Amelia's P.O.V
One month later...
It has been one month since I started working at Savvy Designs, and Nikki, Maggie, and I finally moved out of the cramped hotel room and into a nice and spacious apartment with three bedrooms and two bathrooms. And I get the adjacent bathroom and the beautiful master bedroom since I'll have the baby sleeping in my room.
I looked up from my typing when my boss came over to my desk with a soft smile on her face while I asked, "How is Aaron doing?"
"Oh, he is doing amazing with the nanny."
I forgot to tell you that my boss, Jessica has an adorable baby boy named Aaron, and he is the cutest thing that I have ever seen! That is the reason why she has a good understanding of my pregnancy and that I'll be on maternity leave real soon.
"So, it is your last day until you come back in three months as a new mother."
I smiled a little and rubbed my growing stomach while I commented, "I am so excited to finally have my baby and also be able to see my feet."
She laughed at the last part of my sentence and replied, "I definitely understand that feeling. I was so happy to actually see my own feet past my stomach."
I smiled brightly and glanced at my notes for today's assignment while I asked, "Is that it?"
She spoke up again, "I just need to know if I'm invited to the baby shower."
"Of course, you are invited to my baby shower!"
"What's the theme for the baby shower?"
I smiled brightly and looked at the cute baby animals' zoo-themed baby shower invitation while I answered her question, "Oh, it's going to be a baby animal zoo-themed baby shower."
A grin appeared on her face while she commented, "That is really cute. I can't wait for the baby shower."
The conversation was over when she walked away from my desk as I went back to my assignment for the rest of the day.
Once the day was over, I shut my laptop down and placed it in my bag before clocking out. I closed the door as well locked up since I was the last person leaving, and I called myself an über to pick me up.
I always felt uncomfortable out here when it was this dark and I'm by myself as well vulnerable being this close to my due date. I pulled my coat closer to my body when the wind started to pick up as I leaned against a lamp post and wrapped my arms around myself to stay warm, waiting for the über.
I pulled my phone out and distracted myself for a few seconds when I heard paws. Paws? I looked up to see a werewolf staring straight at me with very familiar eyes as I tilted my head to the side.
I slowly backed away and watched the werewolf transform into a naked Samantha, and I gasped in surprise when she smiled and whispered, "Hello, Amelia. I just had to make sure you were okay as well my grandchild."
I could feel myself breaking down in tears as I took my coat off and wrapped her in it before asking quietly, "What are you doing here?"
"I needed to make sure that you were okay." Tears started to form in her eyes when she glanced down at my growing baby bump as she whispered, "Oh my! You're going to pop real soon."
I smiled softly and glanced down at my growing belly as I said, "I know."
She pulled me into a hug and held me close while she asked, "Do you know what you are having?"
"Yes, a healthy baby boy."
She held me at arm's length and exclaimed, "Seriously!?!" I nodded my head slowly, and she said, "I'm going to have a grandson!"
I looked up to see the über was here and questioned, "Do you want to come with me to my apartment?"
She nodded her head and whispered, "Sure, why not."
We climbed into the über and buckled our seatbelts as the driver started the car up and drove us to my apartment, which was a thirty-minute drive. I paid for the ride and slowly climbed out of the car before leading Samantha to my apartment.
I unlocked the door and opened it, walking inside and kicking my shoes off. I let out a sigh of relief and headed to the couch as I sat down and rested my eyes for a little bit. It is absolutely exhausting to be hard and be heavily pregnant.
But I guess I would have a few seconds to rest my eyes because Maggie and Nikki came into the living room with several outfits.
I sighed softly and rested my swollen feet on the coffee table while I asked, "What's going on?"
Maggie had the biggest smile on her face when she explained, "We're trying to figure out which outfit for you for the baby shower."
I shook my head and groaned softly before saying, "You two aren't going to let me rest for a moment."
"You're going to be on a tight schedule tomorrow the minute you wake up." Nikki replied in a matter-of-fact tone. "Besides choosing an outfit is not on the schedule."
I signed and implied, "I work 12 hours 5 days a week, and I'm three months pregnant. I really just want to sit here and rest my eyes for a few moments."
Maggie scoffed at my comment and said, "We'll let you rest after you pick an outfit to wear for the shower."
I was becoming frustrated with the two of them and pointed to the white romper with sleeves made out of thin see-through fabric with lace lining on the ends. I slowly stood up from my spot and explained, "I'm going to bed and do not want to be woken up for ten hours."
Nikki raised an eyebrow slightly and asked, "Are you sure?"
I immediately snapped, "Am I sure? I am about to give birth at any moment now! I won't be getting a lot of sleep once my son is born! I just want ten hours of sleep. That's all I ask for!"
Forgetting Samantha was there as she stood up and said gently, "Amelia's outfit has been chosen. Now we should let her rest for a while."
