Late October... William took his friends to visit me in Chicago. I was pleasantly surprised to see them. Grell was upset to see me well along with William's child. Ronald asked, "Are you sure you're only six months along? You're huge!" William was about to reap the poor dear, when I laughed and informed them, we were expecting twin boys. William's eyes sparkled, he was overjoyed to learn he was going to be the father of two boys. I had deliberately kept my updates short and vague, but I always let him know that everything was going well.

I brought them to where the work needed to be done. William looked around the room nodding his approval of my choice in rooms for a nursery. Grell and Ronald groaned when they saw the boxes of un-assembled baby furniture sitting in the middle of the room. Not only did they have to help paint the room, they had to assemble furniture too? Damn! Didn't William say they would have fun on this trip?

I was kicked out of the nursery, by William when they were beginning to paint. He insisted, "We will have it done much sooner without you in the way." I was about to protest and tell him that I needed to explain how I wanted it to look. He kissed me and asked, "Please, let me do this the way I want to? They are my babies too." I wanted to melt, his eyes were pleading and so sincere. How could I argue with him over the nursery? I kissed him and conceded, "Okay. I'll trust you to paint and set the nursery up." He kissed me and sent me down stairs.

After an hour and thirty minutes of waiting, I couldn't take it anymore. I made some sandwiches, and prepared drinks for them. I went upstairs with it, in the hope of getting a glimpse of their progress. When I arrived the door was closed and I heard Ronnie tell William, "You were right about her coming to check on us." I replied, "Check on you? Somebody had better open this door! This tray is not exactly light." The men burst into a light fit of laughter, then settled down quickly. William opened the door and slipped out, I knew better than to try to see inside. He took the tray from me and gave me a kiss as he said, "Thank you. Everything is moving along very well. Now go back down stairs. I will get you when we're done." I gave him a pout and went downstairs.

It was mid evening when they finally finished. They washed up, and came down for dinner. I had just finished placing the last serving bowl on the table when they entered, famished. Ronnie was surprised to see I wasn't eating. "Aren't you going to eat something?" I simply said, "I'm not hungry right now." William chuckled, Ronnie looked at him puzzled, and asked, "Did I miss something?" Grell smiled wickedly, "Of course! She was obviously grazing all afternoon. Didn't you notice all the bowls of fresh fruits and nuts around the house?" Ronnie was even more confused, "No." William and Grell laughed so hard they nearly fell out of their seats. Ronnie's still young, so it took him a little while before he got it. Then his face turned a bright red, when it finally clicked.

After dinner, I was taken upstairs to see the nursery. The sight of it was breathtaking. They painted the walls in eight shades of green. The walls were painted Kelly green with stenciled designs painted in various shades of green. It looked amazing, I've never seen such a beautifully textured look like it before. They gave it depth by adding a shade of graphite to it.

I began to cry, it was just so beautiful! Ronnie was a little worried that I didn't like it. Grell started to cry too, although I'm not sure why? William wrapped his arms around me from behind, and rubbed my enormous belly. He whispered in my left ear, "I'm glad you like it. I wanted to give you something special, to remind you of me."

I placed my hands over his, and said, "You've already given me something special to remind me of you." He pressed his hand against my belly, he could feel one of his boys moving inside. He smiled, as he caught his foot and held it briefly. He caught the other one's hand, as it was pressed outward.

Ronnie was officially freaked out, "What the fuck?! It looks like an alien trying to escape. Doesn't that hurt?" I laughed at him, "Of course, all my joints are hurting. I'm not used to carrying all this weight. As for them pressing out, it's uncomfortable, but not intolerable. They're just trying to get comfortable, again."

Grell smiled and said, "You're so lucky to be a woman. I would trade my soul to give birth at least once." I patted Grell on the shoulder and gave him a kiss on his cheek. He smiled and took my hand in his. "I'm so glad you're having his babies. I certainly would, if I could."

