Natasha’s P. O. V:
I smiled as I glanced at our honeymoon pictures. I couldn’t believe it, it had been 2 years already. I could still remember it as if it was yesterday. I had been so nervous on our first night together but Jude had been so gentle and caring. He was concerned about my well being rather than his own. I remember as we lay in each other’s arms later that night with just a bed sheet around us, our limbs intertwined, my head on his chest. I felt like my life was complete, this is where I belonged in Jude’s arms.
He had been so considerate later as he went and filled a bath tub with warm water. I felt a little sore down there but he sprinkled a little salt in the tub and picked me up and put me in the tub. I immediately felt better. He sat there massaging my back as I rested my head against his chest. We explored the Greek Islands together. Greece was a beautiful place; all the houses were painted white.
Jude would just impulsively pull himself against me and kiss me whenever and wherever he felt like it.
“What are you doing?” I asked him the first time he had done that.
“Making sure that the world knows you belong to me”
I blushed and felt giddy with happiness. We roamed the streets of Greece taking in the natural beauty of the country of Gods. We would stay up all night making love, I was clumsy at first but soon Jude taught me all that I had to learn.
So it was a beautiful week that we spent in Greece and returned home. When we went back I started with my course in interior designing and Jude started working full time. We met up with Wade and Sean regularly and on the weekends we would go to his parent’s place. Every week we went to visit my mom and Jude spoilt her rotten with ice creams and other things.
Jude tried his best to convince the matron to let my mom come and live with us but she didn’t agree. She said that my mother needed constant attention and that we would not be able to cope up with everything even if we did keep a full time nurse. Besides my mom had new memories now and they consisted of the people who stayed with her in the nursing home.
Jude had pouted and sulked with the matron for more than a week but she still advised him against it and I agreed with her. We couldn’t be selfish; mom had every right to be happy.
2 months after the first wedding anniversary
Jude’s P. O. V:
“Jude!”
I woke up with a start as Natasha yelled. We had been staying at Gary’s since the last week. Natasha was pregnant and I was nervous as hell. I wasn’t even sure if I would make a good father or if I would be able to even hold our baby.
The last one week had been grueling as Natasha would make us do the emergency drill every night at any given time. None of us bothered arguing with her because well just let me give you a hint- you never argue with a pregnant woman. Hormones are all over the place, mood swings take over every 10 seconds and well let’s not even discuss the sudden cravings.
But it was all worth it when it put a smile on her face. She was looking so radiant, she was the most gorgeous pregnant woman in the universe! This last week of her term we had come to stay over at Gary’s because I was too nervous to be alone. Wade and Sean had joined us because Gary and I didn’t want to face the wrath of 3 women alone.
Gary’s sister was here too and Joey was not going to be left behind. When we weren’t around the other two pampered Natasha. My parents were ecstatic and Sean had already decorated the nursery. Everyone wanted to be there when the baby was born but Gary’s home could only hold so many people!
“Jude!” Natasha’s incessant yelling brought me out of my reverie and at the same time the other 3 woke up.
“Jude its time”
“Coming!” yelled all four of us and ran down the stairs forgetting everything that Natasha and the girls had made us practice for the last few days. Inevitably Gary the oaf tripped and made Wade and I fall with him. Luckily none of us were seriously injured.
“Idiots” muttered Sean and Joey.
“Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh” yelled Natasha clutching her stomach.
“Baby don’t shout remember what the doctor said? Breath in breath out breath in breath out” I said breathing in and out while the others stared at me like I was a baboon with 2 heads.
“What? That’s what the doctor said!”
“Yeah but that’s what the woman who is pregnant is supposed to do not you!” said Sean.
“Ok” said Ellen yelling, “will you guys get going!”
I rushed outside with Wade, Sean and Gary following behind. I picked up the bag that we had kept by the door and got into the car. I quickly backed out the car and saw in the rearview mirror that Gary had gotten into his car and was reversing it.
Wade go in and started yelling “Go go go go”
I zoomed out of the gates and Wade yelled “Go faster”
“We can’t! We have a pregnant woman with us you moron!”
Suddenly the absence of yelling rang loudly in my ears.
