Chapter 8: The Good News
Nick sat on Dana's couch, holding her close as she kept groaning. "It's OK, Dana." he soothed. "Lu and Lana- they'll be back any minute." Dana wanted to believe him, but by the looks of things, she knew that it might be awhile. "It hurts, Nick." she said, struggling to speak through the overwhelming pain. Nick nodded. "I know." he sympathized. "Lu's gonna figure out what's wrong. It'll be OK."
Just then, Lu and Lana rushed into the office. "What happened, Dana?" Lu asked as she crossed to the couch. Dana shook her head helplessly. "I have no idea." she replied. "I was fine a few minutes ago, and then, all of a sudden, I started having these terrible stomach pains." Lu nodded. "OK. Well, let's run an abdominal ultrasound and go from there." she told her partner. "Can you walk, do ya think?" Dana winced and shook her head. "It's not a good idea." she answered.
"Don't worry, Dana." Nick assured her. "I'll carry you down there. You won't have to take a step." Dana flashed him a grateful smile as he picked her up gently, cradling her in his arms as he walked out of the office. Lu and Lana followed closely behind them. When they reached the ultrasound room, he laid her down slowly, taking her hand as Lu grabbed the wand. Dana let out a nervous breath as she set up the monitor, so Nick gave her hand a comforting squeeze.
"OK, let's see what we got." Lu said as she rubbed the gel on Dana's stomach. After a few minutes, an image appeared on the monitor that caused the three of them to gasp. "Is that what I think it is?" Dana asked in a whisper. Lu smiled broadly and nodded. "Yep, it's a baby, all right." she replied happily. "In fact, I think it's two. One's hiding behind the other one."
Nick and Dana gasped. "Twins?" they asked in unison, not believing their ears. Lu nodded again. "Yeah, twins." she replied as she gave Dana a quick hug. "And judging from their size, I'm guessin' you're about three months along." Dana couldn't believe it was finally happening. She was pregnant after all this time. Suddenly, she turned to face Nick. Lu took this as her cue to leave, and when the door had closed behind her, Dana tried to speak, but she couldn't find the words to express the joy she was feeling, so she sat up and moved into his arms. He held her close, and they sat together in silence for awhile, absorbing the good news that Lu had given them.