Author's Note: I am sooooo very sorry that it took me so long to update this story... school is finally over for a little while and work is slow because of the holidays so I have a little more time to write. Anyways, I hope you all like this chapter... I tried not to leave it hanging in case it is awhile before I can update again so enjoy! Comments are always welcomed and encouraged!!!
Casa Walsh: 12PM
Kelly and Brenda were sitting at the kitchen table just catching up on all the things they had missed. Brenda told Kelly all about the plays she had been in, and all about London; where as, Kelly told Brenda about what had been happening in good old Beverly Hills. Nothing to out of the ordinary for the two of them… they had always been fairly honest with each other, well, most of the time they were.
"I can't believe you two came all the way here just to see us." Kelly said as she got up to get something to eat.
"I didn't come just to see you… I came to see this little one." Brenda said as she placed her hand on Kelly's still small baby bump. "Hey how far along are you anyway?" Brenda asked as Kelly walked over to the fridge.
"Nineteen weeks tomorrow." Kelly said as she took out a bowl of leftovers from the night before.
"Do you know what it is yet?" Brenda asked wanting to know what kind of clothes she should by her niece or nephew.
"We are having a little argument about that one actually. I have an ultrasound appointment next week and I want to find out what it is, but Brandon wants to be surprised." Kelly said as she sat back down at the table with some potato salad in hand.
"Leave my brother to me." Brenda said as the phone rang.
"I'll do that." She said before answering the phone. "Hello!" She said half laughing.
"I need a favor." Jackie said into the phone.
"Mom, what's wrong?" Kelly asked concerned.
"It's nothing to get worked up about." Jackie said not wanting Kelly to stress too much.
"Is Erin okay?" Kelly asked scared that something may have happened to her little sister.
"Erin is fine… actually I need you to watch her for me… I have to run a few errands and I can't bring her with me." Jackie said hoping that Kelly would say yes.
"That's all you need? I thought something bad had happened." Kelly said into the phone as she looked back at Brenda.
"No nothing like that, but can you watch her for me?" Jackie asked again.
"Bring her over to the Walsh house… I'll be here all day." Kelly said before she hung up the phone.
Kelly walked back over to the table and continued her conversation with Brenda as she ate her potato salad. Upstairs Brandon and Dylan were doing much the same talking only Brandon was getting ready because Dylan had woken him up. Dylan was sitting on the bed as his best friend grabbed a shirt out of the closet and put it on.
"So how do you really feel about this baby thing?" Dylan asked, as he laid back on the bottom of the bed.
"Actually, I'm thrilled… it took a little while, but now I don't think I can wait four and a half months to meet her." Brandon said not realizing that he actually called the baby a, her.
"So you know what it is then?" Dylan asked as Steve groggily walked into the room.
"Did I hear Dylan in here?" Steve asked without looking up from the floor.
"Yes you did Steve… and no Dylan I don't know what it is… and I don't want to." Brandon said as he looked over at his bed.
"Here we go again!" Steve said as he walked over to the bed and sat up by the pillows.
"What do you mean again?" Dylan asked unaware of what had happened the day before.
"Those two have been arguing every night over whether or not they want to find out and personally I'm sick of hearing about it!" Steve said as he got up again. "I mean seriously Brandon is it really that hard to just give her what she wants… if she wants to know what the kid is then let her… stop being a baby!" Steve said getting fed up with both of them being so petty.
"You want me to let her win… than fine… consider it done! She can find out if she wants… I just won't go to the appointment." Brandon said as he walked out of the room.
"What's his problem?" Dylan asked starring at the door.
"You don't want to know." Steve said.
Brandon walked down the stairs and went into the kitchen to tell Kelly what he had been talking to the guys about. As he got to the kitchen he could see his sister talking with Kelly and he really didn't want to give her the wrong impression, but yet he was just so annoyed right now, even though there really wasn't any need to be. He was letting her have her way, with one stipulation and that was that she didn't tell him anything.
"Hey stranger…" Brenda said as she got up to refill her glass. "Kel you want anything to drink?" She asked noticing the empty glass.
"I should be the one asking you that." Kelly responded.
"Don't be ridiculous, I use to live here you know… plus you're pregnant." Brenda said not meaning for that to sound like it was a bad thing. "What were you drinking?" She asked.
"Just ice water…" Kelly said as she gave Brandon this weird look.
"You okay Kel?" Brandon asked a little concerned with that look on her face.
