A/N: It's Rory's school sports day, Gail and Holly have some news for him.

'Rory dinner is ready can you clear away your books so we can eat?' Holly calls to Rory as he finishes his homework at the table.

Rory and Gail work in silence setting the table and help Holly carry the plates from the kitchen, but as soon as they hit their chairs Rory looks up with a mischievous look on his face. 'So…'

'Yes Rory?' Holly asks.

'It's sports day in two weeks'

'Yeah I saw that, the school sent us a letter about it, what events are you going to do?'

'Well I want to do the egg and spoon and maybe one other but also will you guys please please do the parents race? Gail you're super fast at running'

'I don't think so Bud, I'm not really up for it this year' Gail answers

'Ok fine you don't have to do the proper race, you can just do the three legged race with Mama'.

Gail and Holly share a look, ordinarily it wouldn't be a question, Gail loved competing in the parents race with Rory cheering her on, but this year was slightly different. Gail nods at Holly and Holly starts speaking.

'Rory, sweetheart, we can't do the three legged race together this year, I'm sorry'

'Why? It's just for fun'

'Well, Gail and I have been waiting to find the right time to tell you this, and now seems like the perfect time…' Holly trails off, her nerves beginning to show.

'What is it?' Rory asks, his forehead creased in confusion. Holly takes a deep breath and Gail squeezes her hand.

'You know how Gail hasn't been feeling so great lately?' Holly asks and Rory nods.

'Well it's because I'm having a baby, so I can't do races like those at the moment' Gail continues for Holly.

Rory drops his fork and it clatters to the table.

'A BABY?' He squeals.

Holly and Gail nod in unison.

'I'm gonna be a big brother?' Rory's eyebrows disappear into his hairline in his shock. 'That's amazing! I've been waiting my whole life for this!'

Gail and Holly both burst out laughing, relieved by his positive reaction.

'You never said anything to us about that Ro' Gail says gently.

'Well yeah but you just got married a little while ago, and it's been pretty great just the three of us, I was thinking about it though! And now that it's happening it's gonna be so great. I won't be the only kid when you guys are doing boring grown up stuff. Wait! Is it gonna be a boy or a girl?'

'We don't know that yet, but we think we're going to keep it a surprise anyway, but Gail has a scan in a few days and we can decide then. We'll get to see a picture of the baby and everything'.

'Well I don't really mind, it's gonna be great if it's a boy or if it's a girl!'

The rest of their dinner goes smoothly, Holly relaxing after Rory's reaction had been so positive. Rory even manages to convince Holly to run in the parents sack race, which Gail cannot wait to see.

/

The day of the next scan, Rory is very excited on the drive to school 'Ok and when you're done you'll ring the school so they can tell me that everything is ok?'

'Eh no Rory, we'll collect you from school at the normal time and we'll tell you then, but don't worry about it Rory, it's going to be fine!' Gail insists.

'Ok fine but don't be late to collect me!' Rory begs as he jumps out of the car.

'Ok Bud, have a great day, love you'

'Love you too, bye!'

Gail collects Holly from work at lunch time as they have both taken half days, and they head to the doctors office together.

'Ok Gail if you would just lift up your shirt, I'll put the gel onto your stomach and we can get started' Doctor Ryan begins 'this is your second ultrasound yes?' Holly and Gail both nod 'Ok so we're dating you around 15 weeks at the moment, but we can confirm that due date for you with this scan'.

'Great' Gail says with a slight grimace as he squeezes the cool gel onto her stomach.

Dr. Ryan begins to move the wand slowly over Gails stomach, it doesn't take him long to find the heartbeat 'Wow, good strong heartbeat' he says with a small smile 'but I do hear some distortion, so just give me a second to get a better look'

'Distortion? What does that mean? Is something wrong?' Holly asks, her fear evident in her voice.

'No, nothing is wrong, I think that…' continues moving the wand around 'Ah yes, there it is, ladies you're having twins' he announces as he points out, what looks to Gail like a tiny blob on the screen.

Both Holly and Gail are stunned into silence, mouths hanging open, they had certainly not expected twins.

'Two?' Holly is the first one to regain her composure, though she's not quite up to her normal level of speech.

