Thomas reached out to grasp her hand, kissing her fingers with a gentle smile, "We will cry happily, Martha...She's home with us...", and Kel's voice spoke out sleepily, "And I ain't going anywhere if I can help it...", hugging her husband and wife contentedly, kissing on the lips, and they smiled, knowing that Kel is right, kissing their wife on the cheeks before Martha sheepishly smiled, "Duty calls.", and her loves chuckled, letting go of her to do her business.
And so, the reunited trio happily relaxed, getting dressed in the rest of their pajamas as it's a Saturday, and headed down for lunch with the family, with Kel enjoying the joyful atmosphere of controlled chaos, and from that day onwards, there wasn't a day where Kel can be found helping the grandkids/foster wards with homework or changing diapers/telling stories, where she can be found learning how to garden with Caroline and Mary, where she can be found assisting Selina and Bruce in the manor library with Wayne Entreprises paperwork, where she can be found either learning how to cook with Alfred and Waylon, or learning how to do basic circus tricks with John, and occasionally, anonymously as Oracle for Batwoman, but most importantly, she always found time for Martha and Thomas when everyone else is busy.
The staff was told that Kel recently returned to town, for she was an old college friend of Martha, and was looking for a job as a nanny, and was hired, introducing herself as Mrs. Kel Emerald, but as months passed, they saw how she was close to Thomas and Martha, and was understandably suspicious, worried for their master and lady of the manor, and the public ignited that with tabloids and such, making Kel upset and emotional much to Thomas and Martha's concern.
"I can't blame her in the slightest for what is being said about her...", Martha sighed as she and Thomas were alone. "I almost want to laugh at some of those rumors... that you're planning on leaving me for her...".
"Unaware that I'm already here for her as well as you...", Thomas shook his head. "It would be so much easier to come forward and say we're all in a loving poly relationship, but the scandal would even be worse..."
Thomas nodded softly with a frown, "Or that we're all married together with those wedding certificate papers from that Christmas...Perhaps we should ask Fate to somehow modify the priest's memories without seeing her as a spirit or green...".
"That would mean 13 years of the city practically knowing that it was only us renewing our vows changing to us meeting Kel earlier and getting married as a poly wedding...Fate had a rough time the first time for your coma memories of the city and all.", Martha mentioned.
Thomas nodded, "True...And it's like that saying, one time is just lucky, two is a coincidence, and three is a pattern. And of course, Poppy was the second time with her growing up faster than normal, and luckily, there's a medicinal excuse for that, but still...And the people would have questions of why they didn't see her the past 13 years if she's married to us, because we were...ah, more or less, in grief and taking comfort in each other and the family.".
Martha hummed, trying to think of something before she widened her eyes, "The vacation trips...Think about it, while on vacation, paparazzi never got the chance to catch us because we knew where to go on the rough road instead of the well-known road, and it was always small towns who never essentially knew how big the Wayne family is of reputation and all, and they never cared much as long as they got paid at the hotels and such. She had a job at the time, which is why she didn't come back to Gotham until she retired or quit, and since she saw all of this family as her family essentially, including us, she came home to us.".
Thomas grinned, "That might just work!", knowing that it's a tradition to go on vacation every summer, but Gotham never truly knew where they went, after he woke up from the 'coma', and built himself back to normal, "You are brilliant, my dear Martha!", kissing her on the nose playfully.
Martha giggled, blushing, "Why, thank you, but you are brilliant too, Thomas...Okay, we can tell this to the family and Kel, and perhaps with Barbara's help, since she recently passed the bar, becoming a lawyer, we can set this straight to rights, and Kel wouldn't be upset and emotional anymore!", getting excited.
Then they heard a knock at the sitting room door, "Grandpa, Grandma!", recognizing Sean's voice, sounding urgent, and they frowned, getting up from the chairs, opening the door, with Martha asking, "Sean, what's wrong?".
Sean replied, "Grandmama Kel threw up badly! She was eating some of Poppa Alfred's snacks while talking with Mom about what to get for Uncle Bruce's birthday, while we were watching the news about last night's catches of bad guys on tv when they brought up another rumor again!", with worried tears in his eyes.
Thomas and Martha looked at each other. Obviously, both of them had the similar idea for a moment. "You don't think...?", Martha whispered.
"Maybe. It also could be stress from all the news and have nothing to do with any sort of morning sickness...", Thomas suggested.
Martha replied, "All the same, Kel needs us!", and Thomas nodded, and they immediately followed Sean to one of the bathrooms near the kids' favorite living room, seeing Alfred walking out with an empty cup, replying, "Poppy is comforting Kel, and she just drank some of my fizzy water remedy...She's looking miserable and pale...She said that she is a bit lightheaded after throwing up.".
