Kate awoke the next morning reaching out expecting Pete to be in the bed but his side was cold moving out of the bed she rubbed the sleep from her eyes as she heard laughter coming from downstairs making her way into the ensuite she got ready for a shower.
"Daddy?" Emi asked as she sat on the counter while Pete flipped the pancakes
"Yes Pumpkin?" he asked stopping to look at her
"Will you and Mummy love me less when the babies come along?" she said softly he almost missed what she had said
"Why would you think that?" he answered confused
"I heard you and Mummy talking before we moved I wasn't planned but they were, I'm a mistake…" she said tearing up
"Oh Emi…" he whispered as he turned the frypan off and moved towards her as he lifted her to stand on the bench so they were eye level
"You were conceived out of a passionate love, your Mother and I had gone through so much before we officially got together but you were never a mistake not once, not ever you were our gift at a second chance and we love you will our hearts" he said brushing a peace of her hair behind her ear
"Really?" she asked softly
"Absolutely, you know the night your Mum told me she was Pregnant was when I proposed she was leaving to go to England and I never wanted a life without her or you where would I be without my little princess?" he smirked
"I'm not a Princess Daddy!" she said screwing her nose up like her Mother
"Oh really?" he asked grinning
"No! I'm a Navy officer like Mummy!" she laughed
"Oh no well I better behave myself then, Ma'am" Pete laughed
"That's right!" she giggled hugging him tightly
"Do you know why we chose your name to be Emi?" he said as she pulled away from the hug
"No?" she said shaking her head
"Emi means 'Blessing, Favour and Beautiful in Japanese' and you my darling Navy officer you were the best blessing your Mother and I ever received plus your just as beautiful as your Mum, which is why I'm surprised she agreed to marry me" he said pulling a face as she laughed
"I think you're beautiful Daddy" she smiled placing her small hands on his cheek
"Well thank you my darling, I feel beautiful" he laughed
"I love you Daddy" she said hugging him once again
"I love you too Emi" he said kissing her cheek
"Now, you hungry?" he asked as she nodded
"Can we take Mummy some pancakes" she asked hopeful
"Of course, it's about time she got her lazy bum out of bed" he winked at her as she pulled away from the hug.
Kate smiled widely as she rounded the corner she spotted Emi standing on the bench
"What's going on in here?" she asked confused
"Mummy's awake!" Emi yelled as she moved across the bench and into her Mum's arms
"Morning Pumpkin" Kate said kissing her cheek as Emi rested her head on Kate's shoulder
"Here you go Emi" Pete said as he flipped a pancake onto a plate
"How long have you guys been up?" she asked confused as she put Emi down on the ground who grabbed the plate Pete had put down as she moved to sit at the table
"Um Emi came in at about 7, I told her to let you sleep" he smiled as she moved to stand next to him as she looked at the time on the microwave that read 0900
"Thanks…" she smiled holding her back a little
"Still sore?" he asked confused
"Yeah, I don't know what it is it just won't go away" she smiled sadly
"Well you're getting to the last couple of weeks of the Pregnancy maybe it's just you're muscles constricting" he said softly
"Yeah…" Kate said as she looked over to the table at Emi who had a big scoop of sugar
"Emi Nicoletta Tomaszewski not so much!" Kate sound loudly
"But!"
"No, you don't need that much sugar for one pancake" she sighed before her daughter could interrupt
"Okay Mummy…" she said placing it down as she scrunched up her nose in annoyance
"Oh you just got the look" Pete said looking down at her
"I did didn't I" Kate laughed "She gets that from you, you know you do that when you get annoyed" he smirked
"I do not!" she said as her nose crinkled up
"Point proven" he laughed
"Emi, why don't you add some fruit there's fresh Strawberries" Kate smiled changing the subject as she stomped out of her chair and grabbed them off the bench
"You're short fuse though" Kate grinned as she moved towards the fridge grabbing the juice out of the door.
