Warning: Male pregnancy, if you dislike this... wait, I already told you that previously; if you don't like that kind of stuff then don't read it.
Disclaimer: I do not own Theresa's dad (who I named Gerald), Neil, Theresa (they belong to Studio B.- Class of the Titans), Talia, Talie, Oceane, Daman (they belong to historianGirl) while the rest characters belongs to me.
Chapter Three: There were Times...
Keith was awakened by Stephen who was already dressed, taking his keys on the night table. Stephen kisses him gently, Keith holds him back. He kissed him back but hard, he then smirks at his husband. "You know dear, even if I'm pregnant doesn't mean I'm softer."
Stephen smirks back but then turned worriedly, "How was your sleep because to the looks of it… well, it seems that you have fallen asleep not a long time ago."
"Yeah I know…" said Keith as he turns a little to see Theresa still sleeping next to him. "The baby really made me have trouble sleeping."
"You think you'll be alright, Keith?" asked Stephen, worry in his voice. Keith smiled tiredly as he caressed Stephen's cheek, Theresa was stirring a little.
"Don't worry, Steph. I'll be okay; I'll rest when I'll return from work this afternoon."
Stephen glares at Theresa as he jabbed a thumb in her direction, "I hope she better acts properly today because I'll be sure to tell Gerald to ground her for another week, after he'll return from New York this afternoon."
That earned him a slap across the cheek as Keith sends him a murderous look and Stephen quickly helps him to sit up as he backs away a little, "This is in the past and what the past is…"
Stephen sighs as he sits next to him and wraps an arm around him and places gently a hand on his love's belly: it kicked a little. "Keith… honey, you know that we have to discipline the kids even if it's not ours. What will it be with our kid?"
Keith sighs as a tear trickles down his cheek, "I… I don't know, love. I really want our child to be disciplined, I want it to act properly… but I'm afraid I'll be a bad father."
Stephen hugs him with delicate as he kisses his lips, "You won't be a bad father, you'll be a terrific one."
Keith buries his face on Stephen's shirt and Stephen wraps his arms around him, Theresa was awake now as she awes at this. Keith turns to her with a tired smile, "Are you ready to get dressed my baby lotus?"
"That's right we're going to your work this morning," said Theresa with excitement and then she got off bed as she walked quickly out of them room.
Keith is now standing up as he caressed Stephen's cheek where he slapped him, "Have a great day honey, see you tonight and besides don't forget that Talie and Gerald are coming tonight to get the girls."
Stephen nodded with a smile as he left and Keith felt the baby change position, he went to see what the girls have picked out for today. He smiled as they show him their dresses to work in dirt; he laughed as he shook his head and went to pick them out each a pair of jeans and t-shirt. Oceane's was yellow meanwhile Theresa's t-shirt was pink. "Now sweeties, this is the clothes we work with."
"Hi Mrs. Johnson," said the girls at the same time as they waved their hands at her. "We're happy to return to work with our uncle."
Everyone laughed as Mrs. Johnson smiled at them, "Great to see you again, girls."
Then she turns to see in horror at Keith's state, "Good heaven's sake, Keith! You have badly slept and I hope it's not because you lost Theresa yesterday…"
Keith shook his head and said, "It's just because the baby kept me awake all night. No biggie that's all."
He then continues with a tired voice as he was holding his nieces' hands, "Look Ellen, I just want to work with my little nieces for once."
"Keith you know that your nieces are more than welcome to come here," Ellen said seriously. "Just work a little bit this morning with them but then go back home to rest."
Keith nodded and said with a tired smile, "I will, don't worry."
Then they went to work and Keith thought with bitterness, it's going to be a long morning. Theresa and Oceane were giggling as that made him smile; working with them will make him feel better.
After they returned home from work, the girls were still in giggles. Keith smiled at this as he nearly was going to faint so he went to sit to take a breath, Theresa and Oceane were thrilled when they saw two cars parking in front of Keith's house. They squealed, "Grandpa and Uncle Farley!"
Keith sighs in relief as he let a hand drop on his belly and got up, he opens the door. He smiles tiredly and calls out to them, "Mind if you take care of the girls for me?"
