D: See previous chapters.
A/N: Thanks for the great reviews!!! You guys keep me inspired!! Here's the next chapter, hope you like, and remember once again, I'm not a medical person what so ever, going off of a little bit of knowledge and the rest is if-y. Enjoy!
{#}
By the next day, Shelby was walking on her cast, as if it were another shoe. She actually brooded when she couldn't go on the hikes and things with the rest of the group. Instead, from mom's suggestion, she took up a 'hands on' hobby. Cross-stitching. Shelby Scarbrow never realized how good she was at it and how natural it came to her. By the end of the first week of having the cast on, she had embroidered handkerchiefs for both parents and her siblings, each with a little symbol or picture of something that represented them. She did one for the Cliffhangers also, even one for David. Even though his picture was VERY interesting. She then sent one to Kat too. Around the third week of her new hobby, while working on a scarf for Scott, she started doing some 'math'.
"Whoa.uhoh. Something's wrong again!" she said outloud while looking at a calendar. She was even having the tell-tell pains again.
"What sis?" Jess asked when she overheard her.
"My meds must not be working anymore! I'm late.AND I have my pains again!" Shelby said, getting teary-eyed. She just couldn't be okay for once. Her and her sister were like clockwork since they started taking the medicines. So Jess knew how late she was.
"Shelby!? You're like..almost 2 weeks late!! Why didn't you notice before? I'll go get ma." She said getting up and running out of the cabin. She had to go to Sophie's classroom since they were on their study period. Within minutes Sophie was back.
"Where's Jess?" Shelby asked when she didn't come back too.
"Watching my class. They're watching a video." Sophie said when Shelby smirked. Jess WAS the youngest member at Horizon.
"What's up hun? Jess said it was an emergency." Sophie said worried.
"Um.I'm like 2 weeks late..and I've got my pains back. What if something's wrong again?!" Shelby said getting upset.
"Now, don't worry. I'll take you to the clinic this afternoon. Any other symptoms?" Sophie said concerned, feeling her forehead motherly.
"Um..tired..and peeing like ALL the time!! Got up two times last night!" Shelby said bug-eyed.
"Maybe that drug slip did something to your system that took awhile to show up. We'll find out later, for now just rest. No more classes, I'll clear it. Better get back before Jess steals my job. Bye sweetie and relax." Sophie informed, kissing her forehead. Shelby leaned back, propping her foot up on her pillows and continued on Scott's scarf. At lunch, Scott and Danny came in with concerned faces.
"What's up sis? Feelin' bad?" Danny asked.
"Sort-of. Ma's going to take me to the..clinic. For a check-up." Shelby said, getting a little embarrassed.
"Got some lunch for you." Scott said setting down her tray. Shelby's eyes lit up and she started chowing down. Scott looked confused, but kept quiet.
"Well, just checking in. Gotta go to my math session now. Feel better, K?" Danny said, leaving them alone.
"You're not sick are you?" Scott asked gently as soon as Danny was gone. Shelby looked up startled.
"I forgot how much you know me. Not really, well, not sure actually..my meds seem to have quit on me or something. I'm back like before, with the pains and late stuff. We're just gonna go check to see what's going on. Probably have to up my meds or something, don't worry. I'm fine." Shelby reassured, holding his hand.
"Ok. Want me to go?" he asked softly.
"Nah.it'll be real quick. I'm okay." Shelby said, then went back to eating. He nodded and pushed the worry out of his mind. She said she was okay. That afternoon, Sophie and Shelby took off to the clinic in the truck. Once there, they did a basic physical and drew blood.
"Shelby, any allergies to medicines? " the nurse asked, one of the many of a long list.
"Nope." Shelby answered.
"Drug use?" the nurse asked not looking up from her chart.
"No, but a few weeks back I was slipped some in a drink from a creep trying to get after me." Shelby answered. The nurse nodded then went on.
"Any chance of pregnancy?" the nurse asked.
"Oh, no. Oh, wait!..Yeah! A slight chance. 'Cause of Scott and me..but I can't have any kids. It's impossible." Shelby said sadly, brushing it aside.
