Chloe's POV

"Bye, Guys! Come see us soon!" I call as I wave at the three leaving our house and walking down the driveway to their car. Jonah turns around to wave back and the smile on my face widens. As soon as they're in the car and driving off, I close the door behind me and waddle back to the kitchen, my body still annoyingly sore from last night but I would do it all again in a heart beat.

     I enter the kitchen and find Alex leaning against the sink, head down as he obviously thinks about something. I walk over to him and place my chin on his chest so that the two of us are nose to nose.

     "So...?" I ask jumping beside myself, anxious to know what's going one with Jonah and who exactly he is. I would never ask the kid that, not knowing if it was something bad. The couple had stayed over for a little over an hour and my impatient ass is ready to know what's going on.

      Alex gets a little smirk on his face and I just know he's going to be difficult. "So..?" He answers back as if he has no clue what I'm talking about.

     "So, whats the deal? Who's Jonah and why did the two of them have the same clothes on from last night?" I ask, a worried crease forming in my brow.

    "That's a long story. Come on let's go in the living room you need to rest." He tells me and I comply, my back and ass aching rudely from last night. He takes my hand softly and pulls me behind him into the living room on to my favorite couch that has a blanket along the back.

    Alex sits on the couch and I follow, my back touching the arm rest as I let my legs swing over and land in his lap. He pulls the blanket from behind him and draped it over my lap carefully, once we're settled I turn my attention towards him expectedly and he finally begins.

As he tells the story my eyes mist up and my heart aches for the boy I've only spent an hour with as I also learn more about Cody and James. Once he's done I feel like a piece of my world had been torn down only to be built back stronger and bigger.

"I can't believe James had to go through that. And humans never can leave the little guy alone. I'm glad Cody was able to look past it. They're both so strong, not a lot of people could so what they did. It makes sense then, why they couldn't let Jonah go. The instant connection." I say looking up at Alex with sad eyes and he nods in agreement.

"They see themselves in Jonah. They already have that connection with each other and with us. It seems like trauma is the shared constant with our little group of misfits." He says with a frown and I let my hand come to hold his softly, not wanting him to be afraid for our kids.

"We'll break the cycle with our own kids. Everything is going to be okay, I promise. Like we said before, we'll give them what so many of us lost or never had: a family." I say and he smiles at me, the look full of adoration and happiness as he pulls me toward him for a sweet soft kiss.

"I love you, you know." He tells me and I roll my eyes playfully.

"Yeah, yeah I know." I say dismissively and he scoff and tries to pull away but I don't let him, laughing at his antics. "I love you too." I tell him and he smiles once more. Before he can say anything else there's a knock on the door, the sound hesitant.

"Maybe James left something." He says and moves my legs softly to go answer the door. Playing with the new mental bond, I watch as he goes to the door, the feeling weird and new, and he leans down to open it only to reveal Briana.

I cringe into the couch, terrified she's only here to continue what she started but I see her pull out a bundle of cinnamon roses from behind her back and she looks up at Alex with a weak smile, her hair is messy and she looks sad as she does.

"What are you doing here, Bri?" Alex says roughly and even I flinch at the anger there. She shuffles on her feet a bit before she answers quietly.

"I want to come apologize. I left a couple days after for a trip and I just got back. I wanted to tell him I'm sorry." She says and I can tell Alex is about to say no, but carefully like he showed me this morning I tell him otherwise.

'It' s okay. Let her in.' I tell him slowly, still trying to get used to the feeling. He huffs but doesn't say anything as he moves to the side and the two of them make their way towards me in the living room.

As angry as Alex might be with his sister, I know it will hurt him if she's not around for our kids. She won't be able to if no one gives her a second chance to apologize and make amends. I remove myself from his conscious just as the two of them turn the finer from the hallway and enter the living room.

Hesitantly, Bri walks over to me where I'm cuddled up on the couch and presents to me the Cinnamon Roses obviously as a tribute to my scent. I take them and softly place them on the table beside the couch as Alex comes to sit next to me.

