Clarke woke up on the bed next to Raven, who was still sleeping. She sat up and rubbed her eyes, this was the part she hated about being pregnant. All she wanted to do was sleep. Raven grunted in her sleep and moved a little. "Hey" Clarke shook her shoulders "Are you okay?" she asked. Raven clutched her back and sat up, "my back hurts and OH…" she reached for her stomach. Clarke looked at her watch and noted the time. "Octavia" She called out. "Yeah" Octavia appeared in the doorway. "Would you go get Bellamy and Roan, please?" she asked "Tell them it's time." Octavia stared back are her "Time for what?" she asked as Raven groaned again and clutched her stomach. "Oh time for that" she nodded "I'll go get them."
Clarke looked at Raven "We need to get you undressed and in bed. Do you need help?" she asked. Raven shook her head. While Raven was disrobing, Clarke placed the spare sheet on the bed and retrieved towels and things she was going to need for the delivery. "Octavia can you keep an eye on Rory, please" Clarke asked. Octavia nodded, taking Rory and sitting in a chair across the room. By the time she heard the pounding of boots on the front porch, Raven was settled in bed. Roan, Bellamy and one of the older women, an earthborn, came running into the room. "She wanted to come in case we needed help" Roan told Clarke nodding at the older woman. Clarke smiled gratefully "Thank you" she told the woman "I've only ever been on the other side of this equation." The woman nodded "this side will be much easier for you" she whispered. Clarke chuckled "That much is true" she agreed.
Roan glanced at Raven, who was panting through another contraction, looking very nervous. "It's okay" she told him "She's fine, but she's very close." Roan glanced at Clarke "you're sure?" he asked. "Oh yeah" she snorted "this part I remember." He looked at her sheepishly "yeah, I guess you would" he said "what do I need to do?" Bellamy laughed "Here let me help you out" he snickered leading him to Raven, "sit behind her and hold her hand, and be prepared, she'll damn near squeeze the life out of it." Raven threw Bellamy a glare "You should take my other hand" she smiled sweetly. 'I'm on baby catching duty" Bellamy replied "but thanks for the offer." Clarke rolled her eyes at him. Raven leaned back against Roan's chest, sweat pouring off her. He wiped her brow with a damp towel. "I love you" he whispered in her ear. She glanced at him "you better" she sighed "because this hurts like a moth…" her words were cut off by another contraction. She panted through it, and then rested her head against Roan's chest.
The older woman looked checked Raven out and nodded at Clarke. "Ok Raven" she said "Its time, the next contraction you need to push" Clarke told her. Raven lowered her chin to her chest and let out a load groan. "Good, a couple more of those and you will be done for the first one" Clarke told her. Raven snarled at her "I know, I've been there, I promise the payoff is worth it" she said. Bellamy moved to kneel on the floor beside Raven, taking her hand. She shot him a grateful look "Come on, you can do this" he told her. Raven nodded as another contraction rocked her body. She pushed again, this time Clark could see the baby's head. "Octavia, can you put Rory in her crib, please? I'm going to need you to hold the baby until the second one comes out." Bellamy looked at her "Quickly O" he told her.
Octavia returned just as Raven pushed again. Clarke caught the baby. A loud wail came from him. She handed him to Octavia "Clean him up and keep him warm. And take him to meet his mommy and daddy" Clarke instructed Octavia. She nodded and took the baby. Octavia walked around to show Raven and Roan the baby. Roan kissed the baby's head "Thank you" he smiled at Octavia. She nodded, wrapped the baby in the towel and sat back down in the chair. A few minutes later, Raven groaned again. "Okay Raven now for baby number two" Clarke asked. "No" she glared at Clarke. "Well baby number two is ready, even if you aren't" she grinned "so suck it up and push." Raven gripped Bellamy and Roan's hands and pushed again. "One more Raven and you're done" Clarke smiled at her. Raven took a deep breath and gave another push. Clarke caught the baby as he slid out into her arms. She wiped the fluids out from in and around his mouth and he let out a healthy wail. "Baby number two is out" she grinned holding the squirming baby in a towel.
