AN:
Read chapter 13 before this one! I did a double post in celebration of my one year anniversary of this story!
I don't own anything in regards to the show.
It seems my writers block totally vanished when I started chapter 10 of Things happen because I've been on a roll lately, adding Floating memories has done wonders for my writing.
So, people who look like the new characters in this fic. I see Wes Ramsey as Nathan Evans, an older Aaron Tveit as David Morgan (he stared as Danny Zuko in the live version of Grease that aired in 2016), Ryan Hansen as Jacob Anderson, Courtney Hope as Sally Lee (trying to make it without using her grandaunts connections to Spectra) and then I don't really know who I see as my Carol Englund. I just don't, at least right now, she's not in the fic that long either so I don't think you need to see any one as her.
Anyways, back to Things happen.
Things happen
Chapter fourteen
August 5th 2014
Caroline's studio
Forrester Creations
Nathan had worked at Forrester Creations for three months now and at the one-month mark, he had been offered a permanent position, he had started at the same time as four others, but it seemed that only two of them would be offered the same as him.
Carol and Sally seemed to be really good designers, but Carol didn't fit well with the team and Sally seemed to be having troubles getting the thoughts in her head down on a design sheet. Carol had also clashed with Caroline Spencer within the first month of being there and she didn't seem to be able to grasp the concept of the lines she'd be working on.
David and Jacob on the other hand fit right in, both had a grasp on what Forrester Creations stood for and they made great designs.
Nathan had been put on designing for Couture, David was in charge of both Intimates and Brookes bedroom and Jacob had such a talent for designing for the younger clientele of Forrester Creations. Sally had been put in charge of Everyday and Carol was designing for Hope for the Future. Nathan and David also designed for the Men's line.
Caroline had final say on everything before it got put into production, all of them had small things they needed to change, but neither of the men had needed to change an entire design like Carol and Sally had and it had happened over and over.
The management of Forrester Creations had proved to be very encouraging to improve and see where they would end up, but after three months of failed designs and only costing the company money, Nathan felt like they were on their last chance.
He was proven right when Caroline and Carol came walking into the studio and Carol looked like she was about to cry.
Caroline walked right by him over to her desk and Carol walked over to her design station and started packing up her things. As she's packing, the head of PR peaks her head through the door.
"Hey Caroline!"
Caroline lifts her head up from the computer and finds Steffy looking at her.
"Hey Steffy! What's going on?"
"Well, Michala, Aly, Kelleigh and I wanted to know if maybe you'd like to come with us and have lunch? We're going to ask Hope as well, but you were closer!"
"Oh, yeah, I'd like that. It's drop off day today right?"
"Yes, Hope will be taking Kelleigh with her after lunch. I figured she'd like some girl time before getting cooped up at home until Liam gets there."
"Okay, I'll finish some paperwork while you ask Hope then!"
"Sounds good!"
Kelleigh had followed her mother into work today, as she would every Tuesday for the last few months because it was time for Liams Kelleigh-time and handing Kelleigh off to Hope before going home had been a blessing as Steffy got to spend time with her daughter during the day and then Kelleigh just followed Hope home to her father.
Twenty minutes later, Steffy appeared again and had Michala, Aly, Kelleigh and Hope with her.
"Hey! You ready?"
"In just a minute! Just one more piece of paper!"
"You know what? Aren't you supposed to be the head of the design department?" Steffy looks at Caroline and sees her nod. "Why is there so much paperwork?"
"Well, sometimes I need to do administrative things as well. Can't just draw all the time!" Caroline says with laughter in her voice.
"That is true! Doing the same thing over and over might be boring in the long run."
During the last three months, Nathan had been watching the dynamics of the Forrester/Spencer-girls and he had noticed that Steffy was very outgoing, incredibly business savvy and wasn't afraid to say what she wanted. She was also loyal to her family like no other. The way she had taken her younger cousin under her wings showed so much love. Aly Forrester had been so unsure of herself when she came home at the beginning of the summer but working with Michala and Steffy had done wonders and Aly turned out to be loyal, outspoken and very approachable, she was most often the first person you talked to if you wanted to see the PR-department about something.
