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Shortly after putting the twins to bed, Rocket and Tia retreated to their room so Tia could take the pregnancy test which Rocket had gotten earlier in the day. Tia's sickness had improved but she was still a bit unwell. She had spent most of the day in bed thinking while Rocket popped in and checked on her every so often before going back to the twins. The twins were great; they understood that their mum was unwell so they left her alone (but annoyed their dad instead) and even (tried) to make their mum a get well soon card which took Tia's mind off everything for a while!
Rocket took the pregnancy test out of the bag when they were in their bedroom and handed it to her. She held it in her hands and looked at it nervously. Realising her nerves, Rocket clasped his hand on the base of her neck and kissed her forehead for reassurance. When they broke away, Rocket nodded at her to give her more assurance and she nodded back before taking a deep breath and going into the bathroom to take the test while Rocket sat down on the bed and buried his face in his hands.
Yes, he honestly did want Tia to be pregnant because he would love to have another kid. He wasn't planning on it being so soon but he was willing to take the chance they were being given. He lifted his head up and began to think some more. Tia was right about one thing: if she was pregnant, then it would make the choice of the Cup even more difficult. Tia wouldn't be able to do much and looking after the twins alone at home was one thing but during the Cup would be another. But with the help of the team they could cope. Mei and D'Jok would take them a few times to give him a rest; they were their Godparents after all so it wouldn't be so bad. But even Rocket knew that everything would be hard on Tia. He had to choose what was best for them all, not just the twins. Tia, the twins and hopefully the new baby if she was pregnant; were his family, his whole life and he had to base his choices around them all. His thoughts were interrupted when the bathroom door opened and Tia appeared. Rocket immediately stood up, waiting for an answer while Tia stood in the doorway.
'I am pregnant,' she finally spoke and inhaled before speaking again. 'It was positive,' she nodded as she spoke before Rocket walked up and embraced her. He couldn't help but smile as he rubbed her back. They were having another baby! Rocket was over the moon but was still unsure of how Tia felt about the whole thing...
'Rocket...' Tia began as they were cuddling on their bed shortly after Tia's suspicions had been confirmed and Rocket looked down at her in hearing his name. 'Are you happy about the new baby? I want the truth Rocket because I honestly don't know what to feel! She confessed to him and he smiled the second she had finished as he was overwhelmed when she mentioned the new baby. He was so excited!
'Honestly Tia...I'm over the moon! Nothing could make me happier!' he said earnestly and she turned her smiling face up towards him and she opened her mouth to speak but Rocket beat her to it. 'Really,' he promised her and she smiled even more before she leaned up and kissed him as they melted into each other's arms and delved into a passionate kiss...
Rocket awoke and immediately wrapped around Tia (who was just waking up now) but was careful of her stomach as he kept a tight grip around her and kissed her neck. Tia enjoyed it for a few moments before asking him for the time.
'Seven,' he replied, obviously in the am. He took nothing of it until she froze and he stopped kissing her as she turned round to him.
'Rocket, where are the twins? They're usually into us at six!' Toa exclaimed, panicking but Rocket hushed her. His instincts told him everything was fine and when it came to his family, they were usually right.
'Tia, they probably just slept on,' he assured her. The twins were only human, not Rocket and Tia's human alarm clocks!
'Rocket, would you...' Tia's stunning pleading eyes made it hard for Rocket to refuse and it was only checking on the twins so he didn't mind. He just sighed and nodded before kissing her forehead and getting out of bed. 'Thank you,' she muttered before Rocket left...
Rocket came back into the room with a grin on his face and Tia sat up as Rocket sat down next to her on the bed. 'What happened?' she wondered before deciding to ask him aloud.
'Is everything alright?' she asked immediately, concern spread across her face even though she knew the twins were fine as Rocket was smiling, not panicking.
'Yeah, more than fine actually. When I walked into the room, I found them playing because they didn't want to come in and disturb you,' he said proudly, proud of his kids who were only two (and three quarters as Edwina always insists) and had been very wise and let the mother rest as they knew she was unwell yesterday.
