Quickly Zoya went down the stairs to see what was up.
"Are you okay Maya?" Zoya asked concerned.
"I knocked over some of the pots with my ball," Maya cried.
"Hey, it's okay sweetie. It just are some pots with flowers, it's okay," Zoya spoke to her and pulled her in for a hug.
"Everything okay down there?" Callen asked out of the window, he had heard the crash upstairs.
"Yeah, everything is fine honey. Just some knocked over pots."
"Ah okay," Callen replied and went back to working on the nursery.
"Go back to play sweetie, I'll clean up."
Maya went back to play and Zoya cleaned up the knocked over pots of flowers. Once the pots were cleaned up she went back up the deck and got something to drink. Just before dinner time Callen came back down. Zoya was finishing up dinner in the kitchen.
"How's it going upstairs?" Zoya asked.
"Fine. Just put the first coat of paint on. Will do one again tomorrow and then after that the wallpaper border. Once the furniture is up we can put the wall decorations up."
"That's good. I'm sure it'll look very nice."
"That it will. I can't wait to see our little babies lying there in their cribs," Callen spoke as he put his hands on Zoya's baby bump.
"I know, me neither." Zoya placed her hands on Callen's and gave him a kiss. "I love you."
"I love you."
"Could you set the table please?"
"Of course." Callen stole one more kiss before he went to set the table.
…
Zoya was now just over seventeen weeks pregnant. Her baby bump was showing more and more every day. Callen loved seeing her baby bump, she looked so beautiful with it in his eyes. They were just getting ready for the day when Callen's phone rang. Called sighed when he saw it was Eric.
"Yeah Eric," Callen answered the phone.
"Hetty needs everyone in OPS," the tech replied.
"Alright, be right there," Callen replied and hung up the phone. "Sorry honey, I've gotta go to work."
"It's okay."
"Sorry I can't go with you to the doctor."
"It's okay honey, we know that it can always happen with our work."
"Still I'm sorry. I wouldn't love to see them on the screen."
"I will get a picture for you."
"Please do." Callen gave Zoya a kiss. "I'll see you later honey."
"See you later. Be careful."
"Always." Callen gave Zoya more kiss before he kissed her stomach. "Bye babies. Daddy's sorry he can't come. But daddy loves you." Callen gave Zoya one more kiss. "Bye Zoya."
"Bye G."
Callen left for work and Zoya left not long after that to go to the doctor. Esme was there already and she would take Maya to school.
Zoya drove to the doctor and waited until she was called in.
"Just you today?" Dr. Kidd asked.
"Yeah, my husband was called into work already."
"Ah okay. Well let's see what the babies are up to shall we."
Zoya lay down on the bed and moved her shirt up. The doctor put some gel on the wand before putting it on Zoya's stomach. A little later the babies appeared on the screen. Zoya looked at them. You could start seeing some clear shapes already. She saw all three babies and their heartbeats.
"Are they okay doctor?"
"They are looking very well and they are growing nice and big. The heartbeats look very well. So far everything is gonna very well."
Zoya was glad to hear that, but she still worried that something could happen.
The doctor took Zoya's weight and vitals before Zoya left. Zoya made a new appointment for her twentieth week check-up before going to work.
'Hey honey, everything was perfectly fine with me and the babies,' Zoya texted Callen before she got in the car.
When she arrived at work she saw she had a reply of Callen.
'Glad to hear that. Sorry I couldn't go with you.'
'It's okay, I understand. I will see you later at home.'
It had been a long day for Callen at work. It was just before 10pm when he could go home. He hated that he couldn't join Zoya for the doctor's appointment. He hoped that Zoya was still awake. When Callen arrived at home he was pleased to see the light still on downstairs.
"Hey Zoya," Callen spoke when he walked into the living room and saw Zoya sitting on the couch.
"Hey G," Zoya greeted back. "How was work?"
"Busy, it took us a while to finish the case. But it is finished."
"That's good."
Callen sat down next to Zoya on the couch and gave her a kiss. Callen rubbed his hand over Zoya's stomach.
"Glad to hear everything is alright with you and the babies."
"They looked so cute." Zoya moved to grab the ultrasound picture, which was lying on the coffee table. "You can see all three of them pretty clearly."
Callen looked at the ultrasound picture. Zoya was right, they looked very cute.
"They are growing pretty big," Callen remarked.
"Yes they are."
"Look at that, you can see the heartbeats on the picture."
"Yes you can."
Zoya watched Callen as he looked at the picture. She could see that he was totally in love with their babies already. Callen put the picture back on the table and moved to kiss Zoya's stomach.
