Name: Look What We Made [When We Made Love]
[Part 5]
Author: Kachina
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Rated: PG
Couples: P/C and R/T
Timeline: Post Nemesis and Baby Fiction...

Brief Overview: This takes place on Earth where Beverly is having a baby shower for her twins. We finally find out the name Wil and Deanna have chosen for their son.

Author's Note: Again there is no violence in this part mainly because there is far too much out there now so I don't want to encourage it to any of my readers. This is focused on the twin's premature birth.

Inside the Picard estate in France, Beverly, Picard, Riker and Troi, are seated in the living room. It is decorated for a baby shower for the twins. Troi is sitting next to her son's cradle as he sleep soundly even with the commotion. Picard smiles at the little guy and opens conversation.

"Wil, Deanna, I am so glad you could make it to Earth. I wasn't sure you would be able to make it because of the TITAN and little Kyle Andrew. We thought that your hands would be full."

"Well Deanna still has two weeks left of maternity leave from the TITAN and I convinced my first officer to take the ship on some exploration of this new star system we have been studying. It seems quite promising there are 30 new species we want to study in that region before we open negotiations."

Beverly makes a noise and everyone jumps at the sound. She just looks up and laughs it's been like this for the last month. With her due date so close by everything causes immediate panic.

"Would you just relax I have 2 months to go before my due date. I just needed to change my position the twins are pressing on my spine it's getting harder to stay in one place for longer than 30 minutes. Besides I want to catch up on you Deanna how are you faring with a new baby?"

"It so different than my first pregnancy; with Ian I didn't really know what to expect one day he was born 24 hours later he was 3 years old. He grew out of his clothes faster then I adapted to the changes of becoming a mother. With Kyle it's like I keep expecting him to be three years old the next day. Wil has done a lot of the work after Kyle was born it took a few weeks for the pain to go away. Every time Kyle would wake up Wil went to get him from his crib and brought him to me. Most of the time he just wanted to be with his mommy and daddy."

"Let me tell you one thing, I have never seen a child so stubborn in my life. I would go into his room and rock him. When I finally got him asleep and put him down he was crying again. I just gave up after a while and decided to move his bassinette into our room so he would know that he would always see us."

"You know what Deanna, it gets easier with time. It was like that with Wes, Jack went away a lot and I was still in medical school, it was my last year but well you get the point. At least you have Wil with you, granted that sometimes his work will take him away from you but you are at least on the same ship."

"I'm sorry I took Jack away from you Beverly. I tried to keep him nearby but he was my first officer he went where I went."

"I know you tried Jean-Luc and even if you told Jack to stay behind he would refuse. Jack was doing want he loved; he was saving the galaxy just what he always wanted. I think he passed it on to Wes."

"Okay I am getting all teary eyed, hormones you know how they are. Come on Beverly its time to open your gifts. Don't feel left out Jean-Luc there are gifts for the "father to be" as well."

Deanna moves over to the mass pile of gifts in the corner of the room. Kyle is still asleep in his bassinette, but Jean-Luc can't help but peer into him. He certainly looked like is daddy, his hair wasn't curly like most Betaziod's it was straight and brown. Even his gestures when he slept reminded him of Wil. There was some Deanna in him, his eyes of course and his sense of the world around him. Peering into this bassinette Jean-Luc covered the sleeping infant with his fleece blanket his grandmother made for him. Beverly moved next to Jean-Luc and kissed his cheek.

"Can you believe him? He is so precious and beautiful. Deanna and Wil are very lucky. I used to look into Wes's bassinette like the way you look into Kyle's. It hard to believe that if a few short months we are going to have two precious babies, our babies and they are going to need us."

"I can't wait to see them. What do you want boys, girls or one of each?"

"I already have a son, who I love very much but girls, I would get put her in beautiful dresses. What would you want?"

