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A/N: Hi, as this and the two last 2 chapters, has been without Joel&Ellie. I will post the follow chapter, next Sunday when Ellie&Joel get back to the story. After that the follow chapter is going to continue been posting every 2 weeks, thanks for you patience, and I hope that you continue reading the story. Don`t forget to put a comment on it, if you like, that mean a lot to us, thanks.
Chapter 28 : Back at Jackson Part- 3
The walk to Maria and Tommy's house isn't that long, but Maria has to stop several times on the way there to talk with some of the people who are asking questions. She tells them what happened and introduces Alice as the new member of Jackson. After they arrive at the house, Maria shows Alice where the bathroom is and the guest room, so she can clean herself up. Also, she gives her some clean clothes that she can use while she gets her own from the bag that she left in the horse. While the woman takes a shower, Maria goes to the kitchen to start dinner. A few minutes later, Tommy arrives at the house. He sees Maria in the kitchen, and walks in there to help her.
"Hey, do you need any help with that?" asks Tommy while he grabs her from behind and starts to kiss her on the neck.
"No, honey, I've got it all covered - I'm just making soup. That's going to be good for our new guest."
"Yeah, I know that... I saw Jenna on the way here and she told me that you're going to let that woman stay here. Do you think that's a good idea?" asks Tommy while he moves away from his wife.
"She needs someone to relate to, and maybe after she cleans up and eats, she can talk more about what happened out there."
"I know that you're worried about Ellie. I am too, but we don't know too much about this woman. And in your condition, I just... don't want to take any risks."
"I don't think she's a bad person. Besides, with my condition, I can use the help. You need to take care of the town more now, until I deliver these two, so any help I can get is good for us. And besides, that way I can keep her close, and see if she can remember anything else."
"Okay, babe... anyway, I can't believe that Dylan let Ellie go alone like that. I know he got hurt, but-"
Maria moves close to him and puts her hands on his cheeks. "Do you think that he was going to be able to stop her? I think that maybe we made a mistake letting them go like that. But I know Ellie enough to know that she was going to get out to find Joel no matter what we did. She is a stubborn girl, just like him, and sometimes, all the things they did... it's like they were destined to be together."
"Yeah, and that scares me sometimes," says Tommy with a worried expression.
"You worry too much about that - they helped each other to heal after all they went through. So it's natural that they got so close." I'm just wondering how close they're getting. The last part Maria says to herself, just starting to think about the possibility of Joel and Ellie getting close in another way that is not a father-and-daughter kind of relationship.
After one hour, Alice comes down from the bathroom, enters the kitchen, and asks Maria if she needs any help. Maria tells her that she can set the table since the food is almost done. Maria shows her where the plates are, and when she finishes, Alice asks if they're going to wait for her husband to eat. Maria tells her that Tommy was already there a few moments ago, but had to go out to take care of something. After dinner is ready, Maria tells Alice to sit while she puts the food on the table, then she sits at the table too, in front of her.
Maria is looking at the woman and seeing her sadness; she isn't even touching the food in front of her. "You need to eat, you know... I know that you feel sad for Dylan, but you need to stay strong for him."
"Yeah, I know, but seeing him like that… is hard… you know," Alice says in a lower voice.
"Yeah, I understand, but it's just the first day, and I know that he's going to get better in no time," says Maria, trying to cheer her up.
After a few minutes, the two women start to eat and talk a little. They talk about how Alice met Dylan and Ellie, about the fight with the hunters at the outpost and later with the infected on the farm. How Ellie saved her and Dylan in the restaurant, too. She tries not to mention the hard part of the story, afraid of what Maria's going to think or say about that. After they finish, Alice offers to wash the dishes. Maria helps her to the guest room and tells her that she should get some sleep, and that she's going to stay there for the time being.
A few hours later, Tommy comes back home. It is already late, and the night is cold and windy as fuck. As soon as he enters the house, he takes off his coat, gloves, and boots. "Hey, babe, I'm home!" he says while he moves into the living room.
Maria walks out from the office room they have in the back and walks toward him. "Hey, honey, you're a little late... I was starting to get worried, because you said that you were coming back quickly, so what happened?"
"Oh, sorry, honey, but we had to move some snow at the store's entrance, and then I got a call from Shawn. Telling me that some of the water pipes were starting to freeze, so we had to check that, too," Tommy starts to explain while he gets close to Maria and kisses her lightly on the lips.
"Oh, wow, why didn't you call me?... that sounds serious," Maria says after the kiss ends.
