Changes in Time

Don't own WOT...cause I'm a girl....and not RJ....RJ is a boy....that would be a scary thought..

A/n...hey um...where r my reviews? And I'm trying to be descriptive here...so this could be a PG-13 chapter....

Chapter 21: The Heirs

A disgruntled Egwene opened the door to Nynaeve's room, since it seemed Lan had FINALLY frozen, and walked in. Lan, who still didn't know why exactly he was seeing Nynaeve, had to be dragged in. Egwene went to the side room, the one Nynaeve had chosen to give birth in, and had Lan stand off to the side.

There was Nynaeve, deeply breathing in...and out...and holding her enlarged stomach. Then she saw Egwene.

"Egwene, your back! Is Lan with you is he alright!?" She continued on in a torrent like this until Egwene brought Lan in.

Lan went straight to his wife without blinking. "Nynaeve," he began but cut off when she waved a hand at him, a grimace on her face. Then she signaled for his hand, he gave it to her, and as a result had his hand twisted and bruised while Nynaeve squeezed it, suppressing a scream in her throat.

"Nynaeve, what's wrong?"

Egwene rolled her eyes and Elayne laughed at this comment. Nynaeve also rolled her eyes and pointed at her stomach. Lan looked down. And he saw her stomach. And his eyes widened in surprise. And they didn't de-widen. Lan was surprised like he had never been surprised before. "Nynaeve, are you...are you pregnant!?" He asked.

Egwene rolled her eyes and muttered something about "wool-headed men," while Elayne laughed and agreed.

"What do you think!?" Nynaeve snapped at him.

"Why...why didn't you tell me?"

"Because," she cut off and grabbed her husbands hand again, squeezing it. Her eyes widened in fright.

"Nynaeve, that hasn't been more than maybe two minutes...I think you should lie down now."

Nynaeve shook her head and started sobbing. "I didn't want you to stay behind with me, I knew you would...if you knew...and... .and... Rand.... needed... needed..." She hugged her husband and buried her head into his chest. "I'm scared Lan, I'm just so scared." She broke off into a high pitched sob and grabbed his hand again. She then proceeded to take quicker breaths.

Egwene rushed forward. "Nynaeve you really must..." Lan held up a hand. He then scooped up Nynaeve, who was muttering, "don't leave me....don't let him leave Egwene," and placed her on the bed under a cover.

"Now my heart, push..."

Nynaeve didn't want to let go of Lan. He was her only hope. She was scared. Really scared. When he let go, she just fell back onto the pillow. When she screamed again, Lan went to the end of her bed and held out his hand. She was going to have to work for it. She reached forward to get it, and let out heavy, painful breaths as she pushed her first child forward.

Lan moved aside as Egwene came rushing over with a blanket. She lifted up the sheet and said "You can do it Nynaeve almost there!" and she reached forward and grabbed the baby's head, which had just appeared from between its mothers legs, and pulled it out to a painful yelp from Nynaeve. Then she handed it to Elayne, who cleaned it and put it in the first bed that Nynaeve had bought.

"I...I cant do it again!" Nynaeve screamed as another contraction came. A confused Lan seized her hand and pulled her up. She screamed again in pain. Egwene reached forward again, but this time she said. "Its backwards....I must turn it Nynaeve!" She then plunged her hands in to turn the babe around. Once the head was facing out she pulled it out, wrapped it in a blanket and handed it to Elayne who put it in the second bed.

Nynaeve rested again, but soon popped back up to Lan's hand when she felt more pain. She sat their and cried in pain and in happiness that Lan was there, and then Egwene reached forward and grabbed the child and for the last time, handed it to Elayne. "Its over Nynaeve, its over." Nynaeve laughed and fell back on the pillows once more.

Lan suddenly came to the realization that he had three children. "Nynaeve, I love you."

"I love you too Lan!"

"Now do you want to meet your children?"

"Yes!" They both said.

"Good...then Lan take Nynaeve to the bed and sit her up. You sit next to her. We're going to clean up your kids." Lan scooped up Nynaeve and proceeded into the next room where he placed her on the bed.

A few minutes later Elayne and Egwene came back out with the children. The first one Elayne handed to a laughing Nynaeve.

"This is your first born baby girl." She said.

Nynaeve laughed and pushed her damp hair off of her forehead before reaching out to take the baby girl. "hello there," she said. "you were a lot of work! I hope your worth it!" She laughed and the girl sighed and small bubbles came from her slightly parted lips.

Lan laughed and Nynaeve handed him the child. He took it from her with a loving look and tender care. He held it up high and kissed her small forehead. "she's adorable...just like her mom," he murmured.

"What are you going to name her?" Elayne asked.

"We were thinking..." Nynaeve began. (they had been thinking of names – even if they did not know each baby's sex – when they were waiting to meet their children.)

"Aria." Lan finished for her, not taking his eyes from the baby girl. Aria had a small mess of black hair on her head, and she had blue, crystal like, eyes.

Nynaeve held out her arms for the next baby. Egwene handed it to her. "Here's your second girl."

Lan looked over at the baby Nynaeve was holding. His eyes had love in them and his face wasn't soft. Nynaeve looked at her then at Lan. "Alys?" she asked. Lan nodded and kissed Nynaeve on the cheek, then went back to comfort a crying Aria.

Alys had brown hair and deep brown eyes. Opposite of her sister.

"And here," Elayne said. "Is your son." Lan's head snapped up. Maliker lived with this son...and his daughters. Nynaeve looked at Lan and kissed him on the cheek. "Now you have Maliker again."

"What should we name him," he asked taking his son from his wife, holding Aria still.

"Dar." Nynaeve said.

"Yes...Dar." Dar had blue eyes like Arias and black hair like hers too.

"Now, we're going to see if everyone else is here, and then you can have some 'alone time.' Unless you'd like that first." Egwene said, her voice suggesting a hint.

"No, they can meet them." Nynaeve said. She let Lan hold the two babes. She loved him – and them, and he was going to love them too. Somehow she guessed that Aria would be different then Alys...but the same with Dar.

"Okay." Egwene opened the door and let the flood of people come in.

Hey, how was that? (Glad you liked my last chapter Fantasy Traveler) anyway...this is going to be a looooong story........k? but give me a little time to write a few chaps THEN post them........k? so expect more in maybe a week.