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Reece
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Trinity and I slept until about nine in the morning. Well, it wasn't nine straight through. We may not have had to take care of the quadruplets throughout the night, but we did have to deal with nurses doing their repeated checks. I knew that Trinity would be feeling tired and most likely sore when the night was over, but at least she would have had some rest.
My Little Bunny had been through so much over the last day. Going into labor and being taken to surgery. Being cut open and enduring what had happened to her. And then finding out that she was carrying not just three babies but four. That had been quite the journey for her, and I wanted to be right there with her the entire time. She deserved that from me. That and more.
Now though, it was time for me to start sending out the notifications to everyone else. No one, and I do mean absolutely no one back at the castle knew what had happened after Mom and Eve left with the kids. We had to let Reagan, Rika and Talia know that they had not three new siblings, but four. I could just imagine how that was going to go. They would probably scream with joy.
After we were awake and had sent over our breakfast order so that it could be delivered from the restaurant, I took my phone and looked at my Little Bunny.
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“Are you ready to tell them all?” I saw the happiness in her eyes.
“Yeah, and I am ready to have them come back into the room with me.”
“Ha ha ha.” The nurse named Jan had just walked into the room as my Little Bunny said those words. “It's funny you would say that right now, Queen Trinity. We were just bringing the babies to you.” When we looked up to see them, we saw her and Reba. They were each pushing two of the little bassinets through the door.
“Really?” I saw the happiness that was filling Trinity's face then.
“Yup. And when you are ready to be taken off of the pain meds, we will get them all nursing.”
Jan and Reba pushed the babies over so that they were next to the bed. I could see them all from where I was sitting. They were sound asleep and as adorable as they could be.
“We will leave you to make your call. Just so you know, they were just fed and changed, so they will be good for a couple of hours. Call us if you need anything.”
“Thank you, we will.” I nodded at them before they left the room.
“This is wonderful, Reece. Now we can call them all and show them the video and pictures. And then we can show them the babies now as they're sleeping in the bassinets.”
“Alright, so a videocall it is.” I swiped the screen on my phone and quickly called my mom.
It wasn't that early in the morning, so I knew that they would answer right away. And the kids weren't in school right now so I knew that they would all be there as well. After just two rings, Mom answered her phone.
“Good morning, Reece. How are you and Trinity doing this morning? Any changes? We were just getting the kids ready so that we could head up there to see you.” Her voice was just as sweet and friendly as ever.
“Good morning, Mom. Trinity and I are doing good. We didn't get much sleep last night, but we're OK.” I didn't want to spoil the news right away. “Are the kids near you?”
“Yeah, they're right here. Do you want to say good morning?” I could hear that she was changing positions so that she could move over to where the kids were.
“Yeah, here let me put you on video.” I tapped the button and waited for her to do the same. I immediately saw the kids who were now holding the phone.
“Daddy!”
“Hey Dad.”
“Hi Daddy.” Talia, Reagan and Rika all greeted me in that order.
“Hey guys. Good morning. I love you.”
“Love you too!” They all said that at virtually the same time.
“I want you guys to get Papa, Nona and Móraí there as well. I want to talk to all of you.” I gave them the instructions knowing that my mom would hear me and get curious.
“Reece!” There was excitement in her voice.
“Just get everyone Mom. As many of the others as you can too.” I want to talk to you all at once.”
“I will get them, Daddy. They're in the other room.” Talia offered in a hurry.
“Angel will get them, Tally. Tally, stay and talk to Tally's daddy.” The little pink creature that was Talia's best friend flew from her shoulder and then flew out of the room. It was calling the names that I had said. “Móraí, Papa, Nona, Tally needs Móraí, Papa and Nona.”
“Daddy, is everything OK?” Rika looked worried as she asked me that question. She was always trying to look after people and I knew that she was scared that something happened.
“Yes, baby girl, everything is fine.” I assured her with a smile that showed that I was happy and not scared. “Do you want to say good morning to Mommy?” I asked them as I was already moving toward my Little Bunny.
“YES!” That was more enthusiastic than I expected, but all three of them were definitely excited to see her.
“Good morning my babies! I love you all so much.” Just as Trinity said that, the others came running into the room. I could see them in the background of the video call.
“What is going on?” Samuel was the first in the room.
“Is everything OK, Trinity?” Eve asked in a panic.
“Tell me that nothing bad happened.” Wesley added as he came to a stop.
“Well, we have something to tell you all. Eve, do you have your phone on you?” I asked her in what appeared to be an infuriating move. They were waiting for the story, not questions.
“Yes, I have it right here.” She pulled it out of her pocket and showed it to me.
“Good, I am going to send you some pictures and a video. Please show them to everyone.”
I opened the message and sent a picture of each of the boys and then the video.
“Look at the pictures before you watch the video, OK.” I needed to give some instructions. After I did that, I opened a group thread and started adding some names to it. They were going to be getting the same things sent to them. After everyone saw the video, I would be sending out the rest of the pictures. I did all of this quickly though, since I needed to get us back to the video call so that we could see their faces. That was the best part.
“T..the babies are here!” Reagan stuttered a little in his excitement.
“Oh my goddess, they are so cute.” Rika gushed when she saw their cute faces.
“Yay, my brothers are here. When can I see the rest?” Talia, with Angel back on her shoulder, sounded eager.
“Oh my, they are so little.” Mom squealed.
“I love them so much already.” Eve was crying with joy.
“They are perfect.” Wesley cooed.
“This is a wonderful day.” Samuel hugged my mom as he looked at the pictures on the screen. All of them, our entire family that was in that room, minus some siblings, were so happy with what they had seen just now. To see that much love and happiness for your babies was amazing. To me it meant that they were going to have an amazing life. They were going to be so loved.
Finally, after watching them all coo and fawn over the pictures of the boys, I felt like it was time to move on to the next stage. Only, someone else had thought of it too, and apparently just a moment or two before me.
“OK, Mom, go ahead and play the video.” My Little Bunny encouraged them to see the rest of the news. At the same moment, I flipped back to the messages and pressed send so that everyone would be getting the video now.
Sometime very soon, people were going to start bombarding my phone with calls and text messages. They were going to be asking so many questions. They would want to know what happened. They would want to know how we had four babies now when Trinity only had triplets in the ultrasounds. And there had been a lot of ultrasounds.
I could imagine how Juniper was going to react. And let's not forget Noah and Nikki. The two of them were going to go nuts over all of this. And Acacia, she was from a family full of multiples. Everyone that we knew, specifically in our inner circle, they were going to be happy but oh so surprised.
Honestly, I couldn't wait to see everyone's reactions. That was why I had wanted them all here for this. Trinity and I wanted to see their faces. We wanted to see how they all reacted to the knowledge that there was a surprise baby. It was going to be so sweet and probably a little funny. I was waiting with bated breath. It wasn't going to be a long video, but it felt like this was taking forever.
