Kero: who forgot this part was coming?

Kage: *raises hand*

Kero: And you call yourself a beta reader… shame, shame.

K: *cries*

TKA: Geez, good beta readers are really hard to come by.

Kero: Specially ones that aren't cry-babies

TKA: Oh, shush you *scolds Kero* So anyway, here's the last part, sorry for taking so long but you can just blame Kage for that.

Nadeshiko & Xiao-Ken: Enjoy!

That Endless Day

Chapter 03

The nurse slowly strapped me and took my arm. Honestly, I really didn't pay attention to anything she was doing. I felt a prick from a needle go through my arm and saw the scarlet liquid go through the needle. Everything was standard procedure. Nothing to worry about. Right…….

"Now, we put our emergency samples on first priority, it's a simple test anyway so it wont take long" She took the large sample and talked to the doctor, who then in turn talked to me "Its about two thirty now, so how about you guys come back at about four? The results will be in by then."

We went back home and just decided to take a break from our thoughts. The day had been endless, and yet it still wasn't over. Our kids were waiting for us and they received us with huge smiles and anxious hugs.

Tomoyo stood at the doorway "So anything up?"

I shook my head "We'll find out later" she made a gesture as to speak but I quickly lifted my hand to shake her question away. "Later, we'll talk then Tomoyo" I picked up Xiao-Ken and saw Syaoran do the same with Nadeshiko. "So, who wants ice cream?" I asked.

Both kids shot their hands up as if it had been an instant reflex. "I do, I do!" They both chorused. Tomoyo's eyes brightened and I saw her bashing back to the living room. When she came back she was clutching her camera looking starry eyed. For the life of me, I will never understand why she tapes everything…

Syaoran and I took the kids to the car and buckled them up tight in the back seat. Tomoyo followed at sat with them. As we were both getting in ourselves Syaoran stopped to give his breathtaking killer smile, I instantly felt myself weak in the knees.

The car started running and already Nadeshiko, Xiao-Ken, and Tomoyo  started singing. Oh boy, I laughed, and started singing also.

By the time we had finished 'Mary had a little lamb' we were already parking the car at the mall. I got out of the car and Syaoran let the twins out of the back seat. They ran to me and each placed one of their hands in one of mine. Up till now, I had never realized how much I loved that gesture and exactly how much it meant to me.

We went inside and a large playground came into view, I looked at my children and saw their eyes light up. Xiao-Ken jumped up and down while Nadeshiko kept asking if they would go.

"Please mommy, please daddy can we go, can we go?!" She kept talking excitedly.

I saw Syaoran smile and nod at me, Tomoyo kneeled down to look at them. "Common guys I'll take you". They both cheered and ran to the playground in the centre of the mall. Syaoran and I sat down nearby to watch them. They laughed and ran all over the games.

"Hey, and how about the ice cream we promised?" Syaoran asked, I laughed "Don't worry, they'll remember in a few minutes".

They remembered about an hour later when they were too tired to keep on playing. We went to the parlour and ordered two humongous banana splits to share among us. All that time I would concentrate on looking at them. My husband, I smiled, making funny faces. My children, Xiao-Ken and Nadeshiko, laughing with ice cream and hot fudge all over their tiny hands and mouths; and my cousin and best friend, Tomoyo taping everything while she levelled a spoon carefully, not to want to ruin her precious camera but wanting to taste the ice cream anyway.

I wish moments could be frozen in time, that way I wouldn't be so worried about that pending doctor's appointment. I was deeply terrified about what he might have to say.

Later on Tomoyo had the not-so-brilliant idea of window-shopping for toys, needless to say the twins wanted to buy everything on the shelves. Today was different, we actually obliged and did buy one toy for each. They had a hard time deciding but they finally came across a video game for Xiao-Ken and a plush toy for Nadeshiko.  We didn't care about the money today, I was just glad to be with my family like this.

The children went back to the playground. We heard the large clock in the mall chime as it hit four 'o clock. Oh no! We were late to the appointment, there wouldn't be enough time to take the kids back and go to the doctor's office again.

I didn't want my children to be present, but we realized there would be no other choice. We went up to the kids and explained that  we had to go to the hospital for a while. They both got equally terrified looks on their faces and we rapidly told them not to worry because we were all just going to say hello to someone. Again, another lie.

When we got to the hospital we barely made it in time to catch Dr. Nagisa, he had told us to meet him at Dr. Tsukimoto's office. Tomoyo understood right away what this meant and suggested to the kids to go with her to the maternity wing to see the newborn babies. They agreed and followed suit.

We stepped into Dr. Tsukimoto's office with Dr. Nagisa "I think its best if both of you sit down" She told us.

We sat down and Syaoran quickly put his arm around my waist. Both doctors had a stern look on their faces. "Well" Dr. Nagisa started "Our suspicions were correct, the blood tests confirmed it".

I spoke meekly "Confirmed what, doctor?"

Dr. Tsukimoto stepped in "Before there is any anxiety, I just want to tell you that if your case is handled properly, there won't be any complications. If everything goes accordingly there is a very high chance of survival".

"Survival?!" Syaoran screamed "You mean she could die? What the hell is going on?" His bewilderment only scared me more, then I looked up at Dr. Nagisa who had a sinister smile on his face. Is it just me or is he doing that an awful lot?

Dr. Tsukimoto spoke further "Oh, not her Mr. Li, the baby. You see, your wife is pregnant". Our jaws practically hit the floor, we couldn't believe what we were hearing! "But like I said, there will be precautions we'll have to take to assure both the baby's and the mother's well being."

Syaoran stood up "You mean she's… we're going to have another baby?" I couldn't tell whether he was stating it or asking it. Disbelief  was leaving me and I could feel joy overcome me at once. It made sense, all but one thing.

"But why all the secrecy?" I asked

"Mrs. Li, we know how eagerly you and your husband had wanted a child, we just didn't want to give you false hopes. We wanted to be 100% sure" Dr. Tsukimoto smiled.

"You gave us quite the scare doc" Syaoran smiled "And I even dare say it was absolutely worth it". He jumped off his seat "We have to go tell the twins… we have to go tell everybody!" He grabbed my hand as we both thanked the doctors and bolted outside to find Tomoyo and the kids.

They couldn't believe the news either. Their mommy was pregnant! This endless day suddenly lost its grimness in an instant. It was amazing how before we entered that office, we knew the doctors' words could totally change our lives, and it did. We couldn't be any happier.

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TKA: Well that's it, its finally over….. I know some of you were out to kill me! Lol, I got a few death threats about this, though I will name no one (:P You know who you are!) Hehe, thank you all for sticking by this fic, it means a lot to me.

And I would just like to thank and re-thank:

White Mist Wolf: Getting impatient huh? Hope you liked it

Tutty: Hey Nancy, thanks for reading this, lol, I forgot you were a CCS fan, go figure.

PJ Freak: Don't get me started on you….

Rini124: Yet another one of the first readers, thanks Rini *big smile*

Sillysac: Yes but the last one…..

Jessica: One of my other biggest supporters, thank you

And last but not least KAGE!!!! And of course Kero. Well I'm off….till next time folks!