August arrived and everyone had an eye on Zayn, as he seemed to be about to give birth with every step he took, Liam wouldn't let go of him and every time they got even close to him, he growled, for which only his siblings could get within a certain distance and the only people allowed to be alone with the omega were Harry, Shawn and Barbara.

Harry already had a much more noticeable pregnancy belly, they already knew it would be a girl and of course their grandmothers had been the first to find out, every month they had been in charge of sending them copies of their ultrasounds, Lillibeth and Jane were excited to see their first grandchild in their arms, Molly and Sophia had made paper crowns for themselves, their sisters and niece, Harry nearly cried when they showed him. The pregnancy was going quite well, it was already out of risk and that couldn't have made them happier.

But it hadn't been easy at all, the first three months Harry woke up crying, with both hands on his belly trying to protect his future puppy, always afraid of losing her, sometimes he disconnected from the world while caressing his swollen belly, whispering nice words until Louis would bring him out of his own thoughts, reassuring him that everything would be fine, kissing and cuddling him until he fell asleep, at every obstetrician appointment they mentioned that omega concern, and the doctor assured them that everything was in order. The baby was healthy, and Harry's therapist was helping him, until well into the second trimester, all of that seemed to be a sad memory, Louis was proud of how far his omega was progressing.

And in the early morning of August 21, Zayn began to have very strong contractions, so much so that he woke up everyone on that same floor with the piercing cry that he had released.

"Love? Are they coming?" Liam asked, quite scared, suddenly Harry and Louis bursted into the room.

"No, you idiot alpha. I'm just yelling to see how many morons I can scare!" Zayn growled and got up from the bed, holding his lower back with both hands. He looked at his alpha, who was still on the bed looking at him with narrowed eyes. "What are you doing there staring at me?! Call the doctor, I'm having your kids!"

Only at that moment Liam finished reacting and jumped out of bed, took his phone and asked a couple of guards to accompany them to the infirmary, just as he requested that they go for Dr. Jackson.

"Calm down, Zee, breathe, you can do this," Harry whispered as he helped the omega forward, if it wasn't a serious situation, Louis would have laughed to see the two omegas trying to get out of the room.

Liam hurried to open the door for him, where at least five guards were already waiting to escort them, Niall and Shawn came running, their pyjamas rather awkwardly arranged.

"Weren't you short of more guards, Li?" Niall asked teasingly and Liam growled in his direction. "Just kidding, don't be bitter."

The six of them ran towards the infirmary, Shawn and Harry were with Zayn, holding his hands and helping him into his robe, Barbara arrived a few minutes later, excited to see her first grandchildren born.

The doctor didn't even take five minutes to arrive, he arranged everything he was going to need and asked everyone to leave, even Liam, that was the protocol because some alphas got too aggressive seeing their omegas suffer so much with childbirth.

They spent approximately seven hours waiting outside the infirmary, Liam pacing the hallway, listening to Zayn's heart-rending screams, Harry had started to get nervous hearing Zayn's suffering, Louis was trying to calm him down, and Shawn and Niall were playing with the alpha's phone.

"How can they be so calm?" Harry asked at some point in the night, stroking his belly and not letting Louis stray too far.

"Simple, we're not expecting a baby like you guys," Niall replied, shrugging his shoulders in indifference, Shawn looked at him with a nervous little smile, but the alpha didn't even notice, "besides that Dr. Jackson is the best obstetrician you are going to find, Curly, don't worry."

"About the first..." Shawn started and Niall looked at him with wide eyes, Liam stopped his nervous pacing and Harry got up off the ground.

"Are you...?" Niall brought his hands to the Canadian's belly.

"Surprise?" He muttered and a small smile formed on their lips.

"And why didn't you tell me?!" Harry asked, sitting down next to him.

But the first cry interrupted that unusual confession.

Liam entered the room no matter what, and a few seconds later, a second cry accompanied the first. The Malik twins had already arrived in the world.

A few minutes later, the doctor came out to say that the others could come in, but they shouldn't overwhelm Zayn too much because he was pretty tired, and the image they found upon entering was simply moving.

Zayn was nursing a little one, and Liam was lying next to him with the other little one in his arms, looking with bright eyes at his puppies. The atmosphere was calm and you could smell the family scent all over the room.

"Look at those precious puppies!" Harry squealed and tears began to roll down his cheeks. "How are you, Zee?"

"Tired, but it was worth it," he muttered and began to coo at his cub.

"Are you going to tell us their names yet?" Niall asked excitedly, Zayn nodded.

