So here's the next chapter for Being a family. It's rather quick if I can say so myself and the reviews all of you have given my definitely helped. This chapter is also very long... I got inspiration :P. So I want to thank all of you for that. Also I got a lot of replies on the question if it should be a boy or a girl... I also got suggestions for twins. Now my second question; would people like to see twins? and what kind of twins? You can also still vote on the first question.

Second of all I have to say that I myself haven't been pregnant before so I don't really know how it feels. Most of what I write is by what I have heard so please forgive me for making mistakes. Oh, also forgive me for grammar mistakes. English isn't my first language.

But please enjoy this chapter and tell me what you thought of it.

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Merlin was almost crushed in the hug Gwaine gave him. They had told both the knights and Gwen about their 'discovery', but decided to keep it quiet for the rest of the kingdom as they didn't know if the pregnancy would turn out alright.

Arthur had to repeat it several times before all of them understood what they were actually saying. The one that had the most difficulties understanding what was happening was Gwaine, the knight had stared in shock from Merlin's face to his stomach. Asking at least three times if they were trying to play a joke.

It was when they finally had convinced and explained it to him that he had made his way towards Merlin and embraced him as a loud laugh escaped his lips. Eventually both Percival and Arthur had to drag the brunette of Merlin as Gwaine refused to let go of him.

Gwen was the next one to hug her friend as she wobbled towards him and threw her arms around his neck. 'Oh Merlin, I'm so happy for you. Our children will be such great friends, I just know it!'

The other knights were also extremely excited by the news and started to fret even more over him, making sure that Merlin was feeling well, didn't tire himself too much and ate enough. Arthur was the same, probably even worse and he tried to do anything to please Merlin.

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Merlin smiled as he woke up, Arthur's arms were wrapped around him and his head rested on the king's chest. It was then that a feeling of nausea overtook him and he shot upwards, accidently shaking Arthur awake and Merlin almost shot of the bed as he reached for the jug on the nightstand.

He quickly snatched it off the nightstand and hung above it, but he didn't throw up. A moment later he felt a warm gentle hand on his back as Arthur asked in both shock and concern. 'Merlin, are you alright?' The warlock didn't answer, the only thing he wanted was the nausea to disappear and it took several minutes before he felt good enough to move away from it. He placed it on the ground before he pushed himself up and turned back to Arthur as the man repeated. 'Are you alright?'

Merlin quickly nodded as he saw the fear in his lover's eyes, Arthur was way to overprotective. 'I'm fine, I just... felt a bit sick, but according to Gaius that's normal.' He gave Arthur a soft smile before he leaned against the blond's chest. 'Just let me rest some more and I will be alright.'

The worried look on Arthur's face softened slightly, but didn't completely disappear as he wrapped his arms around the raven's back.

They stayed like that for another ten minutes before Arthur had to get out of bed because training started in half an hour. Merlin just stayed in bed as he watched Arthur dress and one of the servants bring in their breakfast, which Merlin had to promise he would eat.

When Arthur was finally out of the door he also got out of bed. A small smile spread over his lips as he thought of the magic training for that morning. At least Arthur and the knights hadn't yet forced him to quiet teaching.

He started to dress himself, always refusing any help of the servants, before he ate his breakfast and he stared out of the window. He loved watching the townspeople roam around, chatting with each other as they did their jobs. Some of them greeted him which he returned with a bright smile as others were too scared to greet him. It was something that pained him, he may have married Arthur, but he was still the same clumsy person he always had been.

As he finished his breakfast he placed his plate to the side, but he remained on the windowsill, one of his hands resting on his still flat belly. A small smile spread over his lips as he started rubbing. 'You were a rather big surprise, weren't you?' In the distance he could hear the soft sound of metal meeting metal and he knew that the knigths' training had started. 'You should have seen daddy's face as he found out about you, it was priceless.'

He got out of the window before he fastened his shoes and made his way out of the room, he knew he was late for the training, but his students were kind of used to it now.

'Merlin!' He spun on his heels as he heard his name and grinned as he saw Gwen wobble towards him. Was he going to walk like that in a few months? 'You're looking wonderful.' She said with a smile.

'And you look beautiful yourself... Shall I take a look for you?' The last he asked as he eyed her growing belly and she smiled in return. She gave him a quick happy nod and he lay his hands on her belly. He could feel her baby move inside and he smiled. Merlin slowly let his magic flow through him and into her, touching the baby inside her and in a mere second he knew that baby was doing great.

The raven pulled his magic back. 'It seems your baby is still fine, growing fast.' She gave him a small smile as she reached for her large belly in instinct. 'Two more months.' He said absentmindedly as he knew he still had eight more to go.

'And do you already feel the effects of your own pregnancy?'

A slight groan left his lips as he remembered the events of that morning. 'Yeah, I got sick this morning...'

Gwen snickered slightly. 'You will get through it... but weren't you supposed to be somewhere?' Merlin's eyes widened as he had completely forgotten the training and Gwen quickly yelled. 'Don't run in your condition!'

