Eric Northman was down on one knee in front of me. My emotions were in almost as much turmoil as his. Was he really ready to marry me, or was he only doing this for the babies and because we were about to become royals together. Was I ready to marry him? I thought not so long ago that I was ready to marry Bill, but look how that had turned out.

I knew that I loved Eric and I wanted to be with him forever, but we barely knew each other. I looked down into his eyes as he was still trying to find the right words and I couldn't help but smile. I could picture him in a tuxedo looking as sexy as ever with me in a beautiful white dress standing beside him.

We didn't know each other as well as we should, but all of the important stuff we could learn. If we did have forever we had plenty of time to learn about each other.

"Sookie, I know that we haven't know each other for that long, and we've been together for only a few days, but I love you. I think I have loved you since the night that you came to Fangtasia with Compton. You were so beautiful and innocent that night. I wanted to take you that night, but I never wanted to force you, I still would never force you to do anything that you didn't want to do, but I would hope that you would do me the great honor of becoming my wife."

I really couldn't stop the tears this time. I had never been so happy in my entire life. "Oh Eric…" I stopped because I felt a new pregnancy symptom sneak up on me. I popped away from him and barely made it into the bathroom before I threw up my delicious dinner.

I could feel Eric's panic that I had popped away without answering him, but when he heard me getting sick he was behind me holding my hair back and rubbing my back. "Lover, what can I do to help you? I hate seeing you so ill."

When I thought I was done I sat back to answer Eric, but I wasn't finished yet. It took another ten minutes before I knew I was finished. I leaned back against Eric's cool body and I felt absolutely miserable. "Sweetie, I'm so sorry, I just couldn't help it." I leaned over and flushed the toilet, then I went to stand up, but I was feeling a little weak. Eric scooped me up into his arms and headed for the bedroom, but I stopped him. "Wait, can you help me stand so that I can brush my teeth?"

"Of course Lover."

After brushing my teeth and washing my face I felt almost human again. Eric carried me back in and laid me down on the bed and covered me up. "I think that I should call Dr. Ludwig. This pregnancy is the first of it's kind and it might be wise if we knew what was going on."

I wanted to say no, that I just wanted to be alone with him, but I knew that he was right. This definitely wasn't a typical pregnancy and I wouldn't want anything bad to happen to my babies. "I think that would be a good idea."

He leaned down and kissed my forehead before he zipped out of the room. I looked at the leftover food and it was starting to make me feel queasy again. I waved my hand at it and it disappeared. That was definitely new, but I couldn't think about that now.

I realized that even with my snack gone that I was famished again. I didn't want to chance getting sick again, but I needed something. I wasn't sure what I wanted so I closed my eyes and focused on the babies. I didn't know much about babies while they were in the womb, but it was almost like I could feel them. I could tell that they were both boys and I could already tell the difference between the two. They were identical, but there were subtle differences with each. Baby A was definitely coming out first. I could feel his curiosity already and he was anxious to see the outside world. I knew that he was going to get into everything. We were going to have to some serious baby proofing when we move into whatever house we were going to live in.

Baby B seemed to be laid back already in the womb. He was quite content to be where he was and just go with the flow. Just knowing these little things about my sons made me even more anxious to see them. I knew that I had to be patient and wait until they were ready and that was okay. I wanted my babies to be healthy and perfect before they came into the world.

I kept focusing on them and I realized that right now they both wanted something very much. They both wanted, no needed blood right away. I focused on a bottle of Royalty Blended. I'd only seen one bottle when I was at Fangtasia, but it was the closest thing to real blood and that was what the babies really wanted. I didn't know how I was going to choke the fake stuff let alone the real deal, but if this is what my babies needed, I would find away.

I looked down at the bottle that looked like a wine bottle. I knew that I should be disgusted by the idea of drinking blood, but as soon as the metallic, coppery smell hit my nose, I couldn't resist. I brought the bottle to my lips and when the cool, smooth liquid hit my tongue, I knew that this was just what I wanted.

I was half way through the bottle and wasn't stopping yet when Eric walked into the room. He stopped short and when he saw what I was drinking. "Um Lover, are you all right?"

I finished the bottle before I answered him. "Your sons were hungry. Apparently they take after their daddy in that respect."

He came over, sat down on the bed and pulled me into his arms. "My sons. Oh Sookie, you have no idea how happy you have made me."

I actually did know how happy he was. It matched my own happiness at the thoughts of our sons. "What did Dr. Ludwig say?"

"She said that she had been expected my call and will be here within the hour."

"Well I think that we should get cleaned up and dressed."

"That is the best idea you've had Lover." Before I could blink, Eric had me up in his arms and we were in the bathroom. He held me close as he waited for the water to get hot, then he stepped in the shower and washed me from head to toe so tenderly.

As I watched him take so good care of me, I realized that I hadn't answered his question from earlier. "Eric, there's something that I need to tell you."

"What is it Lover?"

Before I could answer there was a voice coming from the bedroom. "Get your dead ass out her Vampire, I don't have all night and that little girl needs my attention."