'Wow…' Tia whispered before lying down and cuddling into Rocket's arms. The twins had ordered Rocket out of the room as they were 'busy' and had ordered their Dad to look after their mum which Rocket was more than happy to obey. 'Looks like they both got your conscience,' Tia pointed out proudly a few minutes later and looked up at him with a huge grin on her face and Rocket rolled his eyes before getting back to stroking her hair and Tia snuggled back into his arms and relaxed; that is until she thought of something. 'Would you come with me to get a scan done today?' she asked and looked at him. He replied with a nod before leaning down and locking lips with hers.
'Of course I will,' he began as they broke away. 'I'll ring my parents in a bit and ask them to come over. I'll explain what's going on to them and ask them to look after the twins while we go and get a scan done. I'll ring Aarch and tell him we're missing training again today, alright? I've got it all covered, you just relax,' he assured her and kissed her for more reassurance as they fell together into a world with just the two of them and now their new baby…
Tia inhaled sharply as the gel touched her stomach despite being warned before that and also the number of times she had had scans before this. She should be used to it be now. Ironically enough, the doctor doing the scan was the same doctor that had done the scan the other two times when she was pregnant with the twins she lost and the twins she had so that made Tia relax a bit. Rocket and Tia were looking forward to seeing the scan (but they wanted the gender to be a surprise this time) but they were secretly praying that it wasn't twins. She was already pregnant with two sets in the past; surely she couldn't be pregnant with another…could she?
'Is everything alright?' Rocket questioned, clutching her hand after the doctor had been looking at the scan for a few moments but it was enough time for Rocket to start to panic so he had to ask.
'Yes, everything's fine!' he assured them before muttering loud enough so they could hear. 'You two have been busy,' he muttered and Rocket and Tia gave each other confused expressions. How would he know?
'What do you mean?' Rocket was brave enough to ask and eyed the doctor's expression carefully before the doctor turned fully round to them with a sorrowful look on his eyes.
'Well, the good news is that it's not twins...' Rocket and Tia smiled in relief at this statement before the doctor continued. '...its triplets!' he informed them both Rocket and Tia's eyebrows reached their headline. Triplets! They were having triplets! Tia turned to Rocket with a horrified expression which he returned, also feeling quite faint from the news, before gulping. He couldn't believe it. He would've much preferred twins but triplets...he honestly didn't know how they would get by. Suddenly, the doctor started laughing and Tia and Rocket immediately gave him a shocked look before he spoke. 'You two are so easy to fool; it's only one baby,' Rocket and Tia then gave each other confused expressions. They were completely confused as to if they were having one or three babies.
'So...are we having three babies or just one?' Rocket asked dumbfounded before the doctor sighed and turned the scan round to them so they could see and they could immediately tell that indeed, there was only one baby much to their relief but were now annoyed at the doctor for lying even if it was only a joke.
'One baby. Only one, I swear. The only reason I said three was because every other time you two have been here it's been two and I knew u wouldn't like another three! You should've seen your faces!' he said, laughing and the happy couple just rolled their eyes before turning back to their young kid on the screen before Rocket suddenly thought of something.
'How long is she?' the doctor took a break from hysterical laughter to answer Rockets question calmly and he coughed before doing so.
'I would say about 7-8 weeks. Do you want to know the gender?' Rocket and Tia shook their heads, wanting it to be a surprise this time, before the doctor left the room to give them some privacy. So Tia wasn't completely off with her calculations. Rocket and Tia continued to gaze at their new baby before Tia suddenly thought of something.
'Rocket...how are we going to explain this to the twins?' she asked worriedly. How do they explain that Tia's having a baby to two kids at two (and three quarters) years old?
'Oh yeah...that could be a problem...'
'Ok you two come here!' Rocket said as he lifted Edwina on to his lap and Junior sat in between his parents with his mums arm protectively behind him. 'Ok you two Mummy and I have some news...' Rocket and made sure they were listening. 'In a few months time, you two are going to have a new baby brother or sister!' Rocket said excitedly and the twins smiled before Rocket passed on a warning. 'But you can't jump on mummy anymore or anything like that or else you two won't get a baby brother or sister, ok?' he asked of them and they nodded, both excited about the new addition to the family. Tia sent Rocket a small smile which he returned before Edwina spoke up.
'Family hug!' she demanded and her parents smiled before all four of them wrapped up into a warm embrace and Rocket even slipped in a kiss on Tia's forehead...
