PREVIOUSLY-

Sam held up the envelope. "We didn't want to know until you were here with us, so Bella's going to do the honors." Jared bit his lip and choked out a thank you to Sam.

Sam handed me the envelope and I opened it as everyone gathered around.

"It's a…" I made everyone wait in suspense as I smiled down at the picture.


My eyes welled up with tears as I realized what the picture was telling us that we hadn't known before. "GIRL!" I shouted out, "and…" I paused for dramatic effect causing all of their eyes to widen, "a BOY!" I showed the picture to them.

Sue had told both Sam and I that there had been two of them when she'd first started the scan. I'd asked why the guys could only hear one heartbeat, and she told us it was because both of their heartbeats seemed to be in exact sync with each other, which was very odd, but would also attribute to the 'fluttering' effect the guys had always talked about. She'd also said that one of them was hiding behind the other, which was why we hadn't noticed on the original scan.

"Really?" both Jared and Paul asked at the same time. I pointed it out on the picture. Definitely two of them, a girl and a boy.

"We're having twins." Sam said as he reached down and held my belly.

"Twins?! You know what that means Sam? I was totally right! I knew it! See honey, Papa knew all along that there was a girl in there." Jared whispered as he kneeled down to my stomach.

Him and Sam had decided on 'Papa' and 'Dad' after Jared had heard a little girl call her father 'papa' in the grocery store one day. I thought it worked well for them and loved the idea.

"Alright, alright, you were right, but so was I." Sam told him proudly.

I shook my head at their bets and made my way over to sit next to Paul.

"Hey! Why does Paul get dibs?" Jared asked, pouting as he looked at me, now sitting with Paul, whose arm was around my shoulder. I looked between him and Sam pointedly.

"Because you two bet 100 dollars on the gender of our child." I stated. "And both of you lost."

"No, we both won! But he bet too!" Jared contested.

"Yes, but he didn't bet 100 dollars. 25 isn't nearly as bad." I retorted jokingly with a chuckle. I wasn't actually mad at them; I just hadn't had a lot of time with Paul lately.

I couldn't believe it had actually been twins all along. I wondered if that was part of the reason why I had a bond with more than just Sam. We'd need all the help we could get.

Jared was over the moon, completely and totally in love with them both already. I was curious why the heartbeats were in sync with one another, though. I'd heard it could happen sometimes with identical twins, but ours were definitely fraternal, being boy and girl.

The rest of the pack were completely shell shocked, with none of them predicting the correct outcome. They each shared their congratulations and excitement.

All I could wonder was how did I not know? I was their mother, I could feel them inside of me moving and kicking. Now that I looked back on it, there did seem to be different areas of my belly that shared motion at the same time. I'd just attributed it to arms and legs going at once. My belly was also growing a bit faster than normal, though not enough to alert me.

After the excitement died down, I went to lay down, having been exhausted by the day's events.

Something about Victoria coming onto the reservation had scared me deep inside. Before, I knew I was safe here, but now I worried. If she could do it before, she could do it again, one handed or not.

When Sam and I went to bed that night, I tossed and turned, unable to sleep. My anxiety was uncontrolled, and my heartrate was high. Sam had tried his best to calm me, but nothing was working. I was rolled onto my side with my back pressed against him, but I could feel myself shaking.

"J, come here." I heard Sam say quietly, knowing Jared could hear. A few seconds later, our door opened, and Jared came in shutting it back, looking at Sam for an explanation. "She won't calm down. I thought it might be better for her if we were both here with her…"

Was he suggesting that Jared lay in bed with the both of us? So far, a situation like that hadn't happened, although I'd imagined it a few times. Not sexually, like a threesome or anything, but just to sleep.

"You sure that's okay with you, bro? I know this is your territory." Jared asked hesitantly. He was always so careful not to push any boundaries that Sam had set between them.

"It's a king-size bed, J, and it's not like you're going to be snuggled up to me. It's what Bella needs right now." Sam replied to him, almost making me laugh.

