July 12th, 2010

Week 12

On July 4th, the Malucci family had seen Drew and Elizabeth get married. It was so nice to see Elizabeth getting married again. Ella loved Drew and they had a child together. What more could you ask for? The wedding was beautiful with fireworks. but today they were going to schedule time with their midwife.

Dave kissed Randi's belly softly. It was getting big. Perfect, Dave thought. Randi giggled and pushed Dave away.

"Can we go now?" She asked. Dave nodded.

"Yeah." He took her hand, "If you get too hot, just say the word and we'll go to the ice cream shop I proposed to you in." Randi grinned brightly as she walked out into the heat.

"I would love to do that after we see Hannah anyway." She said. Dave nodded as they strolled down the street.

"All right. We'll go." he said glancing at her. She pushed her brown locks away from her face. God, she was utterly gorgeous. he couldn't believe still after all these years that she was with him.

"Do you think Hannah will freak out that we're pregnant again?" Randi asked. Dave chuckled softly.

"Freak out with happiness, I think." He said, "You know how she is."

"Yeah." Randi smiled softly as they turned onto the street that Hannah lived on. "With this baby, I don't think I want to find the sex out. I think I want to to be a surprise." Dave looked at her.

"Are you serious?" He asked. Randi nodded.

"Yeah. We found out every other time. I think this time I'll wait." She said, "Of course I say that now. In a month of so, I may be dancing with excitement." Dave chuckled softly.

"All right. We'll see how long you can last." he said, "I don't want to see you breaking into the clinic and stealing the ultrasound machine." he winked as they stopped in front of the house. There was a for sale sign. Randi frowned.

"Her house is for sale?" She asked.
"So the sign would say." Dave said, "Her car is still in the driveway."

"Then she must be home." Randi walked up the pathway and knocked on the door. A young woman answered the door.

"May I help you?" She asked with sparkling eyes.

"Yeah. Is Hannah home?" Randi smiled. Those sparkling eyes clouded over.

"My grandmother?" She said softly, "She passed away last month." Randi's eyes widened.

"H-Hannah died?" She whispered.

"Yes, Ma'am." She said, "She died in her sleep. Were you clients of hers?" Dave nodded slowly.

"She delivered our last two daughters and we really wanted to deliver this one." he said to the granddaughter.

"I'm sorry." She said, "I could refer you to some of her colleagues. I have their cards right here." Randi shook her head.

"No...No thanks." Randi backed away. Her eyes filled with tears. Dave sighed as Randi walked away.

"I'm sorry about your grandmother. Take care." Dave took off after Randi, "Randi, wait up!" Randi stopped and looked at him.

"She's dead." She said, "we were friends. I loved that woman."

"I know you did, Baby." Dave said. Randi growled.

"I hadn't talked to her since...Since February. I thought she was fine, delivering a lot of babies." Randi said, "I should have called." Dave sighed.

"It's not your fault." He said.

"Well, I know that, Dave." Randi said to him, "I don't want anyone but her to deliver this baby." Dave looked at her.

"What about me?" He asked.

"What about you?" Randi asked.

"Can't I deliver the baby?" He asked, "I helped with ah...Sailor. I can do it again. I have the clinic now so it'll be okay."

"I'll see." She said as she walked back down the street. She tucked her hands into her pockets. Hannah was dead. She couldn't believe it. She was so excited to tell Hannah about this baby. Now Hannah would just be looking over her and this baby.

July 26th, 2010

Week 14

Randi stood in her office talking on the phone with Misty. They needed some new designs for winter clothes. Things were selling out really fast with M and M Fashions. It was doing really well.

"I'll get something to you later. I'll figure it out." She said.

"Thanks, Girl. I need to get going, but fax me over your designs and I'll do the same." Misty said, "Take care."

"Bye." Randi hung up the phone and headed to the kitchen where Dave was feeding Daisy. The others weren't here. "We need to start thinking about a winter line." She sat down.

"Coat." Daisy said with spagetti hanging out o fher mouth, "Fur." Randi chuckled.

"I could make a fur coat." She said, "Actually that's not bad."

"Smart little kid we've got here." Dave said with a wink, "July and fur coats. Sounds perfect." Randi rolled her eyes as she began to Sketch something out on a napkin. "Maybe you can have a mother and daughter fur coat set." Randi shrugged.

"Maybe. We'll see." Randi pulled herself off of her chair and walked to the sink. She felt a small flutter in her stomach. Randi smiled and got herself a glass of water to drink. The phone began to ring. She snatched it up. "Malucci Household."

"Is Randi there?"

"This is she. How may I help you?" Randi asked.

"This is Susan Lewis from County." She said. Randi grinned.

"Susan, hey! How are you doing? It's been ages." Randi said. Dave looked up from the table.

"She volunteering at the clinic?" Dave asked. Randi shushed him.

"Yeah I know." Susan said.
"What can I do you for?" Randi asked.

"Is your daughter, Sailor?" Susan asked. Randi frowned.

"Yes. She's one of them." She said.

"Sailor was brought into the ER by her coach." Susan said.

"Oh my god. Is she all right?" Randi asked, frantic clear in her voice.

"She had an accident on the balance beam and tore some muscles in her leg." Susan said, "She was in a lot of pain, but she's doing a lot better now."

"Oh my god. Dave and I will be there in five minutes." Randi hung up the phone, "Dave, we need to go the the hospital."

"What happened?" Dave stood up.

"Sailor tore some muscles at her practice." Randi said picking Daisy up, "Susan said she would be okay."

"Let's go." Dave said.

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Sailor sat on the hospital bed with her leg elevated. She was sipping on a juice box. Dave and Randi ran into the room.

"Oh Baby." Randi gathered her daughter in her arms.
"Lori, are you all right?" Dave asked.

"Yes." She slurred. Susan smiled as she walked in.

"I gave her some medication. She was complaining about the pain." Susan said, "She'll need to stay off her leg for about a week, but then she should be fine. I would ease her back into her activities slowly. Maybe her coach can help her with that."

"Yes. Thank you." Dave said pushing back the dark hair of his daughter, "You can fall asleep if you want to darling."

"Okay." Sailor whispered.

"She's a darling child." Susan smiled, "She barely complained about the pain."

"She's a trooper." Randi said rubbing her belly. Susan smiled softly.

"I will leave you guys alone." Susan winked at Daisy and exited the room. Sailor hazel eyes were growing heavy. Dave kissed her forehead.

"We'll be here when you wake up, Pumpkin." Dave whispered. Sailor nodded and soon she began to snore. Dave looked at Randi. Four years old and she already had to worry about hazards of her job.

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