"Daddy loves you, daddy's sorry he couldn't go today to see you. Daddy so can't wait to meet you."
They sat on the couch for a little while before going up to bed. Zoya was already lying in the bed when Callen joined her. Zoya was snuggled up to her pregnancy pillow, facing Callen's side.
"Do you really have to sleep with your pregnancy pillow?" Callen asked.
"Yes, it helps me sleep and supports my stomach."
"But it kinda blocks my view and me snuggling with you."
"Too bad, it's really comfortable."
"I've got a better idea."
Callen reached in between them and removed the pregnancy pillow from Zoya's grasp.
"What are you doing? G, I need that pillow to sleep." Callen grabbed the pillow and threw it on the floor. "Grisha Callen! Немедленно верни мне эту подушку![Give me the pillow back now!]" Zoya yelled at him.
"Please Zoya, just let me try something. If you don't like it you can have your pillow back, I promise. And you can sleep with it other nights, but tonight I wanna snuggle up with you."
"Alright fine, for this time. What did you have in mind?"
Callen lay down on the bed on his back and pulled Zoya close to him.
"Like this, that way your stomach can rest against me."
Zoya lay her head down on Callen's chest and curled her leg around his leg.
"Comfortable?" Callen asked.
"Hmmm," Zoya replied as she snuggled against Callen.
Callen wrapped his arms around Zoya and gave her a soft kiss on her head. "Goodnight Zoya."
"Goodnight Grisha."
They fell asleep pretty soon. The next morning when Zoya woke up she noticed that Callen was already out of bed and she heard the shower running. She got out of bed and took her pajamas and underwear off. She walked into the bathroom and joined Callen in the shower after locking the bathroom door.
Callen turned around when he heard the shower door opening.
"Morning Zoya."
"Morning G."
"What are you doing here?" Callen asked with a smirk.
"Just taking a shower."
"Mm-hu."
Not being able to stand it anymore Zoya pulled Callen to her and kissed him deeply. She wanted him so badly. Callen could practically feel the sparks on her lips as she kissed him. Callen pushed her against the wall and moved his lips down to her neck.
"Hmmm G, right there," Zoya moaned. "Just like that yeah. Hmm feels even better than in my dream."
"You dreamed about me last night?" Callen asked with a smirk as he looked her in the eye.
"Yes I did."
"You had a naughty dream?"
Zoya looked at him and could see that he was really enjoying this and teasing her.
"Yes, now less of your attitude and more action mister."
Callen kissed Zoya again as his hand moved over her body. His lips moved down to her neck against as his hand started pleasuring her.
"Oh fuck G!"
She was still feeling horny after her dream and that combined with her pregnancy hormones, it didn't take long before she finished. She screamed as Callen brought her to her peak.
"Shh honey, not so loudly. You're gonna wake Maya up."
"Sorry, it just felt too good."
Once she had come down from her high she dropped down and started pleasuring Callen. He was in heaven as Zoya worked him but after a while he couldn't take it anymore. He needed to make love to her. He pulled Zoya up to him and turned her around so she was facing the wall.
"You ready honey?" Callen whispered in her ear in a deep voice.
Just his voice like that was almost enough to bring her to the edge. "Yes please G, do it."
Zoya braced her hands against the wall as Callen moved inside of her. Since they had to go to work soon they wasted no time. What Callen was doing to her just felt so good. Within minutes Zoya had already come twice. When she felt another peak coming up she moved back against Callen. Callen kissed her neck and that was enough for Zoya to come and Callen joined her. Zoya put her hand over her mouth to muffle the scream. She couldn't help but scream, what Callen was doing to her just felt too good.
"Oh my, that was amazing," Zoya breathed out.
"Yes it was. Definitely a good morning."
They finished their shower and got dressed. Zoya went downstairs to get breakfast ready as Callen went to wake up Maya.
Zoya arrived home just after 5pm. Callen wasn't home yet.
"Hey guys," Zoya called as she walked into the house.
"Hey Zoya," Esme replied from the deck.
"Hey Maya," Zoya spoke as she walked outside.
"Hey Aunt Zoya."
"Are you playing a game with Esme?"
"Yes, memory."
"The furniture for the nursery was delivered today," Esme said.
"That's good."
"They've put it upstairs in the nursery."
"Great."
Esme finished her game with Maya before going home. Zoya was just about to start dinner when she received a text from Callen.
'Hey honey, sorry case isn't finished yet. Don't know how late I'll be home,' the text read.
'Okay honey, I'll see you later. Be careful.'