"I present to you Blair and Blake Malik, heirs of Icarus rose." He announced proudly and everything was clear.

On August 21 at seven in the morning, Icarus Rose no longer waited for its heirs, as they had arrived.

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Jane and Lillibeth arrived in the afternoon as soon as they found out that the Malik twins had already been born, Sophia and Molly excitedly got out of the van as soon as it parked, Harry, Louis, Niall and Shawn were already waiting for them outside the house, the twins ran to Harry's belly to start caressing it with their little hands, but before they showed him what they were hiding behind their backs.

"Look Hazza, we made crowns for the twins too! Do you think they like them?" Sophia yelled excitedly, Harry grinned and nodded.

"Why don't we go show them? I bet Zayn will love them too," he took both girls by the hands.

Lillibeth approached her son and kissed her cheeks, as well as Harry's, Jane gave them both a hug and then they went to Niall and Shawn, the alpha was a little quieter than usual.

"We have more news for you, right, sweetie?" Shawn said looking at his alpha, he nodded vaguely and the omega looked at him confused.

"Mmhm," Niall muttered and both women hugged them excitedly before entering the house.

Zayn had already been moved to his room, Liam didn't get away from him at all and they always alternated to carry their puppies. Sometimes, if Zayn fell asleep, Liam would carry them both together, still without getting out of bed because he was afraid they would fall.

Lillibeth and Jane crept into the room, Liam cradling Blake in his arms while Zayn was patting Blair on the back for a repeat, Lillibeth carefully approached and gave the new parents a smile.

"How do you feel?" she asked softly and Zayn yawned.

"Tired, I can't believe I was able to give birth to two puppies the same night," the omega answered and Lillibeth stroked his hair.

"It's hard at first, taking care of two babies at the same time, but when they grow up and you see them running everywhere together, you know it was worth it, don't hesitate to ask for help, honey." Zayn nodded and let his head fall back.

"Thank you very much, Lillibeth, it's great that you came into our lives," he muttered and closed his eyes for a moment.

"Can I hold one?" Jane asked and Liam passed Blake, the omega cradled him in her arms and smiled. "I still remember my little Harry when he was a baby, he was so tiny and frail, with his little eyes closed and his little fingers around mine," she said wistfully and Lillibeth smiled.

"My Louis was beautiful, but he wouldn't stop crying if he didn't feel me around, he was always closer to me than anyone else," she recalled wistfully.

The aforementioned arrived just a few minutes later with Molly and Sophia, the girls already wearing crowns and the twins' crowns in their hands, they approached Zayn and sat at his feet.

"We already have the crown for the princes of the rose!" Molly announced with a huge smile, Zayn looked at them with sparkling eyes.

The girls hadn't learned the name of the mafia, but they had heard it several times and the only thing that stuck with them was rose, they found it quite cute.

"They're beautiful" Zayn said and put the crowns on his nightstand, "I'm sure they'll love wearing them when they're a little older."

"And what are they called?" Sophia asked now.

"Well, this prince here is Blair and the prince that Jane has is Blake," replied the omega and both girls nodded.

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Louis had stayed with Hermione and Dotty, they preferred to meet the babies a bit later so that Jane and Lillibeth would have a little or more time so they could talk to Zayn and Liam. The three of them walked around the house a bit while the omegas told their brother that they had already gone on vacation and they were anxious to visit him more often since his father would spend more time in the office.

"And have you thought about which university you're going to, Dotty?... Well, both of you, I don't know if you're already going to Fizz university," the alpha asked somewhat embarrassed once they were in the kitchen.

"Not really, I wasn't sure I wanted to study and mom did her best to convince dad to let me think about it for another year," said the older omega.

"And I still have a year to go before graduating," Dotty replied with a smile, "but maybe I'll go to the one dad decides, I don't know."

"Well, I hope that you are now completely clear that from now on that you can go to the university you want and you can study what they like the most, and if you father doesn't like it, I'll take care of paying for everything," said the alpha looking both omegas in the eye. "Don't let that alpha tell you that you can't do something."

"Thank you Lou, you are the best," they both hugged him.

Harry was approaching in the distance with two little girls running next to him. Louis came over to help him and gave him a quick kiss on the lips before they arrived with Dotty and Mia.

"Every day it is more difficult to go up and down stairs," said the curly trying to catch his breath.

"I'll ask to move our room to the first floor, love." Louis tried to leave, but the omega held him tightly so he wouldn't.

"I didn't say I couldn't, I just said it was hard," the omegas laughed.

