Chapter 37

Emma and Killian were happy for Regina and Robin. Genevieve was a gorgeous little girl, but it made them want to be able to hold their little girls in their arms even more. Emma was starting to feel worse and her back pains more frequent so she was ready for the girls to be out. Killian on the other hand was willing to wait just under 4 more weeks for his little princesses. Emma could not help but laugh every time he called them princesses because she was always calling them pirates. She knew that no matter what with her's and Killian's blood running through them they were going to be a handful, any kids they had were going to be. She could imagine phone calls from the principal telling her the girls had fooled their teachers, yet again, by switching identities for certain classes. Emma had the feeling they would be pulling plenty of pranks on their big brother and uncle too. Emma could not wait to see all the things her girls would achieve. She had always promised herself that when she had kids they would have a better life than she did. Henry has that because for the first 10 years of his life Regina gave him the best life possible, now they are doing it together. Her girls and future children will have it because even though Hook drives her crazy sometimes, her children will always have their Mommy and Daddy. She is even getting the life she never had with her parents and now with her baby brother. The closer it got for the girls to arrive the more emotional she seemed to get over things like this.

"Swan, what are you thinking about?" Killian asked her on Sunday morning while he was getting breakfast made, she was sitting on the couch relaxing and Henry was still in bed. "Just thinking about what our future is going to be like with these little girls. How much trouble they are going to find to get into." Emma turned her head to smirk at him. He knew she was referencing the fact that since he was their father that is why they would be getting into so much trouble. Henry and Roland stayed with them when Regina went to the hospital to have Genny. Genevieve was now 4 days old and she and Regina were home with Robin and Roland. Henry had stayed at Regina's the first couple of nights she was home, but decided to stay with Emma and Killian at night so that when he was doing school work he did not have to listen to a newborn cry. "Good morning," Henry mumbled coming out of his room and flopping onto the couch with his mom. "How about instead of laying back down you go do the chore you promised to do last night before bed and didn't do," Emma suggested to him. Giving her a groan he got up and went to unload and reload the dishwasher. He knew that in both houses he was supposed to help with chores and usually he did not care, but he despised dishes. "Thank you," Emma said coming in to get herself some more hot chocolate as Killian was plating breakfast for the three of them. Once they were finished they decided to just spend the day in lounging around.

"Can I please see the nursery?" Henry asked for the thousandth time since they got it finished after the baby shower. "Do you really want to see the nursery or do you just want to know what we are naming your sisters?" Killian asked him as he pulled Emma closer to his side. "Both," Henry exclaimed hoping his parents would let him go in. "How about this. I will cloak the things that have their names and initial on it so he can see the nursery, but not know the names. How does that sound, pirate?" Emma looked up at Killian from her spot against him. "Fine," he grumbled as Emma got up from the couch and the two of them followed her. As they got to the room, Emma was taking down the locking spell and putting up the cloaking spell. "Go ahead," she said letting Henry turn the knob and go into his sisters' nursery. "Oh my gosh! Mom, Dad, I think it's great! I can't wait for them to be here. It's not fair that them and Genevieve have these amazing rooms," he said looking around at everything. "Lad, you have a pretty great room. Oh wait you have two rooms that are pretty amazing so don't even start in on your sisters'." Killian laughed keeping his arms around Emma. He could tell she was getting tired even though it was not quite noon. This worried him slightly because he had a feeling something was wrong and she was not telling him.

Emma excused herself from the room as tears ran down her cheeks. Her back pains were getting worse today, but she was really hoping they would subside. Going into the master bathroom she started a warm bath and turned on some soothing music in order to help her relax. After getting into the tub and laying back, she began talking to her girls. She had not felt them move in a few days and even though she could feel tiny moves here and there she was still starting to worry. "Girls, what's going on in there? Mommy's back hurts but she's hoping that has nothing to do with the two of you. You need to stay in there and get a bit bigger. You still have 4 more weeks. Daddy and I are ready for you, but please take your time." Tears continued to pour out of Emma's eyes as her back started to hurt more. "Killian!" She yelled from the bathroom trying to get her fiancé's attention. Killian came running in when he heard Emma yell for him, seeing the tears he asks, "Emma, what's wrong?" All she could do was shake her head holding her stomach, "I think something is wrong. We need to go see Whale now!" Killian helped her out of the tub and into their room before sitting her on the bed. "Stay here for a minute. I'll help you get dressed after I have Henry call your parents." Killian told her before he left the room.

