After we are done there I drag him to the clinic. When he sees where we are going he stops. “Baby, I do not have good memories of this place. Can we not go there?”
“This time it will be good. I promise.” I give him a pleading look. I know he is really going to enjoy this.
He sighs. “Alright. But if you run off again. I’ll die this time. There will be no coming back.”
“That isn’t happening today.”
I pull him the rest of the way in. It’s pretty quiet here today. I think that is a good sign. When I get to the counter I nod to the lady behind the counter. “Doc said I should stop by.”
She recognizes me from the last time. “Is this for you or for the Alpha’s son?”
“Me.”
Darius looks at me confused. “You.”
“Yes, me.” I nod to him. “I’ll take a seat.”
She smiles at me and goes to get the doctor. He doesn’t hesitate to come to the front. “I am so glad that you took me up on my offer.” He takes my hand and then Darius’s. “Let’s get this party started.” He is all smiles. “I am glad to see Darius looking so well. He is up and moving around and that is a huge improvement to what I have seen in the last two months.”
“I got him to shift too.” I point out and he shows us the room he wants us in.
“That’s great. It’s going to make all this go a lot smoother.”
I can see the machine in the corner that I wanted to use today. “Well, Doc. I haven’t had any prenatal care yet, since I was living with humans. So can you run the gambit?”
He smiles. “You want to hear it?”
“Yes, I want Darius to too.” We both are grinning.
“Hear what?” He is still guarded. He is standing next to me and he doesn’t look at ease seeing me on the exam table.
“You’ll see.” I wink at him.
“Alright. Go ahead and lean back and let’s get started.” I do as the doctor says, but when he reaches the waist of my pants, Darius growls at him. Not a small one either.
“Darius, it’s not what you think. It’s only so he can see my belly.” I try to comfort him. He looks ready to kill the doctor.
“I’m watching you.” He glares at the doctor.
“I assure you, I will not violate your mate.” The doctor kind of shakes his head at his reaction. He probably gets it a lot being a pack doctor. Wolves are always overly protective of their mates.
He pulls down my pants to expose my belly. He is quick to get the jelly and put it on my belly. I was expecting it to be cold at least that was what I heard, but it was surprisingly warm. He takes out the wand from the machine and fires everything up. He starts moving it around on my belly. At first we don’t hear anything but some clicks from the doctor hitting the keyboard. After a few minutes he looks back at us. “Well, do you want to see it?”
I nod. Darius still seems lost. “See what?”
He turns the screen towards us. “Well, first off, it’s more than one thing.” I am shocked to hear this. “You are having twins.” He smiles wide. He points to the two blobs on the screen that are wiggling around. Darius’s hand squeezes me tighter.
“Those are my babies?” He is staring at the screen in awe. I even see a tear fall down his cheek.
“Yes. They both look very healthy. Now I am going to click on the sound.” He pushes a couple of buttons. Then we can hear a quick whirring sound. “There is one heartbeat.” He moves a little, “This is the other one.” They both seem to be overly active on the screen.
Darius can’t look away. “Those are my babies.” He just keeps whispering to himself.
“I’m going to print you out a couple of pictures so you can show them off. I would say that you are doing really well. About three more months and we can tell the sex. We will have to be a little more careful when it gets closer to the due date. With twins there is more of a risk when it comes closer to delivery. You may have to be put on bed rest towards the end, but for now, just keep up the good work.” He beams as he clicks over the machine and I can hear the printer going off.
When he starts wiping me off, Darius seems to come out of his trance. He rests his forehead on mine. “I couldn’t be happier right now.”
I cup his face. “You are going to be a good father.”
He kisses my forehead. “I really hope so.”
The doctor pulls my pants back up after wiping off my belly. He hands the pictures to Darius who can’t stop looking at them. “Congratulations.”