Nathan POV

"I'm up, I'm up. What's going on?" I looked around and my mates were running around like madmen.

"Vince is in labor we gotta go." I looked at Eric until it registered what he just said.

"Grab the diaper bag." I said and got ready.

"I called Dr. Baldwin, he's prepped and ready to go." Caleb said and we ran out of the house.

"Where are the kids?" I asked. We just left without telling them.

"They'll meet us. They woke up to Vince's screaming." Caleb said and we looked at our poor mate.

When we got there he was rushed to a room and we followed.

"We couldn't fall back asleep." Holt said coming up behind us with Altan.

"Caleb, he's asking for you." Dr. Baldwin peeked his head out and I could see some blood on him and bit my lip.

"Coming." Caleb said getting up and walking to the room as we waited.

"He'll be ok, right?" Holt asked as we sat there in silence.

"Yes, he'll be fine. He's in good hands." I said and rubbed his back. He laid his head on my shoulder and Altan was cuddled up to Adin.

"Try to get some sleep, we'll be here for a while." I said to him and he nodded and used my bicep as his pillow and closed his eyes. I ran my hand through his hair and kissed his head as he went to sleep.

I looked at my other mates and as much as we are worried, we need sleep so when I saw Adin and Altan sleeping, Seth and Eric sleeping next to each other on the small couch, I laid my head back against the wall and closed my eyes, thinking positive thoughts about our mate getting surgery.

What felt like forever, I was soon woken up by a smiling Caleb.

"What time is it?" I asked.

"Well, it's a little after nine now. He started to hemorrhage so Dr. Balwin had to stop the bleeding but he's alive and healing now." He smiled.

"Let's go see our babies." He said.

I looked around for the others but they were no longer in the waiting room.

"They went to get us all food. They'll meet us there." I nodded and followed him.

When we got there I was immediately hit with a mixture of iron and cleaner.

"Hey, my strong buck, how are you feeling?" I smiled down at my weak and tired looking mate.

"I'm in pain but I'll survive. I look like hell though." He said weakly.

"Well my strong buck, if there's ever a person who comes out looking like a runway model after delivering a baby or two... you know what, I don't even know where I was going with that." We all chuckled.

"So where are our babies?" I asked and he pointed to them.

I smiled and walked over to our boys.

"The blonde-haired little one is Gavin and the brunette is Hayden." Vince said.

They look so precious.

"They look so peaceful sleeping without a care." I smiled.

"That's true." Caleb said.

"We're back..." Eric said walking in with the rest of the family.

I smiled as our family was ever-growing and I couldn't be happier.

"You can hold them if you want to my quick lightning." Vince said, bringing me out of my thoughts.

"Ok." I smiled.

This feels weird. Passing babies like a game of hot potatoes.

*2 days later*

"How does it feel being home my strong buck?" I asked Vince as he was nursing Gavin.

"I'm so glad to be home, it was suffocating in that damn hospital." He groaned.

I chuckled.

"I know."

"It still feels so surreal to have them, hold them in my arms, to nurse them, to love them." I smiled and kissed him.

"I think we all feel like that but I get it." I smiled stroking his hair.

"Wanna go take a walk with the twins? It's just us." I smiled. He nodded and I sat beside him and held Hayden as he finished nursing Gavin and once the little guy was done, Vince took Hayden and nursed him as I gently patted Gavins back to burp him.

"There you go. That was a good one sweetheart." I said and kissed his little chubby cheek.

Caleb was back playing soccer, the kids were at school, Adin was back at work, Eric and Seth were out buying things for the house so it was just us.

"Sure we can do that." He said.

"How many kids do you think we're going to have?" I asked randomly as we were walking.

"Well, Caleb is one of who knows how many kids so who knows." He said.

"Do you think we'll have more than what he grew up with? We already have four and three on the way. That's seven." I said.

"Time will tell." He said as we looked out at the lake.

"There you guys are, we went to the house and no one was home." Eric and Seth sat with us.

"Vince hadn't been outside lately so we decided to take a walk." I told them.

"Understandable." They said and I nodded.

"Adin, your appointment is tomorrow, are you excited to see how they are growing?" I asked and they smiled while nodding, lifting their shirt up.

"I'd say they are growing just fine." They said and we all rubbed their bulging baby bump.

"It seems like they are calm babies." I said.

"Yea, most of the time they just chill out in there." Adin said gently poking a hand or foot of one of the three babies growing safely in their home.

"Let's go home and start dinner and go to bed, I don't know about all of you but I am exhausted, practice was brutal this week." Our mate did look so tired but he still is there for all of us, whenever we need him. We all went back to our home and the boys were doing their homework so we went to the kitchen and started on dinner.

"Good night my beautiful family, I'm going to shower and go to bed, got an early practice tomorrow before the game tomorrow night. I love you all." Caleb kissed us.

"I will be there for your appointment though, don't worry." Caleb reassured Adin before he went upstairs. The rest of us watched TV with the boys for a couple of hours, just talking and spending time together.

"Ok time for bed kids, you got school in the morning, good night we love you." Seth said to the boys and they gave us love and us them and they went up to their rooms.

