Mousewolf – Thank you! I like the deal too. Here you go!
Dovasary – I'm glad you like the idea! Yeah, those chapters were sort of background, but the ones coming up should be really interesting. crosses fingers Hmm…maybe I should check to see if it's a record. Well, the chapters are pretty short, so I doubt it, but that would still be really cool! And I love little kids, but that sounds like quite a handful! What's your job, if you don't mind me asking?
Oh, and my vacation was wonderful and really fun, thank you. Not really relaxing, as I was doing walking tours of Italy and Greece every day and dancing at night, but it was beautiful and I am rested now. I'll be sure to keep on updating!
ThePrincess04 – Thank you! I'm glad you liked them! That's good that you like the concept as well!
From-Heaven2Earth – Well, I did leave, but I'm back now! That would have been quite the catfight, huh? I'm glad you like it! The next chapter's not too funny, but there should be some more coming up! laughs as she remembers some of the upcoming events
Not a vader hater – Thank you, and welcome to the story! I'm glad you're enjoying it!
The Real Leia – Oh, I'm sorry that you don't like the idea! It's just that in profic the authors had Leia be the president for like 500 years, and neglect her family and Hannie, so I wanted to change it up.
Thanks for the support of my story, and for backing up the fact that it's going somewhere and not bumbling about. I guess the reason this is so long is because it was my first fan fiction and I had so much fun writing it! And as for it being underappreciated, that comment made me really happy, actually, because before I always thought that there was something wrong with my fic or something because not that many people replied to it, but now I feel really well appreciated with all you wonderful readers. You always make my day! Well, here's some more!
Chapter 55
Three months later…
Leia sat at a table in a fancy restaurant with Han, Luke, Chewie and his family, Lando, and Ty and his parents for what they were hoping would be their last outing before the baby was born. She was sitting with her chair a good half-meter from the table, as her belly was putting a large distance between her and everything else. Han was sitting next to her, and would glance over every time she moved her hand onto her abdomen. The big day was rapidly approaching, and it seemed as if everyone's nerves had been amplified ten fold.
The baby moved and her hand shot to her belly, just as nine pairs of eyes shot in her direction.
"It's all right, the baby is just kicking," Leia assured. "I wish he would just come now, though - I'm getting tired of waiting."
As if the Force was answering her prayer, a contraction started. Her eyes grew wide, and she grasped Han's hand.
"Han…that was a contraction. The baby's coming," she yelped.
Han reacted predictably, grabbing their hospital bag and lifting Leia up into his arms with a quickness that did justice to his reputation.
He brought her to the speeder and they were at Medical in a flash. He ran up to the desk and demanded a room, something that was denied until Han brandished his blaster and threatened the secretary. Though a droid would normally be working at the desk, a human was currently holding the position and wisely acquiesced to Han's "request."
Leia felt as if she was viewing the whole scene in a different body. She did not have the reactions that she normally did – she was not surprised in the least when the secretary gave Han what he wanted without calling security. Everything seemed surreal – even the beings in the room surrounding her had an unrealistic quality. She followed Han's lead without protesting his methods of getting her a room, and lay down on the bed that was provided for her. Nurses surrounded her and, as if she were in a holofilm where everything proceeded much too rapidly, she was told to push. A doctor sat with her and coached her as she pushed, and Han gripped her hand. She threw the obligatory insults at him, but didn't feel intense pain like she was supposed to. The pain medication must be really good, she thought, but I don't remember taking any.
Seemingly immediately after she had started pushing, the doctor told her that the baby was born.
"It's a girl," the doctor stated proudly, handing them the clean baby. "The next one is on the way."
"A GIRL? THE NEXT ONE? What are you talking about?" Leia cried.
"Your twins," the doctor said. "You did know that you were having twins, didn't you?"
"No!" Leia shouted. "I was told I was having a boy. One boy."
"Well, now you have twins. What kind of a mother are you, not knowing that you were having twins?" he berated. "So, you don't want your daughter?"
"Of course I do! I just…" she trailed off as the next baby started coming.
Soon the baby was in her arms, along with his sister. Leia was happy, but she didn't know how she could have gone all these months not knowing that she was carrying two babies. Maybe she wasn't as fit to be a mother as she had thought…
She felt Han's arms around her, and wondered how he had come to her side so quickly. She no longer had the babies in her arms, and was wearing one of her nightshirts, not one of the hospital-issued gowns. She looked to her side and saw that Han was asleep, something which caused her much disquiet – she had no idea what had happened.
"Han," she said, shoving him so that he woke up. "Where are the babies?"
"Mmm," he mumbled. "What are you talking about?"
"The babies…where are they? We were just in the hospital, I was holding them in my arms…"
"Leia – are you on spice? What are you talking about? We're in our bed, at home, and I'm pretty sure you haven't had the baby yet. Especially not in plural form."
"I can't believe I was dreaming," Leia whispered. "I had a dream that I gave birth…to twins. The doctor thought I was a horrible mother for not knowing that I had two babies."
"Ah – I see. So you're starting to have doubts that you'll be a good mother, huh?"
"I guess. I felt that I was such an awful person for not knowing that we had a daughter. I felt that I had betrayed her."
"But we aren't going to have a daughter this time around. It was just a dream," Han soothed, putting a hand on her belly as if to reassure her that she was still pregnant. "How can you doubt that you'll be a wonderful mother after you gave up your position in the Senate for your children? Not too many other women would do that."
"I suppose," Leia agreed, doubts lessened considerably by the amazing man she was honored to call her husband. She grinned, thinking of the past. "You're too nice to me to be a scoundrel. Are you sure you're Han Solo, scoundrel extraordinaire?"
"I thought I told you I was a nice man."
"I thought you were lying."
"Well, can't I be a scoundrel and a nice man?"
"Hmm…a scoundrel who is also a nice man. How unlucky I am," she sighed, kissing him passionately.