'Always. Love you.'
'Love you too.'
Zoya got dinner started and she and Maya had dinner. After dinner Maya watched a movie as Zoya got some laundry done before taking Maya upstairs for bath and bed.
"Goodnight sweetie," Zoya told her once the book was finished.
"Goodnight Aunt Zoya."
Zoya gave her a kiss and tucked her in. Zoya went back down and enjoyed a nice quiet evening on the couch. Just after 10pm she decided to go to bed since Callen wasn't there yet. She wanted to stay up for him but she was tired. She had just laid down in bed when she heard the door downstairs.
Seeing everything dark downstairs Callen walked up the stairs. There was still a light on in their room so he hoped Zoya was still awake. Quietly Callen pushed the bedroom door open and saw Zoya lying on the bed, still awake.
"Hey honey," Zoya called.
"Hey baby." Callen walked over to the bed and gave Zoya a kiss. "How are you?"
"I'm good. You? Case finished?"
"Yes case is finished, all done."
"Good."
Callen gave Zoya one more kiss before he got changed for bed. Zoya was snuggled up to her pregnancy pillow, facing away from him. So Callen crawled up behind her and wrapped his arm around her. He placed his hand on her stomach and Zoya placed hers on top of his.
"I missed you today," Callen admitted.
"I missed you too. The furniture for the nursery was delivered today. The furniture is up in the nursery."
"That's good. You didn't carry it upstairs yourself did you?"
"No, I wasn't home yet. Esme had asked them to put it upstairs in the nursery."
"That's good. I'll get started on it this weekend."
"That's fine."
Callen moved down the bed a little and placed a kiss on Zoya's stomach.
"Goodnight little babies."
"Goodnight daddy."
Called crawled back up the bed and gave Zoya a kiss. "Goodnight mommy."
Callen snuggled up to Zoya before they fell asleep.
…..
That weekend Callen got started on the furniture.
"I was thinking of putting the cribs against this wall," Zoya said as she pointed to the left long wall. "Then we can put the dressers there and the chairs near the window."
"I was thinking the same as well. Alright, I'll get started on it."
"Can I help Uncle Grisha?" Maya asked.
"Uhm yeah I think I can find something you can help with."
Callen started unpacking the first crib. He put the back end against the wall and then grabbed the side.
"Can you hold this Maya will I secure it?"
Maya held the side as Callen grabbed the screw drill and secured the screws. Zoya took a picture of Callen and Maya working on the nursery before going back downstairs.
When dinner time came around they had put the three cribs together and the two glider chairs with ottomans. Callen had also hung up the ceiling light and the curtains.
"Wow it looks beautiful," Zoya stated as she walked into the room.
The three cribs stood next to each other against the long left wall and the chairs stood on either side of the windows.
"I helped uncle Grisha," Maya said proudly.
"Yes she did, very well."
"That's good to hear. Well it's good that you're done cus dinner is ready."
Callen cleaned up the trash before going downstairs.
….
Before they knew it it was time for Zoya's twenty weeks appointment. It was now the middle of March. Callen had finished the nursery already. All that needed to be done was fill the closets with clothes and diapers and such. But they would get them later. They had planned the appointment after work and luckily Callen was done in time with work. He arrived at the doctor's office just after 5pm. Zoya was already there in the waiting room.
"Hey Zoya," Callen greeted her.
"Hey G." Callen gave Zoya a kiss and sat down next to her. "Glad you're here."
"Of course, I told you I'd be there."
"Yeah I know. But with our jobs something always can come up."
"True. But luckily it didn't."
"Yeah luckily. I hope something doesn't come up when I go into labor."
"Hey, no matter if it does or doesn't, I'll be there. I will be there when you go into labor."
"Promise?" Zoya asked as she looked into Callen's eyes.
Callen grabbed her hand and looked her in the eye as well. "I promise honey. I will be there."
"Okay. I will hold you to that."
"I'll be there Zoya, I promise."
Callen gave Zoya another kiss before the doctor called them in.
"Good afternoon, how are you feeling today?" Dr. Kidd asked.
"I'm good. Just easily tired."
"That's all normal. Well let's see what the babies are up to shall we."
Zoya lay down on the bed and moved her shirt up. The doctor put some gel on the wand before putting it on Zoya's stomach. They immediately saw all three babies on the screen and their heartbeats were heard around the room.
"Are they doing okay doctor?" Zoya asked.
"They are all seem to be doing just fine." The doctor took some measurements. "They are right on track for twenty week triplets. Considering there are three they will be a bit smaller than when it's just one baby. But for triplets they are doing just fine."
