Chapter Twelve

the next three months of Donna, Alice and Kate's pregnancies went very well and very quickly. All of the boys did their best to make sure that all the girls were well looked after and well cared for. Before they knew it they were all sitting waiting to be called into the room to find out whether they were going to have a baby girl or a baby boy. Kate was the first to be called into the room. She sat down in the chair and got out her ever emerging bump. Today was a huge day for her. Karl emptied the gel onto Kate's stomach and pressed the machine against it.

"Right Kate" Karl said in his doctor's voice "there's your baby"

"Wow" Declan smiled "that's our baby, Kate, that's it"

"yeah" Kate looked at Declan and kissed him gently on the lips, she smiled falling in love with him all over again "Karl, can you tell us if it's a boy or a girl?"

"You really want to know?" Declan and Kate looked at each other, smiled and turned back to Karl nodding "well.. it's a girl"

"A girl?" Kate smiled "I always wanted to have a girl first"

"Indy's going to have a sister?" Declan smiled "she'd like that"

"Can I be nosy?" Karl asked cheekily

"Elodie" Kate answered, clearly reading his mind "Elodie Jill Napier"

Next into the room was Donna, she was so excited she could hardly keep still "come on Karl" Donna practically begged him "tell me is it a boy or a girl?"

Karl was surprised about how quickly Donna was asking, she hadn't even sat down and she was asking about the sex of the baby "let's check everything's okay first"

"Oh, I'm sorry" Donna cursed herself "then will you tell me if it's a girl or a boy?"

"Sure" Karl emptied more gel onto Donna's tummy "okay well everything's okay"

"Excellent" Ringo answered almost reminding himself that he was in the room seeing as no one had noticed him "I'm glad it's okay"

"And..." Karl moved the machine around and stopped "it's a boy, you've got a baby boy"

"Milo!" Donna shrieked "that's our baby Milo"

"It's a boy" Donna had hardly got out of the room before throwing herself onto Kate with a smile and a hug "what have you got then?"

"A girl" Kate answered "we're going to call her Elodie Jill Napier"

"That's lovely" Ringo added, feeling a little left out of the conversation, actually feeling a little left out of the whole day "congratulations you two"

"Thanks" Declan responded, feeling a little overwhelmed by the whole experience "congratulations to you too"

"You okay?" Ringo asked him, sensing that there was a little bit of a problem there "you seem a bit, I don't know, overwhelmed"

"I am overwhelmed" Declan answered truthfully "I know I've been though this before, but that was different, that was Bridget, and I love Indy, oh I love her so much, but this baby is with the love of my life, how perfect is that?"

"I know, man" Ringo agreed smiling and shaking his head at the same time "it's amazing isn't it"

"Maybe Elodie won't be born at a festival" Declan laughed at the way Indy had come into the world "Indy and Ellie" Declan laughed again at how well the names went together as sisters "my girls"

Alice stepped out of the room and smiled at her two new friends, she took a little longer than Donna to tell the news and everyone was on the edge of their seats, the suspense was getting way too much for Donna, she simply couldn't take it any more

"This is my girlfriend, Alice" Lucas smiled, stating the obvious "and this" he pointed to her stomach and the bump that out of the three of them seemed to be the biggest "is Joseph Daniel Fitzgerald, my son"

"A boy?" Donna walked over to the man that she had always seen as a big brother "congratulations, Lucas, congratulations Alice"

"Our babies are going to be the best of friends" Kate said sweetly "Ramsay street isn't going to know what's hit them"

It didn't take long for Joe, Ellie, and Milo's imminent arrivals to spread around the street like wild fire. Everyone seemed to be happy for all of them except Libby wasn't happy for Alice. She didn't care about Joe, she was just worrying about Ellie and Milo. Every time Alice said something about Joe she would change the Subject or completely ignore Alice. The way to deal with it? They didn't visit Libby. They stayed away from her, all three of them. Libby was unable to make any comment on any of them. As Kate, Donna and Alice got further and further into their pregnancies it was becoming very difficult for all of them. Alice was the biggest, she had gained so much weight that people kept asking her if she was having twins. Kate looked about five months pregnant when she was eight and Donna seemed just perfect, as always.