A/N: Hey readers! I'm a little disappointed with the lack of reviews on the last chapter. I honestly thought I would get more reviews seeing as everyone who has read this story has been looking forward to it. This is the first chapter were the twins have a bigger role, it took me almost a week to write and I'm so glad that its written seeing as I have to study for my final exams tat start in two weeks. Don't get me wrong though, I loved writing this chapter. This is the longest chapter that I've written in such a long time. The longest chapter is chapter 13: First Kicks which is my biggest achievement on this story. Anyway, enough of my babbling and enjoy the chapter and please review!

Chapter Thirty-Six: Two Days of Peace

Hours passed and day became night. Jake lay at Neytiri's side only leaving her when the twins cried wanting his attention. Otherwise he remained where he was. It wasn't until early the next morning that Neytiri awoke. Rolling over to face Jake, who was either asleep or just pretending, she decided to tap him on the nose to check. A smile formed on his face and Jake slowly opened his eyes.

"How are you feeling?" he asked sounding rather tired.

"Better," Neytiri admitted. "Pain still comes and goes,"

"That's to be expected," Jake said leaning up to stroke her forehead.

"How long have you been lying there?"

"A fair while," Jake told her.

"You sound tired,"

"I've dozed off a few times only to be awoken by their cries for attention,"

"How are they?"

"Fine. They love attention," Jake told her.

"I bet they do," Neytiri said playfully.

"I know what you're thinking, they're like me," Jake grinned.

"They certainly are," Neytiri said with a smile before leaning over to kiss him. Happy, she leaned her head against his shoulder.

The next morning, the couple awake with a start when the close cry of the twins came to their ears.

"Why now?" Jake groaned as he wiped away the sleep that had formed in his eyes. Wait, did Na'vi even get sleep in their eyes? "I'll get them. I think they're trying to tell me something," Neytiri giggled as Jake climbed out of bed.

Neytiri watched as Jake walked over with the baskets containing the twins and sat them on the bed. Sitting up, she watched excitedly as Jake lifted their son from his basket and handed him to her. The infant boy began nursing.

"It feels funny," Neytiri admitted.

"It'll feel funny for a while but you'll get use to it," Jake told her as he stroked their son's forehead.

"He's tiny," Neytiri said in a whisper.

"Yeah he is," Jake agreed. He does have your eyes though," Neytiri looked up at him for a split second and kissed him before returning her eyes to her son. Finally the boy grew tired and needed burping. "Let me take him, you feed her," he gently lifted their daughter's basket closer to Neytiri before taking their son back and started to burp him.

"They have appetites on them like you wouldn't believe," Jake said just as Neycob let out a loud burp.

"They get that from you," Neytiri replied as she burped Grayce.

"Perhaps, but she gets her looks from you," Jake said with a smile.

"Well, he gets his looks from you," Neytiri shot back playfully.

Jake knew that he couldn't argue with that. "Well, they both got the good genes so that is all that matters,"

"What matters is that they will both be loved equally, despite what my mother tells us," Neytiri corrected him before screwing up her nose at the memory of her parents playing favourites when she and Sylwanin were young.

"I bet your sister would have loved them," Jake said with a sigh. He might have never known his sister-in-law but he had heard a lot about her through stories that Grace had told him.

"Yes, I quite agree. She and I use to talk about our future children. She always wanted sons for some reason but I always wanted one of each. Why, I still don't know,"

"Well, you got your wish and she got her wish. If Riv can even be counted after everything he has done," Neytiri reached up and placed a hand on his cheek.

"What?" He asked.

"You have a good heart, Jake. You always have. You are like Grace. You have a point about Riv: Sylwanin would be disappointed with him as would his father. No Na'vi should have so much hate in their hearts,"

"You're right, of course," Jake told her.

"I am always right," Neytiri smirked playfully.

"I'm glad you're feeling better," Jake kissed her forehead before looking down at their daughter.

"Here, let me take her," Neytiri didn't hesitant to hand Grayce over to her father.