Daman and Farley goes to him as they worriedly looked at him, Keith shook his head. "I'm just going to take a shower and afterwards… I would want you guys to take the girls to take a bath."
Then with that he went to take a quick shower as he got into clean clothes, he then went to dry his hair before he needed to sleep. He opens the door and it revealed his father, he was extremely worried. "Keith… what's the matter, you look horrible."
Keith rolled his eyes, "Thanks for telling me that."
Then he quickly apologized as he hugs his father gently, "I'm sorry dad but I'm just tired, the baby woke me up all night."
"That's alright son," said Daman as he smooths his son's hair, however he turned seriously. "But don't ever roll your eyes again, you hear me?
Keith sighs tiredly and said, "I will never do it again, I promise. Can I sleep a little?"
Daman nodded as he wrapped an arm around his son's shoulder, Oceane and Theresa who were still dirty looked up at Keith. "Can we stay like this? It's fun to be dirty."
Daman, Keith and Farley glared at them as Keith screamed, "Of course not! You better take your bath the both of you and right now!"
The two little girls looked down as they just walked passed Keith, Farley follows them. Keith went to his room as Daman was still surprised; he followed his youngest son anyways. He sits down on the edge of the bed, looking at his sleeping son before going in the bathroom.
He sees that Theresa and Oceane had their head down, Farley was washing their hair. He looked worried and Daman sits next to him, he sighs. "Girls you know that your uncle is very tired at this moment."
"We don't care," said Theresa in a monotone voice, "He should have controlled his own temper. His pregnancy is so affecting him."
"Terri…" Farley said with a exasperate sigh, rinsing the shampoo out of their hair. He knows that has made the girls hurt to get screamed like that.
Oceane sighs as she was near in tears, "We want to leave after our bath and to take a rest from our uncle for some weeks or so."
That nearly made the two men fall backwards as Daman and Farley looked at each other; they clearly see that the girls were upset. They each gave them a stern look as the girls were finishing cleaning themselves, Farley and Daman helped them getting out of the bath and dried them. Daman dried their hair while Farley went to get new clothes.
Oceane and Theresa were good as new so they immediately went to the front door to tell them that they were ready to go, Farley and Daman gave them an angry look. Farley said as he pinched the end of his nose, "Girls… this is ridiculous only because he told you to get a bath?"
"He screamed at us, Uncle Farley. Not by telling us!" said Theresa as she was shaking. "You can as well write a note to him by saying we left early."
That made both men furious but said nothing, the girls tried to reach for the doorknob but couldn't because they were still too small to turn it. Daman and Farley smirked as someone on the other side opened it for them, nearly hitting them on the face. Stephen came in with surprise as he saw his brother-in-law and father-in-law smirking, "What's that expression for?"
"The girls were trying to turn the doorknob," Farley said while giggling. "Finally they can't because they're too small."
He continued more seriously, "They wanted to leave your house and go back to their houses."
Stephen glared at them, "There's no one at your houses, girls. You should know that, what happened? Had a fight with your uncle Keith again, Theresa?"
"No… why his pregnancy does affects him so much, Uncle Stephen?" asked Theresa, then with that she started to run towards the door as Stephen grabbed her just in time. He looked at her angrily, he said with anger, "You really want me to tell your father to ground you for two weeks, are you?"
Then he closes the door with his foot and locks it, he places her down as Theresa with anger, "I hate the four of you and I hope he will lose the baby."
Then with that she turns to her cousin, "Not you Oceane, I don't hate you, you're nice."
Daman was surprised while Farley and Stephen had shock written all over their faces; Theresa went into the guest room as she closed the door behind her. Daman sighs as he rubs his forehead and said, "I'll go talk to her, I'm sure she didn't mean it."
Daman knocked on the door and opened the door which he witnessed Theresa throwing a pillow across the room. He closes the door and goes to her, "Please don't do that it won't do any good."
Theresa doesn't look at her grandfather and said, "I don't care at all, okay? All I want you is that all of you leave me alone, except for daddy, Oceane and her family… and Daniel. They're nice at least."
