Chapter 6: Late Night Dwellings
OK well I figured this story has sat aside for long enough and I have decided to work on it, and while working on it I realized that many of my facts were wrong so I went back and changed some dates but no story line has been changed...
March 31st
Lizzie sits in Dr. Tudgeman's office waiting for her name to be called flipping through a baby magazine, and when her name is called Lizzie looks up surprised at Gordo. "What are you doing here?" Lizzie questions as he takes a seat beside her. "You are supposed to be at work."
Gordo nods, "I know but I stopped at the theater on my way home and Sandy agreed to let me come into work late if I work an hour later tonight."
"Gordo, you won't get off til midnight then you can't do that, one appointment by myself won't kill me." Lizzie responds, but her tone isn't harsh as Gordo might expect it and she smiles at him.
"It's not a problem, I explained everything to Sandy and he said that his wife had their first child 3 months ago and he still remembers the doctors appointment and he said that so lng as I can give him notice he will make sure I won't have to work until later on the days that you have appointments."
Lizzie beams, "really?"
"Really." Gordo nods, "and..."
"There's an and?" Lizzie asks.
Gordo nods, "I was explaining how you haven't been able to get a job, especially now that you are starting to show and all..."
"You two really did get chatty."
Gordo for a third time nods, "yes...anyway when I told him this he said that they have an opening at customer service, you can work the same schedule I do and you're not on your feet all day."
"Really?" Lizzie exclaims, "Oh my God Gordo, that's great thank you so much!" with her words Lizzie throws her arms around Gordo in a tight hug.
"Ok just a quick sonogram today to make sure everything is going all right." Gabriella states as Lizzie and Gordo stare at the screen.
"I can see them moving!" Lizzie exclaims as she and Gordo both stare in awe at the picture before them.
"They're busy little things." Gordo comments, "their going to keep us on our toes."
Gabriella nods, "it looks like it. Lizzie they are going to begin to develop sleep patterns now, let's just hope they are the same as yours." Gabriella smiles encouragingly at Lizzie, "everyone once in awhile you may be able to feel one of them hiccup.."
"How big are they?" Gordo questions, his eyes never leaving the screen.
Gabriella thinks for a minute, "probably just under 3 inches, about the size of half of a banana."
As Gabriella begins to take the gel off of Lizzie stomach she begins to talk, "Lizzie I realize you are busy with school work, so we probably won't need to see the five of you for another three weeks or so, see what Janet has in that time frame. By next appointment, depending on how the sonogram goes we should be able to tell the sex of the babies."
Lizzie's smile brightens but as she attempts to sit up her smile fades, once Gordo has helped her to a sitting position Lizzie asks, "am I going to get a lot bigger?"
Gabriella nods, "yes you will."
"But I'm huge!" Lizzie exclaims, tear welling in her eyes.
Gabriella pats Lizzie's arm comfortingly, "I know Lizzie but there's not much you can do about it, you are carrying three little ones inside of you."
"I look like I could have a baby at anytime." Lizzie sighs.
Gabriella nods, "I understand Lizzie, it's been said that a woman pregnant with triplets at 4 months looks like she is about 6 to 7 months pregnant."
Lizzie groans and Gordo helps her to her feet, "thank you Dr. Tudgeman, we'll schedule our next appointment."
Gabriella smiles brightly, "all right, but listen you two if you have any concerns about anything you should feel welcome to call me at home, I'm under strict orders from Larry to take extra-special care of you Lizzie."
Lizzie's eyes fill with tears and she hugs Gabriella, "thank you so much."
"Of course Lizzie, I'll see you later."
Gordo yawns as he pulls his car into the driveway relieved to finally be home from work and able to crash in his bed in the guesthouse. But the light in the kitchen stops him, his curiosity as to who would be up at half past midnight wins of his tiredness and he changes his path toward the kitchen instead.
Opening the sliding glass door quietly Gordo stares at Lizzie, who sits at the counter staring down at something. Moving closer Gordo states, "you know that ice cream has almost moved back to it's liquid state."
Lizzie lifts her head quickly and turns to face Gordo, "oh, you scared me."
