June 9th, 2008

Week 20

Jade pranced around the living room annoying Alex to no end.

"Two more days!!!!" She cried. Alex looked up from her book.

"Yes. Two more days and you're five." Alex said, "You'll be a grown up so you'll need to get a job." Jade frowned.

"Cricket can get a job." Jade said.

"But she's only two." Alex smiled, "She's much too young to get a job." Jade started to whine.

"I'll wash doggies." She said, "Five dollars a dog." Alex chuckled.

"Sounds good." She said, "Go make your bed now." Jade sighed and waltz out of the room.

"Momma?" Caroline walked ito the living room. Alex sighed.

"What do you want, Carrie?" She asked.

"Whatsa baby's name?" She asked. Alex smiled.

"I'm not telling you." Alex said.

"Why?"

"Because I'm the mommy." Alex said. "You can call him your brother until I tell you his name which will be in twenty weeks."

"Brudda. Stupid." Caroline wrinkled her nose.

"Well, you'll just have to live with it Miss Davis." Alex said.

"I'm going out." Caroline stomped out of the room.

"Have fun." Alex chuckled. Boy, she had some snotty children today. She closed her eyes feeling the baby move within her. She smiled. She would never get tired of that feeling. Alex laid back and snuggled on the couch. She yawned. Maybe a small nap would do her some good. She pulled the afghan around her. Silence. Silence was golden. But it didn't last long. Caroline's screams rang through the house. Alex sat straight up.

"MOMMY!!!" Caroline was screaming bloody murder from outside. Alex jumped up and ran outside.

"Caroline??" She saw her daughter sitting on the ground. Her hand was swollen. Alex ran to her, "Carrie, What happened?" Alex scooped her up even though it was very hard to.

"I c-catched a b-bee." Caroline sobbed.

"Oh Caroline." Alex brought the toddler into the house, "You can't catch bees. They have owies."

"I kn-know." Caroline sobbed harder.

"Now we know you're allergic." Alex mumbled and put Caroline on the washer, "I need to get the stinger out. It won't hurt." Alex grabbed her ATM card and scrapped the stinger out of Caroline's hand. "There all gone."

"Owie, Mommy!! Owie!!" Caroline screamed. Alex sighed.

"I know. I'll give you some medicine." She went into the cupboards and grabbed the baby aspirin. "Here take two."

"I hate bees." Caroline sniffled. She was starting to calm down.

"Me too." Alex said grabbing an icepack, "Keep this on your hand and the swelling will go down." Caroline nodded putting it on her hand. Alex picked Caroline up and went to the living room. Ty walked into the house and frowned deeply when he saw Caroline.

"What happened?" He asked undoing the top button of his shirt.

"She caught a bee." Alex said sitting down on the couch.

"My hand big, Daddy." Caroline whimpered. Ty walked over to her.

"I see, Darling." He frowned bringing the swollen hand up to his lips and he kissed it softly, "Is it better?"

"No." Caroline whimpered. Alex chuckled slightly.

"It'll feel better in a few hours." Alex hugged her. "Do you want to take a nap with mommy?" Caroline nodded. Ty stood up.

"I'll leave you girls alone and check on Ladybug." Ty said. Alex nodded and lay on the couch with Caroline curled up in her arms. She hated it when her daughters were in pain. At least now Caroline knew not to catch bees in her bare hands.

June 21st, 2008

Week 22

Alex waddled into dispatch. She was so tired. She almost didn't get out of bed this morning. Caroline and Jade slept in and she wanted to also, but she couldn't. She had to go to work.

"Hey, Alex." Patti ran up to her, "You look like crap."

"Thank you so much." Alex smiled, "You look too perky to have six kids."

"Well, I have reason to be perky. Allison and Alyssa both got on the honour roll at school." Patti smiled proudly, "The smartest twins around." Alex returned Patti's smile as she went to her desk.

"That is so good, Patti. I'm sure they are thrilled." Alex eased herself down to her chair and put her headset on, "How old are your kids again?" Patti sat down next to her.

"Allison and Alyssa are fourteen. David is twelve. Skyler is nine. Addison is five and Jonathan is four." Patti smiled. Alex shook her head.

"They're all so close in age." Alex said shaking her head.

"And I'm only thirty-five." Patti chuckled softly, "Trying for number seven now."

"Well, good luck, but somehow I don't think you need it." She chuckled. Patti smiled.

"I don't think I will need it either. You and Ty have a name picked out?" She asked. Alex nodded.

"We do but we're not telling anyone until he's here." She said.

"That's understandable." Patti smiled. That's what we did with Skyler."

"If people think hard enough I think they could figure it out." She chuckled, "It' not Tyrone though." Patti shook her head.

"Thank god. I hate when people do that." She said. Alex nodded.

"Me too." She said answering a call. "9-1-1, What' your emergency?"

"AH Hi. I'm having a baby." The woman on the other end said.

"What's your name?" Alex began to type and pull up her address.

"Sheridan Gray." She said softly.

"Hello Sheridan. My name is Alex and I promise I will try to help you. How far apart are the contractions?" Alex asked.

"One minute." Sheridan groaned. Alex's eyes widened.

"All right, Sheridan. Jut breath. Is anyone else in the house with you?" Alex asked, dispatching the paramedic.

"M-My daughter. She's two." Sheridan cried softly.

"The paramedics are on their way." Alex said rubbing her own stomach. He could hear Sheridan start to groan. "Breath, Sheridan. Breath through the pain."

"Oh god!!!!" Sheridan cried.

"You're doing great." Alex said.

"I need to push!" Sheridan sobbed. "I need to push."

"No. You can't push until the paramedic get there. Think of your baby." Alex said, "Are you having a girl or a boy?"

"B-Boy." Sheridan whispered as she started to relax.

"I'm having a boy too, but I'm not due until October." Alex said. Sheridan whimpered slightly. "What are you naming him?"

"W-We don't have a name yet." Sheridan sobbed, "M-My husband isn't even here. He was supposed to come back next week. He's m-missing this." Alex sighed softly.

"A long as you deliver a healthy baby, your husband will understand." Alex said.

"Oh god…. It's coming." Sheridan moaned.

"Breath, Sheridan." Alex said glancing at Patti.

"I cant! I can't do this!!" Sheridan sobbed through gritted teeth.

"Yes you can. Just hold on. The paramedics should be there any second." Alex said. Sheridan breathed in deeply.

"I h-hear them." She whimpered.

"Good. Just hang on." Alex said as Carlos and Doc ran into Sheridan's house.

"They're here." Sheridan said. "Thank you, Alex. Thank you so much." Alex smiled softly.

"It's my job. Go have a baby, Sheridan." Alex said as Carlos hung up the telephone. Alex looked at Patti. "That was cool."

"It always is." Patti chuckled.

* * *

Alex stepped off of the elevator and walked down the hallway. She walked over to the maternity ward nursery window. She peered in at all of the babies. She found a little baby boy.

"Alexander Gray." She smiled softly. Dr. White walked up behind her.

"Mrs. Gray Said a wonderful dispatcher named Alex helped her through her contractions." He smiled. Alex looked up at him.

"She named him after me?" She asked. Dr. White nodded.

"Yes she did." Alex looked at the baby, "This doesn't happen every day. Revel in it." He patted Alex's back. She stared at the baby. Someone named their son after her. This was absolutely great. She couldn't wait to gloat in front of Ty.

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