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{The Next Morning | (5:03 p.m)}

"Kalvin." He felt someone shaking him, "Kalvin ! Kalvin, wake up ! KALVIN ! "

He groaned and turned on his other side and put the duvet over his head to keep sleeping. He was tired and wanted to rest, now wasn't the time to bother him. But the person continued to shake him anyway.

"KALVIN ! Ouch ! Kalvin, WAKE THE FUCK UP ! " Still he didn't move, "KALVIN ! MY WATER BROKE ! "

It took him one entire minute to react to this tough, "...What ? " He asked sitting up slowly.

Cora rolled her eyes, "My water broke ! The baby is coming ! "

He shook his head, "No. You're lying. The baby is not coming." He said as his heart beat started beating faster than usual.

She smacked her lips, took her pillow and hit him with this a few times, "Stop the bullshit and help me ! We have to go to the hospital ! "

"Are you sure you just didn't pee on y-OUCH ! " He rubbed his arm that she pinched, "What did you do that for ? "

"Kalvin, now it's not the time for trippin' ! I'm going to deliver the baby ! Hurry up ! We practiced this already, get up ! "

But he couldn't move. His body was frozen and his brain also. Yes, they did practice to prepare themselves for this important day, but now he didn't know what to do. At all.

"Uh..." He couldn't speak either.

Her eyes grew wide as she realized than he was panicking. She didn't need this right now, "TWINS ! ACACIA, ALMAR ! ALMAR, ACACIA ! THE BABY IS COMING ! "

"I told you it was now and not in one hour ! " Acacia told her twin brother once they entered in. Something was telling them that their little sister was on her way and for some reason, they couldn't sleep. Fortunately that they had that insomnia.

"Mummy, are you okay ? " Almar asked as they approached the bed.

Cora nodded, "Yes. But I need your help. Kalvin is...petrified. Call Dr.Gregoirs and tell her that we're coming right now, then take the bag for the baby and me and then put your shoes on and come to help to put mine on." She said to her daughter.

"Okay. Is her number registered in your phone ? "

"Yes. And you Almar, tried to get...Kalvin to wake up. If you have to, slap him."

"Okay." He walked to Kalvin's side and snapped his fingers before his face, but it did nothing, "KAL ! KALVIN, C'MON ! " He yelled in his face, but Kalvin was too shock to do something. He wasn't ready. Now, he could wait more before to have his baby girl in his arms. She could definitely stayed in Cora's belly for more months.

"Almar, just slap him ! " Cora was furious. She needed Kalvin to get his shit together and to support her.

Almar wasn't too sure about this, "Uh...you really want me to slap him ? That's rude, mom." Suddenly, an idea came in his mind. He ran in the kitchen and got the hot sauce, then went back upstairs in the room. He opened the bottle and put it in Kalvin's mouth, then let the sauce slide in his throat. And it got the result he wanted when Kalvin jumped out of the bed coughing.

"What the hell ?! "

"We need your help. The baby is coming ! " Almar said pointing his mother's stomach.

"Oh shoot ! " He quickly moved to Cora's side, "Lord ! I disconnected for a moment sorry."

"Yes, I noticed. Now help me to get in the car ! "

"Did you call-"

"Yes."

"And the ba-"

"Yes."

"And-"

"Kalvin, get me IN THE CAR ! "

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"Okay...Uh...Are we sure that we have everything ? " Kal asked once they were finally all in his car.

"Yes." The twins answered as Cora was focused on staying calm.

"Okay." He patted his pockets beginning to panic again, "Where are my keys ? "

The kids groaned in the backseat rolling their eyes and Cora closed her eyes counting to ten in her head to restrain herself from chocking him. He must be kidding her right now. She was starting to be in pain and he was acting dumb.

Acacia smacked her lips, "They are already in the ignition, Kal. Focus, please ! " She said and then Cora let escape a long breath.

"Are the contractions beginning already ? " Kal asked while his hands started shaking. He was losing control of his body again.

"What do you think ? I'm not breathing like that for my own fun ! Drive now ! "

But he couldn't. A lot of thoughts were running in his mind and he couldn't put them in order. He was scared. He was scared to fuck up, like he was doing now. And the realization of him having his baby hit him like a truck.

