Alix

What in the Sam hell was going on? First that cryptic phone call from Ma and Pops and now Quil was acting like a scared stray with his tail tucked between his legs.

Was it me or was everything in my life just going...off kilter?

Whatever.

Maybe it was just me. I could blame it on the stress of knowing that I'm the true Alpha. Before it was all about mom and the baby, he had drilled me like crazy. He knew the weight that I was expected to carry on my shoulders and he wanted to make sure I could handle it.

I wasn't even completely sure I could anymore.

I mean, I really wanted to officially join the pack, that I was sure. But lead a bunch of experienced wolves all by myself?

Dad was crazy, everyone was, whoever thought that I could do so. It was a wild hope that everything would turn out fine the moment I claimed my rightful place as Alpha over the pack. I'm sure everyone would like the change in leaders as stories of Sam the bitch passed around.

But I still wasn't sure.

I didn't know what the future held.

Jake

I was still flipping through the 'secrets' in Quil's journal. Nothing huge other than the fact that that big lug ever kept one of these.

I still couldn't focus though. Mom and Dad had been gone for more than two hours now. That was way past the normal visit time to see baby and say hi there, bye there. Something huge had happened.

I knew it wasn't nothing too bad, otherwise they would've told Alix and I to get our butts down there.

So either something was held up or...

Christ.

I slammed my fist into my forehead.

"Is it one baby? ..."

Or two?

Quil

That talk with my dad hadn't necessarily scarred me for life...

It did change how I acted towards Alix though.

I tried out the whole treating her like an alpha thing. She thought I was high.

I tried the whole gentleman thing. She thought I was making fun of her being a female. As if.

I tried even respecting her more. She thought I didn't want to be with her.

Sooo this wasn't working out at all.

She probably thought I was a loon and had lost my nut.

Which maybe I had...

I was all confused and scrambled now. Thanks dad.

I might not have to worry about doing any of those things if the Alpha decided to dump me.

Shit.

Samantha Uley

New wolf alert.

Great. Another gangly boy added to the pack.

Colin was just discovered by us as he transformed and ran off into the woods. Thankfully, nobody human got hurt in the process.

He might get grounded for the new hole in his wall though.

I was glad we were able to catch him before anything serious happened. Kid was scared and freaked out of his mind. His thoughts were nearly incoherent once I was made aware of him.

But we're one stronger now.

Maybe that's the weird inkling I've had for so long now. A new wolf has just arrived and I was probably anticipating the change up in my pack.

That would explain a lot.

I glanced at my cell.

Still not a peep from Gabe, my boyfriend. If I could still call him that.

Whatever.

Bella

The tears wouldn't stop coming.

I didn't mind them at all considering Jacob was crying as well.

The news was all too much. It was just...overwhelming.

None of my pregnancies were expected and what came with them, well, surprises all around. Wolves, female alphas, the like...

I couldn't believe I had been blindsided again.

But oh, was I ever so so grateful for this surprise.

Jacob

Fuck.

I was crying.

I was suppose to be strong here, strong for Bella.

But when the doctor just told us the news, I broke.

I knew this wasn't going to be easy for Bella. I had to be her rock, the tough one.

She didn't blame me though, I knew that.

Still, it bugged me that my emotions just got me like that.

My heart had swelled and I couldn't keep this grin off my face.

And the waterworks weren't ceasing.

Goddamn we had a lot to tell Jake and Alix.

Seth

I couldn't believe this latest, idiotic revelation of mine.

I, the father of four, was interested in somebody again.

ME. The guy who had given up being a wolf to father these crazy brats that I loved.

I wanted to bring somebody into this lunatic mix?

I did.

I sighed as I just let the day sink in. I had finally gotten off of work and was sure the kids would be full of energy once I picked them up from daycare and preschool. Kane and Blaise, the big boys, went to school that was near the daycare their siblings, Aina and Haydn, were in. Thankfully. I desperately welcomed the convenience.

I was so drained. I was trying not to fall asleep as I drove.

I'm sure between Aina's screaming/singing and Kane and Blaise's bickering, there would be no possible way that I could fall asleep on the forty minute ride back home.

As I parked the car in the brightly scribbled on parking lot, my mind flashed briefly back to work.

Ok technically it wasn't work that I was thinking about...

Seriously, was I blushing?

Shaking my head, I entered the daycare and was instantly welcomed with crying, screaming, yelling and all around loud children of the daycare center, Smiley Oaks.

I signed in and gazed over the area to find at least one of my kids.

"Aina, Haydn! Your daddy's here to take you home!" Shouted one of the helpers.

Mmhm. Yeah let's see if that'll get them to come running from their play sets and coloring books to daddy, who had not even a tootsie pop on him.

"Sorry, Mr. Clearwater. They must be outside on the playground if they're not in here." A helper, Sara, smiled apologetically at me.

I nodded before heading towards the back of the room to the door.

As if mission impossible couldn't get any ... impossibler.

