"What Friends Are For" part four! I had said one more after this, but who knows anymore. I might do one or two or three…depends on what you guys think of this one.
Do not own CSI.
"What Friends Are For"
"Sara, you're huge!" Greg spat. He watched Sara take a bottle of water out of the break room fridge. All he could see was her profile. He couldn't help it. Subtlety was not his forte.
Sara's eyes widened and a scowl crossed her lips. "Why thanks, Greggo. I guess I should take that as a compliment coming from you? In case you missed the memo, I'm pregnant!"
Greg held up his hands in surrender. "I'm sorry! You know I don't always think before I speak-"
"No kidding!"
He clasped his hands. "Now, as I was saying. Of course you've gained weight, you're pregnant. But you're what? Three months?"
Sara agreed, "Yes, what's your point?"
"My point is you're big for only being that far along." Sara scrunched her forehead. "I'm not playing games. All things serious."
Sara looked down. With both hands she held her stomach. She tilted her head as if studying her growing bump. "You're right."
"Who's right?" Finn came into the room. She grabbed an apple and plopped in a near-by chair.
"Greg is I think."
"About what?"
"Do I look big to you?" Sara turned to face Finn. She placed her hands on her hips and modeled side to side.
"You said you were twelve weeks along?"
"Yup."
"Maybe a little on the big side, but I wouldn't worry about it."
Sara blew out a breath. "If you say so. I didn't even notice the weight gain. I'll bring this up at the scan tomorrow."
"Yeah, I'm sure everything's fine." Greg reassured. "It's probably because you were so tall and thin to begin with. Pregnancy is suiting you well."
Finn and Sara gave Greg questioning stares. "What? You could afford to gain some weight."
"Tell me about it. Come to think of it...my cousin, tall and thin like you, went through the same thing." Finn chucked her apple core in the trash on her way out the door. "She found out she was expecting twins!"
"Then as she was walking out the door she said her cousin found out it was twins! I could be pregnant with two babies! Two, Gil!"
Gil brushed a stray curl out of his wife's face. She looked at him with anxious eyes. His hand moved from her ear to her cheek. "Honey, that's a possibility, but it's not certain. Two babies would be twice the blessing nonetheless. We'll ask the doctor to double check tomorrow, ok?"
His wife smiled genuinely. "Ok. No sense worrying."
"Exactly."
A moment of silence passed when she rambled, "But I have been abnormally tired... and this weight gain! Already I'm looking like I'm farther along than I should be. I know, I know tomorrow. But I can't shake this feeling now."
Gil played with Sara's wedding ring. Hoping to relax her, she was so tense from getting herself worked up. It could very well be twins, but there was nothing they could do about it now.
Sara pulled her hand away to stifle a cough. "Ugh..." She stood up and hurried to the bathroom. They thought this morning sickness would pass, but it had been picking up with a vengeance.
After hearing the toilet flush he brought a cold rag into the bathroom. On his knees he cradled his wife and placed the rag on her head. "This." He pointed to the toilet. "Is not good. You need to calm down and not worry so much. Let me do that. You need to take it easy."
"This." She copied his movements. "Has been happening a lot. One of the many signs it could be twins."
Stubbornness was an understatement. "Only time will tell my dear."
Bright lights from overhead. The smell of medical supplies. Gil was sitting beside Sara. She was leaning back on the exam table, drawing circles across her belly. He stared at her in awe. What if there are two lives and not one in there?
A knock on the door startled Sara. She looked at Gil with pleading eyes and he took her hand. A smile formed on his lips and she returned the favor.
"Hey, guys! How's it going?"
Sara relayed her thoughts with Gil piping in on occasion. The doctor followed along, nodding her head and scribbling notes down. As Sara finished speaking, the sonogram machine was wheeled directly next to the table. "Ok, so it's very likely I misread the sonogram last time you were here. Or as what happens commonly, baby two could be hiding behind baby one. We'll have to wait and see." She pulled Sara's shirt up and squished some gel. "Forgot to warn you, it's cold!" Sara chuckled and glued her eyes to the screen. "And if all else fails, we can listen to the heartbeat." Gil followed Sara's gaze to the screen.
"Ok, here's one baby." The doctor pointed to a figure. "Now let's have a good look around." She moved the wand around Sara's stomach in hopes for a reaction. "Ah. I think we have something."
Gil and Sara sat straight up as they clenched one another's hands. "There is another baby. Congratulations!"
"Wow." Gil was mesmerized. Finding it hard to look away from the screen, he placed a hand on Sara's belly. A muffled sound could be heard from the doctor. Something like souvenir pictures and making another appointment. That didn't matter now. He could see pools forming in Sara's eyes. Quickly, she dabbed the tear that was about to fall. She was slow in dabbing the next one, but Gil was there to do it for her. She looked at him with happy eyes. "Tears of joy," she called them. "I can't wait to tell Nick."
Sara hadn't let on she could be carrying twins, so Greg and Finn made sure to follow her lead. It was during lunch Sara came strolling into the break-room with something behind her back. Purposely she set what she was hiding in the middle of the table.
With brows raised, Nick took the object to examine. "What's this? Your latest sonogram?"
"Yup." Excitement was evident in her voice.
"Well now, let's see. What do we have here?" he drew out his accent. After tilting his head to the side his mouth dropped. "Are there two-?"
"Yes!" Sara was the one on her feet practically jumping up and down. Nick grabbed her in a bear hug and planted a kiss on her head.
"Congratulations! This is truly wonderful, Sar!"
"Thanks, Nicky."
Nick couldn't seem to let Sara out of his arms. Seeing that smile on her face gave him a feeling of overwhelming joy, pride even. It had been awhile since he'd seen her this way. He wanted to keep this moment fresh in his mind forever. Certainly, it would always be in his memory.
