Don't know how good this is, but yeah, here's chapter 2!
This is dedicated to Sophie, who had bugged me to post another chapter and has sent me 2 reviews;')
and because she is an IMPATIENT WOMAN;p
Hope you enjoy it!
Please R&R as usual!:D
Chapter 2:
A massive smile swept across his face. "We are having a baby?" he said, but didn't let her answer. He put his hands on her stomach and looked at her. "We are really having a baby" he concluded, feeling the bump. "Oh my God Rachel, this is fantastic!" he cried, standing up. She stood up with him and began to smile. She was so, so happy he felt the same. He turned back around to her and lifted her up. "We are having a baby!" he said again. Rachel began to laugh. "Put me down then, otherwise you'll squash it!" she cried, letting a tear of happiness run down her cheek. "Rachel, I'm so, so happy. How long have you known?" he said, sitting her back down. "Um, a couple of weeks" she said. "Why didn't you tell me sooner?" he asked, still smiling. "I don't know, I guess I was worried at how you were going to react, I didn't want to scare you, because it is soon" she said, worried he may take offence. "I understand, it is soon, but I don't care. You're carrying my baby. Nothing else matters now" he said, hugging her. "When's your next scan?" he asked. "Can I come?" "Of course you can come! You're its father! And in a couple of weeks, just some routine tests" she said.
The rest of the evening went quickly; they talked about baby names, whether they thought it was a boy or a girl, and general baby related topics. "Rachel?" Chris said. Rachel was lying across him on the sofa, her head on his chest. "Hmm?" she seemed engrossed in the television programme, but turned her head slightly to try and face him without having to move. "What would you say about moving in together?" he continued. "Before you say anything, I think it's a good idea, that way anything if baby related happens I can be there? And I can look after you when you get bigger. What do you say?" Rachel sat up and looked at him. "Are you serious?" "Yeah, well, why not?" he asked. "Chris I'd love too!" she said, smiling. "I'll find an agency to rent this place out for a while". "So that's a yes? You'll move in with me?" "Yes! Of course!" she said, kissing him.
The next morning Rachel walked into the office with high spirits. "Morning Kevin!" she said, tapping his shoulder. "Oh, Hi Rachel" he said back, fairly glumly. "Who rained on your parade this morning?" she asked, as she settled her bags down at her desk and hung her coat up. "Kevin's just a bit annoyed that he dropped his coffee this morning, apparently 'nothing ever goes right for him'" Janet said, mimicking his voice. Kevin rolled his eyes. "Ha-ha-ha very funny scotty" he said sarcastically. Rachel shook her head as she removed her coat. After telling Chris last night, she had completely forgotten she hadn't told anyone at work, except for Janet and Gill, who had guessed anyway. Her bump gave her away this morning, and as usual it was Kevin who noticed. Typical. Rachel thought. We wait weeks for him to file a report, but this he picks upon in the matter of seconds. He began walking over to her. "Um, Rach can I have a word please?" "Yeah, sure Kev, make it quick, I'm starving." She said, looking towards her yoghurt that was on her desk. "Ok, well, don't take offence to this or anything, but are you pregnant?" he whispered pregnant quietly, but Andy and Mitch, who were standing by Janet's desk heard him anyway. Janet rolled her eyes and looked sympathetically towards Rachel. "Yes, yes as a matter of fact I am" she said. "That's great!" Kevin said, poking her bump. "Err, Kev, don't poke It." she said, turning away. "Oh, yeah, right, of course, sorry…is it Chris's?" he asked. Rachel turned to Janet who was trying to stifle a laugh. "No Kev, its Mickey Mouse's." After a brief glance between Kevin and Mitch she continued. "Of course it's Chris's! What do you take me for?!" Kevin tried to make the moment pass by thinking of another question. "So, how far gone are you?" "About 3 months" "Oh, cool, you've only got 6 months left then!" he said