A/N I really have no good excuse as to why it has taken me so long to get this chapter up. I have had this chapter written for a while. I also have the next chapter written, so hopefully you guys won't have to wait too long. I don't make any promises though, so enjoy and leave me some love.

EPOV

It's been a week since I finally was able to pull my head out of my ass and realize that I have been neglecting my wife. I was trying to get ahead so that I could be there for her after the twins are born, but I'd been so involved I failed to see how much she needed me now even more.

Every morning I brought Sookie down to sit by the pool for a bit so that she could soak up some of the sun that she loved so much. She'd been cooped up for far too long. After just a few hours of her sitting outside I could already see a big improvement in her. I was not about to let myself neglect my love, my wife again.

Sookie would have lunch out on the patio, then I'd take her inside to help her and Jessica with Eden and Hunter's lessons. They were both so smart and they were much farther ahead than they needed to be. I was very proud of both of them.

At night, after dinner, bath and bedtime for the children that was the alone time that Sookie and I had together. We'd only made love once more after that first night. It was becoming too uncomfortable for Sookie and Dr. Ludwig said that with the rate they were growing, Sookie could deliver at any time now.

I was ready to sit and watch over her every minute of the day now that I knew my boys were going to enter the world soon, but I knew that no matter how good my intentions were, I would just end up irritating her and that was the last thing that I wanted to do. So, to occupy some of my time, I took up a little bit of unused space in the garage and worked on building a special crib for the boys. I'd seen a design for what they called a co-sleeper on the internet and I knew that this would be more convenient for Sookie, but I wanted it to be special. I found some basic instructions on how to assemble it, but I made sure it was big enough for the two of them, and I also added some special Viking carvings to it as well.

I was in the garage one afternoon putting the finishing touches on the co-sleeper and was getting ready to take it in to Sookie, when our bond filled with pain and panic. I ran inside at vamp speed and was in our room in seconds. "Sookie!" She was standing in the bathroom doorway holding onto the doorframe for dear life with a puddle at her feet. I was by her side in seconds. "Sookie, are you all right?"

"No I'm not fucking all right!" She was panting and I could feel the pain that was rippling through her. "I'm in labor!"

I gently got her cleaned up, in a dry nightgown and into bed. "It's all right Lover."

"No it's not all right. You are never touching me ever, ever again." She took a deep breath as the pain eased up. "Honey I'm so sorry, I'm just scared right now and in a lot of pain."

"You have nothing to be sorry for Sookie. Let me call Dr. Ludwig and get her here to see how you're doing so far."

"Okay, I love you."

"I love you too." I leaned in and kissed her before grabbing my cell phone and calling the doctor.

SPOV

Oh God! I felt like I was going to die. I had wanted to have a baby, but damn did this hurt like a bitch. And I was going to go through this five more times! Holy shit am I nuts or what.

I got myself as comfortable as possible on the bed when I was hit with another contraction. Oh God, kill me now. This was the most painful experience of my entire life, but part way through the contraction I was hit with two waves of soothing coming from the bond. My boys were trying to send me comfort. They were already so sweet.

I breathed my way through the rest of the contraction, then I rubbed my belly to comfort the three of us. "You are Momma's sweet boys trying to make me feel better. I can't wait until I can hold both of you in my arms."

"That will be sooner than you think little girl."

"Oh Dr. Ludwig, I'm so glad that you're he…" My last word was cut off as another contraction ripped through me. "AHHH, son of a bitch that hurts." Eric brushed my hair back and held my hand while sending me comfort.

"I'm sure it does Dearie, they don't call it labor for nothing." She managed to get her and her bag up on the bed as my contraction passed. "Alright, let's see what's going on down there Queenie." I slid down further on the bed and spread my legs so she could see what she needed to see.

She was just finishing when I was hit with another contraction. Eric let me squeeze the hell out of his hand as he rubbed my back with the other. "Eric it hurts so much."

"I know it does my love, but just think how amazing it will be when we get to hold our beautiful boys in our arms."

"It will be so wonderful." I looked over at Dr. Ludwig as she was swabbing my arm. "What are you doing Dr.. Holy Shit! That is a huge needle. What are you going to do with that?" I tried to pull my arm away from her, but she held it in a tight grip.

"I'm going to give you something for the pain."

"Isn't that supposed to go in my back?"

"For a human, yes. You are far from human anymore." She quickly jabbed me with the needle before I could protest anymore.

For as big as that needle was, it barely hurt at all, then once the contents were flowing in my bloodstream I was feeling no pain. A smile spread across my face as I looked up at my handsome husband. "How are you feeling now Lover?"

"Fantastic!"

"Good, now that you're nice and relaxed little girl, it's time to get the boys out of you."

Even though I wasn't in pain, that didn't mean that I wasn't afraid. I squeezed Eric's hand even tighter. "Honey, I'm scared."

"I'm right here Sookie and all of us are going to be just fine. You, me and our sons are going to be together finally." He sent me a huge wave of love and courage through our bond and I knew in that moment that I could do anything.