"Never say never Ms. Scarbrow." The nurse mentioned, smiling slightly at her, planting a little thought in Shelby's head. They waited in the lobby for her blood tests to come back and a refill on her meds.
"I'm hungry! Can I get a snack from the machines? Pwease?" Shelby asked with a lip look.
"Here..you deserve it." Sophie said handing her some money. She thunked(cast!) over to the machines and got some Reese's pieces. She opened them and on her way back they called her name.
"Dat's meh." She said, chewing up her mouth full of candies.
"The results are in?" Sophie asked stepping up next to Shelby. Shelby swallowed her candies and eye balled the silent doctor.
"God.am I DYING?" Shelby blurted out, suddenly freaking out.
"No, no, on the contrary.It seems your..pregnant!" he said, smiling. Sophie gasped. Shelby dropped her candies in shock. Then she quickly found a seat on the tile floor.
"Om-ga,..omyga..OH MY FREEKIN' GOSH!!!!" Shelby mumbled then yelled. Then she started giggling and crying.
"Y-you're positive?!" Sophie said whisperly.
"99%..And since the med's she's on causes her system to produce a number of eggs at once..it's likely it's a multiple pregnancy, if not one." He said, knowing from experience.
"I usually give the medicine to woman who want to donate eggs to someone in need." He explained. Shelby gazed up at him then and started hyperventilating.
"Oh, sweetie.breathe!" Sophie said, concern over riding her shock. Shelby nodded and started taking deep breaths. After a few minutes she was able to stand up. But she was smiling a little, in a daze.
"I-I thought I'd NEVER be able to have children!" she said shakily. Sophie smiled understanding.
"Well, what do you want to do next?" Sophie asked as they walked out a little later with pre-natal stuff and her results with the positive pregnancy highlighted.
"Um..tell Scott?" Shelby said in a daze.
"Yeah, that'll be interesting. Gosh Shel, you're so young, but." Sophie said. Shelby looked up nodding. She felt the same way. She had believed she'd be just like her new mother. Now she was pregnant, with a possibility of more then one baby, AND it was with her soulmate. She couldn't be anything but happy.
"Want me there?" Sophie asked her a moment later as they got into the truck.
"Huh?..Yeah, of course..Ma? Are you disappointed in me?" Shelby suddenly asked, the one thing haunting her.
"What? Of course not honey?! Just..surprised! And overwhelmed! I mean..a few months ago I was just a wife. Now I'm gonna be a GRANDMA!" Sophie said, pure 'crisis' painted on her face. The drive home was in silence as they thought of a million different things. Some time in the ride, Shelby slipped her head on Sophie's shoulder, deep in thought. When they arrived home, the Cliffhangers had just finished chores and were enjoying freetime before it got too dark.
"Hey girl! So, you okay?" Auggie asked.
"No.I mean..Yes.uh.I need to talk to Scott." Shelby mumbled. Jules saw the looks on both women's faces.
"Gosh, is she dying?!" Juliette blurted out.
"No..Jules..just..you'll all know soon enough. Peter?" Sophie asked.
"Talking to Scott in the lounge." Daisy replied, wanting to follow. David stopped her.
"Something's up..let her talk to Peter first. Don't be nosey." He said flatly. Daisy rolled her eyes at him, but stayed. Shelby found Scott sitting backwards in a chair talking to Peter.
"Hey, you're back! So..you okay?" Peter asked, getting up. Scott noticed Shelby AND Sophie's face.
'Oh God! It's bad! She's dying!' Scott thought, he grabbed Shelby's hands.
"Shel?" he said meekly, full of fear. Peter looked between his wife and daughter expectantly.
"Ah,..well..I'm fine..just..pregnant." Shelby mumbled out softly.
"What!? Can you repeat that, I thought you said-" Scott said, like he was dumb for thinking up what he thought he heard.
"PREGNANT. I'm pregnant." Shelby cleared up for him.
"Oh.okay..that's.THUMP" Scott went. Like a sac of 'taters.
