These next two chapters origanally started out as one, but it was getting way too long, so I split them up. The good news is that now I'm almost done with the next one, so it should be up later today.

"They're all coming." TK said.

"Oh, no," said Kari, fiddling with her bed sheets, "All of them?"

"Yep."

"They don't have to come. I mean, it's Valentine's Day! They should be out at dinner, or at the movies…"

"Actually, some of them were happy to come. You saved them from Singles Awareness Day."

"But this baby isn't coming anytime soon. It's going to be a long wait."

"Honey," TK comforted, "Nothing could keep them away. We're connected with a strong bond, stronger than friendship, both physically and emotionally." Kari stared. "Um, Izzy said that. But he's right. Kari, you didn't force them to come. They chose to come. Stop being so polite!"

Kari nodded. "You're right. Did Tai bring my stuff?"

"Yeah, he's the only one here. Oh, and Sora. She's here too. And they're practically threatening me with knives to let me come in and see you."

"Okay, let them in." Kari laughed. TK opened the door and was almost trampled by a two-person stampede.

"Kari! You're alive!" Tai cried, throwing himself on the bed.

"Of course." Kari said with a confused look. What goes through Tai's head? Then she thought about the time he thought of the time he accused her of being abducted by aliens, and decided that she didn't want to know.

"Tai was worried." Sora said, but Kari could tell from her voice that Sora had been concerned as well. "He almost left me at the restaurant when he heard about the accident."

"Hey, better at the restaurant than at the alter!" Tai defended. Kari raised her eyebrows. "Oh, come on, don't act so surprised! You know I was going to propose tonight."

"She said yes?"

"Yep." Tai got up and went to stand by Sora.

"Oh, Tai, that's fantastic!"

"You finally gave in, huh?" TK joked to Sora, who nodded happily.

"Gave in? She didn't have to give in! She was happy to do it! And who wouldn't be, with a guy like me?"

"You mean, a guy whose ego is as big as his hair?" Sora teased.

"Oh, that's really cute. Did you make that up yourself?"

"No. It's been a running joke with us for years."

"Howdy kids." Dr. Greystone said, squeezing her way through Tai, Sora, and TK in the tiny room. "Check up time." After hooking Kari up to the right machines, she sighed and turned toward the others. "Kari needs to sleep now, because she won't get much rest later. Out!" She pushed the three of them out the door.

"Now wait a minute!" TK protested. "That's my wife in there! You can't just keep me out!"

"Oh yes I can! She needs her sleep. You'd just keep her awake."

"No I wouldn't. Come on, I'm her husband! I'm supposed to stay with her, hold her hand when she has contractions, bring her ice chips when she gets thirsty…"

"Someone's been watching to much TV."

"I have not! Please, just let me stay with Kari."

"Fine." Dr. Greystone spat, obviously not happy to give in. "But you'd better let her rest!" TK triumphantly went back in.

"What now?" Sora asked as Dr. Greystone left.

"What do you mean, what now? Now we wait for the fireworks to start." Tai answered.

"Fireworks?"

"Yep. In case you didn't notice, there are six chairs here, and ten people who are coming."

"Uh oh."

"Hey! Hawkmon, Wormon! Welcome to the party!" Veemon said as the two walked in. "Oh! And you brought Junior!" He continued as they wheeled in a stroller containing a green and red spotted egg.

"Yeah."

"Well, just bring him in here. The girls will watch him."

"We will not!"

Veemon looked at Palamon, Gatomon, and Biomon sadly. "Please?"

"No."

"I'll bring you chocolate..."

"Oooh!" Squealed Gatomon.

"Gatomon!" Biomon said.

"Oops. I meant no."

"Here. Watch this." Hawkmon said, firmly pushing Veemon out of the way. "Gatomon, don't think of it as egg-sitting. Think of it as a play date." He took his egg out of the stroller and set it down next to the rookery. With no means of support, the egg wobbled and came to rest on one of the sides of the rookery. "See?" Hawkmon beamed, "They're friends already!"

