Why Roses Still Have Thorns

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Maya's POV

"Hello, Matthews family!" I yelled gleefully as I entered their apartment. Riley ran up to me and gave me a hug while Mrs. Matthews looked up from her cooking to greet me cheerfully.

"How you feeling, Maya?" She asked me.

I nodded, "I'm doing really good. I'm going in for an ultrasound tomorrow."

"Congratulations," Mrs. Matthews said.

"Yeah, congratulations, Maya." I jumped, startled by the voice behind me. I couldn't help but allow a small spark of happiness surge through me.

"Uncle Shawn!" He wrapped me in a one-armed guy hug.

"Is dinner going to be ready soon, Topanga?" Mr. Matthews questioned.

"It's ready right now. Get it while it's hot!"

Boy, and the boys sure did. You would have thought they had never seen food before. Or civilized human beings.

"Ah-ah boys, pregnant lady first. She's eating for two," Mrs. Matthews lectured. I was shocked that she had actually managed to wrangle the boys. They all stepped back for me politely and I had to laugh.

"Have I told you lately I think you're pretty fierce?" I asked her with a grin. Mrs. Mathews gave me a long, motherly, serious look.

"Have I told you lately I think that you're pretty brave?"

I didn't know what to say.

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The sonographer spread some weird, blue gel over my stomach that tickled and was really, really cold. It was a foreign feeling, and I didn't like it very much at all. Riley kept laughing at all of the strange faces I was making.

"Shut it, Riles," I finally muttered. She stuck her long tongue out at me and then tried to touch her nose with her tongue.

The sonographer, Dr. Kent, a black woman in her late 20's with a bright smile, would occasionally shake her head at our childish antics.

I wasn't prepared for what I heard next as she looked at my ultrasound picture. "Congratulations, Miss Hart, you're going to be having healthy, twin babies."

"What?" I gasped in shock, my eyebrows furrowing in complete confusion.

I wasn't sure if I should have been happy, nervous, or agitated. I guess I was a little of all three. Mostly anxious.

"One baby is a girl, but we haven't been able to see the other baby's gender yet," Dr. Kent further informed me. I nodded as she continued to look around.

"Girls," she said suddenly. I smiled. "Two little girls."

Riley did a little happy dance and Mom squeezed my hand.

"Told you," she teased.

Twin girls, huh? I thought, shaking my head. What a strange concept.

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