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Two.

5 months later...

We had been visiting the same town in Greece every summer for years, way before the boys were even a thought and it was now our favourite family vacation spot. Eli starting joining us after Jordi was born and now that we have two children we had called in even more reinforcements and their favourite auntie Alba was coming too.

Alexia was fast asleep on a sun bed beside the pool whilst I played with the boys. Jordi was jumping in from the edge of the pool over and over again as I held a splashing Enzo in front of me. Jordi found his confidence in the water the last year and it had very quickly become one of his favourite summer activities.

"Why isn't Mama in the pool? She always plays with me when we are in the pool... she pretends to be a shark and tries to catch me" Jordi asked, pausing to look at Ale as she slept peacefully, her arms folded across her stomach.

"Well, you know how Mama hasn't been feeling very well recently? She's just really tired and needs to get some sleep to help her feel better" I explained, lifting Enzo onto my hip and making my way over to Jordi who was holding onto the side of the pool suddenly looking sad.

"I want her to come and play with us" he whined quietly.

"I know you do and I know that she wants to play with you too, she's just so tired Jordi so we need to let her sleep, ok?" I explained, but was met by nothing but silence from our eldest boy.

...

"Me and Enzo can pretend to be sharks and chase after you?" I suggested.

"It's not the same. I want Mama to do it..."

"I know you do"

"Where are my favourite nephews?!!?" Alba shouted from the sliding doors that lead into the villa before dumping her bags in the doorway and skipping towards us.

"Auntie Albaaa!!!" Jordi shouted as he climbed out of the pool and ran towards her.

The three of us headed inside to join Alba and Eli who was in the middle of making lunch for the boys. I dried the boys off and got them changed into some dry clothes, while Alba settled into her room and Eli plated up the food she had made.

Ale's POV

"Hola sleepyhead" Mama smiled as I slowly made my way inside the villa.

"Hola Mama, sorry I slept so long... Did I hear Alba?" I asked, rubbing the sleep out of my eyes.

"You've got nothing to be sorry for! You are growing two babies... you're allowed to be tired. How are you feeling?"

"Exhausted... Nauseous... Guilty... and Hungry" I explained as I picked at the bread that was laid out on the table.

"What do you have to feel guilty about?"

"Isy... we've brought the boys all the way out here and I feel so useless. I spend every morning throwing up and the rest of the day exhausted"

"I'm assuming that it was a joint decision to have another baby?" Mama asked, walking over to my side and placing her hand on my back.

"It was, but we didn't expect it to happen so quickly and we definitely didn't expect it to be twins..."

"I love that it's twins and I love that you are carrying our babies... so will you please stop this whole feeling guilty thing" Isy said as she joined us in the kitchen a gentle smile on her face.

"The only thing that I want you to do is rest, focus on growing our babies and if you can, please try and make at least one of them a girl... because four boys is a lot"

"You love our boys"

"I do, but I would also love a daughter"

"I'll try my best" I smiled at my wife, before leaning in and placing a kiss on her lips.

The dates worked out so that we did the transfer just after the season ended, two days after the last game, we were at the fertility clinic doing the transfer. Little did we know that the single egg we transferred would end up splitting into two babies and in nine short months we would be doubling the amount of children in our family.

The day of our first scan was a whirlwind. We dropped the boys off at Mama's and headed to the hospital, both of us full of nerves until the ultrasound wand met my stomach and the sound of our baby's heartbeat filled the room.

"Everything looks good here..." The nurse explained as she continued to scan.
"Oh my- it looks like we have got another little one hiding in here"

Both mine and Isy's heart skipped a beat in unison, we turned to face each other with shock plastered across our faces as the nurse continued.

"You are having twins"

"How are we going to do this? Two kids is already a lot and adding in two newborns on top is going to be so hard. It not fair on the boys..." I immediately started panicking as we finally reached the car after our scan.

"What have we done?" I asked rhetorically before immediately bursting into tears and burying my head in my hands.

Isy's arm immediately wrapped around me and pulled me into her chest, whilst her other hand began stroking the back of my head. 

"I know it's not what we were expecting and you're scared, but everything will work itself out"

"I don't think I can do it"

"You are Alexia Putellas, you can do anything"

I continued to sob into my wife's neck for a few more minutes before the news finally sunk in. 

"We are having twins...." I sat up, still in disbelief.

"We're having twins" Isy smiled at me, a gentle laugh escaping her lips.