She sighed. “Okay, but I wanna use my chainsaw soon.” She turned to Ma. “Ma, does Arkadia do a town tree? Like in the square?” she asked.
Ma stopped what she was doing and looked over thoughtfully. “A long time ago we did. But, not since before the boys were born,” she admitted.
Rebecca smiled, an idea forming in her mind.
“Uh, oh,” Sebastian said.
“Oh dear,” Ashby sighed.
“What?” Liam and Aleks demanded at the same time.
“She has an idea.” Sebastian grinned.
“She’s smirking, which means it’s probably a good idea,” Ashby added.
“You know me so well, my fellow cohorts. I’ll text you details later. But, I think you manly men should get a tree for the square for our town Christmas party on Christmas Eve. Maybe we can get Peyton to leave the bar for the party.” She hummed along to Elvis’s “Blue Christmas.”
“We can do that. I bet a tree would be an incentive to leave the bar. I know Mojo has been working with him a lot lately. Poor kid is still terrified to leave the bar. Liam, Kent, are you guys available later to help with the town tree?” Aleks asked. Both men nodded.
Aleks leaned in close to his mate. “You know I don’t like that texting,” Aleks grumbled in her ear.
“That’s because your nosy self is used to being able to eavesdrop on all my conversations. Not anymore. Muwahahahaha.” Rebecca held her phone as if she were holding a light saber. “The force is with me.” She grinned.
“Better watch it or…” Sebastian gasped and his hands went to his belly.
Rebecca dropped her phone on the table and clutched her stomach. “Okay, I didn’t like that.” She frowned.
“When was the last one?” Aleks demanded.
“Three minutes and forty-one seconds ago,” Kent said, looking at his watch.
“I feel funny.” Sebastian rubbed his lower back.
“I’m calling Doc,” Liam said. He was reaching for his phone when Rebecca’s phone started to go off.
Rebecca answered it. “Hey, Kate. Did you feel that?” she asked.
Kate laughed. “More than you did. I’m in labor,” she said, sounding calm.
“Kate, did you want to wear your gown?” Caleb asked in the background.
“Yes, dear,” was Kate’s response.
“Forget the gown, where in the fuck is Doc! We called him like an hour ago. Riley! Riley, go see if Doc is outside.” They heard Bran’s voice in the background grow louder then get softer as if he were pacing close to the phone and then away.
“Bran, calm down. We called him about fifteen minutes ago. He should be getting here any minute.” Kate chuckled and then gasped.
“Just breathe.” They heard Nic say.
Rebecca felt the same fluttering around her midsection. She turned to Sebastian, who nodded.
“So, we’ve been picking up on you. Aleks and Liam were about to call Doc thinking we were the ones in labor. Oh my gosh, I can’t believe it’s time. How are you doing?” Rebecca asked.
“I’m fine. It’s been kinda off and on all day. It’s just getting stronger now. Nic has been an angel. Our bond seems to be as strong as the ones you share with Sebastian and Ashby. He came over this morning when I first started to get the small cramps. This is second time around for Caleb so he seems to be doing okay. He’s not freaking out like Bran, but he has been staring at the dresser for the past couple minutes trying to remember which drawer I keep my nightgowns in.” Rebecca could hear the smile in her voice.
“Hey.” Bran and Caleb protested at the same time.
“Did you pick out names yet? I know you were on the fence about one of them,” Rebecca asked.
