Chapter 7: Emergency Visit to the Hospital
August 21st
"I hope they are all girls." Miranda states, "that way we can dress them up in cute little matching outfits and when they are older we can take them shopping..."
"Well I hope they are all boys...and that way we can teach them to play sports...and...and other guys stuff!" Ethan exclaims.
"And other guys stuff?" Miranda arches an eyebrow, "what does that mean? Besides three boys would drive Lizzie crazy."
"And three girls wouldn't drive Gordo crazy?" Matt asks stepping in.
"Well I think they all should be identical" Melina adds. "It would be so cool, they could switch places in school and on everybody, Matt and I could teach them everything we know."
"Well so long as they are healthy I don't think it matters." Larry puts in.
"There's the right idea." Sam states.
"But an interest in Star Trek would be nice." Larry adds and everyone else rolls their eyes.
"Well I guess we won't have to wait long to find out," Jo interrupts, "cause they are here now."
By the time Lizzie and Gordo walk into the house everyone can notice that Lizzie is walking on air and Gordo seems to be right there with her.
"Well?" Miranda asks impatiently.
"They are all very healthy." Gordo states.
Lizzie nods, "yup! They are all the size of my hand, from tip of my middle finger to bottom of my palm."
Gordo nods and continues, "their about the size of any other baby, and they're heart rates are all healthy, 146, 147, 143."
"What is the normal healthy range?" Jo asks and everyone shoots a glare at her for daring to prolong the announcement of the babies' sexes.
"130 to 160 so they are doing very well." Lizzie states. "We have pictures, well some, baby C seems to be a little shy so we couldn't get any good pictures. Baby A sucks their thumb, baby B on the other hand she was able to give us several good pictures."
"She?" Miranda asks.
Lizzie nods, "Yup."
"Yes!" With her exclamation Miranda hugs her best friends quickly.
"The other two are boys right?" Ethan asks quickly and Matt chimes in with an echo.
Lizzie shrugs and Gordo informs, "we couldn't get a good enough picture of the other two to find out."
"We figure that the good thing about this is that we can think of a name for her until our next appointment."
"Which is when?" Jo questions walking over to the family calendar.
"Two weeks." Lizzie responds dutifully.
"So are you guys hungry?"
Sam's question causes a ripple of laughter to go around the group and it is fueled by Lizzie's, "I'm starving!"
"We thought he would try out the new buffet that just opened in town." Jo states.
"Yah so Lizzie can pig out as much as she likes." Matt laughs.
Lizzie glares at her little brother, "hey! I'm eating for 4 now!"
"Victoria." Miranda is saying when Lizzie arrives at the table seating the party of 9.
"Hey!" Matt exclaims when Lizzie sits down at the table, "I didn't know we could get desert instead of dinner."
"I'm getting dinner." Lizzie insists, "I am just starting with desert. Besides the babies want ice cream."
"No fair using the babies, they don't know what you are eating." Melina retorts.
"It is true though," Gordo interrupts, "during our last visit Gabriella told us that the babies can taste now."
"Besides, Melina when you look like you are going to pop like an over-inflated balloon then you get a say in what's fair." Lizzie's glare falls upon Melina who backs down immediately. "So what were you guys talking about anyway?"
"Cute names for girls." Jo states.
"I've all ready told Lizzie that I like the name Grace." Gordo states.
Lizzie nods, "and I like Grace, but it's so hard to find a good middle name that goes with Grace."
"So use it for a middle name then." Jo suggests.
"That's what we were thinking." Gordo agrees.
May 12th
"Ok, my parents anniversary is Saturday so we have to find them the perfect gift." Lizzie states walking, or waddling rather, between Gordo and Miranda.
"Right," Gordo nods, "they have done a lot for us so a good gift would be appreciated."
"All right so where do we start?" Miranda asks, she had tagged along to Lizzie's 21st week appointment and had been there when Lizzie had found out that Baby B was also a girl. It was still impossible to tell what baby C was, the position still wasn't right but Miranda and Lizzie were thrilled that a second girl was positive.
"We start as soon as I can get a pretzel with cheese sauce." Lizzie states.
Taking a seat around a table Miranda questions, "So you really aren't going to tell us the names you decide on?"
Lizzie grins and shakes her head, "nope! We want it to be a surprise."
"But you have decided on names?" Miranda questions.
"Just for our least shy little girl." Gordo responds, "we decided last night."
"Can't you give me a hint?" Miranda begs.
Lizzie shakes her head, "nope! No hints!"
