This Is Us - Chapter 66: Chapter 66
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"And it seems like just days after their New Years Eve performance and photograph went viral, the two controversial members of NTB have seemingly disappeared,"
"Reports have claimed the hunt is on for the missing members but Milo and Kailani seem unalarmed, even taking a vacation together in Rome,"
"Just like that Thomas and Matthias Jackson along with their five-year-old daughter and speculated 'fiance' Luca have all seemingly vanished in thin air,"
"Their little girl being pulled from school from speculated medical reasons..."
"Where is their daughter? She's alone with these three men who've essentially kidnapped their own child, I don't know why the police aren't taking this more seriously."
"It's a black guy, an asian dude, and some British guy from god knows where. Do we really think this 'throuple' is going to work if they don't share cultures?"
"It's been months now since the strange disappearance from the public eye and NTB still hasn't released a statement"
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*THOMAS POV*
"I CAN'T DO THIS ANYMORE THOMAS! I'M GIVING UP!"
Luca screamed as the sweat poured down his face and I crouched down on the hot sand. My husband's upper arms falter and he drops face first into the sand. I couldn't help myself as I burst out laughing, kissing the top of his sweaty mop of hair as he groaned.
"Babe, you're going to burn yourself," I cooed and he tilted his head up, narrowing his eyes angrily at me.
"Why are you suddenly being nice?! I thought I was a marine or some shit ten seconds ago!" Luca whined and I kissed his pouted lips.
"I just thought 101 pushups is better than just 100, but 100 is still a good number," I mention and he pulls himself back to his knees giving me a hard shove.
"I'll show you good enough!" He grunted as he got back into pushup position.
"Come on Luca, how are you going to carry four babies if you can barely carry yourself! Think of the children," I dramatically whispered but it worked, getting him to do five more before his arms gave out again and I caught him before he fell.
"I can do more!" He called out like a drowning child as he tried to get back into position but I wouldn't let him.
"Okay, okay, okay, but you won't be holding any of the quads if you pull a muscle right now," I explained and he finally stopped fighting me, realizing I'm right. I yelped as he pinches my nipple on my shirtless chest and fall back, giving him a headstart on our mile jog across the sandy beach.
"Hey! Not fair!" I called after him and started running with the wind on my chest pushing me forward. He slows his pace just a bit, waiting for me to catch up.
"I can't believe we're actually going to be able to hold them today," Luca said as our feet hit the sand in unison.
"I just can't wait to meet the little guys," I sighed, my heart swelling at just the mention of the quads.
After we got about 75% through Luca slowed down a bit and I slowed with him.
"What's up baby?" I asked and he gently shrugged his shoulders.
"What if...you know?" He watched my face to catch my reaction but I held strong.
What if things don't go as planned?
What if the babies don't come home?
What if Matty doesn't make it?
There were a lot of what if's.
"Try not to think about it," I suggested and he nodded, running his hands through his sweaty mop which he had recently cut, shaving down the sides and leaving just enough length on top to run his hands through and swoosh a bit.
Matty nearly threw a fit when he saw him, both of us loving his fluffy longer hair days but he said he needed a change. Now instead of looking like he was a young teen, he aged up a bit to at least twenty-something.
He said he wanted the babies to know he was their father, not their young uncle and Matty eventually got over himself.
"I'm feeling way too many emotions right now to think about it too much but it's in the back of my mind you know?" He huffs, breathless from our run as we see our house in the distance and make the final sprint on the beautiful stretch of white sand with Cooper running beside us. We would have taken Houston but he refuses to leave Matty's side. He's always standing guard to protect Matty and the quad squad like his life depended on it.
We rushed up the stairs of the back porch together with more excitement than any of our runs before. Running into the open wall with Houston rushing towards us, jumping up and licking our faces with joy.
"Well aren't you two a sight to see? I bet you people line up on the beach just to catch a glimpse of the two of you jogging shirtless," We're met with Matty standing by the kitchen table with four different diaper bags in place as he was folding a little white onesie.