Maggie and Nikki nodded their heads as Samantha lead me into my bedroom and said quietly, "I should be going now."
I nodded my head and hugged her while I whispered, "Thank you for coming here."
"You're welcome." She said before leaving the room.
I smiled softly and changed my clothes before climbing into bed and falling asleep.
Elijah's P.O.V
I was sitting in my office again just wondering what the gender was of our baby. I really was hoping for a boy, so that way I could pass the responsibilities of the pack to him. But I pushed my only mate away, so I would never know if he or she would have my eye color or Amelia's.
Zach murmured in the back of my mind, You really fucked up this time. How are we going to get our mate back?
Why do you always bring that up? And I really don't know.
There was a loud knock on the door before the door opened to find out it was my father knocking.
"Hey, Dad." I greeted him with a sigh.
He nodded his head and asked, "Have you seen your mother at all today?"
"No. Why you ask?"
He sat down in a chair and explained, "Well, your mom said she was going to the market to get a few things, and that was this morning. It's starting to become night and she still isn't back yet."
"Who isn't back yet?" My mother asked as she entered my office.
My dad immediately got out of his seat and threw his arms around her, pulling her into a big tight hug as he whispered, "You had me worried, Sam."
Mom hugged him and kisses his cheek softly before explaining, "I'm sorry if I had you worried. I just couldn't find that one ingredient for your favorite meal."
Dad pulled away from the hug and cupped her cheek softly with one hand while he whispered, "I don't care about that. I can have you every day while I can have my favorite meal once a day."
I cleared my throat before speaking, "Amazing as this is, I need to get back to work."
Mom nodded her head and took Dad's hand before leaving my office as well as me alone with my thoughts.
Samantha's P.O.V
Once Ryan and I left our son's office, I looked up at him and whispered in his ear, "Honey, I went to go see Amelia."
He raised an eyebrow slightly and responded quietly, "Elijah's mate?"
"Yes. She's having a boy and also a baby shower tomorrow. We should go to the event for her and our grandson."
Ryan raised an eyebrow slightly and gently rubbed my arms while he responded quietly, "I guess we can but you know that we need to tell Elijah that he is going to have a son soon."
"Yes, I know that but I want to respect Amelia's wishes," I explained and followed Ryan downstairs as I shook my head. "I just can't believe our own son rejected his mate because of her height."
He wrapped his arm around my shoulders and held me close to him while he sighed softly and nodded his head, "Yes, honey. I'm absolutely disappointed with him. I thought we raised him better than that."
"Let's just home and get some sleep, but I might knit some booties for our grandson while you're asleep."
Even after all these years, his warm and deep laugh makes me weak in the knees as he chuckled deeply and lightly and responded, "That definitely seems like you, dear."
~~~
Amelia's P.O.V
I woke up to feel a little kick in my bladder, causing me to sit up and rub the sleep out of my eyes. I slowly climbed out of bed and stretched my arms over my head before heading to the bathroom to take a quick shower.
Madison was excited about our baby shower and our son being born, The heartbeat! It's there! It can be felt!
I glanced down to see my bare bulging stomach and smiled softly as I said, I know. I'm excited as well.
I jumped a little when I felt a kick in my bladder as I looked down at my huge pregnant belly and whispered, "Relax in there. Mommy knows that you want to come out now but wait a little longer, okay?"
I relaxed a lot underneath the water as I washed my hair and body. It was soothing on my sore back as well as tense muscles while I ran my fingers through my wet hair, getting the shampoo through each strand of my hair and humming quietly to myself.
I turned the water off and climbed out of the shower as I grabbed my dry fluffy towel and wrapped it around my body with my pregnant belly sticking out. I grabbed my brush and began brushing my hair as I hummed an old song that my mom used to sing to me when I was a baby. I then grabbed my blow dryer and plugged it up before turning it on and drying my hair as I continued humming that old song.
I heard a knock on the door and said, "Come in."
I looked away from my reflection to see Nikki had opened the door and responded, "Come on. We are almost behind on schedule."
She grabbed my hand and dragged me out of the bathroom, sitting me in front of my vanity. Maggie came in my bedroom with all of her hair products and hair "tools" as she plugged in her flat iron and turned it on before combing my hair into sections and straightening my hair. Nikki started working on my eyebrows-tweezing them to get a perfect arch, which hurts like Hell.
Nikki raised an eyebrow and commented, "If you stop closing your eyes every time I pull a piece of hair out, it wouldn't hurt so damn much."
"Rude much, Nikki?" I replied as she tweezed some more.
She rolled her eyes and added, "Sorry not sorry."
~~~
After that pampering was done, I was allowed to put on my outfit and go down to the baby shower to find Elijah's parents sitting next to my parents and chatting with them. I walked over to them and gave both of my parents a hug before sitting down in an empty chair at their table.
