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After the terrible event of Alberto, and especially the pleasant and so fantastic announcement of the arrival of twins in their family, Sergio and Raquel, especially Raquel, tried at best to act as if nothing had happened. She just wanted to live now that she knew Alberto couldn't do anything against her and her babies.
Yes, Alberto had come back into her life and almost destroyed everything. Yes, he's an asshole, and will most certainly get a prison sentence. But she had just found out that she was going to have twins – a boy, and a girl, from the man she loved. A mini Sergio and a mini her, walking around their garden … So even though for a few weeks after the Alberto episode Raquel had been having nightmares, Sergio was there. He was there for her. Always. He was there to reassure her, he was there for their children. Even more than before. And that was exactly what she needed. Love, support, and even more Love. From both her friends and her lover.
After what had happened, now he never took his eyes off her. They have never been apart since.
On the way home from their house that evening, Monica's water broke. With the news of what had happened to Raquel and the fact that their friend was going to have twins, the surprise was such that she had given birth 24 hours later. Daniel had cried with joy in the arms of his friends. The little Cincinnati boy was born to the delight of parents and family friends - Andres and Martin laughed so hard at the originality of the name.
The birth of the little blond boy with blue eyes and with his daddy's smile naturally made life much more cheerful for everyone. He was a beautiful child, very awake, smiling all the time. Daniel had even told Sergio that it was impossible now to say no to the future marriage of Cinci and his daughter... "Look at that Profe smile... she'll never manage not to succumb!"
Cincinnati was born, Raquel and Sergio were going to have twins. Happiness couldn't have been greater.
Sergio and Raquel, once things were a little more serene, decided to move quickly into their house as soon as possible. They really wanted to welcome their twins in the best possible conditions, and above all also because Raquel had difficulties to be in their apartment, although she had wonderful memories with Sergio, they were now overwhelmed by Alberto's one.
For the arrival of the twins, everything had to be reviewed... and this time in duplicate. They had to buy again all the furniture, the clothes, the maternity items. Above all, they had to speed up the work on their house. Sergio dealt right away and negotiated with the workers, so much so that 1 month after the announcement, they finally moved into their big suburban house.
On the first evening in their house, once they had settled in, they found themselves in their garden, sitting on the steps of their porch, watching what they had accomplished. Their house was a perfect reflection of who they were, the perfect combination of both their personalities. They both shared an office for work on the ground floor next to their large living room. A beautiful kitchen where Sergio could continue to cook good food for Raquel who was always very pregnant. A floor where there were 4 bedrooms: a large suite for them with their own bathroom, a room for each child, but while waiting for the babies to be a little older, they would stay in the nursery next to their room. And finally, a beautiful garden where Sergio and Raquel already imagined their children running around, playing together...
"You know... we can't keep calling them our children," said Sergio as he gently ran his hand through his fiancée's hair.
"Do you have any suggestions for their names? " said Raquel with a smile.
"We can always look through our name lists, now we know there are two of them, and of both sexes, we can compare what we've put on them".
It took them long hours to reach an agreement that evening. It was once in their new bed that they agreed on the names. Sergio had found the name for their son: Salvador. Salvador was his grandfather's name. Raquel had immediately said the name Paula for their girl, she had always said that if she ever had a daughter, she would name her like that.
So they agreed: Paula and Salvador would soon join their lives in two months and they couldn't be more excited.
The next evening, their friends were all to come to celebrate Raquel and Sergio's new home.
Everyone was present?
No.
One person was missing.
The intercom for the gate rang and Raquel quickly went to open it for the last arrivals. Everyone was there and Sergio had almost finished the visit. They were finally in the twins' room when Raquel arrived with Martin behind her, hands on her hips.
"Sergio," she asked very curtly.
Daniel elbowed Anibal, ready to make fun of their friend, who was sure to receive a reprimand from the pregnant blonde.
"Yes cariño?" said Sergio, then greeting Martin, delighted that he was there.
"Can you explain to me why Andres isn't here, even though I've been asking you to go and see him for the last two weeks?" she said, still visibly angry.