"Oh..we ARE just alike!" Shelby said kneeling down and cradling his head.
"Your pregnant?!" Peter said in shock. Sophie nodded, smiling with tears.
"She had it set in her mind she'd NEVER have children..and now?!" Sophie said shrugging. Peter just stared.
[outside the window]
"Dude! It's BAD! Scott just fainted cold!" Auggie commented, as all the Cliffhangers faces were pressed up against the glass.
"Poor Shel..she never gets a break!" Jules said sadly. Jess wasn't there and Danny was being tutored in History by a school volunteer.
[Inside]
"Wake up Scott!! Say something to me!" Shelby said desperately.
"Thank you." He whispered, fluttering his eyes open from her lap. Shelby just got more tears in her eyes. It was really starting to sink in now.
"No, thank YOU. I love you Scott!" she said giving him a kiss.
"So..wanna tell the gang? They're really starting to smudge up our windows." Sophie said nodding over to them. Shelby peered over and saw how worried they all looked.
"Hehe..how sweet! What a Kodak picture! Let them come in. Where's my sister and brother?" Shelby asked, wiping some tears away.
"Kitchens and tutoring." Peter mumbled out. Scott finally stood up, but still in shock. Shelby was finally able to hug her dazed father.
"So, ready to be a Grandpa!?" Shelby said, grinning.
"Ohmyga" was his reply.
"He's taking it harder than me!" Scott said, cracking up.
"I'll get the kids, you get the gang." Sophie said to Scott and Shelby, then walked out. Scott just waved them in and they nearly killed each other racing to the door. As they all sat down, Jess and Danny showed up.
"What is it Shellie?" Jess said, confused at the group all being there.
" A miracle, just sit down, I'll tell you once we're all settled." Shelby instructed as she got more teary eyed.
"Okay..no way to say this but to just say it..I'm NOT sick, I'm- pregnant!" Shelby said smiling. There were gasps and 'WHAT?'s all around the room Then Jess shrieked.
"Yeeaahhh! I'm gonna be an AUNTY!" she said all happily.
"Is congratulations appropriate?" Daisy said unsurly but smiling. "Yes! I know it's..SUDDEN, and that I'm still practically a child myself, but I believed I couldn't EVER have a baby! I know it'll be tough, but I couldn't be happier!" Shelby explained. Then everyone hugged Shelby and Scott.
"It's from that night.at Rusty's, huh?" David said in a nice tone as he approached Scott and Shelby.
"Yeah! We know the rules here!" Scott said defensively. Then David did something totally out of the ordinary.
"Congrats, guys. Gonna be an eyesore, that kid." He said nicely.
"Thanks David." Shelby said, touched. So, now the truth was out.
"I was wondering why I didn't fit in my pants barely anymore." Shelby commented as Scott escorted her back with the rest of the girls to the girls cabin later that night.
"You're only..like 4 weeks pregnant! No way you're gaining that much weight already unless." Daisy said halting when Shelby halted and yelped.
"Oh wow!" she said remembering what the doctor had said.
"My meds! They make me..ovulate more! He uses it for egg donors to produce a bunch of eggs..He said I'm possibly having more than one baby!" Shelby said real fast.
"Twins!? Cool!" Jess commented.
"Guys, you better keep quiet. Poor Scott looks like his eyeballs are gonna pop out of his head." Daisy said, snickering.
"M-more?" he mumbled.
"We don't know yet. Tomorrow, at my sonogram we'll know some more." Shelby reassured, getting worried he'd keel over again. He said his goodnights and went back to his dorm still in shock, but smiling. Shelby was gonna have HIS baby! HIS child! Maybe MORE than one! He couldn't ask for anyone better.
"Night..Papi!" he heard Auggie say snickering. Scott could get used to hearing that.
{#}
A/N: There you have it!! The beginning of the best part!!! Hope you like it, and get it!!! I love writing this fic, but I ALSO love when people review my fics, keeps me posting faster, and happier too!! So, please don't forget to review, Please!!! Thanx!
