Title: It's My Life
Part: 26
Author: Mlizhobie
Disclaimer: Don't own House or any of the other characters except for the OC characters.
AN: This is my first time writing any type of fandom – so be kind and review. Thanks to my Beta reader, without whose help I wouldn't have had the courage to even think about posting this.
AN2: How will House take this news?
James was able to hold himself together until they got off the elevator on the floor where his & House's offices were. The doors opened and James shoved through the few people waiting to get on the elevator. Lorelai apologized and tried to catch up to her angry husband. Unfortunately she didn't and saw James throw open the glass door leading into the diagnostics conference room.
Just as Lore got to the door way she saw James throw Greg against the wall separating the larger room from Greg's private office. James was in House's face screaming, "I am going to kill you House." The look in Greg's eyes was a mixture of confusion, a bit of panic, and slight fear as he saw the enraged look in James's eyes. Lorelai quickly said, "Eric will you get him off House please?" Foreman crossed the room and pulled the oncologist away from his boss as Lore said, "James calm down, he didn't know this would happen."
Greg still didn't know what was going on, so as he yanked his shirt back down into place he said, "What the hell Wilson?" James had pulled himself out of Eric's grip and stayed as far away from House as the room would allow, but he didn't answer Greg's question. Lorelai sat down at the table next to Allison and said, "Greg, come sit down. We just left Dr. Marks's office and have some news." Greg refused to sit and said, "What, is something wrong?"
Lore shook her head and said, "He found out why I'm putting on so much weight so quickly. I'm having twins." House stopped his pacing mid-step and said, "Oh my God." Ally had taken the newly printed ultrasound picture from Lore's hand and was studying it when Greg came over to the table and snatched it from her hand. When he grabbed it he rudely said, "Oh no you don't princess, I get to see my kids before you do. They're both healthy aren't they?"
James, still half-pouting on the far wall, said, "Yeah their both fine; damn-it Greg! I just got used to this whole idea and now this! Why did I agree to this?" Greg glared up from the picture of his children and said, "What the hell, you aren't the one who's carrying them. So why the hell are you bitching about this?" James was across the room before anyone could stop him and again in Greg's face when he said, "Because she is my wife and having your kids! How am I going to explain this to my kids?"
Lorelai didn't ask anyone else to intervene this time, she decided that she would split them up herself. So she went over and pushed the men apart, standing between them she said, "James he didn't plan this, but we all knew it was a possibility! Greg you have to try to understand why he is upset about this – cut him a little slack ok? I am his wife." Both men turned and walked away from Lorelai scoffing loudly, she rolled her eyes and said, "Can we please have a day where one of you doesn't have a fit like a child? Both of you are semi-mature, highly trained doctors and acting like this!"
It took almost a week before James & Greg were speaking again, and it was only when Lorelai took the kids out for the evening and didn't tell either of them where she was going. James came down to the kitchen and found Greg rummaging through the refrigerator. He started to leave the room, but Greg said, "Where the hell did Lorelai go and what are you making for dinner?" James spun back around and said, "I have no idea where she is and why do I have to make you dinner? You're perfectly capable of finding something all by yourself."
James then started to leave the room, but Greg said, "You're gonna stay pissed off about this aren't you? I am not going to apologize and I didn't plan for it to happen that way." James again spun around and took a deep breath so he wouldn't scream at Greg when he said, "How would you react if the situation were reversed? This is my family Greg and I want to protect them." Shutting the refrigerator door Greg leaned against the counter and said, "Ok fine, I get that James. But I'm not trying to take Lorelai from you, I wouldn't do that."
The next few months were as normal as they could be for this family. Lore, James, & Greg were still trying to come up with a good way to explain to the kids that Lore was having Greg's children. The babies would be Jay & Nina's half siblings, but would also call Greg 'Dad', so they all knew it would confuse the children, especially Nina. James thought it might be best to explain it to Jay alone because he would understand things better.