You could tell that Michala would probably do anything for Steffy if Steffy needed it and this had automatically transferred over to Aly as well when they started working together.
There was a subtle rivalry between Steffy and Hope, but it had decreased over the last few months, Nathan was pretty sure it has some roots in the fact that Steffy had given birth to Hopes husbands daughter, but it probably went back further than that.
Caroline seemed to be a natural fit with the other girls, especially since she was going to marry Hopes brother.
There was a strong sense though that Steffy was the glue that held them together, although at first glance, you might think that Hope held that position.
He watched them all leave the studio and then turned to Jacob.
"They really are a close family."
"They are, they've had their ups and downs, but what family doesn't?"
"I don't think there's any family that doesn't have issues."
"So, how are things going?" Jacob points towards the design sheet that Nathan is working on.
Today was one of the days he and David was working on designs for the Mens line and the next line would have darker versions of your typical fall colors as the main focus. Burnt oranges, burgundy, dark blue, forest green. Nathan was currently working on a pinstriped suit in a dark blue color with orange stripes.
"Why don't you take a look? Tell me what it's missing, because I can't quite figure it out." Nathan holds out the design sheet for Jacob to see.
"Now, I might be a little bit out there, but why is the shirt orange? Wouldn't it be better to reverse the colors of the suit on the tie and just have a simple white shirt underneath?"
"Wait a minute." Nathan turns his attention to a new design sheet and sketches out what Jacob asked. Ten minutes later, he holds out the new version. "You mean like that?"
Jacob just holds his hand up for a high five and Nathan nods his head.
~Things happen~
The girls got to the restaurant and were seated, over the last few weeks, they had been a frequent sight and the staff had almost learned the girls orders and were about to stop asking them what they wanted, especially since all girls ordered the same things every time they were there.
"So, what's new?" Caroline looks around the table.
"The papers have been signed, so I now share custody of Kelleigh with Liam and Hope. Other then that, not much." Steffy smiles at both Caroline and Hope.
"Not much." Aly says timidly.
"Yeah, I have signed a paper regarding Kelleigh as well, it states that I can have her medically treated if neither of her parents are available. Not much else."
It was true, since learning about Thomas previous marriage, the potential marriage between Michala and Thomas had been put on a shelf, she didn't feel like she trusted him enough to let that happen just yet. She knew she wanted to be with him for the rest of her life though, she just needed to trust him completely again.
"Liam and I have been thinking about moving to another house. With Kelleigh increasing her time spent with us, we need to have a little more space, so we've been looking at a house a little ways down the road from the cliff house that has three extra rooms in addition to the same lay out as the cliff house. Before you ask, no, we're not having a baby, we just thought that we'd need space for people to spend the night if needed when Kelleigh is also there and both Liam and I needed an office space." Hope takes a sip of her glass of iced tea and leans back into the chair. "What about you Caroline? Anything new?"
"Well, I just fired one of the newest designers today." She sighs. "It's looking like we'll have to let Sally go as well. It's just not working like I thought it would. The male ones are doing wonders for the team though. I'm so glad we found them."
"How much time do you have until you need to let Sally go?"
"She has two more weeks, but the designs she's been putting out just don't cut it."
"Maybe she's a draper and not a drawer? I know why you fired Carol, you don't talk like that to your boss and if your boss tells you what they think you're doing wrong you should adjust. But maybe the way you're forcing Sally to do her job is the wrong way? Find her a mannequin, give her some muslin or old sheets and have her drape what's in her head for the next two weeks and see what she comes up with?" Michala, Hope and Aly nods their heads at Steffys suggestion.
"That is a good idea actually, Sally is a wonderful woman and she works well with the team so it would be a shame to lose her. I'm going to get on that when we return to work."
The food arrives and the girls loose themselves in the food. As always, Aly is the last to finish her food and Steffy is the last one to finish her drink, Steffy then leans back and sighs before rubbing her belly. "Yes, food baby in the house. That is some really good pasta!"
