Filed to story: Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel
I was enjoying my first morning as a mommy though. It was so much better than I had thought it would be. Even the pain wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. I know that it probably had to do with the fact that I was a shifter and healed faster than a human, but still it was nearly gone now.
If someone asked me what I had felt the night before, how it felt to push the babies from my body, then I would tell them about the pain. But, even that seemed like it was hard to remember. I know that it had hurt, and that I had been terrified, but with the joy of having the babies here with me finally it’s like those memories were already fading. I wonder if that was how it was for everyone.
“So, Riviana, are you ready to get up and move around? Take a shower or something?” Griffin came into the room and those were his first words. “The sooner we get you moving around, the sooner we can get you all home and adjusting to life as a new family.”
“I wouldn’t say no to a shower.” I grinned at him. “But, who would take care of the babies while I am in there.”
“What do you think a daddy is for?” Joaquin looked at me like I had just insulted him, putting on a false air of indignation. “You don’t think I can do it.” I watched him pretend to slump over as if hurt or something. “Ugh! You wound me with your words.”
“And you’re overly dramatic.” I laughed at him. “I just didn’t think that it was appropriate to leave a puppy to watch a baby.” I laughed at him, a little too hard it would seem since the effort caused a slight twinge to roll through me.
“Just get up and get cleaned, I will take care of my babies.” Joaquin ignored me and walked over to the two little wheeled bassinets that the babies were in. They were sitting side by side as they slept soundly. I enjoyed seeing them, but Joaquin and Griffin were right to offer me a shower, I definitely wanted one.
“Fine.” I rolled my eyes as I shook my head. “I will go, but when I get back I want food.” I grinned at him. “I don’t know what I want more, breakfast or a shower. So, I want both.”
“That was going to be my next suggestion. And I know Joaquin has something against hospital food, I don’t truly blame him of course but still.” Griffin shook his head as he tried hard not to laugh. “I ordered some breakfast for you, it should be here by the time that you’re out of the shower and back in your room. You can all have something to eat before your stream of visitors show up.”
“You know something, Griffin.” I looked at him with a smile. “You’re amazing!”
“Yeah, I know.” He laughed. “Now come on, let’s get you up.”
Griffin started taking the wires and tubes off of me. I supposedly didn’t need them anymore. The IV, heart monitors, blood pressure cuff, all of it came off. It felt nice to be free of all the medical equipment. I had been hooked up to since last night, and I had gotten used to them all being there, but I was glad they were gone now.
After I was cleared of unnecessary wires, I was led to a bathroom where I could shower. The room was unlike what I was used to, but of course that was true for just about anywhere I went. The toilet was on the far side of the room and the shower was closer to the door. The shower itself was pretty big since it was an entire corner of the room, but it was like that so physically handicapped people could have assistance when showering. There was a curtain that closed around the large area, but that was it.
It may have been different from home, but I didn’t care. It had hot water and soap and that was all that I needed at the moment. I let the water get as hot as I could tolerate and let it melt the tension from my muscles while washing away the remaining traces of the night before.
The nurses had cleaned me up, and I felt good enough to rest last night, but there was nothing compared to being fully clean and dressed in your own clothes. That was another luxury that coming into this room allowed me. I was putting on my own clothes and not a hospital gown.
Once I was clean I kept it simple, I didn’t need something complicated to wear while here. I just put on a loose fitting nightgown and a pair of fuzzy socks. When I had been packing them I figured people would laugh at me, but I didn’t care. I was here to push babies out of my hoohoo; if they said anything then they could just kiss my ass. I was going to be comfortable right now.
When I made it back to my room, cleaned, dried, and dressed, I could smell the food that had been ordered.Griffin had, apparently, gone all out when ordering food for us. I silently thanked him since he wasn’t here right now and vowed to invite him and Lana over for a nice dinner at the house sometime soon.