Again he groaned as he heard her words, but decided that she was right. Not that he got far as he felt a wave of dizziness spread over him and he quickly reached for the wall to steady himself. Behind him he could hear Gwen's shocked shriek. He breathed a few times deep in and out and he slowly straightened his back as he felt his mind clear somewhat. '... I... I'm fine, Gwen... I feel fine.' He said as he turned back to her, not yet completely steady on his feet.

'Shall I get Gaius?'

Panic shot through his head, knowing how that that would do more harm than good. 'No, no, I'm fine. Just a bit lightheaded.' He saw that it didn't convince his best friend and he added. 'I promise that I'm fine now... If we go to Gaius then the others will just panic.'

'Merlin.' She said stern and he pouted at her. 'Fine, but if it happens again than promise me that you will go to Gaius.'

He grinned at her. 'I promise, but now I really have to go to my students. I'm even later than I normal am.'

Gwen sighed but nodded and kissed him on the forehead. 'Go and remember; don't run!'

They released each other and Merlin hurried off, making sure not to run as he knew Gwen was watching. It took him another five minutes before the field came into his sight and he saw how Gilli paced nervously around, watching the students train with basic magic.

Merlin smiled at Gilli as he got Merlin in sight and he quickly met the warlock halfway. 'You're late.' He whispered.

'I'm sorry, I know that you're right.' The raven whispered back before he turned to the students who were all watching him with curiosity. He didn't like to lie to his pupils, but they couldn't yet know about his 'situation'. 'I'm sorry that I'm late.' He said with an grin. Soft mumbling spread in the group of students, but most just grinned back as they were kind of used to it nowadays. 'Now let's all go to work, I want all of you to follow up on yesterday's training.' Some mumbled in agreement as others just went back to training.

Merlin himself walked up towards Rose, as he remembered his promise to her. 'Rose.' She looked up at him and laughed nervously. 'I promised that I would help you with you magic.'

The little blond nodded. 'Yes, but... are you sure that you're alright?'

A deep sigh left Merlin's lips. 'Yes, I'm fine.' She gave him a small smile as she walked after him towards the side of the field. 'Now tell me which spell were you working on?'

'flotsmeru ád.' She said nervously. 'I tried to improve my fire magic, but I wasn't able to control it.'

'Hmm... I see.' With that said he started to help her with her magic, his own power ready to act if it seemed needed, but she was improving fast and he didn't need to interfere much, but as the morning came to an end he felt sleep pull on his mind and it kind of worried him.

He quickly send all of his students off to lunch with a list of herbs he wanted them to gather in the afternoon. Tomorrow they would do some potion making.

Merlin himself smiled as he said goodbye to Gilli and made his way to his chambers, knowing that he and Arthur would have the rest of the day together.

But he didn't get far as he heard Gaius call his name and he quickly made his way over to the older man. 'How are you feeling?'

'A bit tired, but furthermore I'm fine.'

Gaius lifted his eyebrow as only he could do and Merlin knew that the physician could see right through him. 'I want you to come to me if you don't feel well, it isn't really a normal pregnancy and I don't want anything to go wrong. I'm also researching on the subject, but there isn't really much information about your... situation.' A soft smile spread over the physician's face. 'Now hurry of to Arthur and I will do some more research.' With that he signed Merlin to go and the warlock smiled with his goofy grin and spun on his heels.

But as he wanted to walk away he remembered something he wanted to ask Gaius... a deep blush spread over his cheeks and he turned back to his old mentor. 'Uhmm... Gaius, can I ask you something?'

Gaius looked confused at him, but nodded. 'Of course my boy, you can ask me anything.'

Merlin jumped nervously from one leg to the other before he leaned towards the physician and whispered in his ear. 'Can... can Arthur and I still have s-... sex?'

The physician chuckled softly. 'Yes, but I suggest you two don't do it too rough... According to research it's even healthy for both mo-parent and baby that the parents have sex during the pregnancy. The joy from having sex is send to the mother's brain and as she's happy so is her child. I last even read-.' Merlin blacked out as his face turned as white as a sheet. It just was to disturbing to hear Gaius talk about such things. After at least another minute Gaius seemed to notice that Merlin had zoomed out and send him away with a laugh.

'You're late.' Arthur accused him as five minutes later he walked into their room. Merlin just grinned at him in response as the king scooped him in his arms, kissing him passionately. The raven leaned into the kiss, feeling the joy of their touch spread through his mind and he jumped into Arthur's arms while he wrapped his legs around the blond's waist.

Arthur stumbled slightly backwards as he felt the sudden weight against him, but didn't pull away from their kiss and pushed his tong into Merlin's mouth. Merlin eagerly agreed and opened his mouth. It was eventually the need for air that drove them apart and they looked lustful at each other.

'Mmm... That was a nice welcome back.' Merlin mumbled as he placed his feet back on the ground.

'Had you expected something else?' Arthur replied with a slight grin on his face. 'Now come let's eat, you and your baby need the energy.'

Merlin eyed their lunch on the table and he could feel his stomach growl slightly. 'That would be nice.' He turned back to Arthur and gave the man a kiss on the cheek. 'I'm glad that we took this time for the two of us.'

