We'll Be Fine

Chapter Thirty-Five: Boy

Hope's POV:

I was in the middle of staking Roman when the bracelet shocked the living fuck out of me. It's Lizzie. "It's time!" I yelled and Marcel looked at me. "Look out Hope!" He yelled but not soon enough. "Ah!!" I screamed as he stabbed me over and over. I could tell it had a lot of vervain was on the blade. I grabbed him when he went to stab me again and pinned him to the ground. I broke his chest and grabbed his heart. "I should have done this years ago." I said before ripping his heart out. I watched as his army fell as well. He linked them to himself. Selfish. 

"Hope?! Are you ok? You don't look so good." Marcel said and I knew he was right. I nodded through it as I stood up. "I need to get to Lizzie. She's giving birth. We have to go now." I said and Marcel ran right next to me the whole way. His pack following behind us. We made it to the other side of town when I couldn't see. I know I ran into something hard but I don't know what. "Come on Hope. We're almost there." I heard Marcel say as he helped me up. I took off again but fell to my knees as soon as I made it inside. "Lizzie?! Where is she!?" I yelled through the house. "Oh my god Hope." I heard Freya say as she came over to me. "Don't worry about me. I'll be fine. Tell me I didn't miss it? I need to get up there." I said as I stood up slowly. Freya helped me and we went upstairs. 

"Baby? Oh my god." I heard Lizzie whisper. Wow, this feels more painful than vervain. This is something different. The vervain would have cleared from my system by now. "I'm fine. I'm here. Are you ok?" I asked as I kneeled next to her by the bed. She held my hand tight as she pushed. I guess there was no answer needed. "You got this baby. You can do it. I'm right here." I said as she squeezed tight. I whimpered as my pain tolerance was not where it should be. I could feel every bone in my hand shattered from her grip. 

A few minutes pass and I could feel myself floating in and out of consciousness from the vervain and the pain in my hand due to Lizzie's extremely tight grip on my hand. "Hope, do you wanna cut the cords?" Piper asked as had the babies being held by Caroline and Josie. "Y-y-yes." I shuttered as I managed to get back on my feet. "Are you ok?" I heard Phoebe ask and I felt the room spin. "I need blood and a lot of it. I have vervain in my system from Roman." I said and I gripped the bed. "Here." Alaric said as he offered me his wrist. I shook my head and backed away. "I have the ring. You won't kill me. Please. Feed so you can hold your babies. Their boys, Hope." He said and I felt the tears brim in my eyes. I have two sons. I nodded my head and feed. He almost hit the floor but I caught him and put him on the window seat till he comes back. 

I walked over to where Josie and Caroline were standing, grabbing the scissors and cut the umbilical cords. Lizzie was in and out of it but she did want to hold the boys. I held one and she held the other while Caroline stood right next to her. "You two did amazing. What are their names?" Caroline asked and everyone looked at me, even Lizzie. "Mason Niklaus Mikaelson and Elijah James Mikaelson." I said and Lizzie nodded with a teary-eyed smile. I kissed her sweetly before sitting with Elijah in my arms. Everyone gave us sometime with them before Piper wanted to make sure Lizzie was ok by running some test. 

I stepped out after Rebekah and Freya took the boys to get checked up. I walked into the backyard and stared at the full moon. "I did it mom and dad. I had two beautiful boys tonight with the women I couldn't be any luckier to call my wife. I named them after you dad and Uncle Elijah. Lizzie was ok with it. Maybe we'll try for a girl later on but I did it you guys... I wish you could have been here to meet them. I'm going to make sure they know more of the good about us than the bad. They'll admire you two and uncle Elijah. I promise you, I'll give them the life you two always wanted for me. I'll live to see it so I can tell you all about it when we meet again. I love you guys." I talked to the sky, hoping maybe they heard me. I thought I had been alone but I had apparently drawn a crowd. 

