20 WEEKS PREGNANT- ANNA (Jeremy's POV)
I hear a faint beep and glance over at my cell phone. I have a new text from Anna, telling me that we have an ultrasound appointment later this week and we will get to find out the sexes of our twins! I grin as I read this, filled with excitement.
I'm not sure what I want exactly.
Caroline and Tyler don't know what their having yet, and word around school is that Tammy, who's pregnant with Matt's baby, is having a girl.
I suppose the council wants us to have two boys, but Anna confessed she would like a girl. So we are secretly hoping for a boy and a girl, which would put the least amount of pressure on us to have a third child.
I'm supposed make sure that I have a boy sometime when I'm alive, so that the Gilbert name is carried on.
This puts a lot of pressure on Anna, since she married in and therefore hasn't known this her entire life. For centuries, Anna thought she would never even have kids, so this is almost too much for her to handle.
However, as a male Gilbert, I always knew that children were required, whatever what path I choose in life. There had to be a next generation of Gilberts, so when I was thinking about turning I considered impregnating someone human or donating fertile sperm at the sperm bank. Anna's pregnancy has been pretty much perfect.
I love her so much, and I can't wait to meet our children.
I think sometimes Anna might be unsure of her appearance, and self-conscience about her baby bump. I insist that it's beautiful, and that I love her no matter what.
I remember Anna's text and reply with, "That's great!"
Anna's mother, Pearl, has definitely not been as angry since a few days ago, when Anna and her spent the day together. Pearl felt one of her grandchildren kick, something that completely changed her mind about the whole situation. It is also something my parents will never get to experience.
I wonder, if they were here, would they approve of Anna and her pregnancy? I really hope they would.
Sometimes, when I'm alone in their grave-yard, I pretend that they're there and I talk to their tombstone, telling them about my life now. I'd like to believe that they can hear me.
I have even bought Anna there a few times.
The thought of her brings a smile back onto my face. I can't believe Anna has stayed with me, even after all the times I rejected her. I thought I lost her twice, but I didn't. I must be the luckiest person alive.
A FEW DAYS LATER (Anna's POV)
Jeremy smiles brightly at me as John parks his car at the hospital. I
had asked my mother to come with us and now she stood beside me, dressed up pretty well.
Her face lights up as she sees Jeremy kiss my hair and cheek. It feels so strangely good to have both my mother and John there, like we are actually a family.
We step into the doctor's office, and John sits in one of the chairs.
My mother glares at him and hisses at a low volume.
(Jeremy's POV)
"Founders' council bitch," Anna hisses in a whisper to me, talking about my uncle.
Anna lies down on a bench in the center of the room and I take the seat next to her, leaving Pearl to reluctantly sit next to John.
Anna's warm hand fills mine and she whispers, "I love you."
I whisper back, "I love you more."
We all sit in silence for a moment, until Don and Dr. Sawyer walk into the room.
Dr. Sawyer grins as she spots us with our crazy family.
Don inches closer, putting the goo on Anna's stomach. Anna giggles like always. For me it's the cutest and one of the best things I have ever heard.
I lean to kiss her cheek after Don's done.
The image of our two babies shows up on the screen and then their heartbeats fill the room.
Everyone but Uncle John is quite familiar with these. Every minute Pearl spends with Anna, she can hear our children's heartbeats.
Don smiles at us before disappearing from the room.
"Do you want to know the sexes?" Dr. Sawyer asks.
Uncle John suddenly looks more alert, and it is obvious he is only here to get that answer for the founders' council.
Anna, who was previously staring into my eyes, also perks up at this, and begins nodding her head eagerly.
Dr. Sawyer reaches over and points at the baby on the left side of the screen and says, "That's a girl."
John stiffens at that answer, clearly praying that the baby on the right will be the new Gilbert baby boy.
Dr. Sawyer reaches over and points at the right baby and says, "That's a boy."
Anna and I glance at each other, speaking with our eyes. We have one of
each?
John leaves after that, probably to inform the founders' council that there is a new male heir to the Gilbert line coming along.
Dr. Sawyer says it will be best for me and Anna to take a child birth class and leaves us alone with Pearl. Pearl, remarkably, doesn't get icy.
"So Anna, do you want Alaric and Bonnie to be the godparents?" I ask, citing two of our dearest family friends.
"Yes," She says with a smile, while pushing a piece of torn notebook paper towards me.
It has two lines of writing on it and it appears to be the final draft to our children's names.
Madeline Pearl Gilbert
Jayden Grayson Gilbert
I nod at her, also smiling uncontrollably, and I pass the paper to Pearl.
Pearl takes one look at it and breaks into tears of joy.
We have named their middle names after their respective grandparents, and it is obvious how much this sentiment mean to Pearl.
24 WEEKS PREGNANT- Anna (Tyler's POV)
Caroline and I got the news that we're having a boy around three weeks ago.
I have seen Anna and Jeremy around the townhouse we share. They told me, with much excitement, that they are having both a girl and boy.
As soon as we left Dr. Sawyer's office after discovering the sex of our baby, Caroline had told me that she wanted to name the boy Jameson Theodore Lockwood, but he will known as Jamie or James on a regular basis.
Matt has told me that Tammy's having a girl, and, while they are not using her name directly, they are naming her after Vicki. Her name will be Tori Ann Donovan. Matt's explanation is that Tori comes from Vicki's full name, Victoria.
Caroline often jokes about wanting James to end up with Madeline (who is going to be called Maddie) rather than Tori. But knowing the Gilberts, Jeremy's son Jayden will fall for Tori.
How uncomfortable would that talk be? "Hey, have safe sex with the niece of the person who I believe to be my first love and my first time!" I shudder at the awkwardness of that situation.
However, those thoughts soon flee from my mind as I see my Uncle Mason knocking on Jeremy's door, and a night grown clad Anna steps out to greet him. I walk up behind her and wave.
"Hey, nephew," Mason says to me, "nice pregnant girlfriend!"
"She's not my girlfriend and those aren't my kids," I say.
"Then who did you get pregnant, and whose kids are those?" Mason asks.
"I got Caroline Forbes pregnant, and you just bumped into the mother of newest additions to the Gilbert line," I reply.
"I suppose the children are Jeremy's then. It would be creepy if they were John's," he says, looking slightly disgusted.
"Yeah, they are Jeremy's kids. Like me and Caroline, Jeremy and Anna got married. So Anna's a Gilbert, by marriage," I say.
"No founding family child can be born out of wedlock," Mason jokes.