SEARCHING FOR A MATE - Season 8 Episode 76

Trinity

I was still on the eighth floor. The room that Aunt Glory was in just feet away from me while Reece went to get my dessert. I didn’t think that anything could happen that was going to make me feel happy or excited until Trevor came out here to tell me that Aunt Glory had given birth to their little baby.

Well, I would have been wrong then, wouldn’t I? Because just moments after Reece left, someone came running out of the elevator with something in their arms. It seemed to me like this person was in a panic too.

That was about when I realized that the person running was Athair mòr. And that the thing in his arms was Daciana. I guess the excitement of the day got to her. She was due in two and a half weeks while Aunt Glory’s due date was actually tomorrow.

“Well, I guess this is going to be a busy day for Griffin and Lana.” I grinned at Athair mòr as he ran toward me.

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“Where is Griffin? Which room? I need to have him help Daci too!”

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“I know, Athair mòr. I can see that.” I laughed at him and his urgency. “Go to the second door on the right. That one is empty. I will send Griffin over soon.”

I started to push myself away from the table and toward the room that Aunt Glory was in. I knocked lightly but then pushed the door open. I wasn’t going to be a brat and go into the room, but I needed them to hear me at least.

“Griffin!” I called out to him.

“Trinity, I told you not to come in here.” He snapped at me.

“Oh, I know that. That is why I am not in there. However, I have a message for you.” As I told him this, I was already making a door from this room to the next one. It was going completely unnoticed by them all though. They were a little busy getting Aunt Glory settled into the bed and hooked up to the monitors.

“And what might that message be?” He looked up at me with curious eyes.

“Oh, just that Daciana is in the room next door to this one. She’s in labor as well.”

“WHAT!?”

“WHAT!?”

“WHAT!?”

“WHAT!?” That word was echoed four times by Griffin, Lana, Trevor and Aunt Glory. They were all in shock.

“Yes, I sent her in there with Athair mòr. And I made a nice convenient door for you to go between rooms. It’s right over there. Now, take care of my family, please. I can’t wait to meet these babies.”

“Yes, sure thing Trinity.” Lana grinned.

“Looks like it’s going to get busy here, sweetheart.” Griffin added as he looked at her.

“Yup. But that is fine.” Lana was even more happy. There was yet another baby that she was going to get to see soon.

I rolled myself away from the door and was on my way back to the table when Reece came off the stairs.

“TRINITY!” He snapped at me.

“You’re lucky I knew you were here. If you would have scared me then I might have gone into labor too.” I grinned at him. “I don’t think that Griffin could handle that many at once.”

“Huh?” Reece looked at me awkwardly as he pushed the wheelchair back to the table and set a glass jar filled with homemade raspberry sorbet on it in front of me.

“Well, Athair mòr came running up a few minutes ago. He had Daciana in his arms and she is in labor as well. It looks like it’s going to be a busy afternoon for Griffin and Lana.”

I thought it was wonderful. These babies, cousins that they were, would share a birthday. That would bond them in another way and make them almost like triplets. Like my upcoming babies. I just thought that it was going to be something really nice and sweet for them to share.

I know that I said that I didn’t want the triplet to be born on the same day as Reagan and Rika, but that was different. That was taking a day that was for the twins and making them share it with their three brothers. These three babies though, they would share it from birth and would not any other way than how it was now.

“Well, Trinity, this was another exciting baby shower. However, I can honestly say that this one is a lot better than the one for Reagan and Rika. I do not, and I repeat, DO NOT, want to go back to the hospital with you after another baby shower. I do not, in any way shape or form, want you to get sick and look like you are going to die like you did back then.” He was still scarred from that, obviously.

“I’m sorry, Reece.” That was all that I could say right now.

“Oh no, what are you going to do now?” He clearly thought that I was planning on repeating history.

“Ha ha ha, I am not planning anything Reece. I am just apologizing for what happened back then. You need to stop worrying about me so much. I am fine and I am not going to let anything happen to me or our babies.”

“Good.”

The moment was tense, but I knew the reason why. He just wanted to make sure that everyone was cared for and safe. As I thought about that, I finally took the first bite of my sorbet. It was so good. I couldn’t help it when I moaned with delight.

“Mhmmmm.”

“That was obscene.” He chuckled. “But expected.”

“Good. I’m glad you expected it. If you didn’t, then you clearly don’t know me at all.

“I know you just fine.” He winked at me then and I almost choked on my dessert.

“Hey, Reece, can I ask you something?” I had a sudden thought, something that had been bothering me for the last couple of days.

“About what?”

“The middle names you chose for the babies. They all have the same first initial and two of them have the same middle initial. Why did you make one of them different?” This had been confusing me for days. I just didn’t know why he had done it.

“Oh, that. Ha ha ha.” I was starting to get worried now. What was so funny about it?

“Well, you see, one of them has to zag while the others zig.”

“Huh?” I was lost. He wasn’t making any sense.

“You know, Zander Ian gray and Zayden Issac Gray are zig and Zachary Aaron Gray is zag.”

“Oh my fucking goddess. Are you kidding me? You chose their middle names so that they would be zig and zag with their initials. Really! That is just insane.” Despite my words I was laughing. He had pulled a fast one on me. And now I was set in stone naming them those specific names since I had announced them to the public already.

“Yeah. Isn’t it cute? Zig, zig, zag. It’s perfect.”

“You’re an idiot.” I was still laughing so my insult wasn’t as powerful as it could be. “I really can’t believe you. I mean, you put so much thought into the names for the other kids, that I didn’t think you would do this to our boys.”

“Yeah, but I only had to choose the middle names. But it’s not bad. I mean Zachary Aaron will basically mean God remembers the exalted and strong. Zander Ian would mean the defender of men is gracious. And Zayden Issac would mean laughter and fire.”

“That makes it sound like Zayden is going to be a pyromaniac.” I glared at him. “Did you look these up in advance?” I asked him if he planned it or if it was just a coincidence.

“No. I looked them up after I told you the middle names. But they work out. And the fire and laughter doesn’t mean he will be a pyro. He could be passionate and full of laughter.” He was trying to convince me that he didn’t just doom my son to the setting of fires.

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“Yeah, let’s hope so.” I shook my head at him.

“It’s fine. No one will notice the zig zags unless we tell them.” He clearly thought that it was funny.

The two of us sat there for a while, sharing my sorbet and talking like we used to a long time ago. After about an hour or so, Trevor came out of the room that he and Aunt Glory had been in.

“Hey!” He was grinning from ear to ear. “We have our twins. One boy named Owen and one little girl named Calissa. They are perfect and beautiful. You can come in and see them soon. Lana is just cleaning them up.”

Just after Trevor finished saying this, Athair mòr walked out of the other room.

“It’s a boy. We have a son named Calix.” I knew that Daciana had suspected that it was a boy, but they didn’t want anyone to tell them what it was until he was born. It looks to me like she was right.

“Congratulations. To the both of you. And the mothers as well.” I was so happy. After they told me the babies’ names, I went in to see them. And that was what I did for the rest of the evening pretty much. Even Reagan, Rika and Talia came in to see the babies.

“Mommy, babies are so small.” Talia commented with a cute little smile. “I can’t wait until our babies are here.”