Family.
Christmas morning came rolling in faster than the Langan household had expected it, the snowy weather outside made that each of them decided to stay in bed for a little while longer. They cuddled up beneath thick blankets in search of heat that and comfort, as they lay asleep in their various bedrooms.
Eva and Casey returned to Eva's home the previous evening after Trevor and Thomas managed to fix the heating at one of their homes. Casey's home was still a frozen palace however, as her heating needed some professional fixing. Both women enjoyed their little sleepover and had way too much to drink, which led to them calling Olivia up at the most impossible hours of the morning.
Olivia currently laid safely in the arms of her husband, both of their hands clutched against her growing baby bump. A smile was glued to her face as she slept peacefully, her brunette hair tied up while her husband's face cradled into her neck. She has become so accustomed to having him beside her that she often wondered if she'd be able to sleep without the feel of his embrace.
Trevor however, was not asleep. His ocean blue eyes were wide open and he had a smile on his lips as he laid silently and felt the gentle flutters of both babies. A series of soft kicks were pressed against his hands and he could not help but wonder whether they were having a little kicking contest inside of their mothers womb. He gently ran his fingers over her naked skin, feeling the light flutters of their babies had become his new favourite thing to do.
He was a lucky man, and he knew it. Not only did he get the opportunity to be in a relationship with Olivia, but he also got to marry her. He knew that a number of men would kill to have her at their side and he was thankful that she had chosen him. In the space of a year their lives had drastically changed, they fell in love, almost had a baby, healed from it, and now they were married and expecting two little ones.
He pressed a soft kiss to her shoulder before slowly moving out of the bed, being as gentle as possible, in order not to wake her up.
Olivia rolled over and scrunched up her face before relaxing back into the pillows and pulling the blankets tighter around her. He had to fight to bite back a chuckle, she always scrunched up her face or pouted in her sleep, and he found it absolutely adorable.
He slipped out of the bed and went into the bathroom, running a bath for them to share. He filled the tub with her favourite bath salts and closed the blinds before lighting a few candles. A smile tugging at his lips as he rushed downstairs to get some juice and chocolates, it was not as romantic as champagne but it would have to do for now. He got what he needed and rushed back up to the main bedroom, he headed for the bathroom once again and placed the juice along with two glasses beside the tub.
Trevor went back into the bedroom and sat down beside his wife, gently nudging her so that she would wake up. He sighed softly when she let out a groan and continued sleeping, before leaning down to press a kiss to her lips, in the hopes that it would wake her.
He gave a soft kiss, his lips dancing across hers in the most gentle way possible, a smile tugging at his lips when she kissed him back. He pulled away all too soon for her liking and chuckled at her now pouted lips "good morning sleeping beauty."
She bit her lip, before smiling up at him "good morning honey... I know it's christmas, but why are you up so early?"
"Because I thought I'd give you a little surprise, but you need to get out of bed for that to happen" he explained, pressing a gentle kiss to the side of her head.
"I thought you would surprise me with some great morning sex" she teased.
He let out a hearty laugh "get your head out of the gutter woman."
She smirked "you should of thought about that before getting me knocked up..."
"I like your hormones" he joked.
She got out of the bed and shivered lightly "you won't be saying that when the hormones turns me into a very pissed off person."
"come on, let's get you heated up." he said taking hold of her hands. He leaned down and pressed a kiss to her lips "let's go before the water runs cold."
She followed him into the bathroom and smiled happily when she saw his little set up "Trev, this is beautiful. Thank you."
He pressed a kiss to the side of her head "it's the least I could do... We've had a stressful week and it was mostly because of my family, so I decided to spoil you a bit..."
She stepped into the welcoming water, with his help and relaxed back into his embrace, one of her hands running gently over the stretched skin of her midsection. She let out a contented sigh and thanked him as he handed her a glass of juice "this is perfect... I can't remember the last time we spent a morning like this, just relaxing."
"It was exactly three weeks ago if I remember correctly... We had a little picnic in the living room because you decided that you didn't wanna leave the house at the last minute." he said with a chuckle.
She laughed softly at the memory "but we had fun, and it ended up in some great sex and an amazing body massage from you."
"I could give you another one later if you want?" he offered, pressing a kiss to the side of her head.
She nodded "that would be lovely"
The couple spent the next few minutes just unwinding and speaking about how challenging the last week had been. They enjoyed the moments of peace they had, laughing and feeding each other chocolates as they relaxed in the tub. Eventually the water ran cold and Olivia went into the bedroom while Trevor pulled the plug and let the water run out. He followed his wife into the bedroom and sat down beside her before handing her a little black box.
