Story of my Life

2016- August

"Twins?" Connie asked, repeating the word that stood out amongst the rest of what the midwife was telling her and Jacob.

"Yeah, twins and by the size I'd say they're due the first week of September."  The midwife told the shocked couple.

"Are they okay?" Connie asked, having not quite processed what was going on and instead she appeared to be stepping out of the situation.

"They appear to be, with your age and the fact that there's two babies, we'd like to monitor you quite closely."

Jacob was still yet to speak, instead he remained in his seat, his hand still intertwined with Connie's as he stared at the blobs on the screen, his babies. Although physically he was in the room, his mind was years in the future as he ran around chasing two smiling children, children who were calling him daddy. Connie squeezing his hand brought him back to reality, and he realised that he was being asked a question.

"How many photos would you like?" The midwife asked yet again, as she realised that the dad-to-be wasn't listening.

"Three please." Jacob told her, and then turned to face Connie where he was met with a questioning glare. "One for you, one for me, and one to put on the fridge."

...

"It's twins Jacob." Connie repeated, this time her voice thick with fear as they sat on the sofa, her head nestled into his neck as he lay a hand on her stomach.

"Two little Beauchamps."

"Are you happy?" She asked as she gave up trying to figure out how he was feeling. Instead of answering straight away, he instead moved so that he could kiss her.

"I am over the moon baby, not only do I have you, but now I get two little you's too. Two that are also little me's. I have always wanted to be a dad Con, I just figured I'd left it too late. You have given me the best gift and then to find out there's two, it's perfect."

...

"Seriously Jacob, I need you to go out and buy another fan." Connie demanded as she lay on the sofa, two fans already pointing at her, but they didn't seem to be touching the sides of the unusual August heat.

"Why don't you go and lay outside, it's cooler out there than it is in here?" He asked as he handed her another iced drink.

"Because I look like a beached whale and I don't want people to see me." She argued back, but took the drink from him anyway. "Why are you laughing at me? It's not hard to get into your car and go and buy another fan for your 36 week pregnant partner."

"Fine, I'm on it. Text me if you have any more demands while I'm out Queen B."

...

Jacob hadn't been gone long when she felt a searing pain rush down her back. As the pain refused to subside, she found herself trying to move into different positions but found nothing was helping. The pain became her every thought, especially as it spread to her stomach. She'd been here before and she'd seen enough labours to know that the babies were coming.

"Queen B, what is it that you want now? A few tubs of ice cream? A paddling pool? A unicorn?" He asked, amusing himself more than her. Normally she'd have found a quick and curt response but there wasn't time for that now.

"Jacob, I need you." She told him through gritted teeth as she tried to bare the pain.

"I'll be right there." Jacob told her, panic invading his voice as he hang up. "I'm sorry, I need to go. My partner has gone into labour." Jacob told the cashier, were he had been about to pay for the fan.

....

Jacob pulled up outside the hospital and immediately got out of the car and ran round to Connie's side of the car.

"Can you walk baby?" He asked her as she suffered through another contraction. When she didn't answer, he got down to her level and wrapped his arms around her and kissed her forehead. "Just think, in a matter of hours we'll have two beautiful babies." As the contraction wore off, she finally got out of the car and smiled slightly as Jacob took her hand.

"Jacob, it hurts so much." Connie moaned as she lay on the bed that she was shown to.

"Trust me baby, if I could take the pain away I would. It won't be long though, have you had any more thoughts on names?" Jacob asked.

"We don't even know what gender they are but I think the four names we picked are nice." Connie told him before another contraction hit. As Jacob once again enveloped her in his arms, she rested her head on his shoulder as she tried not to cry out.

...

"How are you feeling?" Jacob asked her as he sat next to her on the bed, a baby in each of their arms.

"Tired but happy." She told him before she reached over and kissed him, being careful of the babies.

"I couldn't have asked for two prettier baby girls." Jacob told his partner as he looked down at the sleeping infants. "Their names suit them too."

It wasn't long before Connie was asleep, and the twins were in small cots at the side of their mother's bed, while Jacob stood over them. "Welcome to the world Beatrix and Quinn. I love you both so much more than you can comprehend right now, and I happen to love your mummy lots too. I'm going to make sure you're never alone and that nothing bad happens to you. Never for a moment will you doubt how loved you are."