Taylor and Walker
Taylor awoke soon after he'd fallen asleep that night.
"HELP!"
He shot up in bed, cringing a little, and turned on the light. Flavian was jumping up and down as far as his legs would let him.
"HELP!" he screamed again, "TAY-TAY!"
Taylor quickly jumped out of bed and ran over to the desk. Meena was struggling on her side, a small dark mound of goop beside her.
Taylor quickly grabbed a torch and switched it on.
"Oh my God... DAD?!"
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Walker's eyes shot open as he heard Taylor's call.
He jumped from his bed and quickly made his way through to Taylor's room. Opening the door, he saw Taylor look up at him.
"They're coming."
Walker made his way over and Taylor shone his torch on two small balls.
"Is that them?" he asked nervously.
"Yes it is," Walker grinned, "after she's given birth she'll clean them herself."
Walker moved some cloths out of the way so he could get a better view and turned the nearby heater up a little. Taylor couldn't wipe the grin off his face.
A third small ball was suddenly produced.
"Oh my God they're so small," Taylor bounced a little as Walker glanced at him.
He chuckled.
Flavian watched on as a fourth and fifth appeared. Taylor yawned, before a sixth, and final, ball was produced.
Meena struggled a little to turn around to her babies, and began trying to lick them clean.
"They're so cute," Taylor shook his head.
Avery
Avery heard Taylor scream out so she raced out of bed and into his room.
"What's happened... oh fuzzles!" She cooed.
Taylor and Walker
Taylor grabbed his sister's shoulder and pulled her in front of him.
"Meena gave birth," he stated the obvious with a grin, "six little fuzzles. And I promised you one, didn't I?"
He patted her shoulder as Meena cleaned the first fuzzle.
"Hey Flavian, yellow, just like it's daddy!"
"Yay!" FLavian exclaimed, bouncing.
"That one's a girl," Walker smiled, warming up his hands before moving the baby fuzzle slightly - just so Meena could get to the next one.
Flavian bent over and sniffed the yellow one as it hiccuped, it's whole body jolting. Taylor laughed.
Avery
Avery cooed and stood next to Tay, peering into the box in excitement.
"Ooh, can I really have one Tay-Tay?"
Taylor and Walker
"If Meena let's you, I don't think it'll be a problem," Taylor grinned, kissing her forehead as he wrapped his arms around her and rested his chin on her head.
The second fuzzle was a deep emerald green.
"Hey, blue and yellow DOES make green!" Taylor chuckled.
The next fuzzle was blue like it's mother, the fourth a nice lime colour, the fifth a turquoise, and the last...
Taylor gasped as Walker's face went white.
"Black," he frowned a little as Meena cleaned her cub off.
Taylor glanced at his father.
Avery
"Hey, a black Fuzzle! Cute! Can I have that one?" Avie paused then spotted the light green one. "Wait, I want the light green one if Meena lets me!"
Taylor and Walker
Taylor gave Walker a worried glance.
"Yeah sure, you can have the green one. But I don't think they can leave their mom just yet."
"Not for a month or so," Walker agreed.
"So..." Taylor bent down to her level and swayed her a bit, "so what are you gonna call him?"
"Her," Walker corrected.
"Her," Taylor amended with a grin.
He was feeling Flavian's happiness at being a father.
Avery
Avery hugged her brother.
"They're so cute..."
She looked at him. "I don't know, any ideas?"
TAylor
"Well..." Taylor considered, "just off the top of my head, there's... Linnea, Beryl, Midori, Verdi..."
He trailed off.
"But it's really up to you, Ave."
Avery
"I think... Jade. She looks like a Jade. Mainly because she's green."
Avery hugged her brother again and yawned. She went over to Taylor's bed and sat down, leaning against his pillows, trying to stay awake.
"What are you gonna name the other ones?"
Taylor and Walker
"Hmm..." Taylor considered, rubbing his chin.
He sat at his desk as his father watched over the babies.
"Ok, I got it," he said after much thought, "Mya, Dorian, Aricin, Xanthe, Malory and Jade."
Walker raised his eyebrows.
"And which is which?"
Taylor stood up and went over to him.
"The emerald one is Mya. Mya is Hawaiian for emerald."
He chuckled.
"Dorian means 'from the sea' in Greek, so it fits the turquoise one. Aricin is Scandanavian for the 'King's son' - that's the blue one. Xanthe is the female equivalent of Flavian, Greek for yellow or blonde."
Taylor grinned at Flavian.
"And what was the other one?" Walker looked up curiosly.
"Malory. That's the black one."
He leant over and whispered in his father's ear.
"French for bad luck."
Avery
Avery yawned again and let her head rest completely on the pillow.
"Nice names..."
She closed her eyes and started to drift back to sleep.
Taylor and Walker
Flavian crawled into his nest and Walker sighed.
"Hey girlie! My bed, not yours."
Taylor went over to her and shook her shoulder. Then he put his arms underneath her and lifted her up.
"Acutally, do you want to go back to your own bed, or sleep in here with the fuzzles? I'm sure we could grab some blankets..."
He glanced at his father, who nodded.
"I'll get them if you want."
Taylor looked to Avie.
Avery
Avery shrugged sleepily.
"Doesn't matter to me, Tay-Tay."
Taylor and Walker
"Well it depends on how much sleep you want to get, they might be screaming all night," Taylor chuckled.
"I'll fetch some blankets," Walker nodded, taking one last look at Meena and Flavian before leaving the room.
Taylor didn't know what to do with his sister, so he just stood and held her in his arms until their father returned.
"Here," he said finally, and began to spread some blankets over the floor, "the heater should be enough to keep everyone in here warm."
Taylor waited until his father had set the blankets and thrown a pillow down before setting Avery down on the makeshift bed. He pulled the blankets over her, and kissed her again.
"Good night you two," Walker smiled, before closing the door on his way out.
Taylor went to check on the fuzzles one last time, before getting in to his own bed.
Avery
"G'night Tay... I love you."
Avery closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep.