Chapter 28: Double Miracles

It was September; Bella was thirty-seven weeks pregnant and did not want to get off the couch or anything. Even if she wanted to, she needed help. Emmett walked downstairs to find his fiancé struggling to get up. "Baby, you okay?" he asked.

"Yep, your children won't let me get off the couch," she replied.

Emmett hurried over, helping her up off the couch. "You okay now?" he asked.

"My back hurts and my feet are throbbing like mad," she replied.

Bella let out a shriek when he suddenly lifted her up. "Emmett careful you're going to hurt yourself!" she exclaimed.

"Gorgeous, you're light as a feather to me," he answered.

"I'm a pretty heavy feather then," she told him.

Emmett rolled his eyes. "Come on, the last doctor's appointment," he informed. She sighed as he carried her out to the car.

When they arrived at the clinic, Bella was lying back on the table while the doctor was checking on their babies. "Do you guys want to know the sexes?" Dr. Tucker asked.

"No, we decided to keep that a surprise," Bella replied.

"Well, we should check you to see if you have dilated," Dr. Tucker informed.

"Whoa, whoa, wait, no one said anything about checking for dilation," Emmett commented.

Bella laughed. "Emmett, it's fine," she assured him. She felt her face flush a little with embarrassment over the whole thing though.

"Well…you are a centimeter dilated," Dr. Tucker informed.

"What does that mean?" Emmett asked.

"Well with her being pregnant with twins, being dilated at all isn't surprising. Just keep a close eye on her," Dr. Tucker replied.

Emmett nodded his head slowly, holding Bella's hand. "Yep, I'll keep a close eye on her," he replied smiling. Bella gave him a smile and gave his hand a gentle squeeze.

Three days later, Bella was in the hospital breathing through her contractions. Emmett was stroking her hair gently, trying to help her relax. "Sit up Gorgeous," he told her.

"No you sit up," she groaned.

Emmett helped her sit up and sat behind her on the bed. She whimpered softly as he started rubbing her shoulders and arms. "Just breathe through the contraction, grab onto my legs or something," he told her. Bella felt another contraction rip through her and grabbed onto his legs with a small shriek of pain. Emmett winced slightly, but knowing that she was going through so much pain made him feel guilty. "Just keep breathing Bella," he instructed.

"You keep breathing Emmett, just shut up," she snapped.

Emmett sighed as he continued to rub her shoulders and her arms. After the contraction passed, she fell back against his chest. "I'm sorry, Emmett, I'm so sorry for being mean," she answered.

"Just relax Gorgeous," he answered.

She started relaxing back against his chest. Emmett kissed the back of her shoulder while rubbing her stomach gently.

The hours ticked by and the doctor nodded. "Alright, it's time to start pushing," he informed. Bella bit her lower lip, holding onto Emmett's hand as tight as she could. "Dad you going to be okay?" Dr. Tucker asked.

"Yep, I'm good," Emmett, replied.

Bella let out a small gasp of pain before a whimper escaped her lips. Emmett rested his forehead against the side of her head. "I can't push I'm tired," Bella answered.

"You have to push baby," Emmett whispered.

Holding onto his hand as tight as she could, Bella felt her next contraction and started pushing while the nurse was counting for her.

After what felt like hours, a baby's scream filled the delivery room. "It's a boy," the doctor announced, showing the couple the screaming newborn.

"A boy…he's so beautiful…" Bella whispered with tears in her eyes.

Emmett was beaming with job when he saw his newborn son. The nurse took the baby away to get him cleaned up. After she was able to rest a couple of minutes, Bella sat up again with Emmett's help as she started pushing again. "Good Bella, good, good, good, I can see the top of baby B's head," Dr. Tucker told her. Bella was gasping for breath. "Just keep going," the doctor, told her. Pushing as hard as she could, she felt her second child's body leave her.

The second baby's wail entered the room; the doctor was smiling behind the mask. "It's a girl," he told them. Emmett stared at his daughter with wide eyes.

"A girl? Really?" Bella asked amazed.

"Yes," the doctor replied chuckling.

Emmett kissed the side of Bella's head. "You were great baby," he whispered.

"Are they okay?" she asked.

"Well they screamed which is a good sign," Dr. Tucker replied as he went to check on the babies.

"A boy and a girl, that's incredible," Bella commented.

Emmett smiled, stroking her arm. "Emmett, you okay?" she asked.

"Yeah…I'm just…stunned," he replied.

Bella stroked his jaw gently with a smile. "Our children," she murmured.

"Our children," he agreed smiling.

Bella leaned against his chest spent from the long, trying ordeal. Except she was grinning from ear to ear, she had two children. A handsome son and a beautiful daughter, everything felt so perfect.

Once they were moved out of the delivery room and into a regular hospital room, Bella was able to rest. Except, she wanted to see her children. She was anxious about seeing the twins before everyone else had to see them. At this moment, Emmett was out in the waiting room announcing the birth of their son and daughter. "Here they are," a nurse announced smiling, wheeling the babies in. Bella sat up smiling tiredly. "Which one would you like to hold first?" the nurse asked.

"Can I see my son please?" Bella asked.

The nurse placed the little boy into her arms. The boy opened his eyes briefly, let out a little noise, and closed his eyes again. She held her son's tiny hand with a smile. "Have you and your husband picked out names?" the nurse asked. Bella smiled "husband", even though it was not official yet but it sounded nice.

"Um…we decided to name the boy Liam Charles Cullen," Bella replied.

"And the girl?" the nurse asked.

Bella looked over at her daughter, biting her lower lip.

Emmett walked into the room to find Bella resting back against her bed with their son in her arms. "How's our son?" he asked smiling.

"Liam's good, he just ate. The doctor said they're doing very well," she told him smiling.

Emmett smiled as he lifted his daughter up into his arms. "Emmett," she murmured.

"Yeah Gorgeous," Emmett answered.

She smiled softly while holding Liam's tiny hand. "I named her Alana Renee," she told him quietly. Emmett's heart stopped at what she said. He looked up at her in disbelief. "What better names for our daughter than the names of the two strongest women we ever knew?" she answered. Emmett let out a deep breath as he cradled his daughter to his chest.

"Bella you have no idea how much that means to me," he whispered.

"I think I have a general picture of it," she answered.

He walked over, kissing her tenderly. "I love you, I love you so much," he whispered.

"And I love you too," she replied.

She kissed the top of Liam's head before kissing Alana's forehead. Emmett smiled, stroking his daughter's cheek before kissing the top of his son's head. The babies let out noises before going back to sleep. The young couple sat together when the family came in. While everyone cooed over the newborns, Emmett wrapped his arm around Bella. Bella rested her head on his shoulder with a tired smile. "Our babies," she whispered.

"Our babies," Emmett answered.