AN:
I want to thank my beta reader for continuing of helping me out with my terrible grammar lol and thank all of you who gave me ideas for baby names – it really helped me out but I found this cool website with Swedish baby names and their meanings so I used that as my guide. I really thought hard as I tried to figure out what to call them – I hope you like my choices in the end of it all.
Chapter One: Welcome To The Family
EPOV
There was a lot to do before going to Dr. Ludwig's. First we had to get the baby bag ready. Second we had to get Sookie's bag ready for her stay at the hospital. Third leave a note for Amelia to let her know what is going on. Last we went to Erin's house to inform her mother that Sookie was ready to give birth, and if she could watch Cindy for a few days or until Amelia picks her up – Erin's mother agreed and we were off.
I drove my red corvette like a mad vamp – changing lanes without signaling and passing red lights. Sookie didn't care whatever got us there faster– usually she would nag at me for driving too fast.
My poor sweet Sookie was in pain and I felt every ounce of it through our bond. I kept telling her it will be alright we were almost there and she was doing her breathing exercise, trying to calm herself down.
"Oh Eric it hurts, it hurts," she kept saying over and over again. "Don't worry we're almost there." I held onto her hand so she could squeeze all she wanted – not like she would break it off. I made it to the parking lot of the decent size clinic and took Sookie in my arms.
One of the nurses at the front desk saw us from the window and helped us with the bags and holding the door for me.
"Mr. and Mrs. Northman the doctor is ready for you inside," she informed me. Dr. Ludwig came out from one of the rooms with her hands washed and had all of her gear on – ready for action.
She handed me – well more like tossed me one of those hospital gowns. "Here put this on her and once you are done take her to the room down the hall." I took the gown and started to remove Sookie's clothing.
As I was putting on the gown Sookie let out a scream of pain. "Lover did I hurt you?" I thought I pulled something as I was putting it on her. She nods her head. "No just they are really mad and want to get out already," she said to me.
Once I was done I rush her to the room down the hall and placed her on the hospital bed so Dr. Ludwig could examine her. Dr. Ludwig stood on a stool and did a sonogram on Sookie to see how the twins were doing and how they were positioned.
Dr. Ludwig's face scrunched up as she was examining Sookie – that can't be good. "Hmm…looks like we gotta do a C-section they are too big to come out the normal way. Get her ready for surgery," she told her nurses and jumped off the stool.
She saw the worried look on our faces and told us everything is fine and not to worry. "The twins are too big to come out the natural way – don't want to damage anything or risk the children's life and the mother's. C-section is the safest way to get them out. You have your vampire to thank for that." She pointed at me and walked away to get herself ready for surgery.
Sookie smacked my arm hard once the doctor left. "See this is your entire fault. Now I gotta be all drugged up as they take them out. Why did you have to be so freaking tall? You damn Viking," she said through clenched teeth and I had to hold in my laughter or else she would drive a stake through me. The nurses got Sookie ready for surgery as well and began taking her to the room for it.
I never wanted to leave Sookie's side during this experience. It has been a long while since I seen the miracle of childbirth – and it has change so much the process of it. As they were rolling Sookie down to the surgery room the doors busted open and in came Amelia, Cindy, Jason, Bill, Pam, Sam, Tara, Chris and Daisy.
Sookie was so happy to see all of them here. "What are y'all doing here?" She knew it was obvious but she just wanted to hear it for herself.
"Hello you're having the twins! How can we not be here?" Amelia answered with a bright smile on her face. They even had balloons that said it's a girl and it's a boy.
"I called all of them mommy. Erin's mommy told me what was happening and with your cell phone I called each and every one of them." Cindy too had a bright smile on her face – she was so happy she was going to be a big sister any moment now.
"Now the baby shower for this weekend is ruined," Pam rolled her eyes as she said this - such a thing for her to say in a situation like this.
"Sorry to break up this little family reunion but we got babies to deliver," one of the nurses said and then she took Sookie to the room. I told all of them that the waiting room was just around the corner and I would come out to tell them the good news – which would be that the babies made it out safe.
One of the nurses handed me a green pajama looking thing. "Put this on it's a requirement the fathers wear this when they are in the room with us," she said to me – felt weird hearing her say that to me – father. Don't get me wrong I been called that for some time now since we had Cindy but it still felt weird to me.
Then they all went to work – Sookie was half asleep and half awake and they put one of the sheets over so she wouldn't see how they took the twins out. No one wants to see how they cut up your stomach.
"Eric, I love you and thank you for everything," she said in such a quiet voice that if it wasn't for my vampire hearing I wouldn't have heard her.
