Chapter 12

A/N: OMG! I can't believe that I am finally up to chapter 12 already! Whoa! Okay. So like I said last chapter, that I wouldn't update until I had 20 reviews. Well… I can't tell how many I actually got. Why? Because I deleted almost all of the author's notes and something happened. All the reviews that came after the author's note that was chapter 11 went onto as the story chap 11 so I got confused. And I know that u r confused by this explanation, but hey… so am I! =P Okay, so last chapter, Max ran into Lissa. AAAAHHHHHH! Nightmare! But anyway, I also said that Max is gonna be even closer to having the baby. Well, that was true. I am not good at writing through a pregnancy. And I am not afraid to admit it. Okay, so I will stop this blathering cause I know that the ratio of likeliness of people reading this author's note is, like, 300:1. Meaning, in every 300 people, only 1 person will read this. Well, on with the story.

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I turned back to mom and shrugged, "She always was a bitch,"
She just had an eyebrow raised. I finished eating my chips and started on my burger. She shook her head and ate her nuggets.

Dedication:

I have decided that instead of writing up a different dedication every chapter, I will just say that from now onwards, I will just dedicate my stories to all the important people in my life… YOU GUYS! My dedicated readers and reviewers. =) (oh, and my family, friends and my boyfriend.)

IPOV (can you guess who?)

I walked into the living room and over to the couch. I sat down and fell straight on my ass onto the floor.

"Ouch! What the hell? Where is the couch?" I yelled.

I heard Max waddle into the room, "Iggy, what are you doing on the floor? Are you trying to find something?"

"Yeah… the couch!"

"Hey, you don't have to yell," she sounded hurt and upset.

I got up and made my way over to her. "I'm sorry Max; I didn't mean to sound like that."

There was a pause and then she said, "I'm nodding my head Ig."

I smiled and I asked quietly, "So where is the couch?"

"We are getting a new one today. We just moved it outside so that we can bring the new one in." she told me. I could hear the happiness in her voice.

"Okay, so when is the new couch coming in?" I asked. I could hear the babies kicking. I could also hear something else, but I couldn't place what it was. I could only tell that it was coming from Max's belly.

"About – aaahhh!" Max cried out in pain.

"Max? What's wrong?" I demanded.

Something liquid hit the floor. The sound of it came from Max's direction.

"I think… that my water broke," she sounded in pain.

I felt scared. "Fang!" I screamed.

Everyone came running into the room and Fang asked what the hell I was screaming for.

"Look at Max. She said that her water broke and she sounded in pain. I think the baby is coming."

As soon as I said that, everyone started panicking and jumped into action. Dr M. started barking out orders and Fang ushered Max into the car outside.

MPOV

Fang ushered me into the front passenger seat of the car. Mom, Ella and Nudge were in the backseat already. Fang jumped into the driver's seat and turned on the car.

We arrived at the hospital and a nurse came over to us.

"Hello, how may I help you?" she asked.

I looked at her and said, "I am in labour. My baby is coming NOOOWW!" I screamed when another contraction rippled through me.

The nurse looked scared and instantly called out for the doctor and put me in a wheelchair. I was taken to a private room and was told that I could only have three people in the room. I quickly chose Mom, Ella and Fang.

ELEVEN HOURS FIFTY EIGHT MINUTES LATER

The doctor came into the room and told me that I was ready to have my baby. Fang sat behind me so that I could lean against him. He rubbed soothing circles on my back, just above where my wings joined with my back.

"Okay Max, on the next contraction, I need you to push hard. Can you do that?" his voice was calm. It made me want to strangle him. That he could be this calm while I was in the worst pain I had ever been in. And I had suffered a lot of pain in my life.

I nodded my head though, and on cue, on the contraction I pushed. And I pushed hard. I wanted them out of me and I wanted this pain over.

The contraction was over and I had to stop pushing to catch my breath. The doctor told me that he saw the head and that I only had to push once more on the next contraction.

I pushed one last time and my first child slid out. I panicked when I didn't hear a cry, but the doctor held the baby and looked up at me with a shocked expression on his face.

My heart stopped beating and I quietly asked, "What's wrong?"

"Your baby girl is asleep. Perfectly healthy, but asleep. I've never seen anything like this before." He held shocked wonder in his voice as he spoke.

I saw my daughter start to squirm, and then I saw her eyes open and her start to cry.

"Fayleine," I whispered, naming my daughter. I let out a breath and smiled. The doctor handed Fayleine over to me after cutting the umbilical cord. My smile disappeared though as I was racked with more pain from another contraction. I was already over the pain and wanted my son out.

I handed Fayleine to my mum and cried out in pain.

"Max, it's okay, it's just the after effects." Mum said in a soothing voice. I let out a breath as the contraction ended.

"Max, I know you're exhausted, but you have to push again on the next contraction. Can you do that for me?" the doctor asked.

I nodded my head and pushed as soon as I felt the pain of yet another contraction. I felt the head pop out and the contraction ended.

"You're doing great Max. You can do it. Just one more big push on the next contraction. Okay?"

I nodded and smiled. Ella was holding Fayleine and Mum had just collapsed into a chair. I could sense in her mind that she was in shock that I was giving birth to not one, but two babies.

Before I could hear anymore, another contraction hit me and I pushed, and pushed hard. I felt Jace slide out and I heard him cry out really loud. I reached out for him and the doctor handed my son to me.

I looked over at Mom in the chair and saw that it was full of shock, excitement, but also sadness. I could hear clearly what her thoughts were.

Twins? Why didn't she tell me? Didn't she trust me enough to tell me that she was having twins?

I looked over at Ella and saw that she was trying to keep her expressions off her face. I heard in her mind that she had suspected that I was pregnant with twins, as I was too big for just one baby.

