“Don’t you want to help pick out stuff?” He chuckled.
“Not my area, love. You will spoil our children and I will love it no matter what you choose.” This man, my wonderful man. My lips attacked his and when we pulled apart I felt lighter.
Lacey and I jumped towards the computer and looked through every page of items. There was so much! About an hour later I had made up a registry for the boys to use, along with a list of some other items we were going to need. They were going to need to make a few trips.
After they left, Orion came out into the room and was messing with his bow again. I looked over a few times, finally realizing he was subtly carving it. An artist was hidden in that mind of his. Interesting.
Lacey and I amused ourselves by watching funny videos on the internet, something normal people did. Everyone loved a good set of cat videos.
I heard commotion in the direction of our room and got up to check it out. Orion and Lacey went with me, just in case. I figured it was just Tristan and Leander but I was thankful I had back up.
When I cautiously entered our room, I saw that the boys had dropped off stuff, and probably went back for more. It made my heart sing to see all the baby things sitting in a corner around our room. Nothing big yet, just a few bags and what looked 2 boxes containing a swing.
“I’m so excited!”
Lacey hugged me and Orion was quiet.
“Two swings? You’re having twins?” he finally whispered behind us. Oh, crap. Turning around to look at him, he moved his gaze from the baby stuff to my belly. Double crap. We hadn’t told him yet.
“Yeah, a boy and a girl.” I offered him a smile, but he just turned on his heel and walked away. My feet were moving before I even knew it; I had to talk to him. He had done a lot for us since he showed up, and we’ve known for a little while now that he could be trusted. But still, we hadn’t trusted him with the truth of the babies. That had to sting. I chased him down as he stalked back to his room.
“Orion wait!” He didn’t stop but just sat down on his bed with his hands covering his face. Hurt was rolling off him in waves.
“I’m sorry we didn’t tell you. With everything that had happened between us, we weren’t sure if you could be trusted at the time. We trust you now! Obviously with my life. We have just been so occupied with everything that we didn’t realize you still didn’t know. I’m so sorry.” I kneeled down in front of him, with glistening eyes. I’m not sure when he had become important to me, but in this moment I realized he truly was. He had risked his life to save my family, including Tristan, and he was protecting us still. He still had his hands over his face, not uttering a sound. My hand reached out and touched his knee. He looked down at my touch then dropped his hands.
“I’m sorry for all I put you two through. I truly believed we had a chance, that you were meant to be mine. You’re having twins. I understand you mistrusting me. I deserve it. I stopped this from happening so long ago by being selfish. I’ve caused you pain.” He was hurting very badly from this. He wasn’t even mad at us that we kept this secret from him. No, he was beating himself up for the past.
“It’s ok. We’re ok. I’m having twins! You have absolved your sins of the past, as far as I’m concerned. Watching over and protecting the children will clean any slate.” His golden eyes looked into mine, wanting to see that absolution. I hoped it showed through. He simply nodded and stood, helping me up in the process.
“If there is anything else I can do, please ask. I may have earned your forgiveness, but I haven’t earned mine.” He kept hold of my hand and walked us back out towards the living room. Lacey was sitting there, waiting for us. She looked at me and I nodded, reassuring her.
“So, I was thinking about popping in a movie and relaxing. Soon, the babies will be here and you won’t get to relax as much.” She smiled, and I agreed. Orion helped me sit down, and went back to working on his bow. I would have to check out his work later. Lacey got a movie rolling and we all sat and relaxed until someone knocked on the door.