"Hiya pumpkin," Jake cooed to his daughter. The little girl opened her eyes and raised a little fist in the air for her beaming father to hold. Jake could see that his daughter as well as his son had so much potential. They would have the genes of the past generations of Omaticaya royalty. But as a father, Jake knew this was their destiny. They were the future of the Omaticaya while he and Neytiri weren't fit to be leaders of an almighty clan that now had two Toruk Maktos. He had said to a dying Tsu'tey almost eleven months earlier, 'I'm not leadership material. I never was,' and he had stayed true to that fact. He had struggled to maintain his duties to the clan while caring for Neytiri and visiting his friends up at Hell's Gate. He hoped that by giving up his titles and privileges that he could spend more time with his friends and family. His thoughts were interrupted by Neytiri's hand on his shoulder.

"Put her to bed. I have missed having you to myself,"

Jake frowned. "You had me to yourself. I want my bonding time with them,"

"You already had your time with them," Neytiri retorted.

"Alright," Jake raised his hands in defeat.

"That's better," Neytiri said a smile coming across her face.

"That's what you wanted? Your time with not only me but the twins too," Jake said realising what she had wanted all along.

"Of course, skxawng," Neytiri grinned.

"It's been a while since you called me that,"

"Not a moment too soon," Neytiri grinned as she leaned in to kiss him only the moment was ruined by Grayce's cries for attention.

"Oh! Honey, you had to ruin mommy and daddy's moment," Jake sighed as he climbed off the bed to pick his daughter up from out of her basket. Instantly, she stopped crying much to the amazement of her parents. Jake looked down at his daughter wide eyed. Neytiri remained shocked as she still lay in bed.

"You are a natural," she finally replied.

"Thanks," Jake replied awkwardly as he headed back to the bed and sat down with their daughter in his arms. As the new parents beamed over their little girl, their son lay fast asleep in his basket. He was certainly like his father; he slept like a rock. "She really does look like you," Jake said as he leaned back against his moss pillow with his eyes still trained on his daughter.

"But will she inherit my personality?" Neytiri wondered out loud.

"That remains to be seen but if she has your looks and my brains things aren't looking positive," Jake grimaced at the thought his little girl inheriting his rebellious and foolish brains.

"I am sure if she has your intelligence then I am sure it can be fixed," Neytiri smiled up at him as she moved over to observe her daughter. The couple was interrupted from the admiration for their daughter with the sound of footsteps entering the tree.

"You stay I'll go see who it is," Jake quickly kissed his mate and daughter's foreheads before jumping off the bed and exiting the room. Upon leaving the bedroom, he was shocked to find his mother-in-law standing awkwardly in the middle of the room. "Mo'at, what can I do for you?" he asked warily. He knew that Mo'at had no idea that her daughter had given birth and he knew that she would force the truth from him. When she didn't, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"How is she?" Mo'at asked gingerly.

"She's recovering quicker than the healer said she would. Wait, how did you find out that she'd given birth?" Jake asked confused.

"The head Healer told me. She knew that you would not tell me because you thought I would meddle," Mo'at eyed her son-in-law with malice at not allowing her to be at the births of her grandchildren.

"Well you have something right," Jake bit back.

"Mother?" Neytiri called from the room. Mo'at hurried past Jake without his permission and disappeared into the room. Jake groaned and rolled his eyes before following her into the room.

"Neytiri!" Mo'at kneeled on Jake's side of the bed and hugged her daughter while she still had Grayce in her arms.

"Mother! What are you doing here?" Neytiri asked as she awkwardly hugged her mother with one arm while she held Grayce in the other.

"I had to come and see you, child," Mo'at told her taking her face in her hands. "The head Healer told me that you had twins. This is indeed rare," Neytiri looked up at Jake who was sitting as far away from Mo'at as he could get.

"Jake was a twin, mother. Maybe it runs in the family," Neytiri told her mother.

"Maybe," Mo'at muttered more to herself then to Neytiri.

"Would you care to meet your granddaughter?" Neytiri asked as she held out Grayce to her mother.

"Of course I would. What did you name her?" Mo'at asked as she looked upon her only granddaughter.

"Grayce Neytiri Nicole," Jake said as bravely as he could. He hated getting caught in his mother-in-law's wrath.

"You named her after Grace, Neytiri and who else?" Mo'at asked.

