"Not again." Karl spoke as he threw the test in the trash can. He has only been getting negative pregnancy results for the past five years. Chris was sad the first couple times but as Karl kept getting negative results, Chris just accepted that Karl was not getting pregnant, but they still tried.

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"It's probably going to be negative again." Karl spoke as he was waiting for the results of another pregnancy test. He flipped it over and gasped. Two faint lines were the results.

"Chris! Come here!" Karl yelled. He then heard heavy footsteps coming down the hallway. The door then opened and Chris bragged in.

"What is it?!" Chris asked as Karl stood up. He took one of Chris's hands and placed the test in his hand. Chris looked down at it and gasped. He then embraced Karl in a hug.

"You're pregnant?!" Chris asked as tears started to fill up in his eyes. Karl nodded and Chris hugged him tighter.

"I love you so much. We are going to be parents." Chris spoke as some tears escaped his eyes and fell onto Karl's shoulder.

"After five years of trying." Karl whispered as he let his tears fall. Chris nodded and buried his face into Karl's neck.

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"Karl, you feeling ok?" Chris asked his husband as Karl walked into the kitchen. He was looking pale and looked like he was going to faint anytime soon.

"Yeah. I'm fine." Karl spoke as he leaned against the counter next to Chris. Chris looked at him then his bump on his stomach.

"How long are you again?" Chris asked as he looked back up at Karl. Karl placed a hand under his lower abdomen and shuggred.

"About 28 weeks." Karl spoke. He leaned over and kissed Chris's nose.

"Don't worry. They are fine." Karl added on. Chris sighed and let it go, but decided to keep an eye on him. Karl was misbearle that whole day, which was weird since throughout his whole pregnancy, he was always happy and upbeat. Karl was complaining about random body aches, which Chris wasn't expecting to happen until later in his pregnancy. He knew something was wrong with Karl, but every time Chris suggested to go to the hospital, Karl refused to go.

"Please." Chris begged as he watched Karl get into his pajamas. Karl rolled his eyes and glared at the older one.

"No means no, Chris. I'm fine. The baby is fine. Stop worrying." Karl snapped at him. Chris was taken aback by Karl's sudden outburst since he won't snap at him, even if was really mad.

"Fine. At least let me help you put your pants on." Chris spoke as he saw Karl struggle to put his pajama pants on. Karl threw the pair to Chris and Chris caught it. He put it on for his husband and smiled. Karl groaned and collapsed into Chris's arms. Chris wrapped his arms around Karl and started to slightly panic.

"Karl." Chris whispered to the boy on his chest. He was taking shaky breaths and grunting. He gasped and let out a small whimper. Chris then felt a small puddle of water by his feet and gasped quietly.

"They're coming." Karl whispered before screaming as a contraction took over him. Chris panicked and picked Karl up. Karl let out another whimper and started to gasp for air. Chris ran to the front door and unlocked it. He ran out of the house and went to his truck. He eased Karl down in the passenger seat as Karl leaned forward and placed his head on the dash of the car. Chris shut the door and ran to his side. He got in and took one of Karl's hands into his and started driving there.

"You got this, Karl. Just breath." Chris spoke to Karl. Karl tried to focus on his breathing, but every contraction had him forget about breathing.

"No no no no no no no." Karl gasped and groaned as the contractions grew stronger. He gripped onto Chris's hand and his other hand gripped onto his pants.

"Karl, breath. Breath. Just breath." Chris spoke as they made their way into the ER parking lot. He let go of Karl's hand and Karl whimpered. Chris got out the car and ran over to Karl's side. He opened the door and Karl wrapped his arms around him.

"No, this can't be happening. They're too early. I can keep them in me longer. Please." Karl begged as he gripped onto Chris harder.

"Karl, they're ready. They want to see you. They want to see their beautiful dada." Chris spoke as he rubbed Karl's back.

"I'm not ready." Karl whispered as he started to cry. Chris rubbed his back and kissed the top of his head.

"I know, I know. But, you got this. I believe in you." Chris cooed at the younger. The younger nodded and let go of Chris. Chris smiled at him before helping him out of the car. They went inside and got into a room.

"Alright, Mr. Jacobs (Karl kept his last name when they got married) do you know how far long you are?" The nurse asked as he put on his gloves. Chris helped him into the gown that the nurse gave him and rubbed Karl's back when he was done.

"28 weeks." Karl breathed out as a contraction started to take over him. He grabbed Chris's hand and gripped onto it. The nurse froze and looked at Karl.

"You sure you are not just having Braxton Hicks?" The nurse asked as she stepped closer to Karl.

"I'm sure. My water broke maybe about 20 minutes ago." Karl spoke and whimpered as the nurse's face grew into a concerning look.

"Sir, can you please get onto the bed. Did you do anything that would send you into early labor or did it happen naturally?" The nurse asked. Chris helped Karl over to the bed and picked him off the floor and onto the bed.

"Naturally." Karl spoke as he started to get scared. He grabbed Chris's hand again and held it. Chris rubbed his finger over his knuckles and kissed them to try to calm him down. The nurse left the room and came back with a doctor.

"Mr. Jacobs, I'm afraid we will have to do a cesarean section on you." The doctor spoke as he patted Karl's knee and ordered the nurse to set up the stuff.

"Why?" Karl asked as he was on the verge of tears. Chris started to panic too but kept it under control so Karl didn't freak out even more.

"Since you went into labor early and it happened naturally, we have to make sure that the baby will be ok and it won't cause anything to the baby." (Idk if this is even correct or not. I don't want to look it up either, so bare with me.)

"Ok." Karl whispered and grabbed Chris's hand and placed it onto his chest. Chris rubbed it and kissed his forehead. The doctor handed Chris a suit to get changed into and Chris did so.

"Ready?" The doctor asked as he sat in between Karl's opened legs. Karl nodded and Chris held his hand. The doctor motioned to the nurse to hand him so objects to start the surgery.

35 minutes later, the doctor held the baby in his hands. There was no crying expect for the small whimpers of Karl. The doctor handed the baby to the nurse and the nurse went over to a table and tried to get the baby to start crying.

"Ava. Ava. Ava, please." Karl whispered to himself. Chris looked over at him and felt like he was going to break at Karl's pleads.

"Is Ava going to be ok?" Karl asked Chris as he looked at him. He already had tears forming on the bottom of his eyelids and they were already glazed over his eyes.

"Yes, Karl. She's going to be ok." Chris whispered, his voice breaking. Karl didn't believe him, Chris didn't even believe himself! The doctor came back over with the baby in his arms. Ava was slightly whimpering as she was about to full on cry in a few minutes if she didn't get feed. The doctor handed Ava to Karl and Karl looked at her in his arms. She was so tiny and looked so fragile. She didn't even look human. Ava whimpers grew louder as she started getting hungrier. Karl lifted up his gown and guided her to his nipple. She latched on and started eating. Karl gasped as felt the milk leave his body.

"What's wrong?" Chris whispered as he looked down at his feeding child and his husband scrunched up face.

"It feels so weird, but strangely good weird." Karl whispered as he looked down at Ava again. She was still eating and she opened her eyes to look around. Karl used one of his free hand to rubbed Ava's cheek.

"Hi angel." Karl whispered as he kept rubbing her cheek. Chris rested his hand onto Karl's shoulder and felt like he was about to burst out into tears. Karl smiled as she closed her eyes again and stopped eating. She kept her little hand rested on Karl's chest. Chris started humming a song and Karl laid his head down onto Chris's hand. Chris smiled to himself as he saw the beautiful sight.

It felt like heaven with his two favorite people right next to him