In one weeks time, Angelina was walking down the snowy streets of Canada. She heard crying coming from a corner. She decided to investigate. Walking down an alley she saw a baby crib, half broken and torn. She saw a baby that didn't even look one year old laying in it. No one in their right minds would leave a baby here in the cold of Canada. She picked the baby up, and decided to take it home with her.
She entered the house, holding the baby, tightly for warmth.
"CHRIS!! JULIE!!" She yelled, running over to the linen closet in the hallway and grabbed 2 huge warm blankets. "YOU HOME?!" She brought them and the baby over to the couch and started to lie down the blankets.
"Aren't I always?" Julie trudged down the stairs, seeing the baby,"Babysitting for Aunt Carol again?"
"No... no... I was walking down in the city after looking for some Christmas gifts." Angelina said frantically.
"I heard crying, and she was lying in a broken crib in an alley somewhere."
"Oh my gosh, is she ok?" Julie asked, with actual geniun concern.
"I... don't know yet. She's cold, so I'm going to bundle her up." Angelina looked up, "Where's Chris?"
"He's out with Adam and Jay shopping I guess,"Julie said looking at what appeared to be a 6 or 7 month old baby.
"Will you drive me to the hospital? I want to take her in for examination, make sure she's okay.... And can you get me the cordless phone? I need to call Chris's cell and tell him to meet me at the hospital." She said, wrapping the baby up in the blankets and picking her up off the couch.
"Ok,"Julie said reaching for the phone, handing it to Angelina, then scurried off to get her jacket and keys.
Angelina dialed the phone the best she could with one hand, holding the receiver up to her ear while she listened to it ring.
"Jericho here,"Chris's voice at the other end said.
"Chris, it's me... I can't talk long... meet me at the Toronto Hospital in a half hour." She said, and hung up the phone before she could hear an answer.
"O-K.."Chris said putting his phone in his pocket then looked at Jay and Adam,"Guys I gotta go. Angelina wants me to meet her at the hospital. Let's postpone this till tommorow."
"Alright, good luck man."Adam said as Chris rushed out.
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Julie got into the car, started it up, and Angelina got in with the baby. They drove as fast as they could without exceeding the speed limit to the hospital. Pulling in, Angelina almost jumped out before Julie could park. They both ran into the hospital where the lobby/waiting room was.
Angelina walked up to the front counter, "Excuse me! I need to admit this baby."
"I'm sorry you'll have to go to the child ward at the other end of the hospital." The nurse at the counter said.
"But.."Angelina said.
"Please Miss, I'm really busy. Go to the child ward."
Julie came up to the counted and slammed her hands on the counter,"Listen nurse! This child was found in the cold of Toronto in a broken crib. She was abandoned. If you don't admit her now, and she dies or gets really sick and slowly dies, it will be guilt on you! Admit her, NOW!"
Angelina just looked at the nurse. "Please..."
The nurse grabbed the phone and made a call into the back office. "Follow me" she said, standing up and walking through the side doors into a room filled with curtains. "The doctor will see you shortly... please fill out the forms in the meantime."
Chris came in and saw Julie getting two coffees. He ran up to her.
"What's the emergency?"Chris asked, panting heavily.
"Go into the room across the hall and you'll see." Julie told him stirring some sugar into the coffee.
In the room, Angelina sat at the bed side of the tiny baby that had respirators and machines hooked up to it. She had her head down on a pillow, half asleep.
"Sweetie?"Chris's voice called out to her,"What's the emergency?"
Angelina looked up to see Chris there, and she stood up to walk over to him. "I was walking through some city streets doing some window shopping for christmas... and I heard this noise.. so I turned into this alley and I saw this poor little baby girl in a broken down crib all cold and sick..." The shock finallly hitting her, she had a tiny tear slide down her cheek.
Chris hugged her tightly. Julie came back into the room with three coffees now. She handed one to Chris, and one to Angelina.
"So what are you going to do with the kid?"Julie asked.
"I'm gonna adopt her,"Angelina said sniffling.
"You can't be serious,"Julie said looking at her.
"Look at the poor thing... it can't think for itself, it can't speak for itself. She's probably scared and tired and... I don't know. Where else is she going to go?" Angelina said, looking at Chris.
"We could bring her to the adoption agency and say we found her and have someone else do it, but.. if it's really what you want to do, Angel."
