Author's notes:
Special thanks to Cecilia Martin for her invaluable advice on story content!
Let's not forget Taco1085 for a super editing job...Thanks Larry!
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This time Bob ported all four women directly to the second floor of the hospital where once again, he found both doctors ready and waiting. Asimah delivered her baby first and Bob named his fourth daughter Selene after the great Djinn prophet at Asimah's request. Artemis presented Bob with Bianca and Jethro about twenty minutes later. Then Demeter delivered Suzanne and Thomas within minutes of Artemis's delivery. Hestia held on for about another five minutes before delivering Brigit and Anthony. All four mothers and their children were put in the same room again, and they were right next door to the other three goddesses. Bob spent a couple of hours visiting with the four new mothers and his seven new children. Then he went next door to visit with Aphrodite, Hera, and Athena and his other six children.
When Bob got there all the twins were sleeping peacefully in their cradles having just finished being breastfed by their mothers. As soon as he was seated in the overstuffed recliner, Aphrodite rose from her bed and sashayed over to sit sideways in his lap. She gave him a passion filled, long, slow, deep, tongue wrestling, spit swapping lip lock that left them both breathless.
Aphrodite gave him a wink and said, "hello, Master; I've missed you, we all have. Tell me, now that you've seen seven of your women give birth to your children; have you learned anything from all that experience?"
Bob thought for a couple of long minutes then gave Aphrodite a confused look. "I know you're trying to tell me something; but I'll be dammed if I can figure out what it is, Sweet Cheeks."
Aphrodite looked over at Athena and Hera giving them a wink then she turned back to Bob brushing her soft lips gently over his. "Hmm, that's exactly what we thought." She tipped her head towards Athena and Hera then continued, "You may be the most powerful being in creation; but you're still a male. You don't know anything about childbirth. I've been sorta drafted by those two to explain a few things to you. See for Olympian women, Djinn women, the Titanides, and even the Atlantian women who are carrying your children, the whole process of carrying and delivering your babies is different than that of a normal female. Your babies are... 'Magical babies' for want of a better term. From conception, they develop certain magical abilities that allow them to survive and grow within our womb. All your babies use a form of magic to take whatever nourishment they need directly from their mothers. So there's no need for a placenta or afterbirth as you'd probably call it. There's also no bleeding and very little pain for us. Our deliveries are a hell of a lot faster and smoother and we're fully healed within an hour or so of giving birth.
We know you didn't realize any of this, but the Doctors Rodgers sure as hell did, and THAT took a bit of explaining. It's impossible for any of your women to ever have any complications during pregnancy or delivery. There never was any valid medical reason for any of us to be here. We only went along with it because it's what YOU wanted and expected of us. Every single one of your women has the knowledge and ability to act as a midwife. That knowledge is ingrained in our DNA; it's an instinctive ability that we don't even have to think about. The simple truth is that all seven of us are perfectly fine and ready to come home. The doctors have reluctantly signed all of our discharge papers already. I say reluctantly because they're both fascinated. They really want to learn more about how we carry and deliver our babies. Even though we've all been officially discharged; none of us will leave until you say it's okay. Oh, and Cassandra already has everything ready for us at home so you don't have a thing to worry about when you take all of us home either."
"Well in that case I'd suggest you get your sexy little ass moving and get our children ready to travel while I check in at the nurse's station. I'll let them know you'll be leaving. I'll stop in next door and have them get ready too; then I'll call in some reinforcements to help get all the babies home at the same time."
When Bob arrived back at his castle, he wasn't surprised to see all the planning and work that Cassandra, Kadir, and Selena had done. They had turned half of the second floor into a giant nursery. Not only were there enough cribs for Bob's current thirteen children, Cassandra had planned ahead by adding cribs for the other four Olympians and the six Titanides as well. The walls were adorned with everything imaginable; butterflies, dolphins, dragons, you name it and it was on the walls of that room. She had placed recliners between each pair of cribs so that the mothers could be comfortable while feeding their babies and there were musical mobiles attached to each crib. The lighting in the room was soft and there was an archway carved in the wall into the master
bedroom.
Downstairs, the trio had created a similar day room with cradles and infant swings right off the dining room to make things easier for the moms during the day. They had even thought to have enough twin infant carriers and carriages so that trips up and down the stairs and to the beach would be simplified. Cassandra and her two helpers had gone so far in their planning that even each Governor and her teammates had everything they could possibly need when their babies arrived a month or so down the line.
Cassandra explained all this to Bob as she sat on the bed while holding her infant sister and brother, cooing softly to both babies in between her telling him what she had done.
Bob kissed Cassandra softly then said, "You did a fantastic job, Sweetie. Thank you I really appreciate it." His eyes flicked down to the twins then back to Cassandra's face."
Cassandra grinned. "You're very welcome, Master. But don't even think about it; I'm still not ready to become a mother yet."
"What? I was just thinking how beautiful you look holding them."
"Uh huh. Remember this is me you're talking to. I know what you're thinking before you do," she laughed. She gently laid both babies on the bed then continued, "I'm sorry, Master. I know you want me to have your children. Believe me, I want that as well. But I've got six thousand years of catching up to do; I'm just not prepared to become a mom right now. I hope you understand."
Bob smiled softly. "I understand that, Sweetie. I'm in no hurry for more children right now either. I know when you're finally ready, you'll tell me. In the meantime, just think of how many babies you can spoil rotten," he laughed.
Aphrodite was laying at the head of the bed propped up on some throw pillows. She giggled then said, "I heard that, Master." She turned to Cassandra. "It's okay, Sweetie. They're your little brother and sister. I don't mind if you spoil them some. I plan on doing a little spoiling of my own. Let's not go too far overboard with it though; okay?"
