Chapter 12
All right well I want to apologize for not updating in like....I don't know 3 months...But Melissa sent me this chapter, I guess she wanted to see me get moving and it inspired me to do more so look for my own chapter coming up after this one and thanks a ton to Melissa who wrote this one!!
When the appointment was over, she slowly walked to her car, partly to be careful not to hurt her babies, and partly because her mind was spinning with questions. When she did finally get herself situated, she felt a baby kick. For no reason at all, Lizzie found this funny, as if the baby was telling her to lighten up, and she threw her head back in a stress-relieving laugh. Then called up Gordo and Miranda to tell them she was on her way to meet them for Chinese.
When they all got there, and the food had already been ordered, Lizzie broke the news on them. "So LeeAnn thinks I should be hospitalized for the last two months of my pregnancy," she finished.
"Miranda's face grew pale. Lizzie was bothered by her reaction, "What's wrong?" she asked slowly.
"My Aunt..." stared Miranda, eye's growing big.
"What about her?" Lizzie asked, even more baffled.
"Well, she had twins. She had to be hospitalized herself." Started
Miranda, closing her eyes, apparently in pain. "Lizzie, something's going that she's afraid to tell us! When they had her babies in the doctor's care, at birth they found out that one baby had the umbilical cord around one it's neck all along! The baby died at birth Lizzie! When she questioned the doctors, she found out that they knew something was up all along, but the stress would have surely killed both of them, and possibly the mother, Lizzie, I think the babies are in danger."
Now Lizzie turned pale. She looked over at Gordo. When Gordo saw her eye's, tears started to well up, Lizzie's eye's were screaming for help, then suddenly a tear fell across her fair face, then in front of God and everybody, Lizzie started to cry uncontrollably, just like that.
Sure, Gordo and Miranda did their best to calm Lizzie down, telling her that she's putting the babies lives in danger with all this stress, but she needed to cry, all she could do was think about was one huge mistake she made, which made a baby grow, just so it could die; that baby would never see the light of day, she would never be able to wrap her arm
comfortingly around her baby, the baby would never be able to see her brothers or sisters
to be, the baby would just die alone, in Lizzie stomach, and it was all her fault.
Miranda felt like kicking herself for making her best friend so upset, she might have been wrong too. Now, she might cause Lizzie to kill her own babies. Sure, one might have died, but now all of them might.
Gordo didn't know what to do, Lizzie looked like she loved the thought of being a mom, and she surely would have been a great one, now one might die, which would totally devastate her if Miranda's hunch were to be confirmed.
After an hour or two though, Lizzie regained control. She decided to just hope Miranda's hunch was wrong, and that she would give birth to three perfectly healthy babies. But when Lizzie got in her car, said good-bye to Miranda and Gordo, her courage took a turn for the worst, and the fear of loosing her babies almost over-whelmed her. She decided then and there she would not go on like this, in fear. She had to know for sure. So she drove to see Gabriella.
When she got there, and into the office, she immediately saw Gabriella and said, "I, NEED, ANSWERS!"
Gabriella, seeing Lizzie's urgency, decided to hold take some of her free time away to help Lizzie out. "Okay Lizzie, calm down, we don't want you to be under to much stress. Just
come into my office and we can talk about it okay?" Lizzie took a deep breath and clumsily walked over to her office. "So, Lizzie, what did you need to talk to me about so badly?"
Lizzie started to cry at the memory. "You see, after I told Miranda and Gordo that I should be hospitalized, Miranda freaked telling me that her Aunt had twin and had to be hospitalized for the last two months too of her pregnancy too, and turns out that that one of her babies died because it had the umbilical cord around it's neck," and she looked up at the doctor, "I WANT TO KNOW WHAT¹S GOING ON WITH ME!"
Then to Lizzie's horror, she noticed through her tears she saw that Gabriella had started to cry too.
Panic swept over Lizzie, "What? What is it?"
Gabriella looked her, dead in the eye. "Oh Lizzie," she said, "I'm so
sorry."
