Chronicles of the Morgan's Baby …
Author's note: Well, this is a sequel to the story Surprise Friendship. Some of you seemed to be deceived that the story stopped there… I decided to write something that could be a one-shot or a series of independent stories all linked to the pregnancy and or their family life after the birth. So here is the first chronicle.
First Chronicle : Do you want to know, part 1
"Rory, we have to be there at 9 sharp, gotta get up Love!"
"Hmmmm" Rory answered still half asleep.
"Rory, Kitten, It is already 8 am. You've got to get up and get ready."
"Can we reschedule? I still feel like I am going to throw up."
"It's the morning sickness Kitten. It should start to lessen soon. It's supposed to be mostly in the first trimester. "
"How the Hell do you know Finn. Ever been pregnant?" Rory mumbled getting up from the bed.
"Very funny Love. You're such a sunshine in the morning lately." Finn answered leaving the bathroom all dressed and ready to go.
"And I know because I read the information the doctor gave us. For someone who keeps reading about everything, you should read these. Valuable information."
"You know I started it… but when I read I had to drink decaf. That was it for me… I don't want to know what else I need to cut from my life, Chocolates, fast food? Oh god…" And Rory ran to the bathroom to throw up.
"You know Kitten; we should cut on fast food and chocolates… I am starting to get love handles." Finn tried to lighten up her mood.
"If you know what is good for you Finn Morgan, you won't repeat this ever again. If you get love handles; then go more to the gym… I don't have an issue with the fast food nor chocolates. And if I can't have enough real coffee in me, I'd better have the next best thing."
"Don't worry Love, sex is safe, we can have as much as we want and we don't even need to worry for unplanned pregnancy." He said poking his head through the door and wiggling his eyebrows.
Rory threw him some clothing that was lying down. Deep down, she was smiling at his answer but she wouldn't give him the satisfaction to know that yes, her sex drive was higher than normal. "Very funny Finn." Rory said and she was trying to put on her pants… "And for that, you're going to have to bring me shopping… I need maternity clothes… nothing fits me anymore. I don't understand, most people don't show that much before the 4th or 5th month."
She abandoned trying to find pants that would fit and settled on a dress instead.
"But you look so good with that rounded belly."
"You're just saying that because now people see that we are expecting and you can be a proud father to be." Rory said as she came into the kitchen and took one can of Ginger Ale with crackers.
"Morning Love…" He said kissing Rory as she sat down. "And Morning little one… you know we're going to get to see you in less than an hour." He added kissing Rory's belly as he did every morning.
"You are so cheesy Finn."
"I am not… I am getting my kid to recognize my voice… it says so in the books."
"Yeah, right, their ears might not be even developed at this point."
"But you're not sure… want to validate? We have the week by week in one of the books."
"So, the first ultrasound. Do you know if we could find the sex of the baby at this point?" Finn asked.
"Not sure. But do you want to know?" Rory answered.
"Don't you?"
"I mostly want to make sure he/she will be healthy. I am not sure if I want to know the sex."
"Wow, I would have expected you to want to know it, get everything prepared, the room, the clothes, choosing a name. All those would be easier if we knew the sex of the baby to come."
"Yes but this would be the only real surprise we get to have in life."
"Rory, Love, you don't like surprises. You always go out on me when I try to surprise you with something. I can't even hide our vacation destination from you without you sulking for weeks."
"It's so not the same thing… I need to know where I am going on vacation because I need to learn on the region and what we need to see."
"And yet, you try to make me believe that you do not want to know the sex of the baby?"
"Well, could be nice to keep on wondering. Anyway, nowadays there is no obligation to have a boy's room blue and a girl's room pink."
"Oh yes, I am not to paint a room green and then if it is a girl, have to paint again in pink."
"That wouldn't be a problem; Green is the new Pink anyway."
"What and Yellow is the new Blue? Must be a Gilmore thing… But we have to go… so we continue this later?"
"But what do we answer if we can know today?"
"How about we see when we are there if we have the choice."
"Fine by me."
