Chapter 7- Happily Ever After

I look out the window into the garden, and smile as I see the children running about enjoying such a beautiful day. I shift my gaze from the window to the sleeping newborn in my arms. I place a tender kiss on the baby's head before I lay my tiny bundle in the bassinet in front of me. It was two weeks ago, that we were blessed with a most unexpected gift, twins…

Abigail or Abby as we've been calling her, was the first to grace us with her presence. Looking down at Abby as she sleeps peacefully, I realize that she is the only one of my children who bares any of my features. The tiny peach fuzz on top of her head is still light and I think it will stay that way. Her eyes are clear blue; and she has a stubborn streak that the children say is undoubtedly mine.

Her brother Max, named in honor of his Uncle Max, joined his sister in the world less then ten minutes later. I think Max should have been Ellie's twin brother, as he is the spitting image of her. The few hairs that he has on his head are dark, and his gorgeous eyes are without a doubt Georg's.

The older children are absolutely thrilled with the twins. The girls got another sister; while Kurt and Friedrich got the brother they so badly wanted.

I can't help but laugh at the irony of it all, for months we went back and forth about what the baby was going to be, and in the end everyone was truly right.

Our little Ellie has yet to decide what she thinks of Abby and Max. For the most part, she ignores them. But every now and then, when someone is holding them she'll toddle over, glance at them for a second before saying a quick " Baby", as she leaves again.

" Are they asleep?" I hear Georg asks from behind me.

I nod happily, as he leans down to place a tender kiss on each of their foreheads. " Sweet dreams." He says quietly, before he walks back towards me. " Perhaps their timing isn't so horrible after all." He says slyly, as he slips his arms around my waist.

I smile as I lean back into him, relishing in the utter happiness I feel in his arms. I lay my head back on his shoulder, as I take in the sweet sent of his cologne, the feel of his breath on my neck, the feel of his chest rising and falling against my back…I close my eyes, as the sweet sounds of my sleeping babies fills the room…

I finally have my happily ever after.

Fin.

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Notes:

* I originally planned to just give them a son, but I couldn't decide. So I did chose a solution that would give them both a son and a daughter, twins!

** Thanks to Christina Sheffield, Emilyn, Jelpy, and Imnotacommitee for their great feedback.

*** I hope that everyone enjoyed reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it.

**** Sorry guys, but no third part. I don't have it in me to write a Trilogy. I need a break for a while. BUT I promise this is not my last SOM fic, I will write more!!

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