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Here's chapter 26, I hope you'll enjoy!
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Iris
When he'd calmed down a little, Tobias stared at me as if he felt guilty about something. 'I forgot to tell you something. Marcus told me something when I was in Erudite,' he said, looking down at his hands. I raised my eyebrows inquisitively. 'My mother is alive, Iris. Evelyn is still out there somewhere.' My mouth fell open. 'What?' I couldn't believe it. His mother who "died" all those years ago was alive? 'Marcus said that she's the leader of the factionless, and her plan was to kill Jeanine. But Dax did, so I'm not sure what her occupation is right now,' he explained. His eyes were dark, he was visibly devastated about his mother and the letter he'd received from his father.
The worst part was, I couldn't help him in the slightest. He had to find out whether he wanted to see his mother again and I didn't want to influence him in that. I was fairly sure that it hurt him much, her being alive and him undergoing all the abuse without knowing she was actually alive. Why the hell didn't she take her son with her? I didn't understand, but I hated how Tobias was once again affected by their poor choices. After having told me that, he shook his head and grabbed my hands. 'I love you, and I love our growing family, that's all that matters.' He kissed me, and left it at that. I knew I should've said something about his mother, asking him how he felt, but I left it at that as well, predicting we would come across the subject of Evelyn soon enough anyway.
As my belly grew bigger, Tobias seemed to forget all about his living mother. He didn't want to see her, I didn't want her near him or me, and definitely not near our babies. I knew him longer than that, I couldn't push him on the subject... There would be a day he would reconsider meeting his mother, but that day wasn't in the near future. Especially not so soon after his father's letter. I was then seven months along, waddling around and Tobias following my every move because he was scared of me going into labour when he wasn't watching. All our friends were watching me as well, probably having been ordered by Tobias to do so. I loved being pregnant, but I wished that our babies would just... Finally decide to leave the mother ship called Iris, because she was really excited to meet them- and she really wanted to walk normally again.
Tobias and I were sitting in the Pit, having dinner with our friends as Zeke and Jenna stormed in. We were talking about the room the babies would be sleeping in, because Dax and Tim had helped Tobias get it ready. Because I was having a boy and a girl, one side of the room was pinkish, and the other side was painted and decorated with a few blue things.
'Guys!' They yelled, bouncing up and down. Zeke looked somewhat pale, but his beaming smile made up for it. 'What?' Tim, Rick and I called. When I did, I realised what was going on. 'OH MY GOD!' I called when I caught J's eyes. She nodded, and ran up to me. I tried to stand up as quickly as possible and wrapped my arms around my PREGNANT friend! 'Jen's pregnant!' Zeke called out, receiving many gasps and cheers. The rest jumped up as well and reacted as wonderfully as they had with Tobias and I. 'Our third Dauntless baby!' Shauna called as she hugged Jenna.
I wrapped my arms around Zeke as I tol d him how happy I was for him. 'Thanks, momma,' he grinned as he tried to hug me, yet was frowning because of my belly. 'I'm trying,' he said, laughing. 'Mental hug!' 'High five?' I suggested. He nodded and high fived me. We chuckled and he moved on with hugging other people. Tobias smiled at me as he wrapped his arm around my shoulders. 'I'm so happy I'm used to it now,' he said with a teasing grin. I giggled and stuck my tongue out at him. 'When will it be you, Layla?' Rick teased. We all looked at Layla and Tim who were blushing madly. 'I think we'll wait,' Tim said, winking at his girlfiend of six months. Layla and Tim started dating right after the Erudite thing, and they were madly in love.
'RIS!' Jenna called and ran up to me. 'Hm?' I questioned. 'You're having a boy and a girl, I'm having... I don't know, an alien, they can date!' Tobias and I raised our eyebrows. 'Come again?' I asked. 'Well, if I have a girl, she could date your boy. If I have a boy, he could date your girl!' 'Ah!' I squealed as I hugged her. 'Your boy will keep his hands to himself if he knows what's good for him,' Tobias growled. Jenna and I burst into laughter as Zeke joined us and growled the same about our boy.
Tobias and Zeke gave each other a manly hug and seemed genuinely happy, even though we were so young- hardly parent material, but we all loved each other. As we were still excited about Jenna's pregnancy, I suddenly grabbed Tobias' hand and pinched hard. 'Hey, beating me doesn't hurt, pinching does,' he objected and looked painful. 'I'm sorry,' I gasped and groaned. His head shot up, having forgotten the pain immediately. 'Baby,' he demanded, standing in front of me holding both my hands. 'Yeah, I think so,' I answered his pet name for me as if it were a question about the situation.
I could just see his mind go blank, trying to remember everything we'd practiced. 'OH MY GOD!' Jenna called as my water broke. 'Ris, mom and dad raised you better than that!' Amar said, trying to hide his worry. I laughed, then groaned because of the sudden contraction. I looked at Tobias and his eyes were filled with love. 'T, you and I are taking her to the hospital now,' Amar said, bringing him back to reality. Tobias nodded and grabbed my arm at the same time as Amar grabbed the other. 'Since when am I ready for you two?!' I yelled at my stomach and pinched Tobias' hand again. He looked painful, 'yeah, please stop hurting your mother!' Amar smiled. 'You must be ready, they're coming.'