Sergio did not answer Raquel and he continued to explain to their friends how the twins would live in their bedroom, then showing the Lion King's color and decoration they have made together with Raquel.
"Am I dreaming or are you ignoring me right now?" said Raquel, very upset.
Alicia, Agata and Monica who was holding the little Cincinnati in her arms, looked at Raquel in amazement. It was extremely rare to see the couple quarreling...
"Cariño... we've already talked about it..." said Sergio, embarrassed to have this kind of conversation in front of their friends.
"He's your brother for God's sake," shouted Raquel, raising her hands in the air.
"Well, that's the point! He hasn't been able to keep his promise to look after you," exclaimed Sergio as he walked out of the room.
Silence.
Everyone was looking at his feet, but didn't want to risk Raquel's wrath. Until Martin took the lead:
"Never mind Raquel, Andres understands and-" she cut him off.
"No, don't say that shit. It's not his fault, and this hard-headed man doesn't want to hear anything! I swear that if one of my children inherits this trait from the Marquina family....", swore Raquel as she set off in search of Sergio. Silene didn't dare to look up to Raquel...
Raquel found him 5 minutes later in the backyard, head lowed, his hands in his pockets.
"It's not a good move to make me walk around so much as I'm this fat-ass pregnant woman"
"You're not fat," he said, turning to her, sending her a thin smile.
They looked at each other for a long time. And finally she smiled at him and went into his arms. She took refuge between his shoulder and his neck as he closed his arms around her.
"You're stupid" she said.
"No"
"Yes, you are"
"I hate fighting with you."
"We didn't fight."
"You yelled at me."
"Because you're stupid"
He marked a pause and then said:
"We're back to the same point"
"Yes, because you're stupid."
He pushed her away from him a little and looked at her, amused.
"You have to go talk to him."
Sergio sighed and said:
"I've already told you that I won't forgive what he did."
"Sergio... please"
"I made him promise to take care of my family, the only time I left. I begged him to take care of you. He couldn't do it."
Raquel took her place in his arms and held him tightly. Remembering what happened was always difficult for her.
"Cariño... Andres always checked up on me while you were away, he always came to see me and even called me. Everyday. He came 20 minutes before Alb.. well.. you know. And it was me who kicked him out. What happened is not Andres' fault".
Sergio tightened it even more, and kissed tenderly the top of her head.
"Call him and tell him to come over and join us. He is our family, he should be here"
She broke free from his embrace and took his face in both hands while he was pouting.
"Por favor, mi amor..." she said, gently placing her lips on his.
Sergio let a few seconds pass, let her fiancé kiss him, and finally gave in.
Raquel thanked him and kissed him harder.
"I'll call him tomorrow" he said as he took her to their house.
"Ah no cariño! Now!!!! You call him now!!" she exclaimed and stopped them.
"You make me so weak..." he said smiling and took out his phone.
Shortly afterward, while everyone was having a drink on the garden table, the gate bell rang again and Raquel showed Sergio the door with her eyes. He sighed and went to wait for his brother by the parked cars.
He saw his brother's black Mercedes parked and Andres get out of his car. Sergio, even though he was angry with his brother, saw that sadness was marked in his brother's eyes. He looked pensive, sad and very affected. Andres went with his hands in his pockets next to Sergio who was leaning on Anibal and Silene's bike.
"Hi Sergio"
Sergio didn't answer him right away. He was still thinking about their last discussion the very day after Raquel's stay in hospital. Sergio had seen Andres running towards him in the hospital and Sergio couldn't stop himself. Andres should have kept his promise and paid attention to his fiancée, at least, for Sergio, as he had promised him. And so he had shouted at him, blaming him for everything. Andres didn't know how to answer and left without saying anything, believing his brother was angry and wanted someone to pay for it. After that, Andres and Sergio had seen each other several times, especially when Cinci was born, or in the evenings when they had seen each other with friends in Hanoi or at home, but they had never spoken to each other since.
"Listen Sergio... I'm sorry. I should have insisted when Raquel didn't answer... I never thought something like this could happen."
Sergio still looked at his feet, hands in his pockets. They were both side by side against the bike, looking at their feet. It might have been funny if the reason for their fight wasn't so serious.