Thomas nodded, "Thank you, Alfred, we will check on her.", as Martha reassured Sean with a kiss to his forehead, "You did good, Sean. Your grandmama will be okay, alright?", and Sean nodded, looking a bit relieved and headed back to join his siblings and such, while Thomas and Martha came in to see their wife sitting on the rim of the tub/shower combo, comforted by Poppy, looking like Alfred said.
Poppy looked up to see her mom and dad, and replied, "She threw up bad. We barely made it before she went to the toilet...The rumor was upsetting as it...it implied her as a gold-digger, as they said that she was an orphan on the streets.", with a sigh.
Martha snarled, "That's it! We really need to set this to rights, Thomas!", and Thomas nodded, "Couldn't agree more with you, but right now, let's comfort our wife...Poppy, would you do me a favor and get two pink line sticks from the manor med bay?".
Poppy looked a bit confused before her eyes widened slightly, and nodded, "Yes, sure thing, Dad. Will be back in a bit...Everything's going to be fine, Mama.", giving Kel a kiss on the cheek and a reassuring smile before leaving, kissing her parents 'cheeks on the way.
Martha and Thomas went to sit between Kel, with Martha asking gently, "Kel?", their hands rubbing up and down on Kel's back, and she whispered, "I...I never thought about getting sick from stress before since I was strong and being gamma immune from stuff, and now I'm human...I...I want so badly to prove those...those vultures that I'm your wife, and I love you both so much...".
"I know you do.", Thomas said as he could hear Kel sighing, "I know what you both said to me... and I know the truth... that I should ignore what is being said because the truth is that you both love me deeply... but I'm sorry, it's just sometimes so hard to ignore...", Kel sniffled as she was trying to regain her strength.
Thomas kissed her on the cheek, "Well, we might have something to help...As you know, Barbara had recently passed the bar, successfully becoming a lawyer, and well, since our family lawyer is getting old, perhaps she would work together with him to gain experience, and she would represent us...".
"How can we do that?", Kel frowned, and Martha replied, "It's true that the public don't know you as they never saw you the last 13 years, but we have a very verifiable excuse which is the family vacation tradition every summer. If we prove that you have been part of the family since you came to know us in Louisiana, and then accompanied us on different trips, where some people could say that the Wayne family had secret company, while we say that we fell in love with you, and we show our wedding certificate paperwork, with slightly adjusting the year, but keeping the date of Christmas Eve just the same-".
Kel gasped, "-Gotham then would stop bullying us, and realize that we are in a very loving poly relationship, and that I deeply love this family!", bringing together the facts with a growing bright spark in her eyes.
"Certainly an idea for sure...", Thomas said. "I will admit... it would also be as reasonable with the two of you at least that you developed deep feelings for one another during my coma, which is the truth after all.".
Martha nodded, "True, as I can say that I discovered my identity with Kel, realizing that we are both bisexuals, and that my stories about you, Thomas, has made you desirable to Kel in a way which is true, since-", and Kel finished, "Since that I have seen and felt your memories and emotions about him when he's brought up almost all the time...through the city wouldn't know the real truth.", smiling at Thomas and Martha, glad for being She-Hulk thankfully at the time because she grieved and remembered Thomas together with Martha.
Thomas chuckled, "True...I think we had figured out our problem then...", with a smile, and his wives triumphantly smiled, agreeing that they will tell their solution to the family, and hopefully, Barbara will succeed in representing them.
"Feeling better now?", Martha asked softly, and Kel nodded, "Yeah, though I think I might just want to relax a bit first before we get to talk with the family, I'm still feeling a bit off, even if I had already flushed the toilet...Smell's getting to me...", with a sigh before a tap on the door was heard and they looked up to see Poppy smiling, "Got them, Dad.".
Thomas got up, and smiled as he walked a bit, receiving them, "Thank you, Poppy, and just distract the kids if they aren't already watching tv, and tell the others not to worry, and that we might have a solution to the media problem, okay?".
Poppy nodded, "Understood, Dad.", with a smile before leaving the bathroom, and Kel asked in curiosity and confusion, "What do you got there, Thomas? Some nausea medication?".
"Not that, through there's pills to help...Maybe it's just all the stress of the news and rumors, causing you to be upset and emotional, and Martha and I might be wrong, but...well...", Thomas replied, revealing two pregnancy test boxes.
Kel looked before gasping as her eyes widened, her mind unraveling fast at the suggestion that she could possibly be pregnant, remembering that Martha was on birth control while she wasn't, especially on that night, and she knew that many times women doesn't get pregnant from the first one or two rounds when their virginity's broken, but other times, it works just well enough, especially when their male partner is quite fertile, and knowing that she came freshly from the Pit by a few hours earlier, while Thomas came from the Pit not too long ago, being boosted and all.
