AN: Hello my fellow readers! Sorry for the long wait but like I said in my last update that I was on vacation and busy preparing for my vampire birthday party. It was great! I had awesome fangs that look so real! The only thing that sucks about it is it was hard to talk and eat so when it came down to eating I had to take them off lol. I don't know how they do it on true blood with those fangs b/c it's hard!
I'm still debating if this will be the final chapter b/c I don't like odd numbers lol so maybe the next one will be a sneak preview into the sequel – still thinking about it. Anywho here is chapter 29 and I hope you enjoyed it! The title will be explained in the end.
Chapter 29: Juno
Few Weeks Later…
Amelia took over my duty as mommy because I wasn't feeling too well. I was doing just fine until I started making breakfast I felt sick to my stomach when I smell the eggs being cooked - I ran to the bathroom to barf.
I couldn't eat or drink anything just the smell or the taste of it makes me want to hurl again. Amelia made me a special tea she makes for herself when she has an upset stomach but that didn't help – I barf in my trash can in my room.
I called Sam earlier and told him I won't be coming in today that I came down with a stomach virus. He told me that was alright and to feel better, such a sweet friend and boss I have. Ugh I really did hate the feeling of being sick. You will think since I drank so much vampire blood from Eric, I will never get sick but no here I am in bed sick to my stomach.
Once Eric awoke from his slumber he calls me right away because he felt I was in distress, but I told him I just had an upset stomach. He told me he was going to send Bill to the drug store to buy me some meds – he would have himself but he had a very important business meeting that night.
I was too sick to squabble with him and you know that I'm really sick if I didn't argue back with him. Bill came in and says he wasn't sure what I had so he bought me anything that will help my upset stomach.
I look at each box and told him this one fits what I have so he pours me some on a spoon and once it touches my tongue I spat it right out. Some of it fell onto his hand, "I'm so sorry!" I handed him a tissue so he can clean himself up. "It's alright darling," he says to me and cleans off his hand. I covered my face in embarrassment and I knew my face was red.
Bill places his hand on my stomach and rubs it for me then he quickly withdrew it as if my stomach was made of silver. His face became extra white and he had a look of horror on his face. "Bill what's wrong? I see that look on your face before and I don't like it." He was freaking me out, and believe me I don't want to be freaked out at the state I'm in. He gets up from the bed and moves his hands in a panicky matter. "I think its best if we wait until Eric gets off of work."
"Bill! Tell me what it is? Did you sense what's making me ill? Bill please you're scaring me." Bill begins to pace back and forth nervously and muttering to himself. "Oh Eric is going to be mad."
"Bill!" I scream his name and he stops pacing. "Just tell me what the hell you found out. I know you know something because you were just fine before you touch my stomach."
Bill gave me a disappointed look and sat next to me again. "Sookie I'm not one to judge and I understand Eric can be…well Eric but that doesn't give you the right to do this behind his back."
"Bill what are you talking about? I never have done anything behind Eric's back." Then Bill's face became confused and uncertain. "Are you sure, because whatever is in there says something entirely different." "Oh Bill quit it and just tell me." I just had enough of this back and forth.
Bill takes my hand in his and tells me. "Darling you're pregnant." I felt like I had to gag again. "No its impossible Eric and I…we can't. Vampires can't! Are you playing with me Bill Compton? Is this some mean trick of yours?" I squeezed his hand tight and dug my nails into his skin.
Bill yanks his hand away. "No. Why would I play a mean trick like that on you? Maybe we should wait until Eric arrives he will know for sure he is older than I am." He was right it could be a false alarm and maybe Eric will know for sure.
I punch Bill's arm because he assume right away that I cheated on Eric. "I can't believe you think I will do such a disgusting thing like that. You of all people should know me."
"Sorry just it was the first thing that came to mind when I heard the other heart beat. Maybe it is Eric's." "Wait you said you heard a heart beat?" I ask him. He nods his that he did indeed hear another heart beat.
I ask Bill if he can run to the drug store and buy me some pregnancy test. I was gonna give him money but he said he will just pay for it and Eric will pay him back later. Bill runs off to the drug store in a flash.
Amelia came right after him. "Woah what did you say to him that he ran like the wind?" She came and sat next to me on the bed. "Amelia I think I'm pregnant." I tell her and her face became priceless.
Her eyes became huge and she wasn't blinking. I wave my hand in front of her face but nothing and I even snap my fingers. I took my glass of my water I had on my nightstand and threw it on her - that did it.
