Around eight that night Jonah's mom cam and picked up Jonah, Cyrus and generously drove Jade home. Around eleven Andi went to bed and Bex and Mrs C hadn't really come back up after we ate dinner. At eleven thirty Buffy was laying next to me on my bed watching reruns of Modern Family on my laptop while I tuned in every once in a while. Her phone beeped sometime around eleven forty-five and it was her mom asking if she would be ready to be picked up soon.

"Will you stay with me tonight?" I mumbled into her shoulder when she read the text out loud to me.

"Of course, you shouldn't be all alone right now anyway," she said texting her mom back and curling in next to me. She was wrapped around my enlarged stomach and I was laying my head on her shoulder.

By midnight Bex came in and took the laptop from us and made us promise to get some sleep. "Ok ok fine. I'm a little tired anyway," I said and fell asleep almost instantly.

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I could see the early morning light streaming in from my window when I woke up but I kept my eyes shut. Buffy was still lying entwined with me and seemed to be asleep, so I tried to lay as still as possible.

"Sap, sap? Good she's asleep," I heard Buffy say quietly. She pulled away from me and The bed shifted under her weight. I felt hands on my bump and I ignored the little fireworks erupting underneath my skin. Buffy started to talk again. "Hey there Jasp- Hudson and Lucille, I'm Buffy and this is the first time I've ever really talked to you. I love you guys so much, almost as much as I love your mom.

"Wait I take that back, I don't love your mom. Actually, who am I kidding I do. I don't say that lightly. I never say anything lightly. So when you two are causing trouble for your mom in two years and I say something stupid there's an eighty-four percent chance I mean it," she said, almost starting to laugh.

I almost cut in but she started talking again.

"Be good to your mummy. She's been through so much in these last six and a half months. She is doing her best and loves you so much. I love you too. You're the best thing that I've certainly ever had and I'm sure you mom feels the same way." She kissed my forehead.

When she leaned back I kissed her temple.

"What was that for?" she asked, looking at me like she could pick a fight.

"Payback for kissing my forehead. I'm prone to breakouts these days," I mock complained.

"Poor, poor Sap," she 'sympatized'. She stood up and stepped over my legs and then hopped off the bed and onto the floor. "I'm going to get an apple do you want anything?"

"Ummm how about an orange," I said, wiggling into a seated position.

"Can you eat oranges?" she asked me suspiciously, crossing her arms and squinting her eyes a little.

"Yes, the twins actually love oranges," I countered and smiled in a superficially sweet way.

Buffy rolled her eyes but laughed a little. "I'll be back in like two minutes."

I nodded bt she was already out the door. I leaned back into the mountains of pillows behind me and sucked in a big breath.

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Andi bursted into my room, Jade, Buffy, and Bex following behind her. "We're doing nails today," she announced.

"Do we have to? I asked in a very whiny and immature tone.

"Yes, you've taken bed rest to a new extreme this last week," Bex said. "Honestly when was last time you took a shower?"

"Two days ago," I offered.

Bex shook her head and dug my hands out from under the comforter.

Buffy got her nails done in a mauve tone. Bex did a metallic purple. Jade opted for a emerald tone with a sophisticated matte finish. Andi got purple with white polka dots and I did grey with alternating pink and blue tips.

"I have to pee," I said an hour later when everyone had put away the nail polish and was watching TV or talking amongst each other.

"Ok, is your nail polish dry?" Andi asked.

I nodded and took slow, small steps towards the bathroom. When I went to stand up from the toilet though, I couldn't get up. I tried and tried again before it got hard to breath and I had to sit back and take a break. Then again I looked about full term with one baby and I heard some horror stories of full term women getting stuck.

With Andi, Buffy, Jade and Bex

"Now that she's gone let's talk baby shower," Andi said, a mischievous grin creeping onto her face.

"I had my baby shower at thirty-two weeks like most expecting moms do, but I think Amber may be too uncomfortable to be swarmed by people by then," Bex said.

"Well next week is her 28th week but she'll still technically be on bed rest. We could shoot for the end of her twenty-ninth week and then we will have two weeks to wash and set up before the 'have everything done' date of thirty-two weeks," Buffy said.

"Look who did their homework," Jade said sardonically, rolling her eyes.

"We'll start planning," Bex said, then she stopped to think. "Wait, it's been a long time where's Amber?"

"I'll go check on her," Buffy said, pushing up and leaving the room.

Back with Amber

Someone knocked on the door and pushed it open.

"You okay in here?" Buffy asked me.

"Just a little stuck," I said like it was no big deal.

"Only you," she said a little admonishingly.

"Obviously you have not done your research on pregnant women who get stuck in places," I said as Buffy walked over and stuck her hands out towards me. "What are you doing?"

"Would you like me to leave you here? Or perhaps call the SWAT team? I'm going to help you up if you just give me your hands," she said like it was the most obvious thing in the world, which it kinda was.

She pulled me up and then politely turned around so I could pull up my pants and wash my hands. As we were starting to walk out, I caught her wrist in my hand and gave it a gentle tug, but on firm enough to get her to turn and face me.

Although she was younger than I was, she stood a good three inches taller than I did and all the time she spent in the sun for her sports made her dark skin shine with an earthy glow. I looked up in her eyes a watched her face as her line of sight repeatedly moved between my lips and my own eyes. My hand trailed up her arm from her wrist to her shoulder and then found its way to her cheek. I pressed onto my tip toes and brushed my lips against hers.

Before I really wanted to I pulled away and looked back into her eyes. I held like this for another beat before dropping my hand from her face and letting her walk towards the door and into the hallway.

What did you do you bloody idiot. She'll never forgive you, she'll probably hate your babies too, my brain internally screamed at me. I took a deep breath and shook my head in an attempt to make the thoughts go away.

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"I never want to sit again!" I exclaimed as I stood at the kitchen island eating a piece of toast. Bex laughed and waved a hand saying just wait until my legs were swollen tender.

Which they were it hurt to walk but standing still was okay, at least for now. A Braxton HIcks contraction rolled over my stomach and I reconsidered. "On second thought I'm going to sit down now," I said, waddling over to the bar stool that had been lowered so I could easily access it.

"Hey Amber we've been meaning to ask how does a baby shower sound this Saturday?" Andi asked me, hopping onto the barstool next to me.

"That sound great but I think you need a little more than three days to plan a baby shower," I said.

"Don't worry about that, we've got it covered," Bex assured me.

"Ok then I can't wait, "I said finishing off my toast and standing up to try to alleviate the pain in my back.

"Good, can't wait," Mrs C said as she passed through the room.