"I didn't want to bother you. Besides, it ain't so bad. Shawn and his men are going to deal with that in the morning." Tommy grabs Maria by the side and guides her toward their room.
"Well, I hope that it doesn't get bigger. If the pipe continues to freeze, we're going to start having some problems with the water. Anyway, I left you some dinner in the fridge... I can warm it if you want me to?"
"Oh, don`t worry about that, I'm not that hungry… So our new guest told you something else?"
"We talked a little, but nothing that we can use to know where Ellie is, and she was really tired after diner. I sent her to the guest room so she can get some rest, and we can talk more in the morning," says Maria as soon as they enter the room.
Maria changes her regular clothes for her sleeping ones, and Tommy does the same. Once they're done, both of them get into bed to get some sleep. Tommy moves close to her and starts to pass one hand over her belly. "How did our little ones do today - I mean after all this, of course… did you have any problems?" asks Tommy, smiling.
"No, they've been great all day, thank God… shit, Tommy, your hands are freezing - you need to warm them up," says Maria, smiling at him.
"Oh, is that an invitation?... because I can warm them up really fast, if you're in the mood," says Tommy, moving closer to her and slowly starting to kiss her neck.
"Ohhhhh… Tommy, as much as I want to, I can't with those two in here… Ahhh… shit, stop that - I'm serious," says Maria, giggling a little.
Tommy moves away a little and looks at her. "Well, I hope that they come out soon. I want to have some private time with my wife, too."
"Ha,ha, are you crazy?... do you think that we're going to have more time after they're born?" says Maria, laughing a little.
"Don`t worry, we can always find someone to watch them." Tommy moves to her belly and starts talking to the babies. "Hello, little ones, I'm your daddy!... You better get out of there soon and be good, so your daddy and mommy can have some mad sex... okay?"
"Tommy!" says Maria, a little surprised.
"What!"
"Don't say that to them - that's not right," says Maria, trying to be serious.
"Why not? They need to know where they come from anyway," says Tommy, moving up again to rest beside her. "Don't worry about all that. We're going to be good parents, and give them the best lives they can have here."
"Ohhh Tommy, I love you so much, and I know that you're going to be a wonderful father," says Maria, then kisses him passionately.
After they end the kiss, Tommy looks her in the eye. "I love you too, and you too are going to be a wonderful mother." After that, both of them go to sleep.
(Next morning)
Tommy wakes up at 9:00 in the morning, but he decides to let Maria sleep a little longer. He gets out of bed and goes down to the kitchen to prepare some breakfast. But as soon as he walks in, Alice is already sitting at the kitchen table with her head down. She only has a glass of water in her hand, and looks like she's been crying all night.
"Good morning," says Tommy, walking close to her. "Did you have a good sleep?"
The woman lifts her head and looks at him. "Oh, good morning… well, I think I slept okay," she says in a lower and sad voice.
"Well, that's good. I hope you feel better today. Do you want something to eat?" asks Tommy while he starts to get some stuff to start to make some breakfast.
"Oh, no thanks, I'm not hungry, I… was just thinking about Dylan all night, and I can't get him out of my mind… you know."
"Oh, I see, don't worry - he is going to be fine, I'm sure. And I'm glad that he found someone like you... you seem like a good woman."
"Thank you… Ummm do you know if I can go to see him at the clinic?"
"Well, it's too early for that, but I'm sure that Maria can go with you later. For now, let's just eat something, okay?" says Tommy, returning to what he was doing.
"Hello, how is everyone this morning?" says Maria, entering the kitchen.
"Oh, hello babe, why are you out of bed?... I was going to let you sleep a little more and bring the food back to the room," says Tommy, getting close to her and giving her a little kiss.
"Oh, that is so sweet." She kisses him back. "But it's okay, you don't have to do that." Maria walks toward the table and sits beside Alice. "Did you sleep well?" she asks the woman.
"Yeah, I guess... oh, thanks for letting me use your extra room," answers Alice with a sad voice.
"No problem. We want you to feel safe here... isn't that right, honey?" Maria gives Tommy a look while he returns to the cooking.
"Yeah, sure…" he answers, looking at the woman for a moment. "Ummm… Now that you're more rested. You mentioned at the clinic that Ellie left Dylan a note when she left... Did she mention anything about the place she was going?" asks Tommy, without stopping the cooking.
"Shit… now that you mention that, I forgot about the note. She didn't say much there, just that she needs to find her friend, and can't wait for Dylan to recover, but she also left 2 letters for you."
