Disclaimer: Not mine, all Marvel's. Making no money. The twins are mine though.

Well, I now return you to your regular fanfic. Back to only one person pov. Sam's up this time.

"So, how do you think there gonna take it?" Ah ask mah fianc�e, Tabitha Smith. She just shrugs and smiles.

"Who cares? I mean, they already know I'm pregnant, so I'm sure there expecting us to get married. Heck, Terry might even want to help me plan it." Tabitha shrugs, reaching down to rub her stomach gently. I smile and step forward to wrap mah arms around Tabitha.

"Ah love you so much. You know that?" Ah whisper to her.

"I love you too." She smiles brightly at me, almost all signs of the fight and everything yesterday washed from her face. She is so beautiful, with her brilliant blue eyes and curly blonde hair. Ah know that is one of our babies is a girl, she'll be as beautiful as her momma is.

"Excuse me, laddie, but what is it that ye called us here for?" Terry Cassidy asks as she and the rest of X-Force walks up. Bobby is grinning like a jackrabbit again. Ah roll mah eyes heavenward, and then wrap an arm around Tabitha. She looks at me, her smile bright and excited.

"Well," Ah start, looking down at Tabitha.

"Your getting married aren't you?" Rictor asks, a knowing look on his face.

"How'd you know?" Tabitha demands, her eyes bright. Rictor just shrugged.

"Took a lucky guess. You're both acting all lovey-dovey, and the last time I saw Bobby grin' like that, you became little Miss Hormones." Rictor shrugs.

"What?" Tabitha yelps, a time bomb playing around her fingers. Ah quickly move to soothe her, before she decides to play practice target with Ric. That would not be pretty.

"Congratulations!" Terry smiles brightly, her eyes also holding that knowin' look. Ah look over at mah best friend, and he quickly looks away. And he says DaCostas don't gossip.

"Thanks." Tabitha smiles, shifting uncomfortable. Her hand is once again resting on her swollen stomach.

"Well, are we going to tell the X-Men?" Jimmy asks, crossing his arms. Jimmy doesn't like Xavier much, as Ah recall.

"We need to at least tell Rahne." Tabitha said decisively. Rictor brightens at that.

"Yeah, she was worried that you wouldn't do the honorable thing, Guthrie." Rictor tells me.

"Now just a minute�" Ah start, but am cut off when Tabitha giggles. Ah look down at the mother of mah children, and have to smile. She just looks so happy.

"You know, you're cute when you're indignant." She informs me. Ah bend down and kiss her softly.

"Well, I take it that that is our cue to be leaving." Jimmy spoke up, turning to leave with the rest of X-Force. Ah don't hear them go.

After a few more minutes, Ah pull away from Tabitha and reach to hold her hand. She looks up at me with a soft gleam in her beautiful eyes.

"Come on, cutie. We've got people to call." She says to me, tugging on mah arm.

After a short walk, we arrive at the bunker were all our tech is stored. Tabitha looks over to me and walks toward the com. array.

"Who you callin'?" Ah ask, leaning against one of the tables.

"Rahne. You call your mother." Tabitha instructs me.

"Yes, ma'am." Ah mock salute, reaching for the phone. Quickly, Ah dial mah Momma's number, in a much better mood then when Ah had done it the last time.

The phone rings once and then twice. On the third ring, somebody picks up.

"Hello?" A young voice asks.

"Joelle?" Ah ask, sitting down on one of the chairs.

"Sam!" She cries cheerfully. "Ah heard you're gonna be a daddy!"

Ah sigh, and shift the phone. "Yes, Ah am."

"Are you getting married?" Joelle asks.

"That's why Ah'm callin'. Yes, we are getting' married." Ah tell her.

"Good. You wanna talk to Momma?" She asks.

"Yes please." Ah say.

The other end of the line is silent as Joelle goes and gets momma. Ah look over at Tabitha and notice that she has gotten Rahne on the com. link. They are talkin' back and forth about something, probably weddin' plans or the like. She looks so beautiful at that moment. Ah stare at her for a few more minutes, lost in dreams of what are life together is gonna be like.

"Sam?" A voice asks in mah ear.

"Momma!" Ah snap back to attention.

"Honey, Joelle told me that you're getting' married?" She states rather than asks.

"Yes, ma'am Ah am." Ah tell her, grinning to mahself.

"Well, when am Ah gonna get to meet her?" Momma demands.

"Uh�" Is all Ah can say.

"Ah thought that was the case." Momma said, her voice holdin' a note of laughter. "Well, put her on the phone, Ah wanna talk to her."

"Alright." Ah agree, lookin' up at Tabitha. She is lying back in her chair, her eyes closed. She had obviously finished talking to Rahne.

"Tabitha?" Ah ask.

"Yeah?" She asks, looking up at me sleepily. Ah remember that we didn't get a whole lot of sleep last night.

"Mah Momma wants to talk to you."

She looks at me in surprise but takes the phone.

"Hello?" She asks. "Yes, that's me." She doesn't say anything for a long time afterward, but she does smile occasionally. Ah'm beginning to get nervous.

"Yes, I do. Umm-hmm. No, he hasn't. I'll tell him. Nice talking to you too. I can't wait to met you either. Okay. Bye." Tabitha hangs the phone up and looks up at me with her big blue eyes.

v "What?" Ah ask, worried.

She giggles and shakes her head. "Nothin'. Your mom seems nice."

"Thanks." Ah say, reaching down to kiss her softly. After a few more minutes, she pulls away and looks at me with worry in her eyes.

"What?" Ah ask, kneeling in front of the chair she was sitting in.

"Sam, did we tell the guys about the twins?"

"Oops."

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