EPOV

Two hours and twenty eight minutes later Sookie and I were lying side by side in our bed holding our sons in our arms. I was holding Baby Northman number 1 and Sookie was holding Baby Northman number 2.

Baby 1 had come into the world at 3:21 pm weighing 6 pounds, 4 ounces, 21 inches long and Baby 2 came out six minutes later weighing 6 pounds, 1 ounces and 19 ½ inches long. They were both now diapered and swaddled and absolutely perfect.

There were so many feelings flowing through me as I looked down at my sons and my beautiful but exhausted wife. I had never been so filled with love or so happy in my entire life. "You did wonderful Lover. They are absolutely perfect, now we just need to decide what to call them."

"I've actually been thinking about that a lot lately and I think I've come up with a couple that I hope you like."

"Hit me my love."

"Okay, I think that we should call the little guy in your arms Owen Ulfrick Northman and this little cutie in my arms we could call Thomas Godric Northman."

I could feel happiness coming from both of the boys and I could tell that they liked their names. "Those are perfect names my love." I leaned over and kissed her cheek as a yawn escaped her lips. "You should sleep now Sookie while I take the boys down to meet the rest of the family."

"Oh my gosh, I never even thought about them. They aren't mad about not coming up to see us, are they?"

"Of course they aren't. They know how hard you worked bringing these boys into the world and that you need your rest." I gently lifted Thomas into my unoccupied arm and held him close. "You rest now my love, and when you wake up we'll be waiting for you."

"What if they get hungry while I'm sleeping?"

"Lulu has some formula made up in the kitchen, but I have a feeling that they will want blood for their first meal. Don't worry, I won't let our sons go hungry." I kissed her one last time before I leaned down to let her kiss they boys, then I left quietly as she fell asleep as her head hit the pillow.

I slowly floated down the stairs so I could keep my focus on my beautiful sons. My sons! It was still hard for me to believe that they were really mine, that I helped create them. Right now I thought they looked more like Sookie than me. The biggest tell was that they both, even now, had deep chocolate brown eyes like their mother. They were both looking at me with those eyes and I couldn't have loved them more if I wanted to.

I stopped off in my office so that I could have just a few minutes with just me and my sons before seeing the rest of the family. I sat down at my desk and just looked at these two perfect little people whom I loved so much. "Hello my sons. I'm your father and I want you both to know that I am going to teach you everything that my father taught me and so much more. You are both going to grow up to be strong men and brave Vikings.

"I am going to be there for you both no matter what and no matter how many siblings you have, I want you to know that I will love every single one of you equally." I could feel the love and happiness coming from them and I couldn't help but smile down at them.

We stayed in my office for a few more minutes before I realized that I couldn't put off introducing them to the rest of the family any longer. "Alright boys, it's time to meet the rest of the family." I held them close as I made my way into the living room.

I stopped in the doorway and looked out at our ever growing family. Hunter, Eden and Jessica were on the floor playing Monopoly, Lulu was sitting on the sofa knitting up a storm and Godric was standing next to the fireplace watching Pam who was pacing the room. She was going to ware through the rug, so I decided to put her out of her misery. "Hello everyone." They all looked up at me and Hunter, Eden and Jessica were quick to get to their feet. "I would like you all to meet Owen Ulfrick Northman and Thomas Godric Northman." Pam was quick to scoop Owen from my arms, but I made sure that Godric got to hold Thomas first.

Pam took Owen over for Jessica, Hunter and Eden to see and Lulu was quick to come over and fawn over Tommy. "Eric, you didn't need to do that."

"Sookie was the one who picked out the names. I thought they were both perfect."

"All of your children will be perfect my child. I'm so happy for you and Sookie."

For the next hour the twins were fawned over by everyone until they started to get fussy. As I suspected they were both hungry and I could feel that they both wanted blood. "Lulu, could you warm a couple of the special bottles I asked you to prepare please."

"Of course." She headed for the kitchen as I took Tommy back and sat down next to Pam who was still holding Owen. I had never seen or felt her so happy as she was holding my son in her arms. Pam had never been a fan of teacup humans before, but she was happily cooing at her little brother.

Lulu came back a few minutes later with two warm bottles of blood for the boys. She handed one to Pam and I took the other. "Alright my boys, let's see how well you like this."

"Eric, shouldn't they nurse from Sookie while they are this small?"

"She's asleep right now and I want her to get her rest so she doesn't become rundown. I just want to test this to see if they'll even drink it. If they take some blood this way it will be better for Sookie as well. Plus, if they will take some from the bottles, I'll be able to feed them as well." Pam and I got the boys into position and offered them the bottles.

Everyone was watching us, or rather the boys. They were a bit tentative about taking the bottles at first. I could feel that this wasn't exactly what they wanted, but it wasn't bad, so they drank up hungrily. "We have success." There were smiles all around as I watched phones and cameras being pulled out to capture this moment.

Both boys got through about half of their bottles when they decided they wanted something better, Mommy. I really couldn't blame them, my Sookie was the sweetest I'd ever tasted before.

Just as they were about to start getting fussy I scooped Tommy into my arms and excused the three of us, promising more visiting time soon, then we disappeared where I could feel Sookie was waiting for us.