Daman sighs as he scratches the back of his head, he says softly. "We are nice too… me, your uncles. Theresa try to understand that we don't want you to stay alone…"
"I understand, I'm not stupid… you think I am…" Theresa said in anger and in this instant moment Farley comes in with Stephen. Farley bends down to her as he said, "We don't think you're stupid…"
Farley turns to his father, "Dad let us take care of it we don't want you to get tired."
Theresa realized what she had done to her grandfather and blurted out to him, "Love you, grandpa."
Daman, Farley and Stephen were surprised by Theresa's outburst. Daman hugged her and said, "Thank you my dear."
"But I still hate my uncles," said Theresa with a glare. Farley and Stephen were hurt and Stephen sated in front of her, he wanted to caress her head for affection. She didn't let him touch her; she backed away as she turned her back from him. "I hate all my uncles from my mother's side."
Stephen and Farley were thunderstruck; they couldn't believe they were hearing this. Stephen with anger (however a sob escaped his throat) said, "You don't love us anymore because we were sever with you about you not wanting to go home?"
He continued as he gripped Theresa's shoulder, "Is that it?"
Theresa looked at him with hatred, "No, Uncle Stephen! You'll never understand my true feelings…"
"Never understand? Theresa! You know very well that I understand you, it's just that you know very well we have to be strict with you." Stephen had tears rolling down his face; Theresa and Oceane were surprised at their uncle's reaction. They never saw him cry before; they always thought of him as strong and never would cry.
"I thought you would never cry," Theresa said in a monotone voice. Then her voice was changed to mockery, she said to her uncle, "Where's that person that used to make fun of people?"
Daman was clenching his fists as his knuckles were turning white; he truly thinks that Theresa is going too far. A knock was heard in front of the house; Farley with watery eyes goes to answer. Then a minute later Farley said, "Oh Gerald, I'm so glad that you're here. We're having a problem with your daughter."
Then with that Theresa said with hatred, "I hope that you'll join mommy… I hate you!"
Stephen stood up and just turned around as he cried softly; Gerald came in as he turns to Stephen. He goes to hug him and Theresa sends a hatred look at her uncle Farley. Farley knew she hated him too and he just sighs as a tear escaped his eye, Gerald took his other arm to bring Farley closer to him. Then with that Gerald goes to Theresa as he slapped her arm, "What is the meaning of this, young lady?"
"That I hate my uncles from my mother's side? Oh daddy, Uncle Keith screamed at me and the other ones didn't care at all." Theresa was shaking as she was terrified of her father's angry state.
"We have to be strict honey, especially when your dirty- you have to take a bath when your dirty." Farley was wiping his face with his sleeve; Daman went to console him and Stephen.
"She wanted to leave immediately after she was screamed by her uncle," Daman said as he glares at his granddaughter.
Gerald furiously looks at his daughter, "Oh! We'll be going alright but you'll be grounded, young lady. Being rude with your uncles and by hating them is no good, if you don't apologize to them you'll be grounded for two complete weeks."
"Two weeks will be perfect, daddy. I'll take my punishment like a little lady," Theresa said as she felt her anger going away but sadness is still in her body. "Take me away and let my punishment start now."
Everyone was surprised by this and Gerald nodded as he took Theresa's things and left with anger as he was holding her hand, Stephen sated on the couch and so did Farley. They were amazed by Theresa's acceptance of punishment; they looked at each other in tears and hopes that she'll be in her normal self again.
Three weeks later…
"Aunt Guyana," Daniel said as he packed his things. He turns to his little sister who was playing with her aunt Samantha in the living room. "Can I ask you a question?"
"Of course sweetheart, what is it?" asked Guyana as her green eyes landed on Daniel. She looked worried after what she heard from Theresa hating her uncles from her mother's side, she was quite surprised by her attitude.
"You think that Theresa will love our uncles, again?" asked Daniel worriedly as Guyana ruffled her nephew's black hair. She smiled at him, he reminds her so much of his mother, Daniel always had a soft side and not hardly like his father.
