Family Part 16
The twins managed to entertain themselves for most of the evening while Deirdre watched them. They were currently asleep and Deirdre was about to drift off herself when her phone started to ring.
"Hello?" She answered sleepily.
"Our little boy was apparently very unhappy about entering the world." Aziraphale said with a slight chuckle. Deirdre checked her watch.
"Oh my goodness. She hasn't been in labor the whole time, has she?" She shifted a little on the couch.
"Just about. Roughly eighteen hours. She's sleeping right now." Aziraphale replied.
"That....I can't imagine that at all." Deirdre made a face. The baby was already three weeks late and then eighteen hours of labor on top of it. She shuddered. "But everything's okay?"
"They're both perfectly fine." Aziraphale said a bit proudly. "He's just over ten pounds and twenty inches long."
"Oh my goodness. Are you sure she's actually alright?" Deirdre laughed a little.
"Other than threatening to discorporate me repeatedly, she's fine. Or at least that's what the doctor says." Aziraphale answered. "We should be able to come home tomorrow."
"I'll make sure everything's ready. Should I call the twins out from school?" Deirdre had no problem continuing to watch them.
"No, I think it'll be alright. Give us time to get really settled in. Thank you again, Deirdre. You really are a saint." Aziraphale smiled even though she couldn't see it.
"Coming from an angel that is a high compliment." Deirdre laughed and Aziraphale chuckled. They both hung up after saying their goodbyes and Deirdre went to work making sure the nursery was ready and everything was set.
The twins had been pretty antsy all day long at school. They hadn't really wanted to go and Freddie even feigned sick but of course Deirdre saw right through it. The teachers were a little more lenient with them when Deirdre explained what was going on and that they might be a bit unfocused. Of course they were happy to leave school to find their father waiting for them rather than Auntie Deirdre.
"Daddy!" Eve said as she ran up to him and gave him a hug. Aziraphale hugged her back and leaned down to kiss the top of her head.
"How are you my darling?" He asked before kneeling down to get eye level with her. Freddie came over shortly after and gave his father a hug as well.
"Can we meet the baby now?" Freddie asked and Eve nodded.
"Of course, dears. Your mother and your baby brother are waiting for you." He grinned. Even made a bit of a face but Freddie grinned.
"We have a brother?" He giggled.
"That you do." Aziraphale got to his feet and held out his hands for the twins.
"More stinky boys." Eve wrinkled her nose. Freddie stuck his tongue out at her and Aziraphale chuckled a little.
"I'm afraid you are a bit outnumbered, dear. You and your mother are going to have to stick close." He smirked, squeezing her hand a little. Eve nodded before sticking her tongue out at her brother. When they got to the cottage, Crowley was sitting on the couch with the baby in her lap, just holding him and singing to him.
"Hi, mommy." Eve practically whispered just in case the baby was asleep as she walked over to take a look. Freddie moved around the other side of the couch and the two of them stared at the sleeping baby for a moment.
"Hello my loves." Crowley smiled at the twins before looking back down at the baby in her arms. "This is your little brother Oscar." She tilted the baby just a bit so that they could get a better look.
"Like Oscar the grouch?" Freddie tilted his head. Crowley laughed softly. Aziraphale had gone into the kitchen to make some after school snacks.
"No, dear. Like Oscar Wilde. He was a very good friend of your father's." Crowley settled back into the couch a bit. The baby had flaming red hair just like his siblings, and his father's eyes.
"We're all named after important people, huh?" Eve asked as she moved a little closer to get a good look at her baby brother.
"People that were important to myself and to your father, yes." Crowley smiled. "They used to be the most important people in our lives and now the three of you are."
"He kind of looks like you shrunk daddy and dyed his hair red." Freddie giggled and Crowley laughed.
"He does look quite a bit like daddy, doesn't he?" She leaned down and kissed Oscar's forehead.
"What are you three giggling about?" Aziraphale said as he brought in a tray with some snacks for the twins and a cup of tea for Crowley.
"Oscar looks like you, just little." Eve said as he picked up her snack.
"I think you might be right about that." Aziraphale nodded. He sat next to Crowley and took the baby so that she could drink her tea. They sat around in the living room having snacks and drinking tea until Oscar started to fuss. Aziraphale took the twins to the park before dinner and Crowley took care of Oscar, smiling down at him after getting him to calm down.
"You really are a miracle, my boy." She said softly before kissing his forehead and putting him down for a nap. What she hadn't been expecting through all of it was the wave of depression that hit her right after shutting the nursery door. She made her way into her bedroom and curled up on the bed, trying to get through it before the others got home.