Greg had also taken to sneaking Lorelai some of her favorite snacks. Her cravings were almost constant and Greg thought it was his job, as the babies' father, to get her what she wanted. James finally caught him one evening when he was taking a bowl of chocolate ice cream and large glass of Pepsi to Lorelai. Stopping the older man in the hallway, James said, "Whoa where are you going with that?" Greg looked everywhere but James's face and said, "Uh in to watch a movie, why?"
James glared at his best friend and said, "You don't like ice cream. You're sneaking this to Lorelai and you know that she isn't supposed to have it." Greg was finally able to look at James and he said, "Hold on there BoyWonder, you said that whenever I had a woman having my child that I could have a say in what she did or did not eat – so I am. Lore wants chocolate ice cream and Pepsi, then that is what Lore gets!"
Again James glared at Greg as he stood there speechless for a second. When he had recovered his voice, James said, "Are you out of your mind? You know damn well that all that caffeine isn't good for Lorelai or the babies – especially this late at night, there is no way they will let her sleep if you give her all that." Greg shrugged and said, "If she is keeping you up at night, then she can come down to my room. They are my kids after all." James rolled his eyes and gave up, he knew that it was pointless to fight Greg on this, so he pushed pasted the older man and went to his office.
While on the way home one evening Lore asked, "Jay, sweetie you know how you asked Daddy about having cousins and why Uncle Greg didn't have any kids?" Jay looked up from his video game and said, "Yeah Momma why?" Lorelai was now nervously rubbing her rounded belly and said, "Well um, what would you think if I was the one who had a baby for Uncle Greg?" Jay really didn't know what his mother meant so asked, "What? I don't get it Momma."
She had been chewing her lip trying to come up with an explanation and finally said, "A couple months ago I had to go to a bunch of doctor's appointments, remember?" Jay nodded so she continued, "Ok well Uncle Greg did too and he & I had those doctors make it so we could have a baby. Then about a month ago we found out that there are going to be 2 babies." Jay's eyes lit up as he said, "2 babies! Wow, I bet Uncle Greg is really happy about that!" Lorelai nodded and said, "Yeah he's getting there." She was happy that Jay was taking this news so well, but she also felt that he didn't fully understand what was happening.
Nina's breathing treatments were getting to a point where her body wasn't responding as well as it first had. They had been expecting this to happen, because she was getting older and James knew she would need something stronger to get the same results. He had called and talked to Nina's doctor Matt Patterson about getting her something stronger. They had set up an appointment for Lore to bring in the little girl to get her the stronger meds.
The week of the appointment Lorelai felt like she was coming down with the flu. She had been throwing up for days – all day and had a temperature. She didn't want to tell James or Greg because they would both freak and tell her that she was staying home and that was something she couldn't do right now. There was way too much going on at work and she couldn't just not go.
The morning of Nina's appointment Lorelai didn't throw up at all, her temp was lower than it had been in days and she was able to actually eat some toast. Both the kids were down playing in the living room while she cleaned up after breakfast. Jay didn't have school and she was going to take Nina down to the hospital for her appointment, so Greg & James had gone on to work earlier that morning.
Before heading to a doctor visit for Nina, Lore thought she would take the kids by James's office. She had felt better at home, but now she felt herself getting too warm again. She attempted to fan herself in the elevator and Jay noticed and asked, "Momma, you alright? You look funny." She smiled, kissed his cheek and said, "Yeah sweetie, just too warm in here." Once the elevator doors opened they started down for James's office and Lorelai paused momentarily and grabbed the wall for balance. Everything was now spinning and it felt like the twins were both doing backflips.
They had just stepped off the elevator and couldn't have gotten more than 10 feet from the elevators when Lore felt her legs giving out and knew that she wouldn't last long. Clamping her eyes shut, Lorelai stopped the children and told Jay, "Take Nina and go find your father, now!"
Jay grabbed Nina's arm and took off down to James's office. Just before he turned the corner Jay looked back and saw his mother fall to the floor, he quickened his pace and sped for his father's office door.