I didn't see Jared's reaction, but he walked around to my other side and quietly slid underneath the covers next to me. He pressed a kiss to my forehead as I slowly calmed down, knowing the babies and I were safe with my wolves surrounding us.

The next morning, I woke to the most wonderful cocoon of warmth coming from either side of me. Apparently I'd shifted in the night and my arm and leg were draped over top of Sam while Jared was wrapped around my middle from behind me. I blushed, remembering that both of them were in the same bed as me.

"Go back to sleep, babe, I was comfy." I heard Jared mumble sleepily.

"I second that." I heard Sam grunt from underneath me.

"I would love to, but I really have to pee, you know, considering there's two babies jumping on my bladder." I remarked, laughing as I went to slide to the end of the bed while Jared flipped over onto his back.

I didn't know what type of conversation the two were having while I was in the bathroom, but when I was returning I heard Sam say, "As long as you stay on that side, and I stay on this side, and Bella stays between the both of us…"

"Making arrangements?" I asked as I walked back into the room with a smirk.

"I just love your bed so much that I wanna stay, babe." Jared laughed.

"It is a nice bed…" I said jokingly as I crawled back in between the two.

"As much as it pains me to say it, all of us slept better last night after Jared came in. We both did because you did, honey. I was thinking about it and we'll need a room for the nursery, preferably closest to us. J's room is the closest, and he'll be helping with the babies just as much as I will. We're planning on having them in here with us for the first several weeks, so it only makes sense…" Sam explained.

"So basically, Sam's kicking me out of my room and moving me in here with you guys, as long as I stay on my side of the bed." Jared laughed.

I had been trying to think of how to bring up that very suggestion, but I hadn't wanted to make Sam feel like Jared was encroaching on his territory, just as Jared had said last night.

"And you're okay with that?" I asked Sam, double checking.

"I was the one who suggested it, honey. We've already decided that all three of us are going to be the parents of our kids. You sleep most of the nights in here, and the rest in J's room. This way we'll both get you all of the time. It's a win-win." Sam replied. It did make sense, and it made me happy as I agreed.

"We'll definitely need to tell Charlie soon…" I mumbled. I also knew we'd need to tell him about it being twins, as well as the genders.

"After we finish off Big Red." Sam said, and I couldn't help but agree. I knew he was only speaking about the arrangement between the three of us though.

"How'd you end up in one of my shirts last night, babe?" Jared asked and I looked down, seeing it was actually his shirt. I shrugged, having no idea. I must've had it laying around.

"That's how I knew she needed you in here." Sam told him. "She always subconsciously chooses your scent when she needs you without even knowing it."

I really hadn't known I did that.

"She's done the same with me before, too. She usually likes to wear something of yours to bed." Jared replied to him.

"Or nothing." Sam laughed.

"Or nothing." Jared agreed with a smirk, making my face turn bright red. He moved so that his hand was resting on my belly and smiled brightly. "They're really going today, aren't they?"

Sam reached over and placed his hand next to Jared's excitedly. "They are. I still can't believe it's twins."

"Well, I guess they needed to balance it out somehow. Two fathers, two babies." I reasoned with a smile.

"Until we have another…" Jared smirked, leaning up to kiss me.

"Am I even going to get a recovery period after they're born before I get pregnant again?" I asked both of them. They'd each been goading me about having more after this one popped out.

"Nope."

"Not a chance, honey."

"We've decided we love you being pregnant too much." Jared said to me as I shook my head mumbling 'boys'.

"I think it's a wolf thing, honey. Not to mention with the imprint, I wouldn't want it so much if you didn't, too." Sam winked at me.

"I can't get by with anything, can I?" I muttered. "Okay, yes I do, but that could possibly change after I have to give birth to these two. Don't forget, you are getting two at once, so I think that earns me some time to rest. I'm the one that's going to be going through all the pain…"


A/N- So I actually had this written differently, but I decided to change it due to the amount of fan responses suggesting it. I was originally going to just have it as one baby (a girl) but I ended up really liking the idea of twins, especially with two fathers. I hope you guys enjoy this and future chapters! I'm sorry I left you hanging allllllll day! :)

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