Thea101: Thank you for forgiving me. Yeah, mine's getting worse, there are pains all over the place. The sooner I get this bloody thing done, the better. Glad that you liked that last chapter. By the way, Niran-Nyoka had to be Nila's twin and not her dad because her dad was human don't forget. I'm thinking of putting Nila's father in here somewhere. Not in this chapter, but somewhere in the story. I have no idea what I'm going to do after I finish this. Would you like me to keep this story going, or would you like me to go ahead and finish it as planned?
Anywho, here's the next part. I'm too sick to argue with myself today, but if I feel better the next time I update, I might argue with myself then. ;)
On with the story.
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"Hello baby." I say to my sleeping son, gently rocking him from side to side.
Deven opens his eyes and looks straight at me, which he shouldn't be doing, because a baby his age shouldn't even be able to focus on anything more than a few inches in front of them.
His eyes are a lovely blue colour that looks as though they'll change to a darker colour, as he gets older.
He opens his tiny mouth, and gives a big yawn showing his tiny pink tongue.
Just then, the door opens and in walks Miles, looking as though he's walking on air.
He walks over to the bed, lies back and wraps his arms around my waist, giving me a kiss on the cheek.
"How are you feeling?' Miles asks quietly, so as not to disturb the now sleeping Deven.
"A little sore, but I'd do it all over again, just to get this little bundle of joy at the end of it." I reply equally quiet.
"Would you like another one?" he asks playfully.
"Not right now no. I'm still recovering from giving birth to this one." I reply. "Maybe in another two to three years time, but not right now."
We sit like this for another half an hour, before the door knocks.
"Come in." I say to the person on the other side.
The door opens, and in walks Maggie, Delos, Hannah and Thierry.
"Hey Nila, how are you?" Delos asks, sitting on the foot of the bed.
"A little sore, but I'll live." I answer.
"She wants another one." Miles says.
"Already?" Thierry shrieks quietly.
"No. In another couple of year's time, then yes. But not right now, no. One's enough." I reply.
"Would you like a sort of party for you and your son?' Thierry asks.
"Are you offering?" I tease.
"Of course." He replies, smirking a little.
"Sure, why not?" I say, Miles nods his head in agreement. "When?"
"Either tomorrow, uh…today. Or in a couple of days. Your choice." He replies.
"Then…in a couple of day's time would be good. That'll give me some time to recover from giving birth." I suggest.
"Sure. That's okay." He says.
"Can I hold him?" Hannah asks.
"Yeah sure." I hand Deven over to my cousin, who takes him gratefully.
"Oh, he's so cute." Hannah says. "Can I keep him?"
"If you want." I reply, smiling. Hannah just grins at me. "What about you guys. Any families planned yet?"
"That's the thing." Thierry sighs. "Made vampires can't have children."
"Oh. That's awful, not being able to father any kids." I sympathise.
"I'm okay with it." Hannah says. I look at my cousin's face, but obviously she isn't okay with the fact she can't have a family with Thierry.
"You never know. Some miracle might happen and you get the little bundle of joy you want." I say.
"Maybe." Hannah says, going back to mothering my son.
I turn to Maggie and Delos.
"What about you two? Any plans for a family?" I ask.
"In a few years, we might start one. We're only nineteen now, but we want to get things sorted out first." Maggie answers. Delos just nods.
"Listen. I want to ask you guys something." I start.
"What is it?" Delos and Thierry ask in unison.
"Well, Miles and I have been talking. And we were wondering…would you four like to be Deven's Godparents?"
"You mean, he'll have two Godmothers and two Godfathers?" Maggie asks.
"That's the idea. So…would you?" I ask again.
"Sure." All four of them reply.
"So, if anything happens to Miles and I, I want Deven to be brought up by Circle Daybreak. But I want you four to do it." I suggest.
"Yeah. We'd be honoured to." Thierry replies.
"It's settled then." I say after yawning.
"Get to sleep Nila. You need your rest." Thierry says.
"Okay." I murmur, my eyes slowly closing.
Hannah puts Deven into his cot, and puts the blankets around him.
"Goodnight Nila." They say.
"'Night guys." I reply, snuggling down into the fluffy blankets.
"Goodnight baby." Miles mutters to me, wrapping his arms around my waist from behind.
"Hmm, hmm." I breathe out, falling asleep completely.
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A/N: Sorry if this part was shorter than the rest, but I'm feeling completely rotten today. Hopefully the next part will be longer than this one. Anywho, please review and let me know what you think of this story so far. Sadly, it's coming to an end, unless you say something along the lines of… "Medusa, you better not be finishing this story, I like it, and would like to see more written. So please continue to do so." Then I'll think of some more to put in it. Or if you'd rather see it finished, then tell me, okay? I'm just typing this out from my head, I haven't written much of it down on paper, couldn't be bothered. But one of these days, I'm gonna have to put it down on paper won't I?