Mom smiled brightly and glanced down at my huge pregnant stomach as she stated, "I just can't believe that my baby is having her own baby. I feel like I'm getting old." She leaned closer to my stomach and whispered, "Hello in there. It's your Nana here. When you're here, Nana is going to spoil you rotten."
"Wait! I thought I was going to be Nana!" Samantha playfully pouted and cried out.
My mother raised an eyebrow and shook her head while she commented, "I'm pretty sure that we established that I'll be Nana and you will be Grandma."
Ryan and my father began to chuckle to themselves as my mother and Samantha began to argue about who should be Nana and Grandma. I slowly stood up with my hand resting on my lower back before I grabbed the chair and groaned loudly when I felt a sharp pain. Everyone began to look at me with worried looks covering their faces while my dad shot up from his seat and asked, "Are you okay, Mia?"
I gasped loudly to see a puddle around my feet as I quickly shook my head and said in a shaky voice, "I think my water broke."
Once those words left my mouth, everyone started scrambling as my mother and Samantha helped me up to the apartment since I chose to go with a home birth because I knew the doctors would be confused on why my baby's temperature is higher than a human's temperature, so it was decided that it would be the best decision to give birth in the apartment.
My mother instructed me, "Inhale. Exhale." I slowly nodded my head and dug my nails deep in her hand when a contraction happen as I tried to inhale and exhale and followed both women inside my apartment with Nikki and Maggie behind us. Mom glanced at Nikki and said, "Get the birthing pool ready right now!"
Nikki quickly nodded her head and disappeared into the closet, pulling out of the birthing pool as Maggie pushed the coffee table out of the way and helped Nikki set the pool down. Dad stormed into the living room with Ryan behind as they filled the pool with the water. Samantha and Mom helped me out of the romper and into a plain white tank top before helping me into the water as I tried to remember my breathing and sat down in the pool.
"Maggie, go get some towels now! This baby is not waiting anymore!" Mom exclaimed as she took her flats off and rolled her pants up, grabbing a chair and sitting down before she put her feet in the water and leaned down to see how far I was.
I was definitely thankful that my mother was a midwife for the pack. So I didn't have to worry about asking for a midwife from a pack and telling Elijah about our child.
Nikki gave me her hand as I cried out in pain when another contraction hit and whispered, "How far am I?"
"You're almost ready to push. You're now ten centimeters. How long have you been having these contractions?"
"Maybe since eleven last night?"
Mom checked her watch and stated, "You have been having contractions for fourteen hours!"
I began to cry and exclaimed, "I didn't know it was contractions! I thought it was just cramps!"
She shook her head and said in a calm and gentle voice, "No! Oh, no! It's a common mistake for first-time mothers. Just breathe in and out slowly." I followed my mother's lead and began to breathe slowly as she explained, "Now when you feel a contraction, I need you to push on the count of three, okay?"
I breathed heavily and nodded my head while I responded, "Okay."
When I felt the first contraction, my body automatically began to push the baby out as Mom exclaimed, "Push! Push!" I squeezed Maggie's and Nikki's hands as I scrunched my nose up and screamed loudly in pain as I pushed with all my might. Mom glanced up at me and said softly, "Breathe, sweetie."
I threw my head back and panted heavily as I cried out in pain, "I fucking hate Elijah for doing this to me!"
A second contraction happened as my mother yelled out, "Push! Push!" I squeezed Nikki's and Maggie's hands tightly as I screamed out in pain and scrunched my face up in agony, pushing as hard as I can. Mom repeated, "Breathe, honey. We're almost done. The head is out."
I looked up at my two best friends to see them giving me encouraging smiles as they both whispered, "You're doing great, Mia."
The "last" contraction hit as I automatically pushed the baby out with all of my might. I began to cry once the living room was filled with a loud piercing cry. I looked to see my beautiful healthy baby boy before I yelled in pain and looked at my mom with a confused expression.
She gasped loudly and immediately went back to nurse mode before she explained, "You were pregnant with twins."
My friends and I all looked at each other and exclaimed, "What?"
~~~
After the shock and the second round of contractions and pushing, I was lying in bed with my two handsome sons in my arm. I just couldn't believe that I was a mom to two healthy sons as I kissed both of their foreheads and cooed them.
I heard a knock on my door as I quietly called out, "Come in."
My parents quietly entered my bedroom with bright proud smiles on their faces as my dad immediately spoke up, "We are so proud of you, Amelia. You have two adorable sons?"
"What are you going to name them?" Mom asked with excitement in her eyes.
I glanced down at the sleeping baby in my right arm and stated, "Logan Noah James and," My eyes went to the other one whose eyes were opened and staring up at me while I whispered, "Ethan Alexander James."