Disclaimer: Go back a few chapters to find them please.
Authors Note: Yay! Thats all I'm sayin. you'll just have ta read!
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Rev Bem stood in front of Trance and Harper in the Recreation Room with Beka and Rommie stood behind Trance and Dylan behind Harper -Tyr wasn't in the room.
Trance was wearing a beautiful flowing indigo dress
that did nothing to disguise
the bulge in her lower abdomen.
Her hair hung loosely around her face with a purple flower tucked behind each ear to highlight the coloured streaks. Three-quarter length sleeves went pefectly with the bouquet of purple lilys held.
Harper had ditched his usual Hawaiian style shirt and baggy pants for more formal attire. He was wearing black pants, a white long-sleeved shirt, a blue tie and a black tuxedo jacket -even his hair had been combed until it was almost neat.
Dylan had adorned his best High Guard Uniform as had Rommie, Beka had even put on a red sleeveless dress that fell to just below her knees and Rev Bem was wearing a white cloak.
The room had brightly coloured streamers and banners hung everywhere and a spotlight had been directed at Trance, Harper and Rev while they said their vows.
"Trance, from the first time I saw you I thought that you were the most beautiful thing in the universe. When I'm sick -which happens a lot, you look after me just about non-stop. You're my light in the dark and I want to be with you until the end of time and after that. You're my purple sparkly babe and I will never let you go: I promise." As Harper recited his vows nervously he knew he had never been surer of anything in his life.
"Shay when I first spoke to you I thought you were so funny, sweet and later on caring and in a universe that is so cold and unforgiving that is hard to find. I love, still love and will never stop loving everything about you for all eternity. I want to be with you until there is nothing left any where." Trance said, holding Harper's proffered hand they turned to face Rev.
"Do you Trance Gemini take this Seamus Harper to be you lawful wedded husband? Through sickness and health, till death do you part?"
"I do." Beka gave her a silver ring to put on his finger -it was a perfect fit.
"And do you, Seamus Zelzazny Harper take this Trance Gemini to be your lawful wedded wife? Through sickness and health, till death do you part?"
"I do." smiled Harper, Dylan gave him another silver ring and Harper slid it onto his wife's' ring finger.
"You may now kiss the bride." Rev finished. Everybody cheered as the young couple embraced each other and kissed. When they parted Harper felt Trances' stomach and whispered,
"Whoa, I have an amazingly beautiful wife and two kids on the way. Hang on a sec'. I thought the universe hated me?"
Everybody danced as some old music began to play, from one of Rommies archives; they were all laughing until their sides hurt at one point while Dylan tried to do the 'Macarana'.
They Tyr stalked in and everything became silent (talk about a party pooper!) he stomped over to Harper, who took a step back from the towering Nietchien but what happened next wasn't what he had expected: Tyr congratulated him.
"You may have mated with another species -and your genes are far from perfect, but you are a husband and a father -congratulations." With that the Nietchien clapped him on the back rather awkwardly and walked over to Beka. The chatter resumed and they 'partied' until the early hours of the morning when Harper and Trance went to bed because the latter was getting tired.
Three Months Later.........
Everywhere on the Andromeda was quiet -even the droids had stopped working. Nobody was on the command deck or in the engineering or the gym. Dylan, Harper, Rev and Tyr were waiting outside of the Medical Deck anxiously either pacing up and down or leaning against a wall. Mean while Trance, Beka and Rommie were inside. The afore-mentioned was a laying on a bed with her hair plastered around her face soaked with sweat and her face portraying how exhausted she was with the way her eyes were half-closed, and the normal perky atmosphere around her was gone.
"C'mon Trance, just one more push and half of it will be over!" encouraged Rommie.
"I KNOOOOOOOOOOOOOWW!" As she said it Trance pushed with all her might. Then a screeching sound came from the newly born baby!
"Well done Trance it's a beautiful little girl. A few more of those pushes and the other will be out too!" said Beka as she watched Rommie -rather queasily, as Rommie cut what seemed to be the umbilical cord that done she wrapped him snugly into a blanket and placed him in Trances arms.
"One more push?" asked Trance,
"Yup -then it'll all be over." assured Beka
"Here GOOOOES!" finally it was over repeating the same procedure as before Rommie put the baby into Trances arms as well.
"That was it Trance -last one. It's a gorgeous baby boy! Can the guys come in now?" congratulated Beka,
"Yes." She looked down at the twins with awe -they were perfect.
Harper came rushing in ahead, as he skidded to a halt at Trances bed he stared wide-eyed at the babies.
The girl had pale purple sparkly skin, the same shade as her mums, blonde hair like Harper as well as his gorgeous blue eyes and elfish ears. The boy had normal coloured skin except for the fact that it too was sparkly, he had one blue eye and one brown, his hair was blonde and he also had elfish ears.
