A/N: I Didn't get the 12 reviews I asked for but I loved the reviews I did get so I decided to post this chapter! I just couldn't wait to not only introduce Kit and Jess's baby (well now toddler) but also to have the twins finally arrive! So fans of my story I Promise you are the first people to hear about Kit and Jess's baby besides Macaela and I! They have a baby girl named Melody! She will be described in this chapter! Enjoy!
DEREK POV
After I told Chloe the news about her being 4 months pregnant she laid down in bed. She patted the spot beside her and I climbed under the covers with her and pulled her close.
"Go to sleep love. I'm here." I told her and kissed her cheek. She sighed contently and it wasn't long before she was asleep.
The next day when Chloe woke up Jess came in to make sure she was all right. Once Jess found everything to be fine she told Chloe the bed-rest rule.
"Now if Derek can carry you downstairs you can stay on the couch. But other than that I want you in bed and trying to sleep or rest." Jess told her.
"Ok thanks Jess." Chloe said and Jess leaned down to give her a hug. "Anything for you hun." Just then Jess's phone rang. "Hello?" she answered. It was her sister, Sarah.
"Hi Jess. You're coming to pick Melody up today right?" Sarah asked. "Yeah. What time should I be there?" Jess asked her.
"Well I have to go shopping so why don't I just drop her off at your house around noon?" Sarah said. "That'd be great. Thanks." Jess said and hung up.
"Chloe! I have good news for you. Melody will be home around noon!" Jess told her. "Really? That's great! I can't wait to see her again!" Chloe said smiling.
Even as a baby, Melody had a very close attachment to Chloe. And Chloe loved that. Melody was the whole reason Chloe and I even decided to have kids.
Melody had spent the last 2 weeks as Jess's sisters house. Jess didn't talk to her sister much until after she married my dad. She had always been worried about her job putting her sister in danger.
Once they married dad convinced her to try to contact her, saying that there was no way to trace Jess to Sarah. She did and ever since then she kept in contact and Jess kept the supernatural part of her hidden.
When Jess first had Melody we were all relieved she was just a normal human baby. Just recently, Melody had come into Jess's shaman powers.
Melody knew when she went over Sarah's she couldn't use her powers so Jess and dad had allowed her to keep in contact. Even though there was such an age difference between all of us, we all loved Melody.
Melody wanted an uncle and since dad didn't have any siblings and Sarah wasn't married so she began to think of Chloe and I as her aunt and uncle.
She was very happy with the fact since Chloe and I spoiled her like crazy and now she would have cousins. "And she'll be more than happy to see you and know her cousins are coming soon!" Jess said.
"Well I made you guys and your friends breakfast. It's on the table." "Thank you." I told her. Even though Chloe's dad had to leave Kari and Nate stayed. S
imon and Tori offered to drive them home when they were ready. They wanted to be here when the twin's were born.
What they don't know is that Chloe and I were going to offer them Chloe's aunt's house to live in. When Simon killed Lauren Chloe had taken it surprisingly well.
When I commented on this once she said it was because ever since the stabbing and the kidnapping Lauren was no longer an aunt to her.
So when Lauren died Chloe inherited her house and now she wanted to give it to Kari and Nate. A few hours later Jess pulled in the driveway. Soon after, Melody came rushing in.
She spotted Chloe on the couch and threw herself into Chloe's arms. Melody was adorable. She had Jess's copper hair and dad's brown eyes. "Hi sweetie! How are you?" Chloe asked her.
"I'm good. I missed you!" Melody said and tried to give Chloe a hug over her stomach. "I missed you too. Did you have fun at your aunts house?" Chloe asked.
"Yes. We went to the park and rode a roller coaster!" Melody said. "I bet that was fun!" Chloe said. "Uh-Uh." Melody said with a yawn.
"Ok missy it's nap time. Time to get you home. Say goodbye to Chloe." Jess said coming over.(A/N: Melody is 5 years old now.) Melody threw her arms around Chloe's neck.
"No! I want to stay with Auntie Chloe!" Melody said. "We'll see her later. It's nap time now." Jess said taking Melody from Chloe. Melody immediately started crying and reaching out her arms for Chloe.
"Jess? Can she take naptime in my room with me? " Chloe asked her. Jess thought about it for a minute.
"Sure if you don't mind. But remember you need your rest too. Don't let her keep you up. You should try to sleep too." Jess told her. "Ok I will." Chloe said with a smile.
Jess immediately handed Melody to Chloe. Chloe took Melody in her arms and was about to get up to carry her upstairs when I quickly got up and scooped Chloe in my arms with Melody holding onto Chloe.