"We named her after my older sister; Nicole. She's still on Earth training with the rest of my family to be Avatar Drivers," Jake explained quickly. Mo'at nodded.

"Three of the most important women in your life, am I correct Jake?"

"Ah, yeah you are," Jake said in total defeat. He hated it when Mo'at guessed the correct situation. To avoid Mo'at's questioning, Jake jumped up from his place on the bed and gently picked up Neycob before returning to his spot on the bed. To get Mo'at's attention, the new dad cleared his throat to get her attention. "Would you like to hold your grandson?" Mo'at placed Grayce back in her mother's arms before lifting her grandson from Jake's arms.

"He looks like you, Jake," Mo'at commented looking upon the boy's face for the first time.

"Yes he does," Neytiri agreed. She could see that her mother was somewhat wary of her son as if he was the plague. "Mother, what is wrong?" she asked.

"Nothing is wrong it is just that I worry that this boy will follow in the footsteps of...Riv," Mo'at gulped at her own mention of her eldest grandson.

"We assure you that our son will be nothing like that bastard," Jake said trying to reassure her. "If you've had a vision please tell us now and we will do everything in our power to prevent it from happening,"

"I have received no such vision but I caution you this: Eywa has sent me a warning that these offspring are not what they seem," Mo'at looked to see the faces of her daughter and son-in-law stony. She knew only too well that they would try anything to prevent their children's negative futures from coming true but they knew only that it was their choice on what path they would take. "I should get back to Hometree," Mo'at gently placed her youngest grandson back into the arms of his father before leaving the room without another word.

"What was that about?" Jake asked in complete puzzlement.

"I do not know. I do not believe that our son will go as bad as Riv. He can choose his path in life and I think if we give him enough love and attention then he won't turn against us," Neytiri said thoughtfully.

"You've had this thought up for a while haven't you?" Jake asked, a smile forming on his face.

"What if I say yes?"

"It's a good thought, though," Jake beamed before returning his eyes to his son. To look at a child that looks just like you is totally mesmerising and Jake knew it. Looking down at his one day old son brought back the memories of his childhood back on Earth while growing up with Tom and Nicole and much later Bec. He remembered Ian coming home from work and playing with them until Mandy called them in for dinner. He remembered watching television and having either one of his parents carrying him to bed when he fell asleep. This was something he looked forward to doing to his own kids and he knew that he had to contact his family to let them know that the twins had been born. Getting up, he walked over and placed Neycob back in his basket before heading to the door.

"Where are you going?" Neytiri asked.

"I'm going to contact my parents to let them know that the twins have been born. I think Bec and Norm have been too busy celebrating to have contacted them," Jake told her. "I'll be back in a moment," he then left the room.

Looking around the living area, Jake spotted his tablet on the shelf next to the shelf of blankets. Grabbing it from its resting spot, Jake activated it and found the code for his mother's personal tablet.

"Amanda Sully here," answered Mandy.

"Hi mom," Jake greeted looking at the screen to see his mother's face for the first time in months.

"Honey!" the woman squealed happily. "How are you?"

"Fine thanks. I have news for you," Jake said unable to prevent a smile coming across his face.

"What news?" Mandy asked interested.

Jake inhaled a deep breath before continuing. "Neytiri's given birth,"

"Oh that's wonderful news honey! Congratulations! What did she have?"

Jake smiled. "Fraternal twins," he answered. "A boy and a girl,"

"Looks like the twin genes run in the family," Mandy grinned.

"Yeah," Jake agreed. "Well, you have a grandson and three granddaughters. I suppose that counts for something,"

"Certainly does. How's the patient?"

"Fine, she recovering quicker then what the Healer expected which is simply remarkable,"

"I'm surprised that you're taking an interest in science. You've never liked science,"

"Yeah," was the only thing Jake could think of saying.

"Well, it's a mother's instinct, darling. I have it, Mo'at has it, Nicole and Bec have it with their daughters and now Neytiri has it with the twins. Don't feel left out darling. If your father was as hands off with you, your brother and sisters then I suspect you will be the same with the twins," Mandy gave her son an encouraging smile.

"Thanks mom, tell everyone I said hi,"

"I will and give Neytiri my love won't you?"