"Believe me when I tell you that I had no idea what was going on and if I had known, I would have been there. Take care of her and your children, just like I promised."
Silence.
"I know," Sergio simply said. "I think I wanted to put the blame on someone. Knowing that I'm the one who messed it up."
"What are you talking about?" Andres demanded, standing up.
"This motherfucker would never have touched a hair on Raquel's head if I hadn't left."
"Stop it Sergio, it's not your fault". Andres stood in front of his brother.
"Well, it's true. I'm going to be a father in a few weeks and I can't even take care of my children and my wife... what kind of father would I be? So subconsciously I put the blame on you Andres, I'm sorry", said Sergio, fighting against the tears that were threatening to run down his eyes as he looked at his brother.
Andres looked at him in disbelief.
"Do you really mean what you say, Sergio?
"Yes. I'm going to be so pathetic..."
"You're unbelievable" Andres said laughing. Sergio looked up at his brother, he didn't understand anything.
"You're crying because you're afraid you'll be a bad father to your children? Sergio... brother... you're already worried while they're not even here yet! You've bought a magnificent house, you've speeded up the hard work to be able to welcome them in the best possible conditions! Look at what you've achieved! And need I remind you that you have a fantastic future wife who will help you to raise them? You are soul mates Sergio. You love each other. I can already guarantee you.. your daughter will make you pull your hair because a lot of boys will be at your door to woo her, and I'm sure she will be a Raquel lookalike, you will have so much gray hair! And your boy will look so much like you that we will see double all the time, and if he is as much of a pain in the ass as you were... good luck my brother. But Sergio... You've got Raquel with you. Your children will be raised in love. I can guarantee it".
Sergio didn't know what to say. Tears were streaming down his face. He took a deep breath and finally threw himself into the arms of his brother who welcomed him joyfully. The two men hugged each other, happy to have found each other again, and above all, for the younger one, happy to have had his mind in peace thanks to his brother who has always been a kind of surrogate father.
While they were still in each other's arms, Silene's voice surprised them:
"Dumb and Dumber, are you coming or are you planning to kiss your ass for a long time to come?"
Andres and Sergio relaxed, laughed at what the brunette had told them and finally headed home. Andres tapped his little brother on the shoulder:
"So, I want to know everything about the work on this house and where my favorite niece and nephew are going to be raised...".
Raquel had become very visibly pregnant. It was as if, as soon as they were told they were expecting twins, they decided to be shown off.
But unlike Monica, she didn't care that she couldn't fit into her jeans anymore, because she had two children growing inside her. She was extremely proud of what Sergio and her accomplished. So she loved being pregnant, really. Even with 25kg overweight.
She had stopped working. Even though her work wasn't tiring in the sense that she was sitting and not doing "hard work" per se, it was still demanding work that required a lot of attention. So, after a meeting with Monica, Raquel decided to take her maternity leave at 5 weeks from the end of her pregnancy, and to wait. Sergio couldn't, so Raquel spent all her days alone in their new house, decorating the rooms, rearranging furniture, doing a bit of housework, but above all a lot of resting on the sofa. With a Sergio jogging suit and nothing but a bra, she was lying on the couch on her back.
Waiting.
Everyday.
Waiting for what?
The arrival of her children at best, or her future husband.
She could have prepared their wedding, but she wanted to fit perfectly into her dress. And Sergio also wanted to be involved in the wedding preparations.
So she waited.
A backache, very often, punctuated her days. Sometimes headaches. Sometimes vomiting, because it seemed that Paula and Salva were already playing a lot in there.
So she waited.
A lot.
What about their friends?
Monica and Daniel were extremely busy with Cinci.
Silene and Ani spent a lot of time together. As if the arrival of new members in the group made them grow and review their priorities and especially their desires. Well.. especially for the brunette.
Agata and Alicia were also busy with the gallery.
Martin and Andres were on a new architectural project outside Madrid.
She didn't want to bother her mother.
And Sergio?
Well, Raquel didn't know why, but she felt him distant.
