Chapter 2

Lion-o and Liosella have been married for two and half years. They had loving friends and family. Their pet Snarf who was a constant joy. Soon they will get the surprise of their lives. Liosella went to the doctor awhile ago and her phone rang. "Hello? Yes. REALLY?! That's great bye," Liosella said.

Lion-o came up. "Liosella we need to get to work," Lion-o said.

"Oh the doctor called." Liosella said.

"What did he say?" Lion-o asked.

"He said I'm fine," Liosella said.

"That's great," Lion-o said.

Liosella started to feel sick at work and the others noticed. So one of them took her temperature. "No fever," said Dr. Vitter.

"Well you see I'm pregnant," Liosella said.

"Really?" the other doctors said.

"Yes," Liosella said.

"That's wonderful," Dr. Mant said.

"Yes and Lion-o does know yet I don't know how to tell him." Liosella said.

"He will find out eventually," said Dr. Alden.

"Yeah you must tell him," said nurse Jones.

"I will," Liosella said.

Lion-o came up. "Is everything alright over here?" he asked.

"Lion-o I have something to tell you," Liosella said.

"What do you have to tell me?" Lion-o asked.

"The doctor told me something else," she said.

"Is everything okay?" he asked.

"Yes," Liosella said. "I'm pregnant," she said.

Lion-o gasped and touched her middle. "Really you are going to have my baby?" he asked.

"Yes," she said.

Lion-o spun her around laughing. "What is going on in here?' a voice asked.

Lion-o and Liosella looked behind them it was Lion-o's mother she was still working as a pediatrician. She was a chief resident. Lion-o was probably going to be promoted to a chief resident too.

"Mom everything is just fine," Lion-o said.

"Are you sure?" Leona asked.

"Yes," Lion-o said.

"Well we have something to tell you," Liosella said.

"What is it?' Leona asked.

"I'm going to have a baby." Liosella said.

Leona gasped and looked shocked then she smiled. "I'm going to be a grandmother!" Leona said. "You and Lion-o must be so happy," she said.

"We are and we just found out," Liosella said.

Then Lion-o called his father who was training his cousin Leon to be CEO of the hospitals. "Hello, oh hey Lion-o, really? That is wonderful! Congratulations," he said. He told everyone at the office he was going to be a grandfather. All of the workers congratulated him.

Liosella called her parents and told them the good news. They were happy to hear it. "I'm an obstetrician so remember if you need any advice let me know," her mother said.

Liosella was showing a little bit even though she was only nine weeks pregnant. She went to the doctor. Her obstetrician was called Dr. Abben. She was very good at what she does. "Okay, let's take a look." she said. She started up the ultra sound and the monitor came alive. There was not just a heart beat but three and three little forms on the screen.

"You're having triplets," she said.

Lion-o and Liosella looked shocked. Then Liosella smiled and kissed her back. "I'm going to be father of triplets," Lion-o said. Once it sank in he passed out.

Liosella and Dr. Abben helped the shaky Lion-o to chair. "Easy now dear," Liosella said.

"I'm not surprised you fainted it was shocker." Dr. Abben said.

Lion-o and Liosella hugged each other. "This is wonderful," Liosella said.

"Yes it is, we will sure have our hands full." Lion-o said.

"Yes you will Liosella I have specail training dealing with high risk pregnancies like the ones with multiples I can see everything is going all right you and the babies are healthy. Just remember your prenatal vitamins, a good diet and the other pregnancy rules. But you will need to have to eat and rest more often then a singleton mother." Dr. Abben said.

They went home and called their parents who were just as shocked. Liosella's mother was a bit concerned due to multiple pregnancies being high they told everyone at work who began to congratulate them. Dr. Belton slapped on the back. "Boy Lion-o when you do something you really do it," he said.

"Man Lion-o you should be really happy," Dr. Walc said.

"I am happy but I'm also terrified." Lion-o said. "It's triple the feeding, triple the diapers and everything!" he said.

"Trust me I am the father of twins I know how you feel," said Dr. Alden. "But you will feel better about it soon," he said.

"Thanks," Lion-o said. "But it's still a little scary," he said.

"Lion-o is everything alright over here?' Liosella asked.

"Yes I'm just terrified at the thought of having triplets," Lion-o said.

"It's okay I'm just as scared as you but I am happy about it, true it will be triple the responsibility and everything but it means triple the love and I know no three children will be loved more." Liosella said.

"Yes that's true I am happy about it too and I know our family will help us for sure." Lion-o said.

Liosella's mother helped plan out her pregnancy diet so she will have healthy pregnancy with her triplets. "Now sweet heart must remember you must eat three big meals and several snacks throughout the day even when you aren't very hungry, it's for the benefit of the triplets." her mother told her.

"I understand," Liosella said. But she didn't enjoy it. Sometimes her mother and Lion-o had to encourage her to take a few more bites.

They began to think of names. "Okay for girls we like Liosia, Leonora, and Claudia the best." Lion-o said.

"And for boys we like, Leo, Claudius and Lion-o Jr. the best." Liosella said.

Soon they got three bassinets and three cribs and three of everything and three times of everything and a extra large diaper bag and a two different strollers for triplets. Liosella got special maternity clothes. The triplets were due in November the third week. Soon they were going to find out something surprising.

At the next check up the doctor took a look and saw something she missed. "Your triplets are identical," Dr. Abben said.

They were shocked but they decided to tell them when they held the gender reveal gathering. They gave the disc to Dr. Vitter and told her to get balloons should be blue for boy and pink for girl and put them in boxes to be opened. Dr. Vitter did so and was ready to go.

The gathering had started they were ready. "How many guess two boys and one girl?' Liosella asked. A few raised their hands.

"How many guess two girls and one boy?" Lion-o asked. A few raised their hands. 'How many guess three boys?" he asked. A couple raised their hands.

"How many guess three girls?' Liosella asked. A couple raised their hands. "Okay let's find out," she said.

They opened the first box and pink balloons came out. "Baby A is a girl," Lion-o said.

They opened the second box and the crowd said "Boy," Then pink balloons came out.

"Baby B is a girl," Liosella said.

Then they opened the third box. "Come it has to be a boy," Dr. Alden said. Pink balloons came out.

"Baby C is a girl," Lion-o said. "We have another surprise the triplets are identical." he said.

The crowd gasped three identical baby girls. That was so rare but amazing.

Then they started to prepare for the baby shower. It was a week before Halloween. Liosella opened the presents. "Oh, how thoughtful," She said. There was a lot of baby clothes some of them matching. Leona gave them booties of different colors.

"So you can tell them apart," she said.

Dr. Alden gave them match clothes of different colors and it had an owl on it that said 'who's who?'

"That is wonderful, thank you," Liosella said. She had made blankets with the names of the babies. Their names were Liosia, Leonora, and Claudia. The pink was Leonora's, the purple was Liosia's and the yellow was Claudia's.

November came before anyone knew it. By the 12th the doctor scheduled a c section for that day. Liosella was ready for it. Lion-o was with her. The first cub was taken out she looked just like Liosella and her two sisters looked just like her and the one large placenta was taken out. They were very happy.

All three baby girls were healthy and weighed 4 pound 5 ounces each. The doctors checked on the triplets and saw they didn't need NICU. But they had to stay in the hospital for a while. Their parents came over.

"Hey look at them they look so cute," Leona said.

"Yes but which one is Liosia, which one is Leonora and which one is Claudia?" Lenoch asked.

"This one in Lion-o's arms is Liosia," Liosella said.

"The one in Liosella's left arm is Leonora, and the one in her right arm is Claudia," Lion-o said.

They were all very happy about the triplets.