She let out a little scream and hand her a tissue. "Thanks I needed that. So really, are you sure?" She finishes drying off her face. "Bill says he heard another heart beat and last I check I only have one heart. And when I think about it I do have the symptoms." I still couldn't believe it, was I really pregnant?
Amelia's face also became disappointed. "Sookie, Eric is such a great guy. I can't believe…." "I didn't cheat! Eric is the only man – vampire I been with." I was really getting annoy that my close friends think I will do such a thing to the man I love.
She put her hands up in a surrendering matter. "Alright calm down. Do you wanna find out if you really are?" What kind of question was that, of course I want to know?
"Um yea I do." I reply back. "I know a spell that is way better than some old pregnancy test – it will tell us if you are, the sex of the baby, and how many is in there. So you wanna give it a try?"
"Oh yes I will try anything. And let's hope its just one." I pat my stomach and I felt a strange connection to it – maybe I was really pregnant. Amelia ran to her room and gather up her ingredients for the spell and the spell book.
She came back with wooden bowl and put in weird stuff inside – like some purple liquid, green looking leafs, and some red brownish powder - she begins to smash it together.
"Okay all done. Lift up your shirt." She says and on the wooden spoon was a brownish green gook – it looks like poop. "Are you sure this is safe? It won't hurt me or the baby?" I didn't trust magic after what Eric and I been through with it.
"Don't worry its safe and you won't feel a thing." I lift up my shirt to show my bare flat stomach and she put the poop looking thing on my stomach.
She spreads it all around, "Now we sit and wait don't worry a pink/blue/white cloud will appear above your stomach. Pink meaning girl, blue meaning boy and white meaning there is nothing in there." She explains that was pretty simple. So we sat waiting for this cloud looking thing to appear.
"So um if you are pregnant, you got any names in mind?" Amelia must have felt uncomfortable waiting in silence and wanted to start a conversation while we waited.
"I never really thought about it really – I just assume that this will never happen to me." I started to think about it and try to remember if I ever put any thought into what I will name my future children but that thought never cross my mind. Maybe ever since I was a little girl I always knew I will never have a normal life.
"If I were to have a baby I want to name the girl Emma and the boy James. I don't know why I just like those names ever since I was a little girl." I peak inside Amelia's head and she was hoping that Trey will like those names as well or at least one of them.
"I guess if I am really pregnant I have to see what Eric will want to name the baby. Maybe he wants to name the boy Eric JR or the girl Erica, who knows with that vamp of mine." I laughed at the idea of an Eric JR or a girl name Erica because it's such an Eric thing to do.
"Or maybe give them weird Viking names. Imagine if he gets the baby Viking gears – oh that will be so cute." Amelia gushed at the idea of my son wearing Viking gear and I had to join in on her for that idea because it will be priceless. We started to talk about what could of have caused this so I told her about my teacher but I felt from the bond that Eric was near.
Suddenly my bedroom door was swung open and there stood my Viking – he must have finish his meeting and left Pam to watch the bar. He rushes to my side, "Oh lover are you alright? Are you…"
He looks at my stomach and looks back at me. "Why do you have shit on your stomach?" He asks with a disgusted look on his face. Amelia told him it's not shit that it's a spell to determine what is wrong with me and she left it at that – she knew it wasn't her place to tell him the news.
I took Eric's hand in mine and was ready to tell him when a cloud began to form above my stomach. We three sat there looking at it change from color to color – until finally it was purplish pink.
"Amelia what does this color mean? You didn't mention this color." I stare at the cloud and hope it will change to blue or pink. Amelia checks her spell book to see what this color meant.
"Lover you're hiding something from me. Tell me what you think it is." Eric says to me. I look at him once more and hope he didn't think I cheated on him as well, "Eric, I don't know how it happened but I think I'm pregnant." I felt from the bond he was upset, angry and in disbelief.
"Eric I didn't cheat I will never do that to you. And besides if I did you will automatically smell another man on me. Eric, believe me I…"
"You're having twins!" Amelia shouts happily. Eric and I both say, "What?" She brings the spell book over to us, "See that color means you're having a boy and a girl. A boy and a girl, twins! Congrats you two." Amelia has a bright smile on her face and then it fade away when she saw our faces, "Well I just leave you two alone." She backs away with the spell book clutch to her chest and leaves the room.
My mouth was hanging open in shock and so was Eric's – I never seen him have that look on his face. Eric gets up from the bed and he begins to pace back and forth and from his face he was replaying everything in his head – possibly replaying the last few times we made love.