For a few days now he had been away a lot. He would leave early in the morning and come back late at night. Not that she doubted him, because she knew he loved her, but it was strange coming from him. He was always by her side, rarely leaving her alone and now it was as if they had become roommates. He spent a lot of time at work and she spent a lot of time alone. So maybe her hormones were playing tricks on her, and having as only company her thoughts.. were not good for her and their relationship. But it was weird. Sergio didn't spend any more time with her, always outside. And he didn't say anything to her anymore. He would come home tired, kiss her on the forehead, eat the leftovers in the fridge, take a shower and go to bed with the last one kiss.
She missed him.
Raquel was not used to this behavior and decided to talk about it with her friends.
Maybe she shouldn't do that. Or at least, not talk to Alicia and Agata...
"So Sergio is cheating on you," said Alicia while eating chips.
Alicia and Agata were on the sofa opposite Raquel's.
"No. I'm not saying that! I'm just saying for a few days, he's weird" said the blonde, not letting go of the cookies she had in her hands.
"Your man's leaving early, comes home late. Don't spend any more time with you... don't talk to you...." Agata listed what was wrong.
"Are you still having sex?" Alicia asked.
Raquel continued to eat while nodded positively.
"Maybe he's a little scared of parenthood..." Agata asked.
"Or maybe he's cheating on you," said Alicia. She won an elbow in the ribs from Agata when she saw that Raquel was beginning to believe what she was saying.
"Do you really mean it?" Raquel asked, with tears in her eyes.
"NO! Alicia doesn't mean a single thing she said! He's not cheating on you," Agata cried, cursing now the redhead.
"You have to admit that his behavior is strange" said Alicia, turning to Agata.
"I'm sure Sergio isn't cheating on you" said Agata resolutely. But Alicia's words were now ingrained in Raquel's head. "Hey ho!! Raquel! Come on!! We are talking about Sergio here??? The guy who's going to marry you, is going to give you two kids in less than a year???? The one who would kill for you??!!" Agata cried out in front of the bullshit that Alicia had made Raquel believe.
"But Sergio is still a man above all" finished Alicia by eating the last chips.
After this little meeting with her friends, Raquel became even more fearful and tried to notice any little things that might tell her "he's cheating on me".
He spent all his time at work. At weekends he would sometimes leave for hours without telling her where he was going. He received messages a little too often for her liking.
On this day, she asked Monica something about her coming back for work after her pregnancy, and Raquel found out that Andres and Daniel had gone to pick up a piece of furniture for Cinci. Raquel was surprised and asked where Sergio was since he had said to her an hour earlier he had to check something with his brother. Monica innocently replied that she hadn't seen Sergio all day.
He said to her that he was with Andres.
This was probably the event that started to seriously doubt Sergio's sincerity.
Raquel hated herself very much for what she was going to do, but it was the only way to ease her mind.
She had waited for Sergio to go to the shower to look into his mobile phone the same night.
His last messages were with an "Ines". At that name, Raquel's heart broke. She went back up the conversation, so she could read:
Sergio: Thanks for today. I'm very glad you're patient with me, it's hard for me and I'm a bit clumsy.. see you soon?
Ines: You were in great shape tonight, but you were quite slow. Check your cardio.
Sergio: I won't be able to come tomorrow, Raquel will suspect something.
Ines: Don't worry, you can always watch our videos again ;)
Ines: we won't be able to meet at my place tomorrow. But you can come to the studio around noon. Even if it's at my place of work, no one will mind.
Raquel dropped the phone. Her eyes filled with tears, her mouth open. So he cheated on her. That was it. She didn't have time to assimilate what she had just discovered that she heard Sergio coming out of the shower.
She rolled over in bed and pretended to be asleep as soon as she felt him lying in the bed. She felt his kiss on her shoulder which she found repulsive and Sergio said, "Good night my loves".
She let him take her in his arms and caressed their children. All she wanted was to push him away. With all her strength. She felt his breathing calm down and he fell asleep quickly.
Raquel didn't close her eyes all night.
During those hours, she went through all the stages: sadness, anger, denial, and even more anger. She couldn't believe what she had read, but she had indeed read those messages. So he cheated on her. Did they make videos together? What kind of creep he was? He was too slow? Too clumsy? She kept having these thoughts which made her vomited. How could she trust so easily for him? Everything they had for the past months was now over.
