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Trinity
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Reece, Trevor and Athair mòr went to collect food for me, Aunt Glory and Daciana. We three pregnant ladies were too hungry to do anything until we got some food into us. Thankfully, our men understood that and knew just how to appease us and the beasts within.
Reece came back with a heaping plate of food that had a little bit of everything that Abigail and the rest of the kitchen staff had prepared for us.
“Oh Reece, this looks amazing. Thank you!” I think my eyes got as big as that dinner plate that he was carrying. And when Trevor and Athair mòr came back as well, they were holding similar plates for their wives.
“Trevvy! This is so good!” Aunt Glory sighed in relief as she put the first bite into her mouth. “Oh yes, this hits the spot. I needed this so much.”
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“Me too!” Daciana said as she too took the first bite. “Delicious food in my belly so the baby stops pounding my belly with his feet.”
“I know what you mean, my little devils have been threatening to tear their way out just so that they could eat something.” I laughed and took my first bite.
“Ever wonder how they talk about our babies?” Reece asked Trevor and Athair mòr. “They're calling them devils and acting like they are annoying and all that. Are we going to let them do that?” I could hear the laughter in his voice. He wasn't really upset or anything like that.
“Yup!” Athair mòr nodded at him.
“You betcha.” Trevor followed suit.
“Yeah, you're right. There is nothing that we can do about it, is there?” Reece laughed and walked off to mingle with some other people. Athair mòr and Trevor tagging along with him.
“Those boys, I swear.” Daciana laughed.
“I know, they're so over the top sometimes.”
“You're telling me. Ha ha ha. I have been married the longest, I know how husbands can be.”
The three of us were eating and talking among ourselves for a while. After a little while, we ended up getting some people coming up to us to say hi to the queen. They were happy to be meeting with Queen Gloriana and Princess Daciana as well. All three of us were royals and pregnant so that made us extra special in the eyes of my people.
The ones that came up to us were not that bad. They just wanted to tell me how happy they were that I was back and how much in awe they were because of me. It was actually kind of nice talking to some normal people for once.
Even after we were done eating, we didn't move from the table. The dishes were cleared away and we were just sitting there sipping our drinks and talking, but we didn't see the need to get up and go anywhere else. We were pregnant and tired, and even though this party was for me, most of the people just wanted to be able to see me. And my friends and family were welcome to come see me at any time that they wanted to.
Yeah, I know that was wrong of me. I was at my baby shower and I was just sitting and eating food and talking to people. But it wasn't like I could walk around and mingle. I was stuck in this chair. So, them coming to me was for the best, right?
Right when I thought that the games were going to get started there was a scream that cut across the ballroom.
That scream had come from Aunt Glory. She was doubled over in pain and holding her belly.
“Ahhh! Huuu!” She was hissing in pain at the same moment that Trevor sprinted across the ballroom floor and skidded to a halt on his knees next to his wife.
“Glory, baby, what is wrong?!” I could see the fear and the worry in his eyes. “What is happening!?”
“W..well, i..i..it looks l..l..like th..th..the tw..tw..twins w...w..want to c..crash T..T..Trinity's p..party.”
The moment that those words were out of Aunt Glory's mouth, there was a splattering sound under the table. I knew what that meant. Her water had just broken. She was in labor.
“I..I..I guess th..that so..some of th..those p..pains we..we..weren't just fr..fr..from me b..be..being hun..hun..hungry.” She was having a hard time talking past the pain of the contractions.
“Th..the babies are coming today?” Trevor grinned at his wife. “They're coming right now?” He was so excited to be a father again.
“Y..y...yes Trevor, th..th..they are.” Aunt Glory hissed again and held her belly a little more tightly. “T..Tr..Tr..Trinity, I..I am s..s..so s..s..sorry t..to r..ru..ruin your p..p..party.”
“Don't worry about it at all, Aunt Glory. I am so happy and excited right now. I can't wait to meet the babies. I just know that they are going to be so cute. And Torben gets to be a big brother. It's so sweet.”
“Trinity is right, Gloriana. We are not upset at all.” Reece spoke from behind me. “Come on now, let's get you to a room upstairs. GRIFFIN!” He yelled for the man but he was already heading for the door.
“I'M ON MY WAY UPSTAIRS REECE! I WILL GET READY AHEAD OF GLORIANA'S ARRIVAL! SEE YOU SOON!” Lana was following after him with a grin on her face. She loved when they delivered babies because she just loved children so much. It was the sweetest thing in the world for her and I was happy to have her here for it.
“Alright then, come on upstairs. Let's get Gloriana settled into a room so she can deliver.”
Gloriana, being Fae, didn't like hospitals all that much. She would prefer to deliver here at the house and we all knew that. It wasn't like when I was going to deliver. I would be going to the hospital because I didn't distrust or dislike them at all. But Aunt Glory was set in her ways. After all, she was over a thousands of years old.
Trevor carried Aunt Glory out of the room, all while she was yelling at him.
“You're going to get dirty. Don't carry me.”
“I don't care. I'm carrying you. I will change when we get upstairs.” They were adorable to watch as they headed up the stairs.
“That's the same as we are, you know that, right?” Reece whispered to me as we got into the elevator to go up the stairs. Trevor had been too impatient to wait for it to arrive.
“Yes, I know that. Honestly, I think that you would be worse than Trevor is right now.” I laughed at him.
“Can you blame me? Look at all the things that you have gotten yourself into over the last nine years. I have plenty of reasons to flip out and go overboard when it comes to you.” He was laughing even though what he was saying was completely true.
“I never intended for any of that, though. You know that.” I had to defend myself.
“I know.” He laughed again as the elevator dinged. He was getting off at the eighth floor. This was where family and friends had their rooms in our royal tower. And it was, of course, where Aunt Glory was going to deliver her twins today.
“Quite a turn of events that today took, huh?” I asked him with excitement in my voice.
“Yup. But don't get any ideas. Keep our babies in there as long as you can.” His voice held an edge which I knew was there just because he was worried about the babies. He was such a big softy when it came to our kids that I knew he had to have been so worried this entire pregnancy.
“Don't worry I won't have them until they are ready to come out. They will let me know when it's time.”
“No, you will leave them in until Griffin says it's time.” He laughed and I joined him. We both knew that Griffin wasn't any more capable of making that happen than I was.
Aunt Glory was settled into the room and I went to see her right away. I wanted to be in the room with her when the babies were born, but Griffin told me that it wasn't a good idea. I was forced to leave the room and wait for the beautiful little babies to get here. That was not nice at all. I mean, didn't Griffin know how much I was looking forward to this? Didn't he know how much I loved babies? Especially babies that were part of my family.
“Just deal with it.” Reece laughed at me as he wheeled me out of the makeshift delivery room. “There is nothing that you can do about it. But, if you want, I can get you some dessert.” He was trying to be helpful.
“Fine. Get me something with raspberries and that's frozen.” I crossed my arms and pouted a little bit.
“If you wanted raspberry sorbet, then you should just ask for it.” He shook his head and pushed me toward the table.
“It could be anything really. As long as it had raspberries and was frozen.” I countered his words.
“Yes, but what you really want is raspberry sorbet. I know what you want. I will be right back.”
With that, Reece kissed my head and left me in the room. I was bored and had nothing to do until he got back with my sweet treat. And all I really wanted was to be with Aunt Glory and Trevor while they welcomed their twins.
