Cross My Heart (Explicit Version)

Opening night rose upon us. We were starting with Oregon, and then doing ANI the next night. We managed to get each of them together by that time. I wasn't as nervous as I was for Twisted, until I received a phone call from Darren.

"Hello?"

"Elle, the twins are coming," I heard him say, before cursing under his breath.

"What?"

"Julia's water broke. When's the soonest you can come?" He asked me. I thought quickly.

"Monday morning. Damn it," I said.

"It's okay. I'll figure it out in a little bit. We just have to get to the hospital," Darren said.

"Okay. My thoughts are with you guys. I'll call during intermission and after the show," I said, hanging up. I sat onstage and held my phone to my chest, lost in thought. Julia and Darren had chosen to not know the gender, instead hoping to be surprised. Would it be two boys? A boy and a girl? Or maybe two girls.

"What's up?" Clark asked, laying down next to me.

"The twins are coming," I said, putting my phone face-down next to me.

"That's great!"

"I just wish I could be there," I said.

"Hey, you're going to be backstage the entire time. You can talk over the phone," he said, hugging me close.

"Right. I just want to be there, but I have to wait until Monday," I said.

Both opening nights went seamlessly, except for Joey forgetting the beginning of his part in Independence! Besides that, everything went perfectly. Sunday night, I announced that I was leaving, and the reason why. Everyone was fine with me leaving as long as I kept in touch, which I would undoubtedly do.

I landed in LAX and called Darren. "I just landed," I said.

"Okay, good. I'll be right out your gate, but we're running. The twins are here and I don't want to leave them for long," he said.

"I'll be there and do my best to run. Cross my heart," I said. I met Darren right away and we took off. We didn't talk on the way to the hospital. Darren refused to tell me anything about the twins since he wanted my first moments with them to be special. It was really sweet. We burst through the doors and found Julia with Sophia on her lap.

"Hey!" Julia exclaimed. I went over to her and hugged her. Sophia noticed me and climbed onto me.

"What's it like with three?" I asked, holding onto Sophia.

"Not too chaotic yet. I'm just waiting until we get home," she laughed.

"Well, I didn't tell Elle anything," Darren said.

"Can I just tell her genders and names?" Julia asked, almost visibly bursting to tell me the news.

"Okay," he said.

"So, we have two boys. Harry Elijah and James Blake. Yes, after Harry Potter characters," she said as the doctor came in with two nurses holding swaddled babies in their arms.

"Are you doing alright?" The doctor asked.

"Yes," Julia said.

"Well, they're cleared to go home tonight. Is that okay?"

"Yes."

"May I ask both of you parents to sign this paperwork? After signing it, you'll be cleared," the doctor said. Darren and Julia signed the papers quickly and they each took a baby. I carefully held Harry as Darren strapped Sophia into her carseat. After handing Harry back, I drove everyone home. We talked the whole way there about how Sophia (now asleep) might handle not being the only child anymore.