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"The Diary of Dana Stowe" By: Dr.StoweWannabe27
Chapter Four – A Father for Annie
When Dana woke it was only 5:30. She saw Nick sleeping next to her so she decided not to wake him. She got up and went to the bathroom to get cleaned up. She took a quick shower and got dressed. She wanted to surprise Nick by making him breakfast. She was in no hurry to get home because Clementine was sleeping over with the girls and today was her day off. She took out a pan, and fried some eggs and bacon. She made some coffee and set the food on the table. "Dana? Where are you?" she heard a very sleepy Nick say. "I am right here." She stood in the doorway of Nick's bedroom. "Why don't you get cleaned up and meet me out here?" Dana said. "Why don't you come over here and give me a kiss?" said Nick in a flirty way which made Dana want to smile. She walked over to him and sat on the bed. She showed him her left hand with the ring. "I can't fine sir, you see, I am getting married." "Oh really? So, who's the lucky gentleman?" "Why the man I am sitting next to." She leaned forward and kissed him. "Come on, I have our breakfast set out already. It's getting cold."
Nick took the day off and decided to back to Philly with Dana to spread the good news. They parked outside Dana's house and walked in. "Annie, Clementine, Louise I'm home!" Dana yelled. "Mommy!!" Annie came running around the corner to give Dana a hug. "Hi sweetie. I missed you." "I missed you too mommy." "Annie you remember Nick." "Hi Nick." Annie went and gave him a hug. "Hey Nick." Clementine said sweetly holding Louise. Clementine gave Dana Louise and went to fetch her purse to leave. "Clementine are you leaving? I want you to stay for dinner. Is that all right?" Clementine dropped her purse back onto the couch. "That's fine I will stay." "In fact, we are having a few more guests for dinner." She said to everyone. They all went to have lunch at a local diner and went to the grocery store to buy food to make the dinner. "Oh! Mommy! Can we get these?" Annie said pointing at the cookies on the shelf. "Maybe another time." "Oh! Dana, can we get these?" said Nick pointing at the steaks trying to sound grown so as not to mimic Annie and make Dana mad. "I guess so. We also need to get some vegetables, cake, potatoes, and some lettuce and dressing.. If you want we could also get ice cream." Dana said leading them into the frozen food section. "Can we get cookies 'n cream?" Annie pleaded. "I think everyone likes that." She said turning to Nick who was nodding. "Okay, I think we have everything. Let's go."
Back at home Clementine decided to stay with Louise and spruce up the place a little. When Dana, Annie, and Nick arrived they found Clementine putting Louise to sleep. "Clementine, can you please help me." Dana said walking in the door with most of the groceries because Annie had fallen asleep in the car and Nick was carrying her. Clementine came running around the corner and took half the groceries from Dana. "Dana, should I put Annie in her bed?" Nick said trying not to wake Annie. "Sure, thanks Nick. And I will call everyone and tell them to come." Dana walked to the phone and called the RWHC to invite all her friends. Nobody would answer. She had time so she decided to go to the RWHC and invite everyone personally. "Nick! I am going to RWHC to invite everyone personally. Do you want to come with?" "Sure Dana. That would be nice surprise." He said coming out of Annie's room. "Clementine, Nick and I will be going out for a little while. Can you stay with the girls a little longer?" "Of course Miss Stowe." Nick and Dana got into the car and drove to RWHC.
They walked into the doors went straight to Dana's office making sure no one saw them. "You stay in here, and I will get everyone together." Dana said leaving her office. Lana noticed her and said, "Hey Dr. Stowe, isn't it your day off?" "Yeah, Lana. But nobody would answer the phones so I came in person." "What do you need?" said Lana curiously. "I came to invite everyone to my house for dinner. I want to share some important news. You're invited too." "Oh, I wonder what the news will be? Can you tell me now?" "I can, but I want to let you figure it out first. But only you and let everyone else wait till tonight." "Scouts honor." Lana said sarcastically. "Okay," Dana leaned closer to Lana's ear and whispered, "it has something to do with myself and the man in that room." Lana looked at Dana's office, wondering who it could be. She stood up and walked over to the office. Dana stayed at the receptionist desk, answered the phones, and directed the patients. Lana opened the door carefully and peeked inside. "Nick!" she yelled as she saw him. She ran to him and gave him a hug. "Nick, it's so nice to see you. Dana told something's happening." "She told you already?" "Nah, are you kidding, she's making me go to her house." "Well, it's nice to see you again Lana. But I think you better get going. Dana isn't much of a receptionist." He said pointing at the line complaining to Dana, driving her crazy. "Fine, see you later Nick." She waved and left the office to try and calm the angry patients down. "Thanks Lana. You saved my brains from frying." "No worries, Dana, I think your job is harder anyway." "So Lana, do you know where Lu, Peter, or Bob are?" "I know they had an emergency in ER and Bob is in his office doing some paper work. You know, I think the emergency was with one of your patients. A Sarah McGill?" "Sarah, yeah she was the one who had the embryo implantation. Should I go and see if she is alright?" "If you want to." "Yeah, then I can tell Lu and Peter about tonight." Dana told Nick to stay in the office and that she wanted to visit a patient that went into ER today. She took the elevator to the ER wondering what could be the problem when she ran into Lu. "Hey Dana, what are you doing here? Isn't it your day off." "Well, yeah, but I heard my patient was in ER. So instead of waiting upstairs, I came down." "Okay, but your patient is stable and she is in her room resting. Though she might want to see you. She had a miscarriage. Poor thing, she won't stop crying." Lu explained showing Dana to Sarah's room. "Dana, I will meet you upstairs."