Then his eyes became huge and he must have discovered it, "Sookie it must be that powerful energy we felt in the end of each time we made love. That has to be it." I too begin to think about it replaying it all in my head and suddenly I had a flash back when I was with Stacy and she told me how she became pregnant with Cindy.
This old woman came to my doorstep one day and asked for a cup of sugar. I gave her some and she touches my hand and said my wish was granted. I wasn't sure what she meant but later that night Thomas and I made love and we felt a spark go through us and a week later I found out I was pregnant, it was a miracle. I wanted to thank that old woman but I never saw her again.
I get out of bed and walk over to Eric as I remember everything and who it was, "It was my teacher! She did this! No wonder you all think she was iffy. I can't believe I never in my life that I have known her peak inside her head to see what she was I just always thought she was a sweet old lady. She was the same old woman who saw Stacy and after that Stacy became pregnant. She even told me the same thing too – your wish is granted. I was like weird but I never put it together until now."
I just knew I was about to cry my eyes became glossy and my voice became shaky, "Eric, we're having a baby. Someone finally answer our prayers." I took his hand and place it on top of my stomach so he can feel them like I could now – knowing that they were really inside me it felt even more real.
His features soften up and he looks at me, "Our son and daughter are really in there. I can feel them." I saw his eyes became glossy but with red and he fell to his knees clutching to my stomach crying – I cry because he was crying. I felt proud of myself that I could make this 1,000 year old vampire feel this way – I made him feel human.
My shirt was now stained with bloody tears and his lips began to kiss my stomach, "Our family just keeps growing." He says and I wipe his tear stain away with my thumb.
There was a knock at the door and Cindy enters, "Aunt Amelia told me to come up here, is everything okay with you mommy? Why is daddy crying?" Cindy was concern now and came to stand next to us.
Eric takes Cindy in his arms and tells her, "Cindy feel mommy's stomach and tell me what you feel." Her small hand touches my stomach and she closes her eyes in concentration, "I feel thumping like a heartbeat but why would it be in mommy's stomach? And why do I feel more than one?" Eric and I smile at her, "Sweetie you're gonna be a big sister." We wait for her reaction and she screams on the top of her lungs.
She jumps off of Eric's arms and goes to my stomach, "Hi I'm your big sister Cindy and I'm gonna take good care of you." She says and gives me a kiss in that area. "But there is more good news." Eric begins with and before he got to finish Cindy says, "We getting a puppy too?!" She was so excited it was just too cute.
We both laugh, she was just too cute and precious, "No honey you're gonna have a baby brother and a baby sister." She screams even louder and has the brightest smile on her face.
She says she was going to call her best friend Erin right now and rub it in her face - because Erin's mommy was only having one baby. That left Eric and me in my bedroom alone he lifts me up and places me on the bed and covers me with my blanket.
"Now I'm going to take extra care of you. Don't want anything bad to happen to the three of you." His hand rested on my stomach and he rubs it, "Lover I think you should quit your job it won't be safe for you to work there in your condition." I didn't want to quit my job I love my job and the people I work with.
"Eric I'll be fine don't worry. How about this I'll work until I don't see my feet any more? Or I'll tell Sam that I'll just work less hours I just don't wanna stay home bored and doing nothing – I like making myself useful."
He sighs, "You are the most stubborn woman I have ever met in my life time." I smile at his statement and wrap my arms around his neck to bring him closer to me, "I maybe stubborn but you love it, don't ya? And you even love it more so when you make sweet love to me." I playfully say and my finger pokes his nose in a playful matter.
Our lips were inches apart from each other, "You know it." He says and his lips attack mine. In the middle of our make out session I felt rumbling sound go up my stomach to my throat and I just knew I had to barf again.
I push Eric away from my lips and ran to the bathroom to let it out. I was hanging onto the toilet and felt hot and sweaty. I was done vomiting and just sat with my back against the tub.
"So that's how it's going to be for the next few months?" Eric says as he was leaning against the door frame with his arms cross. Eric then sits on the toilet seat and hands me a tissue and I wipe away my sweat from my forehead.
"I sure hope not I don't know if I could handle throwing up at any time of the day. I been sick all day and it seems I throw up at morning, afternoon and night – it should only be in the morning that's why it's called morning sickness." Eric just laughs at what I say and I give him a cold glare.
