Here is part one of the epilogue!
Once again to Grace: I didn't really say it was going to be two part epilogue. . . because it's a three part epilogue!
That's right, readers! Each part is basically a certain stage in Alaura and her sister's or brother's life. First part is the months waiting for the second child's birth. Second part is the two of them in middle/high school, the usual drama in that time in their life. Third part I will leave a surprise.
You will get each part each weekday. So tomorrow, Thursday , you'll get part two, and the next day, Friday, you'll get part three. I was going to make you wait until Friday to post all these chapters, but then I decided to post them now since I will be seeing 'Aladdin' in theaters on Friday. I'm hoping it will be better than the trailers show. If it is good and there is something in the movie that I can use for a new idea, you may get yourself a new fanfiction for this category.
To Guest: Like I had said at the beginning of this story, I came up with idea when I did a house tour for a building that reminded me of a cabin. I thought of if Gil and Audrey were trying to figure out how they were going to tell their friends they were together, then I just continued thinking 'what if?' This story comes from none of my personal life or my friends. The only thing that has any significant links to my life is the date of Alaura's birthday/Audrey and Gil's wedding. In the next chapter, there are a few birthdays/wedding dates that are either mine or my brothers' birthdays.
WARNING (a.k.a minor spoiler) : Once again, I'm not sure about the whole giving birth process. I say this again because of the way the second child is brought into the world.
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Enjoy!
A little over a month after Audrey's and Gil's wedding—and a very very eventful honeymoon—the family of three, which would soon be four, attended Mal and Ben's wedding at the very same cathedral that Ben was crowned king in. Since they didn't know anyone else that would be fitting, Mal had asked permission to have Alaura be their flower girl for their wedding. Alaura had to wear the same dress since her parents' were on a budget, but she still looked just as adorable as her parents' wedding.
A week later, Gil and Jane had their high school graduation, with them sitting together up on the stage during the ceremony. When Gil originally arrived with his wife and daughter, Alaura started to get a little fussy when she was handed off to her grandfather, Philip. Philip reluctantly gave her over to Gaston, but even her favorite grandpa couldn't calm her down. Eventually, when nothing else was working, Gil took his little girl up to the stage with him, which actually did calm her down.
When it was time for him to grab his diploma, Gil walked to the podium with Alaura on his hip. Professor Yen Sid attempted to give the diploma to Gil, but Alaura stole it from him! The audience laughed at the action and Gil actually took a picture with Alaura holding it. By the end of the week, that picture was on Gil's bedside table.
In the beginning days of June, a gender-reveal party was held for both of the expecting couples. Gil and Audrey had offered to host the party at their place and to go second since they've already experienced a gender-reveal party before and are extremely confident about their baby's gender. Mal didn't feel that it was right, so the host did go first.
Audrey and Gil's wasn't anything too extravagant like the first time. Uma came up with the idea that also involved baby Alaura. The family of three would 'smash' a small round cake—which was completely covered in white frosting—and the color of the cake would be the gender of the baby. When the cake came out, Alaura slapped her hand on the frosting and then proceeded to eat a chunk that was on her hand. She snarled her nose at the taste and tried spitting out the little amount she had in her mouth. After getting their daughter all cleaned up, Audrey and Gil sliced their cake to discover they were indeed having a baby boy! The couple stuck with the name 'Ben' for their 'new' son.
As for Mal and Ben, their reveal took place outside in the backyard, where there were little to no yard décor. Their friends surrounded them as they each held confetti cannons. When they pulled a switch, confetti would explode and the color of the confetti could reveal the gender of their baby. On a count of three, thirteen confetti cannons went off, covering them head to town in blue confetti. They were having a baby boy too! Mal and Ben determined their son's name would be 'Malik' for two reasons. The first was to keep the name 'Mal' in the family and the second was because the name translated to 'king'.
Alaura and Malik.
Those names sound so unique.
Like a couple that was meant to be.
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As Audrey became further long in her pregnancy, she had to change to modeling maternity clothing for Evie's online clothing store. Since she was currently getting paid by the profit of the outfit that she models in—until the store grew even more for a different payment option—Audrey wasn't making enough to pay for her portion of the bills, and there was no way she was going to take the money Alaura was making, since that would be used for her future.
Audrey couldn't get a second job due to her pregnancy. She had started going to the doctor once every week because of the sharp pains that she started experiencing in her side and stomach. The doctor instructed her to not do much around the house or anything that could cause the pain to grow.
Uma had to get a part time job as a waiter the first month after school was out because she wasn't making enough money either. Freddie Facilier managed to convince her boyfriend, Naveen Jr, to hire Uma at one of his family's side restaurant that opened in town. Uma quickly rose the ranks of the restaurant and became the head waiter within that month. She has the second highest pay rate, right after the cook, and only has to work four days of the week. Occasionally, she will be called in to work when someone doesn't show. Her boss very rarely calls Uma in since he knows Uma takes care of Audrey in her delicate state.
Yes, Gil should be the one taking care of Audrey because she is his wife. However, Gil had taken up a second job to make up for Audrey's portions of the bills, spending most nights working on the jewelry for Evie. For five days a week for eight hours a day, he was working away on the Isle bridge. Gil was the main reason they've gotten so far since the other three male VKs usually spent ten to twenty hours a week at that job.
Harry applied for the new assistant coach for R.O.A.R. at Auradon Prep. He wanted to be the main coach, but the current coach was not ready to give up the position just yet. In a few years—when the current coach retires—Harry will take the position.
