Author: BlackCherryMeg
Title: The Twists and Turns of Life
Chapter 8
Disclaimer: I do not own these characters.
I sat in the car next to Steven as we drove to the hospital. We were half way there when my cell phone rang.
"Hello?"
"Hey Jackie are you guys on your way to the hospital?"
"Yeah we will be there in a bit Eric. How is Donna doing?"
"She is doing great, but Chrissie is throwing a fit and I can't stay in the room with Donna so please hurry."
"Oh my gosh I'm so sorry I totally forgot that you had Chris. We should be there in like one minute. Bye" I hung up and Steven laughed. "What's so funny?"
"Well you are always uptight about people watching Chris or holding her, but you've now forgotten who had her and didn't remember she was gone at all."
"I knew she was gone… kind of." I laughed at myself and then we reached the hospital.
"Um excuse me, what room is Donna Foreman in?"
"She's in the Labor and Delivery floor. Room 5C." I spotted the elevator and we made our way up there. As the two doors opened Eric was standing by them with Chris crying in his arms. I reached out to her and her tiny hands squeezed my arms.
"Hello little one, I see you don't like Uncle Eric very much do you?" Eric gave an unamused laugh and walked into Donna's room.
"Jackie why don't you go in and I will watch Chris, ok?"
"Alright, I'm sure she doesn't like Eric that much right now anyways." He laughed and I went into the room.
Donna was doing pretty much ok from what I could see.
Donna's POV
Eric stood there with my hand in his. I could tell he was trying to calm me down, but he really wasn't helping. I then saw Jackie come in and Eric was more than happy to let her help me.
"Hey how are you feeling so far?"
"Well I guess I'm feeling ok. The doctors say I'm seven centimeters and will be ready within an hour."
"Are you going to have any medication?"
"Well I don't want to, I mean maybe I will and then have the next baby natural."
"Yeah well just make sure you do what you want and don't let them talk you into anything." I nodded in response and understanding.
Jackie helped and coached me through the hour and it seemed to take forever to get to ten centimeters, but I got there and that's when I decided no medicine. So far the contractions weren't so bad. The doctors said they were nothing compared to the real pain, but I didn't listen and I went natural.
"Ok Donna we need you to push now. We'll count, and on my ten you can stop. Ready let's go." They counted and I pushed as much as I could. The doctors were so right about the pain. I wanted medication but I had done three sets of pushes and decided to just go through with natural the whole way. Eric was now holding my hand. Jackie was at the doorway with Hyde and Chrissie.
"He's almost here, I can't believe this." Eric was actually crying with joy and that gave me so much more inspiration to push.
"Ok One more push we can see the head and the shoulders are coming. One… two… three..." They counted to ten and I pushed.
"Congratulations here is your baby boy!" The doctor held up the baby as he let out a loud cry to announce his arrival. Tears were forming as they handed him to me. His little hand gripped my finger and Eric kissed my forehead.
"Do you have a name for him yet?" Eric looked at me and I hadn't told him, but I already had a name picked out.
"Well Eric what would you think about naming him Steven? I mean Hyde has been such a big help, and he's your best friend." Hyde gave me a big smile and Jackie did too.
"I think that Steven is a great name. But now we need a middle name."
"Man middle names are for sissy boys." Hyde said with a laugh.
"Hyde you have a middle name too."
"Yeah but I took it out and changed my name when I turned 18."
"Ok well this Steven needs a middle name. Well how about Red?
"Steven Red Foreman sounds like a strong name to me." Red finally spoke. He had been sitting outside the room the whole time with Kitty.
"Ok then it's settled. Steven Foreman welcome to the family." The nurse wrote it on the certificate and the rest was filled out. Steven was taken to the nursery.
"I can't believe it. He's actually here!" Jackie was sitting in a chair in my hospital room; she was still excited about the birth.
"Jackie you can calm down now. Not even Eric and I are that excited."
"I know, but now we can talk as mom to mom and give each other advice. It will be so fun! We can have baby sleepovers!"
"Jackie don't get ahead of yourself. We haven't even taken him home yet. By the way are you going home with Hyde tonight? Or are you still staying with us?"
"No I'm going home tonight. Steven just left to take all the stuff back to our house. He'll be back in about five minutes to take me home. Would you like me to get you anything from your house?"
"No thanks, I think I should be ok. Eric already got the clothes and the car seat. I'll see you later. Bye." Jackie left and I went right to sleep.
The next Morning
At about nine I was up and ready to leave. Steven was healthy and eating just like they wanted him to. Eric drove us back to our house.