'Yes ladies, two babies, twice as much fun!' responds with a large smile, it's clear from the small smiles creeping across their faces that Holly and Gail aren't upset, just stunned.

'So as you might be able to make out, there are two heartbeats, and they are strong. I don't see anything of concern here, although twin pregnancies are more high risk than single babies, so we will be bringing you in more often Gail, just to keep a close eye on things, if that's alright with you?'

Gail shakes her head a little to recover from her shock 'Yeah of course, anything to make sure they're ok'.

Dr. Ryan wipes the gel off Gail's belly and her hand immediately curls protectively over her miniscule bump.

'From the measurements I have taken I would estimate a late October due date, just shy of Halloween, although of course twins often deliver early. You can make an appointment for your next ultrasound at the front desk and I'll see you next month. Unless you have any questions?'

'I don't think so, we probably just need to digest this a bit' Holly responds, checking with Gail who nods her agreement.

'Ok then, well congratulations ladies, I'll see you next month' Dr. Ryan shows them out the door.

Once they are back in the car, Gail turns to Holly 'twins Hol'.

Holly turns to Gail, see's the grin on her face and beams back at her 'Rory is going to flip' Holly laughs 'This is going to be so hard but so so awesome'.

Gail glares playfully at her 'Yeah it's going to be great fun until I'm pushing them out of me! Ugh I don't even want to think about that pain'.

/

Holly did not overstate how excited Rory would be once they told him, he immediately proceeded to tell every single person he knew, once he had his mother's permission, and now practically the entire school was aware of Gail's pregnancy.

On the morning of the sports day Rory wakes them up bright and early, insisting that he help Gail make their lunch, which mostly consists of him telling the babies every thought that comes into his head, and asking Gail if she wants to take a break every five minutes. Gail finds the entire thing adorable, and is so happy to see Rory's protective streak kicking in. She couldn't be happier that the babies she is carrying will have an older brother who looks out for them as much as Steve looked out for her. As much it had bothered her at times, she wouldn't have changed it for the world.

'Ok Ma, but how about we just find out what one baby is going to be?' Rory asked, shaking Gail from her daze. She smiles hearing Rory call her Ma, it is something that he had started using as he gets older, and it makes her heart swell. When she registers his words she lets out a small laugh 'Ro, we've already made up our minds, it's going to be a surprise!'

'But it's twins, can't that just be the surprise instead?'

'Rory no, come on it's fun! and think about how exciting it's going to be on the day they're born!'

'But that's not for ages!'

'I'm sorry Kid, we've decided, and I'm excited about the surprise and I hope you can be too, plus not knowing if they're girls or boys means even more silly names for you to suggest for us' Holly saunters into the kitchen and tries to break up the playful argument.

They had spent the best part of an hour the previous night debating with Rory over the names Peter and Parker for the babies, Rory insisting they were perfect, and his mothers wishing they had never started buying him comic books, if all of his name suggestions were going to be inspired by Spiderman.

Once their lunch is prepared the trio head off to the sports day, Rory busy psyching himself up for the grade 2 egg and spoon race. When they arrive they are overwhelmed by the amount of good wishes they receive from parents and teachers. They know Rory has been non-stop chattering about the babies for weeks but they hadn't quite anticipated this response. It takes an extreme amount of self control and the comforting feeling of Holly's hand on her back to stop Gail from snapping at the ridiculous number of people touching her belly but she manages to make it through with a stiff smile. When it is time for Rory's race they are at the front of the crowd ready to cheer him on. Rory comes running over to rub Gail's belly for good luck, which she finds rather amusing. She had hoped he would be excited about being a big brother but had no idea he would embrace it so wholeheartedly. When Rory ends up finishing fourth, a respectable place of course, he still looks happier than any of the other children around him, Holly and Gail just look at each other and smile, they've both admitted they're not sure his excitement level will be so high once they babies arrive and are crying in the middle of the night, but they'll take it while it lasts.

A/N 2: Thank you all so much for your comments and favourites. They mean the world to me! Also to the guest review who dislikes the lack of Holly in the story so far, I'm sorry you aren't happy, feel free to send me a prompt that is more of Holly and Rory if you would like.