"I love you too and thank you my lover for giving me my life back." I kissed the top of her forehead and held her hand as we waited to hear our children first cry.
SPOV
I never wanted to have a C-section but Dr. Ludwig was right – it was better to do it this way that way the twins would make it out safe and sound.
I was worry for myself – what if I passed out and I missed all of it or what if something goes wrong and I died during the operation. Think happy thoughts, think happy thoughts, I repeated over and over again to myself.
I looked over at Eric and he was a nervous wreck too and when I looked at him he made me feel relaxed and happy. Eric's fangs came down – must be because of all of my blood and the smell was driving him crazy.
Suddenly the monitor that kept record of mine and the babies' heartbeat started to go fast. One of the nurses examined the machine. "One of the twins' heart rate went down," she informed Dr. Ludwig.
"Eric what's wrong? Are they okay?" Eric went to check what it was and the doctor told him that cord was wrapped around the neck of one of the twins.
"I'm trying to get the baby that has the cord around the neck and once I get him or her out they will be okay. Nothing to worry about Mr. Northman." I was still worried because there could be a chance that one of the twins may not survive.
I could hear Dr. Ludwig struggling and then, "Got her! Here cut here." My daughter was the first to come out and one of the nurses cut the cord, and we heard her first cry – it was the most beautiful sound in the word.
The nurse brought her to us and she was being fussy trying to break free from the blanket that held onto her tightly. "Say hello to your daughter."
I picked up my head so I could get a good look at my daughter – sure she was covered in blood and gooey stuff but she was beautiful. She had a full set of blond hair, fat chubby cheeks, and she had my nose. Come to think about it she looked a lot like me when I was a baby – from what I seen of baby pictures of myself.
"She's beautiful, looks just like her mother," Eric said as he reach out to touch her but she grabbed onto his finger – she must have known that it was her daddy.
She opened up her little eyes to see who we are and we saw they were the same blue as Eric's. "Let me get her all clean up," the nurse said and went to clean her up.
"Okay get ready for baby number two," Dr. Ludwig said and then came another crying sound indicating our son was here.
Another nurse bought him to us and he looked a lot like Eric but if I looked closely I see some of Jason in him too – I guess my family genes were pretty strong if the two came out just like my side. As I looked at my son I could tell by how long he was, he was going to be just as tall as his father – he must have been the reason I had to have a C-section.
He was much quieter than his sister and less fussy as well. "So you were the one causing problems inside. I better keep an eye on you," I told him and he too opened up his eyes to look at us - he also had Eric's eyes. They were a perfect. From the bond I felt that Eric was proud of himself he has a strong looking boy and a beautiful baby girl.
Dr. Ludwig finished putting me back together. "Okay you can give her blood now so she can begin healing," she said as she hopped off her stool. Eric bit into his wrist and gave me some of his blood and I felt myself healing fast.
"We will run test on the children to see if they have any vampire traits. Like sensitive to the sun, cravings for blood, strength etc. This way you can know what you can and cannot expose the children to," Dr. Ludwig informed us.
"Will these tests hurt them in anyway?" Eric asked because I was too busy sucking his blood to speak.
"No we have a bright light that is somewhat similar to the brightness of the sun and once we see a bit of smoke we remove them right away so no damage is done. Let's hope it's not the case because raising a child who can't go out in the sunlight will be very difficult." Oh thank God the test wouldn't harm them in any way and I sure did pray that they came out negative.
Before leaving us alone, Dr. Ludwig turned to say something to us. "I never thought I see myself here delivering your children especially yours vampire. I always knew you two had a connection since the time that creature attacked you in the woods. Well I will come to you to let you know what the test results are." And with that she left the room.
I was fully healed now after drinking Eric's powerful and old vampire blood but I still felt tired. The nurses took me out of the surgery room and put me in another room so I could rest.
I felt so tired that my eyes had begun to close – I did try my best so stay awake so I can see my babies after their test but I couldn't help it. I drifted off to dream land.
Hour Later…
I heard other voices in the room and opened up my eyes slowly to see all my friends and brother in the room with me.
Amelia was holding my little girl and Jason holding my little boy – everyone else was around them smiling at the babies and getting their attention. No one noticed that I awake so I just laid there smiling seeing how two babies brought everyone together.
I looked around the room once more and didn't see Eric anywhere – where did he go? Before I got to a word out to my friends the door swung open and there was my Viking with a book – why does he have a book?
"Lover! You're awake now we can finally decide what to call them." Eric sat on the edge of the hospital bed and I saw from the cover it was a book of baby names.
"And good news the twins aren't sensitive to the sun but our little girl over there just sneezes when she is first exposed to it but that's about it and our son is super strong – Dr. Ludwig told me he almost broke his bottle," he said with such pride in his voice – of course any father will be proud of their son.