"Not even born yet and they are already causing you trouble. Imagine once they come out you're gonna have your hands full." He says. "Of course they are causing me trouble they are after all yours and you're a big pain in my ass since the day I met you!" I threw my sweaty tissue at his head.
He tilts his head to the side and there goes that smirk that I just wanna slap off his face so bad at this moment. "Uh oh I think someone is already experiencing her hormones rage." I wasn't in the mood for his playful ways maybe he was right my hormones were already kicking in because he was really getting under my skin.
"You think this is amusing? You try sitting here puking when your stomach is empty. I haven't eaten anything all day and when I try the babies hate it and I have to throw it right up again. I'm so hungry." I complain to him. Eric comes and sits next to me on the bathroom floor. He puts his arm around me and I rest my head on his shoulder.
"My poor sweet Sookie hopefully this pregnancy only last for five months or so since they will be half vampire babies. You think they will have the same vampire traits like Cindy has or it will be different?" Eric did make a good point.
"They could also have my ability to read minds and part of my fae blood. Our kids are gonna be all kinds of weird stuff, it could go either way." I just pray that they didn't inherit the vampire ways of hating the sun. I couldn't bare the thought of my kids not living a normal life.
"Who knows they could just be regular humans with a vampire for a father and a telepath for a mother." Eric broke my train of thought and I like that idea better I just want my kids to be normal and live happy lives.
Only time will tell until then I will just enjoy feeling them growing in me and the unusual cravings. Poor Eric he thinks I'm stubborn and hardheaded now wait until I feel fat, bloated, hating how I look and how things look on me, hating him for doing this to me – all of it. This was going to be one fun ride until I pop them out but that ride will continue because the raising them part will be even more fun.
Amelia came running to my bathroom with a textbook clutch in her arms once again, "I found it." She pants and opens up the book. "Found what?" I ask her. "Your old teacher I know what she is. The old woman is just a form she uses on Earth but she really is a Goddess. Look here." She hands me the book.
Inside the textbook was a beautiful Angel looking woman with long white hair down to her back and she worn a white gown, "Juno a roman goddess who is often called upon by infertile woman." I read out loud. "But Amelia I'm not infertile just we couldn't have a baby because Eric's a vampire. So this doesn't make sense."
"Keep reading." She tells me. (AN: I had my boyfriend research this for me so I'm using this Goddess he found but I'm gonna add my own flavor to it lol because I can do that lol.)
So I continue to read the text, "This Goddess also goes to those who wish for a family of their own but aren't able to have it – mostly those from the supernatural world. She looks for someone who is worthy enough to get their wish granted. And whoever has the honor to come across her she will hold their hand and tell them – your wish is granted."
Now Eric decided to read the rest of the text, "The person will feel a powerful source of energy flow through them and when they mate with their partner they will both feel that energy going through them as they make love."
So the entire time my teacher was a Goddess why didn't I ever pickup on it? I must have thought that I was the only freak in the world.
"See? She knew you were special Sookie so she kept an eye on you and knew you are a kind hearted person and you deserve to be happy. Once she found out that the man you are with is a vampire and you won't be able to have a child she gave you the thing you wanted most. She must have felt even more in aw toward you because you adopted Cindy and love her as your own – that could explain why you are having twins too like an extra bonus for being good." Says Amelia and takes the book back.
So Mrs. Stevens well this Juno Goddess was watching me this entire time? She must have known that with my ability I won't be able to date a regular man. That sneaky old woman but I will forever be grateful toward her – if I ever see her again I will want to give her big thanks.
AN: There you have it! They are having twins! I always wanted them to have twins way before I saw all your reviews lol. Now they have their pair a boy and a girl. I'm still not sure what to name them though I will name them after the names I want to name my kids but I don't know if they fit Sookie and Eric choices.
These are the names I have in mind for my future kids (first and middle names):
Boys – Alexander Leonidas (I like the name Alexander since I was a little girl and my boyfriend wants to give him that middle name b/c of the movie 300 lol – he loves that movie) , Nicholas Lucius (My boyfriend's choice), and Christopher Errol (Christopher b/c that's my boyfriend's name and Errol because that's my father's name).
Girls – Elizabeth Marie (I always loved this name and it fits perfectly b/c that's my boyfriend's mother's name), Daniella Maria (I just always loved this name and it's the same initials as mine DM…Diana Maria – that's me lol) and Lily Julianna (my boyfriend's choice he loves the name Lily for some reason lol).
So I don't know what to do! What names to give them now I gotta go on and look names up lol. Until next time fellow readers!
