smile. "Madison Avana Hall. Her little nickname can be Matty if she wants. Gender neutral." He says sitting up out of my hold as he gets more and more excited. He looks up at me and I smile giving him a nod and he claps happily.

"I have a name." James says quietly and I turn to see him looking up at the sky before he looks down at me. "What about Landon?"

I shrug. "It's sounds okay for a middle name but I'm not completely sure about a first." I concede and he nods before Graves finally speaks up with something useful to say. A first for the night.

"Ashley. Ashley Landon Hall for the boy. I mean he might get bullied but he can always go by Ash if he wants." He tells me and I laugh shaking my head, but loving the name.

"Ashley and Madison." I say my hand coming down to cup Chloe's growing belly lovingly. "Beautiful. Just like them." I tell the group and they smile. "Oh I almost forgot, do you guys want to see the pictures?"

"Oh! I wanna see!" Cora says and Thomas perks up off of Ares' lap much to his disappointment. I take the pictures from my pocket and glance at them again myself, my fingers gliding over the two bodies softly. These kids are going to be mine. All mine. Ashley and Madison.

I reluctantly give up the picture even though it was my idea and pass them to Cora who's sitting right beside me. She takes the picture carefully in her hand and oohs at them, turning it so that she can see their figures in the flickering light. Graves leans over her shoulder and points out the babies and Cora sequels in excitement.

"I want one!" She says excitedly bouncing in place as she turns to look at Graves and he freezes his eyes wide and filling with tears as he stares at her.

"You want one?" He asks and she nods her head rapidly. "Are you sure?" She nods again. Before anyone can say anything, he's throwing all the toys in her bag and handing the picture over to a giggling Cody. Standing up and dusting off his pants and then Cora's when she follows him up, he waves to everyone. "Alright it was nice seeing everyone but we have to go make a baby." He says firmly with a nod before he's off.

The group laughs and calls out goodbyes as Graves scoops up his Lock and races inside for the rest of their stuff. Cody is staring at the picture with wide eyes, tears coming in to his eyes and his hand holding his stomach softly. James looks at me with sad eyes and I nod at him before leaning down into my lover's ears.

"Princess, Cody needs to go home now. He's not feeling too good." I tell him and he turns away from gushes about the babies with Ares to look at his small friend. Once he sees the tears in his eyes as he stares at the ultrasound pictures he nods, giving me a sad smile.

James gently pries the picture form his hand and smoothes it out before handing it to an excited Thomas. He pick Cody up so that his arms and legs can wrap around him before he comes up to the two of us. "Congrats guys. I'll call you tomorrow." He says and we nod, understanding the situation.

I turn back towards the last couple around the fire and decide to put out the flame, a metal top cover being settled along the fire, dousing it quickly. Ares coos at the picture before he reluctantly gives it back to us.

The four of us stand up and grab the trash from around the now dark hangout before we head inside. The couple helps us get everything back in order and by the time we're done it's going on eleven o'clock.

"I think it's time for us to go." Ares says when he catches Thomas yawning for the fifth time. "We both have work tomorrow and my kitten doesn't sleep well." He tells me and Chloe immediately goes to latch on to his best friend.

"Let's go outside." He tells the blonde and they do, arm in arm as Chloe talks to his friend and tries to comfort him. I still don't know what happened and what causes my princess' nightmares but if he can help Thomas with his, I can't complain.

We all say goodbye to each other after Ares and I follow our boys out on to the porch a couple minutes later and we watch as the two drive off peacefully.

I close the door behind the disappearing car and we slowly make our way up the stairs. "Daddy." Chloe calls and I look over at him as we walk down the hallway and into the room.

"Yes, princess?" I ask him, holding him by his hips and throwing him on to the bed with a smile. He giggles and squirms beneath my body as I hover over him.

"I love you." He tells me and I melt but before I can give him a kiss he says something that blows my mind and makes me give a double take. "Daddy, I want you to Mark me." He says and my breathing stop.

Holy Moly.

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CORA IS BABY. CODY MAKES ME CRY. GRAVES IS HOMIE AND CHLOE IS A FREAK! I love this group of people so so much.

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