"Of course Danny, this was just a negative time, she'll get over it. Let's hope she'll be okay to go to her uncles' this weekend, if she'll accept the offer." Guyana sighs as she and Daniel goes to Samantha and Theresa, she picks up Theresa in her arms.
"Terri honey, you think you'll be okay if we bring you to your uncles this weekend? Your brother is going tonight at their houses…"
"No, I don't want to! Not yet… I'm not ready to see them, Uncle Keith will probably scream at me for nothing. He doesn't control his pregnancy very well." Theresa pouted with tears in her green eyes, she stares at Guyana. "No, not right now auntie Guyana…"
"Alright then, let's just prepare for your brother to leave for the weekend." Guyana sighs as she puts down Theresa and tells Samantha to take care of her.
"Guyana honey, you know very well I'm your sister and that I'll take care of miss little attitude here." Samantha said with her hands placed on her hips, she's Gerald's older sister while Guyana's the baby. Guyana just nodded and left with Daniel.
Samantha stares at Theresa and realizes that Gerald was like her when he was a child: a nasty attitude. She sighs and continues to play with her.
When Daniel has returned with Gerald on Sunday, Gerald sternly looks at Theresa. He picks her up and places her on the couch, "Theresa… your punishment is gone since a week. I want you to apologize to your uncles when you'll see them and that will be tomorrow."
He continues in a softer voice, "Your uncles were very sad for not seeing you, they really miss you. They're coming to our house tomorrow and Farley's coming too, he has the day off tomorrow… thankfully."
Theresa just nodded and hope she'll stop crying at night for doing this, she dreamed of her mother telling her that it wasn't very nice to say that. That she told her to apologize to her uncles when she'll see them.
She remembers her mother saying in her dream, "Your Uncle Keith, Uncle Stephen and Uncle Farley have done a lot for you and your brother so far and they'll continue. They love you my little princess, it hurts me so much that there's hate in the air. They are my brothers, brother-in-law… please return their love."
The next morning…
"You think that she'll love us again?" asked Keith as he was in the passenger's seat, wiping his tears away. Stephen caressing Keith's abdomen gently; Stephen looks at him for a second before returning to the road.
Keith continues with a heartbroken voice, "I- I miss her, I really wanted her to be at our house the weekend that just passed. I hope she'll stop hating us and the baby soon before it will be born."
"I'm sure she will, honey. She won't hate us forever, I know deep down she still has a heart." Stephen had watery eyes as he stopped for a second from caressing Keith's belly. Keith placed a hand on Stephen's hand and he let his head fall on Stephen's shoulder.
When they arrived at Gerald's house, they took a deep breath and Stephen rang the bell. A maid has opened it and smiled, "Mr. DeForest is waiting for you two, is Mr. Kingston arrived yet?"
They shook their heads and the maid has let them in, both men entered as they looked where to go and the maid told them to go to the living room. They sigh in relief nearly forgetting how huge the house was, they saw Gerald reading the newspaper with Theresa playing with a Barbie in her pajamas. Gerald then looks up at Keith and Stephen who were nervously smiling at him.
Gerald does a fake cough in Theresa's direction, "Okay Terri, what do you have to say to your uncles? You know very well it has to be done today."
Keith and Stephen sits next to Theresa, she stares at them with those sad eyes. "I'm sorry for hurting you both and that I hoped you'll lose the baby."
This has made a huge relief to Keith and Stephen as they kissed each side of her cheeks, Keith wipes his tears away as he hugged her. "Our baby lotus, we're so happy that you don't hate us and the baby anymore."
Gerald interrupted this moment as he said severely, "However Keith, Farley told me that you screamed at my daughter and that I didn't like that."
Stephen glared at Keith for screaming at a three year-old, "Look who told me…"
"Okay," Keith said as he raised his hands up and then turns to Theresa as he held her gently against him and kissed the top of her head. "I'm sorry my baby lotus, I really didn't mean to scream at you and Oceane but I was tired and wanted you two to take a bath."
Theresa hugs gently her uncle as she let her head fall on his shoulder, he suddenly got worried. He saw that she had dark rings around her eyes, "Oh honey, go to bed I'll go rest with you."