Olivia looked down at the box and opened it, a loud gasp leaving her lips when she saw the gorgeous little locket necklace. She opened the locket and felt her eyes filling up with tears immediately as she looked at the two little pictures.
She ran her fingers over the little pictures and looked up at her smiling husband "Trevor this is beautiful... Thank you" she whispered.
He took her hand and kissed the back of it "you're welcome baby... Merry Christmas"
She sniffled softly "this is so cute." she looked down at the pictures and chuckled "what made you think of this?"
He looked down at the locket and smiled as she looked at the two ultrasound pictures in the locket "well I figured even though your first pregnancy was ectopic and we didn't get the chance to have that precious little one, it still deserved a spot beside these two little ones. I know it hurts to think about it sometimes, but I can't ignore the fact that you had our baby growing inside of you and now life gave us a second chance with not one, but two babies."
He reached over to her and wiped the tear that rolled down her cheek "so I figured the best way to remember our first baby, and celebrate these two little ones would be to have their ultra sound pictures hanging around your neck, above your heart."
She sniffled softly "thank you so much baby, I just know that you are going to be the best father in the world. I love the gift, and I love you."
He leaned over and pressed a soft kiss to her lips, both of them savouring the moment. Their little intimate bubble was burst when they heard a knock on the bedroom door. Trevor rolled his eyes at the closed door before going back to kissing his beautiful wife, who welcomed each kiss.
Olivia settled onto his lap, straddling him as they kissed each other with a deep, burning passion. She moaned softly into the kiss as she cupped his cheeks and his hands caressed her little bump.
They pulled apart with a start when they heard the bedroom door open up, both of them turning to face Liza who was blushing profusely. Olivia cleared her throat "uhm... Liza did you need anything?"
She nodded "yeah, I'm sorry for bothering you two... But uhm, your mom has gone into extreme Christmas mode and asked that we all head down to help with a special Christmas breakfast."
Trevor sighed "she's gonna send you up here a hundred times if we don't come down right..."
"Yeah" she chuckled.
Olivia sighed and walked over to her drawers "we'll be down in a minute, we just have to get dressed."
"Okay, sorry again, for barging in on..." she trailed off.
A smirk tugged at Olivia's lips "it's okay, we weren't having sex, just stealing a few kisses."
Trevor smirked and walked over to Olivia, pressing a kiss to the side of her head "there is no need to explain honey..."
Liza forced a smile "I'll let your mother know."
She walked out of the room and sighed as she made her way downstairs, a few tears dropping from her eyes. She wiped them before going into the kitchen where Mary was busy "they'll be down in a minute, they are just getting changed."
"Okay no problem" she said before turning to look at Liza "you've been crying... What's wrong?"
She shrugged "it's just a bit difficult to get used to all of this, I love Trevor, I really do, but he has a wife now and he loves her. I can see it, he loves her so damn much, I just didn't expect it to hurt me this much."
"It will take some time but you will get over it... Eventually." Mary said as she placed a comforting hand on Liza's arm.
Trevor rushed into the kitchen and cleared his throat "I'm going to take Olivia to the doctor, she's not feeling well."
"What's wrong?" Mary asked with a frown.
Olivia came down and huffed, her eyes filled with tears "Trev" she sobbed out. Her hand was pressed to her bump as she gripped the counter.
Trevor turned to her and gently picked her up, carrying her to the front door "It's okay babe, just calm down."
"It's too early" she cried out, holding onto him with a death grip.
...
Mary, Thomas, Eva, Casey and Liza all sat in the waiting room nervously awaiting news of what happened to Olivia. She was fine one minute, and the next she felt a sharp pain and then just as suddenly it became unbearable.
Trevor had been in the room with his wife the entire time and had not given them any information on her condition.
Mary sighed "what's taking them so long?"
Eva sighed "she can't lose those babies. She won't survive losing their babies, not after losing their first baby and after getting this far."
"It's going to kill her" Casey sniffled "it's going to kill both of them, because they love those little ones already."
"How did they get through this the first time?" Thomas asked almost nervously, his own eyes filled with tears.
Casey scoffed "Olivia was a shell of the woman we knew, she cut herself off from everybody. We didn't see her in what like forever, Trevor was a mess. They were both so broken and I know that they won't survive that again."
Eva nodded "we were all so broken, seeing her go into that surgery room was the worst thing. She hardly spoke for a week."
Mary shook her head and wiped the tears that rolled down her cheeks "I've just started fixing things with Olivia and I don't want her to lose those little ones. Those babies are going to be so precious and so very loved, they have to survive this."
...
Olivia opened her eyes and let out a groan, she felt as if she had been hit by a truck. Her hand moved down to her bump instinctively and a smile tugged at her lips as she listened to the heartbeats of their babies ringing out in the room.
