A Duke, a Governess and a Little Lady
AN: You guys have been so great! It's been such a great ride. You guys all supported me so much and it really made it worth writing. I considered whether or not to make the last part, the last part. But I highly doubted I'd find another opportunity to make it that sweet. Plus it would have just dragged on and I know even novels that I read that I love that drag on get on my nerves and I don't like it anymore. So I made it end there. I've had such a wonderful time and I might write some more challenges I find the one I'm writing to be so much fun. And to answer Liz1490's question, there won't be a sequel to this one. Sorry guys. But thank you all so much!
Epilogue
"Papa, what's wrong with Mama?" Emily asked early the next morning, Max had met her at the door outer room of Liz's chambers.
There was a muffled shriek from the next room.
"Why don't we go outside?" Max took her hand nervously and tried to steer her away.
"No, I wanna be with Mama." She tried to pull away.
"No, come on, it's been snowing the past few days, come on, let's go." He told her.
"Will she be ok?" Another shriek. "I don't want to leave her." Emily shook her head.
"Hold on." Max left her in the antechamber and walked back in the room.
"Max, what are you doing in here?" Liz said breathlessly.
"Emily wants to see you." He said as he stroked her hand.
"She can't, Max." Liz said and pulled her hand away.
"There's no break?" He asked worried.
Her face contorted in a twist of pain.
"Bring the girl in." The doctor said. "Go now, before another pain hits."
"Mama!" Emily ran in the room as soon as she was permitted.
"Emily, you must go outside with Papa." She said trying not to let her pain show.
"No, I wanna stay with you."
"Emily, go, I need you to. It'll make me fell better." Emily said.
"Fine."
She looked so dejected that Liz wanted to call her back but was already to feel the pain of the next one.
"Max, hurry." She whispered.
Max picked her up fast and left the room before Liz let out another scream.
****
"Your Grace, you may see her now." Clara ran shouting across the lawn.
Max looked up from where Emily was trotting on her horse.
"Watch her." He nodded in Emily's direction. "Bring her in 30 minutes."
"Yes, Your Grace." Clara curtsied and Max ran towards the house.
He walked into Liz room slowly yet quietly.
"Liz?" He said quietly.
"Max." He heard his name. She sounded exhausted.
"How do you feel?" He asked.
"Tired, yet elated. Max look at them, they're our babies." She looked down at her arms.
As if remembering Max looked down at the two baby boys.
"Say hi to you Papa boys." She smiled.
Max looked down at the tiny babies that were part him part his wife.
"Do we have names for them yet?" Max asked.
"No, not yet. I was waiting for you."
"How about Max?" He said.
"No."
"What's wrong with Max?" He asked.
"Nothing, I just don't want too. How about Phillip after your papa?" Liz said softly.
"I like that one."
"Phillip for him." Liz lifted one arm. "He was firstborn."
Max took his firstborn son's hand. "What about him." He nodded to the other twin who was just waking up.
"Jacob?"
"I like it." Max nodded.
"Mama!" Emily rushed in.
"Emily, you must be quiet." Max said picking her up.
"Look." Max pointed out the babies.
"Who are they?" She asked.
"Your brothers."
"My brothers?" She questioned. She climbed out of Max's arms and onto the bed.
"Yes, they're our babies." Liz said quietly.
"I don't like them, take them back." Emily said with tears trailing down her cheeks.
"What?" Liz questioned.
"Emily, we can't take them back." Max said quietly.
A nurse came forward and removed both babies from Liz's arms at her request.
"Emily, come here." Liz said gently. "Carefully, don't move the bed too much."
Emily slowly crawled up into her arms. "Why don't you like them, Love?" Liz questioned.
"I don't know." She whispered. "You're my mama." Emily hugged her and started crying.
"I'm still your mama." Liz hugged her fiercely back. "That's not going to change."
"It won't?" She said uncertainly.
"Yes, she's sure, I'm sure, Emily." Max said. "She still loves you the same, we love you." He hugged her.
"Alright." Emily nodded. "What are my brother's names?"
"Phillip and Jacob."
"How come there are two. Adele on has one brother."
"It's just what happened." Liz shrugged. Max looked proud of himself.
"I want to see them again." Emily said.
The nurse brought the babies back. "Can I hold one? They look the same."
"They're twins." Max explained.
"Will I be able to tell them apart?"
"Of course you will, you're their big sister." Liz said.
"I'm their big sister. They have to listen to me?"
"Yes, if you're fair."
"I'll be fair." She promised. "I love them."
"They love you. And we love you too, Emily." Liz reassured her once more.
"Mama?" She said after a few moments of silence.