Sitting at the table 20 minutes later Kate sat forward as she tried to get comfortable with her back
"You okay Mummy?" Emi asked worried as Kate's face was screwed up in pain
"Yeah baby, I'm fine…" she said as she hissed silently in pain
"Kate?" Pete asked confused
"I think…" she started saying as they heard a splash like sound
"Was that what I think it is?" he asked moving her chair back as he spotted the clear-yellow liquid
"I'm not due for another 2 weeks" she said holding her back
"Well it looks like they have other idea's" he said moving to stand
"Mummy?" Emi said nervously
"Pumpkin do Daddy a favour go into the babies' room and grab the bag off the chair" Pete said as he grabbed the tea towel and placed it over the liquid
"Yes Daddy!" she yelled as she ran upstairs
"We need to go to the hospital" he said as he helped Kate out of the chair
"Got it!" Emi said as she ran over with the bag in her hand
"Good girl, can get Daddy's phone for me, it's on the counter" he said as he began walking Kate towards the front door
"Here" she said following them as she passed him his phone as she carried the bag he grabbed his keys off the side table
"Go get in the car for me, I'll buckle you in as soon as I help Mummy" he said unlocking the car as he walked through the door with Kate locking it behind him.
15 Minutes later they arrived at the hospital as Kate was taken straight to a room Pete quickly following behind with one hand in Emi's and the other next to his ear with his phone
"Yeah it's me, can you come to the hospital?" he asked as they continued walking
"That would be great, I need someone to watch Emi" he continued as they stopped entering a private room
"Yep… Alright see you then bye" he finished hanging up the phone as the nurse checked over Kate
"You're 6 centimetres dilated, how's the pain?" she asked as Kate tried to push through the contraction
"It's getting worse…" she answered
"Okay we'll what we can do about that" she answered moving out of the room
"Pete…" Kate said nervously
"Yeah" he answered quickly moving to her bedside
"You need to get out of here, she doesn't need to see this" she said looking at Emi who was holding back the tears
"Nikki's on her way but she's still 5 minutes away" he sighed
"It's okay you take her, I'll be fine" she said hissing as another contraction came over her
"Katie I'm not leaving you…" he said annoyed
"Please! She's scared" Kate said tearing up
"Mummy…" Emi said as she began to cry
"Oh baby I'm okay I promise why don't you go with Daddy and get a drink" she nodded as Pete picked Emi up as Kate reached her hand out and brushed it across her face
"I want to stay…" she said struggling in her Dad's arms
"Take her, I'll see you soon baby" Kate said blowing her a kiss as Pete made his way out of the room with a screaming and crying Emi in his arms.
"Just a small pinch…" the nurse said as she injected the epidural into Kate's back
"Can you tell me when the contractions started?" she asked as she finished up
"I'd been having really bad back pain since yesterday I had a warm shower and went to bed but the morning it was back and we were having breakfast my waters broke" Kate answered shifting to sit back in the bed
"Is there anything else you can think of that you did yesterday?"
"Well we…" Kate said pausing as the nurse looked at her knowing what she meant
"It's possible that your back pain was connected to this and when you engaged in marital activity's it brought on early labour" the nurse placing her gloves in the bin
"I'm not due for another 2 weeks though" Kate said confused
"Babies can come early or late it's just how it is, now the Doctor will be in to see you shortly" she said moving towards the door.
15 minutes later running through the hallway Nikki stopped as she spotted Pete and Emi sitting in the waiting area
"Sorry I'm late but Pete, what the hell is going on?" she asked confused as Emi was still crying in her Father's arms
"I need you to watch Emi for a few hours" he said moving to stand as he placed Emi down in one of the chairs
"Why?" she asked sitting next to her as she leant into her
"Kate needs me"
"Kate's here? Is she okay?"
"She's gone into labour…"
"Um hello since when was she Pregnant?" she said shocked
"Since 8 and half months" he blurted out
"We are having a massive discussion after all this!" Nikki said as Emi crawled into her lap
"I know but right now, Kate needs me so are you okay?" he asked hopeful
"Yes go!" she smiled
"You're the best I owe you one!' he said kissing her head as he quickly ran down the hall and into Kate's room.