I enjoyed sitting there with Joaquin and our babies while we ate our food. It was such a normal thing to do that it made me feel like we were really a family now. It was like I was sitting not with just my mate or my husband anymore. Somehow he was more than that now. Joaquin was different now and so was I.
I didn’t mind us being different though. I accepted it with open arms. This was what I had wanted. This was the next logical step for us to take, even if it was considered a bit too soon for us to be moving on to this stage.
After we ate our breakfast, it seemed like it was time for me to feed our babies again. Joaquin sat on the bed with me while I fed Reagan and then Rika. We talked about things that we thought were important at the time. We smiled and we laughed, enjoying our first morning with our little ones.
Soon, though, the babies were back to sleep, and we would soon be visited by our family and friends. Some people, like our direct family members, had seen the babies last night, but they hadn’t been able to see me after they were born. Now, they were all planning to come see me throughout the day. I know it was going to be busy but it was going to be full of love as well.
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Riviana
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I expected this. The visitors who came to see me were not just one person, but people. It was my mom and dad. It had been a long time now, or it felt like it had, since I had been calling them by those names. Before that they had been my aunt and uncle, but that didn’t mean that anything changed. Not really. They still loved and cared for me the same as they used to, they treated me the same. And I loved them just as much.
They had literally only been given the titles they had deserved and should have had all along. They were the only parents I knew, and the only ones that I would ever need. And that’s why when I saw Mom’s excited face as she ran into the room, I knew that I was in for a big dose of motherly love.
“Riviana, my baby.” She hugged me tightly in her arms. “I saw them last night, sweetheart, They are perfect. I am so proud of you. I already love them so much.”
“Thank you, Mom.” I smiled as I returned her hug. “I love you.”
“We love you too, Riviana.” Dad looked at me with a big grin on his face and put a hand on my shoulder. “Now we’ve gotten a baby from each of our kids. Two from you, which is good because now we have a girl.” He was grinning. You guys made us the happiest parents and grandparents ever.”
We talked for a while about how having the babies was going to change our lives, and what we might do now that they were here. Of course they offered to watch the babies whenever Joaquin and I needed them to. They were very generous, but understood that for a while, we just wanted to be a family.
I also got to just sit there and watch as my parents held the babies. The looks on their faces as they looked into the two tiny faces. Dad in particular was cute to see. What was it about a baby that could make a strong man turn into mush?
“Hey there, Rika.” He was holding his only granddaughter while smiling. “I’m your Papa. Yeah, I’m Papa. I love you so much. I am going to spoil you too. And you have a big brother and two older cousins that I know are going to protect you right along with your daddy and me. We will keep all the bad guys away from you, and all the boys too. You’re going to be so loved and protected. Yes you are.” His baby talking was really funny. And he had just casually told my daughter that she was never dating anyone. I think Joaquin definitely agreed with that. Especially considering that he was nodding along behind them as he watched my dad talking to Rika. Oh, these men, they were so extreme.
After Mom and Dad visited, Nikki came to see me with Elias in her arms. Of course, Noah was there as well since he was my brother. Nikki was excited to see the babies, smiling and squealing as she tried to get at them as soon as she was in the room.
“Oh Goddess, Riviana, they’re so perfect.” She handed her baby off to Noah and started picking up Reagan immediately. “Oh, baby boy. You’re so cute. I can see already that you take after your mommy. You have the Cervantes brown hair.”
She smiled happily then, as she sat on the edge of my bed. I was sitting up and watching her so I saw the hug coming long in advance and was ready.
“I am so happy for you, Riviana.” She squeezed me as tightly as she could with the baby in her arms. “You are going to be such a good mom.”
Nikki was starting to rant and rave about all the good things I had to look forward to with me being a mommy. I was smiling and looking forward to them excitedly. However, I couldn’t help but notice that Noah was looking at me with a sad expression.
“Noah? Is there a problem?” Joaquin looked at him with a worried expression that matched my own.