Happily Ever After

chapter 20

(three weeks later)

Tris's POV

    "I'm pregnant."  I tell Tobias, while leaning against our bathroom doorway.  He smiles, walks up to me, leans toward me, holds on to me tightly, and kisses me warmly and passionately.  And for the first time in forever, I feel like I can have a life with this wonderful man with no disruptions that Dauntless life had provided.

Zeke's POV

    Tris is pregnant . . . again.  Man, can't they stop reproducing?

    Anyway, I am now in the delivery room with Shauna, Cara, and Caleb.  We are about to deliver the couple's baby girl and Caleb doesn't look too well.  I guess since this is his firstborn he's pretty nervous.  So I decide to give him some advice.  "Hey man.  Sup." I say.

    He looks at me and does the weirdest thing.  He leans on my shoulder and says, "Sorry, Zeke."  And then it happens.  He bends over and pukes all over my brand new shoes.

    At first I'm pretty upset but then the Dauntless side of me takes over.  I mutter a quick "Awesome!" and then get my extra pair of shoes from the closet . . . .  Yes, this has happened before. 

    Cara smiles an apologetic smile at me when I return and I send a no-worries smile back.  Then I say, "Okay, you ready?"  They nod and we get started.

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Caleb's POV

    Cara and I look down at our baby girl with adoring eyes and Shauna asks what her name is.  I reply, "Suzanne Beatrice Prior." 

    The door cracks open and Bea- I mean Tris- peeps her head in and asks, "Could we come in?"  Cara nods and Tris whispers to someone outside, "Okay, come on in."  And before I know it the whole room is filled with my nieces and nephews.  Tobias is pushing one of those strollers where you can fit two babies in one.  Holding Tris's hands are Shaliene and Natalie.  Will is walking side-by-side with his father.

    "And to what do we owe the pleasure of this visit?"  I ask, since they weren't supposed to be able to come today.

    Tris and Tobias exchange glances with the kids and they all whisper/exclaim, "You're gonna have another niece or nephew!"  Wow.  This is not what I was expecting.  Another one?  Sheesh, Tris is younger than I am and she's already had five babies and another one is on the way.  And I'm barely having my firstborn!  Shaliene lets go of Tris's hand, walks over, and asks us, "What's her name, Aunt Cara?"

    "Shaliene, Will, Natalie, Percy, Annabeth . . ." Cara starts, "meet your cousin: Suzanne Beatrice Prior."  Then, she asks, "Would you like to hold her, Tris?"  Tris shakes her head, saying they have to return home.

(five days later)

Tobias's POV

    I am attempting to wake Tris up, which is extremely hard.  But I know her very well and know that she only wakes up to my kisses.  And not just any kiss.  It has to be a perfect one.  I lean down and fit my lips onto hers, resting them there until she flutters her eyes open and smiles up at me.  "Come on.  Let's go wake up the kids.  I'll take the Will and the twins.  You take Shay and Nat." I say, smiling at the nicknames we gave them.  She gets up and heads downstairs.

    I start with Will, only to find that he was already awake.  When I come in, he asks me, "Santa Claus came?"  I nod and he jumps for joy.  I put my finger on my lips for him to quiet down and he mutters an apology.

    Then I head to the twins' room and when I get there, I walk into a tooting party.  Percy and Annabeth, giggling and laughing, toot and toot and toot.  One would do it and giggle, and then the other would repeat it.