"Oh my God!" I yelled, ushering the girls out of the room, "CALL A BUS!!" I screamed as I felt for a pulse. It was steady.
"What's wrong?" asks Chester, running in, and then gasping, "I'll call for a bus!"
I stayed with the Capitan while everyone else crowded around me.
"Come on Capt! Wake the hell up!" I yelled
"There's a bus outside!" yells Chester
"EMT'S!" I hear a man scream
"IN HERE!" I screamed back
"What's wrong?" the man asks putting an oxygen mask on his face
"He just passed out!"
"We're taking him to Mercy." he says, as the EMT team puts him on the stretcher and rolls him out
"Let's go!"
AT THE HOSPITAL…
"Family of Don Cragen?" a female doctor asks
"Over here!" says Chester
"I have the results of the blood test." she announces
"And?" I pester
"His kidney failed."
A cold, scary feeling pumped through my veins.
"His kidneys?!" I say
"Yes, we need to operate as soon as possible."
"To do what?" asks Elliot
"Transplant. We need a donator."
"I'll do it!" me and Chester both volunteer
"You'll need to undergo a blood test to see if you're a candidate."
"Fine with me."
45 MINUTES LATER…
"Okay, have good news, great news and bad news." says the doctor
"What's the bad news?" I ask
"You can't donate."
"Why?"
"That's the great news, you're pregnant."
My jaw dropped.
"Pregnant?"
"Yes. 11 weeks."
"What's the good news?" asks Dickie
"Chester will donate."
"Oh my God." I gasped
Dickie embraced me.
"We're gonna have a family!" he exclaimed
"Oh my God." I said again
"Aren't you happy?" he asks
"Very happy. Just shocked."
"That's okay. We have to tell the others, when they get back from coffee break."
"Okay…" my mind was flooded with thoughts
'Oh my God. I'm pregnant!'
"What's up guys?" asks Liv as she waltzed up with everyone else
"You wanna tell them, honey?" I ask
"Tell us what?" asks Elliot
"Trinity is pregnant." Dickie says excitedly
"Sweet." says Chester, knocking knuckles with Dickie
"How far along?" asks Munch
"11 weeks." I say
"Congrats!" says Liv, giving me a hug
"And Chester is going to donate his kidney." I say
"Okay," starts the doctor, "We need to operate immediately. Please follow me."
"Can we see the Capitan?" I ask as the doc and Chester walk away
"Sure. Room on the right!" as she walks away
"Let's go." I say, hopping up and walking into the room that the doctor had specified
I walked in; he was conscious, but wheezing.
"What are you doing here?" he asks
"Trying to save your life." I said, taking his hand
"I know that my kidney is failing." he said
"Your new one won't." Dickie says
"I'm getting a new one? From you?" he asks, pointing to me
"Can't."
"Why the hell not?"
"Pregnant." I said, smiling
"Holy crap!" he says, "Then who's giving me a kidney?"
"Chester is." says Casey, walking in with Faith and Connor
"I want to thank him." Cragen says
"You can after the surgery." I say, "That's in about 12 hours." I laughed
"Ah, I'm here to take Mr. Cragen to pre-op." says a male nurse
"And you may have him." says Liv, moving Connor out of the way
They then wheeled Capitan out of his room.
I hugged Dickie tightly, and just let the much-needed tears roll down my face.
"Why are you crying Aunt Tete?" asks Faith, tugging at my shirt
I bent down to Faith's level.
"Because I'm scared."
"Why are you scared?"
"I don't want to lose my Grandpa." I sobbed
"You're not gonna lose him." she says, giving me a hug
"Thank you, Faith. Thank you."
I suddenly felt sick to my stomach, I hastily placed Faith on the bed and rammed the bathroom door open and bent over the porcelain bowl. I gagged and coughed, and maybe wheezed as I got sick.
"Argh!" I yelled in frustration, wiping the bowl and washing my face. I opened the door to a very worried hubby
"Are you okay?!" he asks, panicked, taking my arms
"It's the morning sickness, babe. Can you go get me pizza with pepperoni, peppers, onions, sausage, and pineapple."
"Eww, would you also like a toothbrush and toothpaste with that?" he asks
"You're paying for it, so, yes!" I giggled
"Fine." he grumbled, walking from the hospital room
"Does this mean I'm gonna be an uncle?" asks Connor, pulling at my sleeve
"Yes, yes it does. Why don't you go with Dickie to get pizza, I'm sure he'd get you some." I taunted
"OOH PIZZA!" he playfully shrieked, running out after Dickie
"And I guess this means I'm gonna be an aunt?" asks Casey
"Yeah. Pretty much." I smiled
"And I'm still not a grandmother?" mocks Olivia
"Nope. Auntie Liv. Cragen, Elliot and Kathy are gonna be the grandparents."
