"Roger, I knew this was a bad idea." Ava complained as she winced in pain.
"What was a bad idea Baby?" Roger asked holding her hand as she lay in the hospital bed in labor.
"Trying to do this natrually with no drugs. God, this hurts." she said looking over at him.
"Do you want me to get the doctor? I can have you drugged up in no time." he offered smiling at her.
"No, it's OK. I'm fine. Tell me how much you love me again. I need to hear it." she laughed looking up at him as he moved onto the bed to sit next to her.
"I love you so much Ava. You and our babies." he smiled wrapping his arms around her and kissing her head.
"I love you and our babies too Roger." she smiled looking up at him as the contraction subsided.
"Are you OK now Baby?" he asked looking down at her.
"Yeah I'm fine. Is my mom here yet?" she asked looking up at him.
"Not yet Baby. But she'll be here soon. Do you need anything?" he asked caressing her hair.
"No, I'm OK. I just need to rest now. Who knows when the next contraction is coming." she smiled leaning back against him.
"OK Baby. You rest. Everything's gonna be OK. Our babies are gonna be born and you're gonna be OK." he smiled kissing her head again.
"I know. I need to hear that a lot today too, OK?" she smiled looking up at him.
"OK Baby. I promise. You're gonna be hearing that so much today, you're gonna get sick of it." he laughed looking down at her.
"I'll risk it." she laughed looking up at him.
"Knock knock. Can I come in?" Ms. Parker asked standing in the doorway.
"Mom. I am so glad you're here." she smiled looking up at the door.
"How are you doing sweetie? Have you needed an epidural yet?" she asked smiling as she entered the room.
"Not yet. I'm good. I just can't wait until my babies are here." she smiled looking upat her.
"I know sweetie. They'll be here soon enough and then you'll be going crazy with two babies crying and needing to be fed and needing to be changed." she laughed looking over at her.
"And you know what? I can't wait." she smiled looking up at her. "Oh boy." she winced holding her belly as she breathed in and out with the pains.
"Look Baby, you're having another contraction." Roger smiled looking at the machine as she looked up at him giving him a dirty look.
"Roger don't make me kill you." she growled looking up at him.
"Sorry Baby." he said holding her in his arms.
"I'm just gonna go out there with everyone else. I love you sweetie." Ms. Parker said looking over at them before escaping the labor room.
"You scared your mom away." Roger laughed kissing her head.
"She'll live." she laughed trying to take her mind off of the pain.
"You're doing so great Baby. I'm so proud of you." he smiled looking down at her.
"Yeah well, these babies better appreciate everything I'm sacrificing for them." she said taking a cleansing breath.
"They will. I know I do." he smiled kissing her head as she leaned back to relax.
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"A boy and a girl? How perfect is that?" Mark asked smiling down at the babies in the nursery.
"That's Lukas Roger and there's my little Abigail Susan." Roger smiled looking down at his children.
"They are so beautiful son." Mr. Davis smiled patting Roger on the back.
"Thanks dad." he smiled looking down at him.
"How's Ava doing? She must be exhausted." Ms. Parker asked looking up at him.
"She is 14 hours of labor." Roger answered looking down at her.
"Well she should rest now. She's gonna be really busy once you get these little angels home." Collins smiled with his arm around Will's shoulder.
"Somehow I doubt that. I have a feeling she's gonna have all the help she could ever need." he smiled looking around at everyone.
"Those babies are gonna be the most loved babies in the world." Will smiled looking down at them.
"They already are man." Roger smiled staring down at his son and daughter.
"Here you are. I was wondering where my husband disappeared to." Ava said quietly as she walked slowly down the hallway holding the rails along the wall.
"Baby, what are you doing out of bed? You should be resting." Roger asked rushing over to her.
"I figured if I wanted to see anybody, I'd have to come out to the nursery." she smiled looking up at him as he wrapped his arms around her waist to help her walk.
"They're beautiful Ava. You did so great girl." Joanne smiled standing by the window.
"Thank you Joanne. Look at my little angels." she smiled staring at them by the window.
"They are angels Baby." Roger smiled leaning down to kiss her head as they stared at the babies.
"Hello my little Lukas Roger. You are gonna be the most handsome boy in the world. You look just like your daddy." Ava smiled as Lukas slept in her arms and Abigail slept in the bassinet next to her hospital bed.
"Hey Baby, you're up. I went by the nursery to see the kids and the nurses said you came by to get them already. Are you OK?" Roger asked as he entered her hospital room carrying flowers.
"Yeah, I'm fine. I just wanted feed them and spend some time alone with them. Aren't they the most beautiful babies you've ever seen?" she smiled looking up at him.
"Yeah Baby, they are. But what do you expect? With a mother like you, how could they not be the most beautiful children ever." he smiled sitting on the bed next to her.
"Roger, you're insane. Lukas is you to a T." she smiled looking up at him.
"But he's got your beautiful blue eyes." he smiled leaning down to kiss his sons head.
"Roger, what do you have there?" she asked looking over at him.
"Flowers for my beautiful wife and the mother of my children." he smiled leaning up to kiss her.
"You are too much Roger." she smiled looking into his amazing green eyes. The same green eyes that had her throughout her teenage years.
"Oh, Will and Collins said they'd be by early and Mark said to tell you to make sure you shower and make yourself filmable." he smiled looking over at her as her eyes widened. "His words, not mine." he laughed quietly, careful not to wake the babies up.
"You guys are insane. I just gave birth yesterday and he wants to film me already." she laughed handing Lukas over to him before getting out of the bed.
"Where are you going Baby?" he asked looking up at her.
"To shower and make myself filmable." she smiled looking down at him as she grabbed her shampoo, conditioner and soap.
"Josh called last night." Roger said quietly as he approached the bathroom with Lukas still in his arms.
"He better not be trying to get me on tour again. I told him I'm through. I just want to be your wife and raise our babies." she said looking up at him.
"No, actually he just called to congratulate us. He said Jimmy called him and told him." he smiled looking down at her.
"Oh. OK. I'm sorry, it's just... I know him. I'm surprised he didn't suggest we hold a press conference announcing the birth of the babies." she said starting to get undressed.
"He did." he told her as she whipped around to look at him. "I told him forget about it. We're out of the business and we're staying out. We like our life the way it is." he smiled looking over at her.
"Roger, if you want to go back, it's OK." she said looking over at him.
"No, Ava I don't want to go back. I want to be here with you and raise our kids. That's all I want now." he smiled looking down at Lukas.
"OK Baby. Oh, we have to figure out what we're gonna call Abigail. Your mom is Abby so we can't call her that." she said stepping into the shower.
"I was thinking we could call her Gail." he smiled looking over at her.
"That's a great idea Baby." she smiled as Abigail began to cry. "Roger, can you get Gail please?" she smiled looking out the curtain.
"Sure Baby." he smiled putting Lukas down and picking up Abigail. "Hey daddy's girl. You're OK. Do you want a bottle? Mommy's taking a shower. Uncle Mark's coming to take a lot of pictures of you, mommy and your brother." he smiled giving her her bottle. "I love you Gail." he smiled leaning down to kiss her head.