Chapter 18: Roseanne and Adonis

Nat's POV

Like always, I was the first awake. I was standing in the bathroom, brushing my teeth, when Rosalina walked in. She came to me, whispering in my ear, "You need to shave that fur ball on your face." I chuckled, smiling at her.

"I told you I'm not shaving for another week," I said.

"Please?" she begged. "You cannot make stubble work, I'm sorry to break it to you."

"Fine," I said. "But only because your begging."

She waved me off, leaning on the counter. "You okay?" I asked. She nodded, then stood up a little straighter.

"Just a little exhausted," she said.

"You just woke up," I said.

"And I walked all the way from the bed to the bathroom without a break," she said.

"I did that too," I said.

"But I did it all a little close to nine months pregnant," she said.

"Ah yes," I said, putting my tooth brush down. "How is my little miracle doing?"

"She's a pain in the ass but totally worth it," Rosalina said, smiling at me.

"You don't know if it's a girl," I said, gently touching her protruding belly.

"I have high hopes," she said, smiling at me.

"Well I have high hopes its a boy," I said.

"You already have two boys," she said. "A girl would be very nice."

"You are right," I admitted. I kissed her forehead, then went back to my business.

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Rosalina's POV

I was sitting on the couch, watching some boring kids' show. I had my youngest, Aidan, sitting on my right, his head resting on my stomach. He head curly hair that made him look a little like Alex, and tiny brown eyes. He was only two, while his brother, Kyle, was five. Kyle was in the kitchen with Nat, doing something to my poor kitchen. He had shaggy, light brown hair, and really big, brown eyes.

Today was gonna be great. Kristina was coming back to New York from her fashion internship in Milan, Qaasim was coming back from his extra schooling down in Louisiana (he was gonna be some type of scientist), David was coming back from chilling with Qaasim, Thomas was with Kristina, Cooper was a big time manager and was hardly ever in New York so he was visiting too, Gina runs one of the New York branches from Habitat for Humanity alongside Stacy. But they're barely in town, since they do upstate habitats and we're south, and Alex was coming for his break from his extra schooling after college. Alex made Nat swear not to tell anyone what he was studying, so that's all the information I could give you.

Nat was leaving in a few minutes to go pick them up from the airport, which was a terrible idea. Everyone has agreed that I should refrain from walking around too much during pregnancy, so that meant that Kyle and Aidan had to stay either with me or near me. You cannot contain a five and a two year old. Luckily it was early morning and they were both tired. After Kyle brought a plate of food to the couches, he sat on the other side of me, resting the plate on the top of my belly for him and Aidan to share. "Mommy," Kyle said. "Can we stay in our pjs today?"

"But your aunties and uncles are coming today," I reminded him.

"I know," he said. "But you get to do it."

"Fine, but only until three." I said. "And I said for you to stop putting your plates on me."

"But we eatin our veggies," Aidan said, holding up the piece of broccoli he was chewing on.

"I like eating next to you," Kyle said.

"Auntie Kris is coming?" Aidan asked.

"Yep," I answered.

"Presents?" Aidan asked, making my chuckle.

"We'll see if she brings you presents," I said.

He smiled up at me, then went back to his show. About an hour and a half later, when Kyle had fallen asleep and Aidan was on the verge of, I heard the loud, obnoxious voices of my friends from outside. I gently shook Kyle awake, telling him and Aidan to get up so I could go open the door. I slowly got up, and (slowly) made my way to the door. "Is she even in there?" Someone asked from outside.

"Last I checked," Nat said from outside. "Maybe she's coming from upstairs."

"Well she needs to hurry up," someone said in annoyance.

I opened the door, cocking my head at them all. "It's not very nice to talk about people on the other side of the door," I said.

"Rosa!" Gina exclaimed, coming over to me. "Sweetie, what has the evil Nat done to you?"

"What are you talking about?" I asked, putting my hands on my back.

"You're pregnant," she said.

"Again," Stacy said.

"I can't believe she let Nat smash that again," David said.

"Respect," Qaasim said, slapping Nat's hands.

I rolled my eyes, turning around and walked to the kitchen. Kyle was sitting at the island, playing on Nat's tablet while Aidan was on his tippy toes, eating scraps of food. They both turned around and smiled. "Daddy!" Aidan exclaimed, running over to Nat. Nat lifted him up, giving him a kiss on the cheek. Kyle walked over to us, hugging each of us separately.