The morning came quickly, and Raquel had only one desire: to catch Sergio in the act.
As he had done so much during the last weeks, he went to work. So Raquel had all the morning to plan for unmasking him. She would go to that place, caught him cheating on her, and tell him that it was all over between them. He was a liar, a coward, a cheater. He will so regret to cheat on her... She had sworn she would destroy him.
So, instead of going to his pregnant wife and eating with her, he was going to join her mistress at her workplace ... Luckily she had put the address afterward.
All morning, Raquel had walked back and forth in their living room. She had decided that he was going to leave their house. He wouldn't have custody of the twins.
How could she have fallen for it?
Men were all the same. They were all bastards, cowards, cheaters. She should never have fallen in love so quickly. Everything was too beautiful. Sergio was too perfect to be true. He had hidden his game so well... Raquel wanted to punch herself so much... She quickly dried her tears of anger.
Raquel took her car and arrived quickly at the cheat-scene. She had arrived at a professional dance studio. So Sergio cheated on her with a dancer. A fit, beautiful, thin woman, and certainly not 8 months pregnant!
She was so blinded by anger that she didn't close her car behind her and quickly entered the studio.
At the reception desk, she asked for an Ines, and the nice young lady guided her to studio number 2.
"Funny, because that's the number of how many children you have taken their father away from," thought Raquel, determined to go and meet the one who stole her future husband's heart.
She knocked on the door and heard a "come in". Raquel didn't wait for the end of the sentence as she came in.
The studio was huge and very classy. There was a very thin wooden floor, a mirror that made the whole wall and a stretch bar against the other two walls.
A beautiful tall brunette was in the middle of the room. She was wearing a jogging suit, a sports bra and was barefoot. Long brown hair put in a bun above her head. Long endless legs. Endless. Beautiful abs. A dazzling smile. Piercing blue eyes. Beautiful features.
She saw herself in the mirror opposite: very pregnant, her hair not quite clean, her eyes red and swollen, her man's shirt on her back and his sweatpants.
No wonder her cheater succumbed. This woman was straight out of a fashion magazine.
Raquel quickly got her mind back on things and approached without saluting.
"Oh hello! I thought I was going to see Sergio, but I find myself face to face with Mrs. Sergio" she said with a smile. She was really beautiful, even more closed, thought Raquel. "I'm Ines, I've heard so much about you, it's great to finally meet you".
The infamous Ines quickly took a stunned Raquel in her arms as she didn't know what to say. What kind of mistress greeted her man's wife like that? She thought.
After a short hug, Ines pushed herself back and continued to stretch.
"What can I do for you?"
"Do you know me?" Raquel dared to ask while still looking at her suspiciously.
"I recognized you right away. Sergio showed me some photos. And I even have the impression of knowing you because he only talks about you, you know," she said, while continuing to stretch.
Weird, thought Raquel. Did he talk about me with his mistress? She thought.
"It must be hard to have two children growing up inside you... How is the end of the pregnancy going? Sergio told me that you are very tired. How are Salva and Paula??" she asked so nicely.
That's really weird, kept thinking Raquel. What did she want to know about the well-being of my children?
"What are you and Sergio talking about?" Raquel asked.
"Mostly about you. He only wants to talk about you and your children anyway, he is a proud future husband and daddy" she laughed.
Raquel didn't have time to say anything, she continued:
"By the way, does he know you're here?" She was so nice, Raquel wanted to strangle her even more.
"He doesn't know that I know," Raquel replied.
"He's going to be very disappointed," she said, stopping to stretch. "It was supposed to be a surprise you know".
Well... I was really surprised, Raquel thought.
She didn't have time to say how she felt when the door opened and Sergio, in grey jogging pants and a white T-shirt, walked in without looking up. He put his gym bag down at the entrance and took off his shoes.
"Hi Ines, I can only do one hour for lunch today, is it ok for-" and Sergio looked up to find Raquel. Next to Ines. He stopped in chocked and didn't know what to say.
