Pregnant With Alpha’s Genius Twins

#Chapter 116 – Snow Day

“Mama.”

I blink, my son’s little voice waking me what feels way too early on a Tuesday morning. “Mama, wake up,” Alvin says again.

“Baby,” I murmur. “What time is it?”

“It’s 5 o’clock,” he says, and I groan, turning my head back into my pillow.

“Come back later, baby,” I say. “Mama’s still sleeping.”

“But mama,” a new voice says. My other son. My other demon, I think, cruel in this moment as my sleep is stripped from me. “Mama, it has snowed.”

At this, I open one eye. “Really?” I ask, curious. My two boys are there, looming over me, nodding their sleep-touseled heads excitedly. “How much?”

“Sooooo much!” Alvin shouts, spreading his arms wide, as if to encompass all the snow in the universe.

“Buckets and buckets of snow!” Ian says, laughing and jumping to his feet, bouncing on my bed.

I laugh with him, unable to help it, and sit up to peer out my window. I gasp at what I see.

The boys are right – at least two full feet of snow cover the landscape. The trees are heavy with it, their boughs sinking towards the ground under their alabaster burden.

“Oh my god,” I say, turning wide eyes towards my boys and pretending a seriousness I don’t actually feel. “Boys, you know what this means right?” I keep my face grave.

“What.” Ian says as he stops bouncing, suddenly worried.

“Can’t we go make a snowman?” Alvin says, equally concerned.

“It means,” I say, ominously. And then, quick as a snake, I snatch each of them by the waist, yelling and pulling them down to the bed. “Snow apocalypse! Snow day forever! So much snow we’ll never get out!”

The boys laugh hysterically, riotously, as I tickle them – kicking and screaming with the pure simple joy of a little boy’s snow day.

I laugh along with them, newly excited for the day. I lay back against my pillow, still laughing, but let them catch their breath.

“What does it really mean, mama,” Alvins says, catching his breath first.

will slow down today,” I say, shrugging. “There’s too much snow for anyone to do anything or go anywhere, so the whole city will take a break. Everyone will stay

“Come on,” I say, heading

of it – they’ve only had one snow day before, on Christmas, and today is their first real snow. I want them to do it all – sledding, hot cocoa,

down

grabbing my phone to text him. I had sent him a text last

please text me when you wake up. The doctor told me you’ll be fine – you just need

from my phone. “And Uncle Rafe and

this one, and he sees

pleads, Ian joining

says, his eyes wide. “We just want to spend

It’s their day, after all. I tap out

Evelyn: Are you up?

and I breathe a sigh

– but I’m fine. I’m sorry

It’s okay. Glad you are better. Snow day today! The boys want everyone to

don’t have to wait long

Aye aye, captain. All

marshmallow men in their puffy snow suits. As promised, Victor and his family are there, ready for

surprises everyone by being a lovely affair, with everyone getting along more than Evelyn thought possible. The boys spend half their time outside getting so cold and wet that they can’t feel their fingers anymore. When that happens, they come inside to be wrapped

If they want to sled, they sled, with Archie chasing them down the hill with every pass. When the boys want to build a fort and have a snowball fight, he orders the Beta team to build the

starts to grow dark. Then, wrapping a blanket around her

a bit of chagrin – for they are tired – the boys all trudge in, again soaked to the bone with melted

helps Ian and Alvin off with their gear and begins to prepare their plates

eat with pop pop?” Alvin asks, watching her

at Alvin curiously

his plate and carrying it into the living room, where their grandfather is watching the news on television. Alvin follows eagerly after. Henry, earlier in the day, had asked to be transferred into his favorite

careful, you two,” their grandfather says, eyeing their plates suspiciously. “I don’t want you

Alvin says,

to fast to drop any,” Ian says, and indeed, the boys shovel the food into their mouths at

watching TV, when Ian catches Alvin’s eye. Alvin

that

want to be like