"Everyone asleep?" Andrea asked when Miranda returned to the entertainment room and dropped herself onto the sofa beside her,
"Yes, finally. Molly wanted a story but of course as soon as Oliver knew his sister was getting one he wanted one too." Miranda chuckled, leaning into her wife's shoulder, "not that I expect they will sleep long. Caroline and Martin are getting all of the gifts ready."
"Good." Andrea pressed a kiss to Miranda's head and enjoyed the silence for a moment. Everything had been none stop since their daughters and their families had arrived and it was nice to just sit quietly for a moment. "What time are we expecting Nigel and Doug tomorrow?"
"Around midday. Though I expect a little earlier since it's their first Christmas with Thomas, I'm sure he will have them up at the crack of dawn."
"Hey guys," Cassidy stuck her head around the door with a smile, "can I interrupt?"
"Of course bobbsie," Miranda held out her hand for her daughter, unsurprised when Charlotte followed her, "not helping your sister set up downstairs?"
"You know what Caro is like mom." Cassidy laughed, pulling over a foot stool so she and Charlotte could sit in front of her parents. "She'll have some kind of system that no one else has any hope of understanding. Plus we wanted to give you two something before all the madness tomorrow." Cassidy pulled a small square box wrapped in silver paper from the pocket of her hoody and handed it to her mom with a wide smile, "merry Christmas"
Miranda slowly opened the package aware of Andrea's chin resting on her shoulders, watching her as she went. The wrapping was moved aside to reveal a box and Miranda gently lifted the lid, her eyes tearing up the moment she processed what she was seeing.
"Cass is this what I think it is?" Andrea asked with a watery smile,
"yeah, the treatment worked," Cassidy grinned, squeezing charlotte's hand, "mom are you ok?" Miranda hadn't said a word and was simply staring at the scan picture, an unreadable look on her face,
"It's twins," she murmured, brushing her fingers over the image, tracing the outline of each baby,
"It sure is," Cassidy rubbed her belly absently And reached out to squeeze her mothers hand, "merry Christmas grandma," the stillness that had settled over them was broken by Miranda's laugh of pure joy as she pulled her daughter to her and hugged her tightly, Andrea pushed herself to her feet and hugged Charlotte close too, whispering her congratulations in her ear. The red head would no doubt be finding this difficult, unable as she was to share the news with her own parents but Andrea would make sure that she got to share in the not too.
"Congratulations Bobbsey," Miranda grinned, pressing a kiss to Cassidy's temple and pulling Charlotte into her other side, repeating the gesture, "and you Charlotte. You really have given me the best Christmas Eve ever."
