Hi there I wanna apologise for this taking so long. I was sick and ended up in hospital for 6 week so am just getting back to this. I wanna thank everyone for reading this. I hope you enjoy this. Am looking forward to starting on Paul :)

Thanks again x

Chapter 17

"Didn't you have a date tonight?"

"Didn't you?" Paul answered Marko.

"Yeah, that chick from the movie theatre."

"The blonde, that always smells really sweet?"

"Seriously? You think about anything but your stomach?"

"Sometimes." Paul said, raising his eyebrows suggestively, as Marko rolled his own eyes towards the heavens, knowing before he'd even finished the question, that it was a stupid one.

"How bout you?" Marko asked.

"Her friend. Michelle…no…Melissa…yeah that's it Melissa, I think." Paul said, earning himself another eyeroll from his brother.

"So, you know they'll be waiting for us to show about an hour from, now right?" Marko asked.

"Yep."

"And you're not going, either are you?" The two of them turned then to see Anna, waddling around the nursery, putting away all the new baby clothes (Of all colours and patterns as they still had no idea to the sex) and toys that the 3 of them had just purchased from a mother and baby store a few towns over, who Max had paid a substantial amount to stay open late. And to be fair, Anna was the one doing all the purchasing, Marko and Paul had been her designated lackies, for all the fetching carrying and lifting.

It had been Max's idea for her to go and take the boys with her, while he took Dwayne with him to deal with some 'family business.' I all honesty, the closer it got to the due date the more intense and over protective Dwayne had become. And while it was completely understandable, Max had offered to take him off her hands for a few hours and give her a break. Of course, Dwayne had protested but, and being the only person that seemingly ever could, Anna had talked him into it.

So now here Paul and Marko were, making multiple trips up and down the stairs to retrieve endless bags from the car and dropping them in the nursery. The two of them now half an hour from the first dates, and at worst if all didn't go as planed an easy feed, they'd had in a while, and right now neither of them felt like they wanted to be anywhere else but right here, doing this.

"Dude, have we gone soft?" Paul asked.

"Never speak of it." Marko answered.

"So, what do you guys think? Here? Yeah I think here." Anna said, holding a huge hand painted poster with every fairy-tale character known to man painted into. When she saw it couldn't resist it, because boy or girl she knew they would love it.

Thankfully, things had been quiet since the last round of drama. Unsurprisingly, no one had heard from Star. And Anna was quite sure she hadn't tried to contact Michael. As far as Anna could tell, he had been keeping himself busy with Maria from the video store. She wasn't sure just how much Maria knew about their little family but considering how long Maria had been working for Max and how relaxed she was when Michael brought her over, Anna was sure she knew more than she let on.

"Actually you know what you're right." Anna said with waiting for either of them to answer her initial question. "I think it'll look way better over there...oww!" She winced suddenly as the sharpest pain shot through her belly.

"Woah you ok?" Marko said as he made his way over to her.

"Yeah I'm fine I guess. Someone is a little restless I think...Agh!" This time her hands shot out in front of her and she grabbed the side of the crib to steady herself."

"Ok just take it easy." Marko said as he eased her down into the nearest chair.

"Really I'm sure it's nothing I just...Oh my god!" Anna squealed suddenly as she lurched forward and grabbed the sleeves of Marko's jacket hard enough to rip them off. And then there was a most ominous sound.

"What the hell was that?" Paul asked looking more terrified any other time in his existence.

"I think...I think my water just broke." Anna said shakily while still maintaining a death grip on Marko's jacket.

"Water? What water? What?"

"It means the babies' coming numb nuts." Marko said in a "How do you not fall down more?" tone to his voice.

"Hold on what! Now! It's coming out now? I thought it wasn't for another week!"

"Dude they don't call ahead!"

"You know when you two are done you think we could call a doctor?" The two boys looked at Anna like the gravitas of the situation finally sank in.

"Yeah! Yeah! Okay! Hospital! We need to call the hospital!" Paul said.

"Err no we don't. Remember what Max said. We can't just take her to a normal hospital. It's not exactly a normal kid is it?" The second the words were out of his mouth, Marko turned to Anna "Sorry I didn't mean..."

"It's fine! Anna growled in frustrated. The suddenly her first contraction hit "Aaaaaaagggghhh!"

"Oh shit! Shit! Shit!" Paul panicked, running his hands frantically through his hair.

"Man are you the one about it give birth! Calm the fuck down!" Marko snapped whilst helping Anna to her feet. "You OK? You think you can walk? He asked her.

"I...I think so."

"We need to get you to your room." He told her softly before ordering Paul to move his ass and help him.

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Dwayne's mind was anywhere but on the conversation Max was having with one of his 'brothers' when he felt the phone vibrate in his back pocket.

"Sorry." he apologised when the other two men stopped talking when he jumped to his feet.

"What!" he said when he heard Paul on the other end.

"OK so before I say anything else, everythings fine. Paul said And straight away Dwayne knew it was anything but. "It's just Anna's gone into labour, but it's fine man me and Marko have it all under control. We called the doc and...Shit he hung up." Paul sighed.

What did you expect? That he was gonna leave it to us? If the devil tried to stop him from getting back here right now he'd come in second." Marko said turning back to Anna and giving her a gentle smile, which returned just before another contraction hit.