     "Chloe, I wanted to come and tell you I am so sorry for how I treated you when we met. It's no excuse but the Faeries taught us that we're superior than others and I never quite let that go, even after I left. Cody was right when he said I should know how it feels and I'm sorry that I ever made you feel like I have before. But the biggest thing was.... I wasn't ready to share my big brother with anyone. But if you guys are happy then the only thing I can do it be happy for you." She tells me shuffling nervously as she looks down from the floor back to me repeatedly.

     I watch her for a moment not saying anything and she deflates as if she knows what I'm about to say and it's that reaction that makes me smile softly.

     "I know there's a stigma around Incubi, you're not the first one to objectify me and you won't be the last. But thank you for coming to apologize. Must be hard to do as a Faerie." I tease and I feel Alex beside me relax just as the tension leaves Bri's body in relief.

    "Yeah the back sweat I'm sporting could definitely agree to that." She agreed and I motion Alex to scoot over so I can make some room for her in between us. I pat the new seat in the middle and she happily takes a seat. Before I can speak, Alex is wrapping her in a tight hug that she easily returns.

     "I missed you, Toot, you gotta stop being stupid so I can stop being mad at you." He says and she laughs as they pull away.

"I'm working on it." Is all she says and he nods.

"I'm glad you came when you did, Bri." I tell her and she turn her attention towards me with a soft smile.

"Yeah? What's going on?" She asks looking between Alex and I and he gives me a nod so that I can do the honors.

"You came just in time because... we're pregnant!" I tell her and she gasps her hand flying over her mouth as her body turns towards me in disbelief. I let the blanket fall to my waist and I pull my tank top up to reveal my growing belly and I watch as tears fall from her eyes.

She swivels to face Alex and her voice is choked as she asks, "I'm going to be an aunt?" Alex chuckles and nods in response and Bri throws herself at him as she cries into the hug. "Mom and Dad would be so proud." I hear her say and it makes Alex's eyes shut and he squeezes her just as hard.

Before I can think about leaving to give them sibling time, she's turning back to me with an awed expression. "Is it a boy or a girl?" She asks and Alex gets up probably to go get out ultrasound pictures that are hanging on the fridge proudly.

"It's twins." I say with a loving smile as I caress my stomach. "A boy and a girl." I tell her just as Alex comes back in the room, indeed with the pictures in his hand that Bri takes softly.

"Beautiful." She whispers, her fingers stroking the paper softly as he looks down at her unborn niece and nephew. "I'm going to be the best aunt ever." She says convincingly and I don't hav to heart to tell her that no one can beat Cora.

"Their names are Ashley Landon Hall and Madison Avana Hall." Alex says watching the twins over his sister shoulder and she sighs wistfully before turning back to me.

"How far along are you?" She asks and I can tell she wishes she could feel the baby bump, so grabbing her hand I softly place her hand in my stomach.

"Five months." I tell her and she looks at my tummy softly. Everyone is quiet until I feel the twins begin to move inside me and there's a little kick to my stomach where our hands are. "Holy shit." I say staring wide eyed at my belly and then up at Bri as she stares at me in shock.

"What? What happened?" Alex says nervously hopping off if the couch where he was playing on his phone to kneel in front of me.

"The babies. They're moving." I say in awe and I take Alex's stunned hand to place it on my lower stomach where I felt the first kick. It takes a minute but soon there's more movement and another kick to my growing stomach.

"Holy hell, Chloe. We're having kids." He says and I understand why. We always knew we were pregnant, even knew the genders and names but feeling them move about so strongly within me is a whole other level of knowing, we're having kids.

For the next few hours we laugh and cry and coo over the two bundles of joy as they softly come to life within me.

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Well Bri is back and she apologized. Do you think Chloe's reasoning for letting her in. was a good one. Would you have forgiven her?

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