Short Kings Anthem

Part 50- Last Part

This is set almost three years after the last chapter.

Lauren and Chris had a pact to keep Robin and Rhea away from the spotlight as much as they could and they so far managed to do that. Only one photo was ever made public of them and that was the announcement photo after they were first born. There had been a couple of shots of the back of them, one in a football video when they invaded the pitch when they were around eighteen months and another by Chris in their first family holiday photo dump. The twins had been made reference to occasionally in videos but for the most part they were unknowns but that was all about to change. Post birth Lauren did indeed struggle with her body, to the point there were serious considerations to place her in a hospital, however with day treatment and a place she was allowed to bring the twins to she thrived. She was doing a challenge in which to raise money for the unit, she was going to do a marathon on every continent within 7 days. The event was going to be filmed, with her last marathon being live on Youtube and of course the children would be there along with Chris to greet her. Kon was in charge of production and had given instructions to everyone to try and keep shots to the back of the kids heads but it couldn't be guaranteed. A week after that feat was the latest charity match, Chris was captaining the all stars and had been asked to walk out on the pitch which was at Emirates this year and after careful consideration and a lot of backward and forward they decided to do it. There wouldn't be another chance like this again.

"We made this for you mummy!" Robin then thrust what looked to be a home made card in Lauren's face. Both children were quite similar in their temperament but Robin was the slightly more sensitive out of the two with Rhea being slightly more confident and self assured. Both of the children were huge nature lovers, they loved going on walks, seeking out plants and wildlife and of course loved nothing more than kicking a ball in the garden with their dad.

"Thank you so much sweetie," Lauren felt herself tear up as she looked at the front of the card, Chris had obviously written we're proud of you mummy and Robin and Rhea had both drawn her on the front. On the inside of the card was again Chris's writing, we will be cheering you on but both Robin and Rhea had scribbled their names, they had also drawn some flowers.

"Why are you sad? Don't you like it?" Rhea asked as Lauren wiped a stray tear away.

"I love it, it's beautiful. Mummy's sad because she's thinking about how much she'll miss you." Lauren explained.

"Come on let's get shoes on," Chris asked with as much enthusiasm as he could muster. Lauren's flight was leaving in the morning so they were going out for a family dinner, nothing too fancy obviously because of the twins but it was something they didn't do often so it was a treat.

Dinner was nice and uneventful, Lauren's plane left early the next morning so they got home, gave the twins a bath and Lauren read them their bedtime story. The twins shared a room currently although another one was set up and was sometimes used if they napped at different times. Lauren sat in between both beds and after she had finished their book she placed it back onto the bookshelf before smiling at both of her children.

"Mummy won't be here when you wake up. I will call you everyday, I love you both so much," Lauren fought back the tears again, not wanting to upset them just before bed.

"You can do it mummy!" Rhea exclaimed smiling, she had Chris's smile.

"We love you," Robin added, his blue eyes sparkling like his sisters.

"Be good for daddy and your uncles and aunties and we will be having big hugs again before we know it!" Lauren was trying to reassure herself as much as she was the twins. She gave each of them a hug in turn and kissed their heads.