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Seddie!
Freddie's birthday and 16 weeks : ) NOT at the same time.
X
4:45 in the morning and it was back to going to work. Today was different though. Today I was 24 years old. I shut the alarm off and looked next to me. Sam was gone.
"Sam?" I got out of bed and walked out to the livingroom. It smelled like something was burning so I walked into the kitchen and checked the oven. Nothing. The door opened and Sam walked in.
"Hi. Where did you go?"
"Well, I tried to make you breakfast since it's your birthday and…well yeah. Happy birthday, baby." She set some bags on the counter and I hugged her.
"You're so cute when you can't cook."
"Oh hush."
"I still love you."
"I love you too. Even if you are old. So basically, tonight we're going out to that new restaurant by your mom's place. It's supposed to be really fancy or something."
"Okay, baby. I gotta go get ready for work." I kissed her and she stopped me.
"No, you can eat and then get ready for work."
"If you say so."
"I do say so. I didn't get up early today to do this for you to just ignore my efforts."
"I'm not, sweetheart."
"Good, so sit down." She started pulling out a bunch of restaurant food.
"So you went to a restaurant and bought food to go to bring it back here to…?"
"Well I was hoping I could cover up the fact that I burned everything I was trying to make you but it took longer than I expected." I laughed and she sat across from me.
"I thought I said my birthday wasn't a big deal." I said. She rolled her eyes.
"Oh please. It's the one day a year I can go all out and prove I'm not always a horrible wife."
"You're never a horrible wife."
"Okay, Benson. Anyway, so what happens if the twins are like boy/girl twins? Then what are we going to do? Because we have names picked out for two boys or two girls."
"Well then we pick one of the boy names and one of the girl names."
"So if it's two boys we'll name them Carter and Liam and if it's two girls we'll name them Lily and Miah and if there's one boy and one girl they'll be…."
"Up to you."
"Come on! I'm so nervous. Every day I get more nervous. I keep debating whether I want to know what they are in a few weeks or if I want to wait."
"Well if you want to find out you can. Nobody is stopping you."
"But you want to wait until their born."
"Hey, I said YOU can find out. I don't have to know. I can still wait."
"Baby, you know I'd tell you or hint it or something."
"Okay, well we can worry about this later, I gotta get ready for work," I stood up and kissed her, "thank you. I love you."
"I love you, too." She mumbled. I walked into the bathroom to take a shower.
X
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" the way everyone was acting today it was like my birthday was some sort of national holiday. I laughed.
"Thanks. Let's get to work!" I walked into my office and set everything on my desk. I still wasn't accustomed to this whole office and boss thing. My phone vibrated and I saw a new picture message from Sam. I chuckled. What was this girl up to?
Happy Birthday Daddy!
Followed by a picture of her stomach. I laughed and Jack walked into my office. He looked at me.
"Benson, we ready to run a news show?"
"Yup." I put my phone on the desk and walked back out to the studio and to the anchor table.
"Alright, so, camera 1 until—"
"Happy birthday." Carly interrupted. I stared at her.
"Thank you, but it's no big deal. Can we just have a normal day at work?"
"Fine."
"Okay, camera 1 until the story about the new cell phones, turn to camera 2. After the recall story we'll take a break. Come back on camera 2, switch to camera 1 after the story about top five things to do for Valentine's Day. Break again after the new car dealership deals. Then we'll close out after the story about the prison. Got all that?"
"Yes sir," Michael said. Carly giggled and I shook my head.
"Oh, me and Michael are back together." She said. I rolled my eyes.
"I really don't care. Let's just do our jobs today. Sound like a plan?"
"You're crabby."
"Nope." I walked over to Mark.
"Feel old yet, bro?"
"Nope. I'm only 24. Everyone acts like it's my last birthday."
"It's just because you're going to be a daddy to twins. Everyone knows when you have more than one kid your life is over." He laughed. I smiled.
"I don't mind it."
"Speaking of kids. Just found out the wife's pregnant."
"Really? Congrats! Good luck, pregnant women are crazy. Insanely moody." We laughed together and I checked the camera. Everything looked good so I walked over to Eliza.
"I'm surprised, you've lasted longer than the last two camera people we've had. You must have some sort of skill."
"Yeah," she flipped her hair, "I got crazy mad skills." She laughed and I chuckled.
