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.