She looked over at Trevor who was asleep, she ran her hands through his hair and smiled "you two needn't make your daddy and I stress like that."
Trevor stirred slowly his eyes focusing on his wife "please never do that to me again." he said before moving over to kiss her.
She broke their kiss and gave him a sheepish smile "did they tell you what actually happened?"
"Turns out all this stress did get to you, Doctor Aines said that your blood pressure was high and it caused you to go into early labour. They managed to stop it however and as you can see, both babies are okay now."
She looked over at the monitor in the room and smiled as she watched her babies, her doctor had set up a machine to monitor their heartbeats and see that they were okay. She felt her eyes welling up as she looked at both babies, a soft chuckle escaping her lips "are they sucking their thumbs?"
Trevor nodded and chuckled "yes they are, they seem to be enjoying themselves."
She looked up him and bit her lip "where is the rest of the gang?"
"They are in the waiting room, should I go and call them?" he asked.
Olivia shrugged "yeah... I'm sure your mother wants to see her grandkids."
He nodded before taking her hand "I'll go get them, but first... How are you feeling beautiful?"
"Tired, like I've been hit by a truck, but now that I know they are both okay I'm much better." she smiled, closing her eyes for a minute "it's Christmas and we're stuck in hospital. Not how I wanted to spend our first Christmas as a married couple."
He leaned down and kissed her forehead "hey, I don't care where we are as long as our babies and my precious wife is healthy. I love you and these little ones and as long as I still have all three of you, I don't care about anything else."
Olivia wiped the tears that rolled down her cheeks "you know, I'm a really lucky lady. You're a terrific husband, I love you."
"I love you too baby" he pressed a chaste kiss to her lips "I'm going to get the rest of the group."
"okay, I'll be here watching these little buggers suck their thumbs." she said with a soft laugh, looking at both of their of babies suckling peacefully at their thumbs.
She ran her hand over her bump slowly, and let out a giggle as they kicked "you two really had me worried, but I feel like this is your way of getting us all to calm down isn't it?"
Her eyes focused on the screen and she chuckled softly as she watched them flutter about inside of her, she felt her eyes welling up and she sniffled softly "you two make me and your daddy so happy, we can't wait to see you and hold you. I can't wait to kiss your little cheeks and hear your cries, rock you both to sleep." she bit back her tears and sighed "you have the best daddy ever, he already loves you both so much... He is going to be the best parent and he will teach you both so much."
"My dad didn't teach me anything, he wasn't in my life, he was a very bad man... But your dad, is a good man, a very good man. He is the best thing that has ever happened to me, and I don't know what I did to deserve him but I will do everything to keep him because I love him. I love him so much, I don't know what I'd do without him." she whispered.
Her eyes moved over to the door where the rest of the group were coming in, she forced a smile when Mary and Liza came in first.
Mary let out a sigh of relief "you had me worried, are the little ones okay?"
She nodded "yes, so far so good. They are going to keep me here though to keep an eye on me and the babies through the night."
"they are so cute" Liza sassed as she looked at the monitor, she gasped and let out a giggle "oh my god, they're sucking their thumbs, that's so adorable."
Olivia chuckled as she looked over at the screen "they get that from me, I saw some old baby pictures and my thumb was always stuck in my mouth."
Eva, Casey, Thomas and Alex burst into the room with flowers and balloons, massive smiles on all of their faces. Alex walked up to her friend and shook her head "you bitch, you kept these precious babies a secret the whole time... I'm so pissed at you."
Olivia rolled her eyes "we wanted you all to meet them face to face, but these two clearly had other plans... When did you get here?"
"Three hours ago" she said with a smirk "also Merry Christmas sweetheart."
Olivia smirked "Merry Christmas babe... Cas do you like your gift?"
Casey gasped "Wait... You got her here?"
Alex nodded before pulling Casey close and kissing her cheek "Mr and Mrs Langan apparently have lots of pull in New York... You're going to be stuck with me for the next three weeks."
The family spoke for a little while all excited about being together and the fact that Olivia and the babies were healthy. Mary ran her hands over Olivia's bump and smiled while her tears rolled freely "I'm sorry for all of this Olivia, if I had not been such a bitch we would not have been here right now. If I just accepted you, we would have been back home, celebrating and spending time together as a family."
Olivia looked around the room and smirked, seeing Casey and Alex relaxing in one of the corners and catching up. Thomas stood with his arm around Eva's shoulder as they spoke to Liza and Trevor on the other side of the room and everyone seemed to be okay. She bit her lip before looking over at Trevor who shot a wink in her direction "we are together right now, we may not be at home but we're still a family."
"Does that mean you forgive me?" she asked softly.
She placed her hand on top of Mary's, both of them caressing her bump "I already have."
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