Chapter 23

Jace POV

"A few more hours! I don't think I can handle this for long, ahhhhh I feel like they're going to pop out any minute and I don't think I can hold them. Ahhhhh I can't I-I." Henry was hyperventilating at this moment and I was trying to make him calm down as he was getting worked up and getting worked up is not going to be in our favour.

He was passed out before I had a chance to calm him down.

"Henry, Henry wake up." I looked to the doctor but he just sighed.

"This isn't good, this just made things a little more impossible. The fact that he was a man made it difficult but now we have our work cut out for us. We need to prep him for an Emergency Caesarean Surgery." He told the nurse that I didn't even notice was standing beside him. She left the room in a hurry to get everything ready.

"Doctor Allen, the doctor in charge of the surgery will be with you shortly, we have to get Henry on Anaesthesia since he has to be awake for an epidural. He is in good hands so don't worry too much although you have to get dressed to enter the OR while we prep him for the surgery."

I pushed the hair on Henrys face trying to calm down my racing heart.

"Why aren't you doing the surgery?"

"You don't need to concern yourself about that but I assure you Doctor Allen is very good at what he does. I will be there, but just as a supervisor and I will help where I can."

It all happened so fast, they got me into scrubs since I was going to be in the OR for the birth. I had to wash my hands and disinfect so I won't bring any germs into OR.

When everything was ready, they took Henry into the room and began the procedure.

I watched as they cut Henry open with a tiny incision in his lower abdomen, there was a lot of blood and I was holding Henry's hand willing him to be okay.

It didn't take long for anything to happen, in fact, I heard him before I saw him.

My baby boy.

"Wow, he is loud. You have a strong, healthy baby boy." The Doctor who I presume to be Doctor Allen said light-heartedly, and the nurses and other doctors laughed. Even I did.

He handed them over to the nurses to get cleaned up and then started for the next one. This one took longer, and I was beginning to get worried. There was a lot of probing and i tried my hardest to not look down there.

The doctor brought the baby out, but something didn't feel right. He wasn't crying. He was a lot smaller than the first.

The doctor hit his buttocks trying to get a reaction out of him but nothing. I tried to hold in my panic but I couldn't help the tears that came to my eyes.

They took him to the corner and tried resuscitating the baby and doing other things I don't understand. One thing I do understand is that they were trying to save his life.

"Doc, whats wrong, why isn't he crying? What's happening to my baby?" He gave the baby to the nurses and told them something, they nodded and left.

The Doctor came back and started closing Henry as his blood pressure started increasing and the ECG started going crazy.

"Mr Cormack, I think he has amniotic fluid in his airways but once they clear it out, I'm sure everything will be fine. I have my best doctor on it."

"Are you sure hes going to be okay? Where are they taking him?" I asked when they took Henry out of the room and I made to follow.

"Yes I'm sure, have faith. Your family is fine, Henry and your kids are fine. Henry is being wheeled into recovery. He is still unconscious and will wake up soon."

"I want to see my babies."

"Yeah, lets go."

We left the room and I saw Lacy and the kids together with Jensen in the waiting room. Jensen was the first to come forward giving me a hug.

"Congratulations bro, how's Henry?" I pick up Aaron and give him a big kiss on the cheek since Anaya is playing blocks on the floor with Alfie.

"He is good, he's sleeping it off." I notice the woman with us looking worried. I believe her name is Lacy, Henrys friend.

"Hey Lacy, thank you for looking after the kids."

"It's alright, it was my pleasure. Have you seen the babies yet?"

"I'm on my way to see them right now." I put Aaron on the ground.

"Hey kids, do you want to see your new baby brothers?" Alfies attention left the game he was playing, and his eyes landed on me.

"Of course Daddy. Where, where are they?

"Follow me." I say taking Aaron and Anayas hand in mine while Alfie followed behind.

When we got to the nursery, I saw Doctor Allen.

"Doctor, what's wrong is he okay now?"

"Well, there was a complication. We cleared his airways and he is okay, but he is not able to breathe on his own as his lung nearly collapsed. We managed to stabilize him, but he will need surgery. For now, we have him in an incubator where is attached to a respirator."

"Surgery! When is he going to have the surgery?"

"I was just on my way to inform you. its a minor surgery. It is due to him being premature, even three weeks before due date can be considered premature and we are lucky it only affected one of the twins." He said with a huge sigh.

"We want to begin the surgery right now and wanted you to give the go ahead."

"As long as he is alive, then do what you must, make him better. Where are they?" the doctor smiled.

"About that, I brought them together for a little while since they needed to form a connection with one another and now they don't want to be apart. We tried pulling them away to different rooms and they cried nonstop until we brought them back together."

"The Surgery will be done after you see him, we need to put the other one to sleep so we can take him out of the room without any fuss."

"They are currently in a nursery away from other children, one in an incubator and one in a crib. Follow me." We march behind him and enter a room. The only sounds are slight fussing coming from the one in the crib. Gosh I need to give them names but I can't do that without Henry.

Aaron and Anaya stay by my side as we move to see the little baby inside the crib but I drop their hands when I go close to the incubator. It was a giant glass container, to me that what it looked like. He looked so small in there, with the beeping and noises of the machines surrounding him. These machines that are keeping him alive.

I want to touch him and start tearing up at the thought of him not being okay. I have to stop thinking that way, he is going to be fine.

"I know you can't hear me but I just want you to be okay and when you open your eyes for me I will get you anything and everything your heart desires. I don't think your mother will let me but I will try my hardest to make you happy. I promise." I said to him.

