1 year and 9 months after defeating Zestörer:

The time had finally come, the Twins were coming! Adalind had woken up with pain that morning and at first thought nothing if it. But when the pain had amplified and then Adalind noticed she was bleeding, she knew it was time.

At first Nick was panicking, not knowing what to do, but Adalind kept calm and slowly explained what he should do. First call the Midwife, then Rosalee and get rid off the kids somehow. He succeeded at all of those things, Monroe took Diana to school and brought Kelly home with him.

Now Adalind was in the bathtub, filled with warm water and she was in extreme pain. Nick knelt next to her holding her hand as she stared desperately at him.

"Nick! It hurts so much." She was sobbing as her forehead pressed on his. He was helpless to do anything and felt really bad he couldn't ease her pain.

"I know Baby, I know, I'm sorry but you've got to keep going." Nick's voice was soft and warming which gave her some small amount of comfort. Rosalee and the Midwife were both discussing about what to do next as they looked at Adalind. The Midwife looked down and knew what was next.

"Ok Adalind listen carefully, your ready to start pushing." Adalind nodded furiously in response and began pushing away. It was a harrowing experience, each push was agony and she produced screams with each one.

"One more push for the first." The first, she had completely forgotten she was having Twins and the thought of this pain twice filled her with even more dread. Then with the one push the room filled with the cries of the baby.

Nick and Adalind's eyes were locked deeply on it. Such a small thing, that brings so much happiness. The Midwife cut the cord and then wrapped the child in a towel before handing it over to Adalind.

"A girl Nick, she's a girl." The joy she felt whilst holding her child was indescribable. Nick looked at his daughter and what he the overwhelming need to protect. His Alpha instincts were kicking in and his cub was in need of protection.

It wasn't long before the second baby began to make it's way out. Adalind passed their daughter to Nick as she began to give birth to the second. He began moving around the bathroom, rocking the baby as she cried. Nick wiped the blood from his daughters face and kissed her forehead.

Adalind watched him as she breathed heavily and she saw the look in his eyes, it was deep and true love. The same he gave her every night when they slept next to each other.

After some time passed the second was born, and the Midwife followed the same process as the first. Adalind was desperate to grab her child and embrace it.

"We have another boy Nick, a boy and girl." He looked down whilst still holding his daughter, his eyes were glimmering in the light. His body was trembling and he approached his new son.

"They're both perfect Adalind. You did good, really good." He kissed her as she sunk deeper in the water in exhaustion. Rosalee took the boy before he feel in the waters with her.

"Ok Adalind we'll clean you up and take you to the bed soon and we'll feed them with a bottle." The Midwife said and Adalind shook her head quickly.

"No. I want to feed them myself, I'll do it once I get in the bed." Nick was smiling at Adalind as was Rosalee, a mother's instinct to feed her young already kicking.

"Ok then well let's get it done sooner rather than later." Adalind said but was too exhausted to even move.

Some time later…

Adalind was clean and lying in the bed. She had put on a thin gown and a dressing robe, something that was comfortable for her to wear. Deep and dark bags were formed under her eyes and she felt very tired.

The Midwife had ran some tests on the newborns and then on Adalind but found nothing wrong with them. The were all in perfect health, but they needed food and fast.

Nick came into the bedroom with the Twins in his arms and Adalind lit up with joy.

"My babies come here." She held out her arms and grabbed them bringing them close to her chest.

"Nick can you help me pull the top of my gown down." He nodded and did as she asked. Her breasts fell out of the gown and then she positioned both the babies on her leaking nipples.

Almost instantly they both began sucking away instinctively. This was the first time she had breastfed any of her children and she felt a deep connection to the Twins because of it. Nick noticed this and decided she needed some alone time with her babies and he began to walk out the room.

"Nick, honey where you going, come and lie next to me." Instantly he obliged and ran to come in the bed with his wife and newborns. She leaned her head on his chest and he caressed the side of her face.

"Honey you did really good you know that. I love you so much." He kissed the back of her head and indulged in her scent. She smiled as her head fell back onto his neck.

"I love you too baby. But there's still one thing we need to think about. Their names." She looked down at her babies who were still suckling away. Nick was wondering about this too and he had stumbled on this one.

"Hmm how about Jackson and Gemma?" Nick just thought out of the blue and Adalind had a curious expression.

"Jackson and Gemma Burkhardt. I love it and I think these two do as well." Adalind looked down at Jackson and Gemma with pride.

Nick was getting tired as well which meant that Adalind must be absolutely shattered. The Twins had stopped feeding and had fallen asleep in her arms.

"Here let me get them, you need sleep baby. Don't worry I won't bite them." Adalind was a little nervous about letting them go but it was to Nick, their father so she trusted him. Nick took them in his arms and Adalind drifted off to a much needed deep sleep.

The next morning…

Nick was downstairs holding the Twins as he was sat on the chair in the living room. The Midwife had left the night before after her work was done but Rosalee stayed behind to make sure that they were both good. Diana and Kelly both stayed at their uncle Monroe's overnight and were coming home sometime in the afternoon.

He stayed up all night with them, just staring at them. Having the Twins was different than having Kelly, because he was there for the birth and somehow feels more connected to them.

Rosalee was asleep on the sofa after helping clean the house and the bathroom. She had also made food for Nick and for Adalind, for when she woke up.

Nick knew soon that they would wake up and want to be fed. He hoped that Adalind would be ok waking up for it. He made his way upstairs and into the bedroom, moving slowly so he wouldn't wake up his children. When he entered the room he saw Adalind sleeping peacefully in the bed. She looked so beautiful when she slept and Nick didn't want to ruin the image. He moved to the small chair in the corner of the room and sat down until he knew for sure the Twins needed to he fed.