When we reached the nursery door he stopped me. "Why did we stop?"
"I want you to close your eyes. I will guide you in." He grabbed my hand and walked me a few feet into the room. "Ok you can open them."
I opened my eyes and the room was lit with little animal shaped lights that I wanted, but never bought. He had finished the wall paper, which didn't look too bad for a last minute job.
"How do you like it? I came back last night and got it all done."
"Eric it's wonderful. I can't believe how amazing this is." I went over to the crib and laid down Steven. He looked up at us, but then went to sleep. "Is the baby monitor on?"
"Yeah it is, you looked exhausted, do you want me to make you anything to eat?"
"No that's ok. I just want to go to bed."
"Ok then, let's go." I fell asleep right away. And was reassured that everything was right and was how it was meant to be. All my fears of not being ready to grow up were gone.
I woke up a couple hours later as the cries of Steven came through the monitor. Eric was sound asleep next to me and it didn't look like he'd be getting up anytime soon. I got myself up and walked into the nursery. Steven stopped crying the moment I sat down in the chair and fed him. Even though he was only six pounds, he got heavier and heavier with every minute I held him.
After fifteen minutes of feeding Eric slowly walked into the room rubbing his eyes. "Hey sorry I didn't wake up. Let me take him, and I'll get a bottle to feed him, really you can go back to bed." He looked so tired and every time he closed his eyes it seemed he was falling asleep.
"No Eric its ok I'll feed him. Besides I'm already up and mostly awake."
"Ok well then I'm going back to bed, I love you. Goodnight." He walked back out and half an hour later I went to bed.
The whole night I was up every two hours with Steven. But it was finally morning and I could get a couple hours sleep while Eric watched him.
Eric's POV
Steven was crying so much and only stopped when I went into my room to show him Donna. He loved his mom so much; well I mean he has for the two days he's been here.
I heard the phone rang and ran over to it; Steven has just gone to sleep.
"Hello?"
"Hey Eric it's me Jackie is Donna there?"
"She is asleep right now and so is Steven, so yeah. I will have her call you, but for now don't call anymore; Steven has been very picky about nap times so you know how that goes."
"Oh you're right I'm so sorry. Well I will be over there in a little bit. Talk to you later bye."
"Bye."
I hung up the phone and went into the nursery to check on Steven. He was in his crib where I left him and still sound asleep. I wanted to hold him while he was asleep, since that's when he's not crying. I knew if I picked him up he would be awake. "Hey little guy." He twitched a little at the sound of my voice, but didn't wake up. "How is my baby boy?" I heard someone behind me and saw Donna in the doorway smiling at me.
"Were you talking to him?"
"No." I answered sharply.
"I think you were. And he's not even awake." She laughed a little at me and came closer to give me a kiss. We didn't have much time for ourselves to say I love you or just a simple kiss. I savored that moment with her, but she broke the kiss and looked into my eyes.
"I'm so lucky to have you Donna."
"Yeah I know." She giggled and kissed me again.
Jackie's POV
"Steven are you in here?" Chris had just woken up from her nap and was a little cranky with me but I couldn't find Steven anywhere. He wasn't in the nursery or our room so I went outside and looked around. The pool house looked empty but I wanted to make sure.
Chris started to shiver a little with the breeze, so I took her back in before I looked in the pool house. "Here you go Chrissie. Now you'll be nice and warm." I wrapped her in her blanket and put her in her crib. I grabbed the baby monitor and took it outside with me. I wrapped my arms around my body to keep warm as I walked around our pool to the little pool house.
"Steven are you here?" I stepped into the door and saw candles lit all around the little room. Steven was sitting on the couch we had in there.
"Hey you, do you like it? I figured we could both use a little escape to just relax. Don't worry this isn't just for us to do anything, besides we have to wait about five more weeks for that." He smiled at me and I laughed.
"So why did you do this?" I said as I snuggled up next to him and put my head at the base of his neck.
"So you would have a little time away from Chris and all the chores around the house."
"Well thank you." I gave him a kiss and we sat on the couch and I slowly fell asleep.
A couple hours later we woke up to the crying of Chrissie. I had totally forgotten about putting her to sleep so I slowly picked Steven's arm off of me and carefully set it by him to not wake him up. I got up to see Chris, and forgot the monitor in the pool house; I was going to go back and get it, but figured it would be ok.
