Chapter Twenty-Six: Surprise!
Georgie POV
"Dally Anna Curtis, no!"
*crash*
"Anybody home?"
"In here, Pony!"
"Hey."
"Why'd you come in the back door?"
"I walked from my house. I cut through it."
"Pony, Pony!"
"Hey, Dally!"
He picked her up.
"What're you up to?"
"I had to get away from Gloria. She just about not my head off this morning. I needed thirty minutes..."
"So, you left one pregnant woman to hang out with another pregnant woman?"
"You're not crazy this time. She's the devil."
"That's mean!"
"I still love her!"
He put her down, and she ran to her room.
*crash*
I sighed and sat down.
"So, don't you remember when you said you were so happy that Dally wasn't going through terrible twos?"
"If you don't shut up..."
He chuckled.
"She's a rotten three year old, that's for sure."
"Yeah... But, she's mine, and I love her."
"How about I take her off your hands for a couple of hours? Gloria won't be mean if she's around."
"That would be great. I have an appointment today, so that'd really help me out."
"Sure, no problem. So, how's Jules?"
"She's doing better."
Jules had gotten really sick. We almost lost her, but she was doing okay.
"I've had John a lot, but she wanted to keep him herself today. She's starting to get some color back."
We talked for a few more minutes, and then he left with Dally. Me and Soda went to my appointment where Dr. Mandy was doing a sonogram.
"Well, it looks like you're about six months along."
Soda about fell to the ground.
"What? I thought it was more like two or three?"
"So did I!"
"Well, it's six. And the babies are doing fine."
"Wait... What'd you say?"
"You heard me right, Sodapop. You're having twins."
Later that night, we'd finally gotten Dally to bed, and we were sitting in the kitchen.
"Soda..."
"Yeah?"
"I can barely handle Dally right now... How am I gonna handle twins?"
"We'll get through it... Maybe we should put Dally in a daycare."
"I don't know..."
"It would give you a break, and it'd help you out when the babies are born..."
"I'll think about it."
Soda POV
"How's Jules?"
He flicked his ashes off the porch.
"She's doing better, but she's still really tired. How're you doing? How was the appointment?"
"Well, we got some surprises today."
"Like what?"
"Well, she's six months."
"What? I thought she was three or four!"
"Yeah... You'd think that be thE most shocking... There's two..."
"Two what?"
"It's twins..."
Steve's eyes got ride.
"Wow. Dally's a spitfire, how're you gonna handle twins?"
"Hell if I know, but I'll make it work. How's Two-bit doing?"
"Throwing himself into work. I can't believe Andrea cheated on him."
"He'll find someone else. I'm just glad they didn't have any kids. He never has to deal with her again."
Pony POV
I never thought that Georgie and Gloria would go into labor on the same day. Gloria's went great, and we had a beatified baby girl. We named her Angel. But, Georgie was early.
"How's she doing?"
"She's okay. She's just ready to be able to hold them."
She had a girl and a boy. They named them Hannah and Sodapop Jr.
"She's just really emotional right now. They have her something to make her sleep."
"And Soda?"
"He's just as bad..."
Soda POV
"Dally, stop it!"
Ever since we'd brought the babies home, Dally was worse than ever.
"I wanna play with you!"
"I know you wanna play, but I'm feeding Sodapop right now, you'll have to wait!"
I had fed the kids, played with Dally, and worked. That night, I plopped into bed.
"I'm so tired..."
"Ditto..."
I wrapped my arms around her.
"Our life is so crazy..."
"Of course it is. It's us, remember?"
She cracked a smile.
"You ready to get some sleep?"
"Yes!"
It wasn't five minutes, and we heard crying.
I followed her to their room and she picked up Hannah and started feeding her.
"Yeah, our life is crazy."
I knelt down in front of her.
"You're right, but I wouldn't have it any other way."
"Me either."
Author's note: The next chapter will be the Epilogue. This story has been so fun to write, and you guys have been great. It feels so weird that it's ending, but I know that it's time. And don't worry! I have another Outsiders story already going! I hoped you liked seeing Georgie and the gang grow up into adults!