"No love for Auntie Kris?" Kristina asked Aidan. He shook his head with a smile on his face, his curls swinging violently. "But I brought my favorite nephews presents." Kylie's attentions turned to her.

"Presents?" he asked hopefully. Kris smiled, picking him up.

She took Aidan from Nat, then went to the front door where they left their bags. I sighed, resting an elbow on the counter top. "So, why another kid?" Thomas asked.

"Just happened." I said.

"You're really big," Stacy said.

"Well yea I'm due in like a week and a half," I said. "I can barely get from the bed to the bathroom."

"Why are you standing?" Nat suddenly asked.

"To answer the door for you since you forgot your keys," I said.

"I didn't forget my keys," he said.

"Then why didn't you open the door yourself?" I asked.

"Because I forgot my keys," he said quietly. "Now, go sit down."

I rolled my eyes, feeling him put his hand on my shoulder. "You can still nag us all from the couch," he said. I laughed lightly, then made my way to the couches.

"We'll take our time," David mocked. "We can still get there faster than you can."

"I will kill you Levi," I warned.

"Don't kill poor David," Gina said. "Who will smash me then?"

"Someone who deserves it," I said, making the other laugh. I turned around, smiling cockily.

"Your getting on my last nerves," David said through gritted teeth.

"You can ask anyone, I do try," I said, making them laugh a little harder.

"Why don't you just sit your fat-ass down?" David retorted.

"I was trying to but I had to teach you what you don't say to pregnant people," I snapped. After he was silent for a few moments, I continued walking to the couch.

"Look what you did David," Thomas whispered loudly. "You made her mad."

"She's only slightly pissed," Nat said, walking over to me. He sat down, wrapping his arm around my shoulder.

"Where are my children?" I asked suddenly, looking around.

"Where did Kristina take them?" Nat asked, looking around. Just as we said this, Kyle came running back in, a smile on his face.

"Mommy!" he exclaimed, running over to me. "Mommy, Daddy, come look what Auntie Kris brought us."

"I already saw, pappi," Nat said, a smile on his face. Kyle grabbed my hands, weakly pulling on them.

"Mommy come see," Kyle said.

"Can't you bring it to me?" I asked.

"I dunno, it's heavy," he said. He grabbed my hand, pulling on it again. "Come on Mommy. Please?" I looked at Nat for help. He sighed, then stood up, picking up Kyle.

"Come on, I'll help you bring it so Mommy can see," Nat said, then started walking away. I smiled at him, then Gina and Stacy came over, sitting next to me. Gina wrapped an arm around me.

"So, any names?" Gina asked.

"Nope," I said.

"You're kidding, right?" Stacy asked.

"No," I said. "The only thing that I know for certain is that my hospital bag is packed upstairs. Nat did everything else."

"He picked out names too?" Stacy asked.

"No, that and the gender we don't know," I said. "I want a girl and Nat wants a boy. We'll see what happens."

"You are too relaxed," Gina said suspiciously.

"It's my hormones, relax," I said. "And I'm glad I'm not stressed, it's not fun, you know?"

"No, because we're not whores like you," Stacy said, making me laugh.

"It's not being a whore, it's about actually loving someone to the extent that you want to start a family with them," I explained.

"I might be planning on it," Stacy said.

"Might be?" Gina asked. Stacy was about to answer when Nat came back. He was walk with Kyle holding onto one hand and with the other he was holding a little boy, definitely younger than Aidan. I gaped at them, a huge smile on my face. Kris came over, an anxious smile on her face. She took the baby from Nat, standing in front of me. "You brought me a baby?" I asked jokingly.

"I brought me a baby, and you so happened to be here," Kristina said.

"Does this little cutie have a name and or age?"

"And or?" Stacy mumbled.

"Well, when we found out his gender we were spending some time in Greece and Tommy came up with the idea to name him after a Greek God," Kristina explained. "So, we went with the lovely Adonis—"

"The God of beauty?" I asked, cocking a smile.

"Shut up," she said, a small blush on her cheeks. "He's only 14 months though."

"He's so cute," I said.

"My baby, you can't hold him," Kristina said. "Plus, he loves to pull on everything."

"That explains why you don't have any jewelry on," Gina said.

And from there, our lives went on. Roseanne Wolff was born two days later. Yes, it was a girl. I had my instincts, too bad for Nat. Every once in a while, we go back to the uneven stop in the grass at the park, just to remember the day. The day with the memory of the encased football on our mantel. The day I was hit by a football twice and met Nat Wolff.