"Hello?" She answered sleepily.
"Our little boy was apparently very unhappy about entering the world." Aziraphale said with a slight chuckle. Deirdre checked her watch.
"Oh my goodness. She hasn't been in labor the whole time, has she?" She shifted a little on the couch.
"Just about. Roughly eighteen hours. She's sleeping right now." Aziraphale replied.
"That....I can't imagine that at all." Deirdre made a face. The baby was already three weeks late and then eighteen hours of labor on top of it. She shuddered. "But everything's okay?"
"They're both perfectly fine." Aziraphale said a bit proudly. "He's just over ten pounds and twenty inches long."
"Oh my goodness. Are you sure she's actually alright?" Deirdre laughed a little.
"Other than threatening to discorporate me repeatedly, she's fine. Or at least that's what the doctor says." Aziraphale answered. "We should be able to come home tomorrow."
"I'll make sure everything's ready. Should I call the twins out from school?" Deirdre had no problem continuing to watch them.
"No, I think it'll be alright. Give us time to get really settled in. Thank you again, Deirdre. You really are a saint." Aziraphale smiled even though she couldn't see it.
"Coming from an angel that is a high compliment." Deirdre laughed and Aziraphale chuckled. They both hung up after saying their goodbyes and Deirdre went to work making sure the nursery was ready and everything was set.
The twins had been pretty antsy all day long at school. They hadn't really wanted to go and Freddie even feigned sick but of course Deirdre saw right through it. The teachers were a little more lenient with them when Deirdre explained what was going on and that they might be a bit unfocused. Of course they were happy to leave school to find their father waiting for them rather than Auntie Deirdre.
"Daddy!" Eve said as she ran up to him and gave him a hug. Aziraphale hugged her back and leaned down to kiss the top of her head.
"How are you my darling?" He asked before kneeling down to get eye level with her. Freddie came over shortly after and gave his father a hug as well.
"Can we meet the baby now?" Freddie asked and Eve nodded.
"Of course, dears. Your mother and your baby brother are waiting for you." He grinned. Even made a bit of a face but Freddie grinned.
"We have a brother?" He giggled.
"That you do." Aziraphale got to his feet and held out his hands for the twins.
"More stinky boys." Eve wrinkled her nose. Freddie stuck his tongue out at her and Aziraphale chuckled a little.
"I'm afraid you are a bit outnumbered, dear. You and your mother are going to have to stick close." He smirked, squeezing her hand a little. Eve nodded before sticking her tongue out at her brother. When they got to the cottage, Crowley was sitting on the couch with the baby in her lap, just holding him and singing to him.
"Hi, mommy." Eve practically whispered just in case the baby was asleep as she walked over to take a look. Freddie moved around the other side of the couch and the two of them stared at the sleeping baby for a moment.
"Hello my loves." Crowley smiled at the twins before looking back down at the baby in her arms. "This is your little brother Oscar." She tilted the baby just a bit so that they could get a better look.
"Like Oscar the grouch?" Freddie tilted his head. Crowley laughed softly. Aziraphale had gone into the kitchen to make some after school snacks.
"No, dear. Like Oscar Wilde. He was a very good friend of your father's." Crowley settled back into the couch a bit. The baby had flaming red hair just like his siblings, and his father's eyes.
"We're all named after important people, huh?" Eve asked as she moved a little closer to get a good look at her baby brother.
"People that were important to myself and to your father, yes." Crowley smiled. "They used to be the most important people in our lives and now the three of you are."
"He kind of looks like you shrunk daddy and dyed his hair red." Freddie giggled and Crowley laughed.
"He does look quite a bit like daddy, doesn't he?" She leaned down and kissed Oscar's forehead.
"What are you three giggling about?" Aziraphale said as he brought in a tray with some snacks for the twins and a cup of tea for Crowley.
"Oscar looks like you, just little." Eve said as he picked up her snack.
"I think you might be right about that." Aziraphale nodded. He sat next to Crowley and took the baby so that she could drink her tea. They sat around in the living room having snacks and drinking tea until Oscar started to fuss. Aziraphale took the twins to the park before dinner and Crowley took care of Oscar, smiling down at him after getting him to calm down.
"You really are a miracle, my boy." She said softly before kissing his forehead and putting him down for a nap. What she hadn't been expecting through all of it was the wave of depression that hit her right after shutting the nursery door. She made her way into her bedroom and curled up on the bed, trying to get through it before the others got home.
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