Amelia
Authors Note- I know in the actual show, Kem is having a boy, but in this story, it's twins. Hey, they wouldn't call it fan fiction if it was identical to the original.
Disclaimer- Have the things they say in ER I don't understand, thus, I don't own anything
Chapter One
Carter woke in the early morning to the belief that he was suffocation. He lifted his hands to his face and removed Muschko. After placing the cat on the floor, he glanced to the other side of the bed. Even with morning blurred vision, he knew he was alone.
His only day off, and he was dragging himself out of bed before nine in the morning. From the railing overlooking the front hall below, he saw a woman sliding back and forth across the tiles. She was wearing his wool socks.
The woman had just taken another running start when he stepped off the staircase, catching her in his open arms. She began laughing hard enough that the two slid to the floor.
" I really regret showing you that one".
Kem managed to momentarily catch her breath, " you've got me addicted, I can't help it anymore".
Carter placed a hand gently over her swollen stomach, " I've seen so many pregnant women over the years, and was always worried for them. Now it's a woman I love with my children, I'm terrified to say the least".
She rested her hand over his, wearing a reassuring smile, " you have nothing to fear. As long as the babies are in me, they're safe. Now, when they come out, that may be a different story".
He suddenly gazed at their hands with amazement, feeling a firm kick from the other side, " was that the girl or the boy?".
" Oh god" Kem rose to a standing position, him following, " with the way these two flip flop, I'm just glad they're still in the uterus. But oh" her grin grew a tiny bit, " I think that was Amelia".
He laughed, " Amelia? I go to work for a few hours and they have names already?".
" I'm reading a novel and the character named Amelia is a strong and independent heroine, and that's what I want her to be like".
Carter kissed the top of her head, " Amelia it is, in fact I love it. And you" he looked down at her stomach as though talking to the baby boy, " may have to wait a few more months until we get one for you".
Kem suddenly gasped, " you're right! We've only got three months! Three months, dammit John, we haven't even started on the nursery!".
" Whoa, hey, it's okay. That's still a lot of time, they won't come until we're ready, apparently, but that may be a myth" one he would believe, and he was a doctor.
" Oh that's reassuring. Luka told me you had nightmares about being a father, now at this rate, they'll never get out".
He felt his eyes widen, " I'm not- that scared.anymore".
She seemed to have a soft smile that could cure anything faster than he could write a prescription note, " there's nothing to be ashamed of John, I'd be worried if you weren't the least bit scared. Especially since you're getting two for the price of one" she wrapped her arms around him, getting as close as possible with her stomach, " I'm going to go get us some tea, alright?".
" Okay" he nodded, " I'll be right back".
Fatherhood, or the mere idea of it, was terrifying, more than he was allowing Kem to know. When she first announced she was pregnant, there wasn't any full realization, the shock had not set in yet. But he nearly passed out during a shift after hearing it was twins.
Twins, two of them. They found out soon afterwards that it was one of each, both a boy and a girl, a son and a daughter. He found it amusing how Kem said it was a ' two for one deal', and they had not even planned for one of them. But, he had her, which seemed to make everything in life much easier.
She was the one who desperately feared her children would not have a place to sleep, but she just didn't know Carter as well as she thought- yet. The first door at the top of the staircase had remained lock since the day of their return from Africa. Though it was used for whatever random odds and ends they collected for the arrivals, but Kem never actually went in there. Especially in the last month, when he would spend sleeping hours on end transforming an old and boring guest room into a nursery made for two.
Authors Note- I know in the actual show, Kem is having a boy, but in this story, it's twins. Hey, they wouldn't call it fan fiction if it was identical to the original.
Disclaimer- Have the things they say in ER I don't understand, thus, I don't own anything
Chapter One
Carter woke in the early morning to the belief that he was suffocation. He lifted his hands to his face and removed Muschko. After placing the cat on the floor, he glanced to the other side of the bed. Even with morning blurred vision, he knew he was alone.
His only day off, and he was dragging himself out of bed before nine in the morning. From the railing overlooking the front hall below, he saw a woman sliding back and forth across the tiles. She was wearing his wool socks.
The woman had just taken another running start when he stepped off the staircase, catching her in his open arms. She began laughing hard enough that the two slid to the floor.
" I really regret showing you that one".
Kem managed to momentarily catch her breath, " you've got me addicted, I can't help it anymore".
Carter placed a hand gently over her swollen stomach, " I've seen so many pregnant women over the years, and was always worried for them. Now it's a woman I love with my children, I'm terrified to say the least".
She rested her hand over his, wearing a reassuring smile, " you have nothing to fear. As long as the babies are in me, they're safe. Now, when they come out, that may be a different story".
He suddenly gazed at their hands with amazement, feeling a firm kick from the other side, " was that the girl or the boy?".
" Oh god" Kem rose to a standing position, him following, " with the way these two flip flop, I'm just glad they're still in the uterus. But oh" her grin grew a tiny bit, " I think that was Amelia".
He laughed, " Amelia? I go to work for a few hours and they have names already?".
" I'm reading a novel and the character named Amelia is a strong and independent heroine, and that's what I want her to be like".
Carter kissed the top of her head, " Amelia it is, in fact I love it. And you" he looked down at her stomach as though talking to the baby boy, " may have to wait a few more months until we get one for you".
Kem suddenly gasped, " you're right! We've only got three months! Three months, dammit John, we haven't even started on the nursery!".
" Whoa, hey, it's okay. That's still a lot of time, they won't come until we're ready, apparently, but that may be a myth" one he would believe, and he was a doctor.
" Oh that's reassuring. Luka told me you had nightmares about being a father, now at this rate, they'll never get out".
He felt his eyes widen, " I'm not- that scared.anymore".
She seemed to have a soft smile that could cure anything faster than he could write a prescription note, " there's nothing to be ashamed of John, I'd be worried if you weren't the least bit scared. Especially since you're getting two for the price of one" she wrapped her arms around him, getting as close as possible with her stomach, " I'm going to go get us some tea, alright?".
" Okay" he nodded, " I'll be right back".
Fatherhood, or the mere idea of it, was terrifying, more than he was allowing Kem to know. When she first announced she was pregnant, there wasn't any full realization, the shock had not set in yet. But he nearly passed out during a shift after hearing it was twins.
Twins, two of them. They found out soon afterwards that it was one of each, both a boy and a girl, a son and a daughter. He found it amusing how Kem said it was a ' two for one deal', and they had not even planned for one of them. But, he had her, which seemed to make everything in life much easier.
She was the one who desperately feared her children would not have a place to sleep, but she just didn't know Carter as well as she thought- yet. The first door at the top of the staircase had remained lock since the day of their return from Africa. Though it was used for whatever random odds and ends they collected for the arrivals, but Kem never actually went in there. Especially in the last month, when he would spend sleeping hours on end transforming an old and boring guest room into a nursery made for two.