Dana entered Sarah's room to find her crying on her bed. "Dr. Stowe!" Sarah said in between her cries. Dana picked up the clipboard hanging in front of Sarah's bed. "Sarah, I am so sorry. But you will never be able to carry a child." "No, no! Not me. All I have ever wanted was to grow up and have a family." She said crying harder. "There are other options, Sarah. For example, surrogacy or adoption." Dana sat on the edge of her bed and explained the options that were available to her so she could have a family.
When she arrived back upstairs she found Nick outside her office talking to Bob and Peter. "Hi everybody" She said approaching the small huddle. "Hey Dana, I told them about tonight so we could get going and start dinner." Nick informed her. "Okay, did you tell Lu?" "No, I thought you did." "Okay I will be right back." The huddle began to converse again just as Dana left. Dana opened the door to Lu's office and asked for moment of her time. "Sure Dana, come in. What's up?" "Well, I was wondering whether or not you had any plans for tonight?" "Yeah, today Marc and I are going out for pizza. Why do you have plans?" "Yes, I am inviting you and Marc to come over my house for dinner. I will be sharing some important news with everyone." "Sure, Dana, we'll be there by 6:30." "Okay, see you later." Dana walked out of Lu's office and got Nick. They went back to Dana's and got ready for dinner. Clementine had already gotten the girls showered and ready. Dana took a shower and put on a nice outfit and went to get dinner started while Nick took a shower.
Ring! Ring! The doorbell rang. Dana set down the apron and ran to open the door. "Hi every one come on in." "Nick, girls, Clementine! Come on down." Dana led them into a dining room full of delicious foods. "Wow, Dana the food looks delicious." Peter complemented as everyone sat down. "Dig in everyone!" Dana said as she was serving Annie's food.
"That was a great meal, Dana. Who ever thought you cooked this good." "Gee, thanks Lana." Dana responded with a smirk on her face. "Mommy, can Marc and I go to the play room? He wants to show me a game on the internet." "Not just yet, Annie. Nick and I want to announce something to everyone including you and Marc." Annie went to sit in her seat. Nick grinned at Dana and started tapping his glass and motioning everyone for silence. He turned to Dana and helped her up. "Now, the moment everyone has been waiting for....." Lu said sarcastically. "Everyone," Nick said putting his arm around Dana. "Dana and I decided that we both love each other very very much and are," "Oh! Just say it!" Marc said desperately wanting to go play the computer. "Marc! Apologize now!" Lu told Marc. "Sorry Nick, Sorry Dana." "Its okay, Marc. Well we are deciding that we want to get married." "OMG guys, we are so happy for you." Lu ran and hugged Dana motioning for Marc to do the same. "Congrats, man you got a great catch." Peter and Bob went and congratulated Nick.
Dana pulled Nick apart from the crowd and pointed at Annie. "Hey Lu, can you take everyone into the living room. Nick and I would like to talk to Annie in private." Dana said pointing to Annie staring at her plate looking upset. "Sure Dana, I'll break open the champaign." Nick and Dana walked over to Annie.
"Hey Annie, what's up? Don't you like the idea of your mom and I getting married?" "No, I know what comes after it. Remember, I was in the foster homes and Louise wasn't. You get married and forget all about the kids." Annie yelled at Nick crying. "Sweetie, we would never do that. We love you more than life itself." Dana said trying to calm Annie down. "Hey Annie, I know that you have never really had a parent before Dana. But I would like to try and be one for both you and Louise. I will take you to soccer practice, I will read you bedtime stories, I will act like the father you've never had. In fact, I have already drawn up the papers to adopt you and your sister when your mom and I get married." Nick said surprising Dana and Annie. Annie looked from Dana to Nick and hugged them. "Nick, do you promise?" Annie asked still hugging them. "Of course I do. I love you Annie." "Okay, I give you my blessing. Thanks, dad." The three went into the next room and joined the party.
