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Gio took the water, rinsed his mouth out several times and spit it into the toilet. He wiped his face off and then laid his head back against Sirius' broad chest, curling up in Sirius' arms and practically letting his small frame get swallowed up by Sirius' much bulkier frame "You're proposing to me... in a bathroom... after finding out we're about to bring four kids into the world..." Gio laughed, a bit hysterically, tears still tracking down his face "You're an idiot." Gio said quietly.

He pressed a closed mouth kiss against Sirius' lips, lifted a hand up to cup his cheek and nodded softly "But, I love you... and the answer is yes. I would love to marry you - but I draw the line at having a bathroom themed wedding."

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"My timing isn't great but we're proving to be pretty bad at timing lately," Sirius said quietly. "Do you think we could finish the ultrasound? Marc's got to tell us when these two should make an appearance in relation to their siblings."

"Don't mind me," Marc said from the exam room. "I'm playing Candy Crush. Take your time."

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Gio sniffled and nodded "Yeah... we can finish. And then we're going home, and me and Misha are snuggling up on the couch to watch chick flix for the next few hours." Gio said as he slowly stood up with Sirius' help, then he helped Sirius up off the tiled floors as well.

The duo walked back out to the exam room, and Gio got himself situated on the exam table again, laying back and holding Sirius close. His eyes were drooping drastically from how exhausted he was after that rather explosive vomiting spiel left him. "Okay, we're ready now."

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Marc cleaned up the old ultrasound gel as best he could. It had gotten on Gio's shirt and that would have to be washed out. He put new gel down and started up the ultrasound again, this time putting the sound on so they could all listen to the heartbeats. That usually helped calm parents down a bit and it would give him time to take all the needed measurements to determine just when babies 3 and 4 would be born.

Sirius cleaned Gio's face of tears gently even as Gio's eyes glistened with new ones as they listened to the heartbeats. They sounded fast, like wings beating but strong and regular. Marc had a soft smile on his face and didn't look worried at all as he moved the wand around.

"Well they look very good. Definitely Flint sized since they're long in length but have characteristics of two month old babies. So I'm going to say you're about a month behind Sirius, Gio."

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Gio nodded against Sirius' stomach, tears still leaking from the corner of his eyes - but that was mostly just exhausted tears, now. He yawned a few times and sighed quietly "What are the chances of me delivering early? Like... what if I went into labor at the same time that Sirius did? It could happen, couldn't it?"

The more Gio thought about that, he kind of liked the idea of having the babies all at the same time, although he knew it wasn't a very high probability, it still made him feel better about all that was happening. He wanted to have these babies, all four of them, but he still had a lot of worries on his mind, and those wouldn't go away until after the - essentially - quadruplets were born.

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"It could happen. Twins can come early. You're a different person than Sidney obviously, different build and all, but he did deliver Theo and Titan early and they were rather large. Flint babies tend to be big. Even the triplets were a good size for being triplets and born so early."

Sirius looked a little tentative. "My daughter was almost 10 pounds when she was born. So I guess I have a history of large babies too."

Marc nodded at that. "Sounds like it. So we'll watch both of you closely."

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Gio grimaced and sat up slowly now that the ultrasound was done, he cleared his stomach with tissues and set his hands on either side of his trim hips "I'm smaller than Sidney, Silas, and Sirius... How am I going to possibly give birth to such large babies?" Gio asked, looking up at Marc with teary eyes.

Gio shook his head and exhaled deeply, wrapping his arms around his stomach and turning to lay his head against Sirius' shoulder "I don't know if I can do this, Si... What if something goes wrong? What if I *can't* do it?" Gio asked, turning his head just slightly to look up at his fiancé.

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"Marc is very good at his job. He's taken excellent care of Sidney and Silas," Sirius promised him. "I know he's going to take good care of both of us."

"Gio," Marc said to him gently, resting a hand on his knee. "I'm going to make sure that you aren't in any danger while you're pregnant. I'm comfortable delivering twins early if we need to for your sake. We have an excellent NICU that will help the babies after they are born. There are options if the babies end up large but there is no guarantee that's going to happen. They might not since you are not as big as Sidney. Don't get yourself too worried about any of that yet. Right now I want you to just try and relax and rest."

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Gio nodded and sighed as he slipped off of the exam table; he was feeling extremely overcrowded, and just needed some space to breathe at the moment "I'll try not to get too worked up over this... I just, right now, I need to think about everything... Work through it by myself. I know you'll take care of me though, Marc." Gio said as he took Sirius' hand and practically yanked his fiancé out of the exam room. He didn't even care if they were done yet, he just *needed* to get out of there.

