The Naughty Cake
Chapter 15
An EPI
Today she is turning five… our precious… our princes Lily Esmee René Masen.
But today is also the day that we remember Edwards mom…
She was on her way to the hospital to meet her granddaughter..
And one stupid drunk driver made sure she didn't make it…
And now for the rest of Lily's life she will have a black spot on her birthday…
An empty chair… a dad who can't give his daughter a real smile…
But after today I can change that a bit…. I haven't told him yet… but we are having twins…
I went to the doctor last week… after feeling strange the last few weeks…
You know no energy… headache… I didn't go hungry… never thinking about maybe I am pregnant..
Because we were not trying… we use protection.. most of the time…
I was busy with this day… I wanted to give Lily a grand birthday.. and we needed to have a memorial for her grandma… the shop is rising in fame… so it is busy there to…
We are thinking of opening a third store…
So when the doctor asked me when I had my last period… I didn't know…
I was in chock, she took some blood to check if I might be pregnant.. which I am we found out.
So I got an ultrasound… to check how far along we are.. well 10 weeks now.. but the real surprise was 2 little beans with a heartbeat… I fell in love right there and then…
And because the little heartbeats were so strong she told me it was safe to assume noting would go wrong anymore…
I asked for a picture of the twins so I could give it to our soon to be big sister for her birthday…and I got two sets and a pic with them together .. so I looked at her with the question in my eyes..
"for the soon to be daddy of three" she said with a wink… I smiled and thanked her.
So I walked away with two pics of each baby and a pic with them together and with a idea in my head for a present.
I drove to a store where they could picture frame them.
And now I am a bit nervous how would Edward react… we never talked about more children… so when to give them? And how to tell him..
It is still early.. but our birthday girl will be awake very soon…
So I decide to wake Edward… and give him my presents…
"sweetheart, wake up… I got something for you.."
"hmm, it is still early babe.."
"sweetheart it is important for me…"
"OK .. I will wake up"
He opens his beautiful eyes and looks at me… "what is wrong?"
"I need to give you this.."
His brow rises and he looks at me fully awake now… "OK…."
He opens his first present and looks at it… it is a pic of baby one..
I can see his mind isn't awake yet… so I give him present with baby two…
He looks at me… and wants to say something but I quickly give him present three..
With shaky hands he opens it… and sees the two beans together…
"what am I looking at, honey?"
"I am pregnant…. That is why I felt so strange… "
"OK… but why ..what am I seeing here? "
Well.. this is the ultrasound… and this is a pic of the twins… and these are them in a alone shot"
I tell him very fast..
He looks at the pics again… his mouths opens… closes… opens and his eyes go very big..
"twins?" he whispers…
"yes"
He lances himself to me and gives me the biggest kiss ever while hugging me.. I feel his tears running over both our cheeks…
"thank you" he sighs… "thank you"
"How far along are you?" he ask
"Ten weeks… the doctor told me it is OK to tell people now, because their heartbeats are so strong"
"Ten weeks… how did we miss that?"
"we are busy people… with a lot on our mind.. we're not trying for it and so we didn't look for signs"
"Do we let Lily know? Do we tell our friends and family?"
"I have almost the same presents for Lily… and maybe we can let her tell our friends and family tonight at her party" I suggest
"yes, let's do that" he smiles
"baby I love you so much, thank you for carrying my babies" he whispers in my ear while placing his hands on my tummy
We hear our big girl sneak out of her room… and call for her..
She opens our door and jumps on the bed.
"hello birthday girl, how are you" I ask
"I am five now mommy, I am a big girl now" "can I have my presents?"
We give her our original present.. a backpack for school with lunchbox and a cup.. of course with Hello Kitty on it…heaven forbid if we forget that..
She is happy with the new school stuff…
But then Edwards whispers in her ear… "we have one more present for you to open.."
She is a kid and thinks nothing of it… the more the better in her eyes
We give her the picture frames and she looks at it… "that is stupid, I can make better pictures then this" she tells us.
"well baby, this is a special picture" Edwards tells her.
"this is a picture of the inside of mommy her tummy"
Her eyes grown real big…. "eew I don't want to see that.. did they open your tummy for that? Did you bleed? Did it hurt?… mommy are you ok?"
A tear threatens to fall… "No baby, they did not open my tummy, so there was no blood or pain…but there is something in my tummy"
She looks confused…
"there are two babies in mommy her tummy" Edward tells her "look this is a baby and that one is the other baby"
She screams and jumps up and down on our bed.
"we are having two babies! We are having two babies!"
She stops looks in my eyes and ask me "how long do I need to wait for the babies to come out?"
"they are still very tiny and they need to grow really big before they can come out… so we need to wait for at least 27 weeks … let's see that will be when you have your summer break"
"No! I can't wait so long… I want them now" "and I want two sisters…. And I name them Didi and Kitty just like my dolls" "and they are not allowed to play with my dolls.."
