A/N My updating as been for crap lately. Real life is a bitch and with the loss of one of our own Ericizmine, my muse has taken a hike, but hopefully it is back for the new year. So happy new year everyone, enjoy and leave me some love.

SPOV

I slept soundly in the short time that I had been asleep and I woke up feeling refreshed, but missing my boys, all three of them.

I sat up in bed feeling sore, but I knew that I didn't feel half as sore as most new mothers felt. Mother. It was still hard for me to believe that I was somebody's mother. There were these two little people that I had brought into this world and who were now relying on me for love and guidance.

In that moment I couldn't help but think of Gran. She had always been there for Jason and me. She always had the answers to our questions, she would always be right there with bandages and kisses for every bruise or scrapped knee, and she would always have a kiss and warm hugs anytime we were upset. But without her influence in my life, could I really be able to be those things for my own kids? What if I couldn't handle even those simple tasks for my kids?

When I was little a part of me always assumed that someday I would have children, but as I got older and with my telepathy making my life more complicated, I realized that that would be wrong to make a child suffer like that. Apparently now I was going to be having fourteen children plus Hunter. There was eventually going to be sixteen telepaths under one roof. Oh God! How will we ever cope? The things that our children will be able to hear!

I could feel the panic building inside of me, but before it could take over me completely, Eric and the boys were at my side. Eric set the babies gently on the bed and was quick to pull me in his arms. He stroked my back and hair and I could instantly feel myself begin to calm down. "Lover, what has got you so worked up?"

"I'm sorry, I just let my mind wander to the future and I started to panic. Eric, soon there is going to be sixteen telepaths in this house, fifteen of them under the age of ten. How the hell are we going to be able to cope? And what about any other powers they may develop? Our children are going to be out of control and we won't be able to stop them. This is just crazy!" I was starting to panic again even with the comfort of Eric's touch.

He set me down on the bed and I was afraid that my panic was too much for him, but he was quick to prove me wrong. "Lover, you are thinking too far into the future." He gently filled my arms with my newborn sons who instantly looked up at me with their beautiful brown eyes that were filled with love and affection. "What you need to focus on right now are these two handsome boys who are hungry for what only their mother can give them. Everything else we can deal with when it comes along."

He helped me get the boys in position to feed and as soon as they latched on and started drinking I felt myself calm down and become more grounded. I could feel the love and comfort coming from not just Eric, but Owen and Tommy as well. "Oh my sweet boys. You know just what your mommy needs to feel better."

"This is what you need to focus on Lover. Yes, someday in the future we will have a house full of precocious telepaths, but when that day comes we will have the help that we need. And with you as their mother, to teach them and guide them in how to control their telepathy, they will be just fine."

"I love you so much Eric. You know just what to say to make me feel better."

"That's what I'm here for."

Eric cuddled up next to me and the four of us were content to stay where we were for almost an hour. Part way through feeding them we discovered that they already had fangs. They started wanting more than milk and suddenly I felt four little pinpricks. It hadn't been painful, just surprising. Eric was so full of pride at this development and I couldn't help but smile at all three of them. My three beautiful vampires. All that was missing from this moment was Hunter. He needed to be here to complete our little family unit.

I mentally called out to him and I could hear him rushing upstairs and knocking on the door at record speeds. "Come on in Sweetie." I was naked, but the sheet and the boys were covering up the important parts and I didn't want to be one of those women who were embarrassed about feeding her children.

I was fully relaxed as I saw my eldest son's head poke in the doorway. I couldn't help but smile at him. "Come here baby and cuddle with mommy and daddy and your new little brothers."

He was quick to run and jump onto the bed. He cuddled on Eric's lap and looked down at his little brothers. I could see so much love and awe in his eyes. "They're so tiny Momma."

"I know, but they will grow up and be big and strong someday, especially with a big brother like you."

"Momma?"

"What baby?"

"Are me and the babies princes now that you and Daddy are the queen and king?"

"I never really thought about that Hunter." I looked over at Eric for the answer.

He moved Hunter up onto is lap as he spoke. "Of course you are my son. And your sisters and brothers that will be coming along someday will be princesses and princes as well."