Kel murmured, "Why two?", and Martha smiled, "Double checking...And of course, we're lucky that Thomas is a doctor, he can draw a bit of blood later on, if the two tests are mixed. Do...do you want to do it down here, or head back up to our bedroom, to our bathroom where it's quieter?".
"A bit quieter... just would make it easier for me...", Kel took a deep breath. "Is it still possible though?", she wondered. "I mean, the ages wise...".
"Heh, come to think of it, I'm still not sure if I've even hit menopause yet.", Martha admitted. "It's probably still possible even for me but I think after all this time and the fact we've got grandchildren running around who are almost about to start dating soon... I think I'm done having children... at least for me that is... but with you...".
Kel exhaled with a soft chuckle, as Thomas replied, "All the same, just to be safe, if you turn out to be pregnant, you will have prenatal care, and luckily, we are very able to afford it, and of course, our cheat card is myself being a doctor and all, and I got a second opinion to need from Leslie in case. Can you stand up, Kel?".
"I ain't disabled.", Kel snorted with determination as she got up steadily, cleaned her face, and sipped some water, and went with her lovers upstairs to their bedroom, to their bathroom. Martha asked gently, "Do you want us in there?".
Kel shook her head, "No, I got this...", with a reassuring smile before taking a deep breath, "Wait on the bed for me, alright? After I'm done...I'll put the sticks on each side of you, on the bedstands...and we will wait together, okay?", with a nod.
Thomas and Martha smiled, liking the idea, and nodded, "Okay.", kissing their wife lovingly with turns on her lips, and then headed to their bed, while Kel went into the bathroom to do the thing. The duo waited patiently before Kel came out, holding the sticks, stepping to each bedstand around the bed, putting them down, and then joined her lovers in the middle.
"It's funny...I think I was scared-excited when you and I varied between carrying Poppy, Martha, but this time...I'm anxious-hopeful...Does that make sense?", Kel bit her lip as she waited with her lovers, knowing that one of them was bound to set a timer on their phone for this...
"Yes, it was the exact same feelings I had when I was carrying Bruce.", Martha assured her as Kel nodded and took a deep breath.
"And of course... the pain of it all... even Poppy was probably the most pain I had been ever except for those last moments... no matter what kind of guns or explosives we took together... those were nothing compared to childbirth.", Kel gave a small laugh though obviously, there was some worry behind it. After all, giving birth in a hulked-out form was one thing... as a normal human, though?
Martha squeezed her hand, "Hey, it's going to be alright. Like Thomas said, there's plenty of prenatal care, and we got Alfred and Caroline and even Waylon's excellent cooking, I'm sure they will attune the foods to your needs without throwing up too much, and for the nausea, well, it seems like fizzy water helps with that, and trying herbal tea wouldn't hurt either.".
Thomas nodded, "Indeed, and you got not just us, but all this family as support, and when we get to see how far you are along, though I have a feeling that the first night was the conception, so it makes you three, almost four months along, since Bruce's birthday is only next month. But first, we need to see the ultimate proof on those tests...Good thing that they are Wayne tech as I can trust them compared to other brands.", with a reassuring smile and a thoughtful nod.
Kel smiled relievedly, "I know...I love you guys...", and they smiled, "We love you too, Kel...", before the timer rang on Martha's phone, and they reached for the sticks to take a look, and Kel tried to keep her nerves down as she whispered, "Am I...?".
Martha replied, "Pregnant.", with an overjoyed smile, turning up to reveal two pink lines, and Thomas said next with a surprised grin, "Pregnant.", showing the same, and Kel teared up, sobbing and laughing with a smile, "I'm having a baby...I'm having a baby!", one hand almost covering her mouth, and her other hand touching her belly through her shirt, and her lovers surrounded her with gentle hugs, joyful tears, and kisses on her cheeks.
"I really can't believe it...", Kel whispered. "I'm gonna be a mother again...". She then looked to Thomas and Martha, "Should still be able to pull off a sort of... late window, at least with myself, right?".
"Oh, for sure... easily can say you're in your mid 40s even if you don't fully look it... you look somewhat younger.", Martha chuckled. "It's a bit uncommon but not a rarity.".
Kel smiled, "Just like you look like you're in your 40s, while you're supposed to be in your early 50s, where I can make the same excuse, like having a bit of age difference with you guys, which people don't know but just assume by our age in our eyes and faces.", with a chuckle.
Thomas chuckled, "And the fact that we feel like our 30s. I can't help but thank the gamma energy and the Pit at least one time every day because we're all here, and we can keep up just great with the older and younger grandchildren...Gosh, they are going to have one more uncle or aunt in our baby, and Bruce and Poppy will have a kid sibling...", with an amazed laugh as he caressed Kel's belly, that now he knows what he's looking for, he can feel a small baby bump.