gleefully, as he turned and walked back to his desk. "I see someone's alert this morning!" Gill said, coming out of her office. "Are we having a party or something?" after no-one replied, she continued "What's with the mini gathering going on in the centre of my office?!" "Oh! oh can I tell her Rachel please? Can I?" Kevin pleaded. Rachel sighed as Kevin took a big breath as if to tell a massive story. "Rachel's having a baby!" he exclaimed. "Oh, congratulations" Gill said, raising one eyebrow making Rachel laugh. "Rachel's having a baby Boss" Kevin prompted. "Yes I am aware of that Kevin, considering she has a big lump in her stomach and the fact she told me yesterday." Gill said dryly. Kevin's mouth dropped. "You told her before you told me?!" he exclaimed. Gills eyes widened. "Her?!" "Actually I knew as well" Janet piped up. Kevin's face dropped lower. "I am officially offended" he said crossing his arms and turning his head 90°. "Aw, Kev I'll give you a big kiss instead" Rachel said, pouting her lips. "Err, no thanks Porky" Kevin said, sliding off his desk. "Porky?! If you don't mind Kevin!" Rachel said. "No, I don't mind Porky, do you?" Kevin said, earning himself a high five from Pete. Rachel looked at Janet who had her hand over her mouth, then looked at Gill who was trying to cover her smirk. "I'm not even going to bother replying to that, Kevin" Rachel said, grabbing her yoghurt off the desk. "Right everyone! As much as I have loved the chit-chat…to a degree…but I have work to be getting on with and so do you" Gill said, clapping her hands and walking into the briefing room.
Inside the briefing room, Gill was fiddling with her glasses, Janet was staring at blank paper, Rachel was stretching her legs out, hands resting on the bump, Kevin was half asleep and Andy was twiddling a pen. "So! Listen up, there's nothing new come up, which, I dot actually know whether that's a good or bad thing but…" Gill couldn't continue any further because Rachel gave a sharp kick, sitting up quickly. "Woahh, steady Sherlock. You okay?" Gill asked putting her glasses down. "Um, no I don't think so, um, something doesn't feel right, the baby…hmm…dfhgh…kkoyh…" Rachel trailed off as she couldn't get her words out. Janet jumped up, kicking her chair backwards, but at the same time Gill tried to rush over to her, meaning she tripped over Janet's chair, landing on the floor for the second time in two days. "Boss, are you okay?" Kevin said, looking over the table at a pile of Gill. "Yes…yes I'm fine, don't worry about me, just sort Rachel" Gill stuttered from underneath the table. "Aaah!" Rachel cried again, much to the discomfort of the men. "Jan, it's hurting me, Jan help me" Rachel breathed. "Ok, I'm going to get an ambulance" Andy said, standing up. "Ok, Kevin: get some water, Pete: move the chairs so the paramedics can get to her, Gill: get up!" Janet said, taking over. "Rachel you're going to be fine, it's just a small contraction, nothing to worry about, I had them all the time with Taisie, but we are just going to take you to the hospital, just so they know, ok?" Janet said, rubbing Rachel's arm. "Yeah, it's not as bad now Jan, but I'm just worried, I don't want anything to happen to it" Rachel said, breathing slowly.
Kevin returned 5 minutes later, with wet hands and half a cup of water. "What happened to you?!" Rachel snapped. Kevin jumped back in horror, spilling the remainder of the water over himself. "Jeez, Rach! Scared me then!" Kevin looked at the disapproving looks all three women gave him before saying; "I'll just go and get some more water" scurrying out of the room.
"I feel fine now Jan, honest, it's stopped hurting me now" Rachel said, trying to stand up. "Sit back down and shut up Sherlock" Janet said, pushing her back down. Gill looked at Rachel with wide eyes, before trying to hide a smile. Rachel had only ever seen her like this when she was staying Janet's, when Nick kicked her out. Taisie had fallen off the trampoline and hurt her ankle because Elise had apparently pushed her, but when Janet reminded her she wouldn't be going out if she couldn't walk on her ankle, she soon tried to move.
