Story of my Life

2017- August

"They're 1, I doubt they will remember what they got for their birthday and I'm sure they won't even know what a birthday is." Connie reasoned as she looked at the pile of presents that they had to wrap for their twins' birthday. Looking down at the various gifts that covered their living room floor, and it soon become obvious that the majority of items were not on the list that she'd given to Jacob.

"Does that mean I can't spoil my girls?"

"If that was the reason that you forgot to buy food for their birthday party, then yes." Connie answered, the annoyance clear in her voice as it meant that she had to get up early to go shopping.

"Who's even coming tomorrow?" Jacob asked, not quite grasping why it was a big deal that he'd forgotten food, but had bought the most important things.

"Zoe and Max are bringing Rory. Rita's coming and Robyn and her partner. You know how excited Robyn gets, especially now that she's pregnant herself. I think your sister is coming, so then your niece and nephews."

"I'll go out and get the food now then." Jacob sighed as he looked down at Connie, who was sat in the floor just staring. Reaching for the side of the kitchen counter, he grabbed his car keys and made for the door.

"Don't go Jacob." She finally whispered as she looked up at him, tears surfacing in her eyes. In seconds he was back down on the floor beside her, scooping her into his arms.

"It's a birthday party Con', they won't remember it. It does not need to be so perfect that you get so stressed that you can't enjoy it. It's a celebration that the two people that we created have been alive for a year, a celebration of a year in which we've done a good job of bringing them up." Jacob reminded her as his hand softly brushed her cheeks, wiping away the tears that he found there as he did.

"I'm sorry. I'm sorry for being so silly and I'm sorry that I've been a nightmare this year."

"Just this year?" He teased, causing a slight smile to present itself on Connie's face.

"I'm serious, twins were more tiring than I expected and I took that out on you. I really do love you though Jacob."

"Tiring or not tiring, we got through a year of exhaustion together. Now how about we wrap all of these together, so it's done quicker. We then curl up in bed and sleep, then tomorrow I shall go and buy food and decorations, and you can make our princesses look even more like princesses for their big day?" Jacob asked, smiling as a smile once again broke out on Connie's face as she nodded in response.
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"Daaaddaaa." Beatrix babbled as Connie ran a comb softly through her dark hair.

"Daddy is out sweetie, I'm sure he won't be long though." Connie replied softly before placing a kiss to Bea's forehead. She looked down at both of her girls, both now dressed in the dresses that their daddy had bought them for their party. As the girls sat next to each other on their parents bed, Connie immediately reached for her phone and snapped a photo of her babies.

"I'm back." Jacob called through the house moments later, having been out since before Connie had awoken. "I need you all to stay up there." He warned, as he planned to take as much stress away from Connie as possible and sort the party area out.

"Hear that, Daddy's home girls." Connie told them as she sat down beside them, smiling as both of her girls immediately crawled closer and tried to sit on her lap.

"He is indeed, now I think it's time that you got ready baby, the party starts in an hour." Jacob reminded her as he appeared at the doorway to their bedroom. "Look how perfect you two look, Princess Quinn and Princess Bea." He finally said as he noted that his daughters were all ready and looking incredibly adorable.

"They are, you need to get ready too darling." Connie stated as the panic began to start at their limited time.

"And I will be ready, things are pretty much sorted downstairs. I'll sit with the girls in the playroom whilst you have a shower and then we can switch roles and you can have them whilst you door your hair and make up."

"When did you get so amazing?" She asked as she sighed happily once again.

"Always have been, you just choose to ignore it on occasion."

It was an hour and a half later before the house seemed to be alive with the sound of adults chatting and children laughing and screaming playfully. Jacob had set the house up with banners of '1 today' everywhere and had table set up with buffet foods to suit all ages. Presents had been unwrapped by the twins, leaving a massive pile of torn wrapping paper, which seemed to attract more attention from the one year olds, than the contents that had once been housed by the paper.

"This is a lovely party, congratulations on them reaching one." Zoe greeted as she came up behind Connie.

"Thank you, it's not been easy but I wouldn't have had it any other way."

"The girls are adorable, they look a little like you everyday, especially Quinn." Zoe gushed.

"Yeah, everyone seems to think that apart from the darker skin and hair, that they're both the spitting image of me." Connie smiled as she watched Jacob sit on the floor and play with his two daughters and Zoe and Max's adopted son, Rory. "How's Rory doing now?"

"He's better, he can talk now and we're just about there with the walking." Zoe told her boss proudly. "Max's is desperate to adopt another and we've just been told that Rory's birth mother is pregnant again and that the baby will probably be taken at birth."

"Do you think you will?" Connie asked, turning to face Zoe now, she knew that Zoe was enjoying motherhood but to have two children under two wasn't easy.

"I don't know, I have no idea how you manage two kids." She admitted but before she could answer Quinn was at her feet begging to be picked up.

"With a loving and supportive partner who is willing to pull their weight." Connie replied as she moved the hair out of Quinn's eyes and then looked back to where Jacob and Max were sat playing with Rory and Bea. "I think you've got that."
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"Are they asleep?" Connie asked as Jacob reappeared in their bedroom.

"Took a while, they were overtired, but yeah they are." He replied as he peeled back the duvet cover and got in beside his partner.

"Thank you for today, for making it all run smoothly." She told him softly as she moved closer to him so that she could rest her head on his bare chest.

"It wasn't just me, you played just as big a role as I did." He told her honestly. "I love you Connie, let's have another great year."

A/N I'm sorry this took so long, I've been a lot busier than I expected to be and have been quite ill as well. I can't promise that the next update will be quick, but I can promise that it'll come at some point.
I hope you enjoyed this.

Beth xx