A chorus of 'I agrees comes after that.
~Things happen~
When they got back to work, Caroline approached Sally the moment she walked through the door.
"Oh oh!" Jacob says while looking worried at the other two. "Do you think she'll come back?"
"I don't know. I hope so though." David is a little worried as well.
Ten minutes later, Sally comes back and they can see she's been crying.
"Hey!" Nathan approaches her first. "What happened?"
"Ms. Spencer wanted to let me know that I'm on probation, but that she was looking into something that might change the way I work. While at lunch, Ms. Forrester told her that maybe I'm not a drawer but a draper and she was going to find a mannequin for me and see what happens. Maybe I'm more of a hands-on type of designer. I don't know, I've never draped before."
"Well, it'll be a surprise then if you like doing it and they like what you come up with."
"It will. She also said that since she doesn't have a mannequin right now, I could go home and do stuff if I had something I needed to do. So, I'm going to go home and abuse my washing machine and my dishwasher. I might even abuse my vacuum cleaner."
"Well, at least you didn't get fired and management found another way for you to shine if it works. Seems to me that they don't want to lose you. Not many companies would do what they are doing."
"Yes, and I'm grateful to them for it. We'll see how it goes!" She sends a smile to her colleagues. "So, I'll see you tomorrow! Have a good and productive afternoon!"
"Likewise!"
"Don't break anything while you're at home!"
Sally chuckles. "I'll try not to! See you in the morning!" She then waves as she leaves the studio.
~Things happen~
Hope walked through the door of the cliff house and put Kelleigh down on the mattress in the living room as she had fallen asleep on the way there.
They had gone and bought a playpen and put a mattress in there so that Kelleigh would be confined while she slept in case they weren't aware of her waking up, there were also a bunch of toys in there so that she had something to do if she woke up and they hadn't noticed.
Kelleigh was such a good baby, she could spend time in her crib without starting to cry just waiting for them to come and get her, she was amazing at entertaining herself and was such an easy baby to put to bed.
While Kelleigh was sleeping, Hope took on the task of starting on the carrot mash that Kelleigh was having for dinner that day and while working on that, she decided that she'd start dinner for her and Liam as well. She chopped up some more carrots, some potato and some swede, put it in a pot and waited to put it on until they'd need to.
She had decided on a root-crop mash and faked out pork. It would be delicious.
When she was done with the food and while the carrots for Kelleighs mash was boiling, she went and got a wash loaded and put the wash she had started on this morning in the dryer.
She found out that when she had accepted that Steffy would be a permanent part of her and Liams life together because of Liam and Steffy having a daughter, she made a better wife, housework had been so much easier because no time was spent thinking about what schemes Steffy was thinking up in her head to take Liam away from her. Accepting that Steffy would be a permanent part of their lives had made everything in her life so much easier.
The thing that made her realize that her life had improved since Christmas was when she caught herself humming a song while doing housework two months ago, but that it was a song from Cinderella that they had watched with Kelleigh the day before was an even bigger sign that she was finally happy, content and loving life as it was. She hadn't been humming since before she started High School and singing had been a big part of her life ever since Phoebe died, it made her feel close to her even though she wasn't here anymore.
When she was done with the housework, she went into make shift office in the guest bedroom and got her computer and sat down on the couch so that she would hear if Kelleigh woke up to start working on the revamp of Hope for the Future. The design team had sent her a few designs over her e-mail that Caroline had approved of, but now that Carol had been let go, designs were going to slow down for a while. She was writing up things she liked and what she wanted changed with the designs they had sent her.
She hears Kelleigh start 'talking' to herself about three quarters of the way through her work, she looks over her shoulder and sees that Kelleigh is playing with the toys and seems to be doing all right playing on her own, so she continues doing her work. When she's done, she turns around again.
"Hello!" She gains Kelleighs attention. "Are you hungry?"
Kelleigh raises her arms up so Hope gets off the couch and walks over and opens the gate to the playpen. Kelleigh crawls over to the fence closest to her and then pulls herself up and toddles over to Hope. Hope then helps her over the threshold of the playpen and then she holds Kelleighs hands as Kelleigh focus on getting herself into the kitchen.