"Well that's not..." Miranda's sentence is cut short by the appearance of two adults.
"Hello David." Gordo's father's tone changes the cheerful mood immediately.
"M-mom, D-dad what are you guys doing here?" Gordo stutters.
"This is a mall David, a public place." Howard responds.
"Right." Gordo nods, "sorry."
"So I understand you're shacking up with Lizzie here." Howard states.
"Howard don't," Roberta begs.
"Don't what Roberta?" Howard questions, "don't ask my son a valid question?"
With the help of the table Lizzie hoists herself onto her feet quickly, "excuse me Mr. Gordon!"
"Lizzie don't..." Gordo begins.
"They have no right to talk to you like this Gordo." Lizzie fumes, "you're the one who kicked Gordo out, sit, where'd you expect him to go? A homeless shelter, because that's basically the choice you gave him!"
"I don't appreciate being yelled at Ms. McGuire, please keep your voice down." Howard orders.
"I will not! Lizzie yells back, "you are acting like a jerk! He's your son, and yes we made a mistake but you can't keep treating him like this."
Before Howard can respond Roberta takes him by the arm and begins to pull him away pleading, "please don't do this, not here."
By the time the two have disappeared around the corner Lizzie is taking deep breaths but within seconds she is doubled over. Within seconds Gordo and Miranda are at Lizzie side.
"Lizzie what's wrong?" Gordo asks quickly.
Lizzie shakes her head, "I don't know, it hurts."
"I'll call Gabriella." Gordo states quickly as Miranda helps Lizzie to sit. After a quick conversation Gordo states, "Gabriella says that she will meet us at the hospital."
"Do we need to call an ambulance?" Miranda asks worry written across her face as she squeezes Lizzie's hand.
"She said no, but to come to the hospital right away." Gordo states, "I'll go get the car meet me at the entrance we came in." And with those words Gordo starts off at a run toward the other end of the hospital.
Once the three are in the car, with Lizzie in the back nervously sitting but no longer in pain Miranda discreetly switches the radio so that there is no music in the front. "You don't think she is in labor do you?" Miranda asks in a hushed voice.
Gordo makes a sharp turn right, "I hope not. She's just barely 5 months pregnant...The complications that could come from..."
"Just get us to the hospital." Miranda whispers, "don't start jumping to conclusions."
August 21st
"I hope they are all girls." Miranda states, "that way we can dress them up in cute little matching outfits and when they are older we can take them shopping..."
"Well I hope they are all boys...and that way we can teach them to play sports...and...and other guys stuff!" Ethan exclaims.
"And other guys stuff?" Miranda arches an eyebrow, "what does that mean? Besides three boys would drive Lizzie crazy."
"And three girls wouldn't drive Gordo crazy?" Matt asks stepping in.
"Well I think they all should be identical" Melina adds. "It would be so cool, they could switch places in school and on everybody, Matt and I could teach them everything we know."
"Well so long as they are healthy I don't think it matters." Larry puts in.
"There's the right idea." Sam states.
"But an interest in Star Trek would be nice." Larry adds and everyone else rolls their eyes.
"Well I guess we won't have to wait long to find out," Jo interrupts, "cause they are here now."
By the time Lizzie and Gordo walk into the house everyone can notice that Lizzie is walking on air and Gordo seems to be right there with her.
"Well?" Miranda asks impatiently.
"They are all very healthy." Gordo states.
Lizzie nods, "yup! They are all the size of my hand, from tip of my middle finger to bottom of my palm."
Gordo nods and continues, "their about the size of any other baby, and they're heart rates are all healthy, 146, 147, 143."
"What is the normal healthy range?" Jo asks and everyone shoots a glare at her for daring to prolong the announcement of the babies' sexes.
"130 to 160 so they are doing very well." Lizzie states. "We have pictures, well some, baby C seems to be a little shy so we couldn't get any good pictures. Baby A sucks their thumb, baby B on the other hand she was able to give us several good pictures."
"She?" Miranda asks.
Lizzie nods, "Yup."
"Yes!" With her exclamation Miranda hugs her best friends quickly.
"The other two are boys right?" Ethan asks quickly and Matt chimes in with an echo.
Lizzie shrugs and Gordo informs, "we couldn't get a good enough picture of the other two to find out."
"We figure that the good thing about this is that we can think of a name for her until our next appointment."
"Which is when?" Jo questions walking over to the family calendar.
"Two weeks." Lizzie responds dutifully.
"So are you guys hungry?"