A/N: Thanks for the great reviews!!! You guys keep me inspired!! Here's the next chapter, hope you like, and remember once again, I'm not a medical person what so ever, going off of a little bit of knowledge and the rest is if-y. Enjoy!
{#}
By the next day, Shelby was walking on her cast, as if it were another shoe. She actually brooded when she couldn't go on the hikes and things with the rest of the group. Instead, from mom's suggestion, she took up a 'hands on' hobby. Cross-stitching. Shelby Scarbrow never realized how good she was at it and how natural it came to her. By the end of the first week of having the cast on, she had embroidered handkerchiefs for both parents and her siblings, each with a little symbol or picture of something that represented them. She did one for the Cliffhangers also, even one for David. Even though his picture was VERY interesting. She then sent one to Kat too. Around the third week of her new hobby, while working on a scarf for Scott, she started doing some 'math'.
"Whoa.uhoh. Something's wrong again!" she said outloud while looking at a calendar. She was even having the tell-tell pains again.
"What sis?" Jess asked when she overheard her.
"My meds must not be working anymore! I'm late.AND I have my pains again!" Shelby said, getting teary-eyed. She just couldn't be okay for once. Her and her sister were like clockwork since they started taking the medicines. So Jess knew how late she was.
"Shelby!? You're like..almost 2 weeks late!! Why didn't you notice before? I'll go get ma." She said getting up and running out of the cabin. She had to go to Sophie's classroom since they were on their study period. Within minutes Sophie was back.
"Where's Jess?" Shelby asked when she didn't come back too.
"Watching my class. They're watching a video." Sophie said when Shelby smirked. Jess WAS the youngest member at Horizon.
"What's up hun? Jess said it was an emergency." Sophie said worried.
"Um.I'm like 2 weeks late..and I've got my pains back. What if something's wrong again?!" Shelby said getting upset.
"Now, don't worry. I'll take you to the clinic this afternoon. Any other symptoms?" Sophie said concerned, feeling her forehead motherly.
"Um..tired..and peeing like ALL the time!! Got up two times last night!" Shelby said bug-eyed.
"Maybe that drug slip did something to your system that took awhile to show up. We'll find out later, for now just rest. No more classes, I'll clear it. Better get back before Jess steals my job. Bye sweetie and relax." Sophie informed, kissing her forehead. Shelby leaned back, propping her foot up on her pillows and continued on Scott's scarf. At lunch, Scott and Danny came in with concerned faces.
"What's up sis? Feelin' bad?" Danny asked.
"Sort-of. Ma's going to take me to the..clinic. For a check-up." Shelby said, getting a little embarrassed.
"Got some lunch for you." Scott said setting down her tray. Shelby's eyes lit up and she started chowing down. Scott looked confused, but kept quiet.
"Well, just checking in. Gotta go to my math session now. Feel better, K?" Danny said, leaving them alone.
"You're not sick are you?" Scott asked gently as soon as Danny was gone. Shelby looked up startled.
"I forgot how much you know me. Not really, well, not sure actually..my meds seem to have quit on me or something. I'm back like before, with the pains and late stuff. We're just gonna go check to see what's going on. Probably have to up my meds or something, don't worry. I'm fine." Shelby reassured, holding his hand.
"Ok. Want me to go?" he asked softly.
"Nah.it'll be real quick. I'm okay." Shelby said, then went back to eating. He nodded and pushed the worry out of his mind. She said she was okay. That afternoon, Sophie and Shelby took off to the clinic in the truck. Once there, they did a basic physical and drew blood.
"Shelby, any allergies to medicines? " the nurse asked, one of the many of a long list.
"Nope." Shelby answered.
"Drug use?" the nurse asked not looking up from her chart.
"No, but a few weeks back I was slipped some in a drink from a creep trying to get after me." Shelby answered. The nurse nodded then went on.
"Any chance of pregnancy?" the nurse asked.
"Oh, no. Oh, wait!..Yeah! A slight chance. 'Cause of Scott and me..but I can't have any kids. It's impossible." Shelby said sadly, brushing it aside.