"Surprise" Raquel said simply, crossing her arms.
Sergio got up, slowly.
Raquel's gaze spoke volumes. Anger, disappointment, sadness, and still so much anger. Sergio was scared. Really scared. What was she thinking now?
"What are you doing here?" Sergio asked in a small and trembling voice.
"You shouldn't have conversations with your mistress on your phone and not delete it after".
"Raquel, it's not what you think" Sergio cried out very quickly as he got closer. Ines didn't move aside, shocked by the words of the pregnant woman.
Raquel stepped back, tears streaming down her cheeks. She continued to move back, refusing to let him come closer.
"You betrayed me Sergio. You betrayed us. I don't want to see you again, do you hear me? DONT COME CLOSE TO ME" Raquel cried.
"Raquel! Listen to me!" But Raquel didn't want to hear it and kept crying.
Until she felt water running between her thighs. Great, I'm pissing my pants during that moment, she thought, cursing herself.
"Raquel???? You broke your water," cried Sergio.
"Huh?" she said, and lowered her gaze. Oh shit. This was really not the time....
She tried to land on the ground, while Ines went to the reception to call the ambulances at Sergio's strong request.
Sergio tried to approach her, but Raquel threatened not to come near her: "You cheater!! I don't want your dirty paws on me!!!"
Raquel tried to push him away with all her might, but she was about to give birth to her husband's mistress' workplace for god's sake! She was crying and felt so miserable right now.
Sergio let her scream until he couldn't listen to her bullshits anymore and knew she was losing her energy for nothing.
"DAMN IT RAQUEL! Are you going to listen to me ????" he shouted and Raquel automatically fell silent.
"Stop shouting for nothing, Salva and Paula are coming right now!"
"You cheated on me, you fucking bastard!" Raquel whispered, wiping her eyes and already feeling cramps in her stomach.
"I didn't cheat on you babe. Ines is my dance coach. I've been taking dance lessons for some time now for our first dance for our wedding" he said, kneeling next to her. Raquel felt silent.
"I don't understand a word you're saying, and I don't want to" demanded Raquel as she felt the first contractions and God knows it hurts. She greeted her teeth and let him speak anyway because... well her babies were coming.
"I met Ines in Hanoi. She heard I was crying that I was ruining our wedding because I can't dance being sober. She offered to help me and I obviously accepted" said Sergio, laughing as Raquel let herself be taken by the hand by him.
"You mean you're not cheating on me?" She let him be closed to her but still having second thoughts.
"Why would I cheat on you? I love you Raquel... I love the three of you. Haven't you understood that yet?" Sergio had tears streaming down on his cheeks: he was trying to understand how such thoughts could have gone through his head, especially with all that they had experienced together.
Raquel looked at him suspiciously. Ines arrived then, running and kneeling next to them.
"They are on the way, they should be here in 5!! Are you ok Raquel?" asked Ines. She seemed very worried for a mistress, Raquel thought.
"Ines, please, tell Raquel I'm not cheated on her with you", pleaded Sergio. Ines looked at Raquel with big eyes. She seemed stunned by the accusations.
"What? I'm-.. Well. I met your husband a few weeks ago. He said to his friend that he didn't know how to dance without being sober. So I proposed my help. And that's it" simply said Ines. "And I'm happily married by the way" added Ines by pointing her ring at her finger.
A silence fell as they both watched Raquel see any reaction. Then Sergio saw Raquel's reaction when she finally realized that it was all a mistake. Eyes wide open, the mouth followed the movement and the panic in her eyes.
"Oh my God Sergio. I'M GIVING BIRTH NOW?" screamed Raquel as she fiercely took Sergio's hand.
"Do you believe me?" pleaded Sergio, still hurting that she might still think he was cheating on her.
"Of course I believe you!!! My god it hurts!!!" Raquel screamed again and again as Sergio was now relieved that the misunderstood was over.
"I'm here for you mi amor!" he hugged her against his chest and Raquel tried to breathe through the pain.
Raquel begged him to kiss her to appease the pain. And Sergio happily agreed. He tried to appease her until the rescues came in and took Raquel in charge...