A father.

He was becoming one to the twins, but them were already ten years old. A new born was something totally new. A new born was more fragile than children of ten years old. Plus, the twins could take care of themselves for some things, contrary to a little baby.

He had nine months to get ready and here he was completely freaking out. Nine months seemed long, very long at the beginning; but now it seemed like these months passed way too fast. He'd rather have one year, to be honest, but it had no choice over this. Nine months and nothing else. Well, they did have one more week though. But now was the time they were all waiting for. It was showtime.

"KALVIN ! "Cora called getting him out of his trance.

He shook his head and put his hands on the wheel, then took a deep breath. He could do it. He went through a lot in life and this was just another challenge. A beautiful challenge actually. They were finally going to welcome baby girl into the world. She was going to be there with them.

"Sorry, I got it. Let's go."

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After thirty-five minutes, they were finally pulling in front of the hospital. Kalvin parked the car and they got out the fastest they could. The twins were carrying all the stuff and Kalvin was helping Cora to walk. When they entered in the maternity, Dr.Gregoirs was at the reception desk asking the receptionist if she had seen them.

"Nessa ! "

She turned around and smiled going towards them, "Hey ! Excited ? "

"Can you put her in a room and do you job, please ? We don't have time to chit chat today."

She kept her smile on. It was normal, "Nervous, huh ? Can I have a wheelchair, please and get a room ready for Ms.McKall ! " She yelled and immediately two nurses came to them, "I hope you're ready to spend a very long day." Dr.Gregoirs said patting Kalvin's shoulder and followed the nurse who was pushing Cora to her room.

"Kids, I'm about to faint." Kal confessed frozen once again.

Acacia folded her arms and rolled her eyes, "Urg ! Kal, you need to get it together ! Stay strong ! "

"Yes, everything is gonna be alright. If you want, we can even give you the n-"

"No, Al we agreed about this. When she's here. Plus, I don't think it will help him. We should call everybody to let them know that the new member is on her way to meet us."

"Kalvin, are you listening to us ? " Almar asked looking at him and he got no answer.

The two groaned and each one took one hand, then dragged him to Cora's room.

Yes, it was going to be a very long day.

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(8:03 a.m)

Two hours passed and the baby was still not here. Of course. Delivering a baby is not that easy. Cora was not dilated enough, just yet. Kalvin was more calm now and he was showing all his support to her. He was by her side and when she needed something, he was there to give it to her immediately. The twins stayed outside waiting on everybody to arrive.

"Hey ! "

Cora grinned seeing her mother walking in, "Hey." Then she frowned, "How did you know we were here ? I didn't call you."

"The twins called us." Sancy answered coming behind, "So how are you feeling ? Does it hurt ? "

"I'm good for now. No need to panic." She said and shoot a glare to Kalvin, who shrugged innocently.

"Hey, I'm fine now."

"MY GODDAUGHTER IS COMING TO TOWN TODAY ! YAS ! I'm going to be a godfather ! " All of sudden the room was filled with pink and white balloons and pink teddy bears.

Sasha and Sancy laughed a little, "Terry, what the..."

Cora chuckled slightly, "You didn't need to do all that."

"Yeah, get outta here with all that, homie." Kalia said walking in with Louis. They have a huge bouquet of flowers with them and they put it on the little table near the window, "How are you ? " She asked Cora.

"I'm good. But um...If you all planned to stay all here, I'm going to nicely ask you to get the fuck out of here." She said with a fake smile. She just felt a pain going through her body.

Terry pouted, "Damn ! You're mean."

"Oh, you're lucky you weren't there when she was about to give birth to Almar and Acacia." Sasha told him shaking her head replaying this day quickly in her head. Cora was a monster.

"Yeah, she was getting crazier within the minutes. Well, let's get out of here before she starts throwing objects at us." Sancy suggested leading the group outside, "Yohann wished you good luck by the way."

Cora nodded slowly, "Tell him thank for me. Now out. You too Kalvin. I want to be alone."

He frowned slightly, "You-"

"Please ! "

She was cutting him a lot today, "O-kay. If you need so-"

"I know. Out ! "

He sighed and left with the others, "Don't worry, Kal. You know she's being nice right now, be ready for her behavior in a couple of hours though."