"Dad, what's wrong? You look frazzled." Henry met him in the hallway. "Frazzled?" Killian questioned the word, not knowing what it meant here. "Weary, tired out," Henry explained. "When then yes I am frazzled, as you say. I need you to call you grandparents right now and tell them to get here. Emma thinks something is wrong with the babies and we need to get her to Whale." Killian could see the worry on Henry's face, but did not know what else to say to him at the time since his thoughts were all jumbled together with worry about his girls. "Okay, I'll call Robin to come get me too. I'll help with Roland until I know what's going on with Mom and the babies." Henry tells him pulling his cell phone out and dialing his grandparents first while Hook went to help Emma get dressed. As they were coming out of the bedroom, Snow and Charming were walking in the door without her little brother. "Where's Neal?" Emma asked worried more about him than herself. "Granny has him. You are our main priority right now, sweetheart. Don't worry about anything else, but yourself and those babies. Now let's get your to the hospital," Snow tells her getting ready to usher her out the door as Robin shows up for Henry. Not saying anything to him, Emma and Snow keep heading to the cars. "Thanks for coming for him," Killian said as he ushers Henry and Robin out the door behind Charming. "I'll have Snow text you and Regina about what is going on." Robin nodded his head as Henry got into the truck he recently bought.

When they got to the hospital Killian truly knew something was wrong because the tears had not stopped since she got out of the tub. "Whale something is wrong…" Killian told him when Whale came into the room they set Emma up in. "Let's get you checked out Miss Swan," Whale got ready to check Emma. "She has been having back pains but didn't tell anyone... Bloody hell," Killian took a deep breathe trying to calm himself, "They must have gotten worse today because she hasn't stopped crying since she called out for me earlier." he explained further. "Well Miss Swan, Captain, it seems all those back pains you've been experiencing were actually labor pains. We are going to try to stop them and put you on Terbutaline and a corticosteroid that will help the girls' lungs develop so that they can breathe on their own outside the womb we are just doing this as a precaution. I'm also putting you on hospital bed rest and if we can't get the labor to stop we will take you in for a cesarean. Don't stress Miss Swan or none of this will work and we will be delivering the girls early." Whale explained to the scared couple.

Killian stepped out of the room after they started Emma on the medications to tell her parents what was going on. Snow said she would talk to Robin and Regina to let them know, but that if he needed them back here to call them and they would come right back. As time went by the contractions stopped, but Whale wanted to still keep her overnight so that they could monitor her and make sure they did not start back up again. Killian was sleeping on a cot in Emma's room while she slept until her cries of pain woke him up. He went to get the nurse as fast as possible. Whale came in and saw that the contractions had picked back up again, this time stronger and closer together. "Miss Swan we are going to have to take you into a cesarean to get your girls out." Whale told her as the nurse came in to get her ready for the surgery and gave Killian a pair of scrubs too. While they were getting Emma taken care of Killian called her parents and told them what was going on. Snow told him they would be there soon and they would see them after Emma was out of the surgery.

"Killian," Emma said reaching for his hand before they wheeled her to the operating table, "I'm scared" Killian clasped onto Emma's hand before kissing her forehead, "Everything will be fine, love. We are going to get to meet our baby girls just relax." Emma pulled him close, "Promise me that when they take our girls to the NICU that you go with them. Don't worry about them closing me up. Go with our girls." Killian stared at her, "Emma, I can't do that. You need me too. Please don't make me promise that." Pulling his head closer to her, "They need you more than I do. They need a parent with them. Are you ready to be a Dad, Hook?" Killian placed a kiss to Emma's lips before saying, "I already am a dad or did you forget we have a 15 year old at home?" Emma chuckled and Killian was happy to see her smiling again, "I love you, my Swan." Emma kissed him once more as the nurse told her they were ready for her, "I love you too, pirate."

