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Mimi shifted Piper and smiled at her husband. "Can you believe our delivery room surprise?" she asked her husband. Mimi had gone into labor three weeks early, but the labor hadn't progressed as well as the doctor would have liked. She ended up having to getting a c-section.

"We now have ten daughters instead of nine," a still in shock Stanley answered. The third baby had been hidden behind Lilah.

"Ten isn't going to be worse than nine," Mimi rationalized. She and Stanley now had five babies under the age of two, but they could get through this. Really.

"She still doesn't have a name," Stanley said. Lilah and Piper's names had been chosen months ago, and the Richmonds thought that they would be their final children. They had never bothered to look at other names.

Mimi sighed. "I like Susannah," she suggested. Susannah was a good name.

"I like it too," Stanley said. While Lilah and the third baby were identical, Piper was fraternal. At least it would be easy to tell the babies apart.

"What about a middle name?" Mimi questioned. The rest of the Richmonds had middle names, so it was only fair that Susannah got one.

"Devyn," Stanley said. Devin was mostly a boy's name, but he heard of it being used for a girl.

"I don't like it," Mimi replied. She smiled as Piper stirred, but continued to sleep. Mimi was surprised that she hadn't fallen asleep yet. She had been in labor for twenty-six hours before the emergency c-section and that had been four hours ago.

"We used all of our favorite names," Stanley whined. He was so tired. Going home to seven daughters didn't sound that appealing right now. At least Heather, Jake, and Gail were watching the girls.

"Audrey," Mimi said. Susannah Audrey Richmond seemed like a good name.

"Maybe. How about Taylor?" Stanley had wanted to name a son Taylor, but the name was also for both genders.

"Susannah Audrey or Susannah Taylor. I don't know," Mimi answered. Both middle names fit with Susannah.

"We could ask her older sisters," Stanley suggested. Although that could end badly with different suggestions, the girls could decide between the two middle names.

"We'll call them now," Mimi decided. Stanley set Susannah and Piper down in their bassinets and dialed the Greens' house.

"Put the girls on speakerphone," Stanley told Jake. Jake agreed.

"Hi Dad," Rowan called.

Mimi explained what the call was about to her and Stanley's daughters. "What do you think, girls?"

"We'll think about it and vote," Isabelle promised. That way, there wouldn't be a fight over the phone while her parents waited.

Stanley stifled a laugh. Mimi would have laughed, but knew it would hurt too much. "I love you," she said.

"We love you too," Keely shouted. Her younger sisters were starting to get a little loud, which was annoying.

"So do I," Stanley said. After Mimi talked with Heather for a few minutes, the phone call finally ended.

"How much do you bet that they'll vote on a completely different middle name?" Mimi asked Stanley.

"It's a sure thing," Stanley replied. The girls would probably end up with a different name. That's the way they were.

Ten minutes later, the phone rang. "We voted on a middle name," Rowan explained.

"It's a completely different one," Isabelle chimed in. Rowan glared at her sister for the interruption.'

"What is it?" Stanley questioned. The adrenaline from the triplets' arrival had finally worn off, and Mimi had passed out a minute after the conversation.

"Her full name will be Susannah Meredith Richmond," Keely announced. Meredith was just so pretty, and fit together with Susannah.

"Your mother and I love it," Stanley said. Meredith did seem better than Audrey and Taylor.

"You forgot that Gretchen's middle name is Audrey," Isabelle reminded her father. She wasn't surprised. Both her parents had to be exhausted.

"I thought we used it before!" Stanley cried. He immediately wished he hadn't. He didn't want to wake up his wife and three daughters. Luckily, the four slept soundly.

"Bye," Danielle said. She was going to go play with Dylan. He was really nice to her. Danielle really liked him.

"See you girls tonight," Stanley promised. He hung up and sat down in the uncomfortable hospital chair. He checked on Lilah, Piper, and Susannah before falling asleep.

XXXXX

"I can't believe Stanley and Mimi ended up with ten daughters," Heather whispered to her husband before they went to bed. Stanley had taken his seven daughters home about two hours earlier.

"You ever think about having another baby?" Jake asked. He was happy with his five, but another baby seemed like a good idea.

"I'm forty-two," Heather pointed out. Mimi may have gotten pregnant in her forties, but it was different for everybody.

"And I've had a vasectomy, but it can be reversed," Jake replied.

"We could adopt like Mary and Eric," Heather said. She was happy with her five and didn't want another baby, though.

"You don't want another one," Jake said in realization. He knew that he and his wife were older, but that didn't really matter. They could do this.

