Filed to story: Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel
“It’s not a problem really.” He sighed when he was called out for being upset.
“What is it then?” Joaquin asked him, this time with a little more compassion in his voice. Noah was his best friend so I was pretty sure that he was worried about him right now.
“I just… I mean, it’s… Riviana is all..” He stuttered and stalled several times when he was trying to talk. It almost made me laugh when I saw what he was doing, but then he looked at me, and I saw the tears in his eyes. “Riviana was the baby of the family, but now she is all grown up. She has a family of her own. And she married my best friend. It all happened right before my eyes, but it feels like it was a blur. She’s not the sweet little girl that I wanted to protect all the time. That little girl is gone now, and I miss her. But, as I look at her I see the woman that she became. And then there is the fact that I can see so much of her mother in her. I can see traces of my aunt as I look into her face. She would be proud of her too, just like I am.”
“Noah?” I felt tears coming as I looked at him. “I love you too.” I smiled and held a hand out to him. He didn’t just take my hand though; he hugged me tightly and sobbed a little.
“Why did you have to go and grow up so fast?”
“Remember that, Noah. I am sure you will be saying the same thing about Elias soon.” I cried as he held me.
“I know. I know it happens, too much, too fast. I had to watch as the little girl that chased after me for years grew up into a capable and beautiful young lady. It was hard.”
“Geez, Noah, you’re only six years older than me.” I laughed a little and that made him laugh as well. With a smile he pulled away from me and looked into my eyes. There were tears streaming down his face, but he didn’t seem to care. He just smiled and wiped at the ones that were on my cheeks.
“You shouldn’t be crying right now; this is a happy time for you.” He chuckled a little because he knew that he had been the one to cause the tears.
“It’s a happy time for you too. You’re their uncle now Noah, and you get to be there for them like you were for me.”
“Yeah.” He laughed and cried at the same time. “You’re right. And this time, Elias gets to be the older one. He will watch over them as well.”
We spent a little while longer talking and letting Noah and Nikki watch the babies. When it was time for them to leave, Joaquin and I decided we should have lunch. I had already fed our little ones twice since we started to get visitors, and it was making me feel hungry. Apparently, the more that I nursed them, the hungrier I would become.
Griffin didn’t disappoint with lunch either. He had anticipated exactly what time I would get hungry. I guess he had been doing this enough times that he knew what to expect. He really was good at his job.
And the food was amazing as well. Everything that he ordered was something that was simple but delicious. I just wanted to eat it all, but he had ordered more than enough. I was never going to be able to eat all of my food, even with the extra calories that I was burning. Joaquin, however, had ended up solving that problem. He ate his food, and when I said I was done, he took care of the leftovers.
It wasn’t anything special, but I think that it was just one of the little things that helped us to work well with each other. I loved him, all of him, and everything that he did for me, and everything that he gave me. My life was perfect, and it was all thanks to Joaquin.
After lunch, I felt renewed and rejuvenated. It was like I had the energy to take on everything that I needed to tackle for the rest of the day. Go ahead and bring on the visitors. I felt like I would be able to see about a million of them right now. Even Juniper, who I was told had just gotten to the hospital. She would be so excited and wouldn’t let me half ass this visit at all. I wouldn’t do that though, I would greet her with a smile and tell her how amazing it all was. These two days had been nothing but perfection, and I wanted her to know it was all worth it.
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Riviana
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Juniper came running, well waddling, into the room as fast as she could. She was so excited that she couldn’t have stopped herself even if she wanted to. She was like a ballistic missile that was on a collision course with cuteness.
“Where are they?” She asked as soon as she had entered the room, Paul was running to try and catch up to her even though he wasn’t hindered by being massively pregnant with twins.
“They’re over here.” I giggled as I pulled one of the two wheeled bassinets closer to me, and Joaquin pushed the other to my side.
“Oooh, they are so cute!” She was cooing at them the moment they saw them. “They make me want to hold mine so bad.” I saw tears in her eyes as she watched them sleep. “I want to hold them so badly but I don’t want to wake them either.” I laughed at her intensity.
“I know.” I laughed at her. “I am the same way. All I ever want is to hold them when I see them. It’s such a strong desire that I can’t help it.” I smiled as I looked at the babies, agreeing with her. “It will be like that with your babies too so at least you know what to expect.”
“Yeah, we will know.” Paul grinned at me. “You did great though, Astro. They look perfect.”
After a few moments, Joaquin and I gently picked up our children and handed one of them to our friends, Rika to Paul and Reagan to Juniper. They both smiled joyfully and snuggled the bundles of joy. They had seen little babies recently because of Cedar and Acacia, so they knew what to expect, but that didn’t make it any easier. And the closer it got to the birth of their babies, the more it would hurt them to put the babies down and leave.
While we all sat there, Juniper and I talked about future play dates, when all of our babies were old enough of course. We would make sure that they would grow up with each other and have a friend nearby at all times. They would always have someone there they can turn to, be it their twin or their friend. We would remain close friends and hope the same for our kids. Yeah, we were getting ahead of ourselves, but I didn’t care. It was nice planning it all out. I was happy to have all of this happening for us at the same time. It was nice to have someone to share it with.
After Juniper and Paul left, Cedar and Acacia came. They didn’t bring the babies, which was understandable since they were only thirteen days old, and they were triplets. They were even smaller than our babies. I didn’t even expect them to come and visit us just yet. I thought they would wait a week or two and come to the house. It was a lovely surprise though, and I wouldn’t trade it for the world.
“Riviana!” Acacia screamed as she came into the room.
“Casey.” I called out to her.
“I can’t believe it! You had them on different days. That is so awesome!” She was grinning and bouncing on her feet as she hugged me.
“I know, they will not have to share the day. That is good and bad. Still, it’s definitely unique.”
“Congrats, Riviana.” Cedar leaned in and hugged me next.
They stayed for a few minutes and talked, but Cedar didn’t want to stay long, and neither did Casey. They wanted to get home to their children, and I fully understood and supported that. Having babies that I could now hold and see, I understood what it was they were feeling. But I had enjoyed talking about the life of having multiple babies at home at once. It was going to be hard, but I was going to manage; I just knew I was.
The next group to visit was Lila and Grandfather. They came at the same time since otherwise they would have come alone. When Lila came in, she looked like she was floating and fluttering with excitement, but when Grandfather came in he looked nervous and scared.
Lila rushed to my side and hugged me tightly. She was squeezing me so tight that I was glad that I was not a human. If I had I been I probably would have been hurt pretty badly. Still, I know she only did it because she loved me so much and was so happy.
“Riviana.” She started to rock me side to side. “They were so beautiful last night when I saw them, but they are even more gorgeous today. They are perfect and I love them so much. Thank you, Riviana. Thank you, thank you, thank you.” I felt her tears streaming into my hair as she spoke.
“I didn’t really do anything, Lila.”