Finn took both his and Rory's coat and they went to the elevator. The drive to the clinic was less than 10 minutes and both spent it in thoughtful silence. Arriving at the clinic, they sat less than 3 minutes before someone called Rory for blood tests and sat back very quickly.
As she sat down she turned to Finn and said: "There is a slight chance we can find out the sex but it might not be definite at this point in time. This is so exciting." Rory added suddenly feeling the excitement.
"And now you tell me you want to know, I thought it was the only real surprise nature offered."
"You know me Finn, I hate surprises."
"I know so what was that about this morning… you convinced me to wait for the surprise and now you want to know."
"I always wanted to know…" She said with a mischievous smile.
"Then why did you argue with me earlier." Finn asked trying not to get annoyed.
"Because you never fight me over anything anymore… you always give into anything I want… It's boring. Now I got to banter a bit. I missed it."
"You tell me you did this just to spite me and get into a bantering session."
"Yes."
"Oh you are so in… from now on; I am going to fight you fair and square when I disagree… no more special treatment for you."
"Oh come on Finny… it was fun."
"No, for once I was seeing the use of knowing what's to come and you fight me over it… you convince me and now you want me to give in again. No, we are waiting for the surprise."
"Did you know, Sookie knew all along the sex of her babies and Jackson didn't. I could find out and keep it from you."
"Oh no no no… either we both know or neither of us do… And I am voting for the latter now."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, no more giving up because you are pregnant, I stay on my ground."
"Good, I won then… we won't find out before the birth."
"What? You won?"
"Yes, now we will wait for the surprise."
"You are so devilish when you want to if I hadn't married you I'd ask you right now."
"I love you too."
Finn kisses his wife just as they get called to the ultrasound room.
"So the first ultrasound. You are at 12 weeks and 3 days?"
"Hmm, yes."
While the technician was preparing his stuff, putting the gel on Rory's belly he explained what he would be doing.
"Perfect. We will be looking to find out if the growth of the baby is going as expected. We will take many measures and try to find major organs to make sure all is going as expected. Are you taking your prenatal vitamins?"
"Yes, every day" Rory answered and squeezed Finn's hand as he was always the one reminding her to do so.
"And are you following recommendation, diminished coffee consumption, eating and sleeping as recommended."
"Humm-humm." Rory said blushing a bit as she knew she was cheating from time to time.
"Well, as a Gilmore coffee is a necessity so she is still taking a bit but diminished to one cup a day, usually." Finn added looking at Rory with a victory smile…
"Oh you so think you are getting back to me aren't you."
The technician looked up to the couple and raised his shoulder, figuring this was an inside joke.
"OK, you are ready to see the baby?"
"Yes" They both answered looking at each other before turning towards the screen.
"Here you go."
Rory and Finn were staring at the screen as the technician started the ultrasound. "There you go. Oh, did you know you were expecting twins."
"What? No, the doctor never said anything about twins… Are you sure?" Rory asked.
"Well, then, here you go, you have one right here, can you see it…" He was pointing to a fetus on the screen where we could very well see the head, arms and legs. "And right here, you can see the head of the second baby. I should be able to get an angle that will give us a view of both." He then looked up at the couple still holding hands.
Finn had tears running down his face; he was staring at his wife smiling just like the day of their wedding. Rory was staring at the screen, not able to take her eyes off of it. Wanting to inprint the feeling she was having at that exact moment in time.
The technician did not want to disturb the couple so he gave them a minute during which Finn looked at the screen then his wife, then back at the screen until the technician finally said.
"So do you want to know the sex of the babies?"
"Hmm, we haven't decided yet… and this is enough of a surprise as it is." Finn answered still trying to grasp the reality of having not one but two babies at once.
"I can write it and put it in an envelope if you'd prefer so when you finally decide, you'll have the opportunity to do either."
"Kitten, we are having twins… right now I don't want to know anything else… we are having twins" and he passionately kiss her forgetting about the technician in the room.
So here you go… there will be a second chapter to this chronicle on the sex of the babies… shouldn't be too long before I publish it… Let me know what you think.