"I didn't mean to but you were so deep in thought I think someone could have broken in without you noticing." Gordo smiles. "Wanna talk about whatever you are thinking about?"
Lizzie shrugs and then holds the bowl out to Gordo, "you want this? I'm not really hungry anymore and I know you love melted ice cream." Gordo takes the offered ice cream but waits for Lizzie to speak before he says anything.
"I've just been thinking about the babies," unconsciously Lizzie's hands drop to her stomach and rest there for a moment. "They were really moving earlier tonight."
"Gabriella said to expect that," Gordo responds still not sure as to what Lizzie's point is.
"And with them moving now it makes them seem more real, even more then when we heard their heartbeats. And it just really got me thinking about what their lives are going to be like and what ours are going to be like when we have them."
"Are you considering adoption?" Gordo questions.
"I don't know. Do you still think about it?"
Gordo nods, "I did for a long time, until we thought something was wrong. At that moment I felt like I would do anything to protect them, right there at the moment. Lizzie if we put our mind to it I think we can raise these babies. And I realize at some moments it's going to be harder than hell to do this and we are going to want to give up. But then I think about everything else we are going to get back."
"Like what," Lizzie's eyes fill with tears, "I feel so guilty because right now I can't think of a single good thing connected to having these babies."
Gordo wraps a gentle arm around Lizzie's shoulder, "like the fact that we are going to be able to guide these three little people to what they are supposed to become."
Lizzie takes a deep breath, "I guess I never really thought of it that way."
"You're just a little down Lizzie, and that's ok, it's probably even to be expected. But Lizzie if you ever need to talk I'm still here, the same old Gordo."
Lizzie smiles sadly, "I guess when I started seeing you as the father of my children I stopped seeing you as my best friend."
"Well get back in that mindset, we have a lot of years left that we are connected through these babies, it'll be easier if we are still friends." Gordo states.
Lizzie wraps her arms around Gordo and kisses his cheek lightly, "thanks Gordo. I think I can sleep now."
"Good, I'll see you in the morning."
OK well I figured this story has sat aside for long enough and I have decided to work on it, and while working on it I realized that many of my facts were wrong so I went back and changed some dates but no story line has been changed...
March 31st
Lizzie sits in Dr. Tudgeman's office waiting for her name to be called flipping through a baby magazine, and when her name is called Lizzie looks up surprised at Gordo. "What are you doing here?" Lizzie questions as he takes a seat beside her. "You are supposed to be at work."
Gordo nods, "I know but I stopped at the theater on my way home and Sandy agreed to let me come into work late if I work an hour later tonight."
"Gordo, you won't get off til midnight then you can't do that, one appointment by myself won't kill me." Lizzie responds, but her tone isn't harsh as Gordo might expect it and she smiles at him.
"It's not a problem, I explained everything to Sandy and he said that his wife had their first child 3 months ago and he still remembers the doctors appointment and he said that so lng as I can give him notice he will make sure I won't have to work until later on the days that you have appointments."
Lizzie beams, "really?"
"Really." Gordo nods, "and..."
"There's an and?" Lizzie asks.
Gordo nods, "I was explaining how you haven't been able to get a job, especially now that you are starting to show and all..."
"You two really did get chatty."
Gordo for a third time nods, "yes...anyway when I told him this he said that they have an opening at customer service, you can work the same schedule I do and you're not on your feet all day."
"Really?" Lizzie exclaims, "Oh my God Gordo, that's great thank you so much!" with her words Lizzie throws her arms around Gordo in a tight hug.
"Ok just a quick sonogram today to make sure everything is going all right." Gabriella states as Lizzie and Gordo stare at the screen.
"I can see them moving!" Lizzie exclaims as she and Gordo both stare in awe at the picture before them.
"They're busy little things." Gordo comments, "their going to keep us on our toes."
Gabriella nods, "it looks like it. Lizzie they are going to begin to develop sleep patterns now, let's just hope they are the same as yours." Gabriella smiles encouragingly at Lizzie, "everyone once in awhile you may be able to feel one of them hiccup.."
