A New Life
Dale stood at the sink, washing the dishes like he always did. He took a deep breath and looked up at the ceiling. Skylar was put on bed rest after they found out that she was having twins. Fatherhood was the last thing that he wanted at the moment, it was hard enough keeping himself and Skylar alive and now they had two knew lives to take care of.
Flashback-
Skylar came down the stairs, her mouth shut tight and her eyes focused on Dale. She had no idea how she was going to tell him and she knew she could not hide it, the throwing up and appetite. He is a smart guy and he would figure it out. She was two months into the pregnancy already, but the 5 layers of clothing covered up any signs of showing. She walked over to the sofa where he was sitting, a fire in the fire place was already going. She curled up next to him and whispered in his ear. "I need to tell you something."
Dale put his book down and looked at her, she looked awful. Her face was pale as pale could be and she had dark circles around her eyes. "What?" He asked her softly
Skylar closed her eyes and remembered a book she read last year. She placed his middle and index finger on a small spot right blow her breast. "You feel that, that little thump, thump, thump? Thats where it's heart is
Dales eyes widened, she couldn't be. Not right now, they where living in the apoclsyps. A teen pregnancy would never make it. "Your Pregnant?" He asked her slowly
Skylar shook her head, and there was a long silence. Dale put his hands over his head and sighed, he finally looked up at her. "What are we going to do?"
End Flashback
He even knew what to do then, it was their only choice. To have the babies, they found out it was twins when Gail was checking Skylar out, she said that there where two heart beats. Also by the way she was showing to. Dale heard footsteps behind him and turned around, Skylar was waddling at a fast pace and she was carrying a bag.
"Dale" She said calmly. "My water just broke"
Dale dropped the plate he was drying and came to her side. Skylar groaned when another contraction came on. "We have to find April" She said with a gasp
Dale nodded his head and lead her out the door into the cool summer night. They walked until they got to Johnston's house where April stayed. Dale began to bang on the door until a cranky Gail answered. "Dale to you even know what..." She trailed off when she looked at Skylar. "Bring her to the living room."
Dale took Skylar to the sofa and sat her down, he went to walk away but Skylar grabbed his arm, not letting him leave her. "I need you here with me"
Gail looked from Skylar to Dale. Jake came down the stairs weary eyed . "I'm going to need scissors and striel knives and alchoal any kind it doesn't matter."
Skylar saw Jake run into the kitchen and bring out what Gail wanted. She soon felt a cool hand on her head, it belong to Gail. She was speaking but Skylar couldn't understand her. She felt Dale shift to from her side to behind her where he sat her up, between his legs. "She's fully dilated, Skylar, honey, your going to have to push.
Skylar positioned herself and began to push, she never felt so much pain in her life. She envied the women who got epidurals. After 10 minutes the first baby, a boy was placed in her arms. His face was red and his skin was wrinkled. She let out a tearful laugh and Dale took the wailing child from her arms and looked at his son. Gail looked at the two. "The next baby is in the wrong position, your going to have to give me a minute ti turn in around."
Dale let Jake take his son for him to get cleaned up. Gail's voice broke through his thoughts. "Okay Skylar you can push now." After what seemed like forever, Skylar gave birth to a girl. They both sat and waited for a cry or a breath. "Jake get me blankets" Gail commanded
Jake did what he was told and Gail began to rub the baby, finally the child let out a shrill cry and Gail handed Skylar her daughter. "Well I'll be damn, we didn't expect that both babies would be healthy. If you guys ever need help, were hear. Gail took the baby boy from her husband and handed him to Skylar. With her little girl in one arm and her little boy in the other, she began to speak. "I was thinking Gracie and Tomas." Skylar said
Dale smiled as tears filled his eyes. "Tomas was my dads name, how did you know that"
Skylar smiled as she kissed the top of little Gracie's head. "Because, I know you"
The couple sat in the same spot all night, holding the new members of their family. It was hard to think that out of all of the chaos and turmoil in the world, that two little babies could change their lives and make them think that everything was back to normal
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A/N- I was thinking on making this a two shot. I love this couple from Jericho and there is not enough stories out there.