James was in his office going over charts when the kids burst in. Nina instantly screamed, "Daddy!" James was startled and said, "Jay, Nina – where is your Mom?" Jay then said, "Daddy, come help Momma!"
He wasn't sure what Jay meant so he asked, "Help Mom? Where is she guys?" Jay had gone over to his father, grabbed his arm and while tugging James up out of the chair he said, "She fell down in the hall out there," while pointing out into the hall.
Shocked, James inhaled quickly and then said, "Jay, go over to the meeting room – find Uncle Greg – send him out there, but you two stay with the team, okay?" Jay nodded, again grabbed Nina's arm and took off.
James ran from the room and headed down the hall to where the children had said Lorelai had fallen. As he rounded the corner he saw 3 nurses kneeling on the floor next to who he guessed was Lore.
Running up he saw he was correct and gently pushed one of the nurses away. He crouched down beside his wife and said, "Lore, wake up. Come on kid, I need you to wake up for me."
Not long after that Greg rounded the corner and when he spotted James on the floor he dropped his cane and; as best as he could, ran towards the small gathering crowd. As he got closer Greg said, "James, what happened? Is she breathing?"
James nodded and said, "Yeah, but she is totally unconscious." Greg looked around at the crowd of people and loudly said, "Would you all stop staring and actually do your jobs? God, somebody grab a bed so we can get her up off the floor." Sighing loudly as everyone scattered in different directions House struggled to kneel down beside Lorelai.
He checked her pulse as James continued to try and wake her back up. After James had brushed hair away from Lorelai's forehead he looked over at House and said, "She's burning up." Greg's brow furrowed as he reached up and felt Lore's face and realized that James was right – she was way too warm. He was about to turn and bark more orders for a bed when he saw that an orderly was a few feet from them pushing a bed. House then said, "There's the bed James, lets get her up."
Wilson was instantly up off the floor and walking around to get above Lore's head. The orderly went to her feet and the two of them gently lifted Lorelai up onto the bed. House had already gone into one of the empty rooms on their floor and was grabbing supplies when James & the orderly pushed the bed in.
Greg looked up and saw that 2 nurses were also entering the room to assist in whatever way needed. Before James could get in the middle of things, House said, "Hey, you need to back up. Let us take care of her; you know that you can't touch her right now." Nodding quickly James backed away from the bed and said, "Yeah ok, you're right."
He backed all the way to the far wall in the room so he would be completely out of the way; standing helplessly as he watched the small group of nurses and House work on his wife. Trying to process the information he could hear House was saying James could only think of how scared he was. On some level he knew he should understand what they were doing, but blind panic clouded his medical judgment.
James glanced up briefly when he saw movement in the hallway and saw Eric Foreman coming to the door of the room where he was standing, carrying House's cane. Quickly reasoning that he couldn't do anything at the moment James stepped into the hallway with Foreman. Eric looked James in the eye and asked, "What's going on? Jay came running into the room screaming for House and said he & Nina weren't allowed to leave. Do you know what happened, why she collapsed?"
Wilson shook his head no but said, "I thought she looked odd this morning before we left, but she told me she felt alright. I should trust my instincts when I get that feeling. Where are the kids, are they down with Allison?" Foreman nodded and said, "Yeah, Ally got them something to do. I told her I would come find out what was going on. Listen Wilson, you can't beat yourself up about not catching if Lorelai was sick. Her pregnancies have all be rough on her and the fact that these are House's kids probably doesn't help. They are going to be doubly stubborn seeing that House & Lore are their parents."
Looking back into the room James saw House injecting some medication into the new IV Lore had stuck in her arm. The nurses were beginning to clean up the scattered supplies from the bed and floor. James looked back to Foreman, who nodded slightly and said, "Looks like House is done for the moment, why don't you go in," so they both entered the room. When House turned from the screen showing Lore's vitals he looked up at James and said, "She has a pretty high fever and is dehydrated. I put her on some fluids and will run a few tests to see what else is going on. I told one of those nurses to get an ultrasound machine so we can check the twins."
