This story is AU.
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The twins had just turned six weeks old. They were good babies and already slept through the night. Marty and Todd adored them. Todd was always showering them with affection and gifts. Marty couldn't have been happier. She was praying with all her heart that nothing could ever ruin this bliss she had found with Todd and her precious babies.
Marty had just got Aaden and Aaric down for their nap when the doorbell rang. She hurried to answer it before the visitor could awaken her sleeping boys. She opened the door quickly to see Victor standing on the porch.
"Victor," Marty said in surprise.
"Hello, Marty. Is Todd here?" Victor asked.
"No... uhhhh... he had to go out," Marty said a bit nervously. "We were running out of diapers, so he-."
"I wanted to talk to you, Marty."
"There's nothing left to say. Please don't try to ruin what I have with Todd," Marty pleaded with him.
"May I come in? I'd like to see the babies," he stated. That's when Marty realized he had a gift bag in his hand.
"I brought a little gift for them," Victor stated as he handed her the bag which was decorated adorable teddybears.
"Thank you," she said as she took the gift he had brought them.
"Aren't you going to open it?" Victor asked as she just stood there staring at him.
"Yes. But would you like to see the babies first?"
"Sure. How are they doing?"
"They're both doing great. Growing so much already," Marty said as she lead him down the hallway toward the nursery.
Victor stood over the basinett with Marty by his side. He saw little Aaden and Aaric snuggled together in slumber. They looked so precious as Aaden had his arms wrapped around Aaric almost protectively.
"It would appear they like each other much more than me and my twin do," Victor said with a chuckle.
"You and Todd may have been closer if you'd grown up together," Marty quietly reminded him.
"Nahhh... I think we would have hated each other and would have wanted what the other one had," Victor said as he gave her smoldering look.
"Marty, we need to talk about everything-," he started saying, but she interrupted him.
"I've changed my mind and I don't want to tell Todd. I love him and I like things how they are, and although I have regrets because I was unfaithful to him, I don't regret these babies and I don't want to do anything to cause the man I love any unnecessary pain," Marty told him.
Looking into Marty's eyes, Victor nodded in agreement. "I'm happy with Tea and baby Elena and Dani. I don't want to hurt everyone we love. Besides Tea just told me she's pregnant again. I'm supposed to pick her up some ice cream," Victor revealed with a little grin.
"Tea's pregant again?" Marty said with surprise.
Before Victor could answer, Todd walked in, his arms full of cases of diapers. "What's going on?" Todd asked as he set the boxes of diapers aside and looked at his brother with a frown.
"Why is Victor here?" Todd demanded of Marty.
"He came to bring his nephews a gift," Marty said as she reached into the gift bag Victor had brought and withdrew two cute, little blue teddy bears.
Todd opened the gift bag he had been carrying, showing Marty the identical bears he had just purchased for Aaden and Aaric. "So, we are more alike than we thought," Victor said to his brother.
Victor turned to Marty and said, "I gotta go and bring Tea the ice cream for her pregnancy craving. Take great care of those babies. They're absolutely adorable, and I am so happy that they're doing so well."
"Thanks for dropping by, Victor... and for bringing Aaden and Aaric a gift," Marty said as she gave him a quick hug.
"You're welcome," he said as he inhaled her sweet scent and savored the brief moment when she was in his arms. Todd watched the exchange, feeling suffocated by his intense feelings of jealousy. After his brother had left, he glanced in the bassinet to find that both of the boys were still sleeping.
"It appears my brother is quite fertile," Todd said to Marty as he turned to gaze into her eyes. "Tea's pregnant again."
They stared into each other's eyes a moment as neither of them said a word. Finally Todd spoke again. He asked Marty, "Would you like to have another one?"
"Another baby?" Marty said with surprise. "Todd, the twins are barely six weeks old."
"Well, I want little girl, so we better get started," Todd told her with a grin.
"Not until the twins are at least a year old..." Marty insisted.
"That doesn't mean we can't practice," Todd said as he lifted her up in his arms and carried her off to their bedroom.
THE END