"Uncle Derry!" Melody said giggling. "Sorry but it's my job as you and Chloe's knight to carry you upstairs." I told her with a smile. Both her and Chloe laughed.
I got into Chloe and I's bedroom and set them down gently on the bed. They climbed under the covers and Melody snuggled close to Chloe.
"Uncle Derek? Can you come lay down with us too?" Melody asked me. "Of course." I said. I laid down on the other side of Melody and a few minutes later both Chloe and Melody were asleep.
I sat up and observed them. In just a few weeks this would be Chloe lying with our son and daughter. I was filled with happiness at the thought.
LATER THAT DAY
Chloe and Melody were on the couch watching Scooby Doo-Melody's favorite show. Nate and Kari were over at dad and Jess's with Simon and Tori.
We sat there watching TV for a while before Kari and Nate walk in. "Hey Chloe!" they say at the same time. We all laugh. "Hi guys! Have fun with Simon and Tori?" Chloe asked.
"Yeah we played would you rather. Pretty funny. Who's this?" Nate asked pointing at Melody. "This is my sister-in-law believe it or not." Chloe said laughing.
"This is Melody. Kit and Jess's daughter. "She's so cute." Kari said. "Yeah she is cute. I'm going to take a shower." Nate said. "Ok." Chloe said.
Kari came over and sat in the loveseat beside the couch. "So did you guys finish the nursery yet?" she asked us. "
Not yet. We were planning to go shopping today but I'm not allowed. And then Jess said once I'm off bed rest I should just stick to traveling between the houses." Chloe told her.
"Oh well I would love to go shopping for you!" Kari said excitedly. "Really? That'd be great!" Chloe told her. "Yeah! Just tell me what you need and I can pick it out for you. And maybe Tori can help me." Kari said. I
went up and got the list we had compiled and handed it to Kari. "That's a list of what we need." Chloe said. "We want to paint the room a light blue so everything needs to match that."
"Oh that's a good color. Do you have clothes for them? And diapers?" Kari asked. "Well we clothes that Tori and Jess brought. And yeah we have diapers." Chloe told her.
"Well you can never have enough clothes so that means I get to clothes shop for my new niece and nephew!" Kari said excited. Chloe laughed. "Do you have a computer I could use? I want to look up some of the shops around here." Kari asked.
"Down the hall, first door on the left." I told her and she went off to find it. Around 7:00 Jess came back and took Melody home for her bedtime. With a quick kiss goodbye to me and Chloe Melody was off.
I went over to the couch and pulled Chloe onto my lap. "I don't know why you keep doing this. I must be heavy." Chloe complained.
"Werewolf strength remember? You may feel heavy but to me your nothing." I told her, soothing her fears. She yawned. "I'm carrying you up to bed." I told her.
Surprisingly, she didn't protest. She noticed my surprise to her reaction through the bond. 'Between the pregnancy hormones and the babies kicking I'm exhausted.' She told me.
THE NEXT DAY-TORI POV
I was sitting on the floor in the living room with Simon and Melody playing Chutes and Ladders. Suddenly there was a knock at the door. Simon stood and opened the door to find Kari.
"Hi Kar. Didn't expect you here. Our dates not until tonight." He told her, motioning for her to come inside. She came in and sat on the couch. "Hi Tori. Hi Melody." "Hi Kari!" Mel and I said.
"So anyway I didn't come here for you right now. I wanted to see if Tori wanted to come baby shopping for Chloe with me." She asked me.
"Sure sounds great. Lemme grab my purse and we can go." I told her grabbing my purse and car keys. "So does Chloe know your baby shopping?" I asked Kari once we got in the car.
"Yeah she asked me to last night." She told me. Hearing that Chloe asked her instead of me made me jealous. I was Chloe's best friend, she should be asking me.
I've been there with her through everything. Kari just can't come back in Chloe's life now and take my spot. Kari seemed to sense my mood. "
Tori? I know you may be jealous she asked me instead of you but you shouldn't be. She probaly just didn't want to bother you. Chloe's was my best friend.
Now that I came back and know she's supernatural we're still great friends but I know, I can see it, how I can't replace you.
You've been with Chloe through things I bet I don't even want to imagine. You're Chloe's absolute best girlfriend. Me coming back doesn't change that." She told me.
We pulled up to a stoplight and I turned my head to smile at her. "Thanks." I told her. "Anytime." She said. The rest of the day we spent bonding.
We brought the cribs and changing tables Chloe needed then loaded them into the car. Next we went to the paint store and Kari found a perfect shade of light blue Derek and Chloe wanted.
Finally we arrived at the mall. We went in all these baby stores and brought a ton of cute clothes for the twins. Kari and I really bonded since we both loved shopping. Finally we headed over to Chloe and Derek's to drop off the stuff.