She picks her up to put her in the high chair and then fixes a bowl with carrot mash and a small amount of apple sauce.
Liam arrives home as Kelleigh is eating. "Dada!"
"Well, if it isn't my two favorite girls! Hello honey!" He places a kiss on Hopes forehead and then kisses his daughter on the top of her head. "Hi baby girl!"
"Could you start the stove to cook the roots for our mash?" Hope asks of her husband.
"Of course!" Liam walks over to the stove and places the pot on the right hotplate and then turns it on. "So, how has today been?"
"It's been good! The girls went out for lunch and then Kelleigh and I went home, I got some laundry done and I got a load of dishes done. Started on dinner and now Kelleigh is having her snack, hence the apple sauce with the carrot mash. I've also gotten som work done while Kelleigh slept after we got home. Kelleigh spent about half an hour playing by herself while I got done with work and you just walked through the door. It's been a good day!"
"That's good!"
"Mmm. They let one of the designers go today and she had Hope for the Future as her main line so my job is going to get a little hectic. But it's alright. I have you and Kelleigh to take my mind off of things right now. So, have you thought anymore about the house?"
"I have actually and if you agree with me, I think we should put in an offer. We have the money and we don't need to sell this house, so we're in a really good position."
"I talked about it at lunch and all the girls agreed that it would be a good investment in case our family grows down the line to already have the room and not have to move while I'm pregnant or we're in the middle of adoption or something that need our whole focus. It's a good thing to do now."
"I'll go call our real estate agent and ask him to put an offer in."
"Yes, I think Kelleigh is about done, so after you made that call you have daddy-daughter time planned while I do dishes, put the last load of laundry in the machine and fix the mash for dinner!"
"Good plan!"
~Things happen~
August 13th 2014
Katherine Dawsons flat
35 weeks pregnant
The pregnancy so far had been so easy that she was worried troubles might come before the twins got here. This last week things had started happening that told her it was almost time. The pain in her back and lower abdomen had slowly grown and it was causing her discomfort, but it would be worth it in the end.
She had taken a leave of absence from work at the 32-week mark because it had started getting hard to stand up for such a long period of time and over the last few weeks, she had spent a lot of time with Katie getting to know her. They had spent so much time together lately that it felt like they actually were carrying these children as one person and they had bonded as long-lost sisters.
It was time for the last doctor's appointment and she was currently waiting for Katie to arrive to pick her up. Her phone rings indicating that Katie has arrived and thirty minutes later, she's sitting in the waiting room a few minutes before her appointment was scheduled with Katie to her left.
"So, how's the pain in your back?"
"It's a solid three right now and it has been for the last few days, it was a little worse on Friday, but it calmed down. I find that a constant ache is easier to handle than those jabs of pain I had a two weeks ago. I know it's my body preparing itself for the delivery so it's something I'm happily living through."
Katie can see that Katherine is telling the truth because of the joy shining in her eyes.
"Thank you for doing this for us!"
"It's my pleasure! It seems as if me wanting to be your surrogate has expanded your family in one more way though."
"How come?"
"Well, Wyatt and Jessica went on a date last weekend and it seems to have been a success."
"Well, good for them. I've been waiting for Wyatt to find someone since he arrived on the scene. There was a little bit of a rivalry between him and Liam over Hope, but I believe Hope might have just used him to get Liam to get a move on. But hey, they ended up where they should be. At one point I thought Wyatt might end up with Steffy, but after seeing the friendship blossom between the two, I think friendship is the only relationship that will developed between them and now hearing you say he's taken your sister out on a date I must say that they'd be a good couple!"
"I agree with you! And with Derek and Bridget developing their relationship into what seems to be getting very serious, I'd like to thank you and your husband for choosing me as one of the candidates to be your surrogate!"
"Yeah, about Bridget and Derek getting serious." Katie sends a mysterious look Katherines way. "He came to see me a few days ago with a little box that he needed my approval on."