"Well... I can't do it alone." She said, sitting back down in her chair.
Julie sighed,"I can help."
"I haven't been much of a sister lately and it's time I grew up,"She said to her big sister.
"But you hate kids..." Angelina said. "Maybe Chris is right... maybe I should put her up for adoption." She said lightly, running her hand over the tiny hand of the baby.
"I don't hate kids..I'm just frustraited."Julie said,"I can babysit when you're gone, I can take care of her when you need it.. I.."
"What's gotten into you?" Chris asked.
"Into who?" Angelina asked, a bit confused.
"Her,"Chris said pointing to Julie.
"What do you mean?" Julie asked.
"You're acting different than you used to." Chris stated.
"I'm realizing that I'm not much of a sister, and right now my big sister needs me, and she needs you too.."She looked at Angelina.
Angelina looked up, "I don't need anyone... I'm just concerned. Maybe we could keep her until we find a good home for her. I mean... it'd be just like thrusting myself into motherhood, and I don't know if I'm ready for that."
"I think you should do it,"Chris smiled.
"No... I don't think I can. The more I think about it..."
"Yes you can, Angel."Chris kissed her forehead,"You've got me, and you've got your sister who's oddly willing to help out. You can do it. We'll help."
"She does have gorgeous blue eyes..." Angelina smiled.
Julie smiled a bit at her sister,"You gonna do it?"
"I guess I really should... all this sitting her looking at her has made me more and more attatched"
They all smiled,"Okay then."
The doctor came into the room,"The baby has a slight fever. It should go down within a few days. If you have any complications feel free to bring her back up here. You all are free to go as soon as we get the child unhooked."
"Thank you doctor." Angelina said, standing up. "I just have one question... How do I adopt the baby?"
"You can bring her into an adoption agency, they'll have you approved immediatly since it's an abandoned child. All you have to do is fill out a few simple forms,"The doctor smiled.
"Thank you." Angelina said, standing back to let the doctor in to unhook the baby. She looked up at Chris, tryingto read his face.
"I can't beleive we're gonna be parents.."He smiled at her.
"We?"
"Yeah.."He smiled,got down on one knee and looked up at her,"Will you marry me?"
"I... of course I will." Angelina smiled happily, a bit surprised.
Chris, pulling out a ring, slid it onto her finger and smiled as he kissed her.
She entered the house, holding the baby, tightly for warmth.
"CHRIS!! JULIE!!" She yelled, running over to the linen closet in the hallway and grabbed 2 huge warm blankets. "YOU HOME?!" She brought them and the baby over to the couch and started to lie down the blankets.
"Aren't I always?" Julie trudged down the stairs, seeing the baby,"Babysitting for Aunt Carol again?"
"No... no... I was walking down in the city after looking for some Christmas gifts." Angelina said frantically.
"I heard crying, and she was lying in a broken crib in an alley somewhere."
"Oh my gosh, is she ok?" Julie asked, with actual geniun concern.
"I... don't know yet. She's cold, so I'm going to bundle her up." Angelina looked up, "Where's Chris?"
"He's out with Adam and Jay shopping I guess,"Julie said looking at what appeared to be a 6 or 7 month old baby.
"Will you drive me to the hospital? I want to take her in for examination, make sure she's okay.... And can you get me the cordless phone? I need to call Chris's cell and tell him to meet me at the hospital." She said, wrapping the baby up in the blankets and picking her up off the couch.
"Ok,"Julie said reaching for the phone, handing it to Angelina, then scurried off to get her jacket and keys.
Angelina dialed the phone the best she could with one hand, holding the receiver up to her ear while she listened to it ring.
"Jericho here,"Chris's voice at the other end said.
"Chris, it's me... I can't talk long... meet me at the Toronto Hospital in a half hour." She said, and hung up the phone before she could hear an answer.
"O-K.."Chris said putting his phone in his pocket then looked at Jay and Adam,"Guys I gotta go. Angelina wants me to meet her at the hospital. Let's postpone this till tommorow."
"Alright, good luck man."Adam said as Chris rushed out.
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Julie got into the car, started it up, and Angelina got in with the baby. They drove as fast as they could without exceeding the speed limit to the hospital. Pulling in, Angelina almost jumped out before Julie could park. They both ran into the hospital where the lobby/waiting room was.
