And then there were 5

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3 and a half months later

Gray

"Gray?" She called from the couch,
"Yeah baby?"
"Can you grab me a drink please? Extra ice?" I laughed as I pulled the pan from the stove and and poured soup into the bowl on the counter,
"Of course I can," placing everything onto the tray I carried it into the living room grinning as I saw my wife sat there, her huge bump preventing her from doing very much not that I'd let her. "Mum!" I called up to her room, "I've made lunch," Evangeline began to attempt stand as I placed down the tray and hurried to her side, "What are you doing?" She mock scowled at me as I took her hands and pulled her to standing,
"Going to the bathroom,"
"You are not allowed to walk!" I scolded and scooped her into my arms and carried her over to the bathroom,
"I'm heavy!"
"No, you're perfect," I gently laid her down back onto her feet as she reached up to kiss my lips, her hands on my hips as the kiss deepened, "now? In the bathroom?" I chuckled, she nodded pulling me in with her. I shut the door behind me and gently pushed her against the it,
"Oh Gray," she moaned as I kissed my way down her neck, "oh god," her tone changed, and I opened my eyes to look into hers, "Gray I need you to look down," panic started to stir within me, "is it blood Gray? Oh god?" She panted her eyes shut right, I inhaled sharply and looked down,
"No,"
"My waters have gone?"
"Yeah, it's time,"

Evangeline

"Mum! Come on I need you to drive!" Suzie came rushing out of the house, slamming the door beside her, she ran down the path and over to me,
"You're having a baby!" She squealed, "three babies. My grand babies!" She placed her hands on my stomach,
"You are all going to be so amazing, you're already so so loved you have two big brothers watching over you my darlings," suddenly I doubled over in pain as my bump tightened,
"Gray!" I screamed
"Okay baby, it's okay, mum get in the car, we need to go!" The pain ran down my bump and into my thighs, the bottom of my back and my backside! Suddenly I began to panic, my breathing hitched in my throat as my lungs emptied of all oxygen.

18 months ago

"I know it hurts sweetie but keep going on the gas and air," the midwife stood by my bed holding my hand. Forty minutes ago I had a drop inserted into my arm to cause contractions, contractions to remove the babies from my body. My babies. I couldn't feel anything but agony as each contraction came worse than the last and longer every single time. I couldn't look at Gray, Gray. He stood by my side holding my hand and rubbing my back, the whole time tears streamed down his face.

Evangeline

"Help!" He called as Suzie placed me into a wheelchair, "I've got triplets coming now!!" He roared down the halls as two doctors and theee nurses made their way over to me,
"How far along?" A doctor asked whilst another wheeled me into an elevator, I screamed again grabbing for Gray,
"Three minutes," Suzie chimed from behind me,
"32 weeks, triplets, contractions are three minutes apart,

"Okay honey, your contractions are every three minutes so we're almost there,"

It took Gray, Suzie and a midwife to help me onto the bed, quickly she removed my jeans and her face dropped,
"Honey," She turned to face Gray as another contraction ripped through my body, "I'm going to need you to pull that little red triangle there, now,"

"Gray, can you pull that red triangle for me?"

Within seconds there seemed to be a hundred people swarm into the room as I screamed out,
"What's going on?" Grays voice was little more than a whisper as I turned to see him, tears streaming down his perfect face,
"They're coming," I whispered back,

"Oh god I can't do this," I screamed, "please please stop, I can't do it!" The anguish washed over me as I realised what was happening, coming out of my numb, self preservation into this cruel real world with a cold hard thud.

Gray

"It's okay baby," I comforted my Evangeline as she tried her hardest not to scream, a nurse entered behind the group of others and instantly I recognised her,
"Push Evangeline, come on one big push," She gripped my hand as she pushed and into the world appeared one tiny little boy, one tiny beautiful boy. But the thing that terrified me most of all...silence.
"It's not crying," Evangeline whispered, "Gray! He's not crying," she screamed and everyone turned to look at her.

"Gray," she sobbed into my arms, only half way through, one baby boy was here. The room should have been filled with joy yet sorrow choked me. Six nurses and two doctors. One of the nurses took him into her arms and wrapped him in a blanket,
"Okay honey, next ones on the way, can you push for me?" She shook her head,
"I can't," She sobbed, staring at the lifeless little boy held by the nurse, slowly she brought him over to us and I choked out a huge sob. His skin pale and his lips dark, his eyes closed, just like he was sleeping. The nurse handed him to Evangeline who didn't look at him,

"GRAYSON," she screamed throughout the silence, bringing me back to reality, "what's wrong? Why isn't he crying?" She demanded as she screamed again,
"Baby number two is on his way, another push Eve, you've got this," I turned to my mother who looked at me, tears down her face and I nodded towards the silent baby boy, immediately she walked over and picked him up from the scales where the nurse was rubbing him,
"Evangeline, you've got to tell him to breath,"
"What?" She looked at my mother, her eyes wide and terrified, my mother quickly unwrapped the baby,
"Take her jumper off now," I did as I was told and she lay the baby on Evangelines bare chest,  rubbing his back, "tell him Evangeline!" She shouted at her,
"Breathe baby, come on it's mummy I need you to be breathe," she stopped and screamed as another contraction tore through her body, I stood there helpless, "Grayson, Azekial, I need you two to help me," She sobbed turning to the ceiling, "help him,"  another push,
"Baby number two," the doctor handed our second son to another nurse and immediately he screamed, relief washed my insides,
"Hand him to me!" Evangeline shouted and the nurse did as she was told. She pulled the brothers close on her chest whilst I watched uselessly, "he's breathing!" She screamed and turned to be grinning, "Gray he's breathing,"
"You did it babe," I said kissing her head,
"Okay guys, number three is on his way," Evangeline looked my way and I scooped up one of the babies and the nurse took the other, almost immediately I got lost in his perfect blue eyes,
"Hello baby, it's me daddy,"

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