"First we'll wait for your brother to show up," said Gerald as he was nearly done reading a newspaper. Then he took a quick glance at Stephen, "Want some coffee Stephen?"
"Yeah, thanks didn't have time to do one."
Keith sighs as he looks at Theresa's face; he pouted and wanted Farley to come this instant. He turns to his husband and said, "Steph… you said you were going to work all night, so would that be alright if I sleep here for one night or two?"
"Why do you think I did a suitcase for you then?" asked Stephen as he raised an eyebrow up. Keith sighs in relief as he got up and earned a puppy look from Theresa. Keith smiles and turns to Theresa, "Don't worry love, I'm coming back. I'll just go get my suitcase…"
Stephen stands up abruptly and so did Gerald, Gerald points to the couch where Theresa is. "You Keith shall sit and until your brother comes. When Terri will apologize to him that is, there's no way you're going to get your suitcase. Stephen will go and get it."
Keith gave up and sated down back on the couch, "Fine. I'll wait but after that Theresa apologizes to Farley we're going to rest, she's tired as it is."
"Sorry I'm late," Farley said as he walks in and rubbed the back of his head. "I didn't remember which time it was supposed to be."
"It's alright Farley," Gerald said as he asked one of his maids to go get some coffee. "However you should hurry up because there's one here who doesn't sleep well these days, Keith will rest with her."
Theresa jumped down from the couch and ran to hug her uncle's leg, "I'm sorry Uncle Farley for saying that I hated you."
Farley smiled as he picked her up, rubbing her back. "Thank you for stop hating me, I missed seeing you baby pumpkin."
He kissed her cheek, Keith has done a fake cough as he said, "Farley she needs some sleep, bring her to me so I can rest with her."
Farley was now surprised to see Theresa having some dark rings around her eyes. He immediately got worried, "You know what, I'll watch you and your uncle sleep for a while and because your uncle Keith is pregnant I don't want him to get hit while you're having a nightmare."
Keith glared at him, "Farley! You know very well that even if I'm pregnant I can take care of myself, besides she won't do any nightmares now that she apologized to us."
"Don't care; I'm still going to hold Theresa until you two are in a bedroom." Farley pointed out as he and Keith went upstairs with Theresa.
October 20th, the morning…
A scared Theresa was in a room for kids in a gay church, Talie brought her and quickly left. Homosexuals except for her brother and brother-in-law disgusted her, she can tolerate her brother-in-law's cousin and his lover but that's it.
"Can I help you with your situation?" asked a woman in her thirties. She can see that Theresa was scared and was near in tears. Theresa just shook her head; the woman gave her a sympathy look. "Do your uncles or aunts know that you're here?"
Theresa just shook her head and said in tears, "N-no, they don't b- but my uncles are the only ones that can h-help me."
"Okay but right now they're busy," said the woman with delicate. "Do you have a friend here?"
Theresa looks around as the other children looks elsewhere while Neil glares at the others and steps in, he raised a hand. "I'm her friend. One of my uncles is cousin with one of her other uncles, we became friends like that."
"That's great Neil and to the other children," said the woman with a glare. "You are all friends here, don't forget that."
Theresa shakily wipes her tears away, she smiles and go plays with Neil until their uncles arrives. When they saw that it was finished and all, they saw their uncles coming in. The woman went to Keith and Stephen by telling them that something troubled Theresa.
Keith scented that Theresa was terrified and both he and Stephen came towards her, Stephen said to the woman: "Thank you Beth."
Then continues to walk to Theresa, they smiled weakly to her. Leo and Gill comes to get Neil as they gestured to leave Theresa alone with her uncles, Neil hesitated but nodded at his uncles. "I'm worried about Terri."
Leo lulls him as he and Gill leaves, "Don't worry Neil, Theresa's going to be alright."
Stephen kneels down as he and Keith sits down on a little bench, Keith worriedly looks at her. "What's the matter, baby lotus?"
"Aunt Talie showed me terrified things in the forest last night…" Theresa said as tears started to fall down on her cheeks.
That made Keith and Stephen groan, Keith said with a smile, "Don't worry honey, there are good people in the world. Talie just doesn't seem to get it."