The surprise is evident on Katherines face. "Are you serious?" Surprise turns to joy.
"Yeah, since Rick, Hope and I are the only ones in Bridgets family still living here other then Ridge, I'm guessing he made the rounds." Katies smile is infectious.
"I can't believe he hasn't told me yet."
"Well, it seems like you're a little busy at the moment, I know that it's happy news, but maybe he feels like you should focus on having healthy babies or maybe he's just not ready to share such world changing news although he knows you'd be so happy for him!"
"I guess." She runs her hand over her belly. "I don't mean to be a youknowwhat, but isn't it my turn soon? I'm getting so uncomfortable."
As if a genie had granted her a wish, a nurse came out and called her name. The examination went by without any problem and it turned out that she had dilated since last time she was there and was at a solid four centimeters. Giving even more indications that she was about to deliver the babies.
"Well then, do you want to get some lunch or do you want to go home? I have something I need to talk to you about."
"Well, I am hungry, but I also want to go home."
"Well, I'll get some salads or something and we'll eat at your place."
"Sounds good to me!"
They drive by Katies favorite Café on the way back, so Katie decides to buy their lunch there. When she comes back to the car, Katherine has fallen asleep, knowing Katherine hadn't gotten much sleep, Katie maneuvers herself into the car without making too much noise and she gets them back to the apartment complex where Katherine lives and after parking, she wakes Katherine up to let her know they have arrived.
They go to her apartment and take the food out and start eating.
"So, what did you need to talk to me about?" Katherine puts her fork down after finishing her salad.
"Bill and I was wondering if you'd like to come live with us during the last few weeks of your pregnancy? We'll pay the rent for the weeks you're living with us in case you feel like lending your flat to someone you know if you do come and stay with us. We'll understand if you'd rather stay here and you don't have to feel like you're being forced to move in with us."
"I'll ask Jessica if she'd like to home sit for a few weeks because I'd feel safer if I were to stay with you and I know you'd be less worried in case I start having contractions and not be able to get in contact with anyone if I were to live with you, so I'd like to accept that offer. I just need to ask Jessica if she'd like to live alone for a while. She's living with a group of friends right now and she's started saying that it's getting a little cramped so I don't think it'll be a problem."
"Well, I should go and get my son from daycare, I'll look forward to your call! Thank you for letting me come with you today!"
"Well, they are your children, of course you'd be there for the examinations!"
They've started walking towards the door.
"Well, thank you either way. Let me know what Jessica thinks!"
Both reach in to give the other a hug and as they hug, both babies decide to stretch.
"Oh, my little babies!" Katie bends down to talk a little to the babies before leaving.
After Katie left, Katherine picks her phone up and calls her sister. She knows this is about the time when the construction crew usually eat lunch so she should be able to get a hold of her. It takes three rings before Jessica answers.
"Hi Kath! What's up?"
"Hi Jess! We've been to the OB today and I'm four cm dilated, so we're working towards having these babies, then we went home and had lunch. After lunch Katie asked me a question and I was wondering what you'd say about home sitting for a few weeks until the babies are here?"
"Have they asked you to move in with them? I'd love to house sit. Feeling a little claustrophobic at this point."
"Katie asked a half hour ago. I'm going to accept the offer and I just wanted to know if you'd want to stay in my apartment for a few weeks. Sounds like you're happy to do it?"
"Most definitely!"
"Good, I'll let Bill and Katie know!" She has sat herself down at the kitchen table again.
"Do you need me to come help you pack for the next few weeks and drive you to the Spencer house?" Jessica can hear that Katherine is becoming a little tired.
"Yeah, I'd appreciate that. I'm going to call Katie and let her know you'd do it. She said they'd be paying the rent for the next few weeks so you don't have to worry about that!"
"Awesome!"
Katherine chuckles. "Go back to work now and I'll see you later!"
"Yeah, I'll go home after work, pack a bag with clothes and then come and help you with your stuff to get you hauled off to Katie and Bills house!"
"Sounds good to me! See you then!"
They hung up and Katherine goes and takes a little nap.
