She was nervous as hell being in a hospital... Derek would see her pace a path in the waiting room as she waited for the ultrasound that would tell her the due date of her kid. She had requested this appointment because there were two possible fathers, and the due date would tell her who it was without a DNA test, seeing that it happened several weeks apart. She had told the doctor this, and the doctor was pretty certain it was the earlier occasion because of how long she had been throwing up. But it was for peace of mind. She also had to pee badly because she had to drink a butt ton of water before hand, so she was definitely pacing for more than one reason.

Finally, they called her in, they got her to change into a hospital gown while keeping her shorts on, and the tech squirted the warmed jelly on her lower abdomen, asking the usual questions such as if she drank enough water before, and if this was her first baby.

"Yes, and no... Not first baby, and I have to pee so bad."

Then she looked nervously to Derek and winced as the lady pressed the wand down... Hard. The woman was silent for a span of time, and they would hear the clicking of her mouse as she rolled the ball around. "Well..." said the lady...

Unlike most people, Derek loved going to the hostiptal! It was something about the white hallways with colored lines that made him feel tranquil. The coldness wasn't a problem for him, but rather soothing. He loved being cold espiecally while sleeping. Thankfully the third floor of his apartment building was cool.

When Xavia was called into the room, Derek waited until it was appropriate for him to come in before shortly entering the room as well.

Derek himself never had a baby, but he knew coming here was nerve racking. Though, Derek intended to take part in turning one of those bedrooms into a nursery. He held her hand as the sonographer pressed the wand down with a gel smearing across her stomach. He looked down at Xavia and gave her a reassuring smile. "If it matters, I already have an idea for the nursery."

The technician turned the monitor around, licking her lips and started to point things out to Xavia and Derek both. "Okay... so... if you look right here, you can see the little heart beating..." Xavia looked to where the tech pointed, and her throat closed a little. "Annnnd if you look closer... you will see..." she trailed her finger to show what she was talking about, "the second heartbeat... See, there are two heads..." Xavia nearly came up off the table.

"Here is the second head here. See how they look like peanuts? And they share an amniotic sack. They are pretty hale and hearty, it looks like. You are... approxamately eight weeks along, perhaps more. The doctor will be able to tell you more." Which meant these babies were not Karrl's... It was impossible they were his. Indeed, something had been off alright about the pregnancy. "It explains if you have pretty bad morning sickness... And see how you already have a bit of a bump forming? You are having identical twins.

Xavia said nothing, she could only stare in shock.

Derek gasped when he saw the two heart beats and the two heads. At first he thought that it was a mutant! But then the skilled woman made sure to point out that Xavia was having twins. Not a two headed mutant. Either way, Derek would be happy. He was happy!

"Oh, my God! You're having twins!" Derek leaned down and kissed her cheek repeatedly. He then sat up and pointed to the baby on the far right. "That's my baby right there. Xavia and I had a mental love thing and I got her pregnant with one half of the set." He looked at the sonographer. "It's a weird mutant thing, I know."

"They're gonna have blond hair, caramel skin, and brown eyes like mine." Derek looked down at Xavia and giggled.

"My hair is natural black, dear. Where do t'ey get blonde hair from, silly man? Your hair isn't blonde." She was trying to be a good sport at his good cheer, but she was not so happy feeling right now. The babies were conceived in violence... Not a night of recklessness. She was having twins with a man who drugged her and... Her ears started to ring, and she started to feel light headed. The woman continued doing her thing before moving to wipe the gel from the little round that was her belly.

She got up without another word, moving to the bathroom to empty her bladder, and sat there numb for a bit of time. When she came back out, she was trembling, she kind of gave a lost look to her friend and was given the go ahead to leave by the technician.

Holy crap. Holllly crap.

"It is? I thought it was blonde."Apparently when Xavia told him what her real hair color was, Derek must've had one of his absentminded episodes. Derek looked down at Xavia and immediately noticed that something was wrong. He knew that it was possible that the little seedlings was a product of Xavia's rape, but he prayed that they weren't. He prayed everyday for Xavia however if prayers were answered, well that was another conversation.

Derek waited for Xavia's return, sending a couple of texts out before he heard the toilet flush and the sink running. When she walked out, Derek made his way over to her and wrapped his arms around her.

"I know, you don't have to say anythin'." Derek whispered, "just let me love on ya."

She didn't. She didn't say anything, for the shock was still great. There being two babies was shocking enough, but that was a joyous shock because Xavia would still love her babies no matter who the hell the father was. The bad shock was that the father was her assailant, there was no way it could be Karrl, not with as far along as she was. At least she wouldn't have to have a conversation with the man about this. Well, she might if he happened to come looking for her and found her getting plump. But he wasn't the one who knocked her up. Xavia briefly wondered where he had gone off to, if he was doing okay. She had gone to look for him a few times but he wasn't available. That was okay, she wasn't looking to be in a relationship with the man beyond friendship.