The doctor instructed me on how to touch him through the glass. I felt him and he felt so fragile. I tried to keep the touching to the minimum as I didnt want to scare him awake. I stood there looking at him before I turned away. I saw the kids surrounding Baby#1 (I'm going to start calling them that till Henry wakes up) and his crib. They looked so cute trying to make him laugh.

I went over and picked him up in my arms. Nothing makes me happier than seeing my children healthy and happy. He giggles when he sees my face and tries to catch my hand that I wave at him. I hold him close to me and sniff him, he has a new baby smell. He looks so much like Henry its scary. Although he has my eyes. They both do and they are so identical.

"Hi little man, I'm your daddy. Your mom is not here right now but he will be so happy to see you." Henry is going to woop my ass if he hears me referring to him as their mother, which he technically is but still my ass is going to be in the dog house for a long time.

"Mr Cormack, times up. We need to feed him and put him to sleep." I drop him in his crib and pick up Aaron and Anaya , they are becoming too big to carry at the same time. We turn to leave before she speaks up again.

"Oh, and you husband is awake, he is asking for you."

"Henry is awake?" She nods he head.

"Thanks." We make our way to Henrys room, Alfie right in front of me and the twins in my arms.

On opening the door, we were greeted with a smiling Henry talking to Lacy and Jensen.

"Henry, are you alright? How are you feeling?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. What happened? Where are the babies? Are they okay?" he asks frantically while reaching for me. He is in my arms in no time. The kids get his attention and he tries to pick them up but hisses in pain.

"You can't just finish C-section and start picking up stuff." I say pushing him back into laying position.

"You can't stress yourself this soon after having yourself cut open." I pick up the twins and place them on the bed but thats it. Alfie leans against my leg.

"The kids are fine, they are in the nursery, we just got back from seeing them, but they had to be put to sleep." He relaxes after hearing they are fine.

"Although there was an issue with the second one-"

"What!!" he reacts immediately.

"Calm down, he wasn't breathing so they have him on a respirator. He is doing well now." I say still trying to calm him down and break the news to him as carefully as possible.

"But he is ok right?"

"He is fine, he will need surgery though, it's happening, there is nothing we can do but wait. They want him settled and they want to monitor him. I don't know when we will be able to take them home but they will be fine."

"Oh my God, this is all my fault, why is this happening?" he said stressing again, I don't like when he gets like this.

"This is not your fault, alright. You did not choose to go into labour prematurely so go easy on yourself." He starts sobbing.

"I could have held on longer, I got way in over my head and wasn't even awake to see them into the world."

"Hey, it's not your fault, you were exhausted, it happens." Lacy said trying to make him feel better.

"Hey guys, can you give us a moment?"

Jensen and Lacy agree and leave the room to give us some privacy. They took the kids with them.

When they left, I pull his face closer to mine and kiss him with everything I have. I can feel him start to kiss back. This wasn't a sexual kiss but one of gratitude. He added two more people into our little family and made it bigger. We pull apart and he looks dazed.

"Henry, they are alright. Nothing is going to happen to them. They are healthy and soon, you will get to hold them in your arms. Both of them."

"Okay, they're fine, I trust you but I want to see them."

"Henry I don't think its a good idea, you just woke up from a stressful situation, your body wasn't strong enough to handle the stress and you had to be put through an emergency C-section, you're not supposed to move around a lot."

"Besides Baby#2 is in surgery, we will be notified when he is out, we can't be there."

"Baby#1 just finished feeding and is asleep."

He starts crying again. What did I say now?

"That's supposed to be my job. Everyone else has seen my babies except for me. I don't care how I get there or if he is asleep, I just want to be able to see them and feel them. I want to be there when he comes out. Please do this for me."

I sighed, I can't stop him from seeing the babies, not when he is looking at me like that.

"Alright I will take you there but, on a wheelchair. You are not supposed to move around, you will tear your stitches."

He looked annoyed at having to use the wheel chair but he relented because the saw that I won't let him out of here without one.

"Fine, just get me to them, Jace I want my babies." I left to get him the wheelchair from a nurse and came back to the rom where I found him trying to stand up from the bed. I swear, he is just a stubborn little person, I hope our children at least listen to me.

He saw me coming in and he had a sheepish look on his face.

"I wanted to get a head start, I'm so excited." he said getting on the wheel chair.

"Come on you have to move faster than this." he said as I tried to wheel him carefully down the semi crowded hall.

"Well this is the fastest you are gonna get so sit tight." I say with a chuckle. He huffs with a pout on his face.

"At the rate we are moving, I won't get to see them till they start walking." I laugh.

"Stop being cute, I can't do anything about it now. I want to give you time to recuperate and I can't do that if you keep pushing all my buttons." He turns me on with no effort at all.

All of a sudden, a hysterical laugh escapes his lips and I wonder what has got him like that.

"If you think, that I am going to let you fuck me again, you have another thing coming. I won't let you near me with a flag pole." he said with a sinister look on his face. I almost shit my pants hearing him say that.

The look on my face was one of terror because I couldn't imagine my self long without being with him in that way. He can't be serious can he? I hope not.

"Honey don't be hasty alright, you know I can't resist you." He laughs again.

"You are gonna have to get used to it." Ha says those final words as I push him into the private nursery that Baby#1 is in.

Hi guys, your comments and votes had me feeling motivated and appreciated. So I promised myself I will stay up late and complete this new chapter. So here it is, an extra long, extra fluffy, extra emotional chapter.

I hope I am delivering the emotions in this chapter properly.

NOTE- I have never experienced child birth so this all research and stories from my mother about her experience during childbirth when she gave birth to all four of us. So if I made a mistake in any part at all, then forgive me for I know not how they do it.

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