PROMPT: Gail and Holly have been married for a while now and have been trying to have a baby. Finally Holly is pregnant. At the hospital they get a shock when they find out they're having twins and Gail faints.

The day that Holly discovered she was pregnant, Gail started painting the nursery.

"How do you know it's a girl?" Holly asked as she leaned against the door jam, taking in the light purple walls.

Gail shrugged. "Gut instinct. But if it's a boy, he can just have purple walls. Boys can like purple." She placed her paint roller into the metal paint tray and moved to stand in front of her wife of just over three years, hands coming to rest on Holly's still flat tummy. She looked downwards in awe, thinking about the tiny creature growing inside Holly.

It had taken five rounds of Reciprocal IVF treatments for that little plus to appear on the home pregnancy test. Holly had already set up an appointment with the OB/GYN for the following morning.

At twelve weeks, they were scheduled for the first ultrasound. Gail had made sure to ask to be able to leave work early so she could make the appointment at two in the afternoon. And of course some jackass had decided to resist arrest and run just as she was about to head back to the station to get changed and head to the doctor's office downtown.

So, instead of being able to change and make her way leisurely to the appointment, she had to have Andy drop her off in front of the building, still in uniform, suspect still in the back seat. She was ten minutes late and Holly wasn't answering her phone. (She'd probably left it at home or in her office; she'd been experiencing a lot of 'pregnancy brain' recently.)

She knew from previous visits that the elevator was ridiculously slow, so she took the stairs two at a time up to the fourth floor. She raced into the waiting area of Dr. Ellis' office, out of breath, and ran up to the receptionist's desk.

"Hi, Gail," Liz, the desk clerk, said. "They're already back in exam room 3. Go on back."

"Thanks, Liz," Gail said, rushing towards the room. She was panting as she reached the door, knocking before opening it. "I'm so sorry," she said as she stumbled into the room, face flushed. "There was a suspect and he decided he was going to be a jerk." She stepped up to Holly's side as she lay on the exam table, stomach already bared. "Hi." She leaned down to kiss her softly.

"Hey," Holly replied, smiling broadly. "It's okay. You're here."

"You bet I am," Gail reasoned with a smile. She looked up at Dr. Ellis, who was holding the ultrasound wand in her hand. "Did I miss anything?"

Dr. Ellis shook her head, smiling at Gail. "We were just talking about her cravings and moods," she said as she grabbed the bottle of ultrasound gel. "We were stalling a bit because Holly was certain you were just running a bit late." She chuckled. "She was right."

Holly grinned and grabbed Gail's hand, squeezing tightly. Gail squeezed back.

"Ready?" Dr. Ellis said, holding the bottle over Holly's stomach, which was slightly rounded.

Holly nodded, inhaling sharply when the cool gel hit her warm flesh. Then Dr. Ellis placed the wand on her stomach and moved it around as she looked at the screen. "Okay, here we go," she said, pointing to the screen. "There's baby."

Gail felt the burn of tears in her eyes at the sight. It was little more than a few inches long, but had the definite human shape. She met Holly's eyes, equally damp with tears. "That's our baby," Gail whispered, nuzzling her face against Holly's shoulder.

Holly kissed her wife, cupping her cheek tenderly.

Dr. Ellis looked on with a wide smile. She absolutely loved giving couples as wonderful and deserving as these women the chance to be parents. It was obvious that they would give this child a happy, stable home full of love.

Returning her attention to the screen, Dr. Ellis cocked her head at the image on the screen and moved the wand a bit. She chuckled. "Well, would look at that," she said.

Gail and Holly looked up. "What is it?" Gail asked, worried something was wrong.

Dr. Ellis pointed at the screen again. "It seems baby has company," she explained, looking back at them. "Holly, you're carrying twins."

"Twins?" Holly repeated, as if the concept were foreign.

Gail just blinked, panic overcoming her. Oh god, twins? Like, as in, two babies?! She'd been anxious enough about caring for one baby, but two? She stood up straight, perhaps a bit too quickly, because suddenly her vision darkened and the room spun as a bout of vertigo overcame her. The next thing she knew, she was on the floor with Dr. Ellis looking down at her, a concerned look on her face.

"Gail, can you hear me?" Dr. Ellis asked, holding Gail's head in place.

"Yeah," Gail groaned out. "What happened?"

"You fainted," Holly said from the exam table, looking nervous.

"I did?" Gail asked, incredulous. She'd never fainted before. She tried to sit up, wanting to reassure Holly.

"No, no, just stay still for a minute," Dr. Ellis said. "You may have hit your head on the ground. I need to check for a concussion."

"I'm okay," Gail insisted. "Really. I've had a concussion before. I feel fine."

"You sure?" Dr. Ellis said.

Gail nodded and stood with the doctor's help. She stepped to Holly's side and kissed her forehead. "I'm okay," she promised.

"I'm going to step out and give you two a moment," Dr. Ellis said. "And get you some water," she said to Gail as she left the room.

Holly searched Gail's expression, looking for signs of distress. "Are you okay with this?" she asked, indicating her stomach.

She looked so anxious that Gail felt bad. She kissed her. "It just took me by surprise," she explained. "I was already lightheaded from chasing a suspect for nearly a mile and then running up four flights of stairs. I'm probably dehydrated. And then I started thinking about how much we have to do get prepare for two babies and I got overwhelmed…" she trailed off. "I'm sorry. I'm okay. We'll figure it all out."

Holly pulled her in for another kiss. "I know we will. We'll be awesome parents. You will be an awesome parent."

"I know," Gail said, giving her a smile. Then she gasped. "Oh, my god, we're gonna need a bigger house!"