"Two letters, really?" asks Maria quickly, with a surprised expression.
"Yeah, I don't know how I forgot that. She left 2 letters: one for you guys and the other for… that Jenna girl… the one I saw in the clinic, I guess."
"Oh, that's great news - where are they?" asks Tommy, walking close to the table now.
"Oh, yeah… they are in the horse saddlebags. Dylan put them there when we got out of the restaurant. I can go and get them, but I don't know where they took the horse after we arrived at the clinic."
"Oh, Victor must've taken him back to the stables, after he left the clinic. So as soon as I finish with the food, I can go there and bring them back," says Tommy, smiling.
"Oh, honey, can you go now? I will finish with the food. I just need to know what Ellie said in that letter," says Maria, a little desperate.
"Okay, I'll be right back." He kisses his wife, goes to the living room, and puts on his coat, boots, hat, and gloves. The temperature is still low and it's a long walk to the stables with all the snow that fell the night before. Half an hour later, Tommy arrives at the stables and is received by Victor.
"Hola, Tommy, Que puedo hacer por usted, this morning?" asks Victor, walking toward him.
Tommy shakes Victor's hand as soon as he gets close to him. "Hello, Victor, I just need something from Dylan's horse. Do you know where he is?"
"Oh, Dylan's horse… right. He was too tired and cold when they arrived, so I take him to the back, where is more warm. Para qué puede estar más caliente… you know."
"Yeah, of course. Now if you show me where?... I need to get something from-"
"Oh, you don't need to go back there, I put the saddle on my office… solo ven conmigo," says Victor as he moves his hand, indicating for Tommy to follow him. They enter Victor's little office. He tells Tommy to wait until he goes to find the saddle and bring it back to him. "Here, they not have much in there, but I put all the thing I found in this bag. I hope you find what you looking for there. Oh, do you know anything about Ellie? I just worry that she not come back with the boy," says Victor, giving him the thing.
"We don't know much about what happened to her, but I'll let you know as soon as we find something about her, okay... and thanks, Victor, for taking care of this. And I'm sure that she is fine, wherever she is now." Tommy says goodbye to Victor and starts the walk back to his house. After he leaves the stables, Tommy searches the bag that Victor gave him and finds the 2 letters: one addressed to Maria and him, and the other to Jenna. Since the greenhouse is on the way to his home, he decides to stop there first and give Jenna her letter.
When he arrives at the greenhouse, Jenna is there with her mother, so he gives the letter to her. He tells Jenna that the woman that came with Dylan remembered that Ellie left her a letter, and one for Maria and himself. They talk for a few minutes, and after that, Tommy says goodbye to the two women and continues on his way home. He receives a call on the radio from Harold, telling him that they need to cut the water for a few hours so they can work on the freezing pipes. Tommy gives him the okay, and tells him that he and Maria are going to take the afternoon for themselves, and to only call him for an emergency.
( At the greenhouse )
Jenna is sitting with the letter in her hand. Her mother finishes with some work and comes to sit beside her. "Why are you still looking at that? If that's news from Ellie, why don't you just open it?"
"I'm just a little afraid, Mother. I don't know what she's going to say in here," says Jenna without looking at her mother.
"Well... if you want to know something about her, this is your chance. Maybe she's going to say something important to you. Because if she took the time to write that, it must be important," says her mother, putting one hand on her shoulder.
Jenna doesn't know if she is going to say something that is only for her. She knows some of her secrets that she can't let her mother find out, so she asks her mother if she can give her some privacy. Her mother understands and goes to do something else until her daughter reads the letter. After her mother leaves, Jenna starts to open the letter and read it to herself.
To my best friend,
My dear friend, if you're reading this, that means that Dylan and Alice arrived safely, and I am glad for that. I just want to let you know that I'm fine, and in good health, so don't worry too much for me. I don't know how much time has passed since I wrote this and you started to read it. But I hope that everything is fine there. Dylan got hurt when we got attacked by some hunters; don't worry we killed them all and everything ended good, well except for Dylan getting hurt. Anyway I know that he couldn't continue like that so I decided to send him back. Sorry I didn't come back with him, but I have a clue to find Joel and I need to continue. You know how much he meant to me, and I'm not going to be the same if I don't find him. I knew that Dylan and his new girlfriend were going to try to stop me, so I left them a note and two letters before I left. One for you and one for Tommy and Maria. I hope that everyone there is okay, and say hi to your mother, and the rest of the guys. Sorry I missed the wedding, I know that I promised to be there for you, but finding Joel is taking so long that I'm starting to lose my mind. I have a good feeling that this time I'm going to get some answers in this new town he was at before. So if everything goes right I'll be back in Jackson with him soon. But I don't know what could happen out here, so if for any reason I can't go back, I want you to know that you were the best person and friend that I've had in a long time. I wish the best for you and Brad, and hope that you find your happiness with him. Mine was with Joel and I know that I'm never going to be happy if I lose him. This is not a goodbye, and I'm never going to forget you, so I hope you do the same, I love you and I'm always going to be happy for you. Try not to be sad for me, I'm going to find him and we'll be there in no time, so we all can be happy together.
