The month came and went. Just had Jay had predicted he wasn't home yet. It was getting considerably more difficult for Erin to be on her own. At seventeen weeks along she was irritable and tired most of the time. It only made things worse being worried about Jay's safety all of the time. Her doctor had even told her that she needed to find a way to control her stress because it wasn't healthy for the baby.
Burgess was her saving grace. She complained about Kim 'babysitting' her all of the time, but honestly she would be lost without her right now.
Erin walked down the stairs of intelligence in rout to her car for the night. Kim was turning in her squad car keys when she noticed Erin.
"Hey, Er you alright?" She observed that Erin looked exceptionally solemn.
"Yeah I'm fine."
"No you're not. I can tell. What's up?"
Lindsay sighed. "It's Friday Kim. Jay's not home yet. He has less then three days to get back, or he wont be here to find out the gender."
Kim put her hand on Erin's arm. "He has the whole weekend to finish up this case, Erin. You never know he might make it."
Erin shrugged her shoulders. "Maybe."
"Wanna get dinner? I've been thinking about Tacos all day."
"Kim it's Friday night. Go have fun! Go to Molly's with the guys, or go home with your boyfriend, seriously I'm okay."
"So, you want pizza instead of tacos?"
Erin laughed rolling her eyes. Burgess wasn't going to take no for an answer. "Fine I want Pizza."
"That works for me. I'll meet you at the usual spot?"
"Yup" Erin nodded. "See you in a sec."
Monday morning arrived and there was still no sign of Jay. Erin was pissed in all honesty. She expected at least a phone call saying he couldn't make it even though he wanted to. It was a big day and the last time he called, which was over two weeks ago now, she told him the day her appointment was scheduled for.
Since Jay wasn't going to be there Burgess was once again accompanying Erin to another appointment. Erin sometimes joked that her baby would recognize Kim's voice as its daddies since it heard it so much more than Jay's.
Sitting in the waiting area of the doctor's office Erin chewed on her nails nervously. She had no idea why she was so anxious. It honestly didn't matter to her if she was having a boy or girl as long as it was healthy.
"Erin Lindsay." The nurse called before leading them back to her room.
A few minutes later Erin laid back on the table in a hospital gown. When the ultrasound technician squeezed the jell onto her stomach Erin took in a sharp breath at the how cold it was.
Just then the door burst open making all three women in the room jump. "Erin!"
"Jay?" She stared at her husband. He was obviously out of breath. She noted he mush have been running trying to get there in time.
"Have.. you found… out.. yet?" He asked attempting to suck in air.
"No." She shook her head smiling with tears of happiness brimming in her eyes.
He grinned from ear to ear rushing over to her side, and kissing her lips.
"How… How are you here?"
"It's over. We got him this morning. I'm home for good."
She laughed in delight, allowing a few stray tears to leave her eyes.
"I'll wait in the waiting room then." Burgess interrupted.
Jay turned around to see Burgess. "No. Stay, Kim. We want you here." He placed a hand on her shoulder.
"You sure?"
"Of course. You're an important part of this baby's life. You've been here for Erin when I couldn't be."
"Okay." Kim nodded smiling. She was secretly hoping they'd let her stay. She'd been involved in every other important milestone in Erin's pregnancy, and she was excited to know the gender.
"Okay we're ready." Erin squeezed Jay's hand looking up to the technician.
"Alright here we go." She moved the probe around spreading out the jell.
Jay couldn't contain his smile seeing the blurry images of his baby for the first time. Erin's eyes went back and forth from the screen, and her husbands face. It was thrilling to see how excited he was.
"Do we get to find out gender today?" Jay asked anxiously.
"Yeah I believe so." She smiled moving the probe way to the right of Erin's stomach. "It looks like you are going to have a little girl."
Jay laughed kissing Erin's temple with enthusiasm.
"You were right!" Erin laughed.
"I knew it. I always knew it was a girl." They were so engrossed in one another's reactions that they barely notice her move the probe left and begin to speak again.
"And baby B also looks to be a girl. Congratulations!"
Simultaneously Erin, Jay, and Kim's heads all snapped to look at the women. Shock apparent on their faces.
"What are you talking about?" Erin asked.
"You're having two baby girls." She said obviously confused. "Wait you didn't know you were expecting twins?"
"No! How would it take this long to find out? Shouldn't we have known before now?" Erin was panicked.
"I can go and get the doctor to confirm if you'd like, but it isn't uncommon to not know for awhile. You see they way baby A is positioned she is overtop of baby B. In your earlier ultrasounds the babies would have been smaller, so baby B was most likely very difficult to notice. Heartbeats can also synchronize with twins making it difficult to differentiate if it's one or two."
"Can you just get the doctor," Erin shook her head. She felt like she was about to have an anxiety attack.
Jay squeezed her hand. "Hey, Erin breathe. It's alright. We might be having twins. Two baby girls. This isn't a bad thing. It's great okay? Just relax."
Just then the doctor walked in. "Hello. I hear we may have a set of twins in here."
"Yes." Jay nodded smiling. He was happy about it. They had wanted a baby. They had planned and tried to get pregnant, and to Jay another baby was just an added bonus. The idea of having twins was amazing to him.
Alright let me take a look the doctor said while finishing putting his gloves on. He moved the probe around looking at the screen.
"Hmmm. Mhmm." With every noise he made Erin held her breath awaiting a response. He looked up at the couple finally. "Congratulations mommy and daddy. It looks like you are in fact having two baby girls."