"Yeah, the baby's moving that's all. Oh Jackie's bringing Erin over for a little while today. She has to run errands so I said we would watch her." Kelly said changing the subject.
"Okay. Um… you know that thing we were talking about last night? Well, as long as you keep it to yourself… you can…" Brandon didn't want it to sound like he was giving in, but that was exactly what he was doing.
"Really?" Kelly questioned knowing exactly what he was saying.
"Really, just don't tell me oh, and I can't go to the ultrasound." Brandon said that last part like he was bummed about it.
He really did want to go, but he was dead set against finding out. Kelly was a little upset about this because she didn't want to go by herself… that would look bad. Of course that wasn't going to stop her from going because she really did want to find out what it was that she was going to have. It was at that very moment that the doorbell rang and Brandon left the kitchen to answer the door. Kelly just looked in the front door's direction, knowing exactly who it was, but yet not wanting to get up because she was a little uncomfortable. She had this sharp pain shooting through her abdomen.
It wasn't like anything she had really ever felt before. It was sharp, and hurt worse than anything in the world, but she didn't want to worry anyone, not if she didn't have to. It was then that she saw her baby sister come running into the room. Erin jumped up into Kelly's arms, and that was when Kelly flinched. This was also when Brandon and Jackie both walked in. Jackie immediately went over to her daughters afraid that Erin may have hurt Kelly.
"Are you okay sweetie?" Jackie asked as she took Erin out of Kelly's lap.
"I don't know... Mom it hurts..." Kelly tried to explain, but the pain she felt was making this increasingly difficult for her to do.
Brandon just ran over to her, unsure of what to do, and began to stroke her hair. This calmed her down a little, but it didn't stop the incredible pain she was feeling right where the baby was. She knew that it wasn't a kick, those were nothing compared to this. In fact, this was even worse than the fire she had been in two years earlier, those burns had hurt but this was way worse than that.
"Brandon get the car. We are taking her to the hospital." Jackie said as she handed Erin to Brenda so that she could help Kelly.
"Dylan, Steve get down here!" Brenda yelled up the stairs.
"What's with the pipes Bren?" Steve said as both guys came running down the stairs, Dylan almost falling down the last few stairs.
"We need to get Kelly to the hospital, something's wrong with the baby." Brenda said as she passed young Erin over to Dylan.
"Car's out front!" Brandon exclaimed as he ran over to help Kelly out to the car.
"Brandon I'm scared!" Kelly said through clenched teeth as Brandon leaned down so she could put her one arm around him.
"I know... Me too... Just stay calm and we'll get through this." Brandon said trying to keep her calm.
Neither one of them knew what was going on, but they both knew that whatever it was it wasn't good. Steve had ducked under Kelly's other arm so that Brandon wasn't trying to help her out to the car all by himself, as tears started to trickle down her face because of the pain. Within a few minutes Steve and Brandon had managed to get Kelly out to the car and soon they were on their way to the hospital.
Inside the Car…
Brandon was driving and Kelly was sort of laying in the backseat, her head was resting on her mother's lap and Steve was sort of acting as a foot rest for her legs. Little Erin was in the car with Dylan and Brenda because she wasn't quite old enough to sit in the front seat with Brandon, instead that seat was empty.
"Mom I'm scared." Kelly said as she tried not to let the tears fall.
She was just really starting to like the idea of being a mother and she didn't want it to be for nothing. Kelly wanted this baby more than anything and she really didn't want to lose it now things were really starting to go good for the couple, and all Kelly could seem to think is, why was all this happening? No one really had that answer and the only thing that her mother could say was…
"I know baby… I know. I'm scared too." Jackie said running her fingers through her daughter's short hair.
"How much longer B?" Steve asked trying not to sound panicked even though he was just as scared as everyone else.
"If the light stays green only a few more minutes… hang in there Kel!" Brandon said as he reached his right hand back to her.
Instead of trying to say anything to Brandon, Kelly just took his hand and squeezed it tightly, although she didn't really mean to do that, it was just that it hurt so badly. Brandon didn't really mind because as far as he was concerned she had every right to squeeze his hand, after all the pain she was feeling was partly his fault too. He just kept reminding her that they were almost to the hospital; where as her mother just kept on telling her to breathe through the pain. Steve felt like he was not being any help because there really wasn't anything that he could do or say to make her feel any better.
"Kel, you okay?" Steve asked just to keep her mind off of the pain.
"How can I… be okay… I feel like my insides are… being ripped out of me." Kelly said through all the pain she felt.