He then received a kick from the little one, he placed a hand on his belly and Theresa did the same. The baby did another kick, Keith smiled. "Your cousin agrees with me, our baby lotus."
Stephen smiles, "Are you ready to go to our house? We'll get your stuff at your Aunt Talie's house."
They have gone to Talie's to get her stuff, Keith angrily goes to Talie. "You scared our niece, Talie. What was that for?"
"You know how I am, Keith. Also may I remind you that you're pregnant?" asked Talie as she pointed at his belly. Keith looks down at it before he sighs and then relaxed. He sated down on the couch as he told Stephen to play with the girls, he nodded and reminded him that he soon has to start work.
Keith nodded and turns to his sister, "Talie, I know how you are but you're frightening her. Is there anything you can less frighten her?"
"She needs to know about mortals and that's final, I don't want to hear any more words from that. Besides…" Talie said as she started to caress her brother's belly. "You need to relax before the baby arrives and stop from being stressed out."
"I am relax Talie… it's just it can be so hard being pregnant. I drink seven milkshakes every day, I'm tired and my feet are getting swollen. There are a lot of things that…"
"Honey, are you ready? Talie, mind if Oceane sleeps over at our house?" asked Stephen as he keeps a glance at the watch. Talie looks at her brother worriedly who she felt the baby kicked, Keith smiles at her. He said, "It will make me happy."
Talie sighs as she nods and pats his belly gently, kissed it lightly and cooed to it, "You better be nice with daddy, I can see you're a little hyperactive."
8pm…
"Girls, it's time for bed." Keith said as he was caressing his abdomen gently, he hears the front door unlock and opens. Stephen sighs in relief as Keith comes to him; Stephen wraps arms around his waist. "Welcome home, dear. How was your day?"
Stephen smiles, "It was good, Owen and I did some chocolate cake for a two year-old."
Keith smiled as he kissed Stephen's lips, "I hope you'll do cakes for our daughter's birthdays."
"Wait, were having a girl cousin?" asked the girls at the same time. That made both men jump a little as Stephen quickly closes the door, Keith turns to them with a stern look.
"Don't tell your parents about we're having a girl, you hear? We want to tell them the next time we see them. Now, it's time to go to bed. I don't know why you two are up; it's passed your bedtime."
"You too should be in bed, honey. If you want our daughter to be healthy at birth you need to sleep," he pointed out to Keith. He then turns to the girls, "Did you two go to the bathroom?"
"We just did and Uncle Keith kept an eye on us. We're ready to go to bed now." The girls said as they went in the guest room, Keith and Stephen laughed as they followed them.
They went under the covers as both men kissed each their nieces' cheeks, Keith sated on the bed as both girls kissed their uncle's abdomen. "Sweet dream, we love you baby cousin."
That awed the future-parents as Keith was nearly in tears, which truly touched him that they love that much their cousin. Then they have fallen asleep and Stephen helped Keith getting in their bedroom, Stephen immediately went to change in his pajamas so he can be close to Keith. Stephen caressed Keith's hair as Keith felt warmth in his heart, then he felt nauseous all of a sudden.
Stephen noticed this and said worriedly, "You alright Keith? You look a little pale."
"No, feeling nauseous. Looks like the baby doesn't seem to digest the pasta I cooked at supper, if you'll excuse me I'll go to the bathroom." Then went in the bathroom to vomit and Stephen quickly held his hair back with worry.
He said between vomits, "I had the s-same n-nauseous… right after… I finished eating… the pasta."
"It will pass honey, I guarantee that to you. Are you okay now?" asked Stephen, still worried. Keith flushed the toilette and weakly got up as Stephen helped him.
"Yeah, I'll be okay. I'm just going to brush my teeth," Keith said as he gestures to Stephen that he'll be okay and that he can return to their room. "Don't worry dear, I'll be alright. The nauseous is gone."
Stephen was at first unsure but he went to go pi as Keith finished brushing his teeth he felt a big kick which he patted it gently and said, "Sweetie… please go easy on daddy. Aunt Talie told you the same this afternoon."
He looks up at his husband as he blushed, "I'll go pi also… you know."
