To Me

Chapter One

Chapter One

*4 Years Ago*

I stand in front of him, holding the box behind my back as he speaks first. "Nova, I'm breaking up with you." I'm silent, no noises coming out of my mouth. I blink back tears, telling myself I have to be strong. "Why?" I whisper to him, "you were just a fuck to me." With that, he walks out, leaving me alone. I walk back up to my room, holding my stomach and sobbing. "Nova?" I hear my sister asking for me, "yes, Freya?" She comes over and hugs me, "did he take it badly?" I shake my head, silently laughing. "I didn't get the chance to tell him before he broke up with me." She gasps, standing up and balling her fists. She then starts pacing and mumbling to herself. I pull the box onto my lap, untying the bow and pulling off the top. I look at the three pregnancy tests and the two ultra sounds. Showing the two babies I'll be having in 7 months. Tomorrow's the last day of school, I can't believe I'm going to have to go through two years of high school with twins, by myself. I look down at my stomach and put my hand over it. "I'm going to do whatever it takes to protect you, help you flourish, and make sure you grow to be kind, loving people," I tell them. Next step, telling my parents, might as well get it over with today and handle it all now.

I hear my parents come home and they're laughing in the kitchen. I walk downstairs and greet them in the kitchen. They notice my tear stained face, "honey, what's wrong?" I shake my head, still trying to wrap it around everything that's happened the past week. "I just have something to tell you, please sit down." They sit on one side of the table while I sit on the other. I have a different box in my hands, perfectly wrapped with two pairs of baby shoes and an ultrasound. I pass it to them, watching them open it. I can't imagine how they're going to react to their eldest child and girl being pregnant. They open it and I see my mother with a happy look on her face, my father is confused. They look up at me, "you're having a baby?" My mother asks, "two. I'm having two babies." They look at me shocked, then move around the table to hug me. "Oh honey, we're going to be here every step of the way," my father says. "What did Jay say about it?" My mother asks, I look at her with tears in my eyes. "He broke up with me before I even got the chance to tell him," I cry out. "Oh Nova, you don't need him, you can raise these children perfectly fine on your own. Not to mention you're going to have a whole village behind you." I nodded, "I'm going to have to tell at least his family though." My mother nods and tells me she'll call them after she knows he's gone to college and gets his place that his father bought him set up.

*6 Months Later*

"Mommy, I'm not ready" I tell my mother as I feel more contractions coming as I'm laying in the hospital bed. She pushes my hair back and kisses my forehead. "You're more ready than you think sweet girl." My parents have been supportive of everything and so have his parents. Janey is beside me and she tells me she's sorry her son is an ass-hat. I laugh and another contraction hits. My father and Aleksy are in the waiting room along with all of the siblings of my family and his. The doctor comes in and tells me its time to push. Janey stands on one side and my mother on the other. I grasp their hands as I push, wishing Janey's hand was her son's. I start sobbing as I push and push.

After almost two hours I hear a cry. "The first one is... a little boy!" They take him and clean him up because I have to keep pushing. After another 45 minutes of pushing the doctor says, "a little girl... congratulations, Nova, you did so well." I cry and take a deep breath in. After about 20 minutes the nurses bring my babies to me. My father and Aleksy and my siblings, plus Skyla and Kalen come in. "What's their names?" Freya asks with big eyes. "This," I hold my little girl up a little bit, "is Ariella Janey Petrov." I hold my little boy up and tell them, "this is Maddock Haddyn Petrov." My parents start crying and so do Aleksy and Janey.

*3 and a Half Years Later*

"Maddock, Ariella! Breakfast time!" I shout to my kids. "Momma, momma, momma!" Maddock comes running in with mis-match shirts and pants on. I laugh, "yes, bud?" He wiggles and hugs my leg, "I got dwessed by mysewf." I ruffle his hair and smile at him, "you sure did, buddy, I am so proud of you." I see Ariella walking into the kitchen in one of her little dresses. "Mommy, can you braid my hair?" She asks and I nod, "sit and eat your breakfast and I'll do it. She and Maddock sit in their booster seats in the kitchen, and I start on Ariella's hair, she has straight hair like mine, but brown hair like her father. Maddock has curly hair like his father, but blonde hair like me. Maddock has tan skin like me and Ariella has tan skin like mine. They're beautiful children, they having amazing personalities, and they have mesmerizing green eyes. I finish doing Ariella's hair and the kids finish their breakfast while I pack their lunches for the day. "Okay go wash your hands, mommy has class in an hour and I have to get you to Raisa's and actually get to school." I tell them and they hurry, grab their little bags and their lunch boxes from me. We start to walk out the door, that's when Blaise joins us, per usual. We then talk and have the kids in between us, that's when I look up and see a familiar face.

"Nova."