Ten years later… I was wringing my hands nervously. We were almost there. "I'm never going to stop babbling when we get there. You know that, right?" I asked as I continued looking out the window. Kaoru laughed, "You've talked my ear off plenty of times. I'm sure I can handle this. Besides, it won't only be me you know there. Mori, Honey, and Tamaki will be, too." I frowned, "Plus, another few hundred I barely spoke to during my time at Ouran. I only had classes with a few them! I simply happened to graduate the same year as them!" It was the Ouran Academy Reunion. They had it for every class ten years after their graduation, and it was my year. I hadn't seen most of those people in a decade. Also, because I was valedictorian, I had to make a speech. Did anyone really expect me to be calm? Kaoru took my hand in his. I looked over at him, surprised by the sudden contact. He smiled at me reassuringly, "You're going to be fine, Azami." "But I just had to be pregnant when this came up! I should have stayed home! Everyone's going to think I'm a fat housewife that ended up mooching off her husband!" I exclaimed. Not to mention how that was messing with my hormones and making me even more nervous. "It's obvious that you're pregnant. You're overreacting." "I don't know. A few of those people weren't the brightest...." I trailed off. I placed my other hand on my bulging stomach. I was eighteen weeks along, and I was having twin boys. I had only just found out the other day their genders. I had to admit, twins were the last thing I expected, but I blamed Kaoru for that. He was somehow the cause; I just knew it, even if it wasn't really possible. I wasn't sure what I would do if they were identical. I didn't want them to go... ... middle of paper ... ... crowd calling us cute, and he laughed before looking at the people again. He and his brother put their arms around each other's shoulders. I hugged my stomach and grinned at the bulge. How silly of me. I wasn't about to start a family. I already had a family. Maybe not by blood or law, but everyone on that staircase had always been there for me. Wasn't that what family really was? I was just getting two new additions. Haruhi said to me, "Azami?" I saw she was looking at the others, too. She seemed to be taking in all that had happened to us and how much we gained as well. "Yeah?" "I'm so glad I broke that Renaissance vase," she told me. I laughed and put my arm around her shoulders, "I am, too. It was the best mistake ever made, because if it didn't happen, we would have never met our dear friends and husbands. Then, what would we be doing right now?"
On October 9, 1968, a set of twins were born, but separated at birth and ultimately, put up for adoption. The decision to separate the twins came from the adoption agency who wanted to conduct a nature versus nurture experiment; however, the experiment was conducted in secret. However, for unknown reasons, the experiment never developed to fruition. Unaware the child they adopted was a twin; both sets of parents raised a singular child. Thirty-five years later, one twin began a search for her biological mother through the adoption agency, only to find out that she was born a twin. Upon learning her identity, she reached out to her twin and they began the journey of getting to know one another by comparing characteristics that appeared similar such as temperament and mannerism. They even discovered that they both held positions as a film critic and enjoyed almost identical movies.
Twenty years ago, twin births were radically lower, with twins being more frequent than other multiple births. With technology becoming more advanced and people who normally have problems becoming pregnant can use in vitro fertilization, people delaying motherhood, and survival rate increasing; having twin children is not as rare as it was thought to be in the past. Twin birth rates have increased 42% from 1980 to 1994 (Lytton, Singh, & Gallagher, 1995).
“That’s so sweet. No guy has ever gone through so much trouble for me.” She felt her eyes welling up.
"Sorry, it's just that we're almost there and I thought that you wouldn't want to missing your grand entrance into the castle."
Thirty years later, Alex was married, had a son, and was pregnant with twins. She was asleep, oblivious to what was going to happen next. She awoke with a throbbing pain in her side. Alex saw a man looming over her with a knife glistening with crimson blood. The man was her dad. "You really didn’t think I was dead, did you?" he laughed. Then the world faded around
Kuroko blinked a couple of times. “That’s not necessary.” He turned back around only to feel Akashi press against his back and two arms appear on either side of him.
Do I have time to take a shower?” he asked. Unfortunately, he could not. To this day, my family still laughs about his unexpected response. It was only a few hours later that I was brought into this world, alert, with my eyes open wider than a doll’s. I was a tall and skinny baby, born with a lot of hair.
It was August 25, 2006 and I just received the news that I was going to have a baby. At that moment so many thoughts ran through my mind. I was extremely nervous and terr...
“I don’t want to be here,” I mumbled, a bit more audibly than I intended. I wondered absently what would happen if I just strolled out the door and never came back to
“I felt scared because I didn’t know much about younger children. I also was nervous because I didn’t get along with my step-son and was scared that I wouldn’t get along with my own children when they were older.”
February 13th, 1979, Janae and I were born in Sunrise Hospital, four minutes apart, to two anxious, ecstatic, and not to mention exhausted parents. Immediately following the birth, the doctor glanced up at my mother and father and announced that they were the proud parents of identical twin girls. My sister Janae was born first weighing a mere four pounds 11 ounces and I swiftly followed, weighing a hefty seven pounds zero ounces (very large for the average twin). The doctor proceeded to tell my mother that identical twins automatically have a special bond that exists between them, and that she was to enjoy the many fun, challenging, yet exciting experiences to come. One of the most challenging experiences to come would be the dreadful day when the two of us would realize that we couldn't be together always. That memorable day we slept together, side by side, in our rectangular clear plastic hospital beds -- determined to be inseparable for the remainder of our lives.
Korra grasped onto Asami 's wrists and shakily said “Alright, I 'll try and recall what I can.” Asami offered a small, sympathetic smile in response.
They spoke up after a while, playing with their hands and looking down,"These kids at school...they make fun of me for being genderfluid. Please tell me you know what that means, I really don't want to explain it again. And just everything is so, so overwhelming and life is stupid anyways. We're all gonna die. I don't believe in heaven or hell. After I die, everything will be the same, I'm just a little speck in this whole wide universe." They spoke fast, and their words came out mixed with each other, making it hard to hear.
"Alright," is what he responded before shuffling over onto the chair next to me and wrapping his arms tightly around my body. He held me close to his chest, gently pulling me over onto his lap. "I...I'm sorry if I bring any trouble to you, if you tell me to go, then I'll go. I won't question it, honest, I won't. I'll just leave if you want me to, or if I ever annoy you," I whispered into his chest.
“Life justs goes on.” Dad responded. Putting his hand on my shoulder, “Don't worry about it too much Elena.