When I got into our room where Chrissie was lying down I saw a man dressed in all black standing over the crib with Chrissie in his arms. I wanted to speak, but he didn't notice me yet. I slowly backed up and ducked inside the open closet door, grabbing the other monitor on my way. He turned around and saw me, putting Chris down he came towards me and I saw the ski mask covering his face. I screamed into the monitor hoping to wake Steven.
"Stop screaming and get over by the crib!" I got up and ran to the crib checking my baby to make sure she was ok. She was crying and wouldn't stop.
"Shh little baby, mommy's here now." I touched her cheek and she grabbed my finger with her tiny hand. I had the monitor in my other hand behind my back.
"Where do you keep the money? I know this is the Burkhart Estate so where is it?"
"We don't have any money for you." I said with a quivering voice.
"That's a load of crap and you know it! Where's the money lady?"
"I told you we don't have any money." I was now on the verge of tears and hoping to God that Steven was on his way up here or calling the police.
"You better tell me of you will have to watch me shoot the kid." He pulled a gun from his dark jacket and aimed at the crib.
"Please, I'm telling the truth. If you knew this was the Estate then surely you saw the article in the paper about it. My mother gave me this house after it as fully paid off. I'm not rich anymore, but my mother is. She took off and I only have a little money."
"Where is it?"
"It's not here." I heard steps coming up the stairs and Steven came into the room.
"Put the gun down now!" The man turned around and faced Steven who was holding a gun up, which was now in the man's face.
I figured I should pick up Chrissie and calm her and as I looked down in the crib to pick her up I noticed blood on her arm. He had cut her and the knife was on the small dresser. "Oh my gosh she's bleeding!" I said as I picked her up and held her. Steven looked over and saw his daughter crying and the blood dripping from her tiny baby arm.
"Jackie take Chris down stairs."
"You better not move lady."
I froze by the crib. "Please just let me take care of her cut. I can go right next door to the bathroom and just get a band aid. I'll come right back in."
"Fine, but you better hurry."
I took Chrissie into the bathroom, and remembered we had a phone installed in the bathroom for when we had to give her a bath. I picked the phone up, and just as I did the sound of a gun being shot came from my bedroom. I ran back in fear of Steven and stared into the room in disbelief.
To be continued…
Thanks for the reviews. I hope you like the story. Sorry about all the cliffhangers. I'll try to do better if you don't like them. Please give my any ideas you have for the next chapter. Thanks! R/R
Title: The Twists and Turns of Life
Chapter 8
Disclaimer: I do not own these characters.
I sat in the car next to Steven as we drove to the hospital. We were half way there when my cell phone rang.
"Hello?"
"Hey Jackie are you guys on your way to the hospital?"
"Yeah we will be there in a bit Eric. How is Donna doing?"
"She is doing great, but Chrissie is throwing a fit and I can't stay in the room with Donna so please hurry."
"Oh my gosh I'm so sorry I totally forgot that you had Chris. We should be there in like one minute. Bye" I hung up and Steven laughed. "What's so funny?"
"Well you are always uptight about people watching Chris or holding her, but you've now forgotten who had her and didn't remember she was gone at all."
"I knew she was gone… kind of." I laughed at myself and then we reached the hospital.
"Um excuse me, what room is Donna Foreman in?"
"She's in the Labor and Delivery floor. Room 5C." I spotted the elevator and we made our way up there. As the two doors opened Eric was standing by them with Chris crying in his arms. I reached out to her and her tiny hands squeezed my arms.
"Hello little one, I see you don't like Uncle Eric very much do you?" Eric gave an unamused laugh and walked into Donna's room.
"Jackie why don't you go in and I will watch Chris, ok?"
"Alright, I'm sure she doesn't like Eric that much right now anyways." He laughed and I went into the room.
Donna was doing pretty much ok from what I could see.
Donna's POV
Eric stood there with my hand in his. I could tell he was trying to calm me down, but he really wasn't helping. I then saw Jackie come in and Eric was more than happy to let her help me.
"Hey how are you feeling so far?"
"Well I guess I'm feeling ok. The doctors say I'm seven centimeters and will be ready within an hour."
"Are you going to have any medication?"
"Well I don't want to, I mean maybe I will and then have the next baby natural."
"Yeah well just make sure you do what you want and don't let them talk you into anything." I nodded in response and understanding.
Jackie helped and coached me through the hour and it seemed to take forever to get to ten centimeters, but I got there and that's when I decided no medicine. So far the contractions weren't so bad. The doctors said they were nothing compared to the real pain, but I didn't listen and I went natural.