A while later, Rocket was sitting on the couch watching the twins play on the ground while Tia was busy in the kitchen. Rocket had offered to help her once but she warned him off saying that she was only two months pregnant and could handle it but he could help her as much as he liked when she was 8-9 months pregnant and he knew better than to double cross her so agreed as he knew full well that she knew it was just because he was worried as she was pregnant but she knew what she could handle and wouldn't let Rocket decide for her. Rocket still checked on her every ten or fifteen minutes but knowing he only cared, Tia let it be. Having checked on Tia, Rocket was contended watching the twins; that is, until Edwina asked THE question...
'Daddy, where do babies come from?' she asked curiously and Junior immediately shot out in agreement, also wanting to know but their dad didn't know how to answer as he knew he had to lie to them, they were far too young to know the truth but he hated lying to them. He bit on his bottom lip and turned to find Tia standing in the archway separating the sitting room from the kitchen and she was shaking her head and flinging her arms everywhere like a crazy woman, telling him to lie even though Tia knew he would as he had to. Rocket sighed before turning back to the twins and told them the story his dad had told him growing up...
Tia was lying in bed the next morning; half awake but still too tired to open her eyes. Thankfully, she hadn't suffered from morning sickness and she was now feeling much better. Rocket was great; she didn't know what she would do without him. The story he told the twins was perfect; pelicans dropping babies off on the front porch step. What he didn't think of though was Tia getting bigger but they agreed to resolve that problem when the twins noticed, and asked. They still had a while before then. Suddenly, Tia felt some strong arms wrap themselves around her making her smile especially when she felt his soft lips on her neck. Suddenly feeling as bright as a button; Tia turned round and he kissed her lightly for a few moments before backing away.
'Happy birthday gorgeous,' he whispered before giving her another light kiss before Tia backed off and gazed at him in shock. It wasn't her birthday, was it? Before she could ask, the twins' suddenly popped out of nowhere with gifts and cards in their hands and started screaming happy birthday to her while jumping on the bed(also being careful of her stomach, just like Rocket had warned them to) so Tia was then sure it was in fact in her birthday. How could she forget? Tia sat up in the bed and began to attend to her kids demanding wishes (for her to open her presents) while Rocket sat up and watched the happy scene, now beginning to wonder about what it'll be like on her birthday in a few years time with another baby…
'Ok you two, go and pick out what you guys want to wear today and we'll be into you in a minute,' Rocket ordered while wrapping his arm around Tia's shoulder a while later after Tia had opened all her gifts and the twins had calmed down. Even the twins knew that Rocket's order was just to get them out so he could be alone with Tia as, maybe they were only two (and three quarters), but they knew their parents extremely well and they knew the routine.
'Oh no, they're going to kiss!' Junior exclaimed cheekily but both he and Edwina were out of the room in an instant before the happy couple had a chance to say anything. Once they were gone, the couple laughed lightly while Tia snuggled into Rocket's arms before speaking.
'So,' she said expectantly, as if she were looking for something and when Rocket looked down to see a mischievous look in her eyes, he knew she was up to something.
'So what?' he asked nervously, trying to ignore the look in her eyes but wasn't doing a very good job of it. He knew those eyes all too well…
'So…what did you get me for my birthday?' she asked cheekily and Rocket nearly burst out laughing. Trust Tia to ask him that after she forgot it was even her birthday!
'Says the person who forgot it was her birthday!' he laughed and Tia just made an adorable face before Rocket spoke again. 'But that doesn't mean I have nothing planned. Well, what I can tell you is that my parents are taking the twins tonight and I made a special booking for just the two of us at your favourite restaurant with a few surprises to happen throughout the night. The, since we'll have the house to ourselves; we won't have to worry about anyone walking in on us…' he whispered the last part into her ear seductively before giving her a passionate kiss. This was going to be one hell of a birthday! Tia concluded as she slowly began to sink down into his warm embrace as he continued to kiss her passionately until…
'EWW!' voices could be heard simultaneously all of a sudden and then Rocket and Tia turned around to find the twins standing at the doorway with disgusted look on their faces and their parents had to force themselves to hold in the laughter but that didn't stop a smile spreading across their faces. Oh well; at least tonight they wouldn't be interrupted…
Hope you guys enjoyed that! Will Tia and Rocket's date night go as planned? We'll have to wait and see!