"Wow." was all he managed to say, "Can I?" he gestured to the girl, Trance nodded and smiled. Carefully and gently Harper nervously picked up the girl and held her close to his chest -she stopped screaming.
Dylan and Tyr said their congratulations and left with Beka and Rommie to leave them alone.
"So, err, what do ya wanna call them?" asked Harper, still cradling the baby.
"I don't know, but can we talk about it another time? I'm just so tired."
"Yeah sure baby!" kissing her forehead Harper lay the twins into a cot as his wife quickly drifted into an exhausted sleep.
Two days later Trance and the twins were released from Med. Deck to a brand 'new' room. The day after Trance had told everybody that she was pregnant Dylan had had all of their stuff moved into a much bigger room-it even had separate rooms for Harper to put all of his 'projects' in and another that was being used as a nursery.
A double bed sat in the middle of the wall opposite the main door that led to the corridor, two couches (one purple and one blue), two armchairs in the same colours and a 'tv screen' sat to the right. An open doorway to the left near led to a cluttered room with a desk sat in a corner with flexi's and bits and pieces scattered all over it -much like the floor.
Another doorway opened to the right (near the 'living room') into a bright yellow and purple room, two cots sat side by side each with a mobile of stars and planets hanging above it and assortments of baby toys had been put around the room.
One night when the twins were asleep the couple lay down on their bed listening to some music discussing names,
"Sooo, what about Toni for the girl?" Harper asked while he stroked her tail
"Isn't it a bit short?"
"Wadda ya mean? Toni Gemini-Harper is plenty a mouth full isn't it?"
"Another thing about my race is that we all have long names -at least four, we consider it good luck."
Harper's' face creased with confusion as he answered, clearly not understanding, "Yeah but you only have one name -two if you include Gemini I guess.... Hey you didn't tell me that about your race!"
"I didn't think to tell you besides: you learn something-new everyday. Trance Gemini is the shortened version anyway."
"Wadda ya mean?" Harper asked again, looking at his wife still confused.
"It's really Trance-Aquilla, Isabel, Lavina, Freda, Violette, Andrea, Hazel, Olwin, Elfreda, Imigim, Sybil, Innnez, Gretta, Addella, Iriss Gemini." Trance said, taking a deep breath.
"Whoa, and I thought Seamus Zelzazny Harper was a mouthful. So you want real long names -err, how are we gonna chose exactly?" Harper said, stunned.
"If you make a list of boys and girls names that you like and I do the same then we put them together and decide which ones go and which ones stay?"
"Sounds great!"
The pair set to work on a spare pair of flexi's, over six hours and many names later they came up with their children's names. Exhausted the pair fell asleep in each other's arms. The next day when everybody was in the mess hall (including the twins) Harper and Trance stood up and gathered everybody's attention by a way in which Harper turned the lights off then on again- with Andromedas' permission of course.
"Okay, guys? Last night we decided on the names of the twins, seeing as calling them 'the twins' 'the girl' and 'the boy' is kinda getting' on our nerves cos it's kinda, oh I dunno -annoying? So we thought that we would give you the choice of either the sugar coated version or just plain straight up," said Harper while he held the boy cradled in his arms.
"You chose Mr. Harper," said Dylan,
"Okay," glancing at Trance, his children and friends he flipped a coin in his mind and made the choice, "The boy is called Michael-Scott: that's one name, Harry Leo, Dylan Tyr Bem, Gemini-Harper. And the girl is called Toni-Fay: one name as well, Amy Naomi, Faith Beka Rommie, Gemini-Harper."
The rest of the crews' (except Tyrs' who just seemed a bit taken a back) jaws dropped at the long names and the fact that they had included their names in their childrens'.
"Oh you guys put our names in their names -that is so sweet! Thank you! I never thought you guys would do that Now please tell me that was straight up cos I am going to have trouble remembering all of those names." Beka said, smiling at them like a mother.
"Ahhh -no." Trance gulped, "Shay, if you would?"
"Ya sure. Michael's full name is Michael-Scott, Harry Leo Daniel, Jack Seamus Dylan, Tyr Bem Jake Declan Gemini-Harper." He paused for a breath of effect and carried on. "Toni's full name is Toni-Fay, Amy Naomi Faith, Daisy Grace, Trance Beka Rommie, Catrina Siobhan Gemini Harper. Whew that's gonna be a tough one to yell!" he joked. "Yeah but we just call them Michael and Fay."
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Authors Note: lol, sorry it took sooooo long but -I have no good excuses unless you count the fact that school is giving out loadsa homework. I have one thing for you to decide now -yes you as the lovely people who review my stories (I love ya all!) do you think that I should write the story of the twins growing up in a seperate story, in this one, or not bother and leave it at this?
P.S. I have another story, err, brewing? In my head so the next chapter of Mixed Up is gonna take awhile because of the reason I just stated and the fact that I have NO IDEA what to write! g2g, cya!