"Well, looks good." I walked back over to Jack.
"Alright. Mark, cue!"
"Sounds good, boss! Let's make it count! In 5, 4, 3, 2."
X *16 weeks*
We were sitting in the waiting room at the doctor's office and Sam was nervous. I could tell because she kept tapping her foot.
"Sam, what is there to be nervous about? We've done this before."
"I haven't felt them start to move yet. Cassie started moving around this time."
"But Cassie was one baby, these are two babies. They're going to be smaller than Cassie because they're crammed in there. Just relax. I'm sure everything is fine." Now that she had brought it up I was nervous all over again.
"Sam, Freddie? You guys ready?" Sam jumped up and I followed her and Janet back into the all-too-familiar hallway. Sam stepped on the scale.
"Are you excited? You might be able to find out what you're having today." Janet said.
"We don't know if we want to know." Sam mentioned. I nodded.
"Well whatever makes you happy," she handed Sam the cup and I laughed. This part always made me laugh because of the look Sam would get on her face. Sam walked away.
"So, did you guys talk about any baby names yet?"
"Yup. She's been talking about them for the last five weeks. If it's two boys they'll be Liam and Carter but if it's two girls they'll be Lily and Miah."
"What if it's a boy and a girl?"
"That's the only part we haven't talked about." Sam came back with the cup and Janet handed it off. We followed Janet to an empty room. Sam layed back and Janet put the cuff on her arm.
"So are you guys thinking of doing anything special on Cassie's birthday?" I heard Sam sigh again and I brushed the hair out of her face.
"No. Right now we're focusing on the twins and we moved so we're adjusting to that. We haven't even thought about Cassie's birthday." I told her. She dropped the subject right away, knowing it was upsetting Sam. She measured Sam's stomach.
"Is it normal to not feel the babies move yet?" it was the only thing on Sam's mind.
"Yes, that's very normal. The twins aren't as big as one baby would be. You might not even start to feel them moving until your 20 to 23 weeks and it will be the flutters you felt with Cassie. Don't stress yourself over it. Twins are different than just one baby. They have about the same amount of room as one baby would have inside your stomach, so they don't grow as fast as normal babies. Plus, you usually won't carry to term with twins. Like I told you before, this is a high risk pregnancy because the babies will be smaller, so we have to keep a close eye on both of them. You ready to hear their heartbeats?" Sam smiled and nodded. The only reason we ever came to the doctor was to hear heartbeats and see babies on the monitor. Janet put the Doppler on Sam's stomach and the room was filled with a bunch of white noise. Sam closed her eyes. I noticed she did that whenever she heard the heartbeat or heartbeats. She was dedicating it to memory.
"Ready to see your babies?" Janet asked. We nodded and I helped Sam off the table. She sighed.
"I want to know what they are." Sam said. I glanced at her.
"Me too." We reached the ultrasound room and Amy was waiting for us.
"So Janet says you guys don't know if you want to know about the twins—"
"No we do. We have to know. We're too anxious not to." Sam rambled. I laughed and she layed on the table, pulling her shirt up.
"Well let's see if they'll let us see." Seeing my babies on the screen made me feel like I was being injected with heat. Everything inside of me was warm, and my heart was racing.
"Well, baby A looks like a….boy. She clicked some things on the keyboard and Sam looked at me.
"Oh my God," she mouthed. I smiled at her.
"I love you," I mouthed back. She nodded and looked back at the monitor.
"And baby B is…a….girl." If Sam could have moved she probably would have jumped off the table. Hearing what these babies were was bittersweet. Knowing there was one of each. It felt awkward, like we would think one was Cassie by some strange coincidence.
"So did you guys pick out names?"
"Well, we haven't really talked about it. But I like Lily Grace and Liam Andrew." She looked at me and I nodded.
"Clever."
"I know." Sam sat up after Amy wiped the gel off her stomach and I once again helped her off the table. Amy handed us pictures of the twins and we walked out.
"I have to text Carly."
"Let's just wait. We can keep her in the dark," I smirked and Sam laughed.
"Baby, can you believe it?"
"Yes."
"I'm so excited. And tired."
"Well we can go home and take a nap."
"Sounds like a plan."
X
Awww yes there's the twins.
Lily Grace
Liam Andrew.
LOVE LOVE LOVE!
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