Hey Lovelies! Sorry it's been a while, but it's at the point where i haven't written ahead... but don't worry, i'm working on it :) (maybe some comments/reviews will inspire me ;) )

I know this one's a short one, but i thought i'd give you guys a little fluff before I some DRAMA AND SUSPENSE in your face...

Warning: Fluff :)

Disclaimer: I thought maybe... but nope

Chapter 13: Hopes and Dreams

Previously: Far from the prison, Montparnasse looked out at his terrain, swearing at the time he knew it'd take him to get back to where he was. Still, clutching an old locket that a young Éponine had given him 'once upon a time' he cracked a grim smile.

"You won't be able to hide Ponine, I'll find you, and put that bastard of yours in it's place…in the ground."

7 months later

It wasn't long until Gavroche was released from the hospital and life began to resume itself. School ended, summer began, and anticipation for the newest members was building. Bets were going around as to which genders the babies were going to be (Éponine was growing impatient, but Combeferre insisted that it would be worth the wait to hear what they were having.) Soon the days shortened, the weather got colder and the leaves began to change color. Éponine's due date was looming and she was becoming quite round, but under threat of castration, none of the boys tried to keep her from trying to do everything a not 8 month pregnant woman with twins would do. (Joly did try once…. His hands will still fly to his crotch at any sudden movement.)

So Éponine insisting to pick Gav up at school that day was not unusual, but there was something that made Combeferre nervous.

"Ép, don't you think R or Courf can get Gav today? You should really slow down a bit."

"Ferre, for the thousandth time! I'm pregnant, not an invalid, I can still walk perfectly fine, albeit a little slower, but still perfectly capable of being a functioning human being." She huffed, clearly struggling to get up off the couch. Combeferre eyed were warily while Bahorel and Bousset tried to hold in their snickers at the scene. Finally Combeferre stuck out his hand to help her up, but she had already pushed herself to a standing position.

"See? I'm absolutely fiiine." She winced slightly, causing Combeferre to lurch forward, face already paling.

"It's nothing Henri! Pebbles and Bam Bam are just extra kicky today. Now I've got to go get Gav."

As Éponine disappeared out of the café, Combeferre pinched the bridge of his nose. He had a niggling feeling that something was going to happen today. Fortunatley, he was distracted by his friends' raucous laughter.

"What have you two done now?" He sighed.

"Nothing yet, but dude, if you're not careful, your children will be named after cartoon stone age children." Bousset chuckled.

"She's just nicknaming them." Combeferre insisted, though he too was slightly worried. He went with it when she affectionately named the thing growing inside her pebble and he even laughed the first time when she coined them Pebbles and Bam Bam, but with the due date looming and no agreed upon normal name, his children might very well be 1960s cartoon characters.

"This would've been easier if you'd figured out the gender." Bahorel drolled.

"I want to be surprised." Combeferre answered.

"Does Ponine?" Bousset questioned.

"Originally yes, but now she just wants them out." Combeferre laughed.

He'd told all the Amis and Éponine that he didn't care what gender the babies were. As long as they were healthy, he'd be overjoyed. Secretly though, Combeferre wanted nothing more than two beautiful baby girls who looked just like their mother (maybe one with his eyes.). He'd spoil them (all three of them.) and he knew he'd be wrapped around his baby girls' fingers. He'd want a boy to, eventually, one to have that special father-son bonding he and his own father had, but more than anything, he wanted a little girl.

With his little wish burning inside him, he let all worry of that nervous feeling slip away. He returned to the couches with Bahorel and Bousset, watching the other boys saunter in, and waiting for Ép and Gav to return.

Little did he know that gut feeling was going to be frightfully accurate.

BUM BUM BAH! What'd I tell ya? A little bit of fluff before the DRAMA AND SUSPENSE!

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