"Awww!" Gatomon said, "They look so cute together! Well, I guess they could play for a while."

"Amateur." Hawkmon muttered to Veemon.

"So Wormon, how does this whole egg thing work out with you guys?" Palamon wondered, completely changing the subject.

"What do you mean?"

"You're both guys."

"So?"

"So how does it work?"

"It works the same as usual."

"But the egg...neither of you could..." Palamon said, frustrated. This was going nowhere.

"Could what? The egg came out of the computer."

"Oh."

"If you're quite finished," Said Veemon impatiently, "The boys are thirsty!" And with that he led them out toward the other boys and got them a root beer.

"Something tells me they're not coming back."

"Hey! Davis!" Cody said as the young man in goggles came in.

"Hi guys. How's Kari?"

"Fine." Said Tai.

"I talked to Dr. Greystone, though, and she said that Kari won't be ready to have this baby until morning, at least." Joe added.

"Well I guess we have to get comfortable...Hey! There are no chairs left!"

"Um, yeah. We had kind of a 'first come, first serve' deal worked out." Ken said.

"And we just happened to come first. So that means you get the floor." Remarked Yolei, who was five months along.

Davis grumbled and slid to the floor. "Why are there only six chairs anyway?"

"Because this is a private waiting room, and the nicest labor room in the whole hospital. Usually we just use it for the people who need to be very comfortable. I pulled some strings to make sure Kari got put here." Joe replied.

"Well you should've pulled them harder! I want a chair!"

"Prodigious!" Izzy said as he and Mimi came in. "I knew you guys were in this room. How, you ask? Because we could hear Davis's whining all the way down the hall."

"It's true." Mimi said.

"That's because there aren't any chairs left!"

"No!" Cried Mimi.

"Are you kidding?" Said Izzy, to everyone's surprise. He left the room and came back with a pillow. "If you have to spend the night at a hospital, the floor's the best place to be!" He propped the pillow on a wall and made himself comfortable.

"Now he the right idea!" Mimi exclaimed, and went off to find a pillow for herself.

TK came out of the room. "Hey guys!"

"Hey TK! How's Kari?"

"Asleep and well. Labor must be exhausting. She's barely had three contractions, and now she's out like a light."

"Take it from me, pregnancy can be pretty draining all by itself." Said Ken, and after a thought he added, "It's pretty hard on Yolei, too."

"Is everyone here?" TK asked.

"Everyone except Matt." Tai said.

"Hey, yeah," Mimi looked around, "Where is he? I thought he'd be one of the first ones over here, what with his sister-in-law about to deliver his nephew and all."

The color left TK's face. "Oh, crap. I forgot to call him. I'm so used to reaching Tai and Matt at the same time, I called one and automatically assumed the other would be there too. Oh, man, he's gonna kill me!" And he rushed out of the room to call his brother.

"Toss it here, Patamon! I'm open!"

"No! You're clear! Go for it!" Patamon faked left, then went right, and ran straight through the imaginary goal line. His team cheered and he spiked the foam football. In the background, the crowd cheered at the game going on at the television.

"What is going on?" Gatomon's voice rang over the noise. The boys fell silent, and someone muted the TV.

"Oh, heh heh, hi honey." Patamon stuttered nervously, glancing around at the mess in the living room and hoping that she wouldn't notice.

"Don't you 'hi honey' me. Do you have any idea how much noise you're making? And look at this place!"

"You are right, Gatomon." Augumon said seriously, "We were having entirely to much fun."

"Don't tell me, tubby. Fix it. You're keeping the eggs awake."

"The eggs sleep?"

"Well, obviously not now!"

"It's okay." Patamon assured her. "We'll take care of it."

"Yeah." Gammon agreed. "You can go back to knitting, or whatever you girls are doing."

"Knitting?! Okay, whatever, just keep it down." She walked out. "And clean this place up!"

"Man," said Gabumon, "I am never getting married."

Sorry, Lord Pata, not yet.

Meep No Meep- of course you can use my idea. Just let me know what it's called so I can read it. : )