It has been a few weeks since Jade and Beck learned of Jade's pregnancy.
Jade: (whispering) Beck.
Beck was sound asleep, Jade started to tap him.
Jade: (whispering) Beck.
Beck was still asleep snoring loudly.
Jade: Beck!
Jade startled Beck waking him up.
Beck: Huh? What?
Jade: Finally.
Beck looked at the clock and tiredly sighed.
Beck: What's wrong Jade?
Jade: I can't sleep. I'm hungry.
Beck: (sighs) Do you want a bowl of cereal or some yogurt?
Jade: I want tacos.
Beck: Tacos?
Jade: Yeah. Will you make me some tacos?
Beck: Jade's it's after three, we should be sleeping.
Jade: I'm having a hard time sleeping because my lazy husband won't make me tacos!
Beck: Maybe in the morning, can't you just eat a quick snack for now?
Beck closed his eyes to fall back asleep.
Jade: One, two, three, four-
Beck: Okay.
Beck stood out of bed and stretched, he turned on the light.
Beck: I'm not sure if we have taco stuff in the kitchen.
Jade: So go buy some.
Beck: What? No! This late Jade? Can you wait until morning?
Jade: Beck I would love to just sleep but I need tacos, now.
Beck: Well where am I supposed to go? There aren't any grocery stores opened this late.
Jade: Wal-Mart. Its twenty four hours.
Beck: Wal-Mart? That's a few miles from here.
Jade: So?
Beck: So, I'm not gonna drive out far to Wal-Mart just to get taco ingredients.
Jade started frowning looking at Beck.
Jade: I just want some tacos. Is that too much to ask for?
Beck: (sighs) Jade.
Jade: No Beck, it's okay. I'll drive myself.
Beck: No, no. I'm not letting you leave at this time of night or uh day.
Jade: How else am I going to get my tacos?
Beck: I'll go get it.
Jade: Really?
Beck: Yes.
Jade: Thanks Beck, now hurry up, you're wasting time standing here.
Jade grabbed the remote turning on the TV, Beck sighed walking out the room.
Jade: Wear a jacket!
Almost an hour later Beck returned home with groceries to make tacos, he set the grocery bags in the kitchen and walked to his bedroom to greet Jade.
Beck: I'm back-
Beck stopped noticing Jade was sleeping. He gently awakened her.
Beck: Babe, I'm back, I'll start cooking your tacos.
Jade: I'm not hungry anymore.
Beck: What?
Jade: You were taking too long so I found some leftover pizza in the fridge.
Beck: You sent me out for nothing?
Jade: Sorry about that. Was it crowded there?
Beck: No. It wasn't crowded at all, in fact there weren't any costumers because everyone's asleep.
Jade: Like you should be. You know you have work in the morning.
Beck: (sighs) This will all be over soon.
Jade: Don't you count down the days till I give birth. That's my job.
Beck: I am going to put away the groceries. Are you sure you don't want any tacos.
Jade: I'm sure Beck, let me sleep.
Jade pulled the covers closer, Beck left the room shaking his head. A few minutes later, Beck joined Jade in bed.
Jade: Beck?
Beck: Yeah?
Jade: I want those tacos now.
Beck sat up annoyed.
Beck: I asked you if you wanted tacos not too long ago.
Jade: That was then, this is now.
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A couple days later, Beck was in the kitchen cooking breakfast, Jade's screaming startled him. Beck ran to his bedroom to see Jade standing in the mirror glaring at herself.
Beck: What happened?
Jade: My clothes! I can't fit any of my clothes!
Beck: What about the skirt you're wearing?
Jade: Are you kidding me? Its tight around my waist. I can't breathe, I feel like it's going to snap in any second.
Beck: You can't find something else to wear?
Jade: No Beck, I can't. My clothes all fit tight. What am I going to wear to work?
Beck walked over to their closet and pulled something out.
Beck: How about this?