The older women nodded for Clarke to take the baby to Raven and began to clean her up. Clarke motioned for Octavia to go to the other side of the bed and they placed the babies in Raven and Roan's arms. Raven looked at her babies with tears in her eyes "Thank you" she said catching Clarke's hand as she stepped back. Bellamy wrapped his arm around Clarke's shoulder "you did well" he said dropping a soft kiss on her. "Come on O, let's give them some time to be a family."
Roan looked from the baby in his arms to the baby in Raven's arms. He didn't know it was possible to love someone as quickly as he loved these two little boys. He place the baby in his arms in Raven's free arm and she pulled them next to each other. Two identical faces looked up at them "beautiful" she said caressing the soft skin of their tiny faces. "I agree" he said, but he wasn't looking at his sons. She grinned "I am so not beautiful right now" she disagreed "but thank you for saying so." First one baby began to wail, followed by the other one. Roan laughed "Well, I think we have figured out which one is going to be the instigator" he chuckled. Raven rolled her eyes and curved one of the babies into the crook of her arm. She guided him to her breast and after a few attempts he managed to latch on and suckle greedily. Roan picked the other one up and arranged him on the other side. He too found his target and contentedly satisfied his appetite.
Roan watched in awe "I love you" he said kissing her softly. "I'm sorry you didn't get a wedding first." She gazed at him "I don't need a wedding, I have everything I need right here" she replied "for now at least." The babies finished feeding and slept contentedly in Raven's arms. She yawned "Let me have them, you get some sleep" he told her. "Will you be okay with both of them?" she asked. He chuckled "I have two built in babysitters out in the living room" he grinned "so, yes, I'll be fine. You get some sleep, these two will be awake in a few hours ready to eat again." She nodded "I love you" she sighed against his lips. She was asleep before he left the room. The earthborn woman patted his arm, then quietly slipped out.
Roan entered the living room carrying a baby on each arm. "Raven is sleeping" he said sitting down on the couch next to Bellamy and Clarke. "Well daddy, what do you think?" Bellamy asked. He grinned "Amazing" he sighed "Women are amazing creatures" he smiled at Clarke "I don't know how you do it." She smiled "We're stronger than we look" she said softly. "Can I hold one of them?" she asked. He nodded handing her one of the babies. "He's so precious" she sighed.
Rory, who watched from Octavia's lap began to protest. Bellamy snorted "uh-oh mommy's in trouble" he chuckled. "Just wait until daddy holds another baby" she retorted. Roan looked at Bellamy "I understand the urge to physically harm Harlo now" he said. Bellamy grinned "yeah that happens when a tiny human is placed in your arms that you are responsible for" he smiled lovingly at Octavia. Clarke smiled as she watched them, between the two of them, their babies and Octavia's as well would be the most protected babies in the settlement. "Do they have names yet?" Clarke asked. Roan nodded "Yes, but you have to wait for Raven to wake up so she can tell you" he teased. "Well in that case, I guess we have baby A and baby B" she replied "the question is which one is which?" Roan snorted "right now, I couldn't tell you, but as they grow older, their personalities will come out."
Bellamy picked the baby up out of Clarke's arms and smiled at him. Rory, still confined in Octavia's arms threw an even bigger fit. "You're going to have to learn how to share mommy and daddy in about seven months little girl" Octavia shushed her "so you might as well get used to it." "Do you want to meet your future bodyguards?" she asked her walking over to her daughter and picking her up. Rory stared at the baby in Bellamy's arms reaching for him. "da da da" she crooned. Clarke shook her head and pulled back Rory's hands. Rory gave a disgruntled sigh, but settled into her mother's arms. Roan watched all this in amusement "See when you have babies two at a time, you don't have to deal with that" he laughed. "hush your mouth" Clarke glared at him "I am having one baby, not two." He grinned at her "We'll see" he snorted.