A/N: Sorry it took me so long to get this next chapter up, but I
discovered a MAJOR plot hole. I had to leave out a what-was-going-to-be-
semi-big event in the story, and change some stuff around. And thank you
to Karen for giving me the idea of the last name Scollins (which I find
amusing) and putting up with all of my dumb questions.
Chapter 10
Everything had happened so suddenly. One minute Lucy was leaving the hospital to go home, and the next she was feeling pains in her belly and was set up in a hospital room. The nurse had told her that everything looked fine, and the doctor would be in to check on her soon. That had been an hour ago. Simon, Ruthie, the twins, and her father were in the waiting room, and her mother was waiting for the doctor with her.
She wished Kevin was here beside her, to help her through this. The empty feeling in her heart only added to the labor pains.
"Hi, I'm Dr. Scollins," said a voice. Lucy looked up and found that she hadn't noticed the doctor coming in.
"Lucy Kinkirk," she said.
"I'm her mother, Annie Camden," said Annie. The doctor nodded and began to examine a clipboard that was by the bed. A minute later a nurse came to the door.
"Frank, we need you in room 212," she said.
"I'll be there in a sec," said Dr. Scollins as he put the clipboard down and glanced at the machine that measured the contractions. "Everything seems okay for now," he said to Lucy and Annie. "I'll be back in a little while to examine you a little more."
"Okay," said Lucy as he left.
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Simon was sick of the hospital. Sick of watching his father pace around the room, sick of the clean yet disgusting smell, sick of waiting. He needed to get out for a while, take a walk. But as soon as he got up, hunger overtook his desire to get out of the hospital.
"I'm going to get some food at the cafeteria, you want something?" he asked Ruthie.
"Hospital food? I'm not that hungry," she responded.
"I want to come!" exclaimed David.
"I want to come too!" said Sam.
"Okay," said Simon. "Dad, you want something?"
"No thanks, Simon." With that, Simon took the twins' hands, one on each side of him and headed off towards the cafeteria.
"When are we gonna leave?" asked Sam.
"We'll leave after Lucy has her baby," said Simon.
"When's that gonna be?" asked David. Simon smiled. As annoying as the twins could be, they were cute and he couldn't help but to love them.
"I don't know, hopefully soon, I'm sick of this place too."
"Excuse me," said a nurse who had just passed them, "are you family of Kevin Kinkirk?" Simon turned around and nodded, unsure of what to expect. "I recognized you," continued the nurse. "We tried to call your house, but no one was home. Mr. Kinkirk got out of the coma a while ago, and he's asking to see his family." Simon smiled in bewilderment.
"Wow," he said under his breath. "Great timing, Kevin."
Chapter 10
Everything had happened so suddenly. One minute Lucy was leaving the hospital to go home, and the next she was feeling pains in her belly and was set up in a hospital room. The nurse had told her that everything looked fine, and the doctor would be in to check on her soon. That had been an hour ago. Simon, Ruthie, the twins, and her father were in the waiting room, and her mother was waiting for the doctor with her.
She wished Kevin was here beside her, to help her through this. The empty feeling in her heart only added to the labor pains.
"Hi, I'm Dr. Scollins," said a voice. Lucy looked up and found that she hadn't noticed the doctor coming in.
"Lucy Kinkirk," she said.
"I'm her mother, Annie Camden," said Annie. The doctor nodded and began to examine a clipboard that was by the bed. A minute later a nurse came to the door.
"Frank, we need you in room 212," she said.
"I'll be there in a sec," said Dr. Scollins as he put the clipboard down and glanced at the machine that measured the contractions. "Everything seems okay for now," he said to Lucy and Annie. "I'll be back in a little while to examine you a little more."
"Okay," said Lucy as he left.
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Simon was sick of the hospital. Sick of watching his father pace around the room, sick of the clean yet disgusting smell, sick of waiting. He needed to get out for a while, take a walk. But as soon as he got up, hunger overtook his desire to get out of the hospital.
"I'm going to get some food at the cafeteria, you want something?" he asked Ruthie.
"Hospital food? I'm not that hungry," she responded.
"I want to come!" exclaimed David.
"I want to come too!" said Sam.
"Okay," said Simon. "Dad, you want something?"
"No thanks, Simon." With that, Simon took the twins' hands, one on each side of him and headed off towards the cafeteria.
"When are we gonna leave?" asked Sam.
"We'll leave after Lucy has her baby," said Simon.
"When's that gonna be?" asked David. Simon smiled. As annoying as the twins could be, they were cute and he couldn't help but to love them.
"I don't know, hopefully soon, I'm sick of this place too."
"Excuse me," said a nurse who had just passed them, "are you family of Kevin Kinkirk?" Simon turned around and nodded, unsure of what to expect. "I recognized you," continued the nurse. "We tried to call your house, but no one was home. Mr. Kinkirk got out of the coma a while ago, and he's asking to see his family." Simon smiled in bewilderment.
"Wow," he said under his breath. "Great timing, Kevin."