"Took you long enough" Kate said smirking at he ran into the room
"Nikki was running late, how are you doing?" he asked moving next to the bed
"I'm pushing not one but two watermelon sized things out my hoo-ha how do you think I'm doing?" she said annoyed
"Right sorry stupid question" he said softly I'm sorry…" she said sadly
"Hey it's fine, don't even worry about it" he smiled grabbing her hand
"Let's have a look shall we?" the Doctor said moving to take a look as Kate shifted uncomfortably
"You're labour is progressing faster than we anticipated you're crowning, are you ready to push?" he asked as Pete interlocked his hand with Kate's
"I think so" Kate said nervously
"You've got this" Pete said smiling at her
"On the count of 3 Kate I want you to start pushing" the Doctor said as the nurse stood there with a blanket
"1…"
"2…"
"3…" He said as Kate began pushing
"Ahhhhhh!" she said as she pushed hard
"Come on Katie" Pete said brushing her hair with his hand
"One more big push for me Kate" the Doctor said as Kate did as she was told she fell back as she did one last push and a small cry filled the room
"Baby 1 is here!" he said smiling as the nurse took him and cleaned him up
"I need a break…" Kate sighed
"No can do I'm afraid Kate, your second baby is already crowning" he said as Kate looked at Pete sadly
"I'm right here" he said squeezing her hand as he wiped the sweat off her forehead
"First push Kate" the doctor said as she pushed as hard as she could
"You're doing great Kate, just a few more"
"I can't do this!" she said tearing up
"Just a few more and your second baby will be here" he said softly
"I can't…" she said as she tried to push once more
"You're the strongest person I know Katherine you've got this" Pete said in hopes of reassuring her
"I've got his shoulders, just one more for me Kate come on" the doctor said holding him under the arms as Kate gave one last and final push he popped out as the second nurse immediately grabbed him and started cleaning him up.
"Here's you babies" the nurse smiled as she passed one to Pete and the other to Kate
"Their perfect" Kate smiled as a tear ran down her cheek
"You did an amazing job" Pete said smiling at her
"We made them" she said grinning as they looked down at the twins one having a head of brown hair the other blonde
"Of course they would look like you" Kate giggled as Pete placed a kiss on her forehead
"We'll take them to the nursery and bring them to your room once we've checked them over we'll bring them into your room" the Doctor smiled as the nurses took the babies and put them in two separate cots
"We'll get a room set up for you until then you'll have to stay here until you deliver the placenta" the Doctor smiled
"Thanks Doc, for everything" Pete said moving to shake his hand
"You're welcome and congratulations to you both" he smiled before moving out of the room
"Why don't you go and update Emi" Kate said resting back into the pillow
"I want to stay" he said grabbing her hand
"The hard parts over, Emi needs you just as much as she needs to know that I'm okay and she's now a big sister" Kate said squeezing his hand
"I'll be 10 minutes' tops" he smiled as he leaned in close
"I'll be fine" she smiled as he placed a kiss against her lips
"You did good Katie" he whispered as he kissed her again before moving back and exiting the room.
"Daddy?" Emi said as she heard footsteps approaching
"Hey pumpkin" he smiled as she jumped into his arms
"How's Kate?" Nikki asked arising to stand
"She's good, sore stubborn the usual Kate" he smiled
"And the baby?"
"Ah babies… Are doing well"
"Wait babies as in twins?" she asked confused
"Kate didn't want anyone to know it was supposed to be a surprise at the BBQ today but…"
"Well I'm just going to have to knock some sense into that woman" Nikki laughed
"Can I see her?" Emi asked hopeful
"Soon, would you like to meet your brothers?" Pete asked as she snuggled into his chest
"Yes" she smiled
"I'll take her down to the nursery, if you want to come?" he asked
"Sure, but after I call the crew" she grinned
"I'll meet you down there" he smiled as he began walking down the corridor as Emi waved to her.
Just another lovely update for you all, only a couple chapters left! I'm going to end on number 20 because otherwise it'll annoy me if it's uneven Lol, hope you enjoy! And just to clarify I'm not expert in baby, births and labour so please don't hate me if my information isn't a hundred percent correct. Xx