“Shit she’s never going to let me live this one down” I muttered as I turned around to go and pick Natasha.
“Would you believe that?” she yelled as soon as she saw me entering Gary’s gates.
“All four of them forgo us and zoomed out of the gate! All of them, not even one of them remembering what we have been practicing for a whole week!”
“Nats get into the car please” I pleaded.
She got inside all the while glaring at me. “Aaaahhhhhhhhhhh” she yelled again and once more I took off and Gary and Sean followed behind me.
All the way back we had to listen to Ellen Joanna and Natasha- when she wasn’t yelling in pain about how guys were just not cut off for emergencies while Wade and I listened in silence. Just a few hours more I said to myself, just a few hours then this will all be over.
A few hours later
“Congratulations Mr. Smith it’s a baby boy!” said the doctor coming out carrying my son.
“Oh man! Wow!” yelled Wade and Gary.
“Shhhh” said the doctor.
“Sorry!”
“How is Natasha?” I asked the doctor
“She is fine don’t worry, here hold your son”
I hesitated, unsure of myself.
“Here” said Ellen adjusting my arms in the right position. Then the doctor placed my son in my arms.
“Hey little man this is your daddy, and this is your uncle Sean ad uncle Wade, uncle Gary, Aunt Ellen and aunt Joey!”
Everyone ed around my little boy, he had dark blonde hair like me and blue eyes, he was a spitting image of me. A few minutes later the doctor came out again holding another baby.
“You are lucky man Mr. Smith it’s a girl!”
Oh did I forget to mention we were expecting twins? At this Sean jumped with joy and held out his hands for my daughter. I couldn’t help the tears that fell out of my eyes as I saw the girl had curly red hair and bluish green eyes. She was the most beautiful girl ever! Ellen took my son from my hands and I took my daughter and kissed her forehead.
“Hey beautiful I am your daddy. I am going to take such good care of you. And if any boy tried to mess with you I will break his bones!”
Ellen laughed and said, “Jude she’s just born!”
“Yeah but look at her she is so pretty!”
“Yeah she is” Ellen smiled softly.
“Ok I need to go and see my wife” and I started walking towards Natasha’s room with my baby girl in my arms while the rest followed.
I walked in and so Natasha she looked so beautiful. She also looked very tired.
“Hey” I said. She opened her eyes and smiled at me, “Hey”
“Did you see our baby girl?”
“Yeah”
“What are we going to name her?”
“Ariel” she said smiling.
“Are you serious?”
“What? I like the name and it goes with the red hair” she said smiling. Her smile lit up the whole place and there was no way I was going to deny her anything when she smiled at me like that.
“Ariel it is!”
“Where’s our son?”
“Here he is” said Wade entering the room.
Natasha held out her hands eagerly for him and I sat by the edge of her bed holding our babies close to each other. I kissed Natasha and then my son and my daughter.
“Natasha thank you so much for making me the happiest man on earth!”
She just smiled back and kissed me.
“Ok gross!” said Sean, “would you guys stop making out in front of your kids?”
Natasha and I just laughed. “What do we name our son?”
All of us thought long and hard. Everyone kept coming up with different names but Natasha and I just shot them all down.
“I know!” I said, “we are going to name him Daniel after Natasha’s dad!”
“Really?” asked Natasha her eyes shining with unshed tears.
“Yeah”
“How did I get so lucky?”
“You guys aren’t going to make out again are you?”
“Oh go away” said Natasha.
During the day a lot of people came to visit. Sean, Wade, Gary, Joanna and Ellen had gone home to rest and had returned with balloons and flowers and stuffed toys.
My parents were overjoyed and left reluctantly. The matron came along with Natasha’s mother too. She was happy looking at the babies even though she didn’t know they were her grandchildren.
“Can I visit them again?” asked Natasha’s mom before leaving.
“Of course you can” said Natasha happily.
Natasha and I were lost staring at our babies. They were so perfect and beautiful!
“No why don’t we just go ahead and ask them now” we looked up to see Sean looking irritated.
“What’s up?” I asked.
“Well we need you to solve a problem for us.”
“What’s wrong?” asked Natasha sleepily.
“Well we just wanna know have you decided who is going to be their godfather?”
The End