Cassy, Will and I wish you a happy new year! :) You guys made 2015 amazing for me :)

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I open my eyes slowly and the blink to give them time to adjust to the light. My head is propped up on pillows. The first thing my eyes land on are pink and blue balloons over my head. I shift slightly and my eyes land on the face I want to see.

William's sitting next to my bed with his elbows propped up on it. It seems as if he was watching me sleep.

"Hey." He says, leaning forward and taking one of my hands. The one without the drip sticking out of it.

"It's over." I whisper.

A smile spreads over his face. "You lost consciousness before finding out about the second baby. It's a boy. Congratulations!"

I smile back at him.

I have twins!

I have a daughter!

I have a son!

I'm a mother!

A very happy mother!

"Where are they?" I ask him. "Have you seen them?"

He nods his head. "They're in the nursery. I've seen them and held them. It's an amazing feeling. I mean, I held them both separately because I was afraid I'll drop one if I hold them together."

This makes me laugh. "When can I meet them?"

"They're eagerly waiting to meet their mother. We were just waiting for you to wake up. Shall I have Dr. Maria bring them in?" He asks.

I nod. "Yeah."

He gets up from his seat and leaves the room. I take a deep breath and try to lessen the smile on my face but I can't. I feel like I'm going to burst with happiness.

The door opens again and William reenters, followed by Aunt Maria who has a tiny bundle of pink blankets in her hand.

"Congratulations, Cassandra!" She says, as she nears my bed.

"Thank you." I smile at her and then hold out my arm like a little child reaching for candy.

"Here you go." She says, slipping the bundle into my arms.

I can tell that it's my daughter since I saw her earlier. She has her eyes closed and hands clenched in tiny fists. I touch her arm and realize that it's the softest and most delicate thing I've ever touched.

It's almost the same as holding a doll. The difference is that the one in my arms is breathing and is slightly larger than the average dolls. I carefully shift her slightly, before looking back up at the doctor.

"What about...?" I start to ask but she knows what I mean and says. "I'm going back to get him."

With this she turns on her heal and walks out of the room to bring me my son.

"I can't believe we're actually parents." William says who's back in the seat next to my bed.

"Yeah." I reply, smiling at him.

He smiles back at me for a minute before leaning forward so that our lips meet. I take away a hand from under my daughter's blankets and press it against his face. He leans forward even more, deepening the kiss.

"I love you so much." He says, pressing his lips to my forehead.

"I love you too." I tell him and sigh.

The door opens again and...

I lapse into darkness again.

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This time when I gain consciousness, the first thing my brain registers is.

That was just a dream.

I open my eyes slowly and the blink to give them time to adjust to the light. My head is propped up on pillows. But when I fully open my eyes there are no balloons hovering over my head. After looking at my side I realize that William isn't there either.

In fact I'm in a private room and there's no one there. Or at least that's what I think till my eyes find the door. There right next to it is a couch and there's someone sitting on it. Sitting on it with his head in his hands.

"William?" I whisper, making him look up.

But I wish I hadn't called out his name. I want him to look back down. I want that dream to be true because there are tears in his eyes which were red.

"What is it?" I ask when he just keeps staring at me.

Without a word he gets up from the couch and walks over to the armchair next to the bed. He sits down and props his elbows on the bed. Just like in the dream but unlike then, there are tears in his eyes.

"What is it?" I ask again, when he sits there looking at me.

He sighs and looks down at his hands, shaking his head and muttering. "You don't deserve this."

"What?" I ask, confused. "What don't I deserve?"

He looks up straight into my eyes. But after looking at me for a few seconds, he looks down again. After a while it's clear that he's not going to tell me anything.

I reach out and cover his hand in mine. "Buddy, tell me."

After a moment, a gut feeling makes me blurt out. "Are they alright?"

"Who?" He asks, looking up confused.

"Our children!" I exclaim.

He doesn't reply and after a few minutes I realize I'm crying. Tears are streaming down my face but I'm just staring at my husband with my mouth hanging open.

"Just tell, me what's wrong!" I scream finally done with the silent treatment.

"I can't just tell you." He says, running a hand through his hair, still not looking at me.

"Is it our daughter?" I ask him.

"She's fine." He replies and seems to bend over even more.

"Then...What about our son?" I ask him.

His head jerks up. "How do you know it was a son?"

"I had a dream..." I start to explain but then trail off as more tears slip out. "What do you mean 'was'?"

"Cassandra..." He starts but I know he's not going to give me a straight answer which makes me lose my patience.

"FOR GOD'S SAKE WILLIAM! JUST TELL ME!" I scream, crying.

This makes him loose it too. "HOW IS SOMEONE SUPPSOSED TO TELL A MOTHER THAT HER SON WAS A STILLBORN?!"

It takes a minutes to absorb what he just said. "What?" I whisper.

He seems to realize what he just said. "Cassy, I'm sorry. I never meant you to find out this way."

I have my eyes clenched shut trying to keep in tears. But they're pouring out. My body's shaking as I cry. I feel him wrap his arms around me and hold me as I grieve my son.

My son who died before his mother even saw him.

I had twins.

I have a daughter.

I had a son.

He's now.

And I'm heartbroken.

I had tears in my eyes as I wrote this chapter. This death was planned since the moment I decided to write a sequel. Basically, the previous 39 chapters were written so that the story would build up to this.

I remember that when I posted the chapter "not one but two!" NILA2763 suggested that I change the name of the story to "the royals and the babies" but I kept the same name for a reason and this chapter was the reason.

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