"You take good care of him Lou, but let him do things on his own." Dotty said, earning her brother's look.

"Yes? We'll see when you come to introduce me to your alpha, then we'll see if he thinks the same."

"Of course he will, we omegas are capable of doing everything on our own, we don't need an alpha to watch over us all the time." Harry added.

"Exactly, besides that I'm not going to introduce you to my alpha when I have one," Louis' eyes widened in surprise, "because if I do I run the risk of scaring him," Harry laughed.

"Louis is like a huge teddy bear, on the outside he may look intimidating, but on the inside he's full of love, don't worry about it Dotty," Harry looked at the time on Louis's watch and smiled, "how about we go to buy ice cream?"

As soon as the twins heard those words they began to shout happily and jump while pulling their older brother's clothes saying little, "please".

"Let's go for ice cream then."

The alpha took the keys to one of the trucks and indicated that they give him two chairs for Sophia and Molly, because since he had seen them he asked them to buy all the necessary things so that every time his sisters went home they would feel comfortable, and once they were installed, they all got on and left the place with another truck following behind them.

"Where are we going, little bear?" The alpha asked as he adjusted the mirror so he could see his sisters.

"How about that ice cream parlour in town...? What was the name of it?"

"Amorino!" Molly yelled from her seat and everyone laughed.

"Then Amorino will be."

Louis started driving to the place and it didn't take him more than fifteen minutes to get there, since the alpha was a fan of going at high speed, especially when he had two little girls screaming excitedly every time he accelerated.

Once he stopped the car, everyone got out, Louis was wearing black dress pants and a white shirt with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows and sunglasses; Harry for his part was wearing slightly more comfortable clothes, a black shorts and a shirt of the same colour. Everyone entered the place and ordered the things they wanted, Louis paid the bill and they left the place with huge smiles on their faces.

"Can we go for a walk?" Dotty asked. "Well, if you're not too tired, Harry."

"Of course not, come on, I've been wanting to buy one of those pillows that you hug to sleep for a long time," Harry commented and Louis frowned at him.

"And I'm not enough for you?"

"Shut up and let's go," the omega handed his ice cream to Louis and took the twins' hands and started walking.

As they walked around Harry would ask his alpha to give him some of his ice cream and they would stop at every store that caught the attention of the girls. Three alphas dressed in black suits and dark glasses followed them around without saying anything and carried the bags of things they bought. They also made sure that no one got separated to avoid accidents.

It wasn't until they turned into a street that they found a bathroom that Harry could go into, the pregnancy made him want to use the toilet every half hour if he held on long, but as he was leaving he bumped into someone. He had a scent that was familiar to him, but he couldn't remember from where.

"Oh, excuse me, I'm stupid, I didn't notice where I was going" he bent down to pick up the bag with papers that he had dropped, Louis approached the scene worried that his omega was in danger, but when he saw that only she was a harmless omega gave the order to one of the guards who will take care of the girls.

"Don't worry, it's okay, I didn't notice either," both omegas looked into each other's eyes for a few seconds and that's when they recognized each other.

"Harry?" she asked, surprised.

"Yes, I'm Harry, Alana?" The omega nodded happily and went to hug him.

"I can't believe it, look at you!" She brought her hands to Harry's belly with joy, "long time no see and you're already expecting a baby before me."

"It's been several years," he said and they both laughed. The alpha approached and looked at the omega with a smile, waiting for the curly to introduce them. "Ah! Alana, this is Louis, my...fiancé and my alpha," the omega's eyes widened in surprise and she shook hands of Louis.

"I'm Alana, nice to meet you, I'm a friend of Stella's and I've known Harry since he was little."

"The pleasure is mine."

"Well, what are you doing here? Did you move?" The omega asked and Alana laughed.

"No, I'm about to move in with my fiancé who will soon be my husband," she showed him her ring excitedly and Harry smiled brightly, "and in fact I was handing out some invitations to some friends, and it's good that we met, so I can invite you, and to Stella and Jane, to everyone who you want to take."

"Congratulations, I'm sure Stella and my mom will be happy to go, and so will we, of course." Alana took out one of the invitations and handed it to the curly man.

"I hope to see you there, and congratulations on the baby, but now I have to go. I have another twenty invitations to deliver before I go back to Holmes Chapel to invite more people, but it was nice to meet you and I'm very happy to see you again, Harry. I think that the last time we saw each other was when you left for college."

"It's been a long time, but it was nice to see you too," they both kissed goodbye and the omega started walking again.