"Ok Donna we need you to push now. We'll count, and on my ten you can stop. Ready let's go." They counted and I pushed as much as I could. The doctors were so right about the pain. I wanted medication but I had done three sets of pushes and decided to just go through with natural the whole way. Eric was now holding my hand. Jackie was at the doorway with Hyde and Chrissie.
"He's almost here, I can't believe this." Eric was actually crying with joy and that gave me so much more inspiration to push.
"Ok One more push we can see the head and the shoulders are coming. One… two… three..." They counted to ten and I pushed.
"Congratulations here is your baby boy!" The doctor held up the baby as he let out a loud cry to announce his arrival. Tears were forming as they handed him to me. His little hand gripped my finger and Eric kissed my forehead.
"Do you have a name for him yet?" Eric looked at me and I hadn't told him, but I already had a name picked out.
"Well Eric what would you think about naming him Steven? I mean Hyde has been such a big help, and he's your best friend." Hyde gave me a big smile and Jackie did too.
"I think that Steven is a great name. But now we need a middle name."
"Man middle names are for sissy boys." Hyde said with a laugh.
"Hyde you have a middle name too."
"Yeah but I took it out and changed my name when I turned 18."
"Ok well this Steven needs a middle name. Well how about Red?
"Steven Red Foreman sounds like a strong name to me." Red finally spoke. He had been sitting outside the room the whole time with Kitty.
"Ok then it's settled. Steven Foreman welcome to the family." The nurse wrote it on the certificate and the rest was filled out. Steven was taken to the nursery.
"I can't believe it. He's actually here!" Jackie was sitting in a chair in my hospital room; she was still excited about the birth.
"Jackie you can calm down now. Not even Eric and I are that excited."
"I know, but now we can talk as mom to mom and give each other advice. It will be so fun! We can have baby sleepovers!"
"Jackie don't get ahead of yourself. We haven't even taken him home yet. By the way are you going home with Hyde tonight? Or are you still staying with us?"
"No I'm going home tonight. Steven just left to take all the stuff back to our house. He'll be back in about five minutes to take me home. Would you like me to get you anything from your house?"
"No thanks, I think I should be ok. Eric already got the clothes and the car seat. I'll see you later. Bye." Jackie left and I went right to sleep.
The next Morning
At about nine I was up and ready to leave. Steven was healthy and eating just like they wanted him to. Eric drove us back to our house.
When we reached the nursery door he stopped me. "Why did we stop?"
"I want you to close your eyes. I will guide you in." He grabbed my hand and walked me a few feet into the room. "Ok you can open them."
I opened my eyes and the room was lit with little animal shaped lights that I wanted, but never bought. He had finished the wall paper, which didn't look too bad for a last minute job.
"How do you like it? I came back last night and got it all done."
"Eric it's wonderful. I can't believe how amazing this is." I went over to the crib and laid down Steven. He looked up at us, but then went to sleep. "Is the baby monitor on?"
"Yeah it is, you looked exhausted, do you want me to make you anything to eat?"
"No that's ok. I just want to go to bed."
"Ok then, let's go." I fell asleep right away. And was reassured that everything was right and was how it was meant to be. All my fears of not being ready to grow up were gone.
I woke up a couple hours later as the cries of Steven came through the monitor. Eric was sound asleep next to me and it didn't look like he'd be getting up anytime soon. I got myself up and walked into the nursery. Steven stopped crying the moment I sat down in the chair and fed him. Even though he was only six pounds, he got heavier and heavier with every minute I held him.
After fifteen minutes of feeding Eric slowly walked into the room rubbing his eyes. "Hey sorry I didn't wake up. Let me take him, and I'll get a bottle to feed him, really you can go back to bed." He looked so tired and every time he closed his eyes it seemed he was falling asleep.
"No Eric its ok I'll feed him. Besides I'm already up and mostly awake."
"Ok well then I'm going back to bed, I love you. Goodnight." He walked back out and half an hour later I went to bed.
The whole night I was up every two hours with Steven. But it was finally morning and I could get a couple hours sleep while Eric watched him.
Eric's POV
Steven was crying so much and only stopped when I went into my room to show him Donna. He loved his mom so much; well I mean he has for the two days he's been here.
I heard the phone rang and ran over to it; Steven has just gone to sleep.
"Hello?"
"Hey Eric it's me Jackie is Donna there?"
"She is asleep right now and so is Steven, so yeah. I will have her call you, but for now don't call anymore; Steven has been very picky about nap times so you know how that goes."
"Oh you're right I'm so sorry. Well I will be over there in a little bit. Talk to you later bye."
"Bye."