"How long is it going to last anyways ? " He asked even if he had read some things about delivery.

Sasha shrugged, "It depends. But if you need to sleep, they will gladly give you a bed. How are you feeling ? "

"Uh...nervous. It's a first for me." He answered with a shaky voice.

She patted his back, "It's going to be alright and you're doing a great job. No need to stress about this, you'll be okay and Cora and the baby too."

Then someone cleared their throat behind them. They turned around and there were standing the twins, "Can we talk with you for a minute, please ? " Almar asked looking at him.

"In private." Acacia added and bit on her bottom lip.

Kalvin nodded his head and motioned for them to follow him. Sasha stared at them walking away beaming. She was proud of them and the progress they did within these past months. And each and every day they were continuing to improving their relationship. She was grateful for Kalvin and happy for her daughter and her grandchildren. Kalvin was an awesome man and they were in good hands with him. Plus him and Cora were giving her another gift.

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Cora sighed and closed her eyes. She wanted to be alone to talk with her father. He wasn't there physically, but he was present spiritually. She knew he could hear her where he was. She joined her hands:

"Hey daddy. I'm afraid. I know I already did it, but it's frightening me and this time you're not here to reassure me. I really need to hear your voice right now. You would've calmed me totally. I...I want a hug too." She wiped the single tear that fell on her right cheek, "I missed you so much. I hope...I hope everything it's going to be alright. But since you're protecting me, I know it will go smoothly. I love you." And that's when she broke down.

"Cora ? "

Sancy sat at the edge of the bed and hugged her little sister tightly, "I need him right now." Cora cried in her arms.

They pulled away and Sancy wiped her sibling's tear with her thumb, "But he's here."

"But not physically."

"I know...and we can't change it. But, he's here with us, all the time and he keeps us safe with the help of God. And don't forget that we're here and you're about to receive a bundle of joy."

"And you found yourself a sexy man." They turned their head towards the door where there was their mother, "My daughters got themselves sexy, smart and amazing men. I'm so proud of both of you. Crazy how things changed from nine months ago."

The two sisters laughed, "We have good careers too, you know." Sancy said shaking her head.

"I know. I'm sure your father is proud too. You're two extraordinary daughters and I'm happy to be your mother."

Cora smiled, "I'm happy to always have had you two in my life."

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Once the three were outside, they found a bench that was near the parking lot and sat down to discuss a bit. Kalvin didn't want to be too long there though, in case Cora needed him back in the room, "So ? What do y'all want to talk about ? " But he knew it had to be serious if they had to talk in private, so he was going to give them time to let them express their feelings.

They shared a worried look and Almar puffed, "We just wanted to know if the baby is going to change our relationship ? " He asked pointing to him and then himself and his sister.

"I thought we already had this conversation before. You won't be in the background. And there won't be a difference between the baby and you. I will treat all of y'all the same, no preference."

"But she is really your daughter and us...well..." Acacia trailed off playing with her fingers.

"You're mine too, okay ? Despite of what people say, blood is not everything and yes you can choose the members of your family. One day, when you'll be ready and if you'll want to, you'll call me daddy too and it won't be a problem for me." He was a little surprised to have said that, but he wasn't regretting it.

That's how he felt about them.

They were happily shocked to hear this, "For real ? " They asked with a little smile on their face.

He beamed, "Why would I be lying to y'all ? We promised to always be honest with each other, right ? " They nodded, "Then yeah, I'm honest right now. You have a special place in my heart." He chuckled thinking about someone in particular, "That's what my grandma was always telling me." Suddenly he let escape a gasp, "Oh shit ! "

"You're not supposed to say that before us. You're always telling this to Terry." Acacia said being the usual smart mouth she was.

"What's going on ? " Almar asked curiously.

"I forgot. Oh no...I have to go to the cemetery. Oh damn ! It's in Cali."

The kids frowned confused, "What ? "

He put his head in his hands, "It's my grandma's birthday today. I usually go visit her and I place a purple orchid -her favorite- on her tomb. I completely forgot." With everything that was happening her birthday slid off of his mind and it had never happened before.

There is a first to everything, right ?