She simply stood there, her arms down at her sides, and her eyes fixed on no particular point over Derek's shoulder as he hugged her. After several long minutes of silence, she patted her bestie on the shoulder and murmured, "I am fine. It will be fine. Just... shell shocked... Too far along to be Karrl's babies." Which answered his unvoiced question. "Not babies' faults t'ey were fat'ered by a cowardly man who drugs women for fun. I will love t'em no matter what." And it was true. Xavia loved babies... She just had expected to have them all with a husband.

"...You're such a good mother." He whispered. Derek slowly pulled away from Xavia to look at her face. With a soft smile, he leaned in and kissed her forehead, "I got you. You know that right?" He asked with raised eyebrows. "Listen, you have a strong support system. You have me, Mama, Kendra, that sexy Scotsman. You'll never have to be alone," he paused, "plus, you have the entire animal kingdom by your side." Derek smiled and gently touched her stomach.

"...I'm kidding about one of those kids bein' mine though."

"No s**t, Sherlock," she snorted out about him being the dad, but it was said in humor. "But I would be honored if you had donated. Even someone as fabulous as me could not convince you to play for my team for a night." And then she hugged him again, "T'ank you... I will come back here in a few mont's to find out if boy or girl babies. Not t'at I care as long as t'ey are healt'y."

She pulled away, then looped her arm through the crook of his, and started to walk toward the glass doors that lead into the hallway so they could leave the hospital. "I am hungry. Want to eat?"

Derek smirked and hugged Xavia back, "maybe in another universe I'm straight. We'll have to see about that, though." Derek kissed the top of her head before pulling away. "That's such a cliche for parents to say," he playfully rolled his eyes, "it must be true, in your case." He added with a smile.

"And yes, I'm starving! I could eat anythin' right now. What did you have in mind?" The other mutant asked with a grin.

"But it is true. I know Delilah didn't turn out as healt'y as I wanted, but she is healt'y now and my wish came true. I would not change her for t'e world." She said as they walked along the corridor toward the exit. "I am feeling like a big, fat veggie burger. I know a place nearby, t'ey have real burgers too." She added to make sure that he knew there was more than just tofu and veggies.

"And I want some sorbet... Oh, and some onion rings. Oh god, I have not had onion rings in a long time..." She was drooling at the thought. Holy crap, she was famished. "And some popcorn... Do you want some popcorn? T'en maybe some Chinese food."

Derek laughed at Xavia's pregnancy cravings and shook his head. "Alright, alright, let's see what we can do. Let's get you a veggie burger with no cheese for you. I love my meat so I'm gettin' a double cheeseburger with fries and...maybe a Oreo shake." God, that made the writer's mouth water. Derek wrapped his arm around Xavia's shoulders and smiled. For the babies' sake, he hoped that the son of a bi*** had good genes.

"Do you want me to call a Haven towncar? They should be here in ten minutes if I do." Derek took his phone out of his pocket and started to dial the number.

"Sure, I took cab here." She wasn't going to ride her Harley until well after she had the kids, and she was not going to drive her van much in the city because it was meant for her commute to work more than anything. So she let him call the towncar.

"We going to get t'e ot'er food too? My treat. I am starving." She wasn't kidding... She could eat a horse if she wanted to. In fact, her stomach rumbled as if to punctuate what she said about starving. Man, even that weirdo stuff he was talking about... Ice cream and pickles... No, olives in ice cream. Why???

She sat in one of the cushy chairs near the door and rubbed habitually at the mini mound, and she relaxed for the moment. She still looked a bit tense for the moment.

So, Derek made the phone call. He has to admit that the perks of being in the Haven went beyond the parties and luxury. After he made the call, he responded to a text from Aleksandr and stuffed his phone back into his pocket.

"Ugh, fine,"'Derek playfully rolled his eyes, "we can get Chinese food. Plus I could use somethin' to eat later on in the day." Although Derek had brought up the pregnancy cravings, he was not down for watching Xavia shovel olives and ice cream into her stomach. He could only handle so much.

Now in the town car, Derek relaxed and told the driver the address. With a sigh, pulled out his phone and started texting again. "So what's the name of the resturant we're going to again?"

Her hands clapped almost in excitement. She hadn't voiced the thing about the ice cream and olives, and if she did, it would have been about later at home. Besides, her cravings were still kind of all over the place. Actually, her cravings were just starting to hit, to be honest. She told him the name of the place, some generic name.

And then she eyed the vending machine. She eyed the unhealthy food with a sigh. God, all her hard work and she was going to lose her toned tummy to pregnancy cravings and twins. But she would get it back... Why the hell not? She shot up and bought a couple bags of Fritos to nom on before the cab got there. She tossed him a bag, sat down Indian style, even going so far as to slipping her shoes off, and opened her bag.

The crunch of cornchip was real as she ate with gusto.