Sam's question causes a ripple of laughter to go around the group and it is fueled by Lizzie's, "I'm starving!"
"We thought he would try out the new buffet that just opened in town." Jo states.
"Yah so Lizzie can pig out as much as she likes." Matt laughs.
Lizzie glares at her little brother, "hey! I'm eating for 4 now!"
"Victoria." Miranda is saying when Lizzie arrives at the table seating the party of 9.
"Hey!" Matt exclaims when Lizzie sits down at the table, "I didn't know we could get desert instead of dinner."
"I'm getting dinner." Lizzie insists, "I am just starting with desert. Besides the babies want ice cream."
"No fair using the babies, they don't know what you are eating." Melina retorts.
"It is true though," Gordo interrupts, "during our last visit Gabriella told us that the babies can taste now."
"Besides, Melina when you look like you are going to pop like an over-inflated balloon then you get a say in what's fair." Lizzie's glare falls upon Melina who backs down immediately. "So what were you guys talking about anyway?"
"Cute names for girls." Jo states.
"I've all ready told Lizzie that I like the name Grace." Gordo states.
Lizzie nods, "and I like Grace, but it's so hard to find a good middle name that goes with Grace."
"So use it for a middle name then." Jo suggests.
"That's what we were thinking." Gordo agrees.
May 12th
"Ok, my parents anniversary is Saturday so we have to find them the perfect gift." Lizzie states walking, or waddling rather, between Gordo and Miranda.
"Right," Gordo nods, "they have done a lot for us so a good gift would be appreciated."
"All right so where do we start?" Miranda asks, she had tagged along to Lizzie's 21st week appointment and had been there when Lizzie had found out that Baby B was also a girl. It was still impossible to tell what baby C was, the position still wasn't right but Miranda and Lizzie were thrilled that a second girl was positive.
"We start as soon as I can get a pretzel with cheese sauce." Lizzie states.
Taking a seat around a table Miranda questions, "So you really aren't going to tell us the names you decide on?"
Lizzie grins and shakes her head, "nope! We want it to be a surprise."
"But you have decided on names?" Miranda questions.
"Just for our least shy little girl." Gordo responds, "we decided last night."
"Can't you give me a hint?" Miranda begs.
Lizzie shakes her head, "nope! No hints!"
"Well that's not..." Miranda's sentence is cut short by the appearance of two adults.
"Hello David." Gordo's father's tone changes the cheerful mood immediately.
"M-mom, D-dad what are you guys doing here?" Gordo stutters.
"This is a mall David, a public place." Howard responds.
"Right." Gordo nods, "sorry."
"So I understand you're shacking up with Lizzie here." Howard states.
"Howard don't," Roberta begs.
"Don't what Roberta?" Howard questions, "don't ask my son a valid question?"
With the help of the table Lizzie hoists herself onto her feet quickly, "excuse me Mr. Gordon!"
"Lizzie don't..." Gordo begins.
"They have no right to talk to you like this Gordo." Lizzie fumes, "you're the one who kicked Gordo out, sit, where'd you expect him to go? A homeless shelter, because that's basically the choice you gave him!"
"I don't appreciate being yelled at Ms. McGuire, please keep your voice down." Howard orders.
"I will not! Lizzie yells back, "you are acting like a jerk! He's your son, and yes we made a mistake but you can't keep treating him like this."
Before Howard can respond Roberta takes him by the arm and begins to pull him away pleading, "please don't do this, not here."
By the time the two have disappeared around the corner Lizzie is taking deep breaths but within seconds she is doubled over. Within seconds Gordo and Miranda are at Lizzie side.
"Lizzie what's wrong?" Gordo asks quickly.
Lizzie shakes her head, "I don't know, it hurts."
"I'll call Gabriella." Gordo states quickly as Miranda helps Lizzie to sit. After a quick conversation Gordo states, "Gabriella says that she will meet us at the hospital."
"Do we need to call an ambulance?" Miranda asks worry written across her face as she squeezes Lizzie's hand.
"She said no, but to come to the hospital right away." Gordo states, "I'll go get the car meet me at the entrance we came in." And with those words Gordo starts off at a run toward the other end of the hospital.
Once the three are in the car, with Lizzie in the back nervously sitting but no longer in pain Miranda discreetly switches the radio so that there is no music in the front. "You don't think she is in labor do you?" Miranda asks in a hushed voice.
Gordo makes a sharp turn right, "I hope not. She's just barely 5 months pregnant...The complications that could come from..."
"Just get us to the hospital." Miranda whispers, "don't start jumping to conclusions."