A FEW WEEKS LATER-DEREK POV
I was sitting on the couch with Chloe on my lap. She was just wearing my t-shirt since it was long on her and no one was home. It was August 4th , around 9:00, and Chloe was due any day now.
Jess had everything ready in our room, where Chloe would give birth. The nursery was all set up. We even painted the twin's names above their cribs in black cursive.
We were watching a movie when suddenly I felt liquid on my lap. "Did your water just break?" I asked Chloe, who could only nod because she was hit with a contraction.
I took Chloe up to our bedroom and called Jess. While waiting for her to come over I quickly changed my pants and helped Chloe get out of her underwear.
Then I sat on the side of the bed, holding Chloe's hand and encouraging her to breathe like Jess taught her. Jess had given birth in an actual hospital because Melody was human.
Chloe couldn't go to the hospital because there would be to many questions once they ran tests on the babies and found something isn't normal. So Jess had gladly volunteered to be Chloe's doctor.
Finally I heard Jess pull up in the driveway. She entered and I could smell not only her but also dad, Melody, Simon, Tori, Nate and Kari. "Ok everyone stay down here. I'll call if we need help." Jess told them then hurried upstairs.
She entered the bedroom and checked Chloe. Unfortunately she wasn't dilated enough to start pushing yet so Jess just encouraged her to breather while I rubbed soothing circles on her hand.
Finally about an hour later Chloe was finally dilated and ready to push. She squeezed my hand so tight it actually hurt a little. An hour later, at 11:02 pm and finally Steven came out crying.
Jess quickly cleaned him up and let Chloe have a moment with him before placing him in his crib, next to the bed, and telling Chloe to push again. At 12:12 am August 5th Clarissa was born.
Jess cleaned Clarissa up while I picked Steven up from his crib. I held him and my arms and studied this perfect creature. He had dark hair like me and his eyes were fascinating.
They were a mixture of my green eyes and Chloe's blue eyes. Then I handed him off to Chloe and studied my precious daughter.
She had Chloe's curly blonde hair with a tint of red in it and the same eyes as her brother. (A/N: Picture of what their eyes look like in my profile)
"They're beautiful. Thank you." I told Chloe. I looked at her and saw the love in her eyes that reflected back from mine. I kissed her passionately, careful not crush Clarissa and Steven.
"They're perfect." She said then yawned. "Go to sleep love. You must be exhausted. I'm going to introduce the twins to their new family." I told her. "Ok. I love you." She told me, smiling.
"I love you too." I told her and gave her a quick kiss. She settled down into the covers and quickly fell asleep, exhausted from 3 hours of labor.
Jess came in after cleaning up and putting towels in the washer and smiled at me with in my arms. Wearing, what I'm sure, was a smitten expression of love.
I just couldn't believe they were finally here. They were so precious. "Ready to introduce them to the family?" she asked me and I nodded. She took Steven and I took Clarissa and we headed downstairs.
Since it was almost 1:00 in the morning everyone was sprawled on the couches and on the floor half-asleep. They all woke up when they heard Jess's footsteps on the stairs and immediately rushed over to us.
I passed Clarissa to dad and Jess handed Steven to Tori. After being passed around Clarissa finally ended up in Tori's arms and Steven in Kari's. "Such gorgeous unique eyes." Kari gushed.
I was itching to hold my babies in my arms again, I just couldn't seem to get enough, so I took Clarissa from Tori. Jess took Steven and everyone came closer to us so they could adore the twins so more.
Suddenly Melody tugged at my pant leg. I looked down at her. "Can I hold my new baby cousins?" she asked me. "Of course. Here, sit on the couch. Now put your arms into a cradle. Good." I said and set Clarissa in her arms.
"Now support her head." I told Melody, propping a pillow under her arm for extra support. A few minutes later Jess took Clarissa and Melody held Steven.
I was filled with so much love. I was surrounded by my family, had a beautiful caring mate who I loved and now 2 beautiful twins.
Suddenly all those years on the run and fear of the Edison Group and the Cabal were suddenly worth it since it lead us to where we are now. Perfect. Happy.
And surrounded with so much love.
That's the end of the chapter! It was the longest chapter I've ever written! Over 3,000 words! The twins are finally here! Yeah! So review please and tell me what you thought of this chapter! =) Isn't Melody cute? Thank you to my anonymous reviewer tim who gave me the idea to have the twins born on two separate days! So I don't know when the next chapter will be up. I'm leaving for 9 days on vacation and have a ton of summer reading and reports to do but hopefully I'll get that done quickly so I can post the next chapter! REVIEW PLEASE! Thanks for reading! -Claire
