Chapter 5

AN- haha yes doctor whale is from OUAT :D So I want to just mention my favorite reviews because they made me laugh and made me so happy::

Girl-of-many-otp said: You cruel, cruel monster you are the real beast leaving on a cliffhanger and making me wait until you have enough reviews YOU MONSTER

My reply: :)

I'M FANGIRLING said: OMG… That's all I have to say… YES I SHIP THE UNBORN BABY ALREADY! OMG THIS IS AWESOME!

My reply: Thanks :)

"Well your majesties, it seems as if your baby is two babies," Doctor Whale said with a chuckle.

"Twins?" The royal couple said together as they stared at the screen.

"Yeah," he pointed out two blobs on the screen, "these are your babies. It's too early to tell what the sexes are, but we'll be able to find out 5 months into the pregnancy. Congratulations!"

Mal was too busy staring at the screen to thank him so Ben did. Doctor Whale left the room to let the couple have some alone time. "Mal, what are you feeling right now?" He still had the camera on, but forgot and set it down on a table. He climbed onto the bed and held her. He wiped the tears from her eyes.

"I'm happy, Ben, I'm really, really happy." Mal answered with a bright smile. She reached her hand out and touched the screen lovingly.

Ben kissed her cheek and looked at the screen. "I love you, Mal."

"I love you too, Ben," she kissed him passionately.

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Mal sat in the palace library reading a pregnancy book to get some information on twin births like Doctor Whale suggested when Belle walked in. "Hello, Mal," she greeted happily.

"Oh," Mal jumped at the sudden presence in the room, "hello."

"That's a good one; I read it when I was expecting Ben." Belle said once she noticed the book in Mal's hand.

"Yeah, it's pretty interesting." Mal said with a nod.

Belle sat next to Mal to see what part in the book she was at. "Twin pregnancies and births?"

Mal blushed, "yeah, turns out that baby beastie is actually baby beasties."

"Mal, I'm so happy for you!" Belle said with glee.

"Thank you," Mal said with a bright smile. She jumped when Belle hugged her but hugged her back.

"I know this must be hard for you, not having your mother to be sharing these experiences with." Belle countered.

"I would love to have a mother during this, not my mother though. She'd probably try to curse the babies right after they were born," Mal replied with a sad laugh.

"Oh, Mal, I'll always be here for you." Belle said with a smile.

"Really," Mal asked, "you would do that for me?"

"Of course I would. I've always wanted a daughter anyways."

Mal gave her mother-in-law a tight hug, "thank you, Belle."

"Oh honey shush, you can call me mom."

Mal giggled, "thanks, mom."

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That evening, the couple went out for their annual once-a-week dinner with their friends. When they announced that they were having twins everyone cheered for them, happy for the couple. The friends shared stories of when Mal and Ben were young children, before they were forced to grow up. For Mal, it was when she was when she was three or four. For Ben, it was when he was eight or nine. Hearing how young Mal was in these stories compared to him made him upset. He kept glancing down at Mal who was laughing along to the story Audrey was telling them of when Ben would pretend to be a big, bad, beast in public until he was nine. He shook his head slightly and continued to listen to the stories.

Hearing these stories made everything more real to Mal for some reason. She hadn't admitted to anyone that she was truly terrified. Most of the time, she was faking her complete joy for the camera Ben would often forget was on. She was, honestly, happy to have Ben's children, but she didn't feel ready. She was only sixteen! She hasn't even graduated high school! But, Ben was so happy. He was so excited and everyone was so supportive that she had to be okay with it. Up until that morning, she had started to get used to being a mother to a baby. Not two. She knew it was just nerves, but sometimes she just wished that she wasn't pregnant. That she and Ben were just a normal high school couple that would sneak kisses in between classes and their only worries were if Ben was going to win the game and if Mal would pass her math test. She could tell Ben knew something was up because he kept glancing down at her. She sighed and listened to the stories her friends were telling.

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When Ben and Mal got back to their room, Mal started crying.

"Mal, what's wrong?"

"Ben, I'm sorry but, I'm not ready… I'm only sixteen! Everything is going by so fast and I don't know if I can catch up.

"And you think I'm ready either? I'm panicking! I don't want to screw this up! In seven months we are going to be parents or not one kid, but two! I don't know the first thing about raising a child!"

Mal laughed as she cried, "I was only acting so happy because you seemed so happy."
Ben smiled and wiped away her tears, "and I was trying to be a supportive husband."

"Let's just be honest with each other from now on okay?" Mal asked with her hands on Ben's cheeks.

"Okay," he nodded, "let's go to bed."

"Let's."

AN- So I was getting a lot of reviews thinking I was going to reveal the gender at 1 month. I know enough about pregnancies to know we can't automatically know the gender. Lol. So I literally got 15 reviews in an hour so can we try to get to 55 reviews this time around?