Their Goddess - The Roses, Book 3 (Completed)

Part 4. Elijah

I looked at the tray in front of me, my eyes repeatedly drawn to the delicate vintage style that would be perfect for Evie.
"What have you found?" Noah asks peering over my shoulder. "Oh that's perfect" he reached for the same ring I had been admiring. "I agree, let's see if Riki does" he puts the ring back and we step back calling Riki over.
"That one" he points having scanned the selection and we sigh in relief, we have all picked the same ring. I quickly pay the jeweller and slide the box back into my pocket.
"Now that's sorted, when are we going to ask her?" Noah wrapped his scarf tight around him as we stepped out into the cold air.
"Christmas or New Year?" Riki offered.
"Christmas" we all say together and laugh.

We head back to the car happy we found her ring and hoping she was feeling better, she had been sick when she got up this morning and had admitted to us that she had been sick a couple of times over the last week but had felt better after a rest.
I know she was anxious about getting her studio set up and planning ready for her show and was working hard to get everything moved over from her parents but we had made her promise to wait for us to return before she moved anything heavy.
My phone buzzed in my pocket and I pulled it free "hey mom"
"What, when, yes we're on our way" I wave at my brothers who had walked on ahead.
"We need to get home, Evie's had a fall, mom's called the doctor as Evie is refusing to go to the hospital" we rush to the car and Noah gets us home in a fraction of the time it should. "She's with mom at the main house" I tell them as we reach the estate.
Parking next to the doctors car we rush inside and up the stairs where mom is waiting for us.
"Mom, where is she?"
"The doctors with her now and her mums in there, we just need to wait while she's examined" mom tells us.
"What happened?" Riki asks slipping down to sit on the floor outside the guest room.
"I heard a bang and a cry and when I went into the studio I found Evie lying at the bottom of a ladder, she had been putting up a picture and felt faint and had fallen" mom explained.
"This on top of her being sick, she needs to be checked out" I mutter pacing back and forth.
"What do you mean sick?" Mom asks stepping in front of me to stop my pacing.
"She was sick this morning and admitted she has been sick a couple of times in the last week, then she's fine afterwards" Noah explains and mom laughs.
"Ohh my boys, it's so exciting" mom pulls each of us into a hug as she bounces between us.
"Mom what's going on, what is it?" Riki asks her confused, but it suddenly hits me "You think Evie's pregnant!" I whisper but my brothers hear me.
"Mom?" Noah looks at her questioningly.
"It would explain her being sick and fainting, I take it you haven't planned this?"
"No, Evie gets the contraceptive shot, we thought..."
"Oh boys" mom shakes her head at us, grinning and we all turn as the door behind us opens and the doctor and Evie's mum comes out shutting the door behind them.
"Is she okay, is she... baby?" I ask nervously.
"Yes, she's fine, a little bruised where she landed but Genevieve and the baby are doing well, I've recommended some vitamins for her and will see her in a few weeks at the surgery, keep her off ladders" the doctor tells us before mom shows her out, leaving us with Evie's mum. "You knew?" She asks softly.
"No, not till we told mom that Evie had been sick in the mornings, we hadn't realised, not till mom inferred it might be linked and we put 2 and 2 together, is she okay, is she happy?" I tell her and she smiles at us.
"She scared its too soon and she thinks you won't want her anymore" she whispers and I look at my brothers who nod.  I pull the ring box out of my pocket and show her "We brought this for her this morning, we were going to ask her at Christmas but I think it may be sooner, we love her and this news whilst unexpected, is wonderful, we're going to be fathers"
"Oh boys, welcome to the family, now you better get in there and don't let her scare you away, I need to speak with your mom" she wipes away a tear and disappears down the hall, looking for mom.
I push open the door and look inside, Evie is curled on her side facing the window "you can come in" she growls at us and we rush for the bed.
"Baby, are you okay" Eli kneels by the bed and pulls her hands into his.
"I'm sorry" she cries before busting into tears. "I didn't mean too" she wails and we climb onto the bed around her, pulling her into our arms and rocking her gently "Evie, it's okay, baby, we're here, come on baby, breathe now" Noah continues rocking her as we hold her hands, till she settles against us and the tears stop.
"We've worked out your pregnant, just now, mom helped us piece it together and sweetie we are so happy, I know it's soon but this is our baby and we are so proud of you" Eli tells her softly and we watch as her body relaxes in our arms.
"Do you know what we were doing this morning, where we went?" I ask her and she shakes her head, I glance at my brothers and they nod. I slide my hand into my pocket and pull out the box, "We were going to ask you at Christmas but we don't want to wait, you're ours baby, so please say yes, marry us?" I ask her taking the ring from the box and sliding it onto her finger as she whispers "Yes" to us.

We stay with her until she feels ready to face everyone and then we take our fiancée down to the join the rest of the family, both Evie's parents are there along with mom and the dads and they all congratulate us on both our news, and after a lively dinner we take Evie home.
The next few weeks we keep a close eye on Evie, taking turns to help her setting up her studio, and go out with her to take photos, doing our work in the main office whilst she worked safely on her computer next door, having hidden all the ladders just in case.
Nick and Jonah were frequent visitors with Evie helping them plan their wedding alongside planning her own with her mum and ours helping her.
Our wedding was planned for a month after theirs and Evie had requested we marry in the gardens at home, similar to our brothers wedding to Eve, we had played Rock Paper Scissors to decide who would marry her and Riki had won and with just our parents present he had officially married Evie, spending our honeymoon night at mom's cottage.

Everything was coming together.