All right well I want to apologize for not updating in like....I don't know 3 months...But Melissa sent me this chapter, I guess she wanted to see me get moving and it inspired me to do more so look for my own chapter coming up after this one and thanks a ton to Melissa who wrote this one!!
When the appointment was over, she slowly walked to her car, partly to be careful not to hurt her babies, and partly because her mind was spinning with questions. When she did finally get herself situated, she felt a baby kick. For no reason at all, Lizzie found this funny, as if the baby was telling her to lighten up, and she threw her head back in a stress-relieving laugh. Then called up Gordo and Miranda to tell them she was on her way to meet them for Chinese.
When they all got there, and the food had already been ordered, Lizzie broke the news on them. "So LeeAnn thinks I should be hospitalized for the last two months of my pregnancy," she finished.
"Miranda's face grew pale. Lizzie was bothered by her reaction, "What's wrong?" she asked slowly.
"My Aunt..." stared Miranda, eye's growing big.
"What about her?" Lizzie asked, even more baffled.
"Well, she had twins. She had to be hospitalized herself." Started
Miranda, closing her eyes, apparently in pain. "Lizzie, something's going that she's afraid to tell us! When they had her babies in the doctor's care, at birth they found out that one baby had the umbilical cord around one it's neck all along! The baby died at birth Lizzie! When she questioned the doctors, she found out that they knew something was up all along, but the stress would have surely killed both of them, and possibly the mother, Lizzie, I think the babies are in danger."
Now Lizzie turned pale. She looked over at Gordo. When Gordo saw her eye's, tears started to well up, Lizzie's eye's were screaming for help, then suddenly a tear fell across her fair face, then in front of God and everybody, Lizzie started to cry uncontrollably, just like that.
Sure, Gordo and Miranda did their best to calm Lizzie down, telling her that she's putting the babies lives in danger with all this stress, but she needed to cry, all she could do was think about was one huge mistake she made, which made a baby grow, just so it could die; that baby would never see the light of day, she would never be able to wrap her arm
comfortingly around her baby, the baby would never be able to see her brothers or sisters
to be, the baby would just die alone, in Lizzie stomach, and it was all her fault.
Miranda felt like kicking herself for making her best friend so upset, she might have been wrong too. Now, she might cause Lizzie to kill her own babies. Sure, one might have died, but now all of them might.
Gordo didn't know what to do, Lizzie looked like she loved the thought of being a mom, and she surely would have been a great one, now one might die, which would totally devastate her if Miranda's hunch were to be confirmed.
After an hour or two though, Lizzie regained control. She decided to just hope Miranda's hunch was wrong, and that she would give birth to three perfectly healthy babies. But when Lizzie got in her car, said good-bye to Miranda and Gordo, her courage took a turn for the worst, and the fear of loosing her babies almost over-whelmed her. She decided then and there she would not go on like this, in fear. She had to know for sure. So she drove to see Gabriella.
When she got there, and into the office, she immediately saw Gabriella and said, "I, NEED, ANSWERS!"
Gabriella, seeing Lizzie's urgency, decided to hold take some of her free time away to help Lizzie out. "Okay Lizzie, calm down, we don't want you to be under to much stress. Just
come into my office and we can talk about it okay?" Lizzie took a deep breath and clumsily walked over to her office. "So, Lizzie, what did you need to talk to me about so badly?"
Lizzie started to cry at the memory. "You see, after I told Miranda and Gordo that I should be hospitalized, Miranda freaked telling me that her Aunt had twin and had to be hospitalized for the last two months too of her pregnancy too, and turns out that that one of her babies died because it had the umbilical cord around it's neck," and she looked up at the doctor, "I WANT TO KNOW WHAT¹S GOING ON WITH ME!"
Then to Lizzie's horror, she noticed through her tears she saw that Gabriella had started to cry too.
Panic swept over Lizzie, "What? What is it?"
Gabriella looked her, dead in the eye. "Oh Lizzie," she said, "I'm so
sorry."