Accidental Surrogate for Alpha

#Chapter 481– A New Family

It takes a little over two hours, but finally the last of the doctors leaves, the door clicking shut behind them.

“Finally,” Roger sighs, falling back into the linens of the freshly-changed bed. “Now we just have to get our stupid family to leave and we’ll get some sleep – ”

“Excuse me,” I say, glaring over at him. “If you think you’re tired -”

“Fine fine,” he sighs, turning his head to grin at me. “You’re right. What can I get you, my love? Do you want anything?”

The doctor officially gave me and Jesse a clean bill of health after I delivered the placenta and Jesse had his first feeding and full check-up. It was, of course, a relief to have everything turn out right and relatively easy -especially in comparison to Ella’s experiences – but now that they’re all gone?

Honestly, it all feels very real.

Like now I have to be a mom, and Roger has to be a dadall by ourselves.

“I don’t know,” I say, laughing a little and looking between Roger and our little baby. “Honestly, it’s all kind of weird, isn’t it? All of this fuss and then they just…leave you alone with a baby. To do what you will.”

“I know,” he says, looking at me with wide eyes. “I’m glad you know what to do. I’m totally lost.”

“I don’t know what to do!” I protest, laughing and shaking my head.

“What!?” he breaths, sitting up sharply.

“I’m just a doctor, Roger!” I say, laughing harder now and feeling a little hysterical as well as exhausted. “People come to me pregnant, but then I send the babies home with them! I don’t know what to do with a kid – that’s Ella’s department.”

“Well then,” he says, looking anxiously towards the door. “I take back my previous words. Ella has to stay – for like, ever.”

“Or at least until this kid is six -”

“Can we push to seven?” Roger asks, looking at me with real anxiety that just makes me laugh harder.

There’s a little knock on the door but suddenly Roger and I are laughing too hard to answer it. It cracks open anyway and Ella again peeks her head in.

heard the hysteria of new parents,” she says, shaking her head at us and smiling as she

with him?” he asks, gesturing to the baby as Sinclair comes

to love him,” Ella says, coming close and reaching for the baby,

Roger sighs as Ella folds her legs beneath her on the bed and Sinclair pulls a chair up to the bedside, completing our little group of six. “The rest…we’re going to need some

who yawns and looks around at us sleepily, a little confused. “They sleep a lot their first couple of weeks. And then, after

Roger says, looking dubiously

suddenly and looks at me like she’s considering the idea but I just laugh and shake my head. “You can’t take my baby, Ella,” I say, crossing my arms. “Even if Roger is inept, I still like

didn’t say I didn’t like him,” Roger murmurs, sighing

a sudden and all of our eyes turn to him as his own gaze fastens on his cousin, his eyes going wide

I mean, he honestly probably

you want to see the baby, Rafe?” Ella coos, leaning forward so that Rafe can

nephew really does lean forward to see Jesse, his face very curious. Rafe lets out another little squeak,

god,” Sinclair murmurs, looking down at his son with a fascinated

a little as she beams at her own baby. ”

together a lot. It’s going to be very inconvenient if they don’t like each

scold, giving him a light smack on the chest. “They will. Besides, shut

us lean forward as Sinclair sits Rafe on the

down,” Ella says softly, her voice a little awed, “next

“What?” Sinclair asks.

beyond herself, as if she’s speaking from

and I just shrug, fine with it if Ella is. I don’t see Roger’s response, but I don’t hear a protest, so I assume it’s

and Ella very gently,

stares at his cousin. And then he begins to turn, and almost gently reaches for Jesse

brush against

parents take a sharp intake of

– each

a spilt second and then all of our eyes dart back to our kids, who

to his new cousin, who just sighs and closes his

her mouth for a split second before she reaches

says, and I turn my head to see him staring wide-eyed at Ella.