He sat there a good 30 minutes before the babies started waking up and crying. Nick wasn't sure what it was that caused it but in a matter of moments Adalind woke up to the sound of her babies.

She sat up and looked over at Nick who gave her a sweet smile. Nick approached her as she stretched outwards. Adalind looked down at her chest and saw that she was leaking and it was a warm sticky mess.

"Bring me my babies." She held out her arms and pulled them to her and began to let them feed. Even though they didn't weigh much Nick still felt like a great weight was lifted off of him, but he didn't feel relieved, he felt scared for his children even though they were a few centimetres away from him and with their mother.

"They slept all night." Nick said as he sat next to her scratching his huge beard. Adalind had a constant smile in her face as the Twins fed.

"And what about you?" She looked up at him seeing the pale and dead look on his face. Nick cleared his throat and slouched a little.

"I haven't been to sleep yet." Adalind instantly began shaking her head, clearly she wasn't happy about that.

"Well get some sleep now, I'm not having you passing out." Nick laughed as did Adalind who now turned her head back to her babies. He went to the other side of the bed and climbed under the covers. Adalind nudged him with her leg, still in a little bit of pain.

"Come and snuggle up to us honey, I don't mind and I'm sure Jackson and Gemma don't either." Nick smiled widely and did as she said. He felt so close to his family, even more so now. Eventually Nick fell asleep snuggling with his Wife and newborn babies.

Adalind sat and watched the children suckle milk from her nipples and was smiling every second through it. Rosalee had woken up and opened the bedroom door and the image she saw was very pleasing and cute.

"I brought you some food. You must be starving." She said whilst walking in with a large amount of food. Adalind eyed it devilishly but decided to hold off on her desire until her babies were done.

"Thank you Rosalee can you please put it on the side here please." She nodded at the end table and Rosalee followed. It looked so delicious but she knew that she had to wait. The Twins drifted back to sleep and Adalind kissed them both lightly on the forehead before she went to put them down next to her.

"I can take them if you want." Rosalee offered, she was definitely excited to hold newborns again. Adalind looked at her then the Twins, it was clear she was reluctant to give her babies to anyone, in such a small amount of time she had become so protective. A mother guarding her litter with smothering love.

"Ok but please be careful." She knew that Rosalee was trustworthy but she still had to tell her to be careful. Adalind handed them over to Rosalee who was smiling as she took them in her arms. It was barely a moment later before she began demolishing the food, it was so good and it was definitely needed.

Rosalee was sat in the corner chair looking down at the Twins with admiration. Adalind was licking her fingers after finishing the food and then licking the plate.

"That was so good Rosalee, thank you very much for it." Adalind fell back into the bed, it was so comfortable. Nick was still in a deep sleep and his mouth was gaping open. Adalind laughed at him as did Rosalee, he looked so peaceful.

"Ok you two can go back to your mommy." Rosalee walked back over to Adalind and instantly she held out her arms. A smile cracked widely on her face as she held her babies again and she snuggled closely to them.

"I envy you and Nick. No matter how many times you've been threatened or your relationship takes a step back you always somehow take two steps forward. And now you have all this which you both deserve." Rosalee admitted to Adalind who processed her friends words.

"Thank you Rosalee, I'm glad you think that."

That afternoon…

Monroe walked into the house with all of the children, Diana, Kelly and the triplets. The house was quiet and nobody was in sight. Diana was extremely excited to see her new siblings and her Mommy and Daddy again after not seeing them for about a day. Kelly didn't seem much to bothered about seeing his new siblings, he only wanted to see his parents again.

"Hey! Rosalee are you here?" Monroe shouted as he reeled the triplets into the living room.

"Yeah! We're here. Diana! Kelly! Come here your mom wants you!" Rosalee shouted back down and almost instantly they bolted up the stairs. Monroe laughed at them as they stumbled whilst running up. Adalind and Nick's bedroom door was wide open. They ran inside and saw their mother holding their new brother and sister and Nick sleeping next to her.

"Mommy!" both of them said as they moved closer to her. Adalind smiled at them and leant over to kiss them both when they were close.

"Come up here on the bed with us." Adalind said and they both climbed up onto the bed. Nick was woken up by this and at first he was fazed out. Then slowly he realised who was in front of him.

"Hey kids." Nick said as he outstretched his arms. They both looked at him and then lunged into his open arms.

"Daddy!" he heard them both say before a giant thud on his chest. Adalind laughed at the sight as did Rosalee who then left the room to give them family time. The door closed behind them and the room was now full of Burkhardt's.

"Mommy there so small." Diana said as she looked down at her new siblings. Adalind smiled at her before looking back down at Jackson and Gemma.

"Yeah you're right honey they are." Diana moved closer to them and touched them both. She smiled when she did that and her eyes went purple.

"I love them already mommy." She said and Adalind gave her a confused look but was happy that she liked them.

"What about you Kel?" He moved over to look and saw them both lying their. His eyes widened with curiosity and moved even closer to look at them. Nick was smiling at the sight of Kelly.

"They look cool." The room filled with quiet laughter at Kelly's comment. Nick sat up and looked at his phone, he had 10 miss calls from different people but he didn't pay it any attention and put it back on the side.

"My family why don't you all come here." Nick held out his arms wide and first Diana and Kelly came in and hugged closely. Adalind leant in with the babies and snuggled as closely as she could to her children and Nick.

"This right here is all I need to make me happy. I love you all." Nick said which made them all smile happily. After some time huddled up, they had all fallen asleep in each other's embrace.

Rosalee and Monroe walked into the room to tell them all food was nearly ready but were stunned. They looked at them all sleeping and smiled. It looked so beautiful, probably the happiest family they have ever laid eyes on.