Delighted to meet you all

[endlessdel]

She was so tired. Her whole body hurt and ached in places that she had never thought existed. The pain had stretched and hurt her, changed her inside and out but this time she wasn't broken inside, this time she was happy. Delighted even. This time at the end of it all she had two beautiful little fairhaired children crying angrily at her or

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[how_youdoin]

This was Joey's fourth trip into the room already; in and out, in and out, not saying a word to anyone yet until it was all set up. Lots of paintings he'd done himself of farmyard animals, camels, cows, all the really smelly ones that had been with Jesus when he'd been born, because if Del couldn't get to the barn then the barn would have to come to her. He hadn't been able to find any gold or myrrh so he'd gotten a sheet and painted the words on it and he lay that over the foot of her bed. A giant WELCOME BABYS banner hung over the door. A tower of baby and kids books came in next, all read and donated by himself and a babygrow with his face on it that the clothes box had spewed out. For some reason it had his sister Gina and his nephew Michael on it, as well as a hot blond Joey didn't recognise and there were palm trees behind them but it had his name over the top of it and he was dead centre so he didn't question the whys and wherefores too much.

The next time he came in he was wearing a crown and a cape and he stuck a foil star over the bed and rested a copy of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley on Asher's knee and disappeared again. A few minutes later he was yelling somewhere in the building that it was "Just a goat! Come on, man! Let me bring it in! It's my piece of resistance!" Alas, he returned goatless but not poutless, but when he saw how great the room now looked, he couldn't help the pride showing on his face.

And then he stood in the middle, looked at both Del and Asher and cleared his throat.

"Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign," he read, "the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son and a daughter and will call him Immanuel and...something. Blah blah blah, oh, so Joseph and Mar-- Asher and Del went to Bethlehem but the inn was full so Mar--Del popped in a rude stable-- crude stable." He gestured with an arm around the room as he read. "And there were two babies and they were put to bed and the shepherd and kings came," he stuck out his chest and continued with smile, "who were attending to their socks and then the angel said something and there was this really mean guy called Herod and he wasn't uh, oh! And then the head king, that's me, gave gold, my..r..myro...holy cow, how d'you say that? My...herr and frankenstein and then they knew that the, oh and they followed the star," he pointed at the foil, "and the babies were healthy and happy and Mary was a bit tired but whatever. The end."

He bowed, crown sitting wonky on his head, then pulled the book out from under his arm. "And now for my main reading: Breast Bottle Bowl The Best Fed Baby Book..."

[Both please :D]

[endlessdel]

Del just watched silently as Joey came in and out, leaving bits and pieces in the room before wandering off again. By the time Joey came back in again, with a crown and a cape, Joey had missed the sneak peak of breast as she redid her top and put Daniel against her shoulder to soothe him. Daniel fussed at her, wrinkling his face and grumbling. Just like his father. Smiling at Joey, Del cradled Daniel so he could listen to the story as well.

"I really liked that Joey, although I'm not a virgin otherwise Asher and I wouldn't have had babies. I can explain it to you if you like, I'm sure I have a banana somewhere," Del said wondering if he'd allow her to pop his condoms again. She had enjoyed that. Although maybe not around the twins. They didn't seem to like very loud noises.

[asher_talos]

Asher stared blankly, expression sort of glazing over even further with each pass into the room Joey had made. By the time a book had ended up on his knee, he knew there wasn't much he could do but sit back and suck it up. It was bound to get really fucking weird.

He mumbled quietly to Celia, explaining that the freak with the crown was her crazy uncle Joey, even if she wasn't remotely interested in what was going on or what he had to say. He supposed he should probably get used to that last one at some point.

As Joey put on his little skit, Asher watched, horrified and fascinated, all at the very same time. It was like the Bible on crack, a version he probably wouldn't have minded reading. And he'd sort of love to see Joey's creative interpretation on the story of Creation.

When it was all over, Asher blinked. Was he supposed to say something? "Uh... Wow."

Yeah, that would work.

[how_youdoin]

Since they both seemed to think that was it (as if!) Joey closed the breast-feeding book to save for later. He'd definitely read it aloud at some point but he'd seen some pretty weird things in there that probably needed more mulling over before he went public anyway.

"That's okay," he assured Del quietly before looking over at Asher and flapping a hand. "That was the thing! The thing I was working on. And not one word was theasaurasasised!" His roommate had been right after all; speak from the heart and Joey had done just that.

He seemed torn between which baby to see first but he finally chose the one in Asher's arms because of all the pink. Pretty, pretty pink. He peered down. "Awwww." Peered down some more. Wow, that was a lot of pink. "He's so cute. Is he gonna break a lotta girls hearts or what? III think sooo!"

[endlessdel]

"That's Abigail-don't make the face Asher-Celia, Joey. But please just call her Celia and yes, I think she will break a lot of hearts." Delirium said mildly corrected Joey though she smiled at him as he cooed over her daughter swaddled so tightly in pink and rainbow. Delirium cuddled Daniel to her chest as he yawned, his eyes blinking blearily.

[asher_talos]

She was wearing retina melting pink, not blue or a gender neutral yellow - pink. How was it even possible to confuse her for a boy? Was Joey color blind?

"Wanna hold her? I think she puked all she's gonna on my blazer earlier." Which would explain why he wasn't wearing one.