James nodded slightly and tried to smile, but it didn't quite work. He was still too scared to make it genuine and Greg knew it. House reached up and put his hand on James's shoulder and said, "She will be alright. We will be right here with her and can monitor any changes. Why don't you go find the kids, they are probably even more scared than you are. I bet seeing Daddy will help; go with Foreman and I will come find you after I do the ultrasound."
Eric handed Greg his cane and nodded at the request to take James to find the children, reached over and gently touched James's arm to gain his attention. Foreman then said, "Come on, lets go find Nina & Jay." James allowed himself to be led from the room and followed Eric down to House's conference room. Before reaching the door James spotted his children sitting at the table coloring pictures Allison must have found for them. He grinned and pulled the large glass door open.
Hearing the door open Jay looked up and made eye contact with his father. The little boy smiled questioningly up at James and James smiled back at him. When Nina looked up and spotted James she jumped out of her chair and ran over to her father. Reaching up for him to pick her up off the floor Nina said, "Daddy! You hewlp Momma?" As James lifted the tiny girl into his arms he said, "Yeah baby girl, I found her and Uncle Greg is taking care of her right now."
Jay then said, "Dad, Momma said Nina had to see Dr. Patterson today for her breathing. Who's gonna take her now?" James looked at his watch quickly and then walked over to the desk across the room so he could make a quick call. Picking up the phone he dialed the number of Matt Patterson; Jay & Nina's doctor, whose office was on the 2nd floor of the hospital. When the receptionist answered he said, "Hi, this is James Wilson. I believe my daughter Nina has an appointment with Dr. Patterson today, could you tell me what time it is scheduled for?" While waiting for his answer James shifted Nina on his hip and threw Allison a half smile.
When James got his answer he quickly looked up at the clock and said, "Oh ok, we'll be right down. Thank you so much," and hung up the phone. He looked over at Ally and said, "Her appointment is in 10 minutes. Can Jay stay up here with you? I should probably be the one to take Nina down to see Patterson." Allison nodded and said, "That's not a problem, we'll stay around this area. Want me to tell House where you are going?" James shook his head and said, "No, I will stop in on the way to the elevator to tell him, but thanks. Ok little man, you be good. Nina & I will be back as soon as we can." Jay nodded up at his father and returned to his drawing.
Wilson again shifted Nina on his hip and left the room. After looking down the hallway he saw that Greg was standing just outside Lore's room talking to Foreman. He sighed and silently thanked his best friend for not being in the room where his wife was unconscious. He quickly glanced to the room where Greg had moved Lorelai and saw that they had closed the curtains, again he silently thanked the older man for considering his children.
Greg looked up and saw that James was headed in his direction carrying Nina. He made eye contact with the young girl and made a face that guaranteed her laughter. James smiled when he heard his little girl's laughing and said, "Uncle Greg is funny isn't he Nina?" Nina nodded quickly and reached for her favorite 'uncle'. Wilson reached up and put his right hand on Nina's back stopping her from going to her Uncle Greg and said, "Not right now sweetheart, we need to get down to Dr. Patterson's office. Jay is down with Allison and Nina has an appointment to see Patterson in a few minutes. Something about her breathing again, so I will be back as soon as I can."
House reached over and lightly tickled Nina before saying, "Oh ok. I will do the ultrasound while you are gone and check the twins. See you later Nina-bell." Nina giggled at the use of her nickname and said, "Yater Uncle Grweg, wuve you." Greg flashed a rare smile and said, "Love you too baby. Now you and Daddy better get going." Nina nodded quickly and said, "Kay! Wet's go Daddy!"
James laughed at his daughter's order to leave and headed towards the elevator. House also laughed and watched them walk away. Once they were on the elevator Greg turned and went in search of the nurse he had sent to get the ultrasound machine. Seeing that all the nurses were back at the desk instead of locating the ultrasound he decided that he just look for one himself. Finding one in a store room a few doors down from Lore's room he hung his cane on the bar and pushed the large machine out into the hall.