"Well I have never been a father so I wouldn't mind sons. René was like a son to me, we played ball together and we shared the same interests. Most of all he wanted to attend Starfleet Academy so we would study what he needed to know for the entrance exams together. He was very bright the last thing he said to me was "Uncle, I want to be a Starfleet Captain just like you. When I am big I am gonna fly the ENTERPRISE." I didn't know that it would be the last time I would see him alive. That is why I would want a son so I can name him after René."

"Then we shall name him René. I think he would have been a great captain. He seemed to take after you. This could be a way we can honor his memory and you would always have René with you."

"Thank you Beverly, it means a lot to me to name our son René."

Deanna comes by with a handful of gifts with Wil closely behind her with gifts that stacked past his head. Deanna laughs as she turns around to see her husband struggling with the gifts. Picard comes up to him at takes the gift covering his face off of the pile.

"Honestly number-one, you always have to be the best don't you?"

"Number-One, you haven't called me that in a very long time. I liked hearing it."

"Anytime Number-One, anytime; now lets get these gifts over to Beverly before someone gets hurt."

Deanna and Wil are seated on the love seat next to Picard and Crusher who are seated on the couch. Kyle is still sleeping as most infants do next to the love seat. Deanna gives Beverly a gift that is from her. Beverly carefully takes off the bow and strips the box. She opens it to reveal a nursing pillow built for two.

"My mother said that this would help out with the nursing. It will be hard to just lean over so she ordered this for me. I didn't want you to ruin your back. See you put it on your lap, like this, with the babies head facing the window in the nursery. It keeps the sun out of their eyes and it's easier on your back. I have one at home, but it's for one baby, I wasn't going to nurse but Mother insisted it's better for the baby and it helps to loose those extra pounds after the delivery."

"It's beautiful Deanna and tell your mother thank you for me please."

Deanna nods and gives her another gift this was made especially for her by Deanna. It took a lot of love and care to make this. Beverly untied the bow and took off the paper as she did on the previous gift its two beautiful knitted blankets one green the other yellow.

"Oh Deanna they're beautiful. Did you make them yourself?"

"Umhm...Mother has been teaching me to knit since I found out I was expecting. I have closets full of clothing I made for Kyle. Just ask Wil, I think we are running out of space on the TITAN."

"Its true she has made more clothes for Kyle then she has made for herself. It took her a lot of time to do this blanket. From the moment she found out you were pregnant she made these for you. Love went into every knit of those blankets. We didn't know what you were having so she stayed with the non-gender colors."

"Thanks you so much Deanna, the babies will love them."

A soft cry from the bassinette nest to Deanna and Wil draws attention. Deanna laughs.

"Kyle is probably hungry, I'm sorry I will be back in a half-an-hour."

The others nod as she picks up her son from the bassinette.

"Deanna we have the nursery set up for when the twins come you are welcome to use it. I'm sure Kyle will want some privacy for when he eats."

"Thanks Jean-Luc I'll use it. Wil would you get Kyle's diaper bag, he will probably need a changing when he is finished I'll leave that to you."

"Thanks."

Deanna, with Kyle in her arms, and Wil with the diaper bag goes up to the nursery to get their son something to eat as well as a changing. Picard and Crusher move items to a new location. Beverly shifts again as a pain begins to travel up her back. Thinking it is nothing she doesn't tell Picard, when he comes back he notices that Crusher is in pain and sits down next to her.

"Are you alright?"

"Yeah, just my back is hurting again the twins insist that they lay on my back and my bladder. I have to use the restroom. I'll be right back"

Picard laughs and helps his wife off the couch. With her hand on her back Beverly exits and goes to the small bathroom next to the living room. Inside another cramp, this one across her abdomen causes Beverly to take a sharp breath in and exhales as the cramp dissipates. When she is finished Beverly stands up and wetness creeps down her legs. Concerned Beverly looks down, she isn't sure but she thinks her water broke. Exiting the bathroom Beverly takes a deep breath in and walks to Picard who is sorting out the gifts the twins got.

"Hey honey, what are you doing?"