Angelina walked up to the front counter, "Excuse me! I need to admit this baby."
"I'm sorry you'll have to go to the child ward at the other end of the hospital." The nurse at the counter said.
"But.."Angelina said.
"Please Miss, I'm really busy. Go to the child ward."
Julie came up to the counted and slammed her hands on the counter,"Listen nurse! This child was found in the cold of Toronto in a broken crib. She was abandoned. If you don't admit her now, and she dies or gets really sick and slowly dies, it will be guilt on you! Admit her, NOW!"
Angelina just looked at the nurse. "Please..."
The nurse grabbed the phone and made a call into the back office. "Follow me" she said, standing up and walking through the side doors into a room filled with curtains. "The doctor will see you shortly... please fill out the forms in the meantime."
Chris came in and saw Julie getting two coffees. He ran up to her.
"What's the emergency?"Chris asked, panting heavily.
"Go into the room across the hall and you'll see." Julie told him stirring some sugar into the coffee.
In the room, Angelina sat at the bed side of the tiny baby that had respirators and machines hooked up to it. She had her head down on a pillow, half asleep.
"Sweetie?"Chris's voice called out to her,"What's the emergency?"
Angelina looked up to see Chris there, and she stood up to walk over to him. "I was walking through some city streets doing some window shopping for christmas... and I heard this noise.. so I turned into this alley and I saw this poor little baby girl in a broken down crib all cold and sick..." The shock finallly hitting her, she had a tiny tear slide down her cheek.
Chris hugged her tightly. Julie came back into the room with three coffees now. She handed one to Chris, and one to Angelina.
"So what are you going to do with the kid?"Julie asked.
"I'm gonna adopt her,"Angelina said sniffling.
"You can't be serious,"Julie said looking at her.
"Look at the poor thing... it can't think for itself, it can't speak for itself. She's probably scared and tired and... I don't know. Where else is she going to go?" Angelina said, looking at Chris.
"We could bring her to the adoption agency and say we found her and have someone else do it, but.. if it's really what you want to do, Angel."
"Well... I can't do it alone." She said, sitting back down in her chair.
Julie sighed,"I can help."
"I haven't been much of a sister lately and it's time I grew up,"She said to her big sister.
"But you hate kids..." Angelina said. "Maybe Chris is right... maybe I should put her up for adoption." She said lightly, running her hand over the tiny hand of the baby.
"I don't hate kids..I'm just frustraited."Julie said,"I can babysit when you're gone, I can take care of her when you need it.. I.."
"What's gotten into you?" Chris asked.
"Into who?" Angelina asked, a bit confused.
"Her,"Chris said pointing to Julie.
"What do you mean?" Julie asked.
"You're acting different than you used to." Chris stated.
"I'm realizing that I'm not much of a sister, and right now my big sister needs me, and she needs you too.."She looked at Angelina.
Angelina looked up, "I don't need anyone... I'm just concerned. Maybe we could keep her until we find a good home for her. I mean... it'd be just like thrusting myself into motherhood, and I don't know if I'm ready for that."
"I think you should do it,"Chris smiled.
"No... I don't think I can. The more I think about it..."
"Yes you can, Angel."Chris kissed her forehead,"You've got me, and you've got your sister who's oddly willing to help out. You can do it. We'll help."
"She does have gorgeous blue eyes..." Angelina smiled.
Julie smiled a bit at her sister,"You gonna do it?"
"I guess I really should... all this sitting her looking at her has made me more and more attatched"
They all smiled,"Okay then."
The doctor came into the room,"The baby has a slight fever. It should go down within a few days. If you have any complications feel free to bring her back up here. You all are free to go as soon as we get the child unhooked."
"Thank you doctor." Angelina said, standing up. "I just have one question... How do I adopt the baby?"
"You can bring her into an adoption agency, they'll have you approved immediatly since it's an abandoned child. All you have to do is fill out a few simple forms,"The doctor smiled.
"Thank you." Angelina said, standing back to let the doctor in to unhook the baby. She looked up at Chris, tryingto read his face.
"I can't beleive we're gonna be parents.."He smiled at her.
"We?"
"Yeah.."He smiled,got down on one knee and looked up at her,"Will you marry me?"
"I... of course I will." Angelina smiled happily, a bit surprised.
Chris, pulling out a ring, slid it onto her finger and smiled as he kissed her.