"The Diary of Dana Stowe" By: Dr.StoweWannabe27
Chapter Four – A Father for Annie
When Dana woke it was only 5:30. She saw Nick sleeping next to her so she decided not to wake him. She got up and went to the bathroom to get cleaned up. She took a quick shower and got dressed. She wanted to surprise Nick by making him breakfast. She was in no hurry to get home because Clementine was sleeping over with the girls and today was her day off. She took out a pan, and fried some eggs and bacon. She made some coffee and set the food on the table. "Dana? Where are you?" she heard a very sleepy Nick say. "I am right here." She stood in the doorway of Nick's bedroom. "Why don't you get cleaned up and meet me out here?" Dana said. "Why don't you come over here and give me a kiss?" said Nick in a flirty way which made Dana want to smile. She walked over to him and sat on the bed. She showed him her left hand with the ring. "I can't fine sir, you see, I am getting married." "Oh really? So, who's the lucky gentleman?" "Why the man I am sitting next to." She leaned forward and kissed him. "Come on, I have our breakfast set out already. It's getting cold."
Nick took the day off and decided to back to Philly with Dana to spread the good news. They parked outside Dana's house and walked in. "Annie, Clementine, Louise I'm home!" Dana yelled. "Mommy!!" Annie came running around the corner to give Dana a hug. "Hi sweetie. I missed you." "I missed you too mommy." "Annie you remember Nick." "Hi Nick." Annie went and gave him a hug. "Hey Nick." Clementine said sweetly holding Louise. Clementine gave Dana Louise and went to fetch her purse to leave. "Clementine are you leaving? I want you to stay for dinner. Is that all right?" Clementine dropped her purse back onto the couch. "That's fine I will stay." "In fact, we are having a few more guests for dinner." She said to everyone. They all went to have lunch at a local diner and went to the grocery store to buy food to make the dinner. "Oh! Mommy! Can we get these?" Annie said pointing at the cookies on the shelf. "Maybe another time." "Oh! Dana, can we get these?" said Nick pointing at the steaks trying to sound grown so as not to mimic Annie and make Dana mad. "I guess so. We also need to get some vegetables, cake, potatoes, and some lettuce and dressing.. If you want we could also get ice cream." Dana said leading them into the frozen food section. "Can we get cookies 'n cream?" Annie pleaded. "I think everyone likes that." She said turning to Nick who was nodding. "Okay, I think we have everything. Let's go."
Back at home Clementine decided to stay with Louise and spruce up the place a little. When Dana, Annie, and Nick arrived they found Clementine putting Louise to sleep. "Clementine, can you please help me." Dana said walking in the door with most of the groceries because Annie had fallen asleep in the car and Nick was carrying her. Clementine came running around the corner and took half the groceries from Dana. "Dana, should I put Annie in her bed?" Nick said trying not to wake Annie. "Sure, thanks Nick. And I will call everyone and tell them to come." Dana walked to the phone and called the RWHC to invite all her friends. Nobody would answer. She had time so she decided to go to the RWHC and invite everyone personally. "Nick! I am going to RWHC to invite everyone personally. Do you want to come with?" "Sure Dana. That would be nice surprise." He said coming out of Annie's room. "Clementine, Nick and I will be going out for a little while. Can you stay with the girls a little longer?" "Of course Miss Stowe." Nick and Dana got into the car and drove to RWHC.
They walked into the doors went straight to Dana's office making sure no one saw them. "You stay in here, and I will get everyone together." Dana said leaving her office. Lana noticed her and said, "Hey Dr. Stowe, isn't it your day off?" "Yeah, Lana. But nobody would answer the phones so I came in person." "What do you need?" said Lana curiously. "I came to invite everyone to my house for dinner. I want to share some important news. You're invited too." "Oh, I wonder what the news will be? Can you tell me now?" "I can, but I want to let you figure it out first. But only you and let everyone else wait till tonight." "Scouts honor." Lana said sarcastically. "Okay," Dana leaned closer to Lana's ear and whispered, "it has something to do with myself and the man in that room." Lana looked at Dana's office, wondering who it could be. She stood up and walked over to the office. Dana stayed at the receptionist desk, answered the phones, and directed the patients. Lana opened the door carefully and peeked inside. "Nick!" she yelled as she saw him. She ran to him and gave him a hug. "Nick, it's so nice to see you. Dana told something's happening." "She told you already?" "Nah, are you kidding, she's making me go to her house." "Well, it's nice to see you again Lana. But I think you better get going. Dana isn't much of a receptionist." He said pointing at the line complaining to Dana, driving her crazy. "Fine, see you later Nick." She waved and left the office to try and calm the angry patients down. "Thanks Lana. You saved my brains from frying." "No worries, Dana, I think your job is harder anyway." "So Lana, do you know where Lu, Peter, or Bob are?" "I know they had an emergency in ER and Bob is in his office doing some paper work. You know, I think the emergency was with one of your patients. A Sarah McGill?" "Sarah, yeah she was the one who had the embryo implantation. Should I go and see if she is alright?" "If you want to." "Yeah, then I can tell Lu and Peter about tonight." Dana told Nick to stay in the office and that she wanted to visit a patient that went into ER today. She took the elevator to the ER wondering what could be the problem when she ran into Lu. "Hey Dana, what are you doing here? Isn't it your day off." "Well, yeah, but I heard my patient was in ER. So instead of waiting upstairs, I came down." "Okay, but your patient is stable and she is in her room resting. Though she might want to see you. She had a miscarriage. Poor thing, she won't stop crying." Lu explained showing Dana to Sarah's room. "Dana, I will meet you upstairs."
