She's Got The Devil's Eyes - Deckerstar (Completed)

Chapter XIV

Chloe was quick to find out that being pregnant with twins was significantly harder than being pregnant with just one baby.

Around halfway through week seventeen you could say she had 'popped'. She had woken up one day and her belly was just all out, far bigger and more noticeable, taking up a greater amount of space on her abdomen. It wasn't the first time it happened to her, back when she was pregnant with Trixie she popped out overnight, too, only that it had happened when she was almost seven months along. Now, however, she was barely past four months pregnant and already looked as if she were further along; round belly sticking out like a sore thumb.

Later on that week she started experiencing round ligament pain, which with Trixie had happened as late as three weeks before giving birth. She was growing two large babies inside her womb, it was logical that the rapid growth and the stretch, now multiplied by two, would put her body to the test. It also had to do with the fact that she was carrying them pretty low, so the ligaments on her hips already had a respectable amount of weight on them. However, she could only be thankful that the pain would bother her only if she had been on her feet for too long, and it would only come around evening, which meant she could work just fine.

Regarding the fact that they had gone to the doctor's appointment expecting something completely different from what they got, well... needless to say, they allowed themselves a little session of freaking out after Lucifer put Trixie to bed. They just really weren't expecting that, and even if they weren't mad about it being twins, it still was a huge surprise. Later on, when the fact that there really were two babies growing inside Chloe's stomach sunk in, they started questioning themselves. They were already walking down an unknown path knowing that their child was different from the other half-angel baby that existed, now that they knew they had two on the way... There were just so many questions. Was it both of them that had powers or only one? Would both of them be born with wings? Would Chloe be able to pull through the whole pregnancy with two divine beings? What if her body gave out?

Lucifer had had it harder than Chloe when coming to terms with the fact that they were having twins. He just felt so scared, so not sure of himself. Chloe could feel how much he doubted himself, how much he feared the situation he was in. If he liked children or not was a problem that was out of the equation by then; his issues mostly consisted of him not feeling enough and fearing that it would all be just too much. Not on him, per se, he wasn't afraid for his own integrity or anything, he was scared that he might lose Chloe, that everything would just be too much for her body to handle. How could he ever be expected to love someone who had taken the one he loved the most from him?

It could be said that all of Lucifer's anxiety was mainly about the future, about what will happen and what all the possible outcomes were. After having his session with Linda he became surer in his stance, and ever since then, he was trying to take one step at a time. The reality for them then, as of eighteen and a half weeks of gestation, was that everything was alright with both Chloe and the babies and that everything was looking good. He could start worrying when the time came and Chloe was just so proud of him. He was trying his hardest and overcoming fears and things that had been with him for eons, all for her and their little ones' sake; she truly couldn't be more in love with him.

When it came to work, well... they were still the partnership with the highest closure rates of all the homicide division of the LAPD, which was something they could still brag about. Luckily, being in a romantic relationship and expecting children together hadn't interfered with how they worked and the professionalism they put to their work. Well, professionalism in Chloe's side, Lucifer was still every bit the same completely out of place, probably too unethical civilian consultant he had always been and Chloe was so glad about that.