William rolled his eyes and said, "Thankfully that will never happen! I don't even want to think about you having children." Grell pouted, "You are always so mean to me." Ronnie yawned and said he was beat. I yawned and agreed with him. William ushered us all out of the nursery and turned out the light.

When we were finally alone in my bedroom, he scolded me for not mentioning the fact we were expecting twins sooner. Although he was very happy anyway. He also informed me that Sebastian likes to taunt him about it. He also confessed that he finally understood Sebastian's cryptic comments, as they had him confused, now, it makes sense. I looked at him and asked, "He knew I was carrying twins?"

He nodded, and added, "He made mention of his offer to trade the boy's soul for yours, and you turned it down. I'm glad that you did, I know it must have been a tempting offer."

I wrapped my arms around him, and made my confession, "I honestly thought about taking it, but then I knew, he would ensnare the boy again. He would have told you himself, about what he did and he would have killed you." He could see from the look in my eyes that I was genuinely concerned for him. "Besides, my maternal instincts were already turned on and in overdrive. I couldn't lose my babies to him. Although he did try to take us. It was Ciel who stopped him, inadvertently, I might add. I think he would have allowed him, if he knew." William stiffened, that was news to him. He was upset with me for not telling him about it.

I kissed him and said, "This is why I didn't tell you sooner Darling. I knew that you would worry about it. I am fine, the babies are growing stronger everyday, just like their father." He smiled as he kissed me again, then requested, "Please tell me these things." I kissed him, and started to undress him.

Flash forward... January. William opened the door to our home just North of Chicago. There were balloons and streamers and soft music playing in the background. All of our reaper friends were there to welcome us home with our new family. William was beaming with pride, I was still exhausted from giving birth, but I was happy to see everyone.

Even the two legendary reapers were there. They kissed me on my cheeks and snatched the babies up to get a better look at them. William was ready to kill them. I put my hand on him to calm him. "They might be many things Will, but they are not stupid." He sighed in resignation. He knew I was right, he just didn't want them touching his children. The women all cooed at how adorable they looked holding such tiny babies.

I told Ronnie he might want to hold them too. He looked pale, and said, "I'm not sure about it. They're so small, I'm afraid I might break them. That wouldn't end so well for me." I laughed, "They're babies Ronald. They're not made of glass, but if you're not comfortable with holding them, then you don't have to." He nodded and thanked me for understanding.

After the party, I took the babies into the nursery to feed them, while William, Grell and Ronald cleaned up the mess from the party. William entered the nursery with Ronald and Grell. I handed one of the boys to his father, and asked Ronald if he would like to hold the one I still held in my arms, now that everyone was gone.

He was still a little nervous, so I had him sit on the glider rocking chair. I placed the baby in his arms, and helped him support his head. He confessed, "I've never held a baby before." That wasn't a surprise. He was in awe over how tiny he was. "It's hard to believe that I was ever this small." He was so overwhelmed, he looked like he would cry. After laying his first son down for the night, William went to take his second son from Ronald. Ronald asked, "Could I hold him for a little while longer?" William was about to say, 'No', but I put my hand on him and nodded my approval.

I took William out with me and said, "We'll give you a few more minutes." William was a little annoyed. I kissed him and said, "Maybe this is what he needs to motivate him to settle down, and become that promising reaper you saw in him? I like to encourage young men to take an interest in raising children, instead of just making them and letting the women deal with the raising of them." He conceded, there was no point in arguing over that, with me.

After a few minutes, Ronald emerged from the nursery. He thanked us for letting him hold the baby and said he had put the baby to bed. I smiled and gave him a hug. I went in to check on my boys. He looked at William and said, "It was an arduous road to get here, looking back on everything that happened, WOW! I think it's worth all of it and more. You're very lucky William."

William looked thoughtfully at the young reaper standing before him. Maybe he will settle down? The question is... with who? There aren't too many more females in the dispatch office left for him to test drive. He shook a thought from his head and smiled at his friend. "Yes Ronald it was worth it all in the end."