Brenda and Dylan's Car
Erin was sitting in the backseat crying because she thought that it was her fault that her sister was in so much pain. No one had really thought about explaining what was going on to the little girl. It was all just a matter of making sure that Kelly got to the hospital. Brenda heard the sobs of the little girl and turned around in her seat. What she saw was tears streaming down little Erin's cheeks and those pouting lips that no one ever wants to see on a little girl.
"Erin, why are you crying?" Brenda asked not really remembering that no one had said that it wasn't her fault.
"I made sissy owie!" Erin said still pouting.
"No sweetie you didn't make your sister hurt…" Brenda said not really sure how to continue.
"Then why she have go doctor?" Erin asked not so much pouting anymore, as just trying to understand.
"Because the baby inside her is giving her an owie and we have to find out why." Brenda said as she watched the little girl smile.
"Oh." Erin said smiling, understanding that it wasn't her fault anymore.
Brenda turned back to the front seat and looked over at Dylan as he drove to the hospital following Brandon's car. He quickly turned his head to meet Brenda's stare. It was as if the two were having a conversation without really talking, but yet knowing exactly what the other was saying. It was something that only a few people could understand and even though the two of them knew that it was happening, neither one of them believed it.
"Do you think she is going to be okay?" Brenda asked hoping that everything was going to be alright.
"Kelly's tough she'll be fine." Dylan said hoping that he was right.
"What about the baby?" Brenda asked just as they pulled up to the hospital emergency room doors.
"Let's go find out." Dylan said as he turned off the car and opened his door.
Four Hours Later in the Maternity Ward
Brandon was standing next to Kelly's bedside just staring down at his helpless girlfriend, he wished that there was something that he could do for her, but nothing was coming to mind. On the other hand, Kelly was lying there just wanting to go home, the pain had stopped about three hours ago and they still had yet to tell her anything. What was even worse was that no one could really come in to see them. Kelly had been dying to see her baby sister to tell her that it wasn't her fault; she thought that someone should talk to Erin and who better to tell her than her big sister.
"Brandon what's going on? Why aren't they telling us anything?" Kelly asked him almost pleading with him.
"I really don't know, but if you like I can go and track down the doctor for you…" Brandon started but was cut off by Jackie and David as they walked in with Erin and Kelly's doctor.
"No need for that I found Dr. Reed and I thought you might like a few visitors." Jackie said smiling.
"You guessed right… hi Erin how's my little sister doing?" Kelly asked totally ignoring the doctor.
"You tay now?" Erin asked wanting to know when they could go home.
"I think so kiddo. I have to talk to the doctor first so why don't you take David here and go and get some cocoa." Kelly said with a smile on her face.
"No more owies?" Erin asked again as David bent down next to her.
"No more owies… but I think David may need help finding that cocoa." Kelly said watching her sister take her brother's hand before heading out the door. "So what is going on?" She asked the doctor as soon as Erin was out of ear shot.
"Nothing that we can't fix with a little rest… your little one just got a little scared and this was his way of telling you that." Doctor Reed said not realizing that she called the baby a 'he.'
"He?" Brandon asked not trying to sound excited.
"Did I say 'he' I'm sorry I didn't check I just said that, probably because the last couple I saw was having a boy. Anyways, Kelly I want you to go home and do nothing but rest. I don't want this baby coming any earlier than it is supposed to okay?" Doctor Reed sort of questioned.
"Yes Ma'am I don't want anything to happen to our baby!" Kelly said nodding her head in agreement.
"Well, with that said, I want you to fill this prescription and go home and rest… the medication should help with the lightheadedness you have been having and the relaxation should help with the rest. Brandon keep the visitors to a minimum." Doctor Reed said before she left the room.
"Yes Dr. Reed." Brandon said as he smiled down at Kelly.
Doctor Reed left the room as did Jackie and Brandon gave Kelly a light kiss on the forehead before he helped her out of the bed and into the wheelchair next to the bed. The doctor didn't want Kelly to be on her feet any longer than she had to, and Brandon was going to make sure of that… in fact the entire gang was going to make sure of that. Brandon wheeled Kelly out into the waiting room where the rest of the gang was all waiting.
"So what did the doctor say?" Brenda asked wanting to know what had happened.
"Just that I got a little too stressed and the baby didn't like that so I started to have premature labor pains… the doctor managed to stop them, but I have to rest for a few weeks until things settle down." Kelly said absently stroking her abdomen like she had done many times before.
