Chapter 4! BTW, Jakaynne and I did a collab, feel free to check that out! It's on my account.
R&R?
The next few days, we stay in America again. Luckily, the Mean Girls don't show up. I'm reading Paper Towns when I hear Candice scream.
"MARTIN!"
You have three guesses to what's happening. And if you guessed she's going into labor or whatever they want to call it, you are most likely right. I walk out with my book and Creature Pod, but then realize I'm probably gonna need another book. So I grab the last one (The Fault in Our Stars) and walk out.
"Okay, calm down Candice!" Martin exclaims. "Come on, let's go."
They ran out the door, and I see Chris and Aviva exchange a knowing look. "So, you want to take the Buzz Bikes?"
"Sure! It's totally going to get us there on time. And not a single reporter will notice, care or ask us a question!" I exclaim sarcastically. "We could use creature powers, if we pick something fast."
"Peregrine falcon?" Chris suggests. "Most people don't stare at the sky."
"One minute..." Aviva types something on her computer as I put on my Creature Power Suit and one green disc pops out. She hands it to me. "Chris, you still have yours, right?"
"Yep!" Chris exclaims, holding up another green disc. "What about you?"
"Someone has to watch Adeline, right?" Aviva asks, smiling. "Martin's your brother. You go."
"Maybe Koki and Jimmy could?" he suggests.
She shakes her head. "Jimmy's hanging out with some of his other friends and Koki's visiting her aunt. Go on."
"Thanks, Aviva." Chris smiles. "Now do you have any peregrine falcon feathers? I don't feel like going out and getting mobbed with questions."
"I'll find one." I smile and climb up to the observatory of the Tortuga. Chris follows, and I scan around and wave at a peregrine falcon when I see one.
"Uh, Leilani? That's a hawk."
"It is? I mean, oh, right!"
I smile sheepishly and look around. Suddenly, one just lands on my shoulder. I smile and hit the activation button. Bam! I'm a silvery grey peregrine falcon. I smile and fly up. "YEAH! NOW THIS IS THE WAY TO GO!"
We dive towards the reporters, then start to fly towards the hospital and I see people all like, "What...?" I just laugh. They wish they could have Creature Power Suits. I love flying. I feel so free. The wind through my feathers, the on top of the world feeling... I love it.
We arrive at the hospital in peregrine falcon suits and then deactivate. And then the receptionist studies us for a few seconds before asking, "Are you two here for a pregnancy test or-"
She's interrupted by both me and Chris laughing. I'm not that old! I'm only 16! But, in fairness, I do look like I could be Chris' girlfriend. We're about the same height and have a good connection. Probably looks like a girlfriend and boyfriend or something. But then again, Chris and Aviva's wedding was in the papers like a year or so ago and who else has a CREATURE POWER SUIT besides the WILD KRATTS?
"Oh my god!" I exclaim. "No, no! I'm 16!"
"Oh!" The woman blushes. "I'm sorry, miss- OH MY GOD, you're Leilani and Chris Kratt, aren't you?"
"Yep," Chris answers, still laughing a little.
"Leilani Cor- oh, nevermind." I roll my eyes, trying to contain myself. "And we're waiting for Candice Kratt to have her baby."
"Okay." She nods. "I'm sorry. After your baby, Mr. Kratt, and Mrs. Candice Kratt's, I've just been in a baby mood."
"Me, too. Honest mistake." Chris smiles. We enter the waiting room, and there's a few kids and some parents. I pull my Creature Pod out of my back pocket and text Gavin and Natalia in a group message:
Me- omg
Gavin- did something happen?
Natalia- what
Me- Ok so candice is having her baby and then me and chris in our cps' showed up at the front desk and she thought we were coming for a pregnancy test
Natalia- OMG SERIOUSLY IM LAUGHING SO HARD RN
Gavin- Showed this to Ronan. brb dying of laughter
Natalia- who r u now, elle woods?
Me- no bc im NOT BLONDE lmao
Gavin- i am
Natalia- noooo, how about legally brunette
Me- no
Gavin- just doesnt have the same ring to it
Natalia- reyna from percy jackson?
Gavin- a prettier version of reyna
Me- thx gavin
Gavin- np
Natalia- soooo cute! total otp
Me- whatever Natalia!
Natalia- haha its my otp. whats up
Gavin- the sky
Me- the ceiling bc im in a hospital and bored
Natalia- omg guYS I SEE NESSIE AND SURGEON AND SHERLOCK
Gavin- who
Me- Nessie and Surgeon's kid.
Gavin- oh.
The chat ends, and I roll my eyes, bored. How do adults do this? Chris is just there like whatever. But I can't even- never mind. Okay, so I left TFIOS (The Fault in Our Stars) back at the Tortuga. (Why? I was in a peregrine falcon suit. They fly. And don't have hands. Do the math.) So, great, now I'm bored. And before I know it, It's 9 PM. (How does that happen?)
"Where is Candice and Martin Kratt's family?" a nurse asks, throwing open the door.
"Here!" Chris exclaims.
"Here," I repeat, looking at the clock.
"Come with me?" the nurse asks. She leads us to another room with a female doctor who could be Meredith Grey's (from Grey's Anatomy) twin. I've never even seen that show, though. Just a few posters here and there.
"I'm Dr. Prentice, and Mrs. Candice Kratt's baby has umbilical cord compression We performed a cesarean section and it was successful." Meredith Grey-lady says.
"Uh... what?" Chris asks.
"That's totally not confusing at all!" I exclaim sarcastically. "I don't speak doctor. English, please?"
Dr. Prentice-Grey huffs. "The umbilical cord, which keeps the baby alive, has been stretched. And we performed a c-section."
"Oh," I reply.
"They're in here." She smiles, opening a door. Martin and Candice are both in the same bed together, under the sheets, and that's all I really see before Chris slaps his hand over my eyes.
"Oh... hi!" Martin says sheepishly. "I didn't know we were expecting visitors."
"Bro, what are you doing?" Chris asks.
"You know I'm not a baby, right?" I ask. "In sixth grade you get that crappy health class lecture about it. And yes, I did go to school then."
"We're not doing anything!" Candice exclaims.
"Sure, Candice."
In a few minutes Chris uncovers my eyes, and I sigh. "You do realize I'm sixteen, right? I'm not a baby!"
"She has a point." Candice shrugs.
"But you'll always be my little girl." Chris hugs me, smiling.
"Fine by me." I smile back.
"So, Candice, how do you feel?" Martin asks.
"For someone who just had surgery? I feel fine," Candice answers. "Uh, when can I leave?"
"Two days currently, unless complications develop," Dr. Prentice-Grey answers, looking at some clipboard. "Also, the baby's fine. What are you going to name him?"
Both Candice and Martin smile together.
"Hayden Michael Kratt."
Again thanks to Jakaynne for submitting HAYDEN and my real life friend for MICHAEL!