"Of course, I will. Bye mom!"

"Bye bye dear," the screen then went blank.

As the screen of her tablet went blank, Amanda Sully made her way over to the long dining table and climbed onto a chair before stepping up onto the table.

"Dear, what's wrong?" Her husband, Ian asked.

"Attention everyone!" Mandy called as the training Avatar team turned to face her.

"What's this about?" Helen Augustine asked as she gently placed Morgana Chacon into the arms of her mother Evelynne.

"I have received news from my son Jake that his mate..."

"You mean his wife, don't you?" Trudy Chacon's brother Nigel asked.

"Jake's now a Na'vi so wife or mate doesn't matter, anyway, Neytiri has given birth to fraternal girl-boy twins," cheers and applause echoed around the room. It was clear to Mandy that Jake was a hero among the new recruitments for the Avatar Program. "Alright, calm down," he doesn't know that I'm telling you this so please whenever any of you contact a member of the Avatar Program on Pandora please don't mention this to anyone. I will have Rebecca tell him and explain why I have done this. Dismissed!" The team went back to whatever they had been doing.

"What was that about?" Nicole asked her mother.

"Jake doesn't know that I've you about the birth of the twins," Nicole stared at her mother blankly. "Weren't you listening? Neytiri has given birth to fraternal twins; a boy and a girl..."

"I heard you the first time!" Nicole hissed. "Why doesn't he know?"

"It may catch on to the RDA and they could use this information to their advantage and if they knew I can only imagine what terrible things they will do to get Jake into their hands," Mandy had lowered her voice so that no one else could overhear their conversation.

"Why would they want Jake?" Nicole asked in the same low voice.

"They want their revenge on Jake for being one of the ones responsible for their downfall. Because of Jake and the Avatar Program's rebellion the RDA were forced to leave Pandora but from reports we have received from Norm, one of the RDA's ships have returned and Parker Selfridge has rebelled against the resurrected Quaritch,"

Nicole felt her face suddenly go extremely pale. "Quaritch was resurrected?"

"Yeah; it also turns out that Trudy and Grace aren't actually dead,"

"Well, I kinda expected them to be alive but I never expected Quaritch's resurrection. I mean, Neytiri shot him twice in the chest with poisoned arrows wouldn't that be enough?"

"Well, the RDA do have blood samples of their recruits so if anything happened to them they could simply get hold of the corpse or whatever is left of it and resurrect them,"

"Like Arnie being resurrected in the Terminator films?" Nicole asked.

"Similar but not quite the same," Mandy shrugged. "Are you going to get dinner?"

"Yeah I was on my way to get some now, you coming?" With that, Mandy followed her eldest daughter to dinner.

Jake sat in front of the open fire after dinner with the twins in their baskets on either side of him. He had left Neytiri to get some rest; she had had been with them all day or rather they had been with her.

"You are going to cause a hell of a lot of trouble one day you two,"

"Are they?" Jake turned to see Neytiri wrapped in several blankets standing in the doorway of their room.

"What're you doing up?" Jake asked as he got up and went over to her.

"I cannot get back to sleep," Neytiri told him.

"Oh, come on," Jake led her by the hand and sat her down next to the twins. He sat down behind her and pulled her into his lap.

"How have they been?" she asked as she lifted Neycob out of his basket.

"They've been good," Jake replied as he peered over to her shoulder at their son. "They've been wide awake most this time and they haven't cried out once. I dunno whether that's a good thing or bad thing. They have been bathed and changed and I think it's time for them to be feed," Neytiri turned her head and kissed Jake on the cheek as Neycob attached himself to her breast. Neytiri pulled herself off of Jake's lap so that she could give her son to his father to be burped.

"That was a big one," Jake commented as Neyake let out a loud burp! "Hey look he's got the same smile as me," Jake turned his son so that he was facing his mother. Sure enough, the baby boy shared the same smile as his father. "That's..."

"Uncanny," Neytiri finished as she placed Graycee at her shoulder so that she could be burped. Suddenly the little girl let out an even louder burp then her brother. "Like you," Neytiri threw Jake a playful smile.

"Yep," Jake returned her smile.

