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I look at Tires, “Hey man, when are you going to get your head out of your ass?”

He looks up at me. “What the hell do you mean by that?”

I smirk at him. “Bex.”

He shakes his head. “She just clung to me, because I was the first one there when she woke up in the hospital, and I’ve helped her and taken care of her here.”

“Fucking dumbass. That girl is in love with you. Just like Saige is with me. Don’t waste years like I did, man. Grab on to her and don’t let her go.”

He looks defeated, “I can’t man. Not until I know for sure.” He gets up to walk away when both of our phones ping. Looking down I see a mass text from Bacon, telling us that dinner has been ordered for delivery and they should be here about the same time. Good, I’m starving, and I know my girl has been craving ranch and cheese badly, so I bet you anything it’s pizza. Twenty minutes later they all walk in the front door, and I immediately go to my girl. She looks so worn out.

“Come on, Butterfly, let’s get you settled at the table, and you eat. I’ll rub your feet and back when we go to theroom.” She smiles up at me and I kiss her. Getting her to sit, Bacon and Loki lay everything out. I grab the extra cup of ranch that has Saige’s name on it, laughing, and I sit it in front of her. It’s a large drink cup full of ranch. I make her a plate and give it to her. I get her a big glass of sweet tea, and then I make my plate. I sit beside her, and after everyone has their plates fixed, Bethany comes running up to the table, hugging everyone, and instead of sitting beside her mom, she sits between Saige and Loki. Beth just laughs. She sets out the cookies and cupcakes.

I look at the girls, “Okay y’all. Commander Thomas is pretty upset. Basically, there’s nothing he can do, unless someone comes after you here. Even with the proof of the IP address, any good attorney can say that they were hacked. It would be hard to dispute. So, we just always have to keep guys with you both. I know you get tired of it and feel suffocated. But it’s for your safety.” Bexley looks like she is going to cry, and Saige just nods her head sighing.

She reaches her hand out and grabs Bexley’s, stating, “We get out of this together! We are stronger together.” Bex smiles and agrees.

“Momma, I eats. I wants cookies and cupcakes!” Bethany screams. Everyone laughs. Alivia gives her a cookie and a cupcake with Beth’s approval. Tires doesn’treally say anything much, once he got through eating, he kissed his sister’s head and left, saying goodnight to everyone. Beth takes Bethany to give her a bath and get her ready for bed. Bexley and Alivia decide to watch a movie. Loki goes to talk to Tech, and he kisses Saige on her head goodnight as well.

“Come on, baby, let’s go get you ready for bed. We’ll relax and I’ll rub you down. Bacon, can you get a couple of the prospects to clean up?”

Bacon laughs, “Sure thing, Cotton. Y’all have a good night.” We both laugh like crazy when we see that Saige has grabbed two boxes of cheese bread, a spinach pizza, and her cup of ranch to take to the room.

“Hey, I get hungry a lot with these two. And this keeps you from hunting down my cravings or leaving to go get them.”

I raise my hands up in defeat. “Let’s go, Butterfly.”

Once in the room, I put the food in the fridge. Saige goes straight to the shower. I follow her in and wash her off. I’d love to bend her over and take her right here, but I know how tired she is. So I hurry to wash off, get us some towels, and dry us both off. She climbs into bed and waits on me. I get her a bottle of Gatorade to keep by the table, and then I climb in beside her, after I get my drink as well. “Put something on tv, baby, I’m goingto rub your legs and feet.” I give her a kiss, stop and kiss her stomach, then lay at the bottom of the bed. Her feet have taken to swelling a lot, especially when she is at the bakery. I ordered some special rugs for her, that are supposed to give her feet support but be soft at the same time.

“Oh God, Finn, that feels so good. I love you,” I hear her murmur.

“I love you too.” I look up at her and she is out with the remote still in her hand. Laughing softly to myself, I rub her other foot. I pull her down in the bed some, so that she is comfortable, and I get in beside her. She snuggles into me as much as she can, and I hold her, rubbing her back. I’ll be glad when we go to the doctor in a couple of days. I worry about her.

It’s beena few weeks since we went to Saige’s appointment. The doctor said everything looked fine, and that the swelling, tiredness, and vomiting are normal. The swelling and tiredness will probably just get worse as the pregnancy goes, especially since she is carrying twins. We’re getting ready to go back to the doctor today to find out what we’re having if the babies cooperate. I’m excited. Saige is at twenty weeks now, andto me she just gets more beautiful. I help her out to the truck and help her up in it, and we drive to the doctor with Loki, Bacon, Stone, and Tires following us. They know that they won’t find out until tonight at a family dinner. Saige is burning up, so she has on another pair of maternity shorts and a tank top. The receptionist looks up when we all walk in. Bacon stays outside to keep an eye out. She smiles. She knows most of us. “Hey y’all. Saige, Dr. Holmes will be with you soon. Are they all going back with you?”

“No, just Cotton.”

The nurse calls us back and Saige has to get weighed, get her blood pressure taken, and pee in a cup. I wait in the room for her.

When she comes in, Dr. Holmes is right behind her. “How are you feeling, Saige? Anything different since last time?”

“No, it’s pretty much the same.”

He is looking at her chart, “Okay, well your blood pressure was up just a tad, not enough to worry about it yet, but we’ll have to keep an eye on it. With most multiple pregnancies we have to keep a really close eye on it. Sydney will be in to do your ultrasound in just a minute. See you in a month, unless you need me before then.”

“Okay, thank you, Dr. Holmes.”

I reach my hand out to grab a hold of hers. I give it a light squeeze and bring it up to my lips for a kiss. “Are you as excited as I am, Butterfly?”

“Yeah, I am, just a little nervous also.”

“Me too, to be honest.” We both look up as Sydney comes in the room with the sonogram machine. “Hey guys. How are y’all doing today? Are you ready to see if these babies will cooperate?”

I smile as Saige talks to her. “We are good, excited and nervous both. How are you doing?”

Sydney looks up a little surprised. “I’m good. Thank you. Hardly anyone asks me how I am. Okay, hun, you know the drill.”

Saige lays back and pulls her shirt up and then her shorts down some. Sydney takes some towels and folds them under and over her clothes. She squirts some kind of gel on her stomach and uses a wand to push it around. After she pushes a couple of buttons on the machine a sound fills the room, and I tear up. It’s the most beautiful sound I have heard. I grab my phone out of my pocket and hit record. I want to remember this sound forever. She pushes a few more buttons and on the screen a picture shows up. She points out the body parts and doesmeasurements. “Okay you two. Want to know the gender of the babies? Both are being good and showing me.” We both say yes.