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"Shut up."
Harry and Edward shared a sigh, exchanging exasperated looks as Louis entered the kitchen.
He had black leggings on that molded around his sinful body, and a large tshirt that Edward recognized as Marcel's. The Alpha also knew that Marcel was the only one Louis wasn't a raging lunatic to lately. Lucky fucker.
Ever since they had gotten home a week ago, Louis was irritable and sensitive to everything. None of the triplets blamed him for it though. He had gotten kidnapped, and they kept secrets from him that affected his life. Of course he would be traumatized and angry at them.
But, today they were going to find out the genders of their pups, and get an idea as to what their pups would present as.
Edward had a feeling that they would be Alpha's because of how large Louis' stomach was already. Weight was a key hint as to what the children could turn out as, and Alpha's weighed the most.
"I cooked some pancakes for you, kitten." Harry cleared his throat, giving Louis a pathetic pout. Edward rolled his eyes. What a kiss ass.
"What kind?" He replied, attitude clear in his voice. Edward groaned quietly. He missed his little mate, but they had no idea what to do in a situation like this. How could he make this better?
Marcel walked in then, stark naked and eyes flickering as they have been for the past week. They had been exceptionally worried when Marcel hadn't gotten better when they got back home, but now didn't think much of it. His deep green eyes flickered back and forth between his natural color and the deep red of his Alpha. Edward assumed it was because of the scare they had received, that Marcel's Alpha was still insecure over the fact that his mate had been taken from him.
Marcel went straight to Louis, nuzzling into his neck with a possessive growl as the Omega giggled to himself. Edward was beginning to have a serious case of FOMO.
"I'm going to go get some work done before the appointment." Edward sighed, standing up. Harry hummed in response, and he walked passed Marcel and Louis, the latter being molested as he tried to make a plate for himself.
"Gosh, Marce, your Alpha is literally insatiable." He heard Louis whine half heartedly. It made him chuckle as he walked up the stairs. As much as he missed Louis, right now Marcel needed to be the Omega's priority anyways. Louis was the only one that could keep the mercurial Alpha calm at the moment.
As Edward reached the office, he took a seat in the chair and opened his laptop. He had a few emails to get back to, and he had a phone call to get through with their European branch.
He checked the time on his phone, setting an alarm for an hour, and got to work.
-
Right after Edward got off the business call, a knock came to the door. He checked his phone, panicking slightly that the alarm never went off, but saw that there was about ten minutes left for it.
The person on the other side of the door walked in at that point, and Edward was surprised to see that it was Louis.
The Omega looked anxious, biting his bottom lip and leaning back and forth on his feet. "Eddy?"
"What's up, princess?" Edward replied softly. He sat back from the desk, and grew even more shocked when the Omega took that as permission to get into his lap.
"'M sorry." He mumbled into his chest, voice slightly muffled.
"What do you have to be sorry for?" Edward questioned, trying to manhandle the Omega until he could see his face. When he finally gained eye contact with the boys pretty blues, he kept a grip on his chin to make sure his gaze didn't after. "You have nothing to be sorry for Louis. I mean that."
"I haven't been a good Omega lately." He frowned, looking honestly upset. "Before you say anything, yes I have. I know I have."
"No, enough." Edward's Alpha timbre echoed in the room. "Louis, you just went through a traumatic event. You got held at gunpoint, princess. You could have been hurt, or even worse, killed. You have every right to react in whatever way you want."
Louis began to sniffle, and Edward's heart broke when the first tear trickled down his face. "Princess, please don't cry. It kills me to see you like this."
"I'm sorry!" Louis bellowed, face messy with tears as he cried. "I've been trying to help Marcel and then I was so mad for a while but then I realized that this isn't your fault and I shouldn't treat it like that. I was taking my feelings out the wrong way."
"Come on, sweets." Edward coped, rubbing his back. "You need to try to settle down, love. You can't get this upset with the babies."
Louis continued to cry for a few moments, and was shocked out of it when Edward's previous alarm went off. "What's that?"
"I put an alarm to make sure that I was done so that we could get to the appointment on time." The man shrugged. "You ready?"
"Yeah," Louis gave him a small, sheepish smile. "I love you, daddy."
"I love you too, princess."
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When Louis got his name called back, he became a nervous wreck. When they had previously gone to the hospital after the incident at Styles Manor, and the doctors said his babies were perfectly fine, but he was unable to see anything.
He hadn't seen his babies in weeks and even though they were in his belly growing the whole time, he missed them.
And he definitely couldn't wait to figure out what they were. They were finally forming into their own little selves, and it was mesmerizing to Louis.
As soon as they got into the room, Louis immediately went and laid on the bed next to the ultrasound machine. He moved his shirt up and pushed his leggings down to his hips, just as he had before, and waited patiently for the doctor to come in.
The situation was different for the Alphas.
Each of them were seated in uncomfortable chairs in the corner, Marcel releasing a continuous growl from his pregnant Omega being removed from their nest (which Louis was steadily working on), Harry was chewing on his bottom lip so hard that it was already swollen, and Edward was tapping his foot erratically as he stared impatiently at the door.
"Louis, good morning." Dr. Patritski greeted as she walked in, familiar big smile on her face and her high ponytail swinging behind her. "It looks like your ready to go."
"I am." Louis beamed excitedly. "Can we do this first and do the bad stuff later?"
The Beta laughed at that, before nodding her head. "I wouldn't say it's exactly bad stuff, but yes, that's perfectly fine." She went over to the ultrasound machine and began playing with it, aloud hissing through his teeth as she pressed the cold blue jelly onto his stomach.
As soon as the wand pressed against his bump, Louis' gaze locked onto the machine next to him. He sighed happily as she found the triplets heartbeats, closing his eyes for a moment to fully listen to the most beautiful sounds he had ever heard.
"Alright, you guys ready to hear what you're having?" Edward grunted in reply, too anxious to say much else, and the doctor giggled. "Okay! Well, this one right here is showing right off. Any guesses?"
"That's definitely a boy." Edward answered with a grin. Dr. Patritski nodded her head in agreement, and Harry cheered excitedly. Marcel walked closer to the bed and stared at the machine in deep thought, while Louis could feel the onslaught of tears on their way. "And baby number two is... also a boy!"
"And the third?" Louis questioned, voice strained in excitement.
"The last is... seems like it's a girl!" Louis broke into tears at the answer, hands that were sticky with the jelly on his stomach going straight to cover his eyes.
"Two boys and a little girl!" He cried out. He didn't even care what they presented as. He was going to have the perfect family.
"What is your guess for presenting?" Louis looked up in shock, surprised to see Marcel with his deep green eyes, a few tears slipping from his eyes.
"My guess is all of them will be Alpha's." Dr. Patritski replied, moving the wand around to get a view of all the babies. She took a few screenshots of it and sent them to print, Louis noticed happily. "They're all looking healthy and that they're on their way to be big babies."
"Perfect." Harry breathed out, all the triplets now standing right by Louis' side. "They're all perfect."
Louis couldn't help but agree. He had never been happier, and he knew that their life was only just now beginning.