"And the godparents?" asks Elliot
"Is it breaking some kind of rule to have the baby get two godmothers?"
"Not that I know of… Where are you going with this?" he asks
"Well then, Casey, Olivia and Chester are the godparents, so long as Dickie's alright with that."
"I think he will be." Liv says, "You have the baby's interests at heart
"What baby?" asks Kathy, walking in with 6 year old Eli
"Mine." I blushed
"Wait, you're- he- you – are?"
"Yes, Kathy, I'm pregnant."
"I'M GONNA BE A GRANDMOTHER!!" she squealed
"Yes you are." I say
"What happened?!" asks Eric and Robin, rushing in
"Cragen's having a kidney transplant. I wanted to donate, but I can't." I say
"Why the hell not?!" he asks, frustrated
"I have a small case of pregnancy." I giggled
"OH MY GOD!! YOU'RE PREGNANT!!" Robin screamed, jumping up and down
"Congratulations." Eric says, shaking my hand
"Oh, be more enthusiastic about it, won't cha?"
"Fine! I will!" he says, wailing his hands around, and jumping up and down "OMIGOSH! SHE'S LIKE, TOTTALY PREGNANT!!" he yelled mockingly
"HEY! DO NOT MOCK HER!" I yelled back, invoking more morning sickness
I ran back into the bathroom, and got sick again.
I cleaned up… Again.
I opened the door and sat on the bed that I had left Faith on. Taking her on my lap. I started braiding her hair.
"I'm back with the pizza-" Dickie starts, and then says "And Connor, no I did not forget about you!"
"Good!" says Connor, face full of pizza, and ice cream
"What did you feed him?" laughs Olivia, wiping of Connor's mouth
"Pizza, ice cream, orange soda."
"Oh he's gonna be so sugar high." Olivia moans
"Ooh, what's that mean, Mommy?" Connor asks, excitedly, jumping up and down
"Too late." I giggle
"Yeah, way too late. Okay, Connor, I am taking you back to the precinct for a nap."
"I don't wanna go Mommy!" he whines
"Too bad, sunshine. Time for a nap." she takes him by the hand and drags him from the room
"I'll take Faith, if you want." I offered
"That'd be great. Thanks, T."
"No problem. I'll call when the surgery's over." she says
"We'll stay." says Elliot
"Can you take Eli?" Kathy asks
"I'm assuming for a nap also?"
"Yeah. When I heard about Don, I had to come."
"Okay. Come here Eli." I say
"Hiya Trinity." The youngest, shyest Stabler said
I took one hand of each child and started to walk out.
"Where is Erica and Emily?" I ask
"Hospital day center. Would you-" Robin says
"Say no more. Dickie, I'll eat the pizza at my desk. Can you get these two? I'll go get Em and Er."
"Okay, can you take the pizza? I'm gonna reek of this stuff for a week!"
"Har- har very funny." I said, snatching the pizza box, I bid my goodbyes, and headed for the day care center
"I'm here for Emily and Erica Cabot." I said
"And you are?" the woman asks
"Trinity Stabler, their aunt. Ask them, they'll come running."
"Okay. Emily! Erica! You're Aunt Trinity is here to see you!"
"AUNT TETE!!" I heard, they came running and attached them selves to my legs
"We cool?" I ask
"Yeah."
I walked out to the car and got in with Dickie, Faith and Eli.
"Hey, I got two more additions!" I called as Dickie opened the trunk of our family SUV. Dickie had it converted for more seating.
It was a brand-new Ford Explorer, deep blue and sparkling.
"We get to ride in the trunk?" asks Erica
"COOL!" they both scream, hopping in
"Seat belts." I warned
"Check." they said, like clock work
"Okay, let's get this show on the road!" says Dickie, hopping into the driver's side
We drove all the way back to the precinct, and up the stairs, and into the bullpen.
"What are you guys doing here?" asks Liv, sitting at her desk
"Putting the Adams Family down for a nap." I commented
"Ah, I see, Connor's sleeping on the couch upstairs, so there's room."
"Dickie, can you get them settled. I really need to eat." I begged
"Okay, I'll be down in a minute so we can look for an OB."
"Okay, okay."