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Silas shrugged slightly "Maybe just on the couch... If I go sleep upstairs, I'll probably sleep for too long, and you know how I get when I get too much sleep." Silas said quietly as he grabbed the bottle of Listerine they kept under the sink, he cleaned his mouth out and spit it into the sink before stumbling his way into the living room.

Slipping his boots off, Silas stretched his body out and then sat down on the couch, Zeus and Chloe both barked at him - Zeus was still only four months old and very awkward with his huge feet. He stumbled his way over to the couch, placing his paws on Silas' knees "Alright, you can nap with me, bud." Silas said as he lifted the puppy up onto the couch, snuggling close with the pup as he laid down.

Zeus licked his cheek and yipped happily, snuggling right in against Silas' broad chest - Zeus was definitely *his* dog, Zeus was rather reluctant to spend time with Titan and Calla because they were a bit loud. Silas gently stroked down Zeus' back and smiled "That's my boy, hm? How do you feel about getting three younger siblings?" Silas asked quietly - Zeus yipped in response, head tilting to the side, huge ears flopping crazily.

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Sidney came out with the tea in a spill proof thermos so Silas could sip at it while resting on the couch. He lifted Silas's legs and slid underneath of them, resting Silas's feet in his lap. "I don't think you're going to have your same reactions to sleep right now. I'm pretty sure you won't be cranky if you sleep too much during the day right now. Growing a baby is hard work and growing three - well, that's triple the amount of work you're doing right now."

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Silas took the thermos and sipped lightly at it before setting it aside "That's my tea, Zeus." he said, nipping at the pup when Zeus tried sniffing at his thermos.

Zeus whined and laid his head back down across Silas' chest. "It is not the crankiness that I am worried about... It is the headache I get when I sleep too much - I think it will be worse now, because I'm pregnant and the headaches I've been getting have been worse..." Silas sighed and slowly turned over onto his back, keeping one arm loosely wrapped around Zeus' back.

"Are headaches common? I feel like a totally newbie to this pregnancy thing, and we have gone through it together twice now... I suppose it is different because this is my pregnancy..." Silas sighed and rubbed his stomach a bit "Three babies... I am still really shocked about the fact that I am carrying three babies... How was that even a possibility? I expected twins, because that is all that is in our family... I do not know of any triplets on my side..."

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"Well we implanted three so we always knew there was a chance of three," said Sidney, rubbing Silas's feet. "Perhaps the family history of twins upped the chances. And headaches are a thing. We'll find out what your pregnancy is going to entail. I'll do my best to help you every step of the way. You know that."

Zeus snuggled under Silas's chin, legs all long and floppy. "He's going to be sad when you're belly is too big for that."

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Silas snorted and rubbed his chin against the top of Zeus' head "He'll find a way to lay on top of me, I'm sure..." Silas said as he ran his fingers across Zeus' spine and looked down the length of the couch at Sidney - he loved that they could both fit on the couch without Silas nearly falling off; investing in long lengthed furnitures was always on their list of 'need to do's' but this just made things better.

"Every pregnancy should come with a how-to manual..." Silas said with a sigh as he twisted and turned his body until he found that super comfortable position on the couch that was practically made for his bodies' dips and curves "How do you think the kids will take the news?"

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Sidney shook his head and chuckled. "I have no idea. Literally no clue. Calla still isn't sure why we want another baby and now we're having three? She's going to be so confused. Titan and Theo are going to be shocked. Oh my god, my parents are going to be so surprised. I didn't even tell them we were doing this."

He rubbed Silas's feet some more. "We're going to have to get a second nanny. Maria can't handle three babies."

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Silas wiggled his toes and moaned as Sidney found a tender spot, his back arching slightly. Zeus growled and nipped lightly at the small amount of hair on Silas' chin "Sorry! Jeesh." Silas grumbled as he straightened back out and rubbed Zeus' head again.

"Theo is going to have a hard time choosing the sibling he wants to replace Titan with." Silas said with a laugh - that had been a topic of discussion between the three of them as of late; Theo hated being left out, but there really wasn't anything they could do, Calla was picky and wasn't at all fond of playing with Theo for some reason, which she refused to tell them why, if there even was a real reason why.

"Not that I do not love Maria, but... why exactly did we keep her on after you retired? I mean, I know she has been there for us since Titan and Theo were toddlers, but it made no sense to keep her working for us when you were home all day..."

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"Because Calla needed the extra attention when she was younger," said Sidney. "That way Titan and Theo had Maria there to help them out when I needed to be with Calla."

