“Yeah. I think Odin is the only one off all day, so he and I will meet the rest of y’all up there.” I do a happy food dance when Bodie hands over the bag a few moments later.
“Wait!” I screech when he goes to pull off, causing him to slam on his brakes. “I need hot sauce.”
He glares over at me, then gets the attention of the guy at the window to grab my hot sauce. “Don’t scare me like that again, brat. You nearly gave me a heart attack. As for tomorrow, yes, I will definitely be meeting y’all there. I have a catering order to do first thing and I’ll be leaving the house around five in the morning so I can get everything done in time.”
I take a huge bite of my taco burger and let out a breathy moan. “Okay, baby,” I mumble around a mouthful, not caring about manners.
It’s been so great getting some much needed alone time with one of my men. Sometimes just running errands and spending quality time together means more than fancy dates.
* * *
The next dayis busier than expected. After getting the boys up for school and dropping them off, my grandmother asked me to run some papers to the lawyer’s office for her since she and Vivian are going to the mall to watch the new Barbie movie that came out.
After driving across town, then back to the doctor's office, I’m two point five seconds from pissing my pants. Thankfully, when we pull into the doctor's office parking lot, a car is pulling out of the first ‘Expecting Mothers’ parking spot. I can see the other guys waiting by the door for us as Odin pulls into the space. As soon as he stops the SUV, I jump out and waddle as fast as I can past the guys, ignoring them completely right into the waiting room.
I rush up to the counter to the receptionist. “Hi, I’m Isla Aaron. Can I go ahead and do the urine sample? I need to pee,” I rush out.
Chuckling, she points me towards the bathroom, letting me know the sample cups are inside with a marker as I hurry off. After finally getting to empty my very full bladder, I’m sitting with the guys in the waiting room reading Crush and Confessions by Jarica James and Chloe Gunter on my Kindle app, while they talk about football.
It only takes about twenty minutes until the nurse calls my name. She checks all my vitals and leads me to the ultrasound room. I no longer have to get half-naked for scans, thank god, so I go right back to my book while we wait. The guys have gotten used to me reading while we are waiting for any reason since it’s my favorite way to pass the time.
I’ve finished two more chapters by the time the doctor walks in. “Good afternoon, Isla. Gentlemen,” he greets as he comes over to sit at the machine. “How has everything been going?” he asks while getting everything set up.
“Honestly, it’s been going pretty well. Morning sickness is gone. The babies move around a bunch. I feel great. I'm trying to enjoy it while it lasts,” I reply, leaning back and raising my shirt.
He squirts some of the warm jelly on my belly. “That’s great. I’m glad you’re feeling better. Let’s take a look at these girls, shall we?”
He takes measurements and pictures of each girl's brain, kidneys, lungs. and placentas, before starting on my cervix, uterus. “Alright, everything with both girls looks amazing. Twin A is measuring eleven and a half ounces and Twin B has caught up and is right at eleven ounces. I don’t see any cause for concern with either. Both are head down. Would y’all like to try to see if they will let us get a look at their faces?” he asks, smiling at me.
“Yes, please, and we have decided on names as well. Twin A is Willow and Twin B is Iris,” I inform him while staring at the screen as he switches to the HD setting.
“Beautiful names for what will be beautiful girls. Here is Willow,” he pauses the scan so we can get a good look at her.
It’s amazing at how perfect these images are. We can see her face so clearly. It takes my breath away. I’m tearing up from the pure emotion of seeing their faces for the first time.
“Wow, that’s so detailed, it's almost like a picture. She’s so beautiful,” Odin says in awe, slack jawed as he stares at the screen.
The doctor prints a couple pictures before moving on. “Okay, and here is Iris.”
“They are being very cooperative today. This is the first time we’ve gotten to see their faces,” I tell him. At the maternal-fetal medicine visits, they would never turn where we could see them. You can already tell the girls won’t be identical by the subtle differences like the shapes of their noses and lips. We can actually see Iris stick her tongue out, then do a pouty face.
“I think you offended her already, Momma,” Orin chuckles.
I glance over at the guys, who all have tears running down their faces and look so fucking happy.
I cannot wait to see them with tiny little babies.
Isla
“Lochlan, baby, come get your dinosaur shirt and swim trunks on. Everyone will be here soon for your party,” I call out exasperatedly, trying to corral a very hyper five year old who seems content to run around his room.
“Fine!” he sasses, shuffling his way over to me. “Are my friends really coming?” he asks, worriedly stepping into his swim trunks and letting me help get him dressed.
I kiss his forehead. “Of course sweetheart, most of your classmates are coming. Why don’t we go make sure everything is perfect for the party?” I suggest, leading him toward the pool house.
He takes off running when we make it to the door. Maw-Maw, my guys, and my other kids are there waiting on us. All of the guys except Silas and Bodie are in the pool already with Arden and Vivi.
Silas jogs over to grab Lochlan and tosses him into the air, “Are you ready to party, bud?”