"Mmm is that a compliment?" Luca asked as we both approached our third husband and attacked him with small kisses on his face.
"Ugh! Come on! You guys are so gross! Go take a shower, you smell like sweat and sand and you're going to get the babies things dirty," Matty tries to push us away but not before each of us gets a single peck on the lips before running upstairs to shower.
I smacked Luca's ass with my wet towel as we got out and he ran his hands through his messy hair looking at our massive walk-in closet while deciding what to wear.
"You know, Jaydean doesn't remember what you wore when she was born," I reminded him as I picked out a simple long sleeve burgundy t-shirt which fit tight to my muscles and some comfortable dark jeans.
"I know that but I want them to have a good impression of me," He says with a small frown and he was so cute that I gently tilted his chin to me and kissed his soft irresistible lips.
"I'm pretty sure you can't screw this up baby, unless you drop one of them. Then Matty will kill you," I hint and he laughs finally settling for a navy blue dress shirt and jeans.
"Dear God, let's hope that doesn't happen," He sighs and scratches the back of his head as he looks in the mirror.
"You look fine hon," I compliment him and Luca nods, smiling as he puts on his boots.
"You're right, I don't know why I'm worrying so much," he says and I walk out of the closet to join Matty downstairs where Jaydean was skipping in small circles, letting her white cotton dress swirl behind her.
"We made it to 38 weeks baby, aren't you excited?" I asked Matty as he sat down and rubbed his large belly with a sigh.
"I'm excited to have them out of me," He grunts and Luca comes up behind Jaydean, picking her up and twirling her around in circles.
"Are you excited Jaydean? You're going to have four baby siblings today!" He asked and she giggled with joy.
"Are the car seats ready?" He asked and I looked at Luca. We were supposed to set them up last night but we might have gotten a little distracted.
"Oh my god, I'm married to two idiots," Matty grumbles glaring at the two of us as we ran to get the four boxes from the closet.
"It's too late now! We have to be at the hospital in an hour and I'm not delaying this any further!"
"Reports have claimed the hunt is on for the missing members but Milo and Kailani seem unalarmed, even taking a vacation together in Rome,"
"Just like that Thomas and Matthias Jackson along with their five-year-old daughter and speculated 'fiance' Luca have all seemingly vanished in thin air,"
"Their little girl being pulled from school from speculated medical reasons..."
"Where is their daughter? She's alone with these three men who've essentially kidnapped their own child, I don't know why the police aren't taking this more seriously."
"It's a black guy, an asian dude, and some British guy from god knows where. Do we really think this 'throuple' is going to work if they don't share cultures?"
"It's been months now since the strange disappearance from the public eye and NTB still hasn't released a statement"
***
*THOMAS POV*
"I CAN'T DO THIS ANYMORE THOMAS! I'M GIVING UP!"
Luca screamed as the sweat poured down his face and I crouched down on the hot sand. My husband's upper arms falter and he drops face first into the sand. I couldn't help myself as I burst out laughing, kissing the top of his sweaty mop of hair as he groaned.
"Babe, you're going to burn yourself," I cooed and he tilted his head up, narrowing his eyes angrily at me.
"Why are you suddenly being nice?! I thought I was a marine or some shit ten seconds ago!" Luca whined and I kissed his pouted lips.
"I just thought 101 pushups is better than just 100, but 100 is still a good number," I mention and he pulls himself back to his knees giving me a hard shove.
"I'll show you good enough!" He grunted as he got back into pushup position.
"Come on Luca, how are you going to carry four babies if you can barely carry yourself! Think of the children," I dramatically whispered but it worked, getting him to do five more before his arms gave out again and I caught him before he fell.
"I can do more!" He called out like a drowning child as he tried to get back into position but I wouldn't let him.
"Okay, okay, okay, but you won't be holding any of the quads if you pull a muscle right now," I explained and he finally stopped fighting me, realizing I'm right. I yelped as he pinches my nipple on my shirtless chest and fall back, giving him a headstart on our mile jog across the sandy beach.
