A New Future

21. Birth

Eight months have passed and Anna is getting much larger. She found out her second month she's pregnant with triplets. The couple is very excited and can't wait. It's 9:00 a.m. and Anna wakes up smiling. The babies are kicking and she giggles. "Good morning, Babies. Mommy's excited to meet you too."

Gabriel awakens himself and smiles. "Good morning, Gorgeous. Babies kicking you awake?"

Anna turned and smiled at her husband. "Kind of. I think they're excited to be born." She said giggling. She stands up and goes to get a shower. She steps out and dries off ten minutes later. "All better." She says happily then hears a splash looking down. Her eyes widen. "GABRIEL!"

Gabriel comes running in. "What is it? What's wrong?"

"My water just broke!"

"But you aren't due for two weeks!"

"These babies are coming today. Help me to the bed."

Gabriel does as requested and helps her to the bed. He calls the doctor and the doctor comes rushing to the manor. "I'm here." He says setting up. "How far apart are the contractions?"

Panting and breathing, Anna answers. "Five... minutes. AAAHHH!"

Gabriel takes her hand and rubs her back. "You're doing great, Darling. Just keep breathing."

An hour later and she's finally ready. "Ok, Anna. On the next contraction, I need you to take a deep breath and push down as hard as you can."

Anna nodded and did as told. "AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!"

Gabriel wiped her forehead with the cold, wet towel. "You're doing great, Hunny."

Anna pushes again screaming in pain. "I'm so NOT doing this EVER again!"

"BEAUTIFUL, Anna." The doctor said. "Again. The head is crowning."

"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!"

"That's it! Head's out! Now just breathe and don't push until I say."

Anna nods panting. "You're doing just BEAUTIFULLY, Anna." Gabriel said.

"Ok. PUSH!"

She did and then a piercing cry filled the room. Anna laughed at it and smiled at her husband. "You did WONDERFUL, Darling."

"It's a boy." The doctor announced.

"Velken Conner Valerious Van Helsing." Anna said.

"Beautiful choice, Love." Gabriel said kissing her forehead.

He cut the cord and the baby was wrapped up after being cleaned. He handed Velkan to Anna and told her to push again. "AAAAAHHHHH!"

"BEAUTIFUL. Again."

She did four more times and another cry entered the room. "What is it?"

"A girl."

"You name her, Gabriel."

"Megan Belle Valerious Van Helsing."

"I love it."

The baby was cleaned and wrapped in a pink blanket and handed to Anna. "Ok. Last baby." He said looking between her legs. He frowned. "It's breech. This baby is going to come out backwards. This is dangerous. Anna, I need you to push very carefully."

She did and ten minutes later the cry of the newborn filled the room. "Gender?"

"Another girl."

"You name this one, Anna." Gabriel said.

"Jasmine Jane Valerious Van Helsing."

"Good choice. I love it." He replied smiling.

Jasmine was cleaned and wrapped then handed to Anna. "Welcome to the world, Jasmine, Megan, and Velken. I'm your mommy."

"And I'm your daddy." Gabriel said talking to the babies.

The triplets smiled at their parents and Velken reached for Gabriel. He picked up his son and cuddled him. The twin girls started crying and Anna fed them. She smiled at her daughters then looked to her husband with their son and smiled some more. "This is the happiest day of my life."

Gabriel looked at his wife and smiled. "Me too, Darling. Me too. You gave me three wonderful children and a family. I love you so much, Anna."

"I love you too." She replied as the girls finished and burped. The couple laughed. "Guess they don't need burped. It was automatic."

Gabriel chuckled. "Guess so."

The identical girls looked at their mother and cooed. Anna picked them up and kissed their heads. "I love you, My Beautiful Princesses."