With all of their jobs, it was very rare for any of them to get a date night with their significant other. One day in September, Gil managed to get a reservation to a very fancy restaurant in town and offered to have Harry and Uma join them. For some odd reason, they declined the generous offer. When asked why, they simply stated that the married couple deserved some alone time together, but Audrey could tell they were trying to hide something.
Audrey and Gil returned earlier than they planned from the restaurant. Alaura had refused to eat anything that she was offered and Audrey started to experience those pains again. Well as soon as the married couple returned home, they found it quite unusual that all of the lights were off in the house. At that time, Uma would be watching TV in the downstairs living room while Harry would be sleeping on the couch. Neither one of them were in said living room.
As the married couple tried to put Alaura to sleep, Audrey could have sworn she heard something lightly hitting against a wall. Gil claimed he didn't hear the noise. A few seconds later . . .
"There it is again!" Audrey shouted quietly as they left their daughter's room, having closed the door behind her. "Don't you hear it?"
Gil began to shake his head, but then the bang became louder.
Audrey raised an eyebrow. "You can't tell me you didn't hear that one."
Gil tried to answer, but the banging became even louder and closer together. He raised his own eyebrow. "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?"
"I'm thinking I'm going to get even." Audrey smiled mischievously. "Care to join me?"
At that moment, Alaura started crying from inside her room, having woken up by the loud noises. Gil sighed in annoyance. "I'll try putting her to sleep again," he insisted as he placed a hand on the doorknob. "Be careful going up the stairs, tell those two to do it when Alaura isn't trying to sleep, and then tell me if I'm bigger."
Audrey giggled at the request. "I will."
Giving her husband a quick kiss, Audrey proceeded to walk through the living room, pass the kitchen, and up the stairs. After catching her breath, she counted to three before abruptly opening Uma's bedroom door. Audrey caught a glimpse of the dating couple's naked bodies before they were quickly hidden under a blanket.
"Huh." The pregnant woman tilted her head in mock curiosity. "My husband really is bigger than you, Harry."
Uma groaned in embarrassment as she roughly laid her head against her pillow, using one hand to keep the blanket from falling from her figure. "So, this is payback for all the times I walked in on you?" Uma assumed as she turned herself to look at her best friend better. "How many more until we're even?"
"Too many," Audrey teased. "Gil and I have only one request: when you have sex again, either move the bed away from the wall or don't have sex when we put Alaura to sleep. We could hear you downstairs and Alaura woke up."
"We'll be more careful," Harry promised impatiently. "Can you leave so we can finish?"
Audrey rolled her eyes playfully. Opening the door, she joked, "I call dibs on being the god-mother, whenever you have a child, of course."
She quickly left the room, closing the door behind her in time to avoid the pillow that was thrown at her. As she slowly descended the stairs, Audrey noticed her husband waiting on her with a smirk.
"So?" Gil wondered curiously.
"Yes," Audrey answered with a laugh in her tone. "You are bigger."
Gil laughed, kissing his wife on the temple as they headed off to bed.
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November 7th, 2020.
The day Audrey's and Gil's life changed even more.
On this day, Mal's and Ben's life changed as well.
Early in the morning, at around eight, Mal started going in labor. She sent a mass text to all of her friends while Ben went to get the car, warning them of the news. Around an hour later, Audrey started to experience even more severe pains than before. After a call to her doctor, Audrey and Gil were on their way to the same hospital as Mal and Ben. They left Alaura with her god-father, who would be on his way to the hospital a half-hour after they left. Despite her tense situation, Audrey joked that their sons will have the same birthday after all.
At 10:26 a.m., Mal gave birth to her son, Malik. Although they couldn't tell the color of his eyes just yet, Malik showed signs of having his mother's hair and pale skin, though he looked more like his father.
At 10:31 a.m., Audrey had to endure an emergency c-section. Her son—we'll call him either baby Ben or Ben Jr. for now so you don't get confused—had to be taken to a separate room to make sure he was breathing properly and everything was fine. After further investigation, the doctor returned about forty minutes later with baby Ben, informing his parents that he has early signs of asthma. After asking if either one of them had a family history of asthma, Audrey groaned in annoyance.
"My mother's father, Stefan, had asthma," she revealed to the doctor and her husband, who was gently rocking his son in his arms. "Stefan didn't tell anyone because he didn't want anyone challenging his position as 'king'. He never treated it properly, so he progressively became worse as he got older. It was the reason why he was so insistent on a male heir. He was afraid he would pass on without being a namesake."
"I'm afraid the only thing he passed on was his medical problem," the doctor informed. "You and your son will have to stay over night to make sure there aren't any other problems that we need to worry about. If everything is fine, you and Ben will be released in the morning."
"I can stay with them, right?" Gil wondered.
"Absolutely," the doctor agreed. "A call will be made later on tonight for those that aren't patients that will be staying the night. I need to check on another patient just down the hall from you. They're new parents with a baby boy."
"Mal and Ben?" Audrey questioned. When the doctor nodded in confirmation, the mother explained, "They are our friends. I joked about our sons having the same birthday, though I didn't realize it would actually happen. Can you do me a favor? Our other friend, Harry, is in their room with our daughter, Alaura. Can you tell them to come here?"
"Of course," the doctor promised before abruptly leaving the room.
Less than five minutes later, a soft knock was heard on the door and in came Harry holding hands with toddler Alaura. Alaura let go of her god-father's hand and raced to her father, who swooped her up in his arms and smooched her cheeks until she started giggling. With his little girl in his arms, Gil carefully sat on the bed next to his wife.
"Alaura," Audrey began with a soft smile. "Meet your little brother, Ben."
Alaura gazed down at her baby brother and, without being prompted by her parents, kissed him on the forehead.
The perfect scene for the most wonderful picture.