"Hey! Not fair!" I called after him and started running with the wind on my chest pushing me forward. He slows his pace just a bit, waiting for me to catch up.
"I can't believe we're actually going to be able to hold them today," Luca said as our feet hit the sand in unison.
"I just can't wait to meet the little guys," I sighed, my heart swelling at just the mention of the quads.
After we got about 75% through Luca slowed down a bit and I slowed with him.
"What's up baby?" I asked and he gently shrugged his shoulders.
"What if...you know?" He watched my face to catch my reaction but I held strong.
What if things don't go as planned?
What if the babies don't come home?
What if Matty doesn't make it?
There were a lot of what if's.
"Try not to think about it," I suggested and he nodded, running his hands through his sweaty mop which he had recently cut, shaving down the sides and leaving just enough length on top to run his hands through and swoosh a bit.
Matty nearly threw a fit when he saw him, both of us loving his fluffy longer hair days but he said he needed a change. Now instead of looking like he was a young teen, he aged up a bit to at least twenty-something.
He said he wanted the babies to know he was their father, not their young uncle and Matty eventually got over himself.
"I'm feeling way too many emotions right now to think about it too much but it's in the back of my mind you know?" He huffs, breathless from our run as we see our house in the distance and make the final sprint on the beautiful stretch of white sand with Cooper running beside us. We would have taken Houston but he refuses to leave Matty's side. He's always standing guard to protect Matty and the quad squad like his life depended on it.
We rushed up the stairs of the back porch together with more excitement than any of our runs before. Running into the open wall with Houston rushing towards us, jumping up and licking our faces with joy.
"Well aren't you two a sight to see? I bet you people line up on the beach just to catch a glimpse of the two of you jogging shirtless," We're met with Matty standing by the kitchen table with four different diaper bags in place as he was folding a little white onesie.
"Mmm is that a compliment?" Luca asked as we both approached our third husband and attacked him with small kisses on his face.
"Ugh! Come on! You guys are so gross! Go take a shower, you smell like sweat and sand and you're going to get the babies things dirty," Matty tries to push us away but not before each of us gets a single peck on the lips before running upstairs to shower.
I smacked Luca's ass with my wet towel as we got out and he ran his hands through his messy hair looking at our massive walk-in closet while deciding what to wear.
"You know, Jaydean doesn't remember what you wore when she was born," I reminded him as I picked out a simple long sleeve burgundy t-shirt which fit tight to my muscles and some comfortable dark jeans.
"I know that but I want them to have a good impression of me," He says with a small frown and he was so cute that I gently tilted his chin to me and kissed his soft irresistible lips.
"I'm pretty sure you can't screw this up baby, unless you drop one of them. Then Matty will kill you," I hint and he laughs finally settling for a navy blue dress shirt and jeans.
"Dear God, let's hope that doesn't happen," He sighs and scratches the back of his head as he looks in the mirror.
"You look fine hon," I compliment him and Luca nods, smiling as he puts on his boots.
"You're right, I don't know why I'm worrying so much," he says and I walk out of the closet to join Matty downstairs where Jaydean was skipping in small circles, letting her white cotton dress swirl behind her.
"We made it to 38 weeks baby, aren't you excited?" I asked Matty as he sat down and rubbed his large belly with a sigh.
"I'm excited to have them out of me," He grunts and Luca comes up behind Jaydean, picking her up and twirling her around in circles.
"Are you excited Jaydean? You're going to have four baby siblings today!" He asked and she giggled with joy.
"Are the car seats ready?" He asked and I looked at Luca. We were supposed to set them up last night but we might have gotten a little distracted.
"Oh my god, I'm married to two idiots," Matty grumbles glaring at the two of us as we ran to get the four boxes from the closet.
"It's too late now! We have to be at the hospital in an hour and I'm not delaying this any further!"
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