Killian paced the hallway until it was time for him to go into the operating room. He was starting to question everything. Was he going to be a good father? Did he and Emma move their relationship along too fast? Should they have waited until they were married to settle down to start a family? Would he ever feel like he was doing right by his little princesses? Did he make the right decision in telling Emma that he wanted to be a stay-at-home dad? He's never raised a child before, or even spent much time with them until Henry, Roland, and Neal came into his life, but he still did not feel like the right choice in taking care of his daughters by himself all day. When they, finally, brought him into the operating room, Emma could see the worry on his face. "Babe, what are you thinking? You look scared," Emma asked as the doctor announced he was going to make the first cut, but that Emma should not feel anything. "Let's talk about it another time. Our girls will be here soon so let's worry about them." Killian told her placing a kiss to her forehead. "Okay, Emma you will feel a tiny bit of tugging but that just means we are trying to get the babies." Dr. Whale told her as Killian watched her get a cringed look on her face. He continued to whisper sweet words to her as they waited on them to announce one baby was finally here. After several minutes of tugging Dr. Whale announced, "It's a girl," as he passed her off to the nurse and Killian peaked over the sheet to look at his first daughter, Ansleigh Ryan was born at 4:36 a.m. on Wednesday, April 13th. What worried him is that since she had come out, she had not made a peep. Just as he was getting ready to ask why she had not cried she let out a whimper as Dr. Whale announced "it's a girl" again. Kensington Marie was born less than a minute after her sister at 4:37 a.m. Unlike her sister Kensington came out crying while all Ansleigh seemed to be doing was whimpering. "We are going to take them to the NICU," the nurse told them as they brought them over for both Emma and Killian to see before taking them away.

"Killian, go with them please," Emma cried watching her two new daughters get taken from the room. "I'll come tell you what is going on as soon as I know. I promise," he kisses her before getting up and following his girls and the nurses to the NICU. Once they got there the girls were checked out before getting them cleaned up. Ansleigh Ryan was born weighing 3lbs 1oz and 16 inches long while Kensington Marie was born weighing 3lbs 3oz and 16 inches long. Ansleigh still had not cried and it was determined that she had Transitory Tachypnea, which is where there is a buildup of fluid in her lungs. They told Killian they would put her on oxygen, but that she should be okay in a few days. Kensington was doing well, but because she was small they would be keeping her in the NICU. Killian sat between his girls beds in a rocking chair. Kensington laying on his chest and Ansleigh lying in her bed. They had not opened their eyes yet but they had lots of blond hair on the top of their head and he could pick out what features were Emma and which ones were his. He could not believe that he was now responsible for two little newborns.

"Mr. Jones," one of the nurses said coming over to him, "Miss Swan is in a room and asking for you." Killian stood up kissing Ansleigh on her head before moving with Kensington, "It's alright if I take her with me right?" he asked the nurse. He did not want to cause his daughter harm, but he did not want to leave both of them either. "I'm sorry sir. She can't leave the NICU for her own health. We need to keep her away from the germs that could be outside of here." Killian nodded his head as he secured the blanket tighter around his little girl before laying her back in her bed and making his way to the room they told him Emma was in. Hearing the door open Emma looked up, a wide smile breaking out across her face as she saw her fiancé, but he saw it fall the second she realized he did not have a baby with him. "Why aren't the girls with you? What's wrong with our little girls?" Emma asked him as she started freaking out. Killian got her to calm down and told her everything that he found out in the NICU and that Emma could feed Kensington when she was allowed to go see them, but would need to pump for Ansleigh for the time being. "Killian, I want to so see my girls!" Emma tried to get out of bed. "Swan, please lay back down. You just had surgery, you can't be out of bed yet. They said you could see them tomorrow." Killian said trying to calm her down and realized it was not working. Emma just keep crying she wanted to see them. She eventually calmed down and fell asleep; Killian kissed her on the head before heading back to the NICU to spend time with his girls.

