"I don't think we ought to be down here." Carrie told Sonny as the
two of them headed for the sleep lab. All of the patients were once more
in their rooms, snug and secure, well all of them except for Peter Rickman,
Sally Druse and Mona Klingerman. Carrie was still a bit worried about all of them and where they might have gotten to, especially Peter and little Mona. Hook had reassured her that they were fine but she still wasn't quite sure.
"Hey, Elmer's had lots of time with Lona by now. I'm sure he's going to be needing to be rescued from her. He'll probably be thrilled to see us." Sonny said with a slight laugh. Okay, he knew that Elmer would kill for time alone with Lona but he also knew that when his friend had more than a few minutes alone with the older female doctor, he always blew things and got into a ton of trouble. Honestly, he didn't know why Elmer didn't just give up and find someone his own age. Lona was gorgeous, of course, but Sonny definitely didn't think she was worth all of the trouble that Elmer going after her caused.
"Lona isn't that bad to Elmer." Carrie said as she shot a look over at Sonny. Okay, maybe Elmer did annoy Dr. Massingale a bit but if Elmer would just TRY behaving.... And Carrie deep down wasn't entirely sure that some of Lona's annoyance with the younger doctor might not be an act, well the annoyance that didn't stem from things like Elmer's stupid stunt with the head. After a moment, her thoughts moved from Elmer and Lona's relationship or what passed for one to what was going on in the hospital. "Sonny, do you have any idea what happened, with them evacuating the hospital and all? And I never did see Elmer or Lona outside. Do you think they're alright?"
"I'm sure they're fine. Hook and Chris didn't seem too upset or anything, after all." Of course, after a moment, he realized that Hook and Chris had kind of had a bit of a distracting situation on their hands with getting caught in the elevator and all. Even if something had happened down in the basement, they might have ended up temporarily having it slip their minds. He felt a bit of definite worry creeping in. If anything happened to Lona, he didn't even want to think about how Elmer would react. "Come on." He sped up his pace as they moved towards the sleep lab. If something had happened, they needed to get down there and help.
"Lona? Elmer?" Carrie edged around Sonny as they reached the lap door and pushed it open a bit. Surely nothing had happened to either of them but even as she tried to reassure herself she recalled the fact that they hadn't seen Elmer's father for quite some time either. What was going on?
"Hey, are the two of you alright in here?" Sonny called, his worry growing too when someone didn't immediately answer.
"Shhhhhhssssshhhh!" Elmer whispered loudly as he eased the now sleeping Lona back onto the pillows and gathered the baby into his arms once more. He was glad that she had finally fallen back to sleep. She had been so upset and worried over his father and the situation with the baby that it wasn't even funny. She definitely needed some more rest. Maybe when his dad got back he could do something to reassure her that he was okay with things. He really didn't know why in the world Lona was so worried about that to start with. His dad already liked her. Why would he have any problems with the two of them getting together?
"Elmer, are you two okay?" Carrie asked as she peered through the doorway, her eyes widening slightly when she caught sight of Lona laying tucked into bed, looking so obviously pale and ill, the IV line in her arm still dripping blood into her veins. "Elmer, what happened to her?" She moved forward, worry written all over her face for her friend.
"Wait a minute." Suddenly Sonny noticed the baby that was snuggled in Elmer's arms, something that Carrie had missed. "Elmer, where did you get that?"
Carrie looked over as well, temporarily distracted from Lona. "A baby?" Why would Elmer have a baby in his arms? What sort of nutty stunt was he up to now? "Elmer, I think you better give me that baby this minute so I can put it back where it belongs!" Honestly, hadn't he learned anything from the incident with the head? Obviously not if he had amused himself borrowing a baby from somewhere for a joke. She just hoped that whatever prank Elmer was pulling wasn't to blame for Lona's current condition. "Elmer, hand that baby over! You can't just borrow babies like you borrowed that head! They have mothers that are going to be freaking out and...." Her frustration was definitely increasing now. "Hand it over!"
"No! You'll faint and drop her or something!" Elmer said as he shot a look at Carrie. "And be quiet, okay? You're going to wake Lona up and she needs to sleep right now."
"Elmer, where did that baby come from?" Sonny asked gently.
Carrie getting ticked with Elmer obviously wasn't getting them any answers.