Sidney smiled at him softly. "She's practically family now. I mean, she saw me right after Calla was born."

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Silas nodded and sighed quietly "Yeah, I know... it's just weird is all... most people don't have a nanny and a stay-at-home dad..." Silas shrugged and yawned into his fist "We can start looking for nanny's in my eighth month then..." he reached over to his thermos of tea and tentatively took a few sips, trying his hardest not to spill on himself of Zeus' head.

"I know we said we'd talk about everything at a later date... but now is later." Silas sat the thermos back down and looked at Sidney over the top of Zeus' head "How many bedrooms do you think we'll need now? I mean, you don't want the triplets sharing a room until they are eighteen, and if we stayed in this house - that is what they would have to do... There really is not enough room to add three more children to this house..."

Silas shook his head and pouted his bottom lip out "Are we really going to have to flaunt our wealth and buy a mansion? Or build a custom home to live in?"

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Sidney sighed and squeezed Silas's ankle. "Titan and Theo are fine sharing a room for now. I hate to have to go for a mansion or something like that, but with six kids, we're going to need seven rooms if they all want their own room. And at least one guest bedroom, right?"

"And I guess we need to know what we're having before we can decide if they can share for a few years. Like, if they're all boys or all girls or two and one. It'll be a few months until we know that." Sidney rubbed his forehead. "I guess we can have a house built. I think I'd rather that then a mansion."

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Silas nodded and laid his head back down "It'll still pretty much be as big as a mansion... Just... it will fit our style better than a pre-built home." Silas closed his eyes and yawned again "Ask Marc to give you that number off the land for sale near his home - Perhaps, if you don't mind it, we could build there... Be near Kris, Marc, and his kids..."

Silas stopped talking after that sentence, and then within seconds he was snoring lightly; fast asleep it seemed within just seconds of speaking.

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Sidney shook his head. He was going to have to get used to this apparently. He lifted Silas's feet and got up. He had laundry to do. Silas could spend the morning napping but he had stuff to do around the house.

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Silas was just on the cusp of entering his forth month of pregnancy - it was getting harder and harder to hide his growing stomach.  With triplets growing inside of him, and not just any triplets, but Flint-grown triplets, they were growing at an exceptional rate -- Or it was just an exaggeration, he was growing normally, but he was still getting bigger by the day.

They had just recently gotten the green-light from Marc that the pregnancy was completely viable, and that in six months they would be welcoming three Flint babies into their family.  And even though Silas was only fourteen weeks pregnant, Marc was an expert at reading ultrasound pictures, plus with the technology of 3D Imaging, Marc was easily able to determine what sexes they were having.  However, they made Marc promise not to tell them what they were having - not yet anyway, they wanted it to be a surprise and have it revealed to everyone at the same time.

And that is why now, they were gathering all of their friends and family to reveal that Silas was pregnant, with triplets, and Marc would be revealing the three unborn children's genders at this party.  Silas had invited his brother, who had moved to the States when Calla was born, and several of the employee's he worked with that were close to him - mostly his manager's and the executive chef's he worked with on a daily basis.  Sidney had invited his parents, and his sister Taylor; he also invited several friends he had made over the years at Silver Hill and was still in contact with - most importantly, Anna was there!  Sidney and Anna really hadn't spent much time together since Sidney left Silver Hill, and those two together was always a comical act.  And, of course, Marc and Kris and all of their kids were also at the party.

Silas and Gio were manning the cooking stations - Gio at the grill and Silas using the outdoor stove they had in their backyard kitchen.  They also had Theo helping them since he was the only kid who seemed uninterested - or perhaps was, yet again, being neglected - in playing with the rest of the kids at the party.

It did not take long for Silas, Gio, and Theo to finish the meals they were serving, and soon everything was on the long table they had set up for the occasion - they were tables borrowed from Saucer II for events they held there and needed banquet style tabling.  Silas and Sidney smiled at each other from one end of the table - it was time to make the announcements.  Silas squeezed Sidney's hand and stood up, clinking his fork against his water glass.

Clearing his throat, Silas waited until everyone had quieted down and was now staring at him expectantly "Ah... first I wanted to thank you all for coming on such short notice..." He cleared his throat again and wiped his hands on his jeans "Sidney and I invited you all here because we have some very important news that we wanted to share..." Sidney stood up at that point, holding onto Silas' hand and giving it a reassuring squeeze "Sidney and I have... well... We are pregnant, again... But Sidney is not the one carrying, this time, I am."