"If I want to buy some clothes for them already what size can I take? If they are smaller they might not fit in the new born outfits," Zoya asked.
"Most stores have preemie outfits as well. But those may be a bit on the small side for them. So I would pick a size between the preemie and the normal size. But you can buy normal size as well. It they don't fit yet they'll grow into them."
"Alright thank you."
"Now it may be a bit tricky but let's see if we can hear the individual heartbeats. The doctor turned the sound of the ultrasound machine off and grabbed a doppler device. She held the ultrasound in place so she could see where to go and moved the doppler over Zoya's stomach. "Let's try baby number a." The doctor had named the babies baby a, b and c to make the examinations a bit easier. Baby a was at the top, baby b was down on the left and baby c was on the right. The doctor moved the doppler around a bit and a little later they heard the heartbeat. "That's one heartbeat. It's sounds perfect." Callen had pulled up his phone and was recording the heartbeats. Doctor Kidd moved the doppler to the next one. "Here's baby b. It sounds perfect as well….. and let's see if we can hear baby c as well." Doctor Kidd moved it to the last baby and they heard it as well. "That sounds perfect as well. I can also see the sex if you'd like to know that."
"We talked about it and we like to have it be a surprise," Zoya told the doctor.
"Alright, that's fine. Well let's see if we can see them in 3D."
The doctor typed some keys on her keyboard and the screen changed to 3D. They could see the babies clearly on the screen.
"Oh my! Look at them, they look so cute," Zoya stated.
"They look perfect," Callen added.
It was so cute to see the babies like that. They saw the babies moving around on the screen.
"See, I told you G. The top baby is very active."
"Yes he or she is."
"Oh yes that's definitely one active baby," Dr. Kidd. "But the others are doing just fine as well."
The doctor looked around a bit but all babies were doing just fine. Dr. Kidd took Zoya's vitals and weight and did some more tests since this was the twentieth weeks appointment. She gave them a picture and a DVD of the ultrasound before Callen and Zoya left. Zoya made a new appointment for two weeks from now. They each got in their own car before driving home.
"Hey Esme, hey Maya," Zoya and Callen spoke as they walked into the house.
"Hey," Maya and Esme replied back.
"How were the babies doing?" Esme asked.
"They were doing just fine. They are growing nice and big."
Zoya showed Esme the picture of the regular ultrasound and of the 3D ultrasound.
"Aww look at them. They are so cute. Do you know what you're having?"
"No, we've decided to keep it a surprise."
"Ah yes that's fine. As long as they are healthy."
"Yes it is."
"Can I see too Aunt Zoya?" Maya asked.
"Of course sweetie."
Zoya sat down on the couch next to Maya and showed Maya the pictures.
"They look funny," Maya said as she looked at the 3D picture.
"That's cus they are still growing. They still have to grow inside my stomach before they are ready to come out."
"Did I look like this too?"
"Yes you did."
"Do you have pictures of that too?"
"Yeah I think your mom and dad kept a picture album of you as a baby too."
"Can I see them?"
"Yeah of course. I'll grab the album." Zoya wanted to get up but Callen stopped her.
"Let me honey, I'll grab it."
"Thanks. I think it's in the left door of the dresser."
Callen walked over to the dresser and looked around it before he found the baby album.
"Here it is."
Callen handed the album to Zoya and Zoya opened it.
"Here, that's you as a baby inside mommy's tummy."
"I'm so little."
"Yes you are. Every baby starts this small and they keep growing and when they are born they keep growing until they get as big as Uncle Grisha, Esme and me. Here this is when you were just born. And now you're this big already."
They looked at some more pictures as Esme went back home and Callen got started on dinner. After Maya had gone to bed Callen and Zoya went to get a nice hot bath. Callen already sat in the tub and helped Zoya in. Zoya snuggled into his arms with her back against his chest. Callen placed his hands on Zoya's stomach.
"It was so nice to see the babies and hear their heartbeats," Callen stated.
"Yes it was. I'm glad they are doing so well and they look so cute already."
"Yeah me too. Yeah how can they not look cute with you as their mommy."
Zoya turned her head sideways and looked at Callen. "And with you as their daddy."
"I love you honey."
"I love you too baby."
Zoya gave Callen a kiss and turned around so she was sitting on his lap. Callen wrapped his arms around her and pulled her closer. It was getting a bit harder to kiss like this since Zoya's stomach was starting to get in the way. Callen moved his hand in between them and started pleasuring her. Zoya was about to reach her peak when they heard Maya's voice from the doorway.