Dana entered Sarah's room to find her crying on her bed. "Dr. Stowe!" Sarah said in between her cries. Dana picked up the clipboard hanging in front of Sarah's bed. "Sarah, I am so sorry. But you will never be able to carry a child." "No, no! Not me. All I have ever wanted was to grow up and have a family." She said crying harder. "There are other options, Sarah. For example, surrogacy or adoption." Dana sat on the edge of her bed and explained the options that were available to her so she could have a family.
When she arrived back upstairs she found Nick outside her office talking to Bob and Peter. "Hi everybody" She said approaching the small huddle. "Hey Dana, I told them about tonight so we could get going and start dinner." Nick informed her. "Okay, did you tell Lu?" "No, I thought you did." "Okay I will be right back." The huddle began to converse again just as Dana left. Dana opened the door to Lu's office and asked for moment of her time. "Sure Dana, come in. What's up?" "Well, I was wondering whether or not you had any plans for tonight?" "Yeah, today Marc and I are going out for pizza. Why do you have plans?" "Yes, I am inviting you and Marc to come over my house for dinner. I will be sharing some important news with everyone." "Sure, Dana, we'll be there by 6:30." "Okay, see you later." Dana walked out of Lu's office and got Nick. They went back to Dana's and got ready for dinner. Clementine had already gotten the girls showered and ready. Dana took a shower and put on a nice outfit and went to get dinner started while Nick took a shower.
Ring! Ring! The doorbell rang. Dana set down the apron and ran to open the door. "Hi every one come on in." "Nick, girls, Clementine! Come on down." Dana led them into a dining room full of delicious foods. "Wow, Dana the food looks delicious." Peter complemented as everyone sat down. "Dig in everyone!" Dana said as she was serving Annie's food.
"That was a great meal, Dana. Who ever thought you cooked this good." "Gee, thanks Lana." Dana responded with a smirk on her face. "Mommy, can Marc and I go to the play room? He wants to show me a game on the internet." "Not just yet, Annie. Nick and I want to announce something to everyone including you and Marc." Annie went to sit in her seat. Nick grinned at Dana and started tapping his glass and motioning everyone for silence. He turned to Dana and helped her up. "Now, the moment everyone has been waiting for....." Lu said sarcastically. "Everyone," Nick said putting his arm around Dana. "Dana and I decided that we both love each other very very much and are," "Oh! Just say it!" Marc said desperately wanting to go play the computer. "Marc! Apologize now!" Lu told Marc. "Sorry Nick, Sorry Dana." "Its okay, Marc. Well we are deciding that we want to get married." "OMG guys, we are so happy for you." Lu ran and hugged Dana motioning for Marc to do the same. "Congrats, man you got a great catch." Peter and Bob went and congratulated Nick.
Dana pulled Nick apart from the crowd and pointed at Annie. "Hey Lu, can you take everyone into the living room. Nick and I would like to talk to Annie in private." Dana said pointing to Annie staring at her plate looking upset. "Sure Dana, I'll break open the champaign." Nick and Dana walked over to Annie.
"Hey Annie, what's up? Don't you like the idea of your mom and I getting married?" "No, I know what comes after it. Remember, I was in the foster homes and Louise wasn't. You get married and forget all about the kids." Annie yelled at Nick crying. "Sweetie, we would never do that. We love you more than life itself." Dana said trying to calm Annie down. "Hey Annie, I know that you have never really had a parent before Dana. But I would like to try and be one for both you and Louise. I will take you to soccer practice, I will read you bedtime stories, I will act like the father you've never had. In fact, I have already drawn up the papers to adopt you and your sister when your mom and I get married." Nick said surprising Dana and Annie. Annie looked from Dana to Nick and hugged them. "Nick, do you promise?" Annie asked still hugging them. "Of course I do. I love you Annie." "Okay, I give you my blessing. Thanks, dad." The three went into the next room and joined the party.