After putting the twins to bed, Jake went and got dinner and was surprised by the amount of support he and Neytiri had. People congratulated him and Neytiri on the double bundles of joy and continued until he was safely on the shortcut path home.

"You should have seen the clan. When I appeared they went crazy!" Jake told Neytiri as he sat down beside her in front of the fire.

"Why did they go crazy?" Neytiri asked as she took her dinner from Jake.

"Turns out your mother and the head healer couldn't keep their mouths shut for very long. They told the entire clan that we have twins," Jake said bitterly. Neytiri placed a hand on his cheek. "Mother is only excited to have more grandchildren. You cannot blame her," Jake was at a loss of words. He didn't know what to say to that.

Dinner was somewhat quiet. There was no conversation and nothing in the air suggested that there was anything to talk about except for the twins. "I think I might go to bed, you coming?" Jake disposed of his plate in the fire and headed toward their room. Neytiri jumped to her feet and hurried after him. Within minutes of climbing into bed the new parents were asleep.

The next morning was colder than normal. Jake arose to the sound of Graycee and Neyake's screams for attention. "Alright I'm up!" Jake said as he sat up right. He looked over at Neytiri who was in a deep sleep. Quietly climbing out of bed, Jake went over and grabbed the baskets and carried them into the living area so that the cries of the twins didn't wake Neytiri.

"Shhh, it's alright daddy's here," Jake said quietly as he rocked the baskets gently with his foot while he lit the fire. The twins continued to cry. Jake mentally cursed himself for not being able to stop the twins from crying. Suddenly, the twins stopped crying. Jake turned his head and saw that Neytiri had awoken and was gently rocking Graycee in her arms. "When did you get up?" he asked as he scooped up Neyake.

"A few moments ago," Neytiri replied. Jake watched as Neytiri got their daughter settled.

"How did you do that?" he asked in astonishment.

"Mother's instinct," Neytiri grinned.

"That sounds familiar," Jake said as he stepped to her side with Neyake.

"What do you mean?"

"When I spoke to my mother last night she mentioned it," Jake told her.

"Well, she is right of course. Any woman who has children has this bond. Fathers have a similar bond but it's not as powerful," Jake scoffed.

"That's not fair," Neytiri struggled not to laugh.

"It is true,"

"I will make it strong," Jake said in a tone that suggested defiance and playfulness.

"I'm sure you will," Neytiri said reaching up to kiss him on the cheek. Neyake wriggled in his father's arms causing both his parents to look down. "What's up pal?" Jake tickled his tiny belly and he giggled. Neytiri did the same to Graycee and she too giggled causing the new parents to beam.

Later that day, Carly and Norm paid the family a visit.

"Hey guys," Jake said as Carly swooped in for a hug.

"Hey, how are they?" Carly asked breaking the hug.

"See for yourself," Jake stepped aside to reveal Neytiri with Grayce in her arms sitting in front of the fire and Neycob lay in the basket next to her.

"Aw! They are so cute!" Carly cooed as she dropped to her knees next to the new mother.

"They will not stay cute for long," Neytiri joked.

"That's a bit of an understatement don't you think?" Jake asked sitting on the other side of her. The others laughed while Neytiri blushed uncontrollably. Jake smirked and kissed Neytiri on the cheek to ease her embarrassment.

"No, it is rather a good statement if you asked me," Norm asked sitting across from his friends.

"Can I hold her?" Carly asked. Neytiri couldn't refuse. She gently placed her daughter into Carly's waiting arms. Carly's eyes welled with tears as she looked upon the little girl in her arms. "She is so adorable. She definitely has the Sully genes," Jake patted his friend on the back while Neytiri and Norm exchanged awkward smiles.

"There, there, Carls, there, there," Jake said as he continued to calm her down.

"Is it true that you named her after Grace, Neytiri and your older sister?" Carly asked as she blinked away the remaining tears that clouded her vision.

"Yeah and from what I've seen from her so far, she is certainly a Sully," Jake said matter-of-factly but was unable to keep the smile off his face.

"You are their father after all dude," Norm said.

"Yeah but hey, I learned from the best,"

"Your dad?"

