It’s not like we have a big plan or anything, I think just pushing out two babies was the plan, but either way, it’s going to be huge.
Not three minutes later, there’s a gentle knock on the door and Tully flies up off the bed to answer it as Rivers pulls out his phone to record the moment, knowing all us girls are going to want to see this over and over again.
Tully pulls the door open and in her desperation to see what’s going on inside this room, Violet leans into the open slither to peek in, unable to wait just a few moments for the door to open the whole way.
Violet’s eyes instantly fall on me and the second she looks down into my arms, her whole expression melts. She’s hardly even looked at him and she’s already in love. She barges her way past Tully with Eddison coming in behind her. He has Lily in his arms and the moment Lily sees her mom, she dives for her.
Violet sighs as she comes closer. “Oh my,” she says, welling up. “Isn’t he just beautiful?”
I can’t help but smile. She’s not wrong.
She’s just about at the side of the bed when Noah’s deep voice rumbles across the room. “Hey, mom.”
Violet hardly spares him a glance, but as she reluctantly looks up from Elijah, she has to do a double take. Her brows furrow as she looks between my twin sons and when her eyes come back to mine for confirmation, it’s just about all she can handle.
A violent sob rips out of her and she falls to her knees as Noah calls out. “Surprise!” Tully and Rivers laugh while I beam with pride.
Eddison is the first to make a move and walks around to his son to congratulate him while Rivers takes pity on Violet and helps her up, despite her endless joyful sobbing. She comes around to me and gives me a warm hug before looking down at Elijah.
There’s absolutely no doubt about it; she’s in awe.
We go through all the congratulatory things and discuss birthing before she gives me a hard time for keeping such a huge secret. She admits that it’s the kind of dickish move that Noah would do and that she never would have expected anything like this from me, though she’s damn thrilled about it.
It doesn’t take long before Violet is scooping Elijah out of my hands and taking him to stand beside Eddison who holds Ethan so they can look at them together. I’d bet anything that the day Noah and Tully were born is currently flashing through both of their minds.
Just as I knew they would, they fall head over heels in love with my children and then it’s not long before the same surprise is being shown to Dad, Aria, and his wife Jackie. Gina and her new boyfriend, Randall, show up and are equally as shocked and before we know it, it’s a party.
To be honest, I’m surprised Rivers even allowed Randall through the door. He’s only been dating Gina for a few months and while he’s certainly earned my stamp of approval, Rivers is a different breed. It’s going to take a shitload of trust for Rivers to allow him in, but just for today, he’s willing to look past his own insecurities and allow us all this moment.
When we get too loud, the hospital staff rightfully tell everyone to get the hell out, and then it’s just the four of us once again.
As happy as pigs in mud.
Chapter 5
Noah
Henley and I walk through the door of our home, each with a baby safely in our arms and to be honest, out of all of the moments we’ve had of the four of us together, this has got to be my favorite.
Bringing my children home so we can truly start our lives as a family is the best feeling in the world.
Who would have known that it was possible to love someone so strongly and so protectively that I only just met? Without a doubt, I would lay down my life for these boys, right along with their mommy.
I close the door behind Henley and with the boys both asleep, we walk them straight down to their bedroom and tuck them in. Henley stands by their bassinets just staring at them as I switch on the baby monitor.
“Come on, Spitfire. Let them sleep.”
“Just another minute,” she whispers. “They look so small in there. Do you think they’ll be alright?”
“They’ll be perfectly fine. The monitor is on and we’ll leave the door open so we can check on them every time we walk by.”
Henley silently nods before allowing me to finally pull her away. “How are you feeling?” I ask, knowing she must be incredibly exhausted and sore. After all, just having one baby is exhausting, but two? Fuck, I don’t think Henley and I have slept for the past four days.