"Oh just sorting out the baby clothes into months. Our babies are set for their first year. We won't need to replicate any new clothes they got so many from the crew."

"Yes, I know. Um I will take some of these upstairs and see how Deanna and Wil are doing? I hope they found the nursery alright."

"Beverly you know what the Doctor said, you aren't supposed to be on your feet. I'll go up and see how they are doing and I will take some of the clothes up as well. You stay on the couch I'll be back."

Beverly nods and takes a seat on the couch while Picard takes as much clothing as he can in his arms and goes upstairs. Beverly hasn't told him yet that it was possible that her water just broke. Labor is hours away she'll tell him when her contractions come closer together. Until then she doesn't want to worry him, after all the twins are premature.

Wil and Deanna are in the nursery decorated it greens. Deanna is seated on the rocking chair, with a blanket over her chest while Wil is hovering behind her. Kyle feeds hungrily at his mother's milk. There is a knock at the door...

"Come on it. Deanna is decent."

Picard struggles to open the door with his hands full of baby clothing. The sound of a drop brings Wil over to the door. He opens it and sees a few items falling out of Picard's arms.

"I'll help you with these. Why did you bring them up anyway? All you had to do is ask for some help."

"I know but you were busy and Beverly isn't aloud to move around to much. She still has six weeks before her due date and I don't want her to go into premature labor."

Wil nods and takes some items out of Picard's arms and takes them over to the changing table. Deanna is still humming while Kyle is eating.

"Hi Jean-Luc the nursery is beautiful, did you do this yourself?"

"Yes, I had a little help with sister-in-law. She went and got the house for us while we were on leave. The paper work just went through. This house is ours now she also did most of the work on the nursery. Beverly loves it she is planning on bringing the bassinette into our room for the first few weeks after the twins are born."

"It's a great idea Kyle is still in our room on the TITAN it's easier to feed him in the middle of the night. I don't even have to get out of bed. Wil brings him to me and I feed him. Have you and Beverly decided on names yet for the twins?"

"Not really, we do have a boy's name picked out. He is going to be called René Jean after my nephew and of course me. We haven't really decided on another boy's name or any girl's names yet. I hope that we do soon we are running out of time here."

"You have plenty of time the twins are due for 6 weeks. It took us up to the very last day to pick out Kyle's name. I wasn't sure I wanted him to be called Kyle. My father and I had a history you all know that and with his passing on that planet 2 years ago its just like it was when I was growing up. He was never there unless he wanted something or he wanted to make up all that time he missed with me all those years ago."

"Wil knew that I wanted to have Andrew as a name, to honor my father, but Andrew wasn't a suitable first name. We went through tons of baby name books but we couldn't find one that went with Andrew or Riker very well. Then when I heard that Wil went missing on that Sheliaq nation months ago I wanted to call him William Andrew and I almost did but then he came running into labor and delivery the day Kyle was born. While you were visiting Beverly he to me he wanted to name the baby Kyle Andrew. It went so well together we did it."

"He has a lot of his father's qualities. He will make a fine Captain one day. He also has a lot of Kyle in him, he's very stubborn. I do see you in him Deanna with the exception of his hair he has your mannerisms as well as Lwaxana's. I really didn't know your father well Deanna but he has his face."

"That's what I have been telling her since the day we brought him home. She doesn't think he takes after her father. He does look like him but he takes after me."

"Well I think this little guy is ready to burp."

Deanna closes her blouse and removes the blanket covering her. Kyle still had some milk on his chin so Deanna took the spit up towel and wiped his chin.

"Would you like to burp him Jean-Luc?"

"I don't know I never really burped a baby before. I don't even know how to do it."

"Don't worry Jean-Luc I didn't know how to do it at first either but Deanna taught me an easier way to do it. Come on, I'll give you your first lesson in burping a baby."

Jean-Luc nods and Deanna gets up and hands Kyle over to Picard. He takes a seat on the rocker and places the spit-up towel on his shoulder.

