Secret Hearts, Chapter 10: Nervous joy
Greg's POV
When I woke up two hours later, I was in an outpatient bed & Ami was sitting in a recliner next to me, holding my hand. I felt like such a nincompoop! She should be in bed with me comforting her after we get the best news in the world but I fainted like I saw a ghost.
The events from this morning came rushing back all at once & I jumped up from the bed. "IT'S TWINS!". My sudden outburst startled everyone else in the unit but Ami burst into a fit of happy giggles, relieved I was alright. After getting congratulatory applause from everyone, the discharge nurse came over with our release forms.
I'm glad Ami & the kids are alright but I have a feeling of…nervous joy. Does that even exist? I'm over the moon for our future parenthood but I'm nervous too. I have some child raising experience. My bother & sister are 7 & 13. I had a hand in their upbringing. Being the oldest, I was in charge of taking them to & from school & watching them until one of our parents got home. When Joe was born, he & mother were often ill so I took care of him with Rina's help while dad attended to mom
But this is different. I'm the DAD, not just the trusted older sibling. And how did we get twins? We're awfully young for that to occur & as far as I know neither Ami nor I have twins in our immediate family.
Ami must have seen my mind going 1,000 miles an hour. She gently shook me back to reality & smiled reassuringly. "We'll be ok, Greg. Don't worry. The four of us will make it through".
The FOUR of us! That sounds so wonderful.
I gave Ami a kiss & held her hand as we walked to the parking lot. This news is too good to keep to ourselves.
"Ami, why don't you rest for the afternoon & I'll call my parents. Then we'll invite the others over for dinner to tell them the exciting news?".
The joyful look on Ami's face faded into worry hen she heard "call my parents". I know it's because we haven't told them yet. We still had two months of school left before summer break & I was going to surprise Ami with a trip to see my family. She doesn't need any extra worries on her plate. Finishing school & preparing for motherhood is enough to think about without adding family approval into the mix. I held her hand in mine as I drove onto the main road.
"Nothing & no one will change my mind, Ami. I'm calling to tell them the kids are coming; ready or not then the ball is in their court. I know how I'm playing in the game of life & we have two all star players on our dream team. Speaking of sports, maybe we should name our boy Ace! For motivational purposes of course". I looked over at Ami to see her reaction to my joke & she gave me a glare hard enough to shatter glass.
"N-O! That is NOT happening! Our kids will have nice, respectable names! No fruits, landmarks, made up letters or motivational nonsense!", Ami said in mock anger.
That's my girl!
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A short but sweet update! A&P ends next Thursday so I will be a happy little person when it ends! I have two more tests & a paper to go! I had a bit of free time on Saturday so I wrote this up while at work! I can multitask.
Greg's family was never explained so I invented one. I think Greg is too sweet & loving to be an only child so I gave him some more of a back story. I don't know if the family will pay a big part in the story yet but keep reading!