See you soon, your best friend Ellie.
As soon as Jenna finishes the letter, some tears start to fall from her eyes. Her mother notices when she lowers her head and starts to cry in silence, so she comes to her side and hugs her.
"Don't worry, baby, I know that Ellie is going to find her way back here in no time. I never understood why she had to go after him when he didn't come back here after 2 years, but I know that she will be coming back soon." With that, the two women stay in that hug for a little while, but Jenna feels so bad now because she is the only one that knows the reason why Ellie went after him, and she can't tell anyone.
(Back with Tommy)
Tommy arrives at the house with the letter and Alice's things. As soon as he gets inside, he starts to call for both of them when he doesn't see them in the living room.
"She's not here. She asked me if she can go to the clinic to check on Dylan and I told her yes. So you can put her things in the guest room... Did you get the letter?" asks Maria desperately.
Tommy gives the letter to her, then goes to the guest room and puts the bag there. Maria stays in the living room, looking at the envelope, a little afraid of what Ellie is going to say in there. When he comes back, she's sitting on the couch, waiting for him, so he quickly goes to sit beside her. "Do you want me to open it?" he asks softly.
Maria looks at him, then the letter. "No... it's okay, I want to read it myself." Then she opens the envelope, takes the letter out, and starts to read it.
To: Tommy & Maria
Hi, if you're reading this now, that mean that Dylan and Alice got there safely. I just want to apologize for not coming back with him, and to tell you not to be worried for me, I'm going to be fine. Please don't get mad at Dylan, he was a good help, and took care of me the best he could. But since he got hurt, he needed to go back there, but I can't... not yet. My mission here is not over, and I need to continue with my search. We found this woman and I hope she got there with him, she is a good woman so give her a chance. After he got hurt, he wanted us to come back, that we spent too much time in this search, but I need to find Joel and I'm not going to rest until I do. I just want you to know that I'm fine and that this was my choice. I know that if he knew what I was going to do, he would try to stop me, and I can't let that happen. So I wrote a note and two letters, one for you and the other for Jenna, and left that on a table before I left. Then I took one of the horses and went out in the middle of the night. I didn't tell him exactly where I was going, just that it was an outpost in the north. I took the map that Tommy gave us with me, so that way he can't follow me, and left another one with just the way to Jackson marked on it. Anyway, I just wanted you to know all that before you got mad at him, because this wasn't his fault. Don't worry about me, I can take care of myself, Joel taught me how. I found some clues on where Bill is, he knows Joel and I know that he can help me to find him. So maybe by the time you two get this, I will be with Joel, Oh man I hope so because this is taking too long. Sorry for all the trouble you got because of me, and I'll always thank you for being so nice to me. I know that you two are Joel's family, but I'm glad that you accepted me as family as well. I know by now Maria must have had the baby, so congratulations to both of you. I'm going to tell Joel that he is going to be an uncle, and I know that he is going to be happy for you too. I hope that we'll be there soon, to say hi to the little baby. I have to go now, because if I continue with this, I know I'm going to cry, and I don't want to. I love you both, and thanks for giving me a home and letting me be part of your family, that means a lot to me. Love you guys and don't worry, I'll be there soon with Joel, well I hope that you'll welcome us after all this. I'm not going to blame you if you don't want Joel and me there anymore, but I really hope that we can leave all this in the past, well goodbye and see you soon.
With all my love Ellie.
After Maria finishes reading the letter, she starts to cry. Tommy quickly hugs her and tells her that Ellie is going to be alright. After a few minutes, she recovers a little and is able to speak. "Oh Tommy… she is alone out there, and we don't know if she was able to find Joel or not. Do you think that we did the right thing?... I mean to let her go?"
"Babe… I don't know if we did the right thing or not. But like she said, that was her choice, and we did the best we could to protect her. I don't know if by now she is with Joel or not, but Joel told me about this Bill once, and how they did business before, so if Ellie thinks that he knows something, I can check that out."
