My name is Vera Guinevere Rosalind Anderson and I am twenty-four years old and after several years of college, I have finally landed a job I love as a first grade teacher.
Somehow, while on the job, I run into a man I don't know who seems to be in a hurry, but smiles amiably and seems like a nice guy. He catches my eye and I start talking, and I take notice of his uniform and he tells me of his rewarding but somewhat demanding career as an FBI agent who works in a unit that focuses on high-stress situations involving psychological or otherwise advanced skills, such as bomb threats and hostage situations. I learn that he's a few years older than me at age 27, but he's still surprisingly young for such an advanced career.
His name is Isaac Wallace Dashiell Wagner. We end up really hitting it off, and when he asks if I'm single, I admit that I am. He asks me out on a date to the park, where he sets up a picnic for the two of us.
I say yes, and a few days later it's a Saturday and we're on our date. It's going really well until gunshots ring out and he has to go chase down a bad guy. I insist on keeping pace with him, trailing right behind as he runs and eventually detains the suspect. By that time other officers are on the scene to take the guy into custody, but our Isaac tells me he has to go back to file a report on the incident. It had been getting late anyway, so he drove me home before heading back out to work, promising to call me later and apologizing for the crazy night.
Despite the whole thing, I am quite enchanted with him, and we continued to date.
It's only been a year since Isaac and I started dating, but it feels like we've known each other forever and we seem to fit into each other's busy lives perfectly while still having time for one another. I find out that you're pregnant, though it wasn't planned, so I'm a bit worried about telling Isaac about the baby. When he comes home from work that night, the two of us sit on the little porch at the back of the apartment we are living in together, and he says he wants to have a serious conversation with me. I tell him I have to too.
We go back and forth trying to decide who wants to go first, and eventually he just says, "Do you want to marry me?" Just like that, not exactly the most formal of proposals. He takes a minute to compose himself before actually kneeling down and pulling a wring box out of his pocket, opening it towards me. I'm incredibly surprised, since the past year has gone by so fast, but with happy tears in my eyes and I nod because I can't find the words to describe how happy this makes me. When I finally do find words, they're, "I'm pregnant."
It turns out that he's overwhelmed, but very optimistic about having a child with me, and we decide to marry before the baby comes. Just a few months later, we have a small intimate wedding with close friends and family. A baby shower soon follows, just before which we discovered that we're having a boy!
Just a few months after our wedding, I give birth to a beautiful, healthy baby. Isaac and I name him Tobias Gabriel Phillip Wagner.
I take a leave off of work to be with Emmett, and despite Isaac's demanding career he is an excellent father, and there when I need him for the most part. We talk about maybe having more kids, but decide that it will be a while before we do so.
Time has passed since our eventful year of a wedding and a new baby, and now Tobias is two years old and I'm now 27 and Isaac is 30. Though we'd planned to wait a little longer before having any more children, I've become pregnant again, and Isaac and I are once again very excited. Tobias doesn't really understand the concept, but once the little baby comes, he is very loving toward the new baby. This time we welcome a baby girl! We name her Rose Georgiana Jane Wagner.
Rose is only a month old when I get a call from Isaac's partner, saying he's been injured on the job and is in the hospital. I call in our babysitter, who looks after Tobias and Rose full time when I'm at work, to stay at our house, which we bought not too long after Tobias was born, while I rush to the hospital.
When I finally get in to see Isaac, he tells me he's fine, and thankfully, he is. He caught two bullets, one in the bulletproof vest, which caused a couple bruised ribs, and another in the upper arm by his shoulder, which caused a hairline fracture and requires him to be in a sling for a while. He's more upset than anything that he made a mistake and ended up getting hurt, but we're both thankful that it turned out okay. Even though it's a bit unreasonable, he promises me he won't let himself get hurt again.
A little over three years later you start feeling sick, so I decide to take a test and find out. It confirms my suspicions, and when I go to the doctor for my first prenatal appointment, I discover, much to our surprise, that I'm carrying two babies--identical twins. When Tobias is six years old and Rose is four, I give birth to identical twin boys. Isaac and I name them: Henry Grant Florian Wagner and Jude Graeme Louis Wagner.
Tobias and Rose are great with the little ones, especially Tobias, who has become very protective over all three of his younger siblings. Isaac and I both love our kids to death, but we decide that we are good with four children, and decide to be more careful with birth control in the future. Our life continues to be hectic and I worry about Isaac all the time, but there are actually very few big scares like the previous one. He retires happily with me and we are able to grow to old age peacefully and with several grandkids to fuss over just as much as we did with our own kids.
The Wagner Family
DW: Vera Guinevere Rosalind Wagner [71] (1st Grade Teacher)
DH: Isaac Wallace Dashiell Wagner [74] (FBI Agent)
DS: Tobias Gabriel Phillip Wagner [46]
DD: Rose Georgiana Jane Winston [44]
DS/DS: Henry Grant Florian Wagner & Jude Graeme Louis Wagner [40]
Vera and Isaac Wagner; with Tobias, Rose, Henry & Jude
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DH: Tobias Gabriel Phillip Wagner [46] (English Professor)
DW: Madeleine Grace Jayne Wagner [46] (Biology Professor)
DD: Tabitha Gabrielle Aurora Wagner [16]
DD: Alice Gwendolyn Belle Wagner [14]
DD/DD: Genevieve Gayle Ariel Wagner & Gretchen Giulia Jasmine Wagner [13]
DS: Dashiell Gregory Adam Wagner [11]
Tobias and Madeleine Wagner; with Tabitha, Alice, Genevieve, Gretchen & Dashiell
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DH: Linus Alexander Winston [45] (Oncologist)
DW: Rose Georgiana Jane Winston [44] (Psychologist)
DS: Leander George Xander Winston [15]
DS: Duke Garrett Wallace Winston [12]
DD: Isabeau Genevra Rosabel Winston [9]
Linus and Rose Winston; with Leander, Duke & Isabeau
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DH: Henry Grant Florian Wagner-Wilde [40] (Former Olympic Athlete)
DH: Kendrick Grant Wagner-Wilde [39] (Restauranteur)
DS: Wallace Grant Reid Wagner [10] (Bio Henry)
DD: Guinevere Flora Verona Wagner [8] (Bio Henry)
DS: Brett Finnegan Grant Wilde [6] (Bio Kendrick)
DD: Adrienne Greer Rosaline Wilde [5] (Bio Kendrick)
Henry and Kendrick Wagner-Wilde; with Wallace, Guinevere, Brett & Adrienne
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DH: Jude Graeme Louis Wagner [40] (V.P of Advertising Firm)
DW: Clarabella Lucy Prudence Wagner [37] (Orthopedic Surgeon)
DS: Dean Graham Lawrence Wagner [7]
DD/DS: Eleanor Lucille Piper Wagner & Ellis Greyson Lucas Wagner [4]
DD: Penny-Lane Lilah Paige Wagner [1]
Jude and Clarabella Wagner; with Dean, Eleanor, Ellis & Penny-Lane