~Things happen~
August 14th 2014
Forrester Creations
Design studio
He walked through the doors of the studio that morning and what he saw made him smile.
It had been eight days since Sally had started draping her designs instead of drawing the designs on paper first and she had started to shine, he could tell that Caroline was beginning to be pleased with her designs because Sally had gotten all of the designs she had showed Caroline approved and she had also been put in charge of Hope for the Future as well.
The moment Sally got Hope for the Future as well as Every day, Sally had looked up at Caroline with surprise in her eyes, so Caroline had explained that the two lines are almost the same, one for a slightly older demographic then the other being the only difference.
The pace Sally had started designing had also picked up, over the last few days, Sally had produced design after design and considering the fact that she was actually sewing herself as she put the pieces together was showing them what an awesome designer she really was.
"Well, you know, if I hadn't left after you yesterday, I would've thought you'd stayed here all night working!"
Sally looks up at him with a mischievous look in her eyes. "Well, I kind of did. I couldn't let it go, so halfway home, I went to a restaurant, got some take out and then drove to a grocery store and got some breakfast and snacks and then I went back to work."
"No wonder you've finished the design you were working on yesterday. I must say those pants look awesome. Have you figured out what fabrics is going to be used?"
"I'm thinking about a green fabric that was used in a dress for Hope for the Future a few seasons ago that I saw down in the fabrics department. I think it would look good!"
"Yeah, they would look good in green!" He nods his head in agreement.
"So, what are you doing this weekend?"
"Well, I have family coming from Texas, so I'll be showing them around LA for a bit and then we'll just hang out. What about you?"
"I'm going to go to San Francisco tomorrow after work to visit with some family. My great aunt is coming back from a cruise and she wanted to visit with family."
"I hope you have fun!" He smiles at her and then they go back to work. Productivity of the Design department of Forrester Creations had almost tripled when the new designers were added to the fold and now that Sally had found her calling, they expected to increase their productivity even more.
~Things happen~
August 25th 2014
The Spencer Mansion
Katie walks down the stairs just before four am that morning because something just isn't feeling right. She couldn't quite put her finger on it, but she knew she had to figure out what it was.
She checks the kitchen, flushes all the toilets, runs every tap in the house and then she checks on Katherine.
Katherine had felt a few contractions the day before and right now she seemed to be sleeping soundly at the moment.
But there was still this feeling in Katies gut that something was wrong. She goes out to the pool house and checks everything there, nothing seems to be out of the ordinary there either.
She walks back in the house and is drawn towards the bedroom where Katherine is sleeping, for some reason Katies body makes it way all the way to the bed and she leans down to feel Katherines forhead. It's a little warm, but nothing that would be considered dangerous.
"Katherine?" She whispers so that Katherine wakes up gently.
It's not Katie whispering her name that wakes her up though. It's a searing pain originating in her lower back.
She groans as the pain subsides. When it ends, she looks around confused. "What's going on?" The pain builds up again.
Katie has turned on a lamp next to the bed and she can see Katherines face contorting in pain, she grabs hold of Katherines hand and guides her through the pain.
"Well, it looks to me like someone's in labor." Katie smiles at Katherine. "I'm going to go wake up Bill and have him call Wyatt so we can drop Will off at his brothers and then we'll go to the hospital with you! You just breath through it while I'm gone!"
Katherine nods her head and Katie walks out the door and goes up to Bill. She pushes his shoulders down in the bed and shakes him a little. "What?"
"You need to call your son and then we need to go to the hospital with Katherine."
This causes Bill to jump into action. He finds his phone and tracks Wyatts number down.
"Hello?" Wyatt sounds like he's just woken up.
"Well, hello little man. Katie wanted me to call you to tell you we're going to the hospital with Katherine because we're about to become parents of three."
"Are you serious? Are you bringing Will over or should I come and meet you at the hospital and bring him home from there?"
"The plan is to drop him off on the way there, but if you could meet up with us someone on the way that might be preferable?"
"Sure!" He then asks about a certain place that he knows is in the middle of the way to the hospital and not that far away from the Spencer-Forrester-James house.