"I know that we need to do something, but you're thinking about going out there now?" Maria asks, a little worried.
"Not right away. I'm going to wait until the babies are born and this weather clears up a little. Besides, there's nothing we can do for now, no car is going to be useful with all that snow out there, and the horses are not going to be good either right now."
"So what are you going to do when you can go out - try to find this man... Bill?"
"If he knows something, yes. Ellie mentioned that he was at an outpost in the north. There aren't many of those out there, so we can check the maps we have and try to find which one he's at."
"I hope that we can do something to find her… it makes me crazy to think that she is out there alone."
"Don't worry, we're going to find her one way or another, okay?" Tommy says, hugging her again and kissing her.
"Thanks, honey, I just need to know if she is okay."
*Three weeks later*
The following weeks, things continue as normal as possible at Jackson. The snow starts to get lighter, and the people continue with their work. A few days after Dylan came back, Tommy managed to get Maria her apple pie, so that kept her happy for a few days. But even with that, she still worried about Ellie, and waiting for Dylan to get better at the clinic.
In the clinic, things haven't changed much; Dylan is still in the coma, but the doctor said that he's responding to the treatment, so he is hoping that he will get better soon. Alice goes there every day to check on him and help the nurse the best she can. Maria was a little surprised at how this woman was taking care of him. It was a little surprising how these two met and were together for a short time, and got so close.
Tommy finally went to the two boys' house and talked to their father. Even though he was grateful that the boys found Dylan and the woman in time to save his life. It wasn't right that the boys were going outside alone, so to make sure that that doesn't happen again, he found some kind of punishment for them. As Maria was going to give birth any time now, he took care of the town by himself and with the other people in charge of other things. Bob came from the dam a week after Dylan arrived to see how he was doing, and to see if they had any news on Ellie or Joel.
Alice is in the clinic again, like the last 3 weeks, helping the nurse with Dylan, like washing him, changing his clothes, making sure that everything is fine. She talks to him sometimes, too, hoping that her voice helps him wake up. After she's been there an hour, Alice hears a commotion coming from the lobby of the clinic. She hears someone screaming, and sees Maggie running from one of the rooms toward the lobby.
"Fuuuck… why does this hurt so much Ahhhhhh…."
Tommy is holding Maria's hand when they enter the clinic, but he finds that that's a huge mistake when Maria has another contraction and squeezes his hand. "Ummm… I know that it hurts, babe, but we finally arrived at the clinic, so the doctor can take care of that soon."
As soon as Maggie gets to them, she starts to help Tommy with his pregnant wife. Her screams can be heard all over the place. "I am the only one here today, but I already called Dr. Wilson as soon as you made the call, so he and Rose are on the way here," says the young nurse.
"Oh, that's okay, but her water broke and we need to get her to the operating room... is that one ready?" asks Tommy, walking his wife into the corridor.
"Yes, the room is ready, but I need to get a few things before the doc gets here. C'mon, this way," says the nurse.
Alice is standing in the door frame of Dylan's room when they pass in front of her. "Hey!... what's going on, is she hurt or something?" asks Alice, not sure what is happening.
"The babies are coming... now," says Tommy as soon as they pass her, almost getting to the emergency room. Alice stays there and watches them go inside and close the door, but Maria's screaming can be heard through the door.
Tommy and Maggie put Maria on the the bed. It's an improvised bed, to help the doctor in the birth process, since they don't have any of the original ones. "Help me change her clothes and get her in the robe," says Maggie to Tommy. "How long are the contractions?"
"I don't know, like every 5 minutes, I guess," says Tommy as they finish with the clothes.
"Ahhhhhh… fuck!... where's the fucking doctor?"
"Okay, make it 3!" says Tommy quickly.
"It's okay then, we still have some time. Don't worry, Maria, everything is going to be fine."
In that moment, Dr. Wilson enters the room with Rose behind him. "Okay, how are things going in here?" says Wilson, getting beside the bed where Maria is.
"Her water broke and she's having contractions every 3 minutes now," Maggie informs him.
"Okay, things look good. Maggie, give her something for the pain while Rose and I go change. Tommy, if you want to be here during the process, you need to put on something clean, too."
They all go change, and a few minutes later, they come back to the room. "Okay, Maria, let's get those two little ones out, okay?" says Dr. Wilson while Maggie goes out and closes the door behind her, and meets Alice close to the room.