Jade: No, tried it. I can't get it past my thighs.
Beck reached for something else and held it for Jade to wear.
Beck: This?
Jade: Beck, when I said nothing fits, I meant it. Nothing fits!
Beck: Well the only thing I see is your workout clothes.
Jade: I can't wear sweat pants to work. I'll look ridiculous.
Beck: I don't know what else to tell you babe.
Jade sighed examining herself in the mirror. She lifted her shirt revealing her pudgy stomach.
Jade: Look at me. Am I supposed to be this big? I'm not even twenty weeks. Hell I'm not even twelve.
Beck: We can ask the doctor tomorrow when we go for your appointment.
Jade: Something's burning.
Beck: That was your French toast.
Beck ran out the room to the kitchen.
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The next morning, Jade was in the bathroom throwing up, Beck was behind her holding her hair.
Jade: (gags) I hate this.
Beck helped Jade up to her feet, she walked over to the sink to brush her teeth.
Beck: Morning sickness should be over soon.
Jade sighed as she brushed her teeth.
Beck: Are you excited for your appointment?
Jade shrugged as she brushed her teeth.
Beck: I'm excited. I wonder if we can see the baby.
Jade spit the toothpaste out into the sink.
Jade: I doubt it Beck.
Beck: I just want to see if it's growing.
Jade looked at her stomach upset.
Jade: There's defiantly something growing in there.
Beck could sense Jade's change of emotion.
Beck: What's wrong?
Jade: I feel fat. I shouldn't be this big.
Beck: It's okay Jade, there is nothing wrong with your weight.
Jade: Yes it is! I gained five pounds in a week.
Beck: Jade calm down. We can ask your doctor about it.
Jade: Don't tell me to calm down. You're not the one getting fat.
Beck: You're not fat.
Jade: I'm not?
Beck: No.
Jade: Aww.
Jade kissed Beck before leaving the bathroom.
Beck: That was weird.
Jade: Beck! Stop lounging around and get dressed! My appointment is in an hour!
At the hospital:
Jade signed in and sat with Beck waiting for the doctor.
Jade: Let's get this over with.
Beck: Isn't this exciting?
Jade: No. I don't want to be here. I'm hungry, and I'm tired. And what the hell is taking so long?
Beck: It's only been two minutes.
Jade folded her arms across her chest sighing.
Beck: When we leave here, I'll take you to lunch. How does that sound?
Jade: Can we go to McDonalds?
Beck: Anywhere you want.
Beck kissed Jade causing a small smile to form on her face.
Nurse: Jade Oliver?
Beck: That's us.
Jade and Beck held hands as they followed the nurse to a room.
Nurse: Doctor Xi will be with you soon.
Beck: Okay, thanks.
The nurse smiled and walked out the room.
Beck: See? It didn't take long for us to be called.
Jade: Where the hell is the doctor?
Beck: Probably with another patient.
Before Jade could respond the door opened and Doctor Xi walked in.
Dr. Xi: Hi, how are you?
Jade: You're late.
Jade's voice tone wasn't friendly Beck stepped up and extended his hand.
Beck: Don't mind her. I'm her husband Beck.
Dr. Xi: Nice to meet you Beck. I'm Doctor Xi.
The doctor shook hand with Beck.
Dr. Xi: There isn't much to do today, Jade is so early in her pregnancy. So you're here to ask me questions and concerns.
Beck: Well, Jade is concerned about her weight.
Jade: Is it normal for me to put on weight this early?
The doctor examined Jade's body.
Dr. Xi: No, but every pregnancy is different. You're probably just retaining water. Nothing to worry about.
Beck: When will the morning sickness go away?
Dr. Xi: Morning sickness will end in her second trimester.
Beck: Has there been any change since Jade's ultrasound?
Dr. Xi: Would you like to do an ultrasound?
Beck: Yes, we'd love to.
Doctor Xi prepared Jade for the ultrasound putting cold gel on her belly.