"I wanna have twins too."
AN: You guys have been so great! It's been such a great ride. You guys all supported me so much and it really made it worth writing. I considered whether or not to make the last part, the last part. But I highly doubted I'd find another opportunity to make it that sweet. Plus it would have just dragged on and I know even novels that I read that I love that drag on get on my nerves and I don't like it anymore. So I made it end there. I've had such a wonderful time and I might write some more challenges I find the one I'm writing to be so much fun. And to answer Liz1490's question, there won't be a sequel to this one. Sorry guys. But thank you all so much!
Epilogue
"Papa, what's wrong with Mama?" Emily asked early the next morning, Max had met her at the door outer room of Liz's chambers.
There was a muffled shriek from the next room.
"Why don't we go outside?" Max took her hand nervously and tried to steer her away.
"No, I wanna be with Mama." She tried to pull away.
"No, come on, it's been snowing the past few days, come on, let's go." He told her.
"Will she be ok?" Another shriek. "I don't want to leave her." Emily shook her head.
"Hold on." Max left her in the antechamber and walked back in the room.
"Max, what are you doing in here?" Liz said breathlessly.
"Emily wants to see you." He said as he stroked her hand.
"She can't, Max." Liz said and pulled her hand away.
"There's no break?" He asked worried.
Her face contorted in a twist of pain.
"Bring the girl in." The doctor said. "Go now, before another pain hits."
"Mama!" Emily ran in the room as soon as she was permitted.
"Emily, you must go outside with Papa." She said trying not to let her pain show.
"No, I wanna stay with you."
"Emily, go, I need you to. It'll make me fell better." Emily said.
"Fine."
She looked so dejected that Liz wanted to call her back but was already to feel the pain of the next one.
"Max, hurry." She whispered.
Max picked her up fast and left the room before Liz let out another scream.
****
"Your Grace, you may see her now." Clara ran shouting across the lawn.
Max looked up from where Emily was trotting on her horse.
"Watch her." He nodded in Emily's direction. "Bring her in 30 minutes."
"Yes, Your Grace." Clara curtsied and Max ran towards the house.
He walked into Liz room slowly yet quietly.
"Liz?" He said quietly.
"Max." He heard his name. She sounded exhausted.
"How do you feel?" He asked.
"Tired, yet elated. Max look at them, they're our babies." She looked down at her arms.
As if remembering Max looked down at the two baby boys.
"Say hi to you Papa boys." She smiled.
Max looked down at the tiny babies that were part him part his wife.
"Do we have names for them yet?" Max asked.
"No, not yet. I was waiting for you."
"How about Max?" He said.
"No."
"What's wrong with Max?" He asked.
"Nothing, I just don't want too. How about Phillip after your papa?" Liz said softly.
"I like that one."
"Phillip for him." Liz lifted one arm. "He was firstborn."
Max took his firstborn son's hand. "What about him." He nodded to the other twin who was just waking up.
"Jacob?"
"I like it." Max nodded.
"Mama!" Emily rushed in.
"Emily, you must be quiet." Max said picking her up.
"Look." Max pointed out the babies.
"Who are they?" She asked.
"Your brothers."
"My brothers?" She questioned. She climbed out of Max's arms and onto the bed.
"Yes, they're our babies." Liz said quietly.
"I don't like them, take them back." Emily said with tears trailing down her cheeks.
"What?" Liz questioned.
"Emily, we can't take them back." Max said quietly.
A nurse came forward and removed both babies from Liz's arms at her request.
"Emily, come here." Liz said gently. "Carefully, don't move the bed too much."
Emily slowly crawled up into her arms. "Why don't you like them, Love?" Liz questioned.
"I don't know." She whispered. "You're my mama." Emily hugged her and started crying.
"I'm still your mama." Liz hugged her fiercely back. "That's not going to change."
"It won't?" She said uncertainly.
"Yes, she's sure, I'm sure, Emily." Max said. "She still loves you the same, we love you." He hugged her.
"Alright." Emily nodded. "What are my brother's names?"
"Phillip and Jacob."
"How come there are two. Adele on has one brother."
"It's just what happened." Liz shrugged. Max looked proud of himself.
"I want to see them again." Emily said.
The nurse brought the babies back. "Can I hold one? They look the same."
"They're twins." Max explained.
"Will I be able to tell them apart?"
"Of course you will, you're their big sister." Liz said.
"I'm their big sister. They have to listen to me?"
"Yes, if you're fair."
"I'll be fair." She promised. "I love them."
"They love you. And we love you too, Emily." Liz reassured her once more.
"Mama?" She said after a few moments of silence.
"I wanna have twins too."