The process takes more than an hour. Maria's screaming can be heard all over the clinic. Alice and Maggie stay close to the room, waiting for the result. When they hear the first baby crying, the two women are happy for them. Inside, Dr. Wilson passes the first baby to Rose so she can clean her up. "Okay, the first one is a girl, congratulations," says the doctor, smiling at them, then moves to his previous position to get the other one out. "Okay, Maria, you're doing great, now we need to get her sister or brother out, so are you ready to do this again?" asks the doctor, smiling.
" I don't know... I feel so tired, and still hurt."
"I know, babe, but you can do this, I know you can, so let's finish this!" says Tommy, grabbing her hand and giving her a kiss. After that, the whole process starts again.
After 20 minutes, another cry can be heard inside the room. "It's a boy," says Dr. Wilson, passing the other baby to Rose. Tommy is holding Maria's hands and giving her some support while the nurse prepares the 2 babies for their parents to meet. Maria feels all tired out, but manages to smile when she sees Rose coming closer with the two babies in her arms.
"Here!... Congratulations, you are now the parents of two healthy babies," says Rose, pasing the two little ones to Maria. They both smile as they take in the new two citizens of Jackson. "I will go and tell Maggie to prepare a room for you and the babies."
"A room? I thought that we can go home as soon as Maria recovers her strength," says Tommy, looking at the doctor now.
"It's just for a few days, so we can make sure that Maria and the babies are going to be fine," says Dr. Wilson, looking at them while Maria is holding the two babies on her arms. "So you have a name for them?" asks the doctor.
"Yes, we have a few in mind as we weren't sure if they were going to be two boys or two girls, but now that we have one of each, I think that we can choose the one we like most," says Maria, kissing the babies on the forehead and passing the girl to Tommy. "The girl's name is going to be Jolene."
Tommy pulls up the girl in his hands and puts her in front of his face. "Hey, little Jolene, here's your daddy," then Tommy kisses the girl on her forehead as the baby smiles at him and giggles a little.
"The boy's name is going to be Robert, like my father." Maria kisses the boy and passes him to Tommy while he passes the girl back to her.
"Come here, little Robert, come and meet your daddy," says Tommy, smiling and doing the same as he did with his daughter. The baby smiles too, then gives him a big yawn. "Uh-oh, I think this one is hungry!" Tommy says, smiling.
(Outside the room)
Maggie has gone to do other things, so Alice asks Rose as soon as she passes in front of her if everything is okay with the babies. Rose tells her that everything went well and that now Tommy and Maria have a boy and a girl. Alice feels happy for them, and asks the nurse when she can go and see her. She knows that she's new in town, but already feels close to Maria, since she's been living in her house for the last 3 weeks. The nurse tells her that she can go to see her as soon as she gets moved to another room. Alice thanks her, and Rose continues on her way. After Rose is gone, Alice hears some noise inside the room, and when she walks inside to check, she is surprised when she sees Dylan with his eyes open.
"Oh, my God!... Dylan, you're awake!" says Alice, moving close to his bed.
"A-Alice?... what's going on... where are we?" asks Dylan in a lower voice, disoriented.
"We are in Jackson… we made it," says Alice with a happy voice.
"Jackson?... but how… when… I don't remember getting here… what happened?" Dylan starts to ask a lot of questions, but is really surprised when Alice goes almost on top of him and hugs him.
"Well, that is a long story… but we can talk about that later, oh God… I almost thought that you were never going to wake up," says Alice with some tears in her eyes.
"Wake up?... who can sleep here… with all that screaming… what is going on here?" asks Dylan, clueless.
"Oh, that was Maria," she says, now sitting on the bed beside him.
"Maria?... what, was she hurt or something?"
"No, she was giving birth to her babies."
"What do you mean… babies?" Dylan asks, surprised.
"Oh, yeah, Maria told me that you didn't know... Well, for your information, she just had twins."
"TWINS!"
A/N: Hi in this part of the story, you learned that Maria have the twins. As you all know, that was the result of your vote on the poll I put in this story last years. Well that is for the people that vote on the poll of course. So the first one was; if you want to maria to have a boy, a girl or twins, so in that one the twins win. The second one was the gender of the babies, so that was 2 girls, 2 boys or one of each, so in that one the one of each win. So Maria now have twins a girl and a boy. I want to thanks to all the people that participate and vote on that poll, that was a nice experience, and that make me happy, that some of you take a little time to put you vote there. So this part of the story was made on those results, so thank you for be participation on the poll.
