SOMETHING UNEXPECTED

Lucy's POV

The day with Angela's and Wesley's children was really nice but also very exhausting. Tim probably found it even more exhausting. He was so exhausted that he fell asleep right after sitting dowm on the sofa. I waited for Angela and Wesley and let Tim sleep in the meantime.

The front door opened and the two of them came in.
"Hey you two, how was your day?" I asked them.
"The day was wonderful and did us a lot of good as a couple. Thank you both for looking after the kids." Wesley thanked me.
"Does Tim sleep sitting up?" Angela asked me, looking skeptically at Tim.
"Yes, he wanted to sit on the sofa after dinner and fell asleep immediately, even before the children were in bed. I think your children broke him. Jack in particular followed him everywhere he went, even to the toilet. Tim didn't think it was as funny as Jack, especially when Jack started parroting everything Tim said. But it was really cute to watch. I can't wait to see him with our boys." I said, stroking my baby bump.

Angela had to laugh. "Jack can be really exhausting sometimes. How was Erin?"  "She was an angel and hardly cried. But Tim refused to change her diapers because she's a girl, he said, but I think he was afraid of what to expect in the diaper and didn't want to admit that he knew nothing about changing diapers."

Wesley had to smile slightly. "I can understand Tim there. I had the most problems with changing diapers at the beginning, but you grow into it. With your children, I'm sure he'll get the hang of it."
"With our babies, he'll change the diapers. I won't do it alone. He'll have to get over his fear of diapers and baby poop."
Angela and Wesley laughed when I said that.

I walked over to the sofa and stroked Tim's cheek. "Babe wake up. You did it with the babysitting. Angela and Wesley are back, we can go home."
Tim woke up and stood up. "Where are the kids?" he asked sleepily.
"Already in bed, you fell asleep after dinner. I gave the children a bath and put them to bed. Let's go home now."

We said goodbye to Angela and Wesley and drove home.

When we got home, Tim fell straight back into bed and went back to sleep.

I stayed awake and made myself some tea. Tamara wanted to come over tonight.
I let her in when the doorbell rang.
I hugged her in greeting. "Hey, how are you?"
She returned the hug. "Hey Luce, I'm fine. How are you and my little brothers?" she asked, stroking my baby bump.
"We're fine, but it's getting a bit tiring with this ever bigger bump in front of me. Your brothers?"
"Yes, they're going to be my little brothers. After all, you and Tim are like my parents so it makes sense that your children will be like my siblings and I've always wanted siblings. So they will be my little brothers. I know you two will be the greatest parents to these little boys the world has ever seen."

I smiled and we sat down on the sofa with two cups of tea.

"Tamara, I wanted to ask you if you would like to be my maid of honor?"
Tamara almost choked on her tea. She put the cup down on the living room table and threw her arms around my neck. "I want nothing more in this world than to be your maid of honor. Your bachelorette party will be sensational and your wedding will be a dream. I already have a thousand ideas for both."
I smiled and picked up my laptop.
Tamara and I started planning the wedding together.

We sat at my laptop half the night and searched on all kinds of wedding websites for ideas for the dress, the flowers, the cake and everything else that should not be missing at a wedding. 
At some point we were so tired that Tamara went to bed in the guest room and I went into the bedroom to lay next in bed with Tim.

The next morning I woke up after Tim, he had already gone to work.

I was now in my 28th week of pregnancy and was on maternity leave from today on. Due to the risk of premature birth with twin pregnancies, my gynecologist sent me on maternity leave earlier than normal.
But at least this way I could concentrate more on the wedding.
I woke Tamara up and we got ready to go for brunch at our favorite café.

After brunch we went to one of the wedding dress stores we had chosen yesterday.
We looked at all the dresses very closely and tried on a few.
The dresses were all beautiful and I still couldn't believe that I would soon be walking down the aisle in one of these dresses to marry the love of my life. It all still felt like a dream. It was just too good to be true, but it was true.
I was going to marry the man of my dreams and have a family with him.

Tamara and I were walking through the city center. I paused for a moment when I felt a strong pulling and squeezing sensation in my baby bump.
Tamara immediately looked at me with concern when she saw the pained expression on my face. "Lucy? What's going on? Did one of the babies kick too hard? Are you in pain somewhere?"

"My tummy and my back hurt.... My bump feels hard... Let's just go home... I should probably get some rest" I said, trying to ignore the pain.

"Oh no, there's no way we're going home, I'm taking you to the hospital. We'll get you checked out properly and we'll call Tim." Tamara said and took out her phone.
"Yes, we're going to the hospital to have me checked, but no, we're not going to call Tim. He's at work and shouldn't worry unnecessarily. My back and tummy are probably just hurting because one of the babies has moved a bit and my baby bump is already very big, which has been giving me back problems for a few days now."

Tamara drove me to the hospital.
While we waited in the emergency room, Tamara had to go to the bathroom.