Stephen kissed Keith on the lips as he said, "I'll go check on the girls to see if their alright."
Then with that he went in the guest bedroom to see if the girls were asleep and they were Stephen sighs in relief. He goes passed by the bathroom to check if Keith was alright, he sees Keith drying his hands. Keith smiles at him and they return to their room…
They have awoken quite early the next morning, they yawned and stretched. Stephen wrapped an arm around Keith and places a hand on the swollen abdomen, rubbing it. "How are you doing, love? Looks like our daughter let you sleep last night."
Keith sighs in relief as he let his head drop on his husband's shoulder, "Yes and one of the bests, too."
They hear some scraping in the floor in the bed as they hear Oceane's voice, "Will you hurry up, Theresa? I need to pi also and I want to go see our uncles- and sleep with them."
Stephen continued to caress Keith's belly as he and Keith giggled, Stephen said, "We'll go see them, my bladder is kind of low right now."
"I agree let's surprise them," Keith said as he and Stephen got out of bed. They went to see in the bathroom as Oceane went on the bench that was in front of the toilette, Keith felt his eyes water. He turns to Stephen, "Our baby nieces are growing up so much."
"We're not babies anymore, Uncle Keith." Theresa wasn't happy with this; Keith glared at her as he smiled. Keith said, "You two are still going to be our babies whatever age you're going to be."
When Oceane was done she hopped down from the bench as Keith and Stephen's faces have gone white, Stephen went to get the bench as he told her not to do that never again. Oceane promised. He placed the bench in front of the sink and the girls went to wash their hands.
Keith asked for the girls to wait for him in the master bedroom and they did, they sated on the floor while talking a little, rubbing their eyes. Keith comes in with worry, "Let's go to bed, baby sunshine and baby lotus. Looks like you two still need some sleep."
Stephen comes in as he smiled, he helped the girls up and Keith goes under the covers. The girls were already falling asleep; Stephen goes on the other side. Stephen said as he rubs Keith's arm in an affection way, "Their adorable."
"Yeah and so will our daughter," Keith said as he saw Theresa leaning on his belly. "Say Stephen do you have a name for her?"
This has taken Stephen by surprise, he shakes his head. "Why, do you have one?"
Keith blushed and nodded, he rubs the back of his head. "Well yeah… I want her to be named Talia."
"Right after your sister, that sounds good."
Keith looks at him, "For real, you mean it?"
Stephen nodded as he caressed Keith's cheek and they have fallen asleep until the two little energizers were giggling, they woke up once more. Keith kissed the top of their heads, "Ready for breakfast, girls?"
They nodded with a smile and Keith got out of bed, Stephen placed a hand on his eyes. "Which time is it?"
Keith rolls his eyes at him, "Long enough and check the clock, its 9am."
The girls went in the living room as Stephen went to join Keith as they linked arms; they went to prepare pancakes for them.
The night of Christmas Eve…
Theresa was at home with her brother, uncles and the employees of the house, she was sad that her father wasn't there. She's still happy that her uncles and older brother are there, she was walking in the hallway going towards her godparents' room until…
"You think I'm fat like a whale?" she hears Keith screaming, she stopped so suddenly.
"You just said it! Not I!" screamed back Stephen, sounding very frustrating. "Please keep it low, the children are asleep!"
"Theresa honey, come here." She hears Farley's voice and she turns to see that she was in front of the room that he was borrowing; she came directly to him as she buried her face on his shirt. "It's going to be alright, baby pumpkin. Your mother and Aunt Talie did the same thing when they were pregnant."
"They were that scary?" asked a terrified Theresa; Farley bits his bottom lip so he couldn't laugh. However he failed miserably, Daniel comes in rubbing an eye. He asks, "What's so funny, Uncle Farley?"
"Oh just that your sister thinks your uncle Keith is scary right now!" laughed Farley and Daniel giggles as he nodded and Farley brings them in the queen sized bed that Farley was using. Then a crash was heard, Theresa started to cry as she blocked her ears. Daniel comforted her as this has angered Farley and went to barge in the bedroom Keith and Stephen were sharing, he yelled: "You two will you shut up, Theresa's crying because of you two!"
