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...Three weeks later......

"Twins?"

Nicole nodded, drinking her cup of lemon balm tea, scrunching up her face in disgust and keeping it aside, gagging internally as she downed the mug. Definitely not her favorite kind of tea.

"Drink it." Jake glared at her, passing her the cup back and passing their other best friend, Jessica Bradley, the sonogram which showed two bean-shaped masses marked A and B.

Her little babies! Nicole's heart swelled up with pride just at the thought of carrying her little cupcakes.

She didn't know she would be blessed with twins. Something she had wanted all her life! And a part of her - call it motherly instinct - told her that they were a boy and a girl. She knew she shouldn't be too quick to assume but she just knew!

"How far along are you?" She asked, looking at the picture in awe.

"Ten weeks." Nicole smiled, cringing again when the yucky liquid touched her taste buds.

Why was she made to drink this shit? Oh, how she missed dear old Starbucks! But coffee was a big no-no during pregnancy.

Nicole preferred juice but over-protective Uncle Jake had decided he was worthy of a double doctorate in maternity care now that he had stacked his room with all kinds of pregnancy and baby care books, and she was not to argue with him on what she got to eat and what not.

This man needed to get a life!

Though she had to agree, it was quite cute how invested he was about his nieces and/or nephews as long as it was not about the shit that he made her eat and the yoga and meditation sessions.

She knew it was all for her sake but she was just ten weeks pregnant. She didn't want this for thirty more weeks!

"This makes it so much more real." Jessica bit her lips, her eyes not leaving the sonogram. A happy tear escaped her eyes. Nicole could see she was as excited to be a godmother as she was about becoming a mother.

Jake rolled his eyes. "It was real for me from the moment she started throwing up her meals and complaining how loud I breathed and craving just that flavor of ice cream that wasn't in the house."

Nicole grinned at him as she stealthily placed the mug of yuck back on the table. His eyes darted to the ceramic and back at her, his face tensing, preparing for another long torturous sermon.

She grabbed the mug and downed the drink it in one go.

"Blech!" Nicole scrunched up her face as she brought the empty mug down on the table.

She really wished there was a switch to turn off taste buds just for times when she had to drink and eat gross stuff like that!

"Now that wasn't so bad, was it?" Jake said, as if talking to a five-year-old, and she narrowed her eyes at him before sticking her tongue out and making another "Blehh!" sound.

"Jess, can't you come stay with me?" She turned to Jessica. "Jake can go stay with Jack."

Jackson Kory was Jessica's boyfriend of many years. He worked at a tattoo parlor downtown. He was the typical bad boy while she was the good girl.

Personally, Nicole did not like the vibe the dude gave her but he was devoted to Jessica, and she guessed that was all that really mattered.

Jessica shook her head, laughing. Of course, she wasn't leaving her boyfriend. Cheesy relationships.

As if you don't fancy that! Nicole's inner voice snorted. Nicole rolled her eyes. Couldn't the little ***** in her head give her a break?

Now that she thought about it, she didn't think she had the option of a romantic relationship anymore. She always ended breaking up within months of dating because of one, her job and two, her eccentricity and she was also a bit of a romantic.

And now with the twins coming along, she really didn't think she was going to try for stable relationships because she didn't want them to get attached to anyone only to lose them later on.

She decided that she was going to drop all of her romantic fantasies and just have casual relations from now on. Well, it wasn't like any of her past relationships were really romantic or stable in the first place.

She really wanted to look for the father of the children. The guilt ate away at her for depriving all three of them of their bond but how was she to find someone who visited The Loft a few months ago with only the detail known being his intense jade green eyes.

She was not going to pretend to be Prince Charming from Cinderella and find him solely based on the eye color. And what was the chance the man she found was the father-well, there was always a paternity test which could be taken to prove it - and what if the father didn't want to be in their lives? A lot of questions swarmed her mind all the time.

But if, by some miracle, this guy did turn up, and wanted to be part of the kids' lives, she wanted him to at least see the memories that he had missed. So, she had decided to record all those special moments.

She did think that all moments involving her beautiful babies will be special but she had thought this out the day she got to know that she was pregnant and had a recording of the pregnancy test as well. And she had also got the first sonogram on camera that day.

And even if the father never turned up, she would still have all these beautiful memories with her. So, it was a win-win for her.

But then again, what was the probability of him ever turning up? And even if they did meet again, what was the probability of them remembering each other or realizing what their relation was?

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