Thanks for all the great reviews! Here's chapter eight
Chapter Eight
Dally's POV:
Cherry looked at the pregnancy test and smiled. I smiled, too because I knew what that must mean. She showed me the test. She was pregnant. I felt a tear forming in my eye. It was a tear of joy, though. I gave her a big hug and she kissed me on the side. " Oh, we're going to have another baby!" she said happily. " I wonder if it's a boy or a girl." I shrugged. " It doesn't matter," i said. " We'll still love our baby no matter if it's a boy or a girl. I am curious, though."
" We can go to the hospital tomorrow," Cherry said. " I canh have all of the tests done and everything. Then we'll know everything about our baby." I gave her another hug and then we ran out in the living room to tell the others. " Congratulations!" Ponyboy explained as we told them. He gave each of us a hug and then we sat down to talk about it. " At least now Little Johnny will have a playmate," Darry said. I nodded. " Yeah, little Johnny would love it if we had another kid in the house. Cherry rubbed her stomach. " Just think," she said. " In nine months we'll have another child on our hands. It'll be great." I smiled. I couldn't believe how great my life had gotten ever since I had met Cherry.
Now I was merried with one kid and another on its way. I was just so happy. That night, Cherry and I layed in bed together and just talked the whole nighy through. Neither of us could sleep since we were so excited about our new baby on its way. I put my head to her chest and stsyed there. I could feel the baby kicking. Cherry held me tight as I layed there. We dozed off in a sleep. We had thwe blankets over us tight so we couldn't get cold. It was starting to get really cold outside now. Soon it would be winter and Christmas would be coming around.
The next day Ponyboy, Soda, and I went with Cherry to the hospital so she could have some tests done and everything. Darry was working, so we all offered to take her. Once again, I saw Dr. Morrison in the waiting room. " Hi," he said. " It's great to see you. You've been maing a lot of trips here, haven't you?" Cherry nodded and I said, " Yeah, but this time we're here because Cherry's pregnant. He shook my head. " Congratulations, Dallas, I'm very happy for both of you. If you'd like, I could help you with whatever you need." Ponyboy nodded. " Sure, we could use some help from anybody." Cherry smiled. " Yeah," she said. " I'd be happy if you could just do the x rays to see if it's a boy or a girl and all that stuff." Dr. Morrison nodded. " Okay, if you'll follow me, I'll take you into an examining room."
We followed him down the hall to a room. Ponyboy and Soda sat in a couple of chairs next to me while the doctor took Cherry's blood pressure and everything. After he did a couple of the regular procedures, he said, " Okay, I can take an x ray and see what's going on in there. She is absolutely pregnant, so all I have to do is do a couple of more things and then you'll pretty much know everything about the baby."
After about an hour, everything was finished. It ended up that Cherry and I were going to have a baby girl. " Great!" Cherry said. " Now we're even, Dally!" I smiled. I was really happy that I had a son and now I'd have a daughter. I couldn't wait for the big day when my daughter would be born. Little Johnny was really excited that he was going to have a little sister. We told him all about it that night. " Sister!" he said. " Sister!"
About eight months later, it was a Saturday night. It was about eight o' clock at night and we were having a birthday party for me. I had turned nineteen. All of the greaser gang was there. We were drinking some wine. Cherry couldn't have much since she was carrying the baby, though. She was eight months pregnant and you could tell, too. I was so excited about having a daughter. Little Johnny was a year and a half old now. His birthday was in four months. " Happy birthday!" Ponyboy said, giving me a gift. " Thanks!" I said, holding the big wrapped gift. I opened it. It was a photograph of Ponyboy, Johnny, and I. It was framed in a gold frame with a card on it that said, " To my best buddy, Dally." The photo had been taken about three years ago when i was sixteen, Ponyboy was thirteen, and Johnny was fifteen. I felt myself beginning to cry. Johnny was standing up nexst to Ponyboy and I in the picture. He was smiling. That had been before he was jumped by those socs, so he was happy. I wiped away a tear from my cheek. It was the best present I had ever gotten. I gave Ponyboy a hug. " Oh, thank you, Ponyboy!" I said. " Thank you so much."
Suddenly, Cherry cried in pain. " Oh, Dally!" she said, gasping for air. All of us got around her. " What is it?' Two Bit asked. " What is it?" I asked. She looked up at me. " Dally, it's time!" " It's time!" I said. " Quick everyone, it's an early baby!" Ponyboy ran out to start the car. Two Bit and Steve got blankets for Cherry so she wouldn't be cold. I tried to comfort her while everything else was happening. " I'll stay here and watch Little Johnny,' Darry said. I nodded. " Thanks, Darry." I ran out the door with the others. Steve drove us while Two Bit was in the passenger seat. Ponyboy, Cherry, and I sat in the back." " Just relax, honey," i comforted Cherry. " Just breath, just breath, we'll be at the hospital soon, it's okay."
Steve drove up in the parking lot of the hospital. We all got out and helped Cherry get inside. We went in the waiting room and I went up to talk to the receptionist. " How can I help you?" she asked us. " My wife's pregnant," I said. " It's an early baby." After a couple of minutes, we were immediately taken to the delivery room. A doctor came in and everything was pretty much set for Cherry to have her baby. " Okay," the doctor said. " This baby is a little early, so it will probably have to be in an incubator for a little bit, but not for long. I nodded. Ponyboy, Two Bit, and Steve were waiting out in the waiting room.
The doctors all got ready to deliver the baby. " Push," the doctor said to Cherry. " Push, push!" Cherry had a look on her face like it hurt yet she was still happy to know she was having the baby. " Push!" the doctor continued. " push, push, push!" That was when I saw my baby girl being born. She came into the world crying and the doctors immediatly took her to get her washed and everything right after I cut the imbilical cord. " This is a great birthday present," I said to Cherry after the doctors took the baby. Cherry reached out and held my hand. We both had a baby girl now.
I went out in the hall and the guys were all congratulating me and everything. " You're a dad again!" Steve said to me. " Here, have a beer!" I took a swig of the beer when one of the nurses came out and handed me the baby. " Here's your baby girl," she said. I held my little girl. She looked like Cherry and I combined. She had the green eyes that Cherry had as I later found out when she first opened her eyes. She had my hair, though as we later found out when she started growing hair. " Hey, baby, hey!" I said while I held my baby. " I'm your daddy," i said. " I'm your daddy." She made a cute little sound and I felt so happy. I started crying tears of joy. I had two babies now, a son and a daughter.
Hope you like it! I thought up of something else fun to do. Like the get well soon notes to Dally, I thought that in your reviews, you could write a happy birthday note or a congratulations, you're a dad note to Dally.
