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“Second,” Adrian grinned.
“Well, congratulations to both of you,” she said, offering us a cheerful smile as she wheeled a little closer. “This might be a little cold.”
Instinctually, I squeezed Adrian’s hand when the chill of the lube pressed against my stomach. He squeezed right back.
“I’m assuming the hospital gave you some paperwork regarding prenatal care,” she said, focusing her eyes on the screen with an intensity I hadn’t expected.
“Yeah, I’ve been taking the vitamins and staying away from the foods it told me to.” I tried to crane my neck to see the screen, but it was no use.
“I’ll show you once I’ve got a clear view,” she offered. “Don’t worry.”
It felt almost alien to lay there with the device roaming across my broadening stomach, Adrian’s eyes flicking between me and the woman beside me. But the longer we sat and the more myanxiety grew, the more he watched me and me alone, his fingers squeezing mine reassuringly.
“Well,” she grinned, pulling my attention back to her, “that’ll explain why you’re bigger than I thought you’d be at fifteen weeks.”
I blinked at her. Bigger?
“We’ve got three heartbeats going.”
My breath caught as she turned the screen toward me, holding her hand steady on my stomach. “Three heartbeats?” I breathed.
Adrian’s hand squeezed so hard I worried my bones would break.
“Yours, and both of the babies,” she explained. “Don’t worry, there’s not more than two.”
“Twins?” Adrian breathed.
Sadie nodded, beaming at the both of us. “Twins. Both look great.”
I tore my gaze from the screen when Adrian huffed out a little breath in surprise. His eyes went glassy as he looked from me to the monitor and back, the corners of his lips pulling up. He lifted our joined hands to his mouth, pressing a kiss to the back of mine.
For a moment, just the briefest second, I let myself not be angry with him long enough to feel the wave of shock and excitement and happiness that came from it.
“Twins, Aves,” he laughed breathily. He sniffled, wiping his nose on his free hand and catching a stray tear that broke free with his thumb. “We made twins.”
I chuckled along with him. “We did.”
“Do you want to know the sexes?” Sadie asked, moving the stick around a little more and pulling my attention away from Adrian. “I need to add it to your file, but if you don’t want to know I can keep it to myself.”
“Yes,” we said in unison.
We sat silently as she searched around more, taking photographs as she went and capturing better angles. The anticipation was killing me, and there in the lower right of the screen, I could see my heartbeat creeping up toward triple digits.
“All right, we’ve got a girl,” she said, narrowing her eyes as she took another photograph.
“Lucas is going to lose his mind,” Adrian chuckled.
“And…another girl!”
I tipped my head back onto the bed, not caring as the tears started to sprout. Twins. Two girls. This was unbelievable. This was everything.
“Twin girls,” Adrian grinned. “Can you tell if they’re fraternal? Identical?”
She shook her head. “Nope, you’ll need DNA testing when they’re born.” The wand left my stomach a moment later and she wheeled back, grabbing a handful of paper towels before wiping down my stomach. “Everything looks great, though. I’d suggest taking things a little slower than the advice you’ve already been given would have said, but other than that, everyone’s healthy and happy.”
Adrian nodded his thanks and took over wiping me down for her. “Can we have a moment alone? Do you mind?”
“Absolutely not a problem,” she grinned. “I’ll go print off those photos for you, okay?”
