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The twins were a little more than a day old when they were able to go home with their fathers. They were both doing fine and had proven to have strong lungs when they screamed. When they wanted something they sure let their fathers know it.

Mac was keeping an eye on the twins as they lay in their car seats. Horatio was in the bathroom. They were also waiting for Frank to drop by; he was going to Texas for a while to visit his sister and Horatio and Mac wanted him to meet the twins before he left.

When the door opened Mac looked up to see Frank in the doorway with two balloons in his hands. One blue and one pink.

"Hello there daddy." Frank grinned and handed Mac the balloons.

He then looked down at the twins; Caylee was asleep, but Noah was awake and stared at Frank.

"Hi, Frank." Mac smiled, "Meet Caylee and Noah Taylor Caine; your godchildren."

Frank looked surprised at Mac and the younger man nodded with a smile.

"I'm the godfather?"

"Yes, if you want to be." Mac grinned, "We made Stella their godmother."

"Of course I want to be." Frank smiled and then picked up Noah from his car seat.

Noah squirmed and cooed when Frank held him. Frank sat down on one of the guest chairs. Mac snapped a photo just as Horatio exited the bathroom.

"Whoa! Where's the belly?" Frank asked as he looked at his friend.

Horatio just laughed. He had lost the twin belly very quickly after birth, but there was still some extra weight which wasn't surprising given that he had given birth about 24 hours ago. Horatio didn't feel the need to rush to lose the extra weight either.

"They really let you take the babies home so early?" Frank asked, "It's only been a bit more than 24 hours ago since they were born."

"Yeah, everything with them is fine so there is no reason for us to stay much longer." Mac said.

"How are you guys feeling then?" Frank smiled, remembering how he had felt when he had become a father.

"Overwhelmed." Horatio smiled and sat down on the bed next to Mac.

"It's so surreal." Mac said, "I can't wait to see how Elvis will react."

"I'm sure he'll be really pissed that he's not the center of attention anymore." Frank smirked.

"Probably." Mac said, "But he'll get used to it."

When Noah started crying and Frank was unable to calm him down he handed him over to Horatio. Noah was not happy and didn't calm down until Horatio handed him a bottle of milk.

The milk in the bottle was substitute since men couldn't breastfeed.

It wasn't the first time Frank had seen Horatio holding a baby; he had seen Horatio hold his daughters when they were babies and Alexx's kids. He had always thought that it looked so natural for the redhead and now seeing him with his own child, he knew that it was natural for his friend to be a father.

"Want to hold the little girl? You can feed here, because she'll wake up soon." Mac said.

"Sure." Frank smiled.

Mac handed him Caylee and sure enough the little girl woke up within seconds, demanding food. Frank fed her with the bottle and Mac snapped some photos. When the babies were fed it was time to leave the hospital. The twins were placed back in their car seats and on the hospital parking lot Frank said goodbye to his friends as he had to leave for the airport.

Mac and Horatio drove home in silence and the twins fell asleep in the car.

The moment they stepped inside the house they were met by a curious ginger cat. Mac had been home earlier to feed Elvis and keep him company for a while.

"Elvis, it's time to meet our new family members." Mac smiled.

-I-

Unaware that he was being watched from the doorway to the bedroom, Elvis stared at the two sleeping forms on his masters' bed. One of them twitched with the leg. Elvis was suspicious. His masters had left without these two small creatures, but had just come home with them. How did that happen? And how long were they going to stay? This was his territory after all and his masters.

Carefully Elvis approached the little ones. He was unaware that Horatio was videotaping the whole thing. All he could think of was to check out the babies.

Did he really have to share his masters now?

Gently, he reached out his paw and touched Noah's head. Noah squirmed and Elvis jumped back. He waited for a while and then approached Noah again. He touched his chest with his paw and then walked over to Caylee. Carefully his paw touched her head a few times and he then sniffed her red hair.

When Elvis had decided that the two small creatures couldn't harm him he just sat there staring at them. Then he lied down on the pillow, still watching them. Horatio stopped recording and grinned.

"You better get used to them Elvis because they're here to stay." He smiled.

Mac joined his lover with two plates of chicken salad in his hands. The two men didn't have the will to leave their bundles of joy alone, so they sat down on the edge of the bed and ate their food.

"Can you believe that they're here?" Horatio asked, "No more late mornings and uninterrupted nights."

"Oh the joy." Mac chuckled.

Horatio grinned and gave his lover a kiss on the cheek. It felt surreal to suddenly have their twins at home, but they wouldn't change it for anything in the world. They already loved it. The twins were absolutely adorable and so far synchronized; they ate at the same time and slept at the same time. Caylee seemed to sleep slightly longer than Noah, but they were still well synchronized.

-I-

Mac and Horatio were both on cloud nine and it was hard for them to do anything but just hold and watch the twins. They were sitting on the back porch later in the evening; Mac was holding Noah and Horatio was holding Caylee. Elvis was close by, lying on the table. He almost seemed a little jealous that the twins took his masters time and attention. Yet, he was very curious about the babies and could barely leave them alone.

"They really look like you." Horatio said, as he looked at a baby photo of Mac, while comparing it to Noah and Caylee.

"Yes, apart from the red hair and blue eyes." Mac smiled, "I wonder if they got your temper though."

"My temper?" Horatio asked.

"Yeah. You know what people say about redheads and their mood." Mac grinned, "They're probably going to grow up to become quite tall too. None of us are short."

"Do you hope that the red hair stays as they grow older?"

"Oh yes." Mac smiled, "I have a weakness for redheads and besides, it sets them apart from everyone else."

Caylee started to whimper slightly and she opened her eyes to look at her daddy. Horatio grinned at her.

"Hi there baby girl." He said.

Caylee kicked with her legs before closing her eyes again. Horatio held her close to his chest so she could hear his heart beat. It seemed that both babies relaxed when they heard their fathers' heart beats. They could be crying loudly, but as soon as they heard their fathers' heart beats they relaxed and went quiet.

"We should take them for a stroll in the park." Horatio smiled, "I want to move around a little anyway."

Mac nodded. They got the twins dressed and down in the twin stroller that they had bought. The twins didn't wake up and Mac and Horatio held hands while just walking around. A few people asked them how old the twins were.

They then ran into Eric's parents; his mother Raquel and his father Pavel. Last time Eric and Horatio had met them was in the mall when Horatio had been just 17 weeks pregnant.

"We heard from Eric that you had the babies yesterday." Raquel smiled, "They look adorable."

"It was a long labor, no?" Pavel asked.

"20 hours." Mac said.

Pavel looked stunned and patted Horatio on the shoulder, "Good work getting through it. I remember when Marisol was born and Raquel thought that six hours was pure hell."

"It always depends on what you compare it with." Raquel said.

The four of them chatted for a while before Raquel and Pavel had to get moving home. Mac and Horatio went in the other direction to continue their walk in the park.

When they got home it was time for some food for the twins. Elvis ran and hid under the bed the moment the twins started screaming. Holding one baby each Mac and Horatio fed them their bottles and then rocked them to sleep.

It was a dream come true for both men to finally have children.

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