Words of congratulations passed over the table, except from Calla and Titan who looked more upset about the news than they did happy for their parents.  Silas knew the next part would be a scary processes, but he hoped that Calla and Titan would not throw a fit about the news "I'm pregnant with triplets..."

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"You said one baby!" Calla cried out. "I don't want three." Titan leaned over and gently shushed her, whispering in her ear. She looked furious but closed her mouth and crossed her arms over her chest, glaring at her parents. Titan kept his arm around her shoulders, still talking softly to her.

"Oh my gosh," Meg said, her hand over her mouth. "Triplets?!"

Sirius, as was his habit, started laughing, shaking his head. "You two don't ever do things by half, do you?"

Sidney sighed and looked at the shell-shocked expressions at the table of their friends and family. He squeezed Silas's hand firmly. "It was a surprise for us as well. Things are going to get really crazy around here, but we're excited and happy to be welcoming three more children to our family."

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Silas sighed and glared at his twin brother but he bit his tongue on the retort he had and smiled in Sidney's direction instead "That's right. I was not at all expecting triplets... it was ah..." he shrugged and scooted closer to Sidney, wrapping an arm around his husband's shoulder "Unexpected, definitely... We were at the most hoping for twins..."

Silas cleared his throat and shuffled on his feet slightly, then looked around the table "I'm glad that you all were here, are here, to support us in this new adventure... but uh... Marc, too, has an announcement."

Silas and Sidney both took their seats - they were eager to find out what they were having as well, they were hoping it was a mix and not all one gender, wanting to even out their family a little more.

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Marc stood up and rubbed his hands together. "I have some helpers for this actually. We are here to reveal the sexes of the babies. I'm the only one who knows what Silas and Sidney are having."

Amelia and Estelle brought a big box over to the table for their father. Marc grinned and leaned over to hug them both. "Thanks, girls. In this box, there are three balloons. Girls will be pink. Boys will be blue."

Marc turned the box towards Silas and Sidney. He rested his hands on the tape. "Ready?" When they nodded, he ripped the tape off and opened the box, three balloons floating up and out of the box. He had taped the strings to the inside so they just bobbed and weaved in the breeze, showing off two pink and one blue balloon for everyone to see.

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Silas grinned and leaned over to kiss Sidney on the lips softly "It does not even the family out much, but at least now we will have three girls and three boys..." Silas said quietly, setting a hand on his stomach and rubbing the mound that had grown in recent weeks. "I love you, Sid."

Theo came over at that point, pulling himself up and plopping into Sidney's lap "So does this mean I can have the baby brother as my play mate? because I don't think the two girls will be very fun to play with?" he asked, pouting his bottom lip out and resting his elbows on the table as he looked up at his two fathers.

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Sidney laughed and hugged Theo. "Of course. He's going to need his big brothers and sister." He looked at Silas, smiling happily. "I love you too."

Titan and Calla finally came over as well, Calla still pouting, but Titan smiling a little bit. Titan leaned on Silas's arm, looking up at him.

"Adda, you're going to be so fat!" Titan grinned at him as Calla scrambled up onto Silas's lap, winding her arms around his neck. "Calla's a little upset."

Calla hid her face in Silas's neck, nodding against it but not saying anything. She still didn't want any babies, especially if it meant her Adda wasn't going to be able to hold her and hug her because of them.

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Silas sighed and wrapped his arms around Calla's back, gently rubbing up and down "I'll be back in a minute." Silas said as he pushed back from the table and stood up with Calla still in his arms "You guys please, enjoy your meal and do not wait for me... I'll only be a short time."

Silas went into the house, Zeus following in after him and Calla as the pup followed Silas everywhere. Silas sat down on the couch in the living room and kissed the top of Calla's head "Calla, sweetheart, why are you upset about Adda having babies?" Silas asked softly as he adjusted Calla so they were eye to eye. Calla shook her head and refused to answer, looking down at the rounded stomach that Silas could no longer hide "Calla, I love you, you know this princess. You are my first daughter, and always will be... You are the light of my life and make me so happy. These three will not change that, you know we have a special relationship."

Silas hoped that his pep talk would get through to his daughter. He kissed her forehead lightly and looked down at Calla "Do you understand baby?"

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"But why?" asked Calla softly, fiddling with the hem of her shirt. "Did I do something wrong? I can be better. I'll try harder to be good. I'll play with Theo and take care of Chloe and do whatever you want."

She sniffled a little. "I know I'm not right. But I can be better. You don't need new babies."