THIRD PERSON POV

The whole Giovanni family was enjoying some time in the garden.

Salvatore and Athena were expecting their last child any day now and were taking their time to relax.

They loved their children unconditionally but had always wanted a little girl.

They both had hope like every other pregnancy but were ready to accept that it would be another boy; one in which they would love to their hearts content.

Matheo was the oldest and took it upon himself to play with Marco and Luca.

They were all playing soccer with each other whilst the younger ones were clinging to their father trying to climb on him.

Romeo was on one shoulder and Rocco on the other.

Throughout the day, the brother played with each other, and their love for one another was clearly visible.

After an afternoon in the sun, everyone was ready to head inside and clean up, but as Athena got up she felt wetness around her feet and on her dress.

Her water had broke.

"SALVATORE! QUICK! MY WATER'S BROKE".

Salvatore who was messing with his youngest children ran to her.

He picked her up as gently as he could and grabbed the bag they had prepped.

He told that staff what was going on and to help gather the children.

He placed his wife in the car and got the rest of the children buckled in safely and ordered their driver to get to the hospital.

He wanted his whole family present as this would be their last child.

He held his wife closely and whispered "how are you feeling mi amore?" Athena just shook her head scrunching her face in pain whilst muttering "contractions".

He understood and just held her whilst looking adoringly at his family.

They were 5 minutes out from the hospital when their youngest, Romeo started speaking. "Momma baby comin? I be big brofer? Me weally want to be big brofer, momma."

Salvatore didn't have to reply as Matheo put him on his lap and started chucking him in the air and tickling him as he chuckles with baby laughs.

"Yes, you're gonna be a big brother baby. You're going to have to be big and strong in order to play with our baby brother like i did with you. You got that? You got them muscles?"

Romeo laughed at first but then turned serious as he tried to show of his muscles whilst trying to punch to show how string he is and that he will protect his baby brother.

It started with Romeo until all of the brothers were comparing their muscles arguing over who would protect their baby brother the most.

"I fink it's a giwl. I fink Momma's got a girl in her tummy. I gonna protect my sistwer." Rocco interrupted everyone whilst smiling.

Everyone's mood dampened a bit as they didn't want to get their hopes up for a baby girl.

Salvatore took Rocco's hands and told him in the nicest way possible that it might not be a girl, and that he needs to be prepared for a boy.

The boy didn't listen and went over to their mother and touched their mother's stomach whilst whispering "sissy".

Nevertheless the rest still went in expecting a boy.

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The children were waiting outside the room whilst Athena was pushing.

Salvatore was holding her hand comforting her. "You're doing so well my love, just a couple more".

She complied and popped her baby into the waiting arms of the doctor.

The baby cried instantly which lifted a weight from their chests as Athena sighed in relief.

The doctors in the room cleaned, weighed and swaddled the baby in a blue blanket.

"Mr and Mrs Giovanni, here is your baby boy" the doctor said nervously.

The whole staff knew of Mr Giovanni's scary temper and did everything as best they could in order to be safe.

It was common knowledge around the world that this family owned Italy and that they were scary.

As the parents were holding and cooing over their child, Athena broke out in screams again.

The worried father took the baby and started threatening the doctors whilst trying not to disturb their baby but needing his wife to be ok.

He was holding her whispering sweet things in her ear.

The doctor examined her and told her she needed to push.

Salvatore was confused and demanded to know what was happening. "What's wrong with my wife!?"

"We think there's another baby that was hidden behind the first, that's why it didn't show up on the scans".

Salvatore was shocked but allowed them to continue nevertheless urging his wife to push.

He couldn't believe what he was hearing. He just hoped that the two would come out unscathed.

After another round of pushing the baby finally came out.

The first thing the parents realised was how small the child was but what was even worse was how it didn't cry.

The two had tears running down their cheeks worried for the life of their unexpected child.

Salvatore passed their baby boy to his wife and shadowed the doctors in what they were doing.

Currently they were trying to unblock the babies airway.

Salvatore backed away finding it hard to breath, hand covering his mouth trying to stop the flow of tears.

There had never been complication like this before with his children.

He couldn't watch so he went to console his wife knowing that the doctors would stay in the room so they could still see what was happening.

A couple of minutes passed which felt like hours to the parents. They were expecting the worst from the look of the frenzied doctors.

They couldn't think or see clearly until the doctor nervously came over with a baby swaddled in a yellow blanket, tubes in it's nose and tiny in comparison to their other child.

"Congratulations on your twin boy and girl Mr and Mrs Giovanni. You will have to stay longer in order for us to monitor the girl. She is underweight and needs extra help from being underdeveloped. It seems her brother was taking most of the food."

The two parents were speechless as they looked towards each other in shock as they held their two babies, a hidden girl included, a surprise they were not expecting.

"What should we name them Salvatore? I was thinking Adrian for our baby boy. Why don't you name our baby girl".

Salvatore stared speechless at his wife as he allowed her to name their baby girl.

He loved the name Adrian and had no discussion on his wife's choice of name. It didn't take him long to grasp a name that he had been hoping to use for over a decade. "Alina Giovanni".

The two parents kissed whilst caressing their babies faces.

He dismissed the doctors vowing to see them later and allowed his children to come in.

They all came in cautiously in order to not wake the baby. All of the boys except Rocco went to the mother in order to see their baby brother.

You could hear the cooing for miles as the baby boy's small hands grabbed onto as many fingers as he could, his green eyes gleaming.

Rocco continued to pull his father's pants in order for him to bend down, as if he could sense that he was carrying his baby sister in his arms.

The boy ignored his father as he looked wide eyed at the baby girl.

He carefully put his hand out to stroke her head and kissed her hair whilst whispering sissy again and again.

With a smile on his face he walked away to his momma muttering how him and his muscles would protect her.

After everyone had seen little Adrian they waited for their father to gather with them.

It didn't take long for them to realise what he was carrying in his arms, and as one can imagine they was a lot of squealing, hugging and even more comparing of the muscles.

All of the family vowed to protect the prince and princess, even the toddlers.

There were some concerns about her health from all of the brothers,but that would hopefully sort itself out in the future.

She was going to be the most loved little girl on planet Earth.

Salvatore couldn't even begin to imagine how his father and mother and brothers and the rest of the family would react.