Heather sighed. "No, I don't. We already have five great kids. If we have the desire for another baby, maybe we could steal one of Stanley and Mimi's for a day." Another baby just wouldn't work. She was done having kids, whether it be by adoption or other means.

Jake laughed despite himself. "You didn't even consider it as a option," he accused. Why didn't Heather understand that another baby would be fun to have around?

"That's because we have five kids. We're not Stanley and Mimi, who don't care that they're extremely fertile. We don't need another baby," Heather told him, starting to get angry. Why was Jake being so difficult about this?

"But I want another one," Jake insisted. Why didn't his wife understand that?

"And I don't! Where does this sudden desire to have a sixth child come from? We decided we were done after I got knocked up for the fourth time in four years!" Heather yelled. She was glad that Abigail, Rhiannon, Gillian, and Dylan were with Gail for the night and that Jacob was staying with Emily and Donovan.

"That's because we were overwhelmed at the time! Jacob and Abigail are twelve, Rhiannon's eleven, Gillian's ten, and Dylan's nine. We can do this again!" Jake shouted back. Maybe he and Heather could have another baby.

"I'm still overwhelmed," Heather screamed. Taking care of her kids and working was exhausting.

Jake tried to calm down. "Let's talk about this in the morning and get some sleep," he suggested.

Heather glared at him, but got back into bed and rolled over so she wasn't facing Jake. "Go to bed," she ordered.

"I love you," Jake tried, but he already knew that tomorrow would not end well for him.

XXXXX

Darcy Hawkins smiled at Rob. "What are we going to do when we finally get our kids out of the house?" she questioned. She was so happy that Grace was fourteen and Andrea was thirteen. That meant that they were much closer to be alone when the girls went off to college.

Rob shrugged. "Maybe we could go to Europe." He didn't know. It was a weird thing to think of. He and Darcy being alone was a weird thing to think about.

"I like that idea. I've always wanted to go," Darcy said. She and Rob could go this summer, while the girls visited her parents. They were staying for two months, which had never happened before.

"Do you want to check out countries?" Rob questioned. He wanted to go to Ireland, but had never been sent there for a mission.

Darcy nodded and kissed her husband. "I love you," she told him.

"Love you too," Rob answered. He and Darcy headed for the laptop to check out a few websites before heading to bed.

XXXXXX

Gail Green was glad that her grandchildren were in bed. She had time to think. "Johnston, you would love them so much," Gail murmured. She missed her husband so much. Things just hadn't been the same without him.

"Grandma, what are you doing?" asked Gillian. She had woken up thirsty, and knew that her grandmother would be up

"Nothing," Gail lied. She didn't want to worry her granddaughter.

"Were you thinking about Grandpa Johnston?" Gillian had never meant him, but her dad talked about him all the time and how he was a good man.

Gail nodded. "Do you want to hear about him?" she asked. Gillian nodded and sat down next to her grandma.

"What did he do, Grandma?" Gillian was curious. Her dad always seemed so sad when it came to her grandpa, and Gillian and her siblings didn't like to ask him very often. Uncle Eric seemed sad too, but Grandma seemed to like talking about him.

"He was a good man, Gillian. He loved me, your dad, and Uncle Eric so much. He would have loved to meet all of his grandchildren," Gail explained.

"Did he love you a lot?" Gillian wanted to hear the story about how her grandparents got together.

"He loved me very much, Gillian," Gail told her.

"How'd he ask you to marry him?" Gillian was always up for romantic stories, and that had to be one.

Gail laughed. "He was so nervous. Grandpa Johnston had been planning on proposing for three weeks, and he wasn't sure of the right time. We were eating dinner in my college dorm room when he got down on one knee. Johnston stumbled over his words. Meanwhile, I'm muttering 'Oh my god' over and over again. I couldn't believe that he wanted to marry me. Johnston finally got the words out and I literally screamed yes." That had been one of the happiest moments of her life.

"I want to hear about your wedding," Gillian demanded. Weddings were so romantic, and she couldn't want to get married when she was older.

"It was rainy that day, but I didn't care. I was getting married to the love of my life. His mother- your great-grandmother- hated me, but even she was crying. Johnston rushed through his vows, but that was because of nerves. We danced most of the night at our reception," Gail explained.

"I want to hear more," Gillian said after her grandmother finally finished talking about marrying her grandfather.

As the two girls talked about Johnston Green, Gail reflected on the fact that it was the first time in years that thinking and talking about her husband didn't hurt.

TBC