CH 43- It's Time!

"We need a doctor!" Fox yelled as he burst through the doors of the hospital carrying Theresa in his arms.

The others closely followed behind as a nurse quickly approached them.

"Is there something I can help you with sir?" She asked an agitated Fox.

"Yes, my friend is in labor. Can you please page Dr Russell?" He quickly spoke.

"There's no need for that Fox, I'm right here." Eve suddenly appeared from around the corner.

"Oh, thank goodness!" He breathed a sigh of relief. "Dr. Russell, Theresa's having the babies."

"Yes, she sure is!" Eve smiled. "Theresa, how are you feeling?"

"I'm ok, but I keep having really sharp pains." She said in between clenched teeth, as Fox helped her into a wheelchair.

"Dr. Russell, is she and the babies going to be ok?" Ethan concernedly asked.

"I hope so, but right now we need to get Theresa into the delivery room." She told them. "Nurse Linda, can you call Dr Anderson and ask her to come down to the hospital right away?"

"Certainly." The nurse obediently nodded.

As Dr. Russell wheeled Theresa around the corner, both Ethan and Fox quickly followed behind. Suddenly the nurse stopped them.

"I'm sorry but only one of you can go inside the delivery room." She objected.

"No, please!" Theresa immediately spoke up. "I want them both to come."

The nurse skeptically looked at Eve, but she gave her an approved nod.

"It's alright nurse, this time you have my permission."

"Thank you Dr Russell." Fox and Ethan said in unison.

As the next few hours passed, Theresa's contractions grew more and more intense. Both Fox and Ethan held her hands as she struggled to push.

"Come on Theresa, push!" Ethan urged her.

"I can't!" she yelled exhaustingly.

"Yes, you can sweetheart. Come on, are you ready?" Fox tightened his grip on her hand.

Theresa closed her eyes and pushed with all her might.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaah!" she cried. "It hurts!"

"I know, I know!" Fox soothingly told her.

"No, you don't!" Theresa yelled. "Neither of you do!"

"Ok honey, I want you to concentrate!" Dr Anderson coached her on. "I need you to give me a few more pushes and we'll have baby number one out in no time!"

"Oh my god!" Theresa cried. "I forgot I was having twins! There's no way I can push anymore!"

"Come on, Theresa I know you can do this!" Ethan kissed her forehead.

"That's right, you're a strong girl!" Fox added.

"Alright Theresa, on the count of three I want you to give me one giant push!" Dr Anderson coached. "One..two..three!"

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Theresa cried.

"I can see the head!" Dr. Anderson announced. "Just one more push!"

Theresa buried her chin in her chest and pushed as hard as she could.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

Suddenly, tender cries sounded throughout the room as Dr. Anderson smiled through her mask.

"It's a girl!" She happily cried, holding up the tiny screaming infant for them to see.

"Oh my gosh!" Theresa sobbed. "She's so beautiful!"

"Just like her mother." Fox winked down at her.

"Which one of you wants to cut the umbilical cord?" The doctor looked from Fox to Ethan.

"Uh, you can do it man." Fox told him. "I'll get baby number two."

"Thanks." Ethan smiled, as he carefully made the incision.

Suddenly Theresa let out a dreadful scream as increasing pains struck her insides.

"Ok, it looks like it's time for the second one!" Dr Anderson announced. "Alright Theresa, remember just like before!"

As Theresa prepared herself to push once more, she suddenly felt a feeling of dizziness sweep over her. Collapsing back onto the pillow, she let out an exhausted sigh.

"Honey, are you alright?" Dr Anderson concernedly asked. "Do you need some oxygen?"

"No, no I'm alright!" Theresa forced herself to sit back up. "I can do this!"

"That's a girl!" Dr. Anderson encouraged her. "Now, just give me those same strong pushes as before."

"Ok!" She cried. "Aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh!"

"That's it Theresa! You're doing great!" Ethan urged her.

"Just one more!" Fox added.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Theresa cried once more.

Before long, another set of cries were heard as Dr. Anderson held up baby number two. Theresa didn't even get to see the baby because she immediately collapsed back onto the pillow breathing intensely.

"You did it Theresa!" Fox whispered in her ear as he soothingly wiped the sweat off her forehead. "I'm so proud of you."

"Me too, honey." Ethan kissed her. "You were incredible!"

"It's a boy!" Dr. Anderson announced, interrupting them.

"Huh?" Fox suddenly raised his head up. "Did you just say it was a boy?"

"I sure did!" Dr Anderson smiled. "A beautiful and healthy baby boy!"

"A boy and a girl?" Fox shockingly asked, remembering his accurate prediction

"Isn't that what you said they were going to be, Fox?" Theresa weakly looked at him. "That's amazing!"

"I know," he whispered as he walked over to Dr Anderson.

Carefully cutting the umbilical cord, he let the nurses clean him off before holding the tiny infant in his arms. As Fox looked down at the baby's angelic face, a feeling of warmth ran through his entire body.

"Hey there buddy!" Fox smiled. "Now, aren't you handsome?"

"They're both incredibly beautiful." Ethan grinned, as he held the little girl in his arms.

As Theresa looked on, tears of joy ran down her cheeks. However, almost instantly a feeling of sadness swept over her. Looking from Ethan to Fox, she just realized that they still didn't know who the babies' father was. Both men looked so attached to the infants, Theresa hated that she had to destroy that. Nevertheless, it was something she had to do.

"Dr. Russell?" She weakly spoke.

"Yes Theresa, what is it?" Eve smiled coming over to her.

"I was wondering if it was too early to do a DNA test on Fox, Ethan and the babies."

Immediately both men raised their heads, as they realized what Theresa was asking.

"No, it's not too early. If you want to do the DNA test now, that will be fine." Eve confirmed. "However, the results won't be ready until 24 hours has elapsed. So if we do the test now, you won't know the results until tomorrow."

"I understand." Theresa sadly nodded her head.

"Sorry to break this up, but we have to take the babies for a while so we can give them a thorough check up." One of the nurses told Fox and Ethan.

"Oh sure," Fox smiled carefully placing the baby into the incubator.

"We'll see you two later ok?" Ethan grinned, placing the other baby into her incubator.

"We should probably let Theresa get some rest too." Dr Anderson added. "She's been through a lot today."

"She sure has." Fox agreed, giving her a kiss on her forehead.

"We're really proud of you honey." Ethan smiled. "We're going to be with Dr Russell if you need anything."

"Ok," Theresa weakly smiled. Make sure you tell everyone the good news!"

"We will!" They said in unison.

As soon as everyone left the room, she sadly sighed and closed her eyes. Almost instantly images of her angelic babies' face flashed in her mind as she dreamed of her future family without a single clue as to who the father was going to be.