Reaching Lorelai's room House pulled the door open and pushed the machine into the room. He shut the large glass door behind him and made sure the blinds were completely closed. Greg wanted privacy as he checked the health of his unborn children. Glancing across the room House saw that Lore was still unconscious, so he went ahead and set up the machine.
After he had the ultrasound machine ready, Greg turned back to Lore, pulled the blanket down and shoved the hospital gown up over the top of her rounded belly. When he moved Lore's gown Greg's hand brushed her belly and he felt one of the babies push slightly. Greg smiled, put his hand directly on the spot where he felt the movement and said, "Hey there monkey, Daddy has to do an ultrasound on Momma's belly to make sure you guys are ok, so I want you two to try and lay still for me. Hopefully everything is ok and it won't take long."
Greg began as soon as he felt the twins' movement cease. He applied a thin layer of gel and grabbed the scope. Pressing it gently into Lore's belly Greg saw the fuzzy image appear on the screen. He had to move it around a bit, but soon found the fluttering image of each of his children's hearts. Being unable to resist House reached over to the machine and turned up the sound so he could hear the beating along with seeing it. Once hearing each child's heart was in the proper range House released the breath he hadn't realized he was holding.
Convinced that the twins were both unaffected by whatever was afflicting Lore, Greg put the scope back on it's perch and grabbed some tissues to clean the gel from Lore's belly. As Greg gently wiped across her belly Lore began to stir. She shifted slightly and attempted to giggle. Startling Greg, Lore said, "Hey that tickles." House's eyes flew up to Lore's face and he said, "Sorry, almost done. How are you feeling?"
Lore slowly opened her eyes and cleared her throat before saying, "I'm not sure, what happened?" Greg threw away the soiled tissues and said, "You passed out in the hallway a while ago. When I checked you over I found out that you're severely dehydrated and have a fever. Why didn't you tell us you were feeling so badly?" Looking away from Greg's piercing blue glance Lore said, "I don't know, I guess I just thought I was just overly tired."
House quickly reached up and took hold of Lore's chin and forced her to look him in the face and said, "Lorelai, you aren't that stupid. I hope you have a better reason for putting our children in danger." Lore pulled her chin from House's grasp and again turned away before saying, "I was scared Greg. I have yet to have a normal pregnancy and I don't know. Are they alright?" Greg sighed loudly and said, "Yes they are perfectly fine. I know your past pregnancies have had their difficult moments, but James & I have done whatever we could to help you. Why would you think that we wouldn't this time?"
Pausing momentarily, but not allowing Lore to respond Greg then said, "Lore, just tell me what has been going on the past few days? Have you been throwing up or anything like that?" The question caused Lore to look back at Greg, Lore said, "Yeah I was throwing up the past few days, but I was able to eat some toast this morning and had some juice – so I thought I would start feeling better." Again House sighed and said, "Well you see how well that worked! You passed out Lorelai, just be glad you were here and not somewhere alone with the kids."
After all the tests results were back House discovered that Lorelai had contracted the flu. He was thankful that it wasn't something more serious, but still wasn't happy that Lore had kept it from them so long and had let it get this bad. Storming back into the room Greg leaned against the wall and said, "I swear to God if you ever do something like this again I will knock you out myself." Being totally clueless about what Greg was talking about Lore sat up and said, "What in the hell are you talking about?"
Greg went over and was now standing at the foot of Lorelai's bed. He met her eyes and said, "If you get sick you tell me, do you understand me?" Lorelai leaned up as far as her belly would allow and said, "I am an adult remember? I don't have to tell you everything that goes on with me." Greg couldn't believe that Lore of all people was talking like this; she was always the rational person in his life. He took a few seconds to respond and said, "Yes, I know you're an adult, but you're also the mother of my children and I have a right to be concerned about all of you. Their health is totally dependant on your health Lorelai."
Next chapter: A month later James & Greg get into it again!