"They know Hope. I could feel them watching us all night. You two will now usher in the new generation of this family. Rebekah and Marcel have an announcement as well." Freya said while letting them step out in front. "We are so proud of you and Lizzie. You have done the one thing I have always wanted and that was to have one of my own. Well that dream came true thanks to my sister and brother plus the sisters here. Me and Marcel are expecting our own in 8 months." She said and I smiled, wrapping her in a hug. "I'm happy for you too. It's amazing." I said and she nodded. Everyone sat out there for a while until most of them headed home. The sisters went back to San Francisco but left with a parting gift. 

I went back to the room where Lizzie was sleeping peacefully in the clean sheets the sisters put on the bed for her. I kissed her head softly not to wake her up. I noticed that Mason was waking up so I gently picked him up and sat in the chair next to the cribs. I rocked him for a while and he fell back asleep. I guess doing that must have put me to sleep because I don't remember anything other than holding him and him falling asleep.

Lizzie's POV:

I didn't stay awake long after giving birth. I know Hope came back in a little while later but I kept my eyes closed seeing as I was still exhausted from pushing them out. I felt Hope kiss my head gently and I smiled to myself. I opened my eyes slightly to see what she was doing and I watched as she grabbed Mason and held him since he had woken up. She rocked him for a little while and whispered things to him.  I watched as she slowly fell asleep with him in her arms and it made me smile. Hope was going to be a great mother to these boys. She'll probably be the less than strict parent while I'll probably be the more foot in their ass parent. 

I took a picture of her with him before slowly taking him from her and putting him back in his crib. "Come on babe. Sleep in bed for a little while. There's like 4 hours till the sun rises and they wake up." I said and she sleepy stood up. I went to turn back to lay in bed when Hope grabbed me and pulled me into her. I gasped a little since I wasn't really expecting that but when I saw the smile on her face, I knew she was just happy that we did it. "I love you so much Elizabeth." She said in her sleepy voice and I shivered. I don't think I'll ever get over the effect she has on me. 

"I love you too Hope. Come on. I wanna cuddle and sleep." I said, pulling her with me to the bed. She laughed lightly before allowing me to pulling her into the bed with me. I let her get comfortable and she pulled me into her chest. I rested my head there and she wrapped her arm around my waist while the other held mine. I could hear just how strong her heartbeat was and I realized that we got exactly what we dreamed of when we were 17. A few short years later and here we are. I got the girl and the family. I still feel like this is a dream and I'm going to wake up any minute but I wouldn't trade this for anything else. 

We laid there for a while, just enjoying the fact that we did the one thing our parents never seemed to do, just be there in the moment with each other. We both lost so much over the years and we had every chance in the world to be with anyone else but here we are, in each other's arms with two beautiful boys who will most likely cause us years of hell but we'll enjoy every second of it. This isn't the end of our story, it's just the beginning. "I can basically feel you thinking from up here so either tell me about it or stop babe." She said with a light laugh and I looked up at her. "We did it, Hope. We made it all come true." I said and she smiled at me. "I wouldn't have done this with anyone else. It was always you or no one. Not even Josie would have got this from me. Half of my heart has always been yours love. It always will be. I told you that night when I gave you the promise ring, I will always stay, no matter how hard or how far we may stray, I will always come back to you, back to my home, right here. You are my happy ending Lizzie. I love you with my entire heart. I love our boys with my entire heart. It's us v.s the whole world baby. Always and Forever." She said as I had tears rolling down my face. "I love you too. Forever and Always, baby." I said before letting myself get comfortable again on her chest. 

She held me tight and I knew that this is where I would stay for the rest of time. She will always be my Hope, my safety, my forever and my always. This was my life and I would never trade it for anything else. I was her only exception and she was always my never give up. I closed my eyes and felt the memories being made already. I couldn't even begin to imagine what we have coming but I knew it wouldn't matter as long as I have my family there with me. I fell asleep after my thoughts ran out and I knew the boys wouldn't wake up again. We made it.