Jade: Is there anything else we can use? This stuff is freezing.
Dr. Xi: (laughs) Don't worry, you'll get used to eat.
Beck held Jade's hand as the doctor performed the ultrasound.
Dr. Xi: Want to hear the heartbeat?
Jade: The baby has a heart?
Dr. Xi: (laughs) First time parents are always the best.
Jade and Beck listened closely to the sound coming from the computer.
Dr. Xi: Hear that?
Jade and Beck nodded their heads. The sound started to get noisy, there were multiple beatings.
Dr. Xi: That's weird.
The doctor checked the monitor.
Beck: What's weird?
Dr. Xi: Jade could be pregnant with twins.
Jade: Twins?!
Beck: Twins?
Dr. Xi: There's more than one heartbeat.
The sounds became more frequent.
Dr. Xi: No, not twins. What is this?
Jade and Beck stared at the doctor confused as she studied the monitor.
Dr. Xi: Did you two use fertility treatment to conceive?
Jade: Fertility what?
Dr. Xi: Did you conceive naturally? Just sex?
Beck: (nods) Yes.
Dr. Xi: Amazing. The more I go into the uterus the more I find.
Beck: What are you talking about?
Jade: What are you finding?
Dr. Xi: A,B,C,D,E. This is very beautiful. Would you like to see?
Jade and Beck curiously nodded their heads. The doctor turned the monitor facing them.
Dr. Xi: I have never seen anything like this.
Jade: Like what? What are we looking at?
Dr. Xi: Your babies.
Beck: Babies? So, we're having twins?
The doctor shook her head pointing to the circles on the screen.
Dr. Xi: Here's baby A, this one's baby B. This is baby C, here is baby D. And this one is hiding, this is baby E.
Jade: That's five.
Dr. Xi: (nods) I know.
Beck: You just counted five babies.
Dr. Xi: You're having quintuplets. Congratulations!
Jade and Beck were in shock.
Jade: Whoa, whoa, whoa. What?
Beck: What are quintuplets?
Dr. Xi: You know about twins and triplets?
Beck: Yeah. Twins are two and triplets are three. It stops there doesn't it?
Dr. Xi: Quadruplets are four, and quintuplets are five. Which is what you're having.
Jade: That's impossible.
Dr. Xi: Yes, it is rare due to them being conceived naturally but, they're there.
The doctor motioned towards the screen.
Dr. Xi: This explains your gain in weight.
Jade: Five babies? What happened to just one baby?
Dr. Xi: Your first ultrasound didn't show this.
Beck: Did they just appear or were they there all along?
Dr. Xi: They were there all along, just microscopic so I didn't notice them.
The doctor cleaned the gel off Jade's stomach. Jade sat up and pulled down her shirt.
Dr. Xi: This is very serious. You're pregnant with quints.
The doctor handed Beck some pamphlets.
Dr. Xi: If you don't want to keep all five babies, you can get them reduced.
Beck: Reduced?
Dr. Xi: It's like abortion. You can reduce four, three, two, all, whatever you want.
Beck turned to Jade with a concerned face.
Beck: You know how I feel about abortion Jade.
Jade: Beck, we planned to have only one baby.
Beck: I know Jade but, they're there. I don't want to go through life wondering what they'd be like.
Jade: I don't think we can have them all.
Beck: Please Jade. Let's keep them all.
Jade: If we keep them will you always be there?
Beck: Of course.
Jade: We'd stick together through everything?
Beck: (kisses Jade) Through thick and thin.
Jade sighed and looked at the doctor.
Jade: We'll be keeping them.
Beck: All five of them.
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More to come. Ready for a wild ride? Jade's pregnancy is not going to be easy, poor Beck.
'Bade Lives Years Later' will be updated tomorrow.
Extra Characters:
Nurse: Nurse at hospital.
Dr. Xi: Jade's doctor.
