Authors note: Hi! So I was going to stop after the second chapter but I've decided to have at least 2 more chapters so just let me know what you think :)
"Good morning my beautiful babies. Happy birthday!" Announces Winnie on the morning of the twins first birthday. Spike had an evening shift last night and had had to stay and cover a shift for team two so he still wasn't home yet.
"Mama! Mama!" Shout Benjamin and Madeline at the same time. Winnie goes and picks them both up and carry them downstairs for breakfast.
"Dada!" Shouts Maddie who is definitely a daddy's girl.
"He's not here right now baby but he will be soon." Winnie promises, sighing.
"Come on Spike." She mutters to herself just as he walks through the front door. She lets out a sigh of relief.
"Hey! Happy birthday!" Spike shouts and kisses both of the baby's on the head before kissing Winnie and hugging her.
"I thought you were going to miss the party, it's only in two hours you know." She whispers
"I know, I'm sorry." He whispers back and kisses her again before going and getting the presents for the twins.
Two hours later, all of the team and their families (including Wordy and his family) had arrived and the birthday party was in full swing. The twins had opened all their presents and were about to eat their birthday cake. Spike breaks off a piece of cake and feeds it to Maddie and Winnie feeds Ben a piece.
An hour later, everyone had left and Spike took the twins in out of the sun while Winnie picked up the last of the discarded wrapping paper. When she walked back into the house and through to the living room a few minutes later, she found Spike asleep on the sofa with a sleeping Ben and a wide awake Maddie lying in his chest. Maddie waves her arms at Winnie but not making any noise as if she knew that her dad and brother were asleep.
"Hey princess, good girl, do you want hugs from mummy?" She whispers and goes to pick her up but Spike tightens his hold on her.
"Babe." Winnie whispers and gently unwraps Spike's arm from around Maddie's waist and lifts her into her arms. Spike stirs and looks up at Winnie and Maddie.
"You should take Ben upstairs and sleep in our bed, it will be a lot more comfortable than the sofa." She says and he nods and slowly gets up so that he doesn't wake Ben and makes his way upstairs.
"Ok then princess Maddie, what do you want to do? Do you want to play with mummy?" Asks Winnie and Maddie claps her hands. Winnie sits her on the floor and grabs some toys for them to play with. After a while, Winnie starts to notice Maddie getting tired. Maddie yawns yet again and drops the toy she was holding and rubs her eyes. Winnie scoops her up and carries her upstairs. She makes her way into hers and Spike's room and lays Maddie down next to Ben and gets in beside her so that she doesn't roll off the bed. Spike stirs as Winnie lies down and he raises his head and smiles at Winnie before resting his head back on the pillow and falling asleep again and soon Winnie and Maddie do the same.
*3 years later*
"Ben? Ben?" Shouts Winnie making her way through the house and almost bumping into Spike.
"Woah woah! Slow down Win, you shouldn't be rushing around like this." He says rubbing her every growing, pregnant stomach before Winnie slaps it away.
"Spike please don't tell me what to do because right now I am extremely stressed and I can't find Ben and we need to leave to get the twins to school on time for their first day, so please move, stop rubbing my stomach and go and do something useful. Thank you." She snaps and pushes past him, still shouting Ben's name.
"Gotta love mood swings." He mutters.
"I heard that!" Shouts Winnie as she walks up the stairs. Spike rolls his eyes and goes to make sure that Maddie is ready to leave.
"Ben?" Winnie calls again as she walks into his room and stops as she hears crying coming from a gap between the wall and the wardrobe. "Ben? Baby is that you?" She asks and carefully bends down to see Ben better. "Baby can you come out from there, we need to get you and Maddie to school."
"No mummy." He cries.
"Why not sweetie?" Winnie asks
"I stuck." He whispers and Winnie's eyes widen.
"Spike? Spike!" She shouts and Spike comes running up the stairs.
"What? What's wrong Win?" He asks bursting through the door.
"Ben's got himself stuck between the wall and the wardrobe!" She says
"Ok, alright, you ok there Benny?" He asks and Ben lets out a small 'yes'. Spike manages to drag the wardrobe slightly to the left so that he is able to lift Ben put of the small space and sit him down on the bed.
"How did you get yourself stuck in there huh?" Asks Spike, ruffling Ben's hair. Ben shrugs and picks up his toy lion and hugs it tightly.
"Spike why don't you go and check on Maddie?" Suggests Winnie and Spike nods and leaves understanding that Winnie wanted to talk to Ben alone.
"Why were you hiding Benny?" She asks sitting down next to Ben on the bed.
"I don't want to go to school." He whispers.
"Why not baby?" She asks and pulls him onto her lap.
"Because I'll miss you and daddy."
"But you've been at pre-school for a long time and we'll come and pick you up from school."
"But what if you have the baby before I come home." He whispers placing his head gently on Winnie's stomach and kissing it lightly.