Maybe some gentle persuasion would instead. He couldn't believe that Elmer tried another joke with Lona. Wouldn't he ever learn? "Listen,
Elmer, if you borrowed it from upstairs in maternity, you really need to let us take it back now, okay? They've got all of the patients back in the rooms now and someone's going to notice that this baby's missing. You somehow managed to not get in trouble for the thing with the head. I don't think you're going to be so lucky if you borrowed a baby." New mothers are pretty touchy things, you know."
"Tell me about it." Elmer said as he looked down at Lona, starting to smile slightly as he thought of the situation. "I didn't borrow the baby, I promise. She's supposed to be down here." Was it okay for him to tell them about the situation, that he was the baby's father? Lona had said it was okay but he had really been hoping for her to be awake before the time came to tell anyone the happy news.
"Elmer, babies are not supposed to be down in the basement. I think you better just hand that one over to me before you get in a lot of trouble, okay?" Carrie said gently now, keeping the annoyance out of her tone to keep from freaking Elmer if she could.
"Well, this one is. Lona'd kill me if I took her anywhere else,
especially while she's sleeping." Elmer told them.
"Lona? Elmer, you're not trying to say that this baby's Lona's,
are you?" Sonny asked, shooting a concerned look over at Carrie as he did so. He had seen Lona the day before and she definately hadn't looked in the least bit pregnant, let alone about to give birth.
"Yeah. And...." Elmer paused for a moment, not sure how to announce this. He really wished that he could wake Lona up to help him but he knew that she definitely needed her rest right now. "Emma's Lona's.
And she's mine too." He said it quickly, afraid that if he let himself think for too long that he would be too nervous to say anything.
"What?" Carrie looked at Elmer in shock. He was claiming that.
She motioned frantically for Sonny to back out into the hallway once more. "Elmer, we'll be right back, okay? You just stay right there with Lona and don't let anything happen to that baby."
As soon as they were out of earshot, Carrie spoke once more.
"Sonny, go and find Louis fast!" From the way Elmer was looking, it was obvious that he totally believed that that baby was his and Lona's but Carrie knew that was definitely not possible. Poor Elmer. She shook her head sadly as she thought of it, realizing what must have happened. He had obviously had a nervous breakdown.
Sally Druse and Mona Klingerman. Carrie was still a bit worried about all of them and where they might have gotten to, especially Peter and little Mona. Hook had reassured her that they were fine but she still wasn't quite sure.
"Hey, Elmer's had lots of time with Lona by now. I'm sure he's going to be needing to be rescued from her. He'll probably be thrilled to see us." Sonny said with a slight laugh. Okay, he knew that Elmer would kill for time alone with Lona but he also knew that when his friend had more than a few minutes alone with the older female doctor, he always blew things and got into a ton of trouble. Honestly, he didn't know why Elmer didn't just give up and find someone his own age. Lona was gorgeous, of course, but Sonny definitely didn't think she was worth all of the trouble that Elmer going after her caused.
"Lona isn't that bad to Elmer." Carrie said as she shot a look over at Sonny. Okay, maybe Elmer did annoy Dr. Massingale a bit but if Elmer would just TRY behaving.... And Carrie deep down wasn't entirely sure that some of Lona's annoyance with the younger doctor might not be an act, well the annoyance that didn't stem from things like Elmer's stupid stunt with the head. After a moment, her thoughts moved from Elmer and Lona's relationship or what passed for one to what was going on in the hospital. "Sonny, do you have any idea what happened, with them evacuating the hospital and all? And I never did see Elmer or Lona outside. Do you think they're alright?"
"I'm sure they're fine. Hook and Chris didn't seem too upset or anything, after all." Of course, after a moment, he realized that Hook and Chris had kind of had a bit of a distracting situation on their hands with getting caught in the elevator and all. Even if something had happened down in the basement, they might have ended up temporarily having it slip their minds. He felt a bit of definite worry creeping in. If anything happened to Lona, he didn't even want to think about how Elmer would react. "Come on." He sped up his pace as they moved towards the sleep lab. If something had happened, they needed to get down there and help.
"Lona? Elmer?" Carrie edged around Sonny as they reached the lap door and pushed it open a bit. Surely nothing had happened to either of them but even as she tried to reassure herself she recalled the fact that they hadn't seen Elmer's father for quite some time either. What was going on?