"That will be great! Do you have a car seat?"
"I do. I can use Kelleighs upgrade. She won't be using that one for a little bit more, but it's dock is installed in Thomas car already as a trial run. I'll ask if I can borrow Thomas car."
"You do that, we've got some more time before we can get out of here. I'll send you a text when we leave."
"I'll get everything ready here and talk to Thomas. I'll see you in a little bit!"
"Yes! See you later!"
Then hang up and Bill goes to pack a bag for Will and try to migrate him from the bed into his car seat. Surprisingly, Will doesn't even open his eyes, apparently Will was very tired today.
He then brought everything downstairs to help Katie get Katherine ready.
"Hey! How are things going? Will is ready to go, I packed a bag and he's in the car seat! I haven't put him in the car yet, but he's ready to go."
Katie looks up from the bag she's packing for Katherine. "Have you gotten the twins bag yet?"
"No, I had my hands full taking our son down, but I'll go get it now. You're okay here right?"
"Yeah, we should be ready to start moving by the time you come down!"
"Good! I'll be right back! Are you doing okay Katherine?" He sees her nodding in the middle of a contraction.
He then rushes to get the hospital bag for the twins.
Ten minutes later they're in the car closing in on the place where Wyatt would be meeting up with them to hand over Will.
They get there just as Thomas car comes around the corner into the parking lot, but it's not Wyatt who's driving. Thomas is.
Bill gets out of the car and takes Wills bag and the pack n' play. Thomas gets out of the car and opens the door on the side where the dock is as well as the trunk of the car.
"Hi!" Thomas smiles big at Bill.
"Hi?" Bill looks confused. "I thought Wyatt would be meeting us here?"
"Yeah, he was, but he sat down in the driver's seat and then looked up at me and said that I should probably go get Will. He just hasn't driven my car enough to trust himself behind the wheel, so he's home starting on breakfast. Now, hand me that toddler so you can go and welcome Maribeth and Eric Spencer!"
"Oh, okay! I can understand that. Especially in this weather!" Thomas nods his head just as a lightning bolt travels across the sky.
Bill goes to the car to get his son and then places the car seat in Thomas car. "He hasn't woken up yet, but he probably will when you get home, what with the warm to cold to warm again."
"Wyatt is starting a bottle of formula after texting him as I'm leaving, if Will wakes up, he'll just have a bottle and then he'll probably go back to sleep! Don't worry about your son, he'll be fine!"
"Yeah, I know, but it's hard either way. Thank you for getting out of bed at this hour!"
Thomas just chuckles. "We hadn't exactly gone to bed yet. Steffy went to bed an hour or so after Kelleigh went to bed, Wyatt drifted off to sleep on the couch within an hour after that, Jessica had already gone to bed and Michala and I were watching a movie. We started it a little late, but something told me to start it late. Anyway, get your wife and Katherine to the hospital!"
"We'll see you later I suppose?"
"Yeah, we'll bring him by this evening! Steffy and Kelleigh will probably come along!"
"Good! I'll see you then!"
Thomas watches Bill get back in the car and drive off after sending the text to Wyatt that he'll be back soon.
~Things happen~
Spencer-Forrester-James-house.
Thomas parks his car by the front door and takes a look back into the mirror showing what Will is doing. He sees Will stretching and knows that food is on the agenda as well as a diaper change, so he gets out of the car and opens the door to take the car seat out.
He walks over to the front door, opens it and then treks into the kitchen to drop Will off with his brother before going back to get the gear. After putting the pack 'n play down by the door, he brings the bag into the kitchen so that Wyatt will have it near when he needed it. He sees Will happily suckling the bottle getting his breakfast in. Wyatt reaches out to get the bag and starts setting up a changing station.
"The pack 'n play is by the door. Should I bring it up the stairs to your part of the house?"
"Nah, I'm going to sleep in the guestroom with him the next few hours. The breakfast bake is ready to be put in the oven, I know there was pancakes planned for today, but I felt like the bake would be a better choice."