The next morning the doctor cleared Emma to go to the NICU, but she had to stay in a wheelchair. When they got there Killian placed Kensington in Emma's arms. The nurse told Emma it was time for them to eat if she wanted to try and nurse Kensi and then they would have her start pumping for Ansleigh. Killian sat there staring at their daughter until she was done; he could not have loved his swan any more than he was at that moment. "I could get used to this view," Killian said watching Kensington nurse. "How does that feel, Swan?" Emma chuckled pulling her eyes from her daughter, "It's a little weird but it's also pretty amazing. Have they opened their eyes yet? I see they have lots of blond hair" Killian pulled the cap from his daughter's head so he could kiss it before saying, "They both have blue right now, but the nurse said that could change." As she finished up, Emma handed her off to Killian to be burped while Emma moved her wheelchair closer to Ansleigh. The lactation consultant came in and help Emma get set up on pumping while she spent time with her girls. After she was done, Killian took Emma back to her room. When he helped her into the bed Emma had Killian put her far enough over that he could lay in the bed with her. She knew she would sleep better with him by her side. Their girls were in good hands and could wait a little bit for their daddy to come back. Emma fell asleep not long after laying her head on Hook's shoulder, whereas he did not get much sleep worried about all of his girls. He kept waking up every couple of minutes to make sure Emma was comfortable and to make sure that nothing was wrong with the girls. After Emma got a couple hours of sleep she woke in pain. "Love, are you okay?" she heard Killian ask, but could not feel him next to her. Looking toward the sound of his voice she saw him sitting in the chair next to the bed reading a book. "Just in a bit of pain can you get the nurse?" Emma said trying to sit up more.

Emma sighed thinking about her daughters and wanting to be down in the NICU with them, but knew she need to be healed in order to take care of them just as much as they needed to be where they were. As she was laying in her bed, her parent's knock on the door and enter with Henry. Thankfully, Emma had already finished pumping for the girls and had covered herself up before they had come in. "Henry are you ready to meet your sisters?" Emma asked reaching one of her arms out to her teenage son. "I can't wait but why aren't they here with you?" Henry asked worried about why his mom wasn't holding either of the girls and neither was his dad. "Ansleigh was having a little trouble breathing on her own and Kensington is just too little to be out of there right now so they are in the NICU. Killian is with them now," Emma said telling them everything would be okay. Henry moved over to his mom giving her a hug and kissing her cheek. "Henry, want to push my chair down to the NICU after I'm helped into a wheelchair then we can go see your sisters" Henry nodded as her dad moved to help her into the chair next to her bed.

Going into the NICU they all got scrubbed up and put in gown before going over to where Killian was sitting with Kensington against his chest. "Henry, Mom, Dad, meet Ansleigh Ryan," Emma pointed toward the crib holding her daughter, "and Kensington Marie." Emma smiled over at Killian. "Dad, she is so cute. Can I hold her?" Henry asked as he moved over to stare at Kensington asleep in his father's arms. "Of course you can, lad," Killian says getting ready to hand him Kensi after Henry moved back to the seat he had just vacated. Killian leaned over to give Emma a quick kiss on her lips before she went back to watching her son whisper to her youngest daughter. Henry was talking quietly enough that nobody knew what he was telling her. He had done the same thing with Genevieve when he held her for the first time and it would not surprise them if he did it with Ansleigh too. "So Emma said that she was having trouble breathing?" Snow said trying to figure out exactly what was going on with Ansleigh. "She has fluid built up in her lungs that they weren't able to get it out so it's making it harder for her to breath. They said it should clear up on its own in a couple of days." Killian said as he moved over to Ansleigh. Killian could not help but smile down at his beautiful little girl. Killian watched his future mother-in-law place her hand against Ansleigh's incubator and talk to her like she was holding her. He could not believe that he was getting to share this with all of them. After Henry finished holding Kensington, he took Emma back to her room and got a nurse to help get her back into bed. Killian stayed with Snow and Charming as they took turns holding Kensington and sharing special moments with Ansleigh. As they came back into the room Henry was lying in bed with his mother and they had both fallen asleep. Not wanting to wake them; Killian, Mary Margaret and David went back to the NICU where they could talk and hang out with the girls.

