July 26th, 1995
Bruno walked into the house, setting the security alarm to the house and the front gate. They've had some gate crashers lately and he just didn't feel like dealing with people today.
"Daddy!!" Giana ran down the stairs and threw herself at Bruno's legs.
"Hey, Princess." He scooped the three year old up. "Where's mommy and Elena?"
"Swimming." Giana said, "See? I gota my suit on."
"I see." Bruno smiled walking out back. He looked at Coco laying on the edge of the pool. Elena was taking dives off of the diving board. "Hello Girls." Coco took her sunglasses off.
"Hey." She smiled, "We're swimming."
"I can see that." Bruno put Giana down.
"Are you going to come swimming, Daddy?" Elena asked. Bruno nodded.
"Sure. That sounds good. It's hot out." He took his shirt off. Coco smiled as she watched him. She whistled. "Oh be quiet."
"I can't admire my boyfriend?" Coco asked.
"Sure you can." he took his pants off.
"I'll admire you more later." Coco winked. Elena groaned.
"God, that's so gross." Elena said, "Get a hotel room." Coco sat up on her elbows.
"You know what young lady? I can love your father any way I want this is our home." She said. Elena wrinkled her nose.
"Don't do it in front of me." She said, "I know where Me and Giana came from. I don't need to see where baby number three comes from." Bruno got into the water. Giana followed behind him.
"Don't start sassing me." Coco said. Bruno took Giana's hands and pulled her into the water. She floated with her floaties on.
"This is fun, Daddy." Giana said.
"I know. Soon you'll be able to swim without your floaties on." Bruno said. Giana smiled as she kicked her feet.
"I swam without my floaties when I was your age." Elena smirked.
"So, you smell." Giana stuck out her tongue. Bruno chuckled.
"Girls, don't say hateful words." He said.
"I'm not. It's Gia." Elena frowned climbing out of the pool. "Why do you always take her side?"
"We don't take sides." Coco said, "Daddy was talking to the both of you. Don't get an attitude." Elena wrapped her towel around her.
"I hate this family." She said stalking into the house.
"What's her problem today?" Bruno asked.
"You don't want to even know." Coco muttered. Bruno nodded swimming over to her.
"Yes I do. That's why I asked." Bruno said, "Did something happen?"
"She's a female, Bruno. It's her time of month." Coco said. Bruno frowned.
"She's only nine." he said.
"Well, I was nine and so is she." Coco said, "Just give it a few days and she'll return to normal." Bruno glanced at Giana who was splashing in the water and throwing her inner tubes around the pool. His girls couldn't be hitting THAT stage already. God help him.
August 19th, 1995
Ralph sometimes had a hard time sleeping at night. He sometimes roamed the house checking on his children. He sometimes went into his office and worked on a few jokes, like tonight. There was a lot of stuff in the news that he could poke fun at.
"But what?" He mumbled. Doris walked into the office.
"Ralph?" She whispered.
"Sweetie, it three am. Go back to bed." He told her. She shook her head.
"I can't." She said.
"Why?" Ralph asked.
"Because my water broke." Doris told him. Ralph's eyes widened.
"But you have four weeks left!" He cried.
"Tell the damn baby that!" Doris snapped. She keeled over as a contraction coursed through her body.
"Oh god." Ralph jumped up, "Come sit." Doris whimpered.
"Get Monty." She said.
"I will." He kissed her forehead and ran outdoors, still in his boxers. He ran up the steps to Montgomery's house and began to ring the doorbell. "Come on, Monty!"
"Jeez. You're going to wake the dead." Montgomery said looking at him, "Nice boxers."
"Dorie's water broke." he said.
"What?" Montgomery stared at him.
"You need to watch Dom and Freddy. I need to take her to the hospital." Ralph said. Montgomery grabbed his shoes and slid them on.
"Okay. You take her. We'll be fine." he said going to the house.
6:34 am
Doris lay in her hospital bed staring at her mother. Naomi was on the phone with every family member telling them that her third grandchild was being born.
"Mom, hang up the phone." Doris said. Naomi continued to talk, "Oh god Ma, please, help me." She moaned loudly. Naomi's eyes widened and she hung up the phone and rant o her daughter's side.
"Oh, Doris!" Naomi cried, "What's wrong?" Doris smiled.
"I wanted you to get off the phone." She said. Naomi frowned deeply.
"Don't you ever do that again." She said, "You nearly gave me a heart attack. I thought something was wrong."
"I've been through this before. I know how to have a baby." Doris said.
"But every pregnancy and labour are different." Naomi pointed out. Doris shrugged looking out the window, "So tell me how set are you on the name what is it? California?"
