Family Part 15
Crowley was still trying to process everything as they pulled up to the house. She'd been unconsciously rubbing her belly almost the whole time. How was any of it possible? She was silent the whole way home and Aziraphale hadn't tried to goad her into conversation as he sometimes did. He was thinking everything over himself, trying to figure out exactly what was going on. When they pulled up to the house, Deirdre was waiting for them at the gate.
"Is everything okay?" Crowley asked as she got out of the car.
"There's a woman inside. Said she came to see the twins. And talk to you." Deirdre cleared her throat. "She says that she's your mother." She focused her attention directly on Aziraphale.
"My mother? Why that's quite impossible." Aziraphale shook his head. "I....well....unless....." He tilted his head and raised an eyebrow.
"I need you to not tell me that I just spent the last hour having tea with God." Deirdre closed her eyes and pinched the bridge of her nose.
"Of course you didn't, dear." Crowley said as she patted Deirdre's arm. "That would be utterly ridiculous, wouldn't it?" She tried very hard to make it sound convincing.
"Right. Totally ridiculous." Deirdre nodded. She took a deep breath and let it out slowly. "Are you two going to be okay? Do you want me to stick around?"
"No, darling." Crowley said as she kissed Deirdre's cheek. "You go on home. And thank you for watching them."
"And we'll discuss the news later?" Deirdre asked.
"Of course. I think I'll have a better idea what's going on tomorrow." Crowley smiled. Deirdre just nodded and went along to her house. Crowley took Aziraphale's hand and squeezed it. "God is in our house watching our children."
"It would seem so, yes." Aziraphale nodded, wincing a little bit at Crowley's grip on his hand.
"I'm more scared now than I was before." Crowley admitted as she looked at her husband.
"I can honestly say exactly the same." Aziraphale brought Crowley's hand up to his lips and kissed the back. "But whatever is going to happen, we'll get through together." He smiled a little.
"Of course we will." Crowley nodded before kissing Aziraphale on the cheek. She set her shoulders and then headed into the cottage, not letting go of Aziraphale's hand.
"Ah, you're home." The middle aged looking woman sitting at their kitchen table said as Crowley and Aziraphale walked in.
"That we are." Crowley forced a smile. "Thank you for helping our dear friend watch the twins. I know they can be a bit of a handful."
"They're very sweet." The woman said as she looked at the two standing before her. Crowley and Aziraphale. She'd been watching them for quite some time.
"Despite their parenting." Aziraphale made a little joke to hopefully break the tension. It did cause smiles all around.
"Are we going to continue with the small talk or are you going to hit me with the questions I know you have?" God asked as she watched them. They were both extremely on edge, which was understandable.
"Why?" Was the first question that came to Crowley's mind, her hand instinctively resting on her belly. A belly that would be getting bigger as time went on.
"I've watched you two. Since the beginning. I've known about your relationship all along." God smiled as she got to her feet. "I've even orchestrated a few ways to get you two together but you were just so stubborn." She chuckled. "Especially you, Aziraphale. You just.....refused." She shook her head. "And I've seen how you two are now. How your family works. How you handle everything that comes at you." She moved over to stand right in front of both of them. "The two of you convinced yourselves that you were happy with just the twins but you weren't being honest with yourselves."
"I believe that I...." Aziraphale started. God held up her hand as Crowley squeezed his hand both to get him to be quiet.
"You've told yourselves that you're happy with just them because you thought you didn't have any other choice. But I could tell how much both of you really wanted another child." God smiled and put a hand on Crowley's shoulder. "Neither of you asked for it because you didn't have to ask. I just want the two of you to be happy."
"So...." Crowley closed her eyes for a moment and then looked at God. "You've been trying to get us together since Eden?" She raised an eyebrow.
"Well, not since Eden, no." God shook her head. "Since the realization that Aziraphale had managed to make a demon feel love. I can count on one finger the number of demons that can be said about." She smiled.
"And so you just....decided that we needed another child?" Crowley made a face.
"Darling perhaps we shouldn't....." Aziraphale started.
"No, Aziraphale. It's alright. I was expecting questions. Especially from Crowley. Always with the questions." God chuckled a little. "You both wanted it deep down inside, you just chose to ignore that want."
"While I do greatly appreciate this opportunity that I thought was impossible..." Crowley let go of Aziraphale's hand and ran her fingers through her hair. "A little warning would have been really nice."
"Crowley...." Aziraphale looked at his wife in shock.
"Aziraphale, it's alright. She's right." God nodded. "I should have told you Would have served him right to make Gabriel give you the news." She laughed. Crowley rolled her eyes and Aziraphale made a face.
"Is there anything you can do about the morning sickness? It's brutal." Crowley made a face as she unconsciously rubbed her belly.
"That actually wasn't part of the original plan. Your body has a mind of its own. But it shouldn't be a problem after today." God grinned.
"Thank you." Crowley nodded.
"Yes, thank you. Very much." Aziraphale nodded as well.
"You're both quite welcome." God smiled. "Your children are absolutely beautiful. And extremely intelligent."
"They are very smart, yes." Aziraphale nodded.
"I should get back before Gabriel starts to have a coronary." God chuckled. "I might not have told him I was popping out."
"Yes, we wouldn't want anything bad to happen to Gabriel." Crowley said rather monotone and rolled her eyes. Aziraphale pinched her side and God just laughed. Before they could say anything else, God was gone.
"God granted us another child because deep down we both really wanted it. I'm not sure there are very many people that can say that, really." Crowley went to go make them some tea.
"I can think of about ten off the top of my head, though most of those were during biblical times." Aziraphale made a face.
"Right. Either way, we get to tell Eve and Freddie that they're getting a younger sibling. How do you think they'll take it?" Crowley asked.