"Hey, are the two of you alright in here?" Sonny called, his worry growing too when someone didn't immediately answer.
"Shhhhhhssssshhhh!" Elmer whispered loudly as he eased the now sleeping Lona back onto the pillows and gathered the baby into his arms once more. He was glad that she had finally fallen back to sleep. She had been so upset and worried over his father and the situation with the baby that it wasn't even funny. She definitely needed some more rest. Maybe when his dad got back he could do something to reassure her that he was okay with things. He really didn't know why in the world Lona was so worried about that to start with. His dad already liked her. Why would he have any problems with the two of them getting together?
"Elmer, are you two okay?" Carrie asked as she peered through the doorway, her eyes widening slightly when she caught sight of Lona laying tucked into bed, looking so obviously pale and ill, the IV line in her arm still dripping blood into her veins. "Elmer, what happened to her?" She moved forward, worry written all over her face for her friend.
"Wait a minute." Suddenly Sonny noticed the baby that was snuggled in Elmer's arms, something that Carrie had missed. "Elmer, where did you get that?"
Carrie looked over as well, temporarily distracted from Lona. "A baby?" Why would Elmer have a baby in his arms? What sort of nutty stunt was he up to now? "Elmer, I think you better give me that baby this minute so I can put it back where it belongs!" Honestly, hadn't he learned anything from the incident with the head? Obviously not if he had amused himself borrowing a baby from somewhere for a joke. She just hoped that whatever prank Elmer was pulling wasn't to blame for Lona's current condition. "Elmer, hand that baby over! You can't just borrow babies like you borrowed that head! They have mothers that are going to be freaking out and...." Her frustration was definitely increasing now. "Hand it over!"
"No! You'll faint and drop her or something!" Elmer said as he shot a look at Carrie. "And be quiet, okay? You're going to wake Lona up and she needs to sleep right now."
"Elmer, where did that baby come from?" Sonny asked gently.
Carrie getting ticked with Elmer obviously wasn't getting them any answers.
Maybe some gentle persuasion would instead. He couldn't believe that Elmer tried another joke with Lona. Wouldn't he ever learn? "Listen,
Elmer, if you borrowed it from upstairs in maternity, you really need to let us take it back now, okay? They've got all of the patients back in the rooms now and someone's going to notice that this baby's missing. You somehow managed to not get in trouble for the thing with the head. I don't think you're going to be so lucky if you borrowed a baby." New mothers are pretty touchy things, you know."
"Tell me about it." Elmer said as he looked down at Lona, starting to smile slightly as he thought of the situation. "I didn't borrow the baby, I promise. She's supposed to be down here." Was it okay for him to tell them about the situation, that he was the baby's father? Lona had said it was okay but he had really been hoping for her to be awake before the time came to tell anyone the happy news.
"Elmer, babies are not supposed to be down in the basement. I think you better just hand that one over to me before you get in a lot of trouble, okay?" Carrie said gently now, keeping the annoyance out of her tone to keep from freaking Elmer if she could.
"Well, this one is. Lona'd kill me if I took her anywhere else,
especially while she's sleeping." Elmer told them.
"Lona? Elmer, you're not trying to say that this baby's Lona's,
are you?" Sonny asked, shooting a concerned look over at Carrie as he did so. He had seen Lona the day before and she definately hadn't looked in the least bit pregnant, let alone about to give birth.
"Yeah. And...." Elmer paused for a moment, not sure how to announce this. He really wished that he could wake Lona up to help him but he knew that she definitely needed her rest right now. "Emma's Lona's.
And she's mine too." He said it quickly, afraid that if he let himself think for too long that he would be too nervous to say anything.
"What?" Carrie looked at Elmer in shock. He was claiming that.
She motioned frantically for Sonny to back out into the hallway once more. "Elmer, we'll be right back, okay? You just stay right there with Lona and don't let anything happen to that baby."
As soon as they were out of earshot, Carrie spoke once more.
"Sonny, go and find Louis fast!" From the way Elmer was looking, it was obvious that he totally believed that that baby was his and Lona's but Carrie knew that was definitely not possible. Poor Elmer. She shook her head sadly as she thought of it, realizing what must have happened. He had obviously had a nervous breakdown.