"Wait, here put the towel on your knee, place Kyle on the other knee and lightly tap his back. That way if he spits up it won't go on your clothes you'll get in on your other knee or on himself see."

Wil places Kyle on Picard's knee supporting his head and places the towel on Picard's other knee. Wil lightly taps Kyle's back and Picard mimic's what Wil was showing him. Soon a little spit-up on the towel then a burp; Picard's smiles in delight while he looks up at Wil and Deanna.

"See it isn't as hard as you make it out to be. Wil learned that right away didn't you sweetie?"

"Yes, now I think with warm bath and a changing Kyle will be ready to sleep again. Would you like to help me Captain?"

"Captain? I love to hear that from you. I would love to help, Deanna would you go downstairs and keep Beverly company she probably thinks I got lost up hear."

"Sure, I want to talk to her about a few things anyway. I will let her know you are helping Wil with Kyle. I'll see you in about 30 minutes. Bye honey."

She gives Wil a kiss and then Kyle a kiss and she smiles as she walks out the door closing it behind her.

"Now the first thing you need to know about a son is always stand beside him when you change him or take off his diaper. He might get you in the face if you know what I mean."

Picard laughs and brings Kyle over to the changing table.

Downstairs Beverly is on the couch. She has her eyes closed and as her best friend Deanna becomes worried. She goes down the stairs and sits on the couch. Beverly opens her eyes to see her friend.

"Oh, hello Deanna, where is Jean-Luc?"

"He's upstairs with Wil. He is giving Jean-Luc lessons on caring for an infant. When I was leaving Wil was about to give Kyle a bath and change him. Jean-Luc got to burp Kyle today after I was done nursing. He was nervous at first but Wil told him what I taught him. When Kyle finally burped Jean-Luc's eyes lit up. He is going to be a wonderful father."

"I know he is. Deanna, do you mind if I ask you something?"

"Of course not, that's what best friends do?"

"How do you do it? Juggle being a wife, mother, and counselor? I haven't been a mother for almost 30 years. So much has changed since Wes was a baby. How do I know that everything I do will not affect these twins in a bad way? Will I have enough love to share among all three of my children, my husband, and my patients?"

"That is the most common questions I get from expecting mothers. The answer is simply, yes you do. I remember when I was pregnant with Kyle, the whole time Wil was away I worried that I wouldn't have enough love to go to both Wil and my son. One day really late at night I went into my mother's room to speak to her. She told me that no matter how many children you have either one child or six children there is always enough love to go around, plus a little extra for your husband and your patients."

"At times like this I wish my mother didn't pass away when I was four. Nanna was wonderful but she wasn't my mother. I missed out on so much not having a mother. We never had any mother-daughter chats about the future. I wish she were still alive today. Then maybe I wouldn't be so scared."

Deanna places a comforting hand on Beverly's and smiles.

"It's normal to be scared, but you are a great mother. Wes grew up to be a fine young man and you did that alone. These twins are going to have two parents to grow up with and they will have a big brother too and they are loved very much. I think they already know that. You don't need to be an empath to know that."

Beverly smiles and places her hand on her swollen abdomen. A sharp pain causes Beverly to draw in another sharp breath.

"Beverly are you alright?"

"I think so, just a sharp pain in my stomach. Nothing to worry about I still have six weeks to go it's probably nothing."

"Beverly, you are keeping something from me. Are you sure it is nothing?"

"I never could keep anything from you could I?"

"No you can't."

"Well, about an hour ago when you and Wil went upstairs my back started to hurt. It went away but then I needed to use the bathroom. While Jean-Luc separated all of the clothing by months I went to the restroom. When I got up I had another pain but this time it was in my stomach. Then I felt liquid down my legs. I thought I might have had an accident but this liquid was milky. I'm not sure but I think my water broke."

"You didn't tell Jean-Luc did you?"

Beverly shakes her head.

"No I didn't want to worry him. My contractions are very irregular; it isn't really time to deliver. I have hours to go before they become stronger."

