Kenna woke up with a splitting pain in her abdomen. She cried out and it woke Bash.
"Kenna? Are you okay?"
"Get Margaux," she bit out.
She groaned and took a deep breath. Margaux had told her that the babies probably wouldn't come for another two weeks but there was no way this wasn't labor. After what felt like forever Bash finally came running back in with Margaux and Emilie in tow.
"Lady Kenna are you alright?" Margaux asked.
"I'm giving birth. Tonight." Kenna replied.
She watched panic flash over Margaux's face, "I need to summon the midwife-"
"There's no time Margaux. You can do it, I trust you."
"I will help too Margaux," Emilie added.
Margaux took a deep breath and then started to give instructions to Emilie. Bash moved to stand by Kenna and she grabbed his hand.
"Alright Kenna, you're definitely ready to push. Just take deep breaths," Margaux instructed.
After what felt like hours but was probably just a few minutes Margaux exclaimed, "One more push Kenna, you've got this."
Kenna crushed Bash's hand as she delivered the first baby.
"It's a girl!" Emilie said, "One more to go, you can do it."
Kenna watched as Emilie cleaned off the baby and wrapped her up. She was so tiny. After a few more minutes, Margaux was holding her baby boy.
"A boy and a girl. And both are miraculously healthy."
Kenna sighed with relief and felt tears of joy sliding down her cheeks. She released her iron grip on Bash's hand and apologized as he grimaced. Emilie handed over her babies and Kenna looked down at her children for the first time. They were adorable, both having their father's eyes and her olive skin.
"Hello Andrew, Hello Carolyn," she whispered.
She looked up at Bash and smiled a tired smile. A knock on the door startled her.
It opened to reveal Diane, "I heard screaming- Oh Kenna, are those my grandbabies?"
Diane walked towards the bed and looked down at the babies in Kenna's arms.
"What are their names?" Diane asked.
"The girl is Carolyn and the boy is Andrew," Kenna answered.
Diane reached out a hand to stroke both of their foreheads, "Beautiful."
"Alright everyone out, Mama and babies need to rest now," Margaux announced.
Bash started to protest but Margaux cut him off, "obviously you can stay."
Bash smiled, "Good, because you would have to drag me out of here."
Margaux rolled her eyes but Kenna saw a happy gleam in them. Once everyone had cleared out, Bash settled into bed with Kenna. After the babies were fed and content, Kenna asked Bash if he wanted to hold one.
Bash was a bit hesitant but Kenna insisted, "Hold your son Bash."
Finally he agreed and Kenna handed Andrew over.
"He's so small, I don't want to break him," Bash said.
"You won't break him," Kenna reassured him.
Watching Bash hold their son made her heart swell with joy.
She looked down at Carolyn in her arms and whispered, "I hope one day you find a man like your father..."
Kenna was sitting in bed with the babies that morning when Diane came to see her again.
"Kenna, before I leave I want to apologize. Yesterday, at the party I feel that I gave you the impression that I didn't think you were good enough for my son and that I would simply put up with the situation because I couldn't change it."
Kenna started to speak, "It's alright, I understand. You had gotten used to the idea if having a Queen for a daughter in law and instead you got me and-"
But Diane interrupted her, "And nothing. My son loves you dearly and it's obvious that you love him. I want to thank you for giving him this happy life you two have together. All I ever wanted for him was the best life possible. I thought it would be as King, with Mary, but it's clear now that what he has with you is better for him than that ever would have been."
Kenna wasn't sure how to respond so she just smiled and said, "Diane, would you like to hold your grandchildren?"
She gave her Andrew and then after a few minutes, Carolyn.
"How am I old enough to have grandchildren? It seems like just yesterday I was holding Sebastian like this," Diane remarked.
Kenna asked what Bash was like as a child and listened and laughed to story after story until Bash came to announce that Diane's carriage was ready.
"Ahh we'll have to continue this some other time, Paris is calling. Goodbye Andrew and Carolyn," Diane said, giving the babies one last kiss on the forehead.
Lola came to see Kenna that afternoon, "How are you feeling? I heard twins can be a bit rough. Oliver was exhausting enough, I can't imagine having two at once."
"I'm tired of course, but other than that I feel fine. And the babies are healthy which was what Margaux was worried about, seeing as they came a few weeks early."
"Yes I don't think Mary's due for almost another month," Greer added.
"I know, I was hoping they would be able to come out and see their little niece and nephew before she had her baby but they're quite busy," Kenna said.
"What does Bash think of being a father now?" Lola asked.
"Well, it hasn't been quite 24 hours yet but I think he's quite enamored with his children," Kenna said with a laugh, "We'll see how it is when they wake up in the middle of the night tonight screaming, he might wish he could sleep in one of the other rooms."
Lola laughed too, "Yes Julien was head over heels for Oliver from the moment he first held him, but I don't think he quite realized that babies are work too. The first night, Oliver had us up at least four times and Julien joked that he was jealous that another boy was demanding so much of my attention. It gets better though, you'll be relieved the first time you wake up and realize everyone slept through the whole night."
"Where is Bash anyway?" Greer asked.
"Emilie's husband, Benjamin, arrived an hour ago. He's showing him around the property," Kenna answered, "You should have seen Emilie earlier. She was a nervous mess about the whole thing, so I lent her another one of my dresses. I figured it was the least I could do, and I won't be wearing anything but nightgowns for a while anyway. I watched their reunion from the window and it was quite possibly one the cutest things I've ever seen. You could tell they were both a bit tentative, not knowing how they stood with each other after so much time apart. He took her hand gently and that was all the encouragement she needed to practically leap into his arms. I think he was stunned at first but the next thing I knew they both had huge grins on their face and were talking rapidly about who knows what."
"I'm so happy for Emilie, she's such a sweetheart," Greer said.
"She was a big help with my delivery last night since there wasn't time to summon Margaux's mid-wife friend," Kenna added.
Just then Oliver started to cry which set off a chain reaction of crying babies and the little gathering had to come to an end.
Bash smiled at the sight of his wife nestled into bed with their children. He tried to get ready for bed quietly but her eyes flickered open when he walked towards the bed.
"Can you put them in their bassinets?" Kenna asked. Bash laid the babies down and then returned to Kenna's side.
"How are you feeling?" he asked.
"Tired," she sighed.
"You mean you won't be up for a horse ride tomorrow?" Bash joked.
Kenna just rolled her eyes at him and he gave her a kiss.
"How did things go with my mother today?" Bash asked.
"Good, she told me some good stories about you," Kenna replied with a smirk.
"Oh? Like what?"
"I'm not sharing now, they might be useful later. Information I can hold against you about your misbehaviors," Kenna teased, "But your mother and I have parted on peaceful terms. I think seeing her grandchildren won her over."
"How could they not?" Bash said with a smile.
He extinguished the last candle and Kenna laid her head on his chest.
"Hey look! I can actually be close to you again. No more giant stomach," she commented.
"You better be careful, get too close and you're going to be pregnant again," Bash said jokingly.
Thank you for taking the time to read this chapter, I hope you enjoyed! I really wanted Diane and Kenna to have a good relationship in my story because even though we didn't get to know Diane very well on the show I think she would have just wanted Bash to be happy. Thank you, thank you, thank you for all your kind reviews :)