Henry: Hey, we fell asleep. Where are you?

Killian: We came back to the NICU after we saw you guys asleep. We are coming back now.

Henry: Okay :)

When Killian, Snow, and Charming came back to the room and spent some time with Emma and Henry before they were getting ready to leave when Henry got a text.

Robin: Hey lad, your mom and I were going to see Emma and the twins want to go with us?

Henry: Grandma and Gramps brought me, but I can stay and wait for you and mom then head home with you.

Robin: Sounds good! We will see you soon.

A short time later Regina and Robin arrived at in Emma's room. They checked on Emma before Killian led them down to the NICU to meet Ansleigh and Kensington. It amazed them both how tiny the twins were. The two of them together were still smaller than their 4 day old newborn they had at home. They shared a look that told the other one they were thinking the same thing. They were worried about the newborn twins of two people who were essentially family to them, but they were also grateful for their healthy daughter which left them both feeling a pang of guilt. Robin placed a reassuring hand on Regina's lower back as Hook handed Kensington to her. "Hey there little one. You and your sister need to get bigger and stronger so that you can go home. We have our own little girl who needs some friends to play with." Regina whispered to the little girl she held in her arms. She felt a small tear fall down her cheek while holding the tiny newborn. She could not imagine how she would handle it if her own daughter was here. After a few more snuggles with Kensi, Regina handed her to Robin. "She's beautiful mate. They both are." Robin told Hook as he stared down at Kensi. "Thank you." Killian replied. They spent a few more minutes holding Kensington and talking to Ansleigh in her incubator, before heading back to Emma's room to visit with her for a few minutes.

"How are you feeling Emma?" Regina asked. She herself was still rather sore after giving birth and could not imagine how Emma was feeling after requiring a C-section. "I'm in some pain, but I'm more worried about the girls." Emma replied. Regina nodded in understanding that as a mother, your own needs and problems were often pushed to the side in order to care for your children. After talking to Emma for a few more minutes, the two said their goodbyes, ready to get home to their little girl. Henry said goodbye to his other set of parents before following closely behind to Regina's car.

When they arrived home, Regina immediately went to her daughter's room. Tink had come over to stay with her and Roland for a bit and was just finishing up changing her diaper. "Hey, how is Emma? How are the babies?" Tink asked as Regina entered the room. Robin went to check on Roland before heading to Genevieve's room as well. "Emma is doing okay. The girls are both really small and Ansleigh is having a bit of trouble breathing, but the doctor's think they are going to do just fine." Regina said as she picked her daughter up from the changing table. She kissed her forehead before snuggling her close. Tink said her goodbyes before letting herself out. "What are you thinking sweetheart?" Robin asked Regina. "I just can't imagine what Emma must be going through right now. If it had been Genevieve…" she trailed off, unable to finish what she was saying. Robin wrapped his arm around her waist, pulling her closer to him. He placed a kiss to Regina's temple before kissing his daughter's forehead. They spent some time in comfortable silence just holding each other and being even more grateful to have their daughter there with them and healthy.

After Regina, Robin and Henry left Killian and Emma spent some time with their girls before spending time together. They knew that the next few weeks were going to be crazy and they both needed to rest while they had the chance. Emma kept trying to get Killian to go home and rest but he didn't want to leave his all of his girls in the hospital without him for even a second.

A/N: Sorry this is coming to you late. With Thanksgiving I didn't have the chance to get the chapter finished and with editing we realized we need to change a few things and with us both working it took some time to get it done. Hope you love the names I chose for CS's little girls. I'm so excited they are finally here! :) The story just got more interesting with three new babies coming into the picture. Stay tuned for more on our families and what's to come with Morgana. Please continue to favorite, follow, and review! We love reading what all you of you are thinking of the story and are just as excited about moving forward as we hope you are! ~YankeeGirl27