The three stay silent for two minutes, "I have an idea ! " Almar announced them happily. They motioned for him to continue, "Well...it's your grandma's birthday and it's also the baby's birthday. Well...she better gets out today or it will run my cool idea. Anyways, uh...we already had a name, but we can give our little sister, her pretty great-grandma's name as her middle name. What do y'all think about this ? We're celebrating this special day by immortalizing your grandma's name with a...new life."

"So, we're going to kind of resurrect her by the name. You're really smart, lil' bro."

Almar rolled his eyes, "I'm not your little brother, we're equal ! "

She smacked her teeth, "I got out before you ! "

"We're still equal ! "

"No, I'm older than you ! "

"Okay, pause ! " Kalvin intervened in their petty argument, "And I like that idea, Tic."

"I know, I'm the best twin." The young boy said and stuck his tongue out at his sister.

"You gon' catch these hands, keep playing." She warned him causing Kal to playfully shake his head at them. They were something else.

Almar fanned her off, "Whatever. What was her name ? "

He smirked remembering the exceptional woman who was his grandmother. He was so close to her. Every time he could spend time with her at her house, he went and stayed with her all day, listening to her stories and her words of wisdom. She taught him so much. Now, she was a star in the sky, an angel in heaven, their protector. He was hoping that he was making her proud. And he needed to start sharing her multiple lessons with the kids, "Primrose."

"Awe, a flower name like me. That's beautiful."

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Cora was so exhausted, but she had to keep going. She was almost there, she needed to push one more time and it was done. That last effort was taking all of her strength and energy though. But it was worth it. A miracle was happening.

"She's here ! I got her ! " Nessa completely got her out, "Can the daddy cut the umbilical cord, please ? "

Kalvin took the scissor that was handed to him and cut the cord getting emotional. She arrived. She was here with them. His daughter. He created a human being. He couldn't believe it.

"Congrats, you did a great job." Nessa smiled at them.

Kalvin kissed her forehead, "Thank you, Cora."

She looked at him and simply nodded. She was still regaining her composure after that big exploit. She couldn't believe it. She was a mother again. Now, she had three children and she loved them so much. She closed her eyes and thanked God for another blessing. She was happy and satisfied with her life.

These nine months were something. They went through ups and downs, but more important, they made it. Everybody laughed, cried, argued, fought, danced, sang, travelled together, got to know each other and so much more, but it was all worth it.

Throughout this journey, they created a big and happy family.

But none of this would've been possible without Cora and Kalvin. If they had never met in Di@mond's and had never slept together, maybe none of this would've happened. Who knows ?

It's true, people are not put into your life for no reason.

"So ? " Kaldrick asked with everybody behind him.

Kalvin grinned with his hands on his hips, "She's finally here. We have a new member in the family."

Terry and Latoya pulled out their whistles and confetti, "AMEN ! PRAISE THE LORD ! SHE'S HERE ! HALLELUJAH ! THANKS LORD ! "

"You two can't be serious right now. Give me that." Halley snatched the whistles out of their hand, "We're in a maternity hospital."

"Aw, c'mon man." They said in unison.

"Thank you, H." Kalvin laughed. They were always up to something and since they found out that they were cousins, it seemed like they got crazier than they already were. But they were so funny, "The twins can come first, then the grandmothers and etc..."

"I'm not etc, Kal." Kalia said causing her brother to sigh.

"Ain't nobody got time to name all of y'all. You're a lot. Whatever, twins." He held out his hands to them and they went in the room.

Cora smiled carrying the baby in her arms. She was little, fragile, cute and smelt good, "Say hello to your little sister."

"Awwwwe ! " They cooed at her.

"Who's first name is still unknown. So, can we know now ? " As he said that, a nurse entered in with papers in her hands. The twins smirked to each other nodding.

They were proud of their job. Finding a full name for someone was no joke. They had to think about it for months before to be agreed on something. And even when they were, they suddenly decided to change the middle name for Kalvin's grandma's. By the way, Kalia and Kaldrick were happy and very touched when they let them know.

Yes, the baby's name was perfect and they were ready to reveal it. They loved it. They cleared their throat and got ready to say it at the same time.

"Welcome, Alya Primrose McKall-Ryans."

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•A/N: Here you have the name ☺

PS: The epilogue is coming soon 😉

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And sorry for the mistake.