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Ten Years Later - Lenni

B eing a goalie can take a toll on your body, but I still managed to play in the pros for over eight years. I even took a page out of Teagan's playbook and hired a surrogate to carry our four babies. These last two I'm carrying on my own now that I'm retired from hockey.

A kick from inside my belly makes me smile. I'm glad I didn't miss out on this side of motherhood. I rub my nine-month pregnant stomach with a smile.

"Are the boys already causing problems?" Kepler sits at the end of the couch, lifting my legs and placing them on his lap as he massages my feet.

"No, more than the rest of the men in my life." I joke, when in reality I wouldn't have it any other way—three husbands, four boys, and two more boys on the way. I'm more than out numbered, which is truly my life story.

"Very funny." Daylen kisses my lips before lifting me and setting me on his lap. "You're a boy mom and you know it." He's right, I am more of a boy mom than a girl mom. But it would be nice to have another girl around the house.

Little did I know I would get my wish five hours later.

"It's a girl!" The doctor announces as the second baby arrives in the world.

"How can that be? The ultrasound said it was two boys?" I'm not mad. In fact, I'm overjoyed to have a little girl. Not that I don't love all my boys, but a girl would make our family complete.

"About that." The doctor says. "Sometimes a hand or in the case of a multiple birth, the other baby blocks the view, or it might look like a penis when it's really not."

"A girl!" Raiden shouts as the doctor hands our baby girl over to the nurse.

I look at my three loves, and I know it wouldn't matter if we had only boys or only girls—they would love all of our children equally.

"I love you," I say looking at each of them, saying it three times.

"We love you." They say in unison.

I smile at the three men I'll be forever grateful to who will always be the ones to Puck Me Home Tonight.

-The End-

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