I looked back down at my son in my arms.

"Jason," I named him. "Jace for short," As soon as he was in my arms, he quieted down instantly. He cuddled into me and let out a content sigh. My eyes widened, I could hear both Fayleine's and Jason's thoughts. Fayleine was missing me, she didn't know where I was and Jace was happy and tired. He was falling asleep.

"He's beautiful," Fang whispered in my ear.

I nodded and asked if he could take him so that I could take my daughter.

Fang climbed off the bed from behind me and took Jace from me. I reached out to Ella and asked, "Ella, can I please have her? I haven't held her yet."

She reluctantly came over to me and put my daughter into my tired arms. I instantly felt her calm down when she was in my arms.

THIRTEEN HOURS LATER

I sat on the hospital bed, holding my baby girl and baby boy. Mum was sitting in a seat next to my bed. She hadn't said a word since I gave birth to my son, who had been born after my daughter. My daughter had been born at 11:58 pm. My son came three minutes later at 12:01 am.

Fang came back into the room with a bottle of water for me. He sat it down on the bedside table and took Jace. I turned to mum and asked, "Would you like to hold Fayleine?"

She looked up at me and nodded. She was still in shock that I gave birth to twins, rather than the one baby we told her we were having.

She looked up at my breathless and tired question and nodded her head. She walked over to the hospital bed and gently took Fayleine out of my arms. I let out an exhausted sigh and gratefully drank the water. It soothed my raw throat from the pain filled screams

I sighed in happiness and exhaustion, put the water down on the bedside table, leaned back, closed my eyes and fell asleep as soon as my head was on the pillow.

NEXT DAY

I woke up to loud crying. I bolted upwards thinking that someone in the flock was in trouble, but when my eyes adjusted to the brightness of the room, I remembered that I was in the hospital after giving birth to my two very adorable children.

I looked over to the crying and saw mum holding Fayleine and Ella holding Jason. Both of my babies were crying and Ella and mum looked stressed out as though they didn't know what to do.

I sat up properly and made sure that I was comfortable, and then I reached out for both of my babies. They handed them to me one by one. "Where is Fang?" I asked.

They looked at each other and after a moment, they turned back to me and told me that he had just gone to the bathroom and then to a shop to get me something other than hospital food to eat for when I woke up.

I narrowed my eyes, but let it slip. I tried to get a peek in their minds and see what the truth was, but they were heavily guarded. I couldn't even get a read on what they were feeling. I looked into the minds of Fayleine and Jason and found that they had just wanted to be with me and near my heart because it was a soothing sound to them apparently. I smiled and just held them close to me and each other.

I fell asleep again with them on my chest.

I sat bound to the chair. Fang was standing in the room in front of me with the Flock. He was holding Jason, Ella was holding Fayleine. Jeb was behind them closing the door. I could see Brigid in the corner of the room. Dozens of erasers were around us, all of them were morphed and holding shotguns. I knew what they were going to do, but I couldn't cry out because they had gagged me. I looked at Angel, but I saw that she had a smug look on her face. She knew what was going to happen, but she wasn't going to stop it. She was a part of it. She had betrayed us all. She backed up to stand with Brigid and Jeb. I tried to call out to the Flock with my mind, but I couldn't. I couldn't even read their minds. The erasers lifted the guns up and started shooting. Tears were streaming down my face as I saw Fang get shot in the head. He dropped to the ground, dead. He landed on Jason and was crushing him. I tried to call out again, but couldn't.

After another five minutes, everyone was dead, and I was still bound to the chair. I was crying for the lives of my family. I had just found out that I was pregnant again; I hadn't even been able to tell Fang. I looked down and saw that a few of the bullets had gone astray and had got my in the stomach and legs. I knew instantly that my unborn child was dead. I looked back up at Angel and looked into her eyes. She was right in front of me.

"Max, you should have known this day would come. You should never have gotten pregnant. You should have always put me first before anyone else. This is your own fault." She smirked.

I narrowed my eyes at her and saw her take a gun of one of the erasers. She aimed it at me and the next thing I knew was that she had shot it and I was dying. I saw all my blood leaking out and my vision was becoming dark. I felt my heart stop, and a few seconds later, my vision went completely black. I was dead.

I woke up with a start. I had tears streaming down my face and I looked around instantly to make sure that Fayleine and Jason were there in their cots. I let out a sigh of relief when I saw them. I was shaken by the dream immensely. I didn't want to go through that fear and pain again. I would protect my family no matter the consequences.

So that is the end of yet another chapter! I hope that it was worth the long wait... I hope that you will review so that I can get the encouragement from you lovely and dedicated readers. Your reviews are what keeps me going! =)

I just want to let you know, I don't know what it is like in other countries, but in Australia, in schools, we have websites blocked. In my school, FanFiction is blocked, but FictionPress is not. I am also in yr 11 and currently also at Tafe where I am currently studying the introduction to children's services as I want to become a daycare worker when I leave school. I will also be studying for my licence and preliminary HSC (yr 11 high school certificate) i will also be continuing on after yr 11 and i will finish yr 12 and get my HSC. So for the next 2 years, I will try to write and update whenever I can, but with all my studies going on, I will not have much time... and added to that, despite not updating for a while, there have been so many people reading this story and have put it on story alert, but not even a third is reviewing. That is upsetting me, so therefore, I will start writing the next chapter as soon as possible, but granted the time that everyone will be given to review, I will not be updating until i have a complete total of 15 reviews for this chapter. I am also losing confidence on how I am actually writing because so many people are reading but not reviewing. If you r a member of FF and have written ur own stories, than u will know that u can see how many reviews go to each chapter.