"How big are they?" Gordo questions, his eyes never leaving the screen.
Gabriella thinks for a minute, "probably just under 3 inches, about the size of half of a banana."
As Gabriella begins to take the gel off of Lizzie stomach she begins to talk, "Lizzie I realize you are busy with school work, so we probably won't need to see the five of you for another three weeks or so, see what Janet has in that time frame. By next appointment, depending on how the sonogram goes we should be able to tell the sex of the babies."
Lizzie's smile brightens but as she attempts to sit up her smile fades, once Gordo has helped her to a sitting position Lizzie asks, "am I going to get a lot bigger?"
Gabriella nods, "yes you will."
"But I'm huge!" Lizzie exclaims, tear welling in her eyes.
Gabriella pats Lizzie's arm comfortingly, "I know Lizzie but there's not much you can do about it, you are carrying three little ones inside of you."
"I look like I could have a baby at anytime." Lizzie sighs.
Gabriella nods, "I understand Lizzie, it's been said that a woman pregnant with triplets at 4 months looks like she is about 6 to 7 months pregnant."
Lizzie groans and Gordo helps her to her feet, "thank you Dr. Tudgeman, we'll schedule our next appointment."
Gabriella smiles brightly, "all right, but listen you two if you have any concerns about anything you should feel welcome to call me at home, I'm under strict orders from Larry to take extra-special care of you Lizzie."
Lizzie's eyes fill with tears and she hugs Gabriella, "thank you so much."
"Of course Lizzie, I'll see you later."
Gordo yawns as he pulls his car into the driveway relieved to finally be home from work and able to crash in his bed in the guesthouse. But the light in the kitchen stops him, his curiosity as to who would be up at half past midnight wins of his tiredness and he changes his path toward the kitchen instead.
Opening the sliding glass door quietly Gordo stares at Lizzie, who sits at the counter staring down at something. Moving closer Gordo states, "you know that ice cream has almost moved back to it's liquid state."
Lizzie lifts her head quickly and turns to face Gordo, "oh, you scared me."
"I didn't mean to but you were so deep in thought I think someone could have broken in without you noticing." Gordo smiles. "Wanna talk about whatever you are thinking about?"
Lizzie shrugs and then holds the bowl out to Gordo, "you want this? I'm not really hungry anymore and I know you love melted ice cream." Gordo takes the offered ice cream but waits for Lizzie to speak before he says anything.
"I've just been thinking about the babies," unconsciously Lizzie's hands drop to her stomach and rest there for a moment. "They were really moving earlier tonight."
"Gabriella said to expect that," Gordo responds still not sure as to what Lizzie's point is.
"And with them moving now it makes them seem more real, even more then when we heard their heartbeats. And it just really got me thinking about what their lives are going to be like and what ours are going to be like when we have them."
"Are you considering adoption?" Gordo questions.
"I don't know. Do you still think about it?"
Gordo nods, "I did for a long time, until we thought something was wrong. At that moment I felt like I would do anything to protect them, right there at the moment. Lizzie if we put our mind to it I think we can raise these babies. And I realize at some moments it's going to be harder than hell to do this and we are going to want to give up. But then I think about everything else we are going to get back."
"Like what," Lizzie's eyes fill with tears, "I feel so guilty because right now I can't think of a single good thing connected to having these babies."
Gordo wraps a gentle arm around Lizzie's shoulder, "like the fact that we are going to be able to guide these three little people to what they are supposed to become."
Lizzie takes a deep breath, "I guess I never really thought of it that way."
"You're just a little down Lizzie, and that's ok, it's probably even to be expected. But Lizzie if you ever need to talk I'm still here, the same old Gordo."
Lizzie smiles sadly, "I guess when I started seeing you as the father of my children I stopped seeing you as my best friend."
"Well get back in that mindset, we have a lot of years left that we are connected through these babies, it'll be easier if we are still friends." Gordo states.
Lizzie wraps her arms around Gordo and kisses his cheek lightly, "thanks Gordo. I think I can sleep now."
"Good, I'll see you in the morning."