"We'll be right out Dr. Ludwig." I watched as he quickly finished showering and he helped me out. He wrapped a towel around a kissed me gently on the lips. "I'll go tend to the doctor while you finish getting ready."

I brushed my hair and teeth, then I slipped on one of Eric's button down shirts that was hanging up on the back of the bathroom door. I was tempted to slip on a pair of panties, but I knew that I would just have to take them off anyway, so I didn't even bother.

When I felt ready to face Dr. Ludwig I went out into the bedroom. I was amazed to find that the bedding had been changed and the doctor had set up the equipment she would need for my examination. "Did I take to long or are you two just that fast?"

"With a little magic you can do anything. Now come over on the bed little girl and let us see what these little ones are doing."

I laid back on the bed and the doctor ran her hands over me from head to toe. I could actually feel the magic that she was using to exam me. I wasn't quite sure what type of magic it was, but I could definitely feel it. "How does everything look Dr. Ludwig?"

"You need to gain more weight. Your too skinny for how far along you are."

"How far along am I?"

"About four and a half months."

"But I have only been pregnant for just over a day. How can I possibly be four and a half months along?"

"It's your magic. You were obviously meant to have these babies soon than you are, so your magic is compensating for that." I didn't really know what to say about that. How was I suppose to have these babies sooner when I didn't even know about my powers or how to use them.

I decided to think about that later and focused on what Dr. Ludwig was doing. She had brought a portable ultrasound machine. I could feel my excitement grow at the thought of seeing our babies. I could also feel Eric's curiosity at what the doctor was about to do. He had kept up with certain technological advances, but this wasn't one of them. No being able to have children made it so that it wasn't necessary. "Eric, the doctor is going to show us what the babies look like in the womb."

His eyes grew wide as saucers. "We can actually see them?" His excitement was radiating through the two of us and I couldn't help but smile.

Dr. Ludwig looked between the two of us. "I see that the two of you have already bonded. That is good. You are most likely going to have to exchange blood every day for the remainder of your pregnancy. Not only will it keep you healthy, but it's good for the babes too." I had no problems exchanging blood with Eric every day and I knew that he didn't either. "Have you been craving more blood yet?"

I didn't really want to tell her what I had done, but I knew that I would have to. This was the first pregnancy of its kind and the more we all knew about it, the better it would be if someone else was in my shoes. "Um, before you got here I polished off a liter and a half bottle of Royalty."

"Are you still eating human food as well?"

"I did eat, but it didn't stay down."

"That happens. I am going to leave you some medicine that will help. Add a few drops to a glass of milk twice a day and it will alleviate the morning sickness." I could feel the relief wash over me. I hated getting sick. "Now, are you two ready to see you children?"

Eric and I sat there holding hands and nodding like fools. The doctor pushed my shirt up, squirted some cold gel onto my stomach and pressed the wand of the ultra sound machine to my stomach. The room was immediately filled with a very loud thump, thump, thump noise. It sounded very fast like galloping horses, but I knew it was a heartbeat. "That's only one heartbeat. Where is the other one?" My excitement was quickly being replaced with panic.

"Actually, these two are so in sync that one heartbeat is actually both of their heartbeats." She moved the wand around and I saw the picture pop up on the screen. Our babies! They were so tiny, but there they were. I couldn't stop the tears from streaming down my cheeks.

I turned to look at Eric. "Look Eric, it's our babies." I watched as a bloody tear ran down his cheek. I squeezed his hand to let him know that I understood how he felt and turned back to look at the screen.

"Everything looks really good. They are right where they should be development wise."

"Will they keep growing so quickly?" I didn't want to go through nine months of pregnancy in only a few days. I mean that did sound kind of nice, but I wanted to enjoy being pregnant at least for a little while.

"I think they have evened out for now, but I want to do weekly ultrasounds for at least the next few weeks." She turned off the ultrasound machine and started packing her things. "You need to make sure you eat at least three times a day and whenever you have a craving go with it. Whenever you want to sleep, you sleep, whenever you want to have sex, have sex. Listen to what your body is telling you to do and go with it. Your maternal instinct mixed with your magic is going to be very strong. Trust what they are telling you. I'll be by the same time next week. I'll expect my payment by the end of the week." With that she popped out.

I looked down on the bed and she had left a print out from the ultrasound. "Eric, look." I held up the picture for Eric to see.

"That is the most beautiful picture I have ever seen."

"We should make a copy and get baby books for the boys to put their first pictures in. We should also pick up some baby books and we're going to need to decide how we are going to decorate the nursery and the big one is where we are going to live. There is so much we have to do Eric and not a whole lot of time to do it in."

"We'll make it Lover I promise, but it's getting late and you need to rest."

"That sounds like a good idea. I'm feeling exhausted after such a long day."

"Come Lover, let us rest."

We lay down on the bed curled up around each other. I was almost asleep when I realized I had forgotten something very important. "Eric?"

"What is it Lover?"

"I just wanted to let you know that my answer is yes." I could feel the happiness bouncing between the two of us and I fell asleep with a smile on my face.

No cliffy this time! There are going to be more surprises coming up in the next chapter so there may be more cliffys in the future. Tomorrow is my birthday and I will try to post before then, but reviews are the perfect gift!