"Oh sweetie! I'm not going to have the baby, I'm only six months along and I have three months left." Winnie explains.
"Promise?"
"Promise now come on, we've got to get you to school." Winnie puts him down on the floor and he runs downstairs with Winnie close behind.
"Mummy! Daddy!" Shout Ben and Maddie as they run out of the school building and into their parents arms, well Spike's arms as he refused to let Winnie carry either of the twins. Winnie leant over and kissed them both.
"How was your first day?" She asks as they make their way back towards the car.
"Really good!" Came the reply from both children.
"Good! How about we go to McDonald's for dinner?"
"Grace?" Asks Spike
"Um.. Maybe..." Replies Winnie. "What about Addison?"
"I dunno, you could shorten it to 'Addie' and that could cause confusion between whether we're calling Maddie or Addie you know?" Spike says and Winnie nods.
"Yeah I guess it does ok so, Daniella?" Asks Winnie
"I like it. So that's on the maybe list?" Spike asks and Winnie nods. "Macey?"
"That's pretty." Winnie says and writes it down on the maybe list.
"Michaelangelo."
"Mike!" Winnie exclaims and hits him on the arm with the book.
"What?!" He asks laughing.
"Be. Sensible." She shouts, emphasising each word with a poke to his chest.
"Ouch babe! That hurt!" He said, still laughing and pretending to be hurt.
"Oh grow up!" She shouts and hits his chest, laughing.
"So we've got; Grace, Daniella, Macey, Brooklynn, Olivia and Kayleigh." She says as Spike tries to catch his breath from laughing too much.
"What about Michaelangelo? I like that name!" He exclaims
"So do I but not for a girl!"
"So if we were to have a boy at some point in the future..."
"Spike.."
"Let me finish! If we were to have a boy in the future," he repeats as Winnie runs a hand over her face but smiles. "We could call it Michaelangelo Junior?"
"We'll see, but right now, three children is enough!" Winnie announces and leans over to kiss him before getting up and making her way into the kitchen.
"Michelle?" He shouts after her
"Spike!" She warns
"Michaela?"
"Spike! Go and pick up the twins, you're starting to get on my nerves!" She says trying her best not to laugh.
"Yes ma'am!" He shouts and salutes her as he walks out the front door.
Winnie took another deep breath and rubbed her stomach as she felt another contraction.
"Mummy what's wrong?" Asked Maddie
"Nothing, I'm fine baby." She said, lifting Maddie onto her lap.
"Can I sit on your lap as well mummy?" Asks Ben. Winnie nods and lifts him onto her other knee and leans back on the sofa.
"Mummy's going to go and ring daddy, why don't you watch TV for a bit ok?" She asked a little while later and sat the twins down on the sofa and made her way upstairs.
Once upstairs, she sat down on her bed and picked up the phone and dialled Spike's number.
"Come on Spike, pick up, come on." She whispered but his phone went to voicemail.
"Great." She muttered and took another deep breath as she felt another contraction. After trying to get through to Spike and it going to voicemail, she gave up and rang the SRU.
"Police strategic response unit." Says Sally when she answers
"Sally, it's Winnie."
"Hey Winnie, everything ok?"
"Uh yeah, is team one on a call?"
"Yeah they are, it's a bomb call why?"
"Oh ok, uh it's just that I was trying to get through to Spike but he wasn't answering, is he actually diffusing the bomb right now?"
"Yeah he is, do you need me to patch you through to him?"
"No, no it's ok, maybe you could patch me through to someone else like Leah or Jules?"
"Sure I'll patch you through to Jules." Sally replied.
"Hey Win, what's up?" Says Jules
"Uh Jules, I'm in labour."
"Labour? Now? Don't you have another two weeks?" Jules asked
"Uh huh."
"Has you water broke?"
"No not yet."
"Ok, Spike just diffused the bomb should I patch you through to him?"
"Yes please."
"Winnie? Jules told me you're in labour, are you sure?"
"Yes."
"Ok Jules and I are on the way, Jules will stay with the twins and we'll go to the hospital ok?"
"Ok thanks, I love you."
"I love you too, just remember, sniper breathing ok?"
10 hours later, baby Kayleigh Olivia Scarlatti had been born.
"She's so small!" Whispers Ben as Winnie places the baby into his arms.
"She's cute." Says Maddie
"What's she called?" Asks Jules from beside Spike
"Kayleigh Olivia Scarlatti." Says Spike
"Daddy she's too heavy!" Announces Ben. He smiles and lifts Kayleigh out of Ben's arms and into Maddie's outstretched ones.
"She is pretty heavy mummy!" Says Maddie after a while. Winnie takes Kayleigh and hands her to Jules.
"We were wondering if you and Sam wanted to be Kayleigh's godparents?" Asked Spike and Sam looked up from the baby and smiled at him.
"We'd love to!" Says Sam taking Kayleigh into his arms.
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