Through the Veil

Chapter 48

Nik had barely gotten to the hospital when Iris told him she needed to push again. Luckily, they had arrived before he had to deliver his own children. Setting her on a gurney he ran for a nurse. Everything moved quickly after that.

The parents to be were in a room and surrounded by doctors and nurses. Nik was holding one of Iris legs while a nurse held the other. It only took two pushes for them to hear the cries of the first baby.

"It's a boy" the doctor told them, handing the baby off to get ready for the next. Iris pushed for another four minutes when they heard the cry, "And here's you girl" the doctor handed baby two off to attend to mom.

Nik leaned down to kiss Iris on her forehead, "You okay Luv" he asks her, wiping the tears that had escaped from her eyes.

Iris nods, "I'm good, stay with them Nik" he nodded and gave her one more kiss before going to their children. They could all hear the commotion in the hall, two voices seemed to be louder than the rest.

Iris watched the door, knowing they wouldn't be kept out. Siri runs into her room, looking around and when he sees her, he runs right for her. "Iris, god we were worried when Elijah called" he blurt out, checking her over. Remy following behind with a smile on his face, "How are you feeling" he asks.

Iris tells them she's okay and that the babies are perfectly healthy, that's when both men realize she's lost the beach ball look. Looking over, they see Nik standing guard while the nurses check the babies over.

"Iris, you will need to have everyone besides Nik step out for the skin to skin with the babies" her doctor tells her, her uncles tell them they will be right outside with everyone else.

The nurse walks over, placing her babies on her chest so that they can be with their mother. She tells Nik that he is able to do the same after Iris does her time, it keeps the babies temperature and heartbeats regulated. Everyone besides the new family leave.

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Nik slides into the bed beside Iris, "They're so small" he tells her, watching the three.

Iris looks up to him, "Can you believe we made them, I mean they half of each of us" she whispers out, smiling at the babies.

Nik kisses her head, "They're going to be the best half of each of us" he kisses each baby on the head, "And probably the most spoiled children ever" he jokes. Iris laughs because she knows he's right. 

"So have you thought about their names, I know we had a few options" Nik asks softly. 

Iris nods to him, "The last ones we agreed on, I want to go with those" she tells him.

They enjoy the peaceful time they have before they're bombarded by family. Thank goodness Elijah thought to call everyone, neither of them had the time to. 

They sit in silence, watching their babies. It was the best feeling ever.

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Sirius and Remus were of course the first back into the room, although that just meant they were closest to the babies because everyone else filed in after. When the nurse tried to tell them it was too many people, well the vampires took care of that. 

Care, Becca, Jenna and Bonnie were cooing over the babies, the men had to fight to get a turn to hold them. Elijah was the one who asked, "Have you decided on names" looking between Nik and Iris. 

They smiled at the group, Nik walked over, grabbing his boy and handing him to Iris before going to grab his princess. "This is Lillian Elizabeth" he starts, Iris finishes, "And this is Henry James" Siri and Remy sniffled at the names.