10 minutes later, Rachel was on the way to the hospital. Janet and Gill had gone with her, leaving the men in charge. Janet was on the phone to Chris, who had agreed to meet them at the hospital, and Gill was sitting by her side. "I am honestly fine Gill! There's no need to get so panicked over it! It was just a twitch!" Rachel kept saying. Gill kept looking at the paramedic in the back with apologetic eyes.
They rushed her to the ultrasound room, accompanied by Chris who was holding her hand. "Everything's going to be ok Rach, it will be" he said. "Yes, I know Chris, like I keep saying, it was just a twitch!" "Yeah, course, right, I…um, yeah, I'm just worried about you" Chris said. His hands were shaking, but he was trying to hide it. "Chris! Calm down. Everything's going to be fine. Just normal procedure!" after a couple of minutes, the baby's ultrasound was up on the screen. Rachel and Chris could hear its heart beat. "It…It sounds a bit fast doesn't it?" Rachel asked the nurse nervously, "No, it's perfectly normal with twins, they may seem fast but it's because there's two" Rachel looked to Chris then back at the nurse. "E...E...Excuse me?" Rachel stammered."T…T…Twins?!" she looked at Chris who was tilting his head side by side, trying to work out the angles of which the two babies were. "You knew you were having twins?" the nurse asked, equally confused. "Oh yeah!" Rachel exclaimed. "These are the two faces of people in the know!" "This hasn't happened before…that does explain why you're so big so soon." The nurse responded, as if it was the most normal thing on earth. Rachel turned to Chris, who still had his head lopsided. "Chris? Are you okay? You haven't said anything in ages" Chris looked blankly at Rachel, before responding. "No, yes I mean, I'm fine! The more the merrier!" he said, smiling. He turned back to the nurse. "Which one is which?" he asked, squeezing Rachel's hand. "This one is one, and this is the other" the nurse said simply. "That's what the pain was; they were rotating… would you like to know the sex of them? Normally we wait until the next scan, but they are both in perfect position if you would like to know. I'll give you two a minute" the nurse said as she left the room.
Rachel turned to Chris; "would you like to know?" she asked. "I'm not sure, if you want to keep it a secret then I'm fine with that, but if you want to find out I suppose that will make it so much easier to buy things and decorating". "Shall we find out then? I've always wanted to know first off, I can't stand surprises" she said, giggling.
The nurse came back in. "Would you like to know?" she asked, turning the screen back around. "Yes please, we would love to" Chris said. "Ok, well…this one's a girl, and this one's a boy" the nurse said as Rachel looked at Chris. She could see tears welling up in his eyes. "Their beautiful" he exclaimed. "Absolutely beautiful". "You are free to go now, if you want. Ill print you off a scan picture so you can show your friends. They are ever so nervous, the ones already had three cups of coffee" Rachel began to laugh. She knew who that was.
15 minutes later, Rachel and Chris came out of the room, holding hands. Janet and Gill stood up as they came towards them. "So?" Janet asked, putting her hands on Rachel's stomach. "Everything's fine, the heartbeats are strong, it was just them moving around" Janet nodded and removed her hands, not picking up on Rachel's choice of words. Gill did though. "Them?" "Oh yeah! We are having twins. One boy, one girl" Rachel said, breaking out into a smile. "Oh My God that's fabulous!" Janet said, hugging Chris. Gill hugged Rachel, before they swopped. Gill found herself tense up as she hugged Chris. She had never got this close to him before. Stop it! Her mind shouted at her. "I'm so happy for you!" she managed to choke out, trying to cover up the awkward hug between her and Chris.
"Come on, let's get back to the office, I think we can have a small party this afternoon! Considering there's no work to be done!" Gill said, practically skipping out of the hospital. Rachel had never seen her like this before. That Godzilla mask really was wearing off…