"When was your last contraction, before this one?"

"Lets see um about an hour ago, it didn't last very long it was only a few seconds. Then this one just came and again it lasted only seconds."

"I don't know Beverly, this is your second pregnancy you can go into full blown labor in a few hours. You should tell him before its too late."

"I will tell him when the contractions get closer together and are more regular. Until them promise me that you won't say anything to anyone."

"I promise but I don't like it.

As she finishes her sentence the guy come downstairs laughing. Jean-Luc is carrying Kyle and Riker is next to him.

"So how did he do?"

"He is a natural. After Kyle almost peed on him he got better. I think he knows the basics, and what I didn't teach him Beverly can."

"You have a handsome young man together. He is sure to be a ladies man just like his father don't you agree?"

"Yes, as long as his father doesn't go back to his old habits while I'm still around."

"Lets get something to eat everything is in the kitchen."

Deanna looks over at Beverly who just nods. Wil takes Kyle and puts him in a bouncy chair.

Later that evening while everyone is seated at the table, Kyle is in his car seat eating, Picard is feeding him with a bottle Troi prepared. Beverly has another contraction. Picard and Riker don't notice they are to busy discussing the new shielding for the ships. Troi however notices her friend's discomfort.

"Beverly, why don't you come to the kitchen with me to start the dishes?"

Beverly nods and they go into the kitchen.

"Beverly, your contractions are getting closer together. Don't you think its time to tell Jean-Luc?"

"No, they are still irregular I still have plenty of time."

Beverly inhales at a sharp pain in her stomach again. She places her hand on the area that's hurting. Deanna leads her in her lamaz breathing.

"That's good now keep breathing."

The contraction ends and they begin the dishes.

"It's kind of strange doing dishes without a replicator. With one of those all you have to do is put them in the recycling bin."

"Well, Jean-Luc's brother wasn't much for technology, that's why he tried to talk René into not attending Starfleet."

"Well, maybe your René will go."

"Our René you think that one of the twins is a boy?"

"Well I don't know but I have a good feeling that you have a little boy in there."

"Really....OOO...OOO...another contraction is coming. Help me, Help me, OOO."

"Okay you know what to do just breathe. I will go get Jean-Luc. Just breathe come on in and out in and out, yes that's right."

"Captain let's get going you wife is ready to have the twins."

Wil and Jean-Luc jump out if their seats and run and get Beverly's things for the hospital.

"Oh my goodness I'm not ready for the twins yet they can't come I'm not ready"

Beverly exits the kitchen in the middle of a contraction

"That doesn't matter because they are coming."

Everyone exits the house closing the door behind them.

26 hours later...

Picard comes out of the delivery room holding the twins. Deanna, Wil, and baby Kyle come inside Beverly's room to see her.

"Beverly, how are you doing?"

"Not bad I feel wonderful. I have two healthy babies, a husband, and the greatest friends in the world here with me. Who could ask for more?"

"You have two very beautiful babies. What are their names?"

"Well the little girl is called Kestra Ann."

"You named your daughter after my sister? I am so honored."

"I would do anything for you, I know that you didn't know your sister and I know also that you didn't want to name her Kestra because she would remind you of her. So I did it."

"Thanks you so much Beverly."

"You all know that our son's name is René Jean after me and after my nephew. He looks a lot like me doesn't he?"

"Yes, sir he does, someday maybe he'll be a captain like his old man is."

"Wil, I'm not ready to retire yet."

"Kestra looks like you Beverly she has red hair. Maybe one day she will be a doctor."

"She can be whatever she wants to be."

They really are beautiful guys. I knew you would make beautiful children together. When will Wes come and see his new baby sister and brother."

"He will be here by the end of the week. He's so excited he can hardly contain himself."

"I'm sure, well Wil, we better get the baby home and let Beverly rest. She has a very long day ahead of her."

They exit the room and Wil says something remarkable.

"Maybe, someday our son and Kestra will be married. Can you imagine that?"

"Maybe."

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