"I think it's time for us to go to bed as well." Vince said and yawned. We shut everything off and I helped Vince put Hayden and Gavin in their bassinets that are on the side of the bed and closest to Vince. We took a shower together, no funny business because we're to tired and when we got done, we went to bed where our sleeping and snoring Caleb laid.

"He is dead to the world." I whispered as I crawled over him and Seth as well. Vince and Eric got in on the other side and we all covered up and passed out quickly.

"Ok let's see what these babies are, if we can." Dr. Balwin said as he put the gel on Adin's belly.

"Listen to those strong heartbeats." I said when their heartbeats filled the room.

"Their all so strong." Adin said as they looked at the TV hanging on the wall that have our babies on the screen.

"They are developing at a good rate. They are smaller then a single baby or twins because they are all sharing from you so make sure you eat a little more, no need to worry Adin. They are healthy." Dr. Balwin said when Adin looked worried.

"Three boys." The doc said after he checked each of the babies and took measurements of them and all that fun stuff.

"More boys, is that all you men can produce?" I joked and Caleb shrugged chuckling.

"It seems like it." He said and the doc printed copies for us and we left the clinic with an appointment for two weeks for Adin. Since their carrying triplets, they need to be seen often.

"I love you." Caleb kissed Adin and us, said he loves us and left to go back to the field for his game tonight, a game which we will be at. It's his first one back since his injury.

Holt POV *a week later*

"Dad, can I go spend the night at Kase's?" I walked into the living area.

"I don't know..." He said in a sing-song voice and I pouted.

"Please..." I asked.

"What's your definition of night? Because knowing you, you'll be gone a week or a few days." I bit my lip.

"A few days maybe a week. I think it's time he knows I'm his mate and I want to make things official and he'll be home alone, well not completely since Nash will be there but he has his own things going on and Mr. Winters is away on business." I blushed.

"Are you sure?" I sighed.

"I don't know... He was supposed to get out of the hospital two days after you healed him but his body rejected Raja's spirit for some reason so he's just getting out today and his dad said I can be the one to take him home." He looked at me suspiciously.

"So you and Darrold are all buddy-buddy now huh? Trying to get on your future in law's good graces." I blushed.

"N-no." I stuttered.

"Mhm..." He chuckled.

"Just be home by Sunday alright and check in every few days be it text or a phone call?" He said.

"Thank you thank you thank you...." I said kissing him and my other dads.

They all chuckled and I ran upstairs to get my school bag and my duffle bag.

"You're leaving?" I looked in my bedroom doorway to see a pouting Altan.

"Only for a few days bro, I met my mate and I need to be around him. I've been avoiding being around him." I bit my lip.

"He's not going to reject you ya know. I've seen it, you're the hope the family needs since so much drama has happened in the last few generations." I smiled. God, I love his visions.

"I hope you're right bro, I'll owe you one." I said smiling.

"If he does I'll rip his heart out." He smiled sweetly but his eyes were black.

Damn this kid was scary at times.

"Thanks for that bro." I smiled and kissed his cheek.

"I love you Holt."

"I love you too bro." I said walking downstairs.

"Heading out?" Papa Eric asked.

"Yeah." I smile.

"Wait, here's some money. Take him on a date or something, I don't know." Dad said and I chuckled.

"Thanks, dad, see you guys Sunday." I said and walked out of the house and got in my car.

I wasn't an open truck person so I settled for an SUV. My dream car has always been an Audi Q3 but it was a little over my budget for what I managed to save within the months leading up to my seventh birthday so I opt with a Volvo V60

"Hi, I'm here to see Kase Winters, he's being discharged today." I told the front desk people.

"Just head on up." I nodded.

God, why am I so nervous to see him?

"Because we've never been alone with him." My horse spirit, Midnight said.

"We've been alone with him for only a few minutes at a time. We have a week alone with him." Midnight added.

Fuck I'm so screwed.

"Hey, Hercules." I laughed.

"Hey Stallion." He chuckled.

"So I'm a stallion hm?" I wiggled my eyebrows.

"I..." He blushed.

"Calm down, I'm only teasing. For a star wrestler, you sure blush a lot." I smirk.

"Because you're an attractive guy." He said under his breath but I heard him.

After he got his discharge papers we went to my SUV.

"Sweet car.." He said.

"Thanks." I laughed and helped him in the car due to him still having a cast on his leg.

As we left the hospital, he looked at me.

"Yes..."

"I'm hungry." He whined.

"How about a burger?" I asked.

"Yes!" I smiled. You could see his love for meat.

"Ok calm down." I laughed.

When I pulled into the parking lot I got out, I went around Kase's side and helped him out.

"Thanks." He said.

"No problem." I chuckled.

When we went inside and got seated we just looked at each other.

"What?" We both asked at the same time as we sat there awkwardly.

"So how come I haven't seen you around till recently? I saw Altan around at the park and the mall but not you."

"Well that's because I didn't live here, I'm from another part of California, Caleb is my adoptive dad. I just recently moved in from my old town. I was actually staying in a run down building in that town, it's one of the ones your dad is trying to rebuild actually. Small world huh?" I asked and he bit the inside of his cheek nodding slowly.

