Life Straight Up (reposted - feedback wanted)

Chapter Twenty six

     I sat on the examination table and watched as Grace hurriedly followed Trent. Cole stood up from his seat next to me and kissed my cheek.

"I'm sorry Strawberries, but I need to check this out," he said before kissing my cheek once more.

I did nothing but nod my head. I heard him sigh as he rubbed my bump, making it erupt into that new popping sensation. I couldn't help but smile.

"What?" he asked, with a small smirk on his lips.

"They're kicking at you, they know their daddy is touching them," I answered grinning up at him.

"Really?" He asked, I nodded in response. "That's my two strong boys, daddy loves you too," he said leaning forward and placing two small kisses on my bump. "And one for you my little princess," he continued before placing one more on my stomach.

I was completely caught off guard by his words and more than a little confused. It brought back the memories of my vision of my three beautiful children. The thought that I possibly may have lost one of them brought a tear to my eye.

"What's wrong? Was it something I did?" Cole asked placing his hands on my cheeks.

"You said two strong boys and your little princess. We're only having two," I replied, wiping the tears away quickly.

"Oh," he said sitting back down in his chair, rubbing the back of his neck. "You're probably going to think I'm crazy, but when they took you away from me, I searched for you until my body gave out. I couldn't shift, I couldn't eat and I couldn't sleep. Despite how exhausted I was I refused to stop my search until one day, my body made the decision for me. I collapsed and blacked out, during this time I had the most beautiful dream. I saw you sat in the garden with our two beautiful sons as they took their first steps," he paused as he looked over at me with tears in his eyes. "As I watched you, I was approached by a beautiful little angel. When I saw her, I could have sworn I was looking at a younger version of you. She was identical to you the first time I saw you. It wasn't until she called me daddy that I realised she was our daughter. Even though she appeared to me older than the boys, I knew they were connected. They were as one. She told me to go and find you and to save you and the boys," he said as a tear ran down his cheek.

"What about her?" I asked, as I sat up and turned to face him.

"She made it sound as though it was too late for her," he said sounding a little choked up. "I don't care though, she's still my little girl and she will be with me as long as we have our boys," he finished as I felt a slightly smaller flutter in my stomach.

I jumped off of the examination table and wrapped my arms around him tightly.

"I've seen them too," I cried as I buried my face into his neck.

"What?" he asked.

"I've seen our boys, I've seen our girl," I answered pulling away to look him in the face. "When they had me tied up and I was close to giving up I saw them. We were at the lake and you were at the water's edge with Alec, Isaac, Olly and our two boys. Chris and Celeste were there with their little boy and Helena was expecting again. We all went to leave and that's when she came to me calling me mama. She was so beautiful. When Grace told me were having twins it broke my heart to know I had lost one, I just had no idea which one. Now I know," I said before I broke down into tears.

He held me close to him and stroked my hair comfortingly until I calmed down a little. Once I had stopped crying, I was overwhelmed with tiredness. He gently picked me up and slowly carried me out of the office. I could feel myself quickly drifting to sleep as he walked. It wasn't long until I felt him lay me down in our bed and tuck me in.