They rushed me to the hospital and all our friends followed closely to wish me luck. Only Tobias went in with me, but the others all stayed outside, waiting until the babies were born. Amar went to call mom and dad who came as soon as possible. Knowing them, they dropped everything and rushed to Dauntless, even if they would have to pass multiple guards. Halfway through labour, my mother showed up as predicted, and she held my other hand. 'I came to share your pain, Tobias,' she said with a chuckle and kissed us both. 'I am so proud of you two.' I couldn't be happier to see my mom, she always had my back and I felt much better to have her with me. 'Come on honey, you're almost there!' She said as I screamed my way through another contraction. Tobias' eyes were more blue than I'd ever seen, and he looked like he his love was tangible.
Looking back, it was the most beautiful moment of my life.
'Hello,' I said softly to the first addition to my life. I was holding our little baby boy, while Tobias was holding our little baby girl. Tobias smiled, his eyes were still a bit watery after he'd cried seeing our babies for the first time. He just couldn't let go of our girl, but he didn't have to, because I was staring at our boy, and I couldn't stop. A little while after that, our friends came in one by one, softly knocking on the door with big smile plastered on their faces.
'Hey mommy, hey daddy,' Jenna said softly as she walked in and hugged us. She greeted my parents who were still in the room with me- because I really wanted them to, and sat down on the bed beside me. 'Oh my gosh, Ris,' she whispered and stared at our boy. 'He is so precious, and handsome, look at his little face!' Zeke greeted my parents too, looked over Tobias' shoulder and seemed like he was sold immediately. 'Look at her, Four, she looks so sweet...' Tobias smiled and nodded. 'I can't believe they're here,' I said softly, smiling at both my little children. 'Something changes immediately. I don't feel like seventeen anymore, something I did still feel when I woke up this morning,' I admitted.
My boy sneezed softly and I chuckled. 'Please do not get the sniffles already darling, I hardly know how to change your diaper.' The others laughed softly. Mom and dad walked up to me. 'We talked to Damon,' mom started and looked at dad. 'He agreed with us staying here for a little while so we can help you out. Then you have four people to help you,' dad said, smiling down at me as he stroke my hair. My mouth fell open, that was amazing! 'Thank you so much!' I said, my eyes tearing up again because I'd missed them so much, and because I was thankful, and because I had just pushed two children out of me- I didn't really need a reason to tear up.
'Yes, thank you so much, we appreciate that immensely,' Tobias said, his tone extremely genuine. I knew he loved my parents as if they were his own. 'So were off to see your parents, Tobias. Then your friends can come in now and we'll come back later,' mom said and kissed our foreheads. 'I love you two.' 'Love you too,' Tobias and I said in unison. Dad kissed my forehead too and patted Tobias' shoulder softly with a big smile. 'Love you too Mr and Mrs Valentine!' Jenna said with a big smile. Mom and dad chuckled. 'We love you too, Jenna, and congratulations to the both of you with your equally good news,' mom said and blew a kiss. They disappeared and I grinned at Jenna.
'Well, soon it'll be your turn to tell your parents you're pregnant.' Zeke shrugged his shoulders, yet frowned when Jenna's face turned scared. 'Why is that a big deal?' Jenna raised her eyebrows and fiddled with her fingers. 'Well, my parents are not exactly... I do not particularly... I wanted to get away from them as quickly as possible. Mark and Bree were more parentlike to me than my parents have ever been.' Zeke looked shocked. 'Honey, I'm sorry. That must've been terrible.' He paused for a second and smiled. 'We'll be so much better.' Jenna's face perked up and she smiled. 'We'll be the best, just like these two.' She smiled at Tobias and me.
'Guys, we wanted to ask you something,' Tobias said, looking at me. I nodded and took Jelma's hand in mine. 'Will the two of you be their God parents?' I asked, nodding slightly at the kids. Jenna's mouth fell open, and Zeke grinned widely. 'OF COURSE!' Jenna yelled on a whispertone and hugged me carefully. Zeke patted Tobias on his back. 'Thanks for picking us, it's an honour.' 'We've also asked Amar and Shauna, for Amar being their real uncle. He however told us that they are doing fine now, but they're both not sure if it would last forever. So our babies have four God parents!' Jenna's eyes watered slightly. 'I love you guys,' she whispered and put her head against mine.
'To WHOM are we becoming God parents?' Zeke asked curiously. Tobias and I smiled at each other. 'We're waiting for the others to come in!' Zeke ran outside and manouvered the others in quickly. Everyone congratulated us first, told us how beautiful our children were, then slightly, aggressively and verbally attacked us so we would tell them the names of our kids. We chuckled and I pointed at our son. 'Everyone, meet our son. Nicholas Maron Masters, goes by Nick and his middle name stands for his grandfathers,' I said, smiling at our little Nick.
'You could've named him Nicholas Dark,' Rick said, looking at his hands as if he was doing maths. Tobias and I laughed and shook our heads quickly.
Tobias now pointed at our girl. 'And now it's time to meet our daughter. Everyone, this is Sera Breliza Masters, middle name stands for her grandmothers.' Everyone started clapping and they softly exulted. 'There's one more thing,' I said, grinning slightly. Tobias nodded happily. 'Meet Nine and Six, the newest addition to our family of numbers,' he chuckled. The others burst into laughter.
'What did you do to your children?' Tim joked. 'Nick is Nine, because he was the first one to pop out, causing to be a combination of Four and Five together. Sera was the second one, and she looked exactly like Four from the start, so she is Four plus Two... Six,' I explained, giggling. The others laughed. Jenna stuck her fist in the air. 'To Four, Five, Six and Nine! Poor Nick.' 'To Four, Five, Six and Nine! Poor Nick!' The others called happily.
Tobias and I smiled lovingly as our eyes met.