"I think they'll be quite excited." Aziraphale nodded. He went into the kitchen to help his wife finish making the tea. Perhaps they would need to miracle another room onto the cottage.
"Is everything okay?" Crowley asked as she got out of the car.
"There's a woman inside. Said she came to see the twins. And talk to you." Deirdre cleared her throat. "She says that she's your mother." She focused her attention directly on Aziraphale.
"My mother? Why that's quite impossible." Aziraphale shook his head. "I....well....unless....." He tilted his head and raised an eyebrow.
"I need you to not tell me that I just spent the last hour having tea with God." Deirdre closed her eyes and pinched the bridge of her nose.
"Of course you didn't, dear." Crowley said as she patted Deirdre's arm. "That would be utterly ridiculous, wouldn't it?" She tried very hard to make it sound convincing.
"Right. Totally ridiculous." Deirdre nodded. She took a deep breath and let it out slowly. "Are you two going to be okay? Do you want me to stick around?"
"No, darling." Crowley said as she kissed Deirdre's cheek. "You go on home. And thank you for watching them."
"And we'll discuss the news later?" Deirdre asked.
"Of course. I think I'll have a better idea what's going on tomorrow." Crowley smiled. Deirdre just nodded and went along to her house. Crowley took Aziraphale's hand and squeezed it. "God is in our house watching our children."
"It would seem so, yes." Aziraphale nodded, wincing a little bit at Crowley's grip on his hand.
"I'm more scared now than I was before." Crowley admitted as she looked at her husband.
"I can honestly say exactly the same." Aziraphale brought Crowley's hand up to his lips and kissed the back. "But whatever is going to happen, we'll get through together." He smiled a little.
"Of course we will." Crowley nodded before kissing Aziraphale on the cheek. She set her shoulders and then headed into the cottage, not letting go of Aziraphale's hand.
"Ah, you're home." The middle aged looking woman sitting at their kitchen table said as Crowley and Aziraphale walked in.
"That we are." Crowley forced a smile. "Thank you for helping our dear friend watch the twins. I know they can be a bit of a handful."
"They're very sweet." The woman said as she looked at the two standing before her. Crowley and Aziraphale. She'd been watching them for quite some time.
"Despite their parenting." Aziraphale made a little joke to hopefully break the tension. It did cause smiles all around.
"Are we going to continue with the small talk or are you going to hit me with the questions I know you have?" God asked as she watched them. They were both extremely on edge, which was understandable.
"Why?" Was the first question that came to Crowley's mind, her hand instinctively resting on her belly. A belly that would be getting bigger as time went on.
"I've watched you two. Since the beginning. I've known about your relationship all along." God smiled as she got to her feet. "I've even orchestrated a few ways to get you two together but you were just so stubborn." She chuckled. "Especially you, Aziraphale. You just.....refused." She shook her head. "And I've seen how you two are now. How your family works. How you handle everything that comes at you." She moved over to stand right in front of both of them. "The two of you convinced yourselves that you were happy with just the twins but you weren't being honest with yourselves."
"I believe that I...." Aziraphale started. God held up her hand as Crowley squeezed his hand both to get him to be quiet.
"You've told yourselves that you're happy with just them because you thought you didn't have any other choice. But I could tell how much both of you really wanted another child." God smiled and put a hand on Crowley's shoulder. "Neither of you asked for it because you didn't have to ask. I just want the two of you to be happy."
"So...." Crowley closed her eyes for a moment and then looked at God. "You've been trying to get us together since Eden?" She raised an eyebrow.
"Well, not since Eden, no." God shook her head. "Since the realization that Aziraphale had managed to make a demon feel love. I can count on one finger the number of demons that can be said about." She smiled.
"And so you just....decided that we needed another child?" Crowley made a face.
"Darling perhaps we shouldn't....." Aziraphale started.
"No, Aziraphale. It's alright. I was expecting questions. Especially from Crowley. Always with the questions." God chuckled a little. "You both wanted it deep down inside, you just chose to ignore that want."
"While I do greatly appreciate this opportunity that I thought was impossible..." Crowley let go of Aziraphale's hand and ran her fingers through her hair. "A little warning would have been really nice."
"Crowley...." Aziraphale looked at his wife in shock.
"Aziraphale, it's alright. She's right." God nodded. "I should have told you Would have served him right to make Gabriel give you the news." She laughed. Crowley rolled her eyes and Aziraphale made a face.
"Is there anything you can do about the morning sickness? It's brutal." Crowley made a face as she unconsciously rubbed her belly.
"That actually wasn't part of the original plan. Your body has a mind of its own. But it shouldn't be a problem after today." God grinned.
"Thank you." Crowley nodded.
"Yes, thank you. Very much." Aziraphale nodded as well.
"You're both quite welcome." God smiled. "Your children are absolutely beautiful. And extremely intelligent."
"They are very smart, yes." Aziraphale nodded.
"I should get back before Gabriel starts to have a coronary." God chuckled. "I might not have told him I was popping out."
"Yes, we wouldn't want anything bad to happen to Gabriel." Crowley said rather monotone and rolled her eyes. Aziraphale pinched her side and God just laughed. Before they could say anything else, God was gone.
"God granted us another child because deep down we both really wanted it. I'm not sure there are very many people that can say that, really." Crowley went to go make them some tea.
"I can think of about ten off the top of my head, though most of those were during biblical times." Aziraphale made a face.
"Right. Either way, we get to tell Eve and Freddie that they're getting a younger sibling. How do you think they'll take it?" Crowley asked.
"I think they'll be quite excited." Aziraphale nodded. He went into the kitchen to help his wife finish making the tea. Perhaps they would need to miracle another room onto the cottage.
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