EPILOGUE.
A few moments later at the hospital...
Sergio was going back and forth between his wife, was about to give birth, and his friends who were waiting for news. He was running like a crazy man, while the nurses told him to calm down, but he couldn't. He was going to be a father!
"OK THE DOCTOR SAYS SHE'S ENOUGH DILATED, PAULA SHOULD GO OUT FIRST AND SALVA AFTER" and he would run away again, under the amused eye of his friends.
Daniel and Monica were watching Cinci's reactions as he looked at his uncle strangely. Andres and Martin were pacing up and down, just like Silene who was waiting for the babies of their family to arrive. Anibal was waiting impatiently with 2 big cuddly toys. And Agata and Alicia were getting very small in the corner of the hall.
Shortly after their arrival at the hospital, the big smile on their faces came down quickly when Sergio took them aside;
"I'm not cheating on my wife. I would never cheat on Raquel. Instead of putting ideas like that into the head of a woman who is 8 months pregnant, come and talk to me. And you would have known that I was going to surprise her. I was having dance lessons for Gods' sake!".
Since then, Sergio was going back and forth, until they came only 2 hours later announcing that his little girl had been born, that she was beautiful and that she was already the spitting image of her mother. Then, he informed them that Raquel had some complications for Salva, but 3 hours later their little boy was there too.
They were finally there. Their 2 perfect babies. Salva and Paula.
A few hours later, the friends entered Raquel's room once she was well-rested.
They saw a small blonde head nestled in the arms of Sergio who was sitting next to Raquel while Raquel had a tiny blackhead in her arms. They walked towards them without making a sound. Happiness radiated in the couple's smiles and eyes. Andres and Martin cried, as did Silene who went straight to Sergio, ready to see their beautiful babies. Paula was indeed a true replica of Raquel while Salva looked so much like Sergio, but he had his mother's nose.
Cinci was so surprised to see two other babies, Anibal didn't dare get too close for fear of hurting them. Daniel kept saying that his future daughter-in-law was beautiful. Monica kept complimenting the babies, as did Agata and Alicia who, after apologizing to the couple, ended up taking the babies in their arms.
As the days went by, the babies' personalities revealed themselves. Paula was more dominant over Salva who was very shy. Paula showed more obvious signs of awakening than her brother and was a real little girl to her daddy. Salva preferred her mother's reassuring breasts. He was calm, almost never cried... unlike his sister.
Sergio took his role as a father very seriously. He now lived only for his children and fortunately for his wife.
Moreover, the episode of Ines made him laugh a lot now, and Raquel was always very embarrassed to have imagined such a thing and above all spoiled the surprise.
Once, Raquel came out of the bath and found herself facing a scene so adorable that she couldn't help but take a picture of it and it became her new phone wallpaper. She was going to post this picture everywhere: from her desk at work to the fridge in the kitchen.
Sergio was lying in the middle of the bed, visibly tired from sleeping. No glasses on his nose, just jeans without a shirt on. On one side he had little Salva, who had nested his head tenderly in his neck, and on the other Paula, who was holding her daddy's neck tightly with her two arms. Sergio was holding his children so tightly to prevent them from slipping.
There was nothing more beautiful for Raquel than to see the three most important people in her life in that cute scene.
While they had planned to have a big wedding and a big ceremony, they simply decided to say yes to each other in their garden with their family and closest friends the following summer.
It was a beautiful and sunny day. Sergio had put on black linen trousers, a simple white shirt and unbuttoned 2 buttons. Raquel had a beautiful white dress, very simple but accentuated her curves. Andres did the ceremony. Marivi had escorted her daughter to her favorite son-in-law. Cinci was energetic and never stopped clowning around with his parents, Paula, who was helped by Silene and Martin, threw the flowers, Salva, helped by Agata and Alicia, brought the rings to his parents.
They said yes under the smiles and tears of joy of their family. Sergio perfectly managed the first dance with his wife, who was waiting patiently for it: mission accomplished.
Finally.
Did they had their happily ever after?
Mostly yes.
There was a lot of arguing, as in all couples. But they were very very happy, and always more in love with each other every day of their lives.