"Emily, we don't have to go. I'll call the others and tell them we're not up to it" Paige said as she rushed to the couch to help her wife up from the couch and walk with her towards the bathroom as Emily had to pee for the billionth time that day.
"No, I'm fine Paige I want to go see the others today I've been cooped up in this house for too long." Emily said placing her hands on her more than swollen belly. A look of fire in her eyes daring Paige to challenge her.
"Right and everyone wants to see you too babe, I… I just want you to be comfortable. You're going to pop any day now. What if I call everyone and have them come over here?" Paige said desperate to keep her wife as comfortable as she could over the next couple of days. She was due any day now and Paige could imagine being pregnant with twins was anything but comfortable. Paige had already arranged to have tomorrows Thanksgiving dinner at their house as opposed to Emily's parents like usual. Emily turned and went in to the bathroom ignoring Paige as she went in to go pee, leaving the door open just in case she needed Paige. Paige sighed and leaned against the door frame turning away so her wife could have a little bit of privacy, not knowing what to do about her stubborn wife and trying to figure a way to keep her at home so she could rest.
"Paige?" Emily asked in a small voice from in the bathroom.
"Yea, babe" Paige said turning in to the bathroom to help her wife.
"Can you help me stand up?" Emily said from her spot on the toilet.
"Of course" Paige said rushing forward to grab her wife's hands and help her stand. Emily balanced her hands on her wife's shoulders while Paige reached down and pulled up Emily's sweatpants. When Paige stood back up, she saw a mix of emotions crossing Emily's face, something she had become accustomed to in the past few months. Pregnancy had made Emily extremely emotional and Paige had been nothing but perfect through the whole thing.
"Hey, hey what's wrong?" Paige said gently bringing one hand to rest on the side of Emily's face.
"Why are you so nice to me?" Emily said starting to sniffle. "I can't even get off of the toilet by myself and you act like it's nothing to pull my own damn pants up for me." Emily said starting to reach hysteria. "And I'm so fat. You deserve better than me Paige." Emily continued, tears flowing freely now.
Paige bit the inside of her cheek to keep from laughing. As she gathered Emily into her arms and guided them back out to the couch. "Hey, Emmy calm down." Paige said as she gently rocked her wife on the couch. "I love you, and only you. I want nothing more to help you out, even if means pulling your pants up every time you pee." Paige began, gently running her fingers through her wife's hair. "And of course you're so fat, you're carrying our babies" Paige said grinning. "We're about to have two beautiful babies Em" Paige whispered pulling back.
"But I'm so hungry all the time, you're constantly cooking for me." Emily continued some fresh tears starting to spill. "And I'm so horny all the time" Paige let out a laugh. "What?" Emily asked.
"Because you being horny is such a burden to me" Paige giggled bringing her wife into her arms again, hoping the tears were done for good this time.
"You're sure I'm not annoying?" Emily whispered into Paige's shoulder.
"You're the furthest thing from it," Paige reassured her.
"Then you wouldn't mind making me some mac and cheese?" Emily said hopefully.
"I'd love to make you some" Paige said rising from the couch and placing a gentle kiss on Emily's forehead before walking into the kitchen.
"And a hot dog?" Emily called after her.
"I'll even mix it with ketchup for you" Paige replied grinning back at her wife.
"You know me so well." Emily said
"It's because I love you" Paige said with a wink.
"I love you too Paige" Emily said "And Paige?" Emily continued almost shyly.
"Yes love?" Paige called from where she was in the kitchen.
"Maybe we could have everyone here instead of going to Spencer's this afternoon."
"Anything you want" Paige answered, turning away from Emily to hide her grin as she pulled out her phone to shoot a text to everyone asking them to bring their potluck meal to their place seeing as Emily could barely move.
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"Emily we're cooking lunch, why the hell are you eating mac and cheese" Hannah asked as she made her way into the living room, Caleb right behind her bringing the crock pot he head into the kitchen where Paige was prepping lunch.
"Nice to see you too Hannah," Emily grinned rolling her eyes at her blonde best friend. "But just in case you forgot that I'm the size of a house and eating for three people."
"I know, I'm just teasing" Hannah said grinning as she took a seat on the couch next to Emily. "Seriously, how are you feeling Em?"
"Well, I feel fat, horny and ridiculously emotional. This morning I had a breakdown and asked Paige why she even bothered with me because I needed her to help me off the toilet" Emily answered sheepishly.