"Never say never Ms. Scarbrow." The nurse mentioned, smiling slightly at her, planting a little thought in Shelby's head. They waited in the lobby for her blood tests to come back and a refill on her meds.
"I'm hungry! Can I get a snack from the machines? Pwease?" Shelby asked with a lip look.
"Here..you deserve it." Sophie said handing her some money. She thunked(cast!) over to the machines and got some Reese's pieces. She opened them and on her way back they called her name.
"Dat's meh." She said, chewing up her mouth full of candies.
"The results are in?" Sophie asked stepping up next to Shelby. Shelby swallowed her candies and eye balled the silent doctor.
"God.am I DYING?" Shelby blurted out, suddenly freaking out.
"No, no, on the contrary.It seems your..pregnant!" he said, smiling. Sophie gasped. Shelby dropped her candies in shock. Then she quickly found a seat on the tile floor.
"Om-ga,..omyga..OH MY FREEKIN' GOSH!!!!" Shelby mumbled then yelled. Then she started giggling and crying.
"Y-you're positive?!" Sophie said whisperly.
"99%..And since the med's she's on causes her system to produce a number of eggs at once..it's likely it's a multiple pregnancy, if not one." He said, knowing from experience.
"I usually give the medicine to woman who want to donate eggs to someone in need." He explained. Shelby gazed up at him then and started hyperventilating.
"Oh, sweetie.breathe!" Sophie said, concern over riding her shock. Shelby nodded and started taking deep breaths. After a few minutes she was able to stand up. But she was smiling a little, in a daze.
"I-I thought I'd NEVER be able to have children!" she said shakily. Sophie smiled understanding.
"Well, what do you want to do next?" Sophie asked as they walked out a little later with pre-natal stuff and her results with the positive pregnancy highlighted.
"Um..tell Scott?" Shelby said in a daze.
"Yeah, that'll be interesting. Gosh Shel, you're so young, but." Sophie said. Shelby looked up nodding. She felt the same way. She had believed she'd be just like her new mother. Now she was pregnant, with a possibility of more then one baby, AND it was with her soulmate. She couldn't be anything but happy.
"Want me there?" Sophie asked her a moment later as they got into the truck.
"Huh?..Yeah, of course..Ma? Are you disappointed in me?" Shelby suddenly asked, the one thing haunting her.
"What? Of course not honey?! Just..surprised! And overwhelmed! I mean..a few months ago I was just a wife. Now I'm gonna be a GRANDMA!" Sophie said, pure 'crisis' painted on her face. The drive home was in silence as they thought of a million different things. Some time in the ride, Shelby slipped her head on Sophie's shoulder, deep in thought. When they arrived home, the Cliffhangers had just finished chores and were enjoying freetime before it got too dark.
"Hey girl! So, you okay?" Auggie asked.
"No.I mean..Yes.uh.I need to talk to Scott." Shelby mumbled. Jules saw the looks on both women's faces.
"Gosh, is she dying?!" Juliette blurted out.
"No..Jules..just..you'll all know soon enough. Peter?" Sophie asked.
"Talking to Scott in the lounge." Daisy replied, wanting to follow. David stopped her.
"Something's up..let her talk to Peter first. Don't be nosey." He said flatly. Daisy rolled her eyes at him, but stayed. Shelby found Scott sitting backwards in a chair talking to Peter.
"Hey, you're back! So..you okay?" Peter asked, getting up. Scott noticed Shelby AND Sophie's face.
'Oh God! It's bad! She's dying!' Scott thought, he grabbed Shelby's hands.
"Shel?" he said meekly, full of fear. Peter looked between his wife and daughter expectantly.
"Ah,..well..I'm fine..just..pregnant." Shelby mumbled out softly.
"What!? Can you repeat that, I thought you said-" Scott said, like he was dumb for thinking up what he thought he heard.
"PREGNANT. I'm pregnant." Shelby cleared up for him.
"Oh.okay..that's.THUMP" Scott went. Like a sac of 'taters.