Hearing about all the future children we were going to have filled me with panic again, but it wasn't Eric who calmed me down this time, it was Hunter. "Momma, it's going to be okay. It's going to be easy for them. With Daddy's blood they'll be able to turn the telepathy on and off like a light switch. Plus they won't get their other powers until they're older, so we'll all have plenty of time to teach them how to use them and when to use their powers."

"For a five year old, you are very smart." I couldn't stop the tears from rolling down my cheeks. "What would I do without you my sweet boy?"

"You'll never have to find out Momma." I wasn't sure what he meant by that, but it didn't matter. All that mattered was being cuddled with my boys right now. We all leaned back and got comfortable and it wasn't long before we were all asleep.

EPOV

I was the first to wake from our family nap and I couldn't resist just watching my family sleep for a few minutes. They were all sleeping soundly with Hunter and Sookie lying protectively around the boys. They all looked so peaceful that I pulled out my cell phone and snapped a few pictures.

After watching them for a few more minutes I realized that I still had the new bed for the twins down in the garage. I decided to get it and set it up before everybody woke up.

I sped down to the garage and quickly brought the co-sleeper upstairs. I stopped in the nursery for the special bedding that I'd ordered and headed back to our bedroom.

As quietly as I could I went about attaching the co-sleeper to Sookie's side of the bed. I was just finishing putting the bedding into place when my Sookie started to wake up. She stretched and slowly sat up rubbing the sleep from her eyes. "Eric, what are you doing?"

"Take a look."

She turned towards me and her eyes lit up as she took in the co-sleeper. "Oh my God! Eric, it's so beautiful. Where did you get this?" She reached out and ran her fingers over the edge of the baby bed.

"I made it. I'd seen one somewhere that I was going to buy, but I thought that you would appreciate it more if I made it myself."

"Honey this is absolutely amazing. I didn't know that you could do anything like this."

"During my long lifetime I've learned to do many things, but working with my hands and wood has always been my favorite activity. It's very relaxing for me."

"Eric, you and I need to make time to talk to each other. We are married and yet we hardly know each other. I want to know everything about you. I know that there is a thousand years of memories and experiences to talk about and I don't expect you to tell me every little detail, but I'd like to know things about. I want to know things that are important to you, things that you've experienced that have shaped your life. Can we do that honey? Can we take a little time each day just to talk?"

I quickly detached the co-sleeper, sat down next to Sookie and pulled her into my lap. "Lover, we will make the time. I know that I've been busy lately and not around much, but that changes right now. I promise that no matter what is going on in our lives we will make the time to talk to each other for at least an hour every day."

"I'd like that very much." I leaned in to kiss her when the sound of her stomach rumbling quite loudly stopped me.

"Lover, you need to eat and eat heartily." I lifted her onto her feet. "Why don't you shower and dress while I wake up the boys."

"Yes, that sounds like a wonderful idea." She leaned in and kissed me before grabbing some clothes and disappearing into the bathroom. I looked down at my sleeping sons and I had never felt so happy in my entire existence.

SPOV

A shower had never felt so good before in my life. Giving birth had been amazing, but I was glad that it was done at least for a while anyway.

I paid close attention to my figure as I washed myself and I realized that not much was different. My breasts were huge, there was no helping that, but my stomach was just as flat as it was before I was pregnant. I was glad about that, but it was also a bit lonely. I hadn't had my babies inside me for long, but now that they were born I felt kind of empty inside. But knowing that I would feel this for long made it not so bad.

There was still a part of me that worried about being able to care for all of my children, but at least I would be able to help them control there telepathy. I know what they would go through and I would be able to help them control it and build their shields. But the best thing was I wouldn't be alone. There was Eric and our friends and family that would help in any way that they could. No matter what happened this was going to be an amazing adventure.

I rushed through my shower, feeling as if I hadn't eaten in a week and already missing my babies. I dried and dressed quickly, just wearing panties and a pink and white sundress, I threw my hair up into a messy bun and headed downstairs.