"Okay! I'll see you in a few hours then! I'm just going to park my car in the garage and then I'll go up to bed. Michala has already gone to bed I take it?"
"Yeah, she went to bed just after you left! Thank you for getting my brother! I wasn't entirely sure I'd be able to drive that beast in this weather with such precious cargo!"
"It's okay. We'll put the dock in your car after we've slept for a bit. I told your father that Steffy and Kelleigh will be coming with to see the babies when they're here!"
"Sounds good! Are we putting Kelleigh's dock in my car as well?"
"Yeah, but let's wait until we know you can visit them!"
Wyatt nods his head, Thomas says sleep tight and then goes to park the car.
~Things happen~
The phone call comes thirteen hours after Thomas went and picked Will up while his parents and Katherine went to the hospital.
Maribeth Alessia was the first of the Spencer-twins to make her way into the world, 19 inches long, five pounds light and with a set of lungs that will drive her parents mad. They could tell from the moment she opened her eyes that she'd have the telltale Henderson-eyes, after her grandmother, to match her massive head of dark brown hair.
Eric Stephen joined the world just four minutes after his sister, 19.5 inches tall and just over five pounds light and a patience they hadn't seen in a baby aside from Kelleigh. The eyes that stared at her when Katie received the little bundle that covered her son, Katie knew instantly that this little boy would carry the Spencer-eyes with him for life. The little tufts of blonde hair on his head would surely turn a lighter shade of his sister's hair when he got older or it would match his older brother Liam's dark blond hair.
Considering the twins were born three weeks before their due date, there didn't seem to be any troubles with their breathing.
When Steffy, Kelleigh, Wyatt, Will and Jessica walk through the door, Katie is sitting on the bed talking to Katherine with little Eric in her arms.
"Look Will, it's your brother and sister!" Steffy points to the little bundles in Katie and Bills arms and Will looks at both of them with interest. "Look Kelleigh! It's your aunt and uncle!"
"That feels so weird to hear!" Katie laughs and Steffy joins in.
"Yeah, it felt weird to say it!" Steffy says in-between laughs.
"It felt weird to see the words coming out of your mouth as well!" Wyatt points out.
"Has Liam and Hope been by yet? Donna?" Steffy turns back to Katie.
"Liam and Hope should be coming by soon, I don't think Donna wants to come see us. She blames us for Brooke leaving." Katie turns her head to look down at her son again.
"So, how are you feeling Katherine?" Steffy sends a smile off to the woman lying in the bed. Katherine in turn gives Steffy a big smile back.
"Oh, I am awesome right now!" Katherine then enters a fit of giggles.
"She's a little high right now!" Bill interjects.
"Oh, I remember that feeling!" Steffy smiles big.
"I don't."
"Yeah, well being put in a coma just after giving birth will cause you to not remember things that happened while you were in the coma." Bill nods his head with tears forming in his eyes.
"Yeah, but she woke up from it and you've got a beautiful family now!" Jessica points out. "One that grew by two, two hours ago!"
Bill looks up at the woman standing in the doorway. "It did and we have your sister to thank for that!"
The pride present in Jessicas eyes is one of the reasons Bill approved of his sons relationship with Jessica. Bill really liked Jessica. She had spunk and talked back at him whenever she felt he was wrong and did so with a big sense of humor.
"She's happy to do it! As you can see!" Jessica points to her sister who's sitting on the bed giggling with Kelleigh.
"I do see that! She wasn't very happy with either of us a few hours ago though! But it was expected!" Bill chuckles.
Jessica then walk over to the bed and sits down on it on the other side and looks at her sister. "You good?"
"So good! Best thing I've ever done!" Katherine looks into Jessicas eyes as she's talking.
Kelleigh then decides that the attention had been taken away from her long enough. "KatKat!"
All six of the adults in the room laughs at the little girls need for attention.
"Oh Kelleigh, you need to learn to wait your turn." Steffy walks over to the bed and collects her daughter. "Yeah, we're going to work on that!"
~Things happen~
AN:
I hope my readers have a lovely Easter next week!