"No, my mom," Jake said causing Norm, Neytiri and Carly to at look him in shock. "She always taught us kids to believe in ourselves and to follow our hearts and that's what we all did," Neytiri laid her head on Jake's shoulder as he pulled her closer to him.

"Very well put. I feel so sorry for Bec and Nicole though. Trevor was a complete dick and we were all devastated when we were told that Tom was murdered. Poor Bec, having to be pregnant and lose her husband..."

"And my brother," Jake added.

"And your brother and the father of her baby is just heartbreaking,"

"Who was Trevor?" Carly asked causing Neytiri to nod in agreement.

"Trevor was Nicole's husband," said Jake bitterly. "He is also the father of Sarah, my oldest niece. When Nicole told him that she was pregnant he turned violent and began to abuse her. He could have killed her if Tom and I hadn't stepped in. We had a strange feeling that something was wrong and we called the cops before rushing up to where they lived and the bastard was arrested for domestic abuse and then they divorced," Jake pursed his lips and shrugged.

"You played the hero?" Neytiri asked in surprise.

"Yeah; you shouldn't be too surprised. I saved you from Quaritch,"

"I remember I saved you from the scarred man," Neytiri shot back.

"Anyway," interrupted Norm. "The point is that Jake was the only one to get to a happy ending,"

"And not a moment too soon," Jake said beaming down at Neytiri who beamed back.

"Okay don't get all emotional now,"

"Right later," Jake agreed. Looking over at his daughter, he noticed something that he hadn't seen before. "Hey, have any of you seen Graycee's eyebrows?" the others leaned forward or closer in Norm's situation.

"What? She hasn't got eyebrows," Carly commented.

"Exactly; she has Na'vi genes," Jake's gaze turned to Neytiri.

"What does that matter?" Norm asked.

"It doesn't. It means that she has even genes," Jake realised.

"Well done Doctor Phil," Norm said sarcastically.

"Norm be nice," Carly hissed. "You know he's not a scientist," Jake grinned evilly at Norm who simply scowled at him while Jake received a rather painful elbowing to the ribs from Neytiri.

"Why must you always side with him?" Norm groaned.

"Plain and simple, Norm: you have no patience," As if on cue, Grayce started to cry which set off her brother too.

"Shhh! Quiet now little one," Carly cooed as she tried desperately to stop the infant girl from crying. On the other side of Neytiri, Jake was trying to stop his son from crying.

"They need to be changed," Jake said finally realising what the babies wanted.

"I'll help you," Carly jumped to her feet and followed Jake outside leaving Neytiri and Norm inside.

"The twins must have timers on them or something," Norm said absent-mindedly. Neytiri looked at him before getting up and hurrying out to help Jake and Carly. Norm thought he might as well help out. By the time he got outside, the twins had stopped crying causing him to sigh in relief. "Are they alright?"

"Yeah, they just needed a change that's all," Jake said in relief. He was just glad that it wasn't anything more serious.

"Did they smell at all?" Norm asked.

"Of course they did. Babies do smell you know," Jake said.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to..."

"It's alright Norm. We know that you didn't mean any harm," Jake said sympathetically.

A few more hours past and the day went by quite quickly. By the time dusk came around, Carly and Norm headed back up to the lab.

"How are you feeling?"Jake asked Neytiri once they put the twins down for the night and dinner had been eaten.

"Tired," Neytiri admitted.

"Why don't you go to bed early? I'll be in a moment," Jake said. Neytiri nodded and headed to bed like Jake had suggested while he sat in front of the fire for bit longer. Even though the weather had warmed up, the nights were still cold. After about ten minutes, Jake headed to bed. "Is it me or did Norm seem a little standoffish when he was here?" Jake asked as he climbed into bed. Neytiri rolled over to face him.

"He did seem out of place," Neytiri agreed.

"That's not like him. I've seen him with Lorraine and he loves her. But..." Jake stopped and shook his head.

"He is just getting use to all the babies, that is all," Neytiri said as calmly as she could.

"I suppose you're right. Anyway, I'm got to get some rack. Night," Jake said before he kissing Neytiri's forehead before lying down and immediately falling asleep.

Neytiri sighed before she too lay down and fell into slumber.

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