As I was walking I realized that the clothes that I had now were too big around the waist and too tight in the chest area. I'd been pregnant the whole time that we'd been living here and I knew that my old clothes wouldn't be fitting properly now either. I was definitely going to have to go shopping soon.

I walked into the kitchen and it was a bit of a madhouse in there. Eric and Pam were sitting beside each other at the table each holding a baby in their arms, Godric was sitting next to Eric with Jessica snuggled up in his lap, (that made me smile). Hunter and Eden were sitting next to Pam eating and playing checkers at the same time and finally there was Amelia and Octavia at the free end of the table with several books spread out in front of them.

The whole scene made me smile as I just stood in the doorway and watched my family. For so long it had just been me and Gran and Jason, but now I had this big family that was going to get even bigger. I'd never been this happy in my entire life. But speaking of family. "Hey everybody. Where's Jason?"

"He went home to get some clothes Lover, but he should be back soon. I offered him one of the guest rooms so that he could stay and visit for a few days and spend time with his nephews."

I walked over to my husband and slid my arms around his neck and rested my head on his shoulder. "Thank you Sweetie. That was very thoughtful of you."

"You are welcome my angel."

I leaned in and kissed him before looking down at my son in his arms. "And how is little Owen doing? Are you bonding with your Daddy?" He looked up and smiled at me as he grabbed my finger that I was tickling his chin with.

"Lover, how did you know that this was Owen?"

"Well, he has a lime green sort of aura around him." I turned and went over to Pam who was holding Tommy. "And little Tommy here as a canary yellow aura." I reached down and stroked his baby soft cheek. "How are you baby boy?" He smiled up at me as well and sent love and happiness to me through the bond. "Oh, I love you too my sweet little man." I turned and focused on Pam. I knew that she was a grown up, but I didn't want her or any of the other family to feel neglected. "How are you today Pammy? Enjoying your new little brother?"

"Oh yes. He is so sweet and just holding him makes me feel all warm and fuzzy, like he's sending out good vibrations into the world. It's hard to explain."

"I get it. I think that it's just something that comes naturally to him, at least for now. We should enjoy it while we can." I continued around the table saying hello to everyone, adding in hugs and kisses as I went until Lulu came over to me with a big bowl of beef stew with cheese tortellini in it. "Oh Lulu, you are an angel. This looks absolute fabulous."

"Thank you Miss Sookie. Dr. Ludwig wanted me to make sure that you eat heartily."

"I think that I need to do the opposite. I don't want to balloon up before the next pregnancy."

"Oh darling, you are going to be burning calories like crazy breastfeeding two babies, plus with them both taking blood, you are going to need to take in all the calories you can. Any kind of dieting would do more harm than good right now."

I pulled a chair up beside Eric and started in on my meal as Octavia spoke. "She's right little girl. You need to keep your strength up to be able to wield your magic as well as keeping your boys healthy."

"Dr. Ludwig also gave me a list of things that you should eat and some things that you should stay away from. I also picked up one of those little refrigerators to put in your bedroom. She wants you to snack as often as you can, she wants you to get as much lean red meat as you can stand and she wants you to drink as much milk as you can."

"Wow, I'm going to be eating and drinking practically all the time."

"That's actually better for you. You'll keep your metabolism level and it's not like you'll be eating full meals all the time. She suggested dried fruits and nuts, crackers and cheese, veggies and dip. I've got plenty set up and ready to go upstairs."

Owen started to fuss in Eric's arms and I could tell that he was getting hungry again. "Here Lover, you take Owen and I'll get the fridge set up."

I swallowed the last bite of the delicious stew and took my little man in my arms. "Thank you Sweetie." He leaned down and kissed me before he disappeared into the kitchen. "And how are you little man?" I got HUNGRY loud and clear. "Okay baby boy, Momma gets you're hungry." I pulled my snug dress down just enough and he was quick to latch on and start drinking.

Looking down at him, then over at his brother who Pam was still holding, it was still hard for me to believe that I was a mother. And looking around at everyone else at the table I called family was just amazing as well. We were all smiling and happy, but in the back of my mind all I could think was, how long before something comes along to ruin everything.