Chapter Twenty Three:
Three days later, Aikera and the twins were discharged from medical. She and Harper carried the twins to their quarters so they could both rest. Rev was keeping an eye on Lunar and Tamerlane. As they entered their quarters Amkima started to fuss. Aikera checked her diaper and made a face. Harper looked at her with a questioning look.
"Your daughter just gave the nastiest smelling diaper a four day old infant should never be able to do." Aikera said going to change their daughter.
"My daughter? If I remember it does take two to make babies." Harper said grinning. They both started laughing. Atrayu started crying and Harper checked his diaper. He still had a clean diaper.
"Try feeding him." Aikera suggested. Harper put the bottle in the infant's mouth and he started to eat. Aikera put a bottle in Amkima's mouth; she took to the bottle eating also.
Several hours later Rev entered the room with Luna and Tamerlane trailing behind him. Neither of the children made a noise to wake the sleeping infants. Rev was trying to find a way to quietly wake up Aikera when one the twins, no one could tell them apart yet, let out a loud cry. Aikera sat up trying to comprehend the noise when it kept going. She looked down in the baby bed and saw Atrayu crying his little heart out. She picked him up and he stopped crying.
"Bet he picked up the extra presence from you three. Wanna see him?" Aikera said asking the other two children. They nodded and ran to her side to look at Atrayu.
"How did you know it was Atrayu crying?" Rev asked.
"Because," Harper said sitting up, "Amkima is on my side of the bed. Atrayu went to sleep first and Amkima wanted to stay up. I put Atrayu on Aikera's side of the bed and took Amkima and told Aikera to go to bed."
"What do you need Rev?" Aikera asked the magog.
"Luna wanted ask you something." Rev said. The princess looked at the six year old girl waiting for the question.
"Momma, something is wrong with Beka. She won't talk to no one." Luna said.
"And she keeps telling dad it's his fault." Tamerlane added. Aikera sighed knowing what was going on. She looked at Harper, he nodded, and Aikera went to Beka.
"Beka calm down, I'm here to figure out why you have to children scared of you." Aikera said. Beka looked at her. "Come on, let's take a ride in the Maru."
Three hours later, the two of them were in the Maru, a good distance away from the Andromeda, but close enough to be seen by the warship. Aikera put the ship into autopilot and got out of the pilots seat looking at Beka expectedly. Beka wouldn't meet her gaze.
"Beka, tell me what has you so mad at Tyr." Aikera said sitting across the other woman.
"He proposed to me officially right before you gave birth. That's not the problem because I said yes. The problem is I am pregnant." Beka said crying.
"Why are you taking it out on Tyr?" Aikera asked cautiously. She knew she had major damage control to do with Tyr now also. "Beka you must tell him or the marriage, for lack of a better term right now, will never last. You need to learn how to talk to him. The reason he didn't discuss bringing Tamerlane here was because I did that one while you all were on cargo runs. He had no choice to tell me no because he knows better with me." Aikera said. Beka looked at the petite girl.
"Is that how you got Luna?" Beka asked.
"No, Luna was a bargain and a life we saved." Aikera said. "Lets go back so you can talk to your fiancée."
"Ok." Beka said quietly. Once docked back on the Andromeda, Tyr was asked to meet Aikera and Beka both on the observation deck. Tyr beat both women there, since he was closer to it then them. As they walked in Beka lingered at the door. Aikera approached her brother.
"Remain calm with her, she doesn't need more stress now. Now is the time to support her and love her." Aikera said. Tyr looked and Beka and she walked to him.
"I'm sorry for what I put you through the last couple of days. Tyr I'm pregnant." Beka said looking him in the eye. He looked at her shocked. He was beyond speechless.