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Max was sure he'd appreciated immortality more than he did right now. When Dwayne had left the room it hadn't taken Einstein to work out what was going on. Max had excused the 2 of them with his brother insisting on being informed when anything happened.

Before Max had even gotten to the door, Dwayne had leapt into the drivers seat of the Max's vintage Mercedes, which he had vowed never to let the boys near, ever since he acquired it 6 months ago. But as he was about to order Dwayne out of the car, the look in his now near black eyes told even him that this was not the time. So Max took a deep breath, looked up to heaven and climbed into the passenger side.

Once they pulled up at home Max removed his palms and said a silent prayer of thanks to a God he knew he had no right in talking to. They couldn't have gotten home any quicker if they had flown. Now though he was just happy they hadn't encountered the police. Not for fear of being arrested, more that if anyone tried to stop Dwayne in his current mood it would require some serious clean up.

"You comin?" Dwayne asked when Max didn't move from his seat.

"Right behind you son." Max said, wincing as Dwayne slammed the door shut.

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"Jesus!" Paul gasped as the bedroom door flung open and Dwayne entered like whirlwind. He didn't even acknowledge either of his brothers, just moved directly to Anna who was still hanging onto Marko's jacket for grim death.

"Dwayne!" Anna said with an unintentional sob.

Both hands cupped her face and lips pressed firmly to hers. At this point, Marko and Paul took it as their cue to leave the room.

"Thank God. For a minute there I didn't think he'd be able to hang on."Anna said, as Dwayne ran his hands through the length of her hair and kissed the tip of her nose.

"Wait. He?"

"The way he's moving around in there. He wants out now. Pretty sure he's a little you." To which Dwayne laughed softly.

If you mean stubborn and impatient, could just as easily be a little you."

"Fair point." she smiled sleepily, already exhausted.

"You know, sometimes I cant believe how much I love you." he said, seemingly more serious than she'd ever seen him. Her answer was to pull him in for a deserving kiss.

"Well it looks like I got here just in time." To which Dwayne and Anna turned towards the door to see the doctor stood there, flanked by Max. Marko and Paul.

"I don't think she has long." Dwayne said, never taking his eyes off his wife or letting go of her hand.

"Ok well lets see where exactly we are shall we?" The doctor said with calm authority as he began to approach Anna he stopped and turned to look back at the small audience gathered behind him. "I think maybe apart from the Dad I think we should give the girl some space don't you?"

"Yes yes of course." Max said, suddenly seeming to remember where he was. "Boys." he said motioning to Paul and Marko to exit the room in front of him.

Just as the door closed, yet another contraction ripped through Anna's body, to which she let out a scream loud enough to shatter every room in the house.

"OK Dwayne you might want to make her as comfortable as possible." The doctor told him.

"Why what's wrong?" he said his on the edge of panic.

"Well it seems your little one is in no mood to wait. She's crowing Dwayne, the baby is coming." The doctor informed him.

With that, Dwayne tore off his jacket and climbed onto the bed, manoeuvring himself so that he was behind her and Anna was sat between his legs. Which just so happened to be one of their to lay together when she wasn't giving birth.

The second he settled behind her, Anna reached out and grabbed one of Dwayne's hands while her other gripped his thigh, her nails digging into the flesh of his leg. Dwayne didn't even flinch. At this point he didn't care if she drew blood or tore his hand clean off as long as she knew he was there for her. A fact that he repeated over and over against her temple along with an endless stream of 'I love you's' that's when she screamed again.

"Is that normal?" Paul asked as Anna's shrieks began to get louder and closer together.

"Try pushing a microwave out of your dick and see the noises you make."

"Marko please!" Max protested at his son's unfortunate description of child birth. "I know it isn't pleasant to hear her in so much pain, but if it makes sense it's good pain."

"Try telling her that." Paul said about a second and half before everything went eerily quiet. All 3 men just looked at each other. Then the bedroom door opened.

"Everything OK man?" Paul asked Dwayne who stood in the doorway looking dazed.

"Son?" Max said when Dwayne didn't respond.

It's a boy...I...I have a son."

"I have grandson?" Max said sounding just as dazed.

"Wait does that make us uncles?" Paul added.

"I guess it does." Dwayne said.

"Never speak of it." Marko said when he was unable to keep the tears from springing to his eyes.

Year and a half later.

"I can't believe I let you get me into this again." Anna said as she sat back in the sand in front of the bonfire watching Elijah scamper up and down the beach with his three uncles. He had then wrapped around his tiny fingers. Even David. Anna was 2 months away giving birth to their second child.

"You look so beautiful like this. I think I'm gonna keep you in this state as much as possible." Dwayne tried to say as seriously as possible but failed miserably. The look on her face was far too serious and funny.

Elijah had been born a half vampire because he hadn't fed and they had decided to wait until he was older to tell him the truth and let him decide when he wanted to become full.

In fact Anna had already planned out what she was going to say to him, even this far in advance. She'd sit him down and tell him what he was. And then when he knew what he was and what they were. That he'd never grow old and never die. And even though it would be a lot to take in. She'd tell him exactly how much fun it was to be a vampire.