Stephen raised his hands in the air as he went passed Farley, he turns to Keith. "You can as well sleep alone tonight. You blame me everything for two weeks lately."
"Then go! I don't want to see you…" continued to scream Keith but he was suddenly interrupted by a slap on the back of the head by Farley. He gave his little brother a murderous look, "Go to bed Keith, you scared the shits out of the kids already."
Then with that he turns around and closes the door, he hears Stephen comfort the children. He enters his room as Stephen lulls Theresa and Daniel is in the bed looking at his sister worriedly. Stephen said as Farley sits on the bed, "Let's go in your room Theresa, I'll sleep next to your bed."
Theresa just nodded and went in his arms and Daniel with that has fallen asleep, Farley smiled and went inside the warmth covers. By the early morning Stephen woke up as he rubs the back of his head, Theresa stifles a yawn as she opens her green eyes. She looks down with a smile, "Good morning, Uncle Stephen!"
"Good morning, baby lotus. How did you slept?" asked Stephen with a smile, Theresa hugs him meaning it was good. Then Stephen held Theresa in his arms and walked down the hallway as he thought he saw a familiar silhouette passing by, he just shakes his head and continues to walk.
As they were nearly the stairs Daniel joins them as he held against Stephen's shirt, the father-to-be smiles and the three of them went to eat Stephen's pancakes. That is a maid said she will do the breakfast, so the three of them went in the living room.
Not long afterwards Keith's voice rang into the room, "Stephen?"
Stephen refused to look at his face while Theresa was burying her face into his shirt, Daniel stayed closer to Stephen as he clutched against him. Keith sighs as tears came streaming down his face; he had difficulty sitting down because of his big belly. "Look I'm sorry, you were right I was the one who said I looked like a fat whale. Please forgive me?"
Stephen looks at Keith; he saw that Keith had tears running down his cheeks. He sighs and with an arm he pulled Keith closer to him and kissed his lips, "Yeah… you're lucky that I love you and that its Christmas."
Theresa still had her face buried in Stephen's shirt, Keith caressed her hair. He knows that she's scared of him and he brings her gently towards him, shakily she looks in his blue eyes. "I'm sorry, our baby lotus. I didn't mean to make you cry last night, it's just I have… these moments."
Then with that he kissed Theresa on the cheek (Stephen had to bring her high so he can kiss her, his belly made it quite difficult) and Daniel asked a maid to put the fire up. Then with that it was going to be a great Christmas. The other members of the family came; they thought Gerald wasn't going to be there until…
"Hey, I'm home!" Gerald called in as he took off his things.
"Daddy!" chanted Daniel and Theresa as they hugged him, they knew now that the guests of the party were complete. They had a good time and didn't want this to end but to all the adults (except for Keith) wanted Keith to sleep for his and the baby's health.
January 8th, 1994…
Gerald and Daniel were waiting for her in the kitchen; Gerald who wiped his eyes much to the children's annoyance was saying how grateful he has to have a daughter like her. Despised sometimes she had his default: his nasty attitude.
"I don't have any babies anymore," cried Gerald as he continued to weep. "They are all grownup."
"And I thought Uncle Keith was the one who would usually embarrass us." Daniel had whispered in Theresa's ear and she giggled. However Daniel was right on that when Keith, Stephen and Farley have arrived he immediately wept. Stephen and Farley cried a little bit but not as much as Keith who would have the baby in any days now. Another birthday party was now thrown.
Several days later on January 25th Talia was born, Keith was in a tired state. They of course did aneasthesia on him. Keith had Talia in his arms, he turns to Stephen. "Oh honey, she's beautiful."
Stephen, who felt tears running down his cheeks, felt the urge to hold his daughter. Keith scented that and placed her in Stephen's arms, even though right now Keith was a little weak. Stephen kissed Keith's forehead, "You can rest now, honey. She's safe in my arms, now."
"Of course, then I'll sleep a little to regain some strength." Then with that Keith has fallen asleep.
Author's Note: Well, here was the third chapter; I was really excited to continue this story.