I hung up the phone and went into the nursery to check on Steven. He was in his crib where I left him and still sound asleep. I wanted to hold him while he was asleep, since that's when he's not crying. I knew if I picked him up he would be awake. "Hey little guy." He twitched a little at the sound of my voice, but didn't wake up. "How is my baby boy?" I heard someone behind me and saw Donna in the doorway smiling at me.
"Were you talking to him?"
"No." I answered sharply.
"I think you were. And he's not even awake." She laughed a little at me and came closer to give me a kiss. We didn't have much time for ourselves to say I love you or just a simple kiss. I savored that moment with her, but she broke the kiss and looked into my eyes.
"I'm so lucky to have you Donna."
"Yeah I know." She giggled and kissed me again.
Jackie's POV
"Steven are you in here?" Chris had just woken up from her nap and was a little cranky with me but I couldn't find Steven anywhere. He wasn't in the nursery or our room so I went outside and looked around. The pool house looked empty but I wanted to make sure.
Chris started to shiver a little with the breeze, so I took her back in before I looked in the pool house. "Here you go Chrissie. Now you'll be nice and warm." I wrapped her in her blanket and put her in her crib. I grabbed the baby monitor and took it outside with me. I wrapped my arms around my body to keep warm as I walked around our pool to the little pool house.
"Steven are you here?" I stepped into the door and saw candles lit all around the little room. Steven was sitting on the couch we had in there.
"Hey you, do you like it? I figured we could both use a little escape to just relax. Don't worry this isn't just for us to do anything, besides we have to wait about five more weeks for that." He smiled at me and I laughed.
"So why did you do this?" I said as I snuggled up next to him and put my head at the base of his neck.
"So you would have a little time away from Chris and all the chores around the house."
"Well thank you." I gave him a kiss and we sat on the couch and I slowly fell asleep.
A couple hours later we woke up to the crying of Chrissie. I had totally forgotten about putting her to sleep so I slowly picked Steven's arm off of me and carefully set it by him to not wake him up. I got up to see Chris, and forgot the monitor in the pool house; I was going to go back and get it, but figured it would be ok.
When I got into our room where Chrissie was lying down I saw a man dressed in all black standing over the crib with Chrissie in his arms. I wanted to speak, but he didn't notice me yet. I slowly backed up and ducked inside the open closet door, grabbing the other monitor on my way. He turned around and saw me, putting Chris down he came towards me and I saw the ski mask covering his face. I screamed into the monitor hoping to wake Steven.
"Stop screaming and get over by the crib!" I got up and ran to the crib checking my baby to make sure she was ok. She was crying and wouldn't stop.
"Shh little baby, mommy's here now." I touched her cheek and she grabbed my finger with her tiny hand. I had the monitor in my other hand behind my back.
"Where do you keep the money? I know this is the Burkhart Estate so where is it?"
"We don't have any money for you." I said with a quivering voice.
"That's a load of crap and you know it! Where's the money lady?"
"I told you we don't have any money." I was now on the verge of tears and hoping to God that Steven was on his way up here or calling the police.
"You better tell me of you will have to watch me shoot the kid." He pulled a gun from his dark jacket and aimed at the crib.
"Please, I'm telling the truth. If you knew this was the Estate then surely you saw the article in the paper about it. My mother gave me this house after it as fully paid off. I'm not rich anymore, but my mother is. She took off and I only have a little money."
"Where is it?"
"It's not here." I heard steps coming up the stairs and Steven came into the room.
"Put the gun down now!" The man turned around and faced Steven who was holding a gun up, which was now in the man's face.
I figured I should pick up Chrissie and calm her and as I looked down in the crib to pick her up I noticed blood on her arm. He had cut her and the knife was on the small dresser. "Oh my gosh she's bleeding!" I said as I picked her up and held her. Steven looked over and saw his daughter crying and the blood dripping from her tiny baby arm.
"Jackie take Chris down stairs."
"You better not move lady."
I froze by the crib. "Please just let me take care of her cut. I can go right next door to the bathroom and just get a band aid. I'll come right back in."
"Fine, but you better hurry."
I took Chrissie into the bathroom, and remembered we had a phone installed in the bathroom for when we had to give her a bath. I picked the phone up, and just as I did the sound of a gun being shot came from my bedroom. I ran back in fear of Steven and stared into the room in disbelief.
To be continued…
Thanks for the reviews. I hope you like the story. Sorry about all the cliffhangers. I'll try to do better if you don't like them. Please give my any ideas you have for the next chapter. Thanks! R/R