A/N: This is it…the last chapter. I hope you all enjoyed this story and I hope you'll read the next one title "Guardian". But for now…enjoy the final chapter of "My Precious Gems"…
Chapter 9
Several months later
I sighed as I snuggled closer to Dana, my arms wrapped around her. She smiled at me as she kissed my jaw sliding out of the bed. Instantly, she put 1 hand on her swollen stomach and the other on her back as she shuffled across the floor.
Dana looked back at me, her smile warm and motherly. I smiled back as I sat up and leaned against the headboard. Dana giggled as she started out the door.
She stopped with a jolt, her body going rigid. I got out of the bed and walked over to her, hesitantly placing a hand on her shoulder. She looked up at me, her expression panicked.
"Darrin…" Dana said softly.
"What's wrong?" I asked immediately.
"My water just broke…it's time," she whispered. "Go get your mother."
I nodded and bolted out of the room. I ran down the hall and beat on my mother and father's bedroom door. My father answered it, running a hand through his hair.
"What do you want?" he asked gruffly. "It's 3 in the goddamn morning."
"Dana's going into labor!" I bellowed.
My mother appeared behind my father and shoved him out of the way. She looked up at me and directly into my eyes.
"You're sure?" she asked.
"DARRIN!" we heard Dana shriek. "IF YOU DON'T GET YOUR ASS BACK HERE NOW, I'LL CASTRATE YOU!"
"I'm pretty sure she is," I replied back to my mother.
She nodded and pushed pass me and ran down the hall. I followed her only to have the door slammed in my face.
"Hey!" I called.
"You're to wait out there till I say you can come in," my mother said curtly.
I snarled at the door but obeyed. I let out a frustrated sigh as I began to pace back and forth. My father walked out into the hall and went to my side. I looked at him and he nodded to me.
"She'll be fine," he said to me. "Your mother knows what she's doing. And you'll go crazy in there seeing Dana the way she is now. But Dana's strong; she can handle this one on her own."
I nodded at his words. He was right of course. He was always right. Still, that didn't mean I couldn't worry. I leaned back against the wall and looked at my father. He only stared back. We both looked down the hall as Dana's family came running. Abel went over to me and looked up at me.
"Is Dana alright?" he asked quietly.
"Well she's in labor," I said. "What do you think?"
We heard a scream coming from mine and Dana's room, and I did everything in my power to not run in there. Chris came over to me and placed a hand on my shoulder. He smiled reassuringly at me, squeezing my shoulder for a brief second. We all went to the wall and waited…waited for the screams to stop…waited for my children to take their first breaths.
A fewhours later, I sat beside Dana. She held in her arms 3 beautiful babies. When I was allowed into the room, I felt my heart swell with pride at the sight of my wife and newborn children.
Dana smiled up at me when I walked in and showed them to me: 2 girls and 1 boy. All 3 had my dark hair. The 2 girls both had matching blood-red eyes that resembled mine. The boy had the same warm, gentle green eyes as his mother. I could tell already that the girls would have their mother's petite form, while (I hoped) our son would grow up with my great and powerful physique I possessed.
"I like the name Olivia for one of the girls," Dana told me.
I only smile and nodded, kissing the small girl's clenched fist.
"How about…" I began looking at my other daughter. "Silvia," we both said.
"And what to call you?" she cooed to our son.
"Lucian," I whispered. The memory of the young boy came to my mind as soon as I saw my son. I knew what to call him at that moment.
"Lucian?" Dana asked. She was silent for a moment. "I love that name."
I smiled down at my children as I gently brushed the back of my hand along the soft hair on their heads. I gathered Dana into my arms, putting them under hers so I could hold them with her. We both sighed in content as we gazed at our children lovingly. After 3 centuries, I was finally feltat peace and was happy.
The End
