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She drags in a breath that puffs her cheeks when she blows it out. “Been better.”
“So,” Cedar starts. “Twins, huh?” She snickers when Aria shoots her a look. “Where dem babies at?”
“I blame you. And you—” Aria’s lethal gaze whips to her future husband who tries and fails to hide his prideful smile.
“Anyway, babe,” Rex snickers when her grip tightens down on his hand again. “You gonna ask them or you want me to?”
“Cedar.” Aria’s head slides easily over to her best friend with an emotion I can’t read sitting in her green eyes. “Did you do the thing?”
Cedar burst out into a laugh that has me settling into this edge that Aria has me on and willing my heart rate to slow down. “Jesus. Yes, ok?”
“Good.” Aria nods and lets her head fall back into the pillow. “Tell them Rex.”
I meet his eyes over the top of his girl’s battered body and cock my head. “You guys are killing me with the suspense here.”
“Well,” Rex starts with a grin. “Mac is forever going to be their uncle. Him, Ma, and Aurora would be first in line.”
“Okay,” Cedar drags, her gaze shooting to mine for a moment and landing back on Rex. “For what?”
“If something were to ever happen to the two of us,” Aria clarifies as her eyes flutter closed and she pokes a tongue out to wet her cracked lips. “We want you guys to take next in line.”
“As in …?”
“The babies’ godparents,” Rex amends and has my sight snapping to him.
“God …?” I look down at Cedar to ensure I heard right and when her same shocked expression meets mine, I feel my chest break open a little more. “Godparents?”
“Us?”
“Yep.” Aria nods against the material beneath her.
“Which is why you two had to come in. I didn’t wanna wait.”
Rex stands from his crouch at his girl’s side and comes around the foot of bed to clasp a hand on my shoulder, stronger now than he was ten minutes ago.
He remains silent when his eyes scream it all, and as he walks away, I realize that he hasn’t called me ‘newb’in quite a while. Instead, he leaves me with the pride in his eyes, the trust, the fucking love for his family.
Including me.
I hear a door snick closed somewhere in my shock as I stare off into the space around Aria’s feet and it’s then that I recognize the feel of Cedar’s hand in mine. It’s warm and comforting. Strong and steadying.
“Holy shit, Fin.” In a daze, I follow Cedar’s gaze to the door that Rex walks back through in fresh scrubs and two bundles cradled to his chest.
One in fucking pink.
And one in goddamn blue.
“Guys.” Rex beams as he steps up close to Cedar and me, his thick arms holding the swaddled balls against him in a way that makes them look tiny. Fragile. Small. “Footprints all done. They’re all ours now.”
Too fucking small.
“Oh my God,” Cedar half whispers with a thickness in her voice that has me dragging my attention to her.
But then Rex’s forearm bumps into my chest and demands I take the micro human covered in pink. “Meet Aurelia Savin Thompson.” He grins at me when I gingerly slide my hands between him and the baby’s back, my hand cupping the tiny skull to keep her head from flopping back.
“Savin,” Cedar whispers, “As in …?”
“Yep,” Aria says from behind us and I cradle the little girl closer to my chest.