As soon as they were standing on the sidewalk outside of the clinic, Gio turned and buried himself tightly against Sirius' chest, tears slipping down his cheeks, shoulder's shaking with each silent sob that was running through his body at the moment. He clung tightly to Sirius, he knew he was losing it, but he clearly just *needed* to let everything out right now or he would likely explode.

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Sirius held him close, rubbing his hands down Gio's back. He didn't try and stop him, just held him and let him cry. He understood having to just deal with it internally. He had to do that himself when he found out he was pregnant. When Gio seemed to get himself slightly under control, Sirius guided him over to the car, sitting him down in the passenger seat.

"Hey," Sirius said softly. "Do you want anything specific to eat for your chick flick marathon with Misha? We can stop and get whatever you want on the way home."

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Gio nodded and grabbed Sirius' jacket from the backseat, pulling the large article tight around his body "Just a bunch of junk food sounds good... Comforting junk food... You know the things that I like." Gio said quietly, voice still slightly strained with all of the crying and vomiting he'd done today. He curled up in the front seat and closed his eyes "I just want to go home."

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Sirius leaned over and kissed his forehead gently. "I'll take you home first and then go get your favorites. It won't take long and I'd rather you get home and be comfortable."

Sirius tangled their hands together as he drove. "I love you. I know this is clearly insane, what we're doing, but I'm glad you're the one I'm doing it with."

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Gio nodded and squeezed Sirius' hand lightly, he turned to face him, still curled up in a tight little ball "I'm glad its you that I'm doing this with too, Si. I don't think that I could do this with anyone but you... Raising four infants at the same time? We're definitely insane... But, we also did not plan on this - Didn't think it was even possible for me..."

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Sirius smiled a little. "I wonder how identical they're going to be. The two sets I mean. They're not quite quads but they almost are."

"We definitely need to get a bigger place - even bigger than Silas's old place," Sirius said. "We need a yard with four of them. We have to be able to send them somewhere when things get too crazy and we need a break."

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Gio laughed softly "We'll just have to wait and see." Gio said as he rubbed his own belly. He hadn't popped out quite yet, but he was certain that it wouldn't be too long before his stomach started rounding out.

"I know we need to think about that... I think there are some houses for sale in Silas' neighborhood... but..." Gio paused and nibbled on his bottom lip tightly "We *can't* legally move to a new house without at least one of us having legal documentation that we live in the United States - neither of us have that, Sirius... One of us, or both of us, really need to think about taking the Citizenship test."

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"My visa is more secure than yours right now. I have Silas and Sidney sponsoring me on a family visa and not just on a work visa like you. I can buy property without being a citizen. Neither of us can take the test yet. We haven't been here long enough and aren't on the correct path for citizenship. I checked it out before talking to Silas," Sirius sighed. "He's willing to continue sponsoring you no matter where you work once I explained what was going on - at least in vague terms. I didn't tell him you were pregnant. Just that him firing you put you in jeopardy of being deported and that you had been ill."

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Gio sighed unhappily, wrapping his arms around his stomach and drawing his legs up onto the seat "I want my job back at Saucer II, Si... I loved working there, cooking there, just being there in general..." Gio said quietly, turning to lay his head on Sirius' arm "Can we talk to your brother? See if he will give me a second chance? Tell him the truth about what is going on with me?"

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Sirius nodded and kissed Gio's forehead. "We're going to have to talk to him. He and Sid need to know what is going on. They're crazy overrun with kids themselves but they'll help in anyway they can. I know they will."

Sirius pulled in front of their place. "I'll be back really soon. Go up and get in something clean and comfortable. Cuddle Misha."

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Gio nodded and leaned his head up to kiss Sirius softly "Thank you, Si. I love you, so much." Gio whispered and then slid out of the SUV slowly. He wrapped arms around his stomach again, looking down at it as he headed back into the apartment. He let himself into the building and then the apartment; quickly got Misha from her cage and laid down on the couch with her, he curled up with the pup and sniffled. He found his Chick Flix movies on the DVR and started at the very beginning of his eighteen recorded movies.

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Sirius sat at the kitchen table and watched as Silas made up lunches for the three older kids for the rest of the week, portioning out leftovers and creating a huge amount of Tupperware to be put in the refrigerator. Gio was upstairs with Sidney and the triplets, using them to practice things like diaper changing and feeding even though at nine months they were a lot different then an infant.

Still it was a good time for them to talk to Silas and Sidney separately about Gio being pregnant as well. The older kids were in school and Silas didn't work tonight so there was no rushing to get anywhere. They had time to talk things out.

"I'm sure you want to know how Gio's doctor appointment went," Sirius said, accepting the warmed bowl of spaghetti bolognese from Silas. He was always hungry now and he wasn't going to turn down food. "He wants me to talk to you about it. He's a little ... you're still his boss to him. Not quite family yet."