Ivy looked tired and excited as Daniel ran over to her, a huge grin on his face as he held hers, looking at her closely 'are you sure?'.

Sorry it's been forever x

Ivy narrowed her eyes slightly 'sure my waters broke? Yeah, Dan, I'm pretty sure I haven't just wet myself, but thanks for checking'. Her tone was dry and Daniel glanced at her three uncles 'someone's hormones have certainly come out haven't they'.

Jacob snorted with laughter 'bad move Daniel, bad move'. He blinked 'I don't even know why I said that- I'm just excited!'.

Ivy rubbed her back painfully, wincing slightly in pain 'can we just go, please, I don't even remember what you said already Dan'.

Willem laughed with a snort 'come on then, lets get this baby out!'. Ivy sighed, both from the pain and the way everyone was treating her, realising that this wasn't going to be quick or easy.

The fact that Grace was a prominent paediatrician in the hospital they were going to meant that Ivy was swiftly whisked away to the most expensive, nicest birthing suite.

Grace wasn't on shift but she had joined Ivy in the room, talking her through the situation.

After nearly three hours Grace and one of the doctors quietly discussed that maybe Ivy should have some form of pain relief.

Grace smiled encouragingly, gently stroking a strand of hair away from her face 'Ivy, we want to give you some-'. 'No'. They all looked at each other and grace glanced quickly at Daniel 'Ivy, your labour is fairly slow at this point, this is only going to last a lot longer and get a lot more painful'.

Ivy took a deep shuddering breath and shook her head, nails digging into the mattress 'no, no, no I can't take anything- I won't. Please Grace-'.

Grace swallowed and wiped the sweat from Ivy's forehead 'okay, you don't have to take anything, just relax as much as you can and we'll see what happens?'. Exhaustedly Ivy nodded, looking over at Daniel with a sleepy smile 'we've got a while to go yet'. Despite feeling sick from the smell of cleaning products and the worry about the situation, he leant down and gave her a quick kiss.

A while later a nurse put her head around the door 'she's been asking after her brother'. Christian stood up sharply 'what- me?'. The nurse half nodded and half shrugged

'Well if you're Christian then yes, you'd better hurry up. She's been asking after you urgently and she's ready to push'. Christian glanced at Ana with a look of mild fear and she nodded with an encouraging smile 'go on, she needs you'.

He nodded, disappearing into the room. Ivy's bottom half was covered by a sheet and she was surrounded by midwives, nurses and a doctor, who were preparing for the twins arrival. Ivy looked relieved when she saw her brother, looking a little delirious as she smiled, reaching out a hand towards him 'Christian, you're here'.

He took her hand and kissed her forehead lightly 'of course I am, you've got me and you've got Daniel'. She nodded 'he's not too bad is he?'.

Daniel was on the other side of Ivy and looked up at Christian with a slight smirk 'she accepted the gas and air, I think someone is enjoying it'. Immediately afterwards Ivy clenched both his and Christian's hands with a vice-like grip, her back arching as she had a painful contraction as everyone was suddenly telling her to push.

In the corridor the three Van Rensberg brothers glanced at each other, Elliot, Mia and Carrick as a much louder scream came out of the room followed by a torrent of what was clearly swearing from Ivy.

Elliot's eyes widened and he glanced at his sister 'I'm so glad I don't have a vagina sometimes'. Mia narrowed her eyes slightly but Carrick was trying in vain to cover a snort of laughter 'son, I've got to agree with you there'. Beside them Barney- who had only just arrived- chuckled and nodded in agreement.

For the next fifteen minutes everyone outside could hear more screaming and swearing, awkwardly trying to cover the noise with stilted conversation.

After what seemed like hours the door opened slightly and two of the nurses left, Grace popping her head around the door, a smile on her face.

'Healthy boy and a healthy little sister. She's beyond exhausted, refused any proper pain relief and with twins that is pretty brave. I think Ivy's only really up for one visitor at a time for a little while, Barney, they've been asking for you'.

Barney blinked and stood up, walking into the room.

Ivy was covered by a blanket, sitting up in the bed and looking pale, sweaty and exhausted but had a content look on her face. Christian was sitting beside her on the bed, looking down in amazement at the tiny bundle in her arms.

On the seat beside the bed Barney saw his nephew holding another small bundle that was moving slightly under his absolutely adoring look. Daniel looked up with a huge smile, looking dazed 'I- uh- I'm a dad now'. He grinned back and looked at Ivy, thinking to himself that the last time he had seen her in a hospital bed she had been comatose, glad beyond belief that all of that was now in the past.

Ivy's hair was plastered to her face with sweat and she looked like she hadn't slept in years, but the look of pure happiness on her face was enough to override everything else.

'We wanted the two of you in here… Christian has been the closest thing to a parent I've ever had, and you as good as raised Daniel yourself. We still haven't decided on names for either of the babies… We wanted to know what you thought?'.

Barney and Christian glanced at each other and Daniel stood up, gently handing over the tiny baby to his uncle, as Ivy placed the other baby in Christian's arms.

Ivy and Daniel laughed at the expressions of amazement and love on the two men's faces; the baby in Christian's arms had a small pink hat on, and Barney was holding the baby boy.

'Any suggestions?'.

Twins are here! And what should they be called?

Let me know what you think x