"Oh, Em" Hannah said, grabbing her hand.
"And Paige has been so wonderful through this whole thing but I can't help but feeling like I'm annoying to her" Emily said with a sigh.
"Emily, has been wonderful because she wants to help you through this, she wants the babies you're having. Plus she's your wife, it's kind of her job to help you through all the annoying things and pretend it's totally normal that you can't pull your own pants up." Hannah said with a small giggle.
"Thanks Han." Emily said, squeezing the girl's hand. As another knock came on the door.
"Come in" Emily called, knowing Paige was busy in the kitchen and she sure as hell wasn't getting up if she couldn't help it. Aria and Ezra stepped through the door, Aria's arms full of their sleeping baby and bags full of baby supplies and Ezra's hands full of desserts for after lunch. Spencer and Toby walked through the door right behind them.
"Emily, how are you!" Spencer said as she walked through the living room towards the kitchen.
"Well I've seen better days, but Paige has been a godsend, so I'm well" Emily said as she received a hug from Caleb who had made his way out of the kitchen.
"I can't imagine what you're going through Em, being pregnant with one was enough for me" said Aria as she moved out of the kitchen and sat down in the arm chair gently to not wake her sleeping baby.
"And how has the little one been?" Emily asked.
"Emmett's not sleeping through the night again, so it's been a hell of a week" Aria said with a sigh.
"Think of everything you and Paige have to look forward to, except double." Ezra said, grinning as he made his way out of the kitchen.
"And I can't wait for every minute of it" Paige said following him out of the kitchen, walking behind the couch to rub Emily's shoulders gently. "Everything's set out on the counter so people can start grabbing food as they want" Paige announced. "What can I get you?" Paige asked leaning down to press a kiss to Emily's cheek.
"Actually I was wondering if there was any more mac and cheese?" Emily asked.
"Of course, I had a feeling you might want more later so I made a second box this morning, I'll heat it up." Paige said making her way back towards the kitchen.
"Somebody's whipped" Toby said adding a sound effect as Paige walked away.
"Toby!" Spencer scolded her husband as she sat next to him on the loveseat.
"Yea, just wait until you knock up Spence, Toby. Good luck with that one" Paige called from the kitchen.
"I know you're under a lot of stress right now McCullers, so I'm going to ignore that" Spencer replied.
"I could take you any day and you know it" Paige said as she came back with two plates of food and sat on the couch next to Emily.
"I'm backing down for the sake of your pregnant wife" Spencer replied, grinning at Emily.
"Thank you Spencer" Emily said digging into her mac and cheese.
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Once everyone had had their fill and friends had made their way home for the evening Emily was sitting on the couch as Paige cleaned up the kitchen. Emily shifted herself so she could lay down on the couch, resting with her hands on her tummy. She fell asleep like that, imagining how in about a week, their life together was going to be flipped upside down.
Paige made her way back in to the living room and paused to observe her wife napping on the couch. Paige was exhausted keeping up with Emily and making sure she had everything she needed. But Paige also knew that it was nothing compared to what Emily must be going through, Paige made it her job to be sure that Emily was as comfortable as she could be because their lives were about to be turned to chaos when their double bundle of joy made their way into the world in about a week.
Paige made her way towards Emily and placed a soft kiss on her cheek.
"Let's go upstairs babe, we can watch a movie in bed." Paige whispered softly, knowing that if Emily slept for too long on the couch her back would bother her.
"mmmK" Came the sleepy response from Emily. Paige grabbed her hands and gently helped her to stand, and then guided her wife up the stairs to their bedroom. Once Paige had helped Emily into bed and propped some pillows up around her to make her comfortable. Paige turned around to turn the TV on and put a movie in when Emily called to her.
"Paige?"
"Yea sweety?"
"We don't need a movie…" Emily said shyly.
"Oh we don't?" Paige said with a smirk as she sat down on the edge of the bed.
"Nope" Emily said grinning.
"You're sure you're not too tired?" Paige asked as she moved up the bed to catch Emily's lips in a soft but passionate kiss. As she pulled the shirt off of her wife.
"I'm never too tired for you Paige" Emily said breathlessly as Paige ran her hands down Emily's sides. Paige suppressed a grin at how incredibly turned on Emily was already as she stuck her hand into her wife's panties.