The rest of the day they spend together, after lunch they went to the market, strolling and chatting with each other as they walked hand in hand. They ate a romantic diner and talked some more afterwards. It was nothing special, but enough for the two of them.

'Shall we go to bed?' Merlin asked as he kissed his lover on the lips. It was already late, the moon was up and the stars shined bright above the kingdom.

'You want to go to sleep already?'

The raven chuckled softly as he shook his head. 'Who said I was talking about sleeping, I have other plans for in bed.'

Arthur's eyes grew big as he realised what his husband was talking about and his eyes shifted for a moment towards Merlin's belly. 'We shouldn't, the baby.' He said, but it was clear in his eyes that Arthur wanted it.

Those eyes were enough encouragement for Merlin and he pushed Arthur on the bed. 'You want it, right?' The king nodded for a moment. 'Gaius told me that it was fine if we had sex during the pregnancy, at least if we made sure not to do it too rough.'

Arthur almost growled in joy and quickly turned places with Merlin, pinning the smaller man to the bed and he placed small kisses from his lips to his neck. 'I can work with that.' He said and quickly undid both their cloths.

Once the cloths were scattered around the room he took some distance and eyed the raven with a small smile on his face. 'Still as beautiful as ever, I can't even see that you're pregnant.'

Merlin rolled with his eyes. 'Of course not, you prat. I'm only a month along.'

Arthur chuckled slightly before he placed his lips on Merlin's abdomen and the raven gasped in response, feeling the warm lips against his tender skin. 'Do you hear that, your papa is calling me a prat.'

'And the child will probably agree with me when he or she is born.' Merlin answered dryly.

The blond didn't response, he only returned to kissing Merlin's skin before he made his way down. Kissing the tip of Merlin's cock and the warlock shivered in pure pleasure. The king's hand rubbed over Merlin's member as his other reached for some lube and he coated his fingers with the liquid.

Arthur definitely didn't waste time as he brushed with the fingers over Merlin's entrance and pushed one inside. The warlock arched his back under the pleasure and Merlin spread his legs further apart, giving Arthur more room to move. He soon added as second finger, stretching the muscle and Merlin could do nothing more than moan in response.

A deep yelp left his lips as Arthur's fingers brushed against his prostate and the blond smiled lustfully in response. Arthur released Merlin's cock and with his free hand he pulled one of the warlock's legs over his shoulder. He leaned in, kissing Merlin tenderly on the lips as his lover started to pant faster and faster as the king increased his speed.

Merlin pushed his hips in return against Arthur's fingers, wanting more of the man inside him, needing more, but it all suddenly stopped as Arthur retreated his fingers and Merlin moaned in disappointment.

Arthur brushed for a moment gently over his cheek and blue eyes met blue. 'You're horny.' Arthur said teasingly before he kissed the other passionately on the lips.

Merlin growled slightly hearing his husband's words. 'A-and... you a-re not?' He whispered as he felt the king's hard member throb against his hip.

A soft grin spread over the king's lips. 'What else do you want me to be when you lie naked under me, you're the most beautiful creature that has ever lived.' A deep blush spread over the raven's cheeks as he heard those words. 'I really mean it.' Arthur added as he saw the disbelieve in the other's eyes. 'And I know our child will be as perfect as you, you big idiot.' The insult he filled with pure love.

Arthur gave him one last smile before he lined his cock up with Merlin's entrance, pushing slowly in. Arthur pushed in almost painfully slowly, wanting to give his lover enough time to adjust and when he was fully sheathed he stopped to kiss Merlin once more.

Then he started his pace, pulling almost completely out before plunging deep inside, searching for that right spot inside the raven. Merlin moaned loudly by every movement, closing his eyes in pleasure and the bit of pain he still felt. It took him several tries, but once Arthur brushed against that sweet spot inside he yelled out, arching his back as his sight turned white.

Arthur stilted for a moment seeing his lover's reaction. He kissed the heavily panting Merlin before he returned to thrusting, ever thrust directed to his lover's prostate and the raven's loud moans filled the whole room. Arthur shifted slightly so he could thrust in deeper and soft moans also escaped his lips.

Merlin moaned once more loudly as he arched his back, knowing that he had reached his limit and he came hard, coming over both their chests. The king trusted a few more times before he also stilled, stopping deep inside Merlin before he came deep inside his lover, filling the warlock up with his hot seed.

They stayed like that for a moment before Arthur pulled out, sinking next to him on the bed and pulling Merlin against his chest. Both of them searched for their breaths and Arthur pulled him closer against him, both wanting each other's warmth.

'I love you.' Arthur whispered against him.

'I love you too.' Merlin replied before he added. 'I will get us cleaned.'

'Get some sleep, you can do it tomorrow.'

The raven chuckled softly. 'I don't like waking up all sticky.' With that said he quickly whispered a spell, but as soon as he had casted the spell he felt sleep spread through his mind and he barely noticed how darkness overtook him and drifted away against Arthur's chest.