"I am sorry honey, but we have to wait for the babies until they are ready… and we don't know if they will be girls or boys or maybe a girl and a boy… and mommy and daddy are picking the names. But you can tell everybody tonight at your party that you are going to be a big sister of two little babies. How about that?"
She agrees and walks out of our room… "I need to pee"
Three hours later we drive away from the cemetery…
Edward told his mother about the new babies… tears running over his face… two other grandchildren she won't be able to hold… to meet…to love.
As we arrive to the memorial we tell Lily she isn't allowed to tell about the babies yet..
She is super excited about it… this makes Edward feel a little better too.
It is a short memorial.. but that is how his mom would have wanted it.. celebrate life, don't mourn about dead…
So we have four people who speak.. a lady who plays piano, a few songs… then we eat cake and toast with champagne on her life.
In the room we have different photos of her .. in different stages of her life… we have made a little photo album for all the guest and it contains the same photo's, to take home to remember her.
Hell we had a shitty start, but we made up and she became a big support for us especially during the pregnancy .. she helped a lot and made Lily's crib blanket, which I am proud of.. that is something that will never be thrown away.
I feel sad… these babies will have nothing special from her…
Finally it is time to go to the party house for Lily her party… Lily has been nagging on and on about it… this day is so long..
The first guests are arriving and lily bounces through the room…if you didn't know she was having a party… you would say we let her drink like five red bull or something..
At 7.30pm everybody is singing happy birthday and she stands in front of a big birthday cake.. ready to blow out five candles…
But then she turns to Edward and whispers something in his ear… his eyes shine and he nods yes… I wonder why.
She blows out three candles and she leaves the other two burning… looks me in the eyes and then to the guests..
" how many candles are burning?" she asks them
I smile
"two" they say
"that is how many babies mommy got in her tummy" she smiles
All eyes turn to me..
All I can do is smile and nod
People scream and give hugs and congrats us…
I just hold my big girls hand… I am so proud of her
After everybody is calm we sit and eat cake..
Then Lily can open her presents…
We almost need to buy a second house for all the toys and other presents she got.
It is time to go home and bring a young lady to bed..
"Edward, wake up…" "Damn Edward.. wake up… I think the water broke" I half scream
"it is to early… go back to sleep baby…"he mumbles
I wait three seconds then he sits up and looks at me… "we need to go to the hospital… why are you still in bed?'
I smile… this is the day…
It is 4.25am
We call Edwards father to meet us at the hospital and wake up Lily
She knows she will be staying with grandpa and mommy and daddy stay at the hospital for the babies to come… we talked about it at least a hundred times.
In the car we have our bags.. yes we are ready for the babies… I smile…leave it to Edward to have everything organized and ready.
Edward drives and I call the guys in the bakery… Edward and I won't be coming today.. but the babies will.
I hear them scream through the phone….
"Edward, please hurry… they want to come now!" I hiss through a big contraction
Edward pales and steps on it… we drive like madman… thank God it is nighttime and the roads are almost empty.
We arrive at the hospital and the deliver team is ready for us… we decided on a C-section because it is safer for the three of us.
So we kiss and say see you soon… Edward needs to wait for his dad and I am going in for the C-section .
EPOV
This is it… this is the day… the twins are coming….
I wait for my dad in the waiting room… he will take care of Lily while I go into the room and stand by Bella… I am so nervous… I hope everything will go as planned.
Lily fell back to sleep when we were driving to the hospital, so she misses my nervous pacing… better that way
"Edward" my dad jells
"o Dad, thank you for coming…" I give him Lily and hug him…
"go son… it will be OK… go to your woman"
I nod and go to the changing room.. to put on some hospital clothes
The nurse tell me what to do and opens the door…
Bella is there on a operation table…with all kinds of medical equipment around her.
The medical team look at me and back to work..
I sit next to Bella her head and kiss her… she smiles…it makes my body relax some…
"are you ready" the doc ask us.
We nod
"5.15pm… here is baby one…. Open your legs little thing…ah.. It is a boy"
He gives our baby boy to a nurse and goes back in…
I follow the nurse…
"what will be his name, daddy" she ask me
I look at him and a tear falls… "Peter Edward Charles Masen" I say proud
Beautiful names for this beautiful strong healthy boy
"Daddy, are you ready for baby two?"
I look behind me…
"5.20pm here is baby two…ha, it is a girl!" the doc tells me and Bella
The nurse give me Peter and a other nurse comes with my baby girl…
"what will be her name? " the nurse ask again
The tears are running freely now… "Alison Rose Masen"
After checking out Alison she brings her to Bella…
I walk to her with Peter… I kiss them… "I love you Bella.. thank you for our beautiful children."
The babies are now six months…
Our life is complete… we have three healthy children…
The bakery is in the top 5 we are opening our third shop in four months..
Rose and Alice are going to run it…
So Bella can stay home some more… she still is our designer but only the big cakes…
We are doing fine.. more than fine… this is my dream come true!
Now let's make some cake!