"Oh..we ARE just alike!" Shelby said kneeling down and cradling his head.
"Your pregnant?!" Peter said in shock. Sophie nodded, smiling with tears.
"She had it set in her mind she'd NEVER have children..and now?!" Sophie said shrugging. Peter just stared.
[outside the window]
"Dude! It's BAD! Scott just fainted cold!" Auggie commented, as all the Cliffhangers faces were pressed up against the glass.
"Poor Shel..she never gets a break!" Jules said sadly. Jess wasn't there and Danny was being tutored in History by a school volunteer.
[Inside]
"Wake up Scott!! Say something to me!" Shelby said desperately.
"Thank you." He whispered, fluttering his eyes open from her lap. Shelby just got more tears in her eyes. It was really starting to sink in now.
"No, thank YOU. I love you Scott!" she said giving him a kiss.
"So..wanna tell the gang? They're really starting to smudge up our windows." Sophie said nodding over to them. Shelby peered over and saw how worried they all looked.
"Hehe..how sweet! What a Kodak picture! Let them come in. Where's my sister and brother?" Shelby asked, wiping some tears away.
"Kitchens and tutoring." Peter mumbled out. Scott finally stood up, but still in shock. Shelby was finally able to hug her dazed father.
"So, ready to be a Grandpa!?" Shelby said, grinning.
"Ohmyga" was his reply.
"He's taking it harder than me!" Scott said, cracking up.
"I'll get the kids, you get the gang." Sophie said to Scott and Shelby, then walked out. Scott just waved them in and they nearly killed each other racing to the door. As they all sat down, Jess and Danny showed up.
"What is it Shellie?" Jess said, confused at the group all being there.
" A miracle, just sit down, I'll tell you once we're all settled." Shelby instructed as she got more teary eyed.
"Okay..no way to say this but to just say it..I'm NOT sick, I'm- pregnant!" Shelby said smiling. There were gasps and 'WHAT?'s all around the room Then Jess shrieked.
"Yeeaahhh! I'm gonna be an AUNTY!" she said all happily.
"Is congratulations appropriate?" Daisy said unsurly but smiling. "Yes! I know it's..SUDDEN, and that I'm still practically a child myself, but I believed I couldn't EVER have a baby! I know it'll be tough, but I couldn't be happier!" Shelby explained. Then everyone hugged Shelby and Scott.
"It's from that night.at Rusty's, huh?" David said in a nice tone as he approached Scott and Shelby.
"Yeah! We know the rules here!" Scott said defensively. Then David did something totally out of the ordinary.
"Congrats, guys. Gonna be an eyesore, that kid." He said nicely.
"Thanks David." Shelby said, touched. So, now the truth was out.
"I was wondering why I didn't fit in my pants barely anymore." Shelby commented as Scott escorted her back with the rest of the girls to the girls cabin later that night.
"You're only..like 4 weeks pregnant! No way you're gaining that much weight already unless." Daisy said halting when Shelby halted and yelped.
"Oh wow!" she said remembering what the doctor had said.
"My meds! They make me..ovulate more! He uses it for egg donors to produce a bunch of eggs..He said I'm possibly having more than one baby!" Shelby said real fast.
"Twins!? Cool!" Jess commented.
"Guys, you better keep quiet. Poor Scott looks like his eyeballs are gonna pop out of his head." Daisy said, snickering.
"M-more?" he mumbled.
"We don't know yet. Tomorrow, at my sonogram we'll know some more." Shelby reassured, getting worried he'd keel over again. He said his goodnights and went back to his dorm still in shock, but smiling. Shelby was gonna have HIS baby! HIS child! Maybe MORE than one! He couldn't ask for anyone better.
"Night..Papi!" he heard Auggie say snickering. Scott could get used to hearing that.
{#}
A/N: There you have it!! The beginning of the best part!!! Hope you like it, and get it!!! I love writing this fic, but I ALSO love when people review my fics, keeps me posting faster, and happier too!! So, please don't forget to review, Please!!! Thanx!