"Yea, you being here is definitely better now."

"Why's that?" I asked and he blushed again. His blush is so adorable.

"Because you're really hot and nice, do you know how hard it is to find someone hot and nice? Most good looking people are assholes and think their shit doesn't stink." I chuckled and nodded, that is true.

"I think you're really hot to Kase. Would you like to go out on a date sometime?" I asked without really thinking about it, gotta thank dad with his bluntness.

"Ah sure, but isn't this a date?" He shyly asked and I shook my head.

"Not even close to a date. This is just because you said you were hungry, out of the blue moment so no, you will know when I take you out on a date Kase."

"Oh, well I can't wait to see what you come up with Mr. Blackstone." Why does his comments turn me on? First he called me daddy, then he called me stallion and I got a little tight in my pants and now with him saying my last name like that is doing the same thing. I cleared my throat and took a drink of my water.

"Are you alright?" He asked silently, chuckling at my expense.

"I'm fine, thanks for asking." I said and discreetly fixed my problem and a minute later the waitress came to take our order.

"So since you are a fan of my dad, do you also play soccer or do you just watch him on TV?"

"I play in the backyard with Nash, he's the soccer guy in the family. I just know of your dad because of Nash. Caleb is a badass player."

"Yea, he is. He told me he's been playing since he was like four and when he met his dad, he's adopted as well, Liam did all he could to help dad with soccer. He even got the old team captain to play a game with dad on their first meeting and he signed dads ball. It's still to this day on dad's shelf of memories he now has in the living. After that meeting, dad worked his butt off day and night, took his team to States and then nationals, got accepted into UCLA and well you know the rest." I said feeling proud of what all my dad has accomplished in his life.

"That's really cool." He smiled.

"What about you? Darrold is your stepdad, right?" I asked.

"Yeah, him and my mom met after my dad died serving in the army. I was about four when he died so I don't really remember him but mom said he was the most amazing man she met. Pop still has pictures of him in the house because he was best friends with my dad and served alongside him. It wasn't until I turned eight that they, as in my mom and stepdad started dating. According to pop, my mom was his true mate but my dad got to her first and he valued my dad's friendship so he suffered the pain of them mating and doing things." I nodded. That must have been rough, poor Darrold.

"Do you have a mate Holt?" He asked and I inhaled.

"I don't but I do at the same time. I know who it is but I'm nervous to tell them. " I bit my lip debating if I should wait or tell him now.. What if I wait and he starts dating and I miss my chance or do I tell him and risk being rejected. Ugh... Fuck my life.

"How would you feel if you were someone's mate? I mean knowing about us and all you have to have some opinion on it." I bit my lip.

"It would be pretty cool to be someone's mate. I saw what love could do to a person, I saw what being a mate was like...I want that, I want someone who will love me for me and not my status in society or what I have. I want real, honest and true love. Yes the mate bond may tell that's who you're destined for but my stepdad and mom put the work in and made it work and I love that. I want someone like you." He blurted out.

"Me? Why would you want to be with me?" I know he was my mate but damn, I've dated before and the love was not mutual unfortunately.

"Why not you? You're friends with me not for my money but because you want to know me. You're the third person I've come out to because my 'friends' were all homophobic high class assholes. There's a lot I find attractive about you. There's your freckles and wavy hair for example. They make you stand out and I like that. No one in our school embraces their differences like you, instead they act fake and try to fit in and change their body to do it if necessary." I smiled. He's a sweet talker I see.

"Your eyes are so mesmerizing with the hint of silver it reminds me of the ocean being lit by the moonlight." I smiled.

"What if I said you were my mate?" I smiled.

"I'd say no way you're lying but secretly hope you're not because I've wanted you from the moment I saw you in the hospital." He chuckled nervously.

This is it Holt, just tell him.

"Well... Kase Winters, you are my mate." I flinched holding my heart waiting for those words.

"What are you doing?" He chuckled.

"You're not going to reject me?" I asked.

"Did you not hear a word I've said tonight?" I bit my lip nodding.

"Then why on earth would I reject you? I pour my heart out to you and confess my love for you just to reject you? Nah, that's not how I roll." He chuckled.

"Holt Blackstone, I would love to be your mate. I accept." He smiled and I kissed the back of his hand.

"Good, because I accept you Kase Winters as my mate." I said and smiled at his cute blush.

Out of impulse and being lost in his eyes, I reached across the table putting my hand on the back of his neck, pulling him toward me and kissed him sealing our bond and feeling those sparks everyone talks about go off in my entire body and I couldn't help but moan at how delicious he tasted.

"If that's what I have to look forward to for the rest of my life... wow." Kase said exhaling with a smile on his face, making me chuckle.

"Just wait until we mate, mate." I winked causing him to blush.

"Just know I'm versatile." He winked back.

"Well, since you've said that well you can pop my back cherry and I'll pop my front cherry in you... and then some." I smirk.

"Keep that up I won't hold back." He smirked and that did it, I wanted him right here and now.

Fuck this guy is going to be the death of me.

After some time of just casual conversation, we paid our bill and left for his place.