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"Hey, honey, come here! The baby just kicked!" I exclaimed as five guys came running to the chair I was sitting in at Nick's house.

"Can I feel?" Nick, Kevin, Howie and Brian all asked at the same time as Alex gently laid his hand on my stomach.

"Yeah, but one at a time, ok?"

"Me next!" Kevin exclaimed.

"Then me!" Nick replied jumping up from the floor.

"You'll all get a turn. This is just one of many days to come that the baby will be kicking."

"Don't forget, you have the ultrasound thing tomorrow" Alex reminded me.

"Oh yeah. Will you be able to come with me?"

"I'm pretty sure I'll be able to, unless management has a meet and greet planned for us."

"Actually, we have a photo shoot tomorrow at 3:30" Kevin informed me and Alex taking his hand away from my stomach.

"The ultrasound is at 2:00 so, I should be able to make both. If I remember right, management set up photo shoots and other publicity stuff for us and Tori" Alex replied.

"I'm getting tired. Can we go home, honey?" I asked looking to him.

"Sure. See ya guys tomorrow at the shoot" Alex said getting our coats from the closet and opening the door for me.

"Hi, I'm here to see Dr. Miller" I replied the next afternoon when we arrived at the clinic.

"Go right on in" the secretary replied motioning to a door.

"Hello, you must be Victoria and you're AJ McLean. My nieces are big fans of both of you" the young doctor replied looking up from a clip board. "If you could just pull up your shirt we can begin" she replied putting gel in her hand.

"Oh, that's cold" I squealed.

"Sorry, I should have warned you" she laughed. "So are you the father?"

"Father and husband" Alex replied holding my hand.

"The fetus should be showing on the screen soon" the doctor replied as a tiny baby showed up on the screen to my left. "Look, there's two of them."

"You mean I'm pregnant with twins?"

"Yeah, you didn't know?"

"No, I've been in Europe the past four months. This is my first ultrasound where I actually see the baby."

"Do you want to know the sex of the babies?"

"Um...." I replied trying to decide.

"No, I want it to be a surprise" Alex replied looking at me.

"Ok. The babies are in good health. Looks like you've been eating healthy."

"If you call chocolate healthy then she's been eating healthy" Alex joked.

"I've been eating a lot of foreign foods."

"Everything looks like it should. Two heart beats, four legs, four arms, two bodies. Everything two healthy babies need."

"The dancing and jumping around haven't done anything to the babies?" Alex asked surprised.

"Nope, it's actually helped them keep from gaining a lot of weight" the doctor replied wiping the gel off my stomach. "You can go. You need to see a doctor in your eighth month."

"Ok, thanks" I replied as we left the clinic.

"It's only three, what do you wanna do?"

"Let’s go get some ice cream. It's so hot out."

"You're late" Kevin called when we walked into the studio five minutes late.

"So? I'm a pregnant woman, I can't move that fast" I retorted.

"Pretty soon you won’t be able to use that excuse" Brian replied from his seat at the make up table.

"Yeah, what is it, just two more months ‘til it's due?" Nick asked from a couch.

"Yep, then I'll have to bring both my whining brats on tour with me" Alex replied sitting down in the chair Brian was sitting in.

"You're pregnant with twins, Vicki?" Howie asked finally clueing in.

"Yep. I hope it's a boy and a girl."

"Have you decided on names yet?" Kevin asked.

"For a boy I want to name him Tristan Alexander McLean and for a girl I'm gonna let Alex choose."

"I've always thought Chastity Anne would be a good name" Alex replied.

"But I've always liked Alexis. Ever since I was twelve I've told my family I was gonna name my first daughter after my sister."

"Let’s name our first daughter after your mom, ok?"

"Ok" I agreed.

"So your first boy's name is gonna be Tristan, and your first girl's gonna be named Courtney, right?" Brian asked as the photographer called the boys over.

"Yep" Alex replied walking to the photographer as I got in the make up seat.

"I'm gonna look at least 200 pounds in these pictures" I complained to Nicole, the make up artist.

"You barely look pregnant, which can't be good for the babies, so you won't look like you're 200 pounds" she replied making me feel better.

"The doctor said I'm perfectly fine, the babies are doin' good and everything. I weigh 140. That means I've gained 35 pounds. Are you done? I need to go change into my other dress."

"All finished. Amber set out your outfit in the dressing room."

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