"They are too young to determine if they will have fangs or not and they prefer to drink baby formula than drinking blood." I felt so happy hearing that good news – only time will tell if they will get fangs or not.
"Aw look your mommy's awake lets take you to her," Amelia cooed at my daughter and placed her in my arms. "She's beautiful Sookie – she looks just like you but she has his temper," Amelia teased Eric and he gave a fake laugh, "Ha- ha witch." Jason then placed our son in Eric's arms and everyone waited to hear what we were gonna call the twins.
"Well before we make any decisions I want her to have Gran's name as her middle name," I said and placed a gentle kiss on top of my daughter's head.
"Gran will love that Sook," Jason said and I could see that my brother was sad just thinking about our poor sweet Grandma, and I too felt sad wishing she was here with me.
Eric managed to open the book and hold our son at the same time. "And no weird Swedish names – I want to be able to say their names and write it," Eric rolled his eyes at me and looked through the book seeing what name called to him.
Cindy went to Eric to help him out and she pointed at a name in the book. "Oh how about this one for my baby sister Erika – rules forever, Swedish form for Erica. That way mommy and me don't have two annoying Eric's on our plate – lets call her Erika, it's a pretty name."
I said the name in my head Erika Adele Northman – I liked it, now just to see if Eric will like it – he should its like we are naming her after him.
"Erika Adele Northman go to your room!" Eric practiced yelling the name and he looked like he liked the feeling of it. "So its settle her name is Erika Adele Northman." Then little Erika let out a happy sigh as if she was telling us she liked her name too. "I think she likes it too," I said to them and everyone went aww.
Once we gave her the name everyone starting calling her that so she can get use to it. "Hello Erika – thank god you got your mom's looks and not your dad's," Bill said to her and I laughed at his statement but Eric didn't he just gave Bill a cold glare.
"Wow Sook she really does look like you – I remember when momma and daddy brought you home. I was happy that I got a baby sister but then I hated you because you got all the attention and I still do hate you," Jason teased me, which made me laugh because I knew he was kidding – I sure hope so.
"Now for my son – since you girls got to name her I will pick for him," Eric said and flipped through the pages of the book. I was nervous that he was going to pick some weird name for him that I won't be able to pronounce and spell.
"Hmm, how about this for his first name Mattias gift from God, Swedish variation of Matthew. That fits perfectly for him because they are a gift from a Goddess. What you think lover?" Eric told me his choice and waited for my opinion.
I looked at my son and see if he was a Mattias – I think it fitted him perfectly he looks just like his father and will be tall just like him like a Viking so a Swedish name like that will do for him. Plus it wasn't a hard name to say or spell so it was okay with me.
"Aw that name is so cute and right for him! Sookie you can call him Matty for short," Amelia said and she was right I could call him that as a nickname. Mattias began to get fussy in Eric's arms. "Here let's switch," I said to him and I gave him Erika while he passed me Mattias.
He began to calm down and went back to sleep. "Aw see he just wanted his mommy, such a momma's boy already," I said in baby talk to him and kissed the top of his head.
"Now for his middle name – maybe he and Erika can have the same initial for their middle names," I said to Eric and handed him a bottle from the side table because Erika was hungry. Seeing Eric hold and feed our daughter felt good and weird at the same time – I just have to get use to the idea of Eric being around babies.
"How about Ansgar means warrior? " Eric said and began to rock Erika in his arms. I scrunched up my nose not feeling that name and everyone else agreed with me as well.
So I took a peak at the book and saw a name I liked for him as his middle name. "Oh what about Alexander defender of man. I want him to defend humans not eat them, don't I, yes I do," Mattias looked up at me like this lady is crazy – a look Eric has given me from time to time.
Mattias is going to be gorgeous when he grows up – I must make sure he isn't as suave and a ladies man like his father was back in his days before he met me.
"Mattias Alexander Northman – does have a nice ring to it. So it settles our son's name is Mattias Alexander Northman and our daughter's name is Erika Adele Northman, welcome to the world Erika and Mattias."
"Welcome to the family Erika and Mattias." Each one of them in the room said.
I was so blessed with two healthy twins, a beautiful smart daughter, a wonderful husband and a great family – life couldn't get any better.
AN: Uh oh did Sookie just give herself bad luck for saying that in the end? What hardship will our lovebirds face as parents? Will the twins developed fangs, super speed, healing quickly, flying etc? Will Cindy get jealous of the twins because now they are getting all the attention? Will Bill finally find another one to love?
Find out in this sequel – The Heart Finally Got What It Wanted.
Until next time my fellow readers!
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