Always You (54 page)

I could hear Riley giggling, she was squeezing my hand trying to get my attention, but I couldn’t move. I felt like I’d been frozen on the spot, like time had stopped. How the hell could we have made twins? It felt like that saying about buses,
‘you wait for one for ages, and then two come along at once’
. I guess all that practicing for a baby had done its job better than we thought.

My mouth had gone dry. Twins. Possibly two daughters that I had to worry about looking like their Mommy. Wow, I was in trouble!

The sonographer turned round the screen that she’d been looking at, so we could see the pictures. I could see an oval outline of her womb, then it looked like it had been divided into two, with two little shapes moving around inside, going in and out of focus.

I could hear Riley saying my name over and over, and I tried to look at her but I couldn’t get my eyes off of the computer screen. I could see the two little shapes there, the little grey blobs moving around. The sonographer flicked a button and suddenly I could hear frantic beating sounds. Was that the babies’ heartbeats?

Two sets of nappies. Two babies waking up in the middle of the night. Two babies screaming for food.

I finally managed to drag my eyes to the computer and looked at Riley. My wife. The love of my life. Mother of my……two……children.

“Looks like I got you good,” I mumbled, not knowing what else to say.

She burst out laughing, stroking her hand down the side of my face. I was still a little shocked but it was slowly sinking in. I was going to be a daddy, not once but twice, all because of this amazing girl on the bed.

“I love you Riley bear,” I said, meaning every single word.

She smiled and pulled me closer to her. “I love you too, Clay,” she whispered.

“This means double the trouble,” I joked, putting my hand on her stomach, ignoring the gel that squelched under my fingers.

“Yeah……. but twice the fun,” she answered.

I laughed and kissed her again. Twins. I really was in big trouble.

THE END