I inhale deeply and slowly open my eyes. The first beams of light are coming from the windows of the gatehouse. I turn to look over at the beautiful man laying next to me and sigh. I begin to prop myself up to reposition and snuggle against Ben when suddenly it feels like a hundred butterflies have been set loose in my belly. My hand goes to rest on that spot of my abdomen, and I can feel the flutters.

"Ben, wake up," I roll onto my side and nudge his shoulder, "Ben."

"Hmmm, what Ci?"

"Ben, give me your hand."

His eyes pop open when I grab for his hand, "What? What's wrong?"

"Nothing is wrong. I can feel the babies moving," I move his hand to the spot on my abdomen where I can still feel the flutters.

I look up at his face to see his reaction and can only describe what I see as a combination of awe and joy.

"Oh my gosh! It feels like our girls are doing gymnastics in there."

"You still think they are both girls?" I giggle.

"I do. I think we are going to have two bouncing baby girls," he leans down and kisses my belly, "Daddy loves you little babies, so much."

"I think we should start talking about names, Ben. Do you have any suggestions?"

"I haven't really thought about it, babe. I think I'll probably be good with anything you want."

"What was you mom's name?"

"My mom?" he questions, grabbing my hand, "If one of the babies is a girl, you want to name her after my mom?"

"As long as it's not something awful like Agatha or Helga," I chuckle, "I know you never really talk about her, but figure you had to have gotten your good heart from somewhere and I know that you loved her very much."

Ben pulls my hand toward his lips and kisses the back of it. He inhales deeply and lets out the breath, "My mom's name was Kendra."

"Kendra," I smile, "that's pretty, Kendra. Kendra Alice. What do you think?"

"I love it Ci. I'll bet my mom would have loved it too just like she would have loved you."

"I have an idea for a boy's name too. If we have a boy I would like to name if him after two of the best men I know. I was thinking Beauregard after my dad and Benjamin after you."

"Ciara…I'm not the best…"

"Benjamin Oliver Weston no one has had to overcome more than you. You have worked so hard to defeat the demons that have haunted your life. I wouldn't be who I am or where I am today without your love and support. I was a shell of a human being before you picked me up off the side of that road."

"I'm not going to be able to talk you out of this am I?"

"Not a chance."

"Beauregard Benjamin it is then. It does have a nice ring to it, I guess," he smiles, "but we need another girl name and another boy name too in case we have two of each. Do you have any other ideas?"

"I have another girl name in mind but haven't come up with another boy name yet."

"So, what is this other girl's name?"

"I was thinking Keanna Hope. I think it sounds pretty."

"I like it," he kisses my cheek and rests his head back down on his pillow.

I snuggle up against him laying my head in the crook of his shoulder, "So, now we just need to think of another boy name in case we have two boys."

"So, what is on the agenda for you today, besides taking a nap this afternoon? I don't want you overdoing anything."

"My mom and I are meeting this morning to pick out flowers for the wedding, then I'm meeting Sarah for lunch. I'm going to ask her to be my matron of honor."

"Good. I'm glad that you and your mom have mended fences, Ciara."

"It's because of you. You were the one that encouraged me to reach out to my mom and get her support while everything was up in the air with Claire. You really need to face it, Ben Weston, you're good for me," I lean in and brush my lips against his.

Ben kisses me back, then kisses my forehead, "It's really hard to come to grips with being able to be happy. After everything that I did, I never thought that I would have the chance to love and be loved the way that you love me. I deserve none of this but there is no way that I am giving it up."

Ben pulls me tighter against him and kisses my head once more. I close my eyes and just begin to relax when the alarm on his phone goes off. I groan my displeasure. I was just getting comfortable and wanted nothing more than to spend some more time in the arms of the man I love.

"I gotta get ready for work. Since you're asking Sarah to be your matron of honor, I guess I should probably find a best man."

"You haven't asked Stefan yet?"

He pushes the covers off himself and sits up, "Not yet but I'll do it today. He's coming back from his business trip this afternoon so I can ask him when he gets back."

"He's been a really good friend to you," I smile.

Ben gets up out of the bed and looks down at me, "He has. Now you take it easy today and don't overdo it. I need all of my girls happy and healthy."

"Go get ready for work Ben Weston. Your girl will be just fine and so will your sons," I giggle.

He arches his eyebrow in a 'yeah sure' look over his shoulder as he heads to the dresser to grab his clothes for the day.