"Sounds good...my fiancé and my alpha, you should tell more people," the alpha commented and Harry laughed.

"You should tell more people that I am your fiancé and your omega," Louis laughed and leaned down to place a kiss on his lips.

"NOO! Hazza, I'm going to save you!" Sophia yelled as she ran to both of them and began to leave small and painless punches in Louis' legs, and it didn't take long for her sister Molly to do the same.

"Let go of Hazza!" The little omega yelled.

"Hey, hey, what do you think you're doing?"

"We protect Hazza from you."

"You don't have to protect him from me, I'm his alpha, I won't hurt him, I just gave him a kiss," the omega laughed and bent down to caress the cheeks of both girls.

"I appreciate you saving me from this big bad wolf, but I'm fine, how about we go back home for a nap?" Both girls nodded.

One of the guards took Louis' car so they didn't have to walk so far and they all got in ready to go home.

The girls slept until dinner time, which was specially prepared by Barbara, Lillibeth and Jane, the three of them were talking about their grandchildren, excited to see their puppies grow, Niall was still very serious, and Shawn just hugged him and left small, soft kisses on his lips and cheeks.

Everyone was gathered in the dining room, even Zayn, with Blake in his arms and Liam with Blair in his arms, they didn't want to get away from their little ones at any time.

"And how are you doing with the pregnancy, Harry? Are you feeling okay?" Lillibeth asked.

"A little tired, but okay, I got a very overprotective alpha," he teased and kissed Louis on the cheek.

"You know? When Louis was little he didn't stop asking about you, he asked me to ask Jane if you were okay, if you were still afraid of heights," those present laughed and Louis rolled his eyes with a smile. "And every day he told me that he was looking forward to seeing you again because he wanted you to try his favourite dessert."

"Mom," Louis said and Lillibeth looked at him amused.

"Don't you want me to make you that cake you liked so much anymore?" She asked and Louis nodded.

Suddenly, Niall put down the cutlery and left the dining room without looking at anyone, everyone was completely silent.

"I'll talk to him," Harry said and got up carefully, walking out of the dining room to find Niall curled up on the hallway floor.

He approached him and sat next to the alpha, he smelled of pure sadness, he caressed his back and the chestnut looked at him, his eyes were full of tears.

"What's wrong, Ni? Why are you crying?" Harry asked softly and a sob escaped the alpha's lips.

"I'm a jealous jerk, Harry" he confessed, and the curly looked at him confused.

"Why do you say that, Ni?"

"Because I see you with your mothers, Jane is always looking out for you, Barbara is around Zayn and her grandchildren all day, even Diana calls Shawn every day to see how he is, now Lillibeth is back... And I'm very happy for you, seriously, don't get me wrong, but I can't help but feel a little envious because I don't have my mom with me, and I feel lonely sometimes, besides, the anniversary of the accident is coming up and I ..." He admitted tearfully and Harry hugged him as tightly as he could, then the dining room door opened and three pairs of curious eyes stared at him.

Barbara was the first to approach, Harry separated a little and the woman took Niall's hands in hers, caressing them with her thumbs.

"My boy, it hurts me so much that you feel like this," she whispered and looked Niall in the eye. "You are not alone, my little boy, you and Louis have been my children since the day you entered this house."

Tears fell steadily from the alpha's blue eyes, then Jane reached over and hugged Niall tight.

"Also, where is mom Styles?" He asked with a little humour in his voice, Niall chuckled a little and Jane wiped away his tears, "I know we can't replace your birth mom Niall, but in my eyes, it's like If you were one more son, you take care of my Harry, my Stella, and I hope everyone here is taking care of my Niall," the alpha hugged Jane back.

And when he least expected it, Lillibeth timidly approached the alpha, sat across from him and ran her thumbs over Niall's cheeks, gently caressing his face.

"Jane warned me that I would not only return to my Louis, but that I would gain five more children, and she was right, each and every one of you has earned a place here," she pointed to her heart, "and don't tell Louis, but I think you're starting to be my favourite."

They all laughed and the three women hugged Niall tight.

"Amelie is probably not here physically, but I assure you that she is very proud of you," Barbara assured before leaving a kiss on the blue-eyed man's forehead.

"Besides you now have three mums who love you very much," Lillibeth said and Niall's usual smile returned.

"Thank you for everything, I love you all," he whispered softly, then cleared his throat and giggled "I think we already know who the spoiled one is."

They laughed again and returned to the dining room, dinner ended peacefully and everyone went up to their respective rooms, it had been an exhausting day.