Ah, there was my girl.

As if one cue, Aina turned to face me with a wide grin on her face as I stepped outside. She was on the seesaw with some other child.

I motioned for her to get going while I searched for her brother.

My mouth dropped.

"Haydn James Seth Jacob Clearwater! You get down from that tree NOW!"

Jesus.

I swear, I was raising monkeys instead of children.

And I wanted to bring Kenya into this? Pfft, not likely.

Jacob

"Remember, we say it at the same time, right?" Bella reminded me for the umpteenth time.

I nodded absently. "Yes yes. I won't tell them without you babe."

We were finally heading back home after what just turned into the longest visit yet at the doctor.

I'm sure the kids were going crazy by now. I hadn't really told them much of anything other than everything was going to be ok and it was taking longer than usual to check Bella out.

I rubbed my wife's stomach once more with a renewed sense of love and of pride.

Bella smiled, her hand laying on top of mine.

"Two hands on the wheel Jakey. We've got to be extra careful. Four more months of being extra careful ok?"

I laughed, barked really. "Babe how can I not be anything but? Trust me, you're in the safest hands you could ever be in right now."

She sighed happily, closing her eyes. "I know. I can't help but worry nonetheless."

I grinned, seeing we were halfway home. "I know. I love you, worrywart."

She stuck her tongue out at me, eyes still closed. "And I love you, furry butt."

"It is NOT furry!"

"Yes it is."

"NOT."

"Is TOO!"

Jake

My ears twitched as I heard a car approach miles away.

It was mom and dad. I could hear them bickering.

"Alix! They're almost back. You hear them?"

She stomped down the stairs, graceful not, and furrowed her brow.

"I-I think so. God this is so strange still."

I smirked, going back to the journal...

Oh no.

Quil's journal.

I glanced quickly back at Alix who was still getting used to her heightened sense of hearing.

She didn't seem to recognized her boyfriend's journal which was a good thing. I highly doubted they read from it together and discussed his thoughts.

I had to snort at that one.

Alix's eyes finally flickered back to me.

"What?"

Eloquent.

"Nothing."

Eh. So I was a hypocrite.

She grunted while we waited anxiously for them to pull in. What was this news they were holding back from us?

Maybe it was more than one baby...maybe they could already tell it was going to be a werewolf...

Or maybe we weren't having a little sister or brother at all.

I shook my head. No. Nothing bad had happened. They would have called us down there if it had been serious.

Yet this was serious.

This surprise they were keeping from us.

The garage opened.

Bella

I looked at my husband, eyes shining.

"You ready babe?" He asked, his deep voice making me shiver.

I smiled. "Ready for anything."

I turned to see my two older kids already waiting outside the garage. They weren't going to let us pull in until we told them the news.

I was glad to see them so excited or anxious for anything about the baby. It meant they really cared, which I already knew. Still, I loved to see the physical evidence from them. I didn't want them to think that I'd love them or pay attention to them any less now that a newborn was on the way.

Ok, I might pay a smidgen less attention to Jake...

Snorting, I waiting for Jacob to open my door.

Holding his hand and my round belly, we faced the kids together.

"Kids..."

Alix

"What's wrong?" I blurted out.

Ugh. Word vomit.

Mom smiled patiently at me.

"Nothing sweetheart! Nothing could be the furthest from wrong right now."

"We have some news..." Dad added in.

Jake sighed. "No duh! Are you gonna withhold it forever or what? Impatient teens waiting here..."

Mom giggled. She actually giggled at Jake.

I smiled hesitantly. "OK, so nothing is necessarily wrong. But something's happened. Something changed...am I right?"

My parents looked at each other, beaming, making me think they were gonna break their faces with those huge smiles.

"Oh c'mon!" Jake and I whined together.

Mom took a deep breath. Dad's hands tightened around her waist, one lightly resting on her stomach.

"Jacob, Alixandra..." Dad started seriously.

Oh crap.

"We just found out that..." Mom all of a sudden started grinning again, breaking the intense mood.

Together they dropped the biggest bombshell on my life with megawatt grins.

"TRIPLETS?"

Bella

"Oh honey, hurry catch him!"

Jake had fainted.

Sorry, he would want me to say passed out.

Jacob caught his son as I stared at Alix, making sure she was sound.

She looked quite dazed and caught off guard, but no danger of falling out.

"Honey?" I gently pressed. "Are you alright?"

Alix nodded, not all there but comprehending.

I glanced at my husband.

"Maybe we should've told them while they were sitting down..." I wondered.

Jacob was laughing, I doubted he heard me.

"Maybe..." Once again, I doubted his amazing werewolf powers of multitasking, catching Jake and listening to me while barking like mad.

I tugged on my shell shocked daughter's arm.

"C'mon inside baby. You need to sit." I coddled her like I wasn't the pregnant one here.

Alix was still nodding.

I sighed. Well... at least I knew that they cared!