"We're naming this baby Francisco." Doris said.
"Why on Earth are you going to do that to this child? Dominique is bad enough." Naomi told her. Doris frowned.
"Dominique is lovely." She said, "Ever heard of Chico and the Man? Chico's real name was Francisco."
"Is this another Freddie Prinze thing?" Naomi asked.
"Yeah." Doris said, "You know how much Ralph loves him. I don't mind the name. I think it's cute."
"He's going to get beaten up." Naomi muttered.
"You named me Doris and I didn't get beaten up." She smirked.
"Oh don't start this again." Naomi patted her daughters hand, "I guess I can live with Francisco. It could be worse."
"You're right. I could name him Doris." Doris winked playfully. She liked teasing her mother.
9:03 am
Ralph was walking back and forth. He hated waiting. He hated labour. He wanted his son in his arms.
"I could write this in a bit." He told Doris.
"Don't you dare." She chuckled.
"S.N.L. is looking for more stuff from me though." Ralph sat down on her bedside. "I'm thinking about doing it full time."
"S.N.L?" She asked.
"Yeah. They asked." Ralph said.
"Why you didn't say yes right away?" Doris chuckled, "SNL is a fantastic job, Ralph."
"I know, but I wanted tot alk to you about it first and I didn't want to bug you about it right now with the baby on the way."
"Oh shut up." She chuckled, "I want you to do this."
"Really?" Ralph smiled.
"God yes." Doris was about to kick him when a contraction decided to come. She took in a deep breath and closed her eyes tightly. She hated this.
"Breath, Baby." Ralph took her hand. Doris groaned as the pain coursed through her. This baby had to get out now. Dr. White, Doris' obgyn, walked into the room.
"How are you feeling, Doris?" he asked. She exhaled and relaxed.
"These contractions are killer." She murmured.
"It's probably getting close to pushing time." He said putting the gloves on, "Let me examine you and see how dilated you are." Doris nodded. Ralph frowned. He hated this part. He hated seeing another man touch his wife. Doris winced slightly as he examined her.
"We're anxious to have this baby." Ralph said.
"Well, it won't be long now." Dr. White said, "You're seven centimeters dilated."
"Seven. Good." Doris smiled, "Only three to go."
"Just hang in there." Dr. White said taking off his gloves. "If you need anything, just have me paged." Ralph nodded.
"Thank you." He said looking at his wife. She already looked so tired. Neither of them got much sleep the night before.
12:15 pm
Ralph stared at Doris. She was as pale as a ghost. She was groaning. Ralph got up.
"I think I'm going to get Dr. White." He said. Doris nodded. She had to push. There was so much pressure. She knew the only way to relieve the pressure was to push. Doris took in a deep breath. She could do this. Soon, Ralph and Dr. White walked in.
"I need to push." Doris moaned. "I need to push please."
"Oh god. Oh god." Ralph whispered. Dr. White lifted up the sheet.
"Okay, it's time. You're already crowning." He said.
"Ralph." Doris whimpered. He took her hand and squeezed it gently.
"You can do this. Dom and Freddy need a sibling." Ralph smiled.
"On the next contraction I want you to bear down, press you chin to your chest, and push okay?" Dr White asked.
"Mmmm'kay." Doris mumbled. She could feel the next contraction coming. Doris took in a deep breath and started to push.
"Good, Dories." Ralph whispered. Her hand squeezed his fingers tightly. He wasn't going to utter a word.
"Oh god." Doris moaned loudly.
"You're doing good." Dr. White said. "Your son will be here soon." Doris wanted to say something but she couldn't as she pushed. Ralph rubbed her back. She exhaled.
"This….last baby." Doris panted. Ralph smiled and nodded.
"I know." He said. She said that after Dominique and Freddy too.
"God." She mumbled as she began to push again.
"That's it. Suction." Dr White said. "You're almost there. He's coming."
"GOOD!" Doris let out a smell yelp. She pushed harder, feeling the baby exit her body.
"He's here!!" Ralph gasped. Doris looked down and saw Dr. White cleaning off a screaming red head. "He's so beautiful. He looks like you Dories."
"He's here." Doris whispered. Joy swelled in her heart as the baby was placed on her chest.
2:00 pm
Ralph took Freddy's hand as he opened up the door to Doris' room. Dominique ran to her mother's bed.
"Oh!" Dominique squealed, "Franc is so cute." Freddy got on the bed and stared at the baby.
"He's tiny." He said.
"You were this tiny too." Doris smiled. Ralph stood at the bedside watching his family. Three gorgeous kids and a wonderful wife. What more could a man need?