Moonlight

40

A few days have passed, all of us are in love with Odette and Alani. They are the easiest babies in the world, they hardly cry and they always want to sleep and be held.

Yesterday we learned how to swaddle them, burp them, hold them, soothe them, and correctly change their diapers since Ian accidentally put Alani's diaper on incorrectly. We made a system up so everyone would have time with the babies.

Jack figured out how to split baby time up so everybody can take care of their own for the time being and so I can rest. Cameron, Leanne, and Mel love every moment they spend with Odette. Jack, Brent, Ian, and I love every moment with Alani. While Jack, Ian, and Brent have Alani, I get to rest for a while until it's time to switch. After a few hours or if one of the twins get hungry or fussy, we switch or Jack and I take both of them for a while.

With my body being so sore, I'm stuck in bed- bored out of my damn mind.

"Look how cute you are, yes you are!" Ian praises Alani in a sing song tone. I roll my eyes. So cute... after killing me all I can think about is how cute they are.

"Yeah, they are so cute, even cuter when they literally ripped their way out of me!" I exclaim.

A soft cry comes from Alani's lips, a hunger cry. Ian carefully hands her to me and watches Alani latch to me. Cameron walks in holding a crying Odette, she also latches onto me. No wonder my boobs are so sore. With both of them feeding, my hands are full and my boobs are soon going to be sucked dry. I place a blanket over my chest.

"Who are their godparents?" Cameron asks. Jack and I never did get a chance to discuss this, I never got to take a birthing class, I never got the chance to have a normal pregnancy. Jack and I look at each other, knowing we didn't discuss this.

"We.. we uh, didn't get a chance to talk about it." I confess.

"You two had shower sex the day before you went into labor and you didn't even discuss who the godparents are?!" Ian exclaims.

"Ian!" Jack and I exclaim in unison.

"Wait a second, was that what I heard at three in the morning?! I thought you guys were watching porn!" Cameron exclaims. Oh my God. This cannot be happening!!

"It was to increase dilation, anyway, no." I pause. I can pick one and Jack can the other. "I pick Godmother, and you pick Godfather." I explain, pointing at Jack.

"Okay, Ian you are the Godfather." Jack picks, Ian's jaw drops. I would've picked him too.

"Really?" Ian asks in disbelief. Jack nods,

"You'd better be good to them or I will kick your ass!" Jack threatens.

"Mel, I want you to be the Godmother." I pick, looking right at her. She gasps, then suddenly jumps up and down ecstatically. A smile spreads across her face like wildfire.

"Oh my God, thank you! Oh my God!" She exclaims.

It's been a few weeks since having the twins. Now we are home and happy... finally.

A shrill cry escapes Alani's lips, I shoot up from the bed, ready to kill if necessary. I open my tired eyes, my eyes take a moment to adjust to being wide awake. I lean down to her bassinet and carefully pick her up. I lift my shirt up and remove my nursing bra. As soon as Alani latches to me, I sit up in a more comfortable position. I'm gonna be up for a while. For the past few days, as soon as I feed one of them, the other one becomes hungry. Hence the bags under my eyes and the constant yawning. I sit, holding onto her, I am just so tired.

"No, you... you can't... no..." Jack begins murmuring in his sleep, his breath becomes jagged, sucking harsh breaths in between his gritted teeth, his body jerks uncontrollably, tears roll down his tired eyes, his claws slowly come in.

"Hey, babe, it's okay." I whisper, I shake his shoulder in attempts to wake him. "Shh, it's okay." His body stops jerking. He quickly leans up out of bed, his eyes open revealing his red eyes. He looks at me, his eyes slowly fade back to their friendly brown shade. He looks down at his claws, they slowly retract.

"Why are you up?" He asks, not even noticing Alani.

"Alani was hungry, I'm gonna be up for another hour if Odette wakes up. I have to burp Alani, put her back in the bassinet and then grab Odette..." I pause, placing my palm on my forehead in frustration. "I'm never going to sleep again." I mumble.

"I can burp Alani while you get Odette." Jack suggests. That sounds like a plan to me, cause Odette takes forever to feed.

"Another nightmare?" I ask. Jack nods, I prepare to hand him Alani.

"Yes, they're awful, it's always about one of us dying or the way Jake treated us." He replies.

"Which was it this time? You were mumbling in your sleep again." I ask. He looks me in the eye and replies hesitantly,

"Your uh... your mom killing you... and the girls."

His nightmares are always so vivid, Mom is dead. She doesn't know about the twins. So even if it were possible for it to come true, it can't.

Odette omits a piercing scream. I carefully hand him Alani, he places her against his shoulder. He softly pats her back. Afterwards, Jack changes her diaper. Oh my God it reeks in here. I carefully grab Odette and latch her onto my breast. Her screams settle down once she is feeding.

"I kinda want to try my milk." I mumble.

"Go ahead, I think we have a bottle around here somewhere." He replies.

"I think I'm gonna do it in the morning. I want to see if the pack will drink it too." I state. I'm sure they will, at least Ian will.

After Odette is fed, burped, and changed, Jack lays her back down in her bassinet. It doesn't take them long to fall back asleep.

"I know it's a little early to be having this talk," Jack begins, he licks his lips before continuing. "did you want more kids?" He asks. I turn to face him.

"Of course, why? Don't you?" I ask.

"Yes, I just didn't know if you and I were in the same boat." He replies. He rolls to his back.

"You just want to have sex again, don't you?" I ask. His cheeks turn pink and he clears his throat.

"Immensely, but I know you are in pain and I know that you just had the twins. So I can wait." He replies.

"Yeah you're gonna have to wait a while, until then..." I begin. I lift my shirt up, revealing my larger breasts full of milk. His friend makes himself known. Jack begins kissing my neck and all the way down to my breasts. He reaches my breasts and squeezes them in his hands. Milk leaks from one of them. Jack looks down and looks back at me, we both laugh in embarrassment.

"Well that ruined the mood." I state. Jack lets go of my breasts and lays back down.

"That's okay, I know they probably hurt." He replies. He looks into my eyes for a moment.

"It actually felt good, your hands are warm." I whisper. I lean over to him and delicately place my lips on his. He passionately kisses me back. His tongue grazes my lips, I allow mine to do the same. He moves closer to me, allowing us to be inches apart.

"Damn it, this is gonna be harder than I thought!" Jack exclaims.

"Well I don't know, it's pretty hard right now." I state with a smirk. He rolls his eyes at my statement.

"That's not what I meant and you know it." He replies.

About three months pass. Jack and I have reached the brink of insanity. The girls never want to sleep, they are so fussy, and we have just started tummy time. Every time we put them on their tummies, they end up scratching each other. Alani has already tried to establish dominance over Odette, which resulted in Odette having a huge scratch over her eye.

I'm not in any pain anymore... thank God.