Please see chapter one for disclaimer! I own The Big Baby Name book. I do NOT however, own What to Expect When You're Expecting.

A/N: Thank you very much for the reviews! It is nice to have my mail box full of them again. I'm glad that you are all happy with the developments that have happened. Don't forget to review after you finish reading!

In the last chapter, I forgot to credit my friend Katie for the idea to have the kids go to McDonalds, so I added it in here. The idea concerning Ruthie in this chapter was from cnflute. Thanks!


Sunrise

Chapter Six: Far From Perfect

One week later…

Ruthie Petrowski carefully saddled her horse, Stormy, and climbed on. She made a clicking noise and pushed her heels into the horse's sides. Stormy quickly came to a gallop and they started around the path at the park. She and Peter were going to go out to dinner tonight, and he would be by the stables to pick her up in about thirty minutes. He had dropped her off on his way to work this morning. They had arranged for a babysitter to come watch the kids tonight weeks ago, and she had been looking forward to it ever since. Today was their 7th wedding anniversary. As Ruthie felt the wind whipping through her hair she smiled. This was where she belonged. As the stable came back into view, a child from the park ran out into the middle of the path. When he saw Stormy running at him, the child panicked and began to scream loudly. Spooked, Stormy stopped abruptly. Ruthie wasn't ready for the sudden change, and gasped as she felt her body leaving the saddle.

Things seemed to go into slow motion as Ruthie flew through the air. When she finally struck the ground, a blinding pain filled her left arm. Her eyes filled with tears and her body seemed to be getting heavier by the second. Her ears began to ring and black spots filled her vision. Then, suddenly, everything around her went black.


David Camden walked up behind his wife and wrapped his arms around her shoulders. She smiled and leaned back into him.

"Are you feeling better?" He asked her. She nodded. For the majority or the morning, Anna had been going through the joys of morning sickness. She had felt its effects a few times before, but had always just thought that it was the flu. This morning, she called in sick to work, and this was the first time that she had been out into the rest of the house. "So, look what I got." He said, sitting down next to her on the sofa. He held up 'The Big Baby Name Book' in one hand, and 'What to Expect When You're Expecting' in the other. Anna smiled.

"Oh, David, thank you!" She cried.

"We should be able to find out if we're having a son or a daughter next month, or in April, so I thought it might be a good idea to look through the names and choose before hand." Anna nodded in agreement. She reached out and took the book, beginning to look through it. David scooted closer to her and she held out the book so that they could both see. Boys names were in the first half of the book, so they decided to look at them first. "I like Andrew, that's a nice name. Alexander, Caleb, Connor…what do you like?" He asked.

"Hmm…" She thought. "Well, I like all the ones you said, and Jordan, Keegan, Kade, Noah, Tyler…wow, there's so many!" She smiled and scanned the list silently. "Well, if we have a boy, his middle name would be David after his amazing father…" She laughed. "So, we need to find only the names that go with that name." They grew quiet as they thought. Suddenly, at the same time, they spoke.

"What about Connor?" They said in unison. They immediately broke into laughter. Anna leaned over and kissed her husband on the cheek. "I knew we were a good match." She said with a laugh. "So then a boy will be Connor David?" David nodded and smiled.

"Connor David." He flipped the book open to the second half where all the girls names were. "One down, one to go." He said with a laugh. "So, take a look at these. Only choose ones that go with Anna though." Anna shook her head.

"Nothing goes with Anna. Ann, yes, but Anna? Not much." She laughed. "Let's see here…I like Amanda, Abby…oh look at this one." She pointed. "Avery. That's pretty." David agreed. "and Audrey is nice. Wow, a lot of 'A' names! Let's see what else….Sophie is adorable…and Hailey is nice. Oh! Bella, that's so cute!"

"Those are all beautiful. I like Cadence a lot…and Jocelyn is beautiful, Sydney, Gabriella, Bailey, Lily, Michelle…" He smiled. "Wow, I really love them all."

"The names you said are beautiful too! Oh Davey, how are we going to choose?" She asked.

"Well…let's just look through and think of the ones that we like together, Ok? Avery Sophia's really cute, Jocelyn Cadence or Jocelyn Sophia…they're all beautiful.

"Those are so great." Anna said quietly. She shut her eyes and began to think. "Ya know, I think that I chose my favorite. What's yours?"

"Well you have to tell me yours first!" David said with a laugh. Anna shook her head mischievously. "Fine." David said. Well…I think I like Avery Sophia best."

"Me too." She said, happily leaning forward to again kiss her husband. "I love it! So now," She placed her hands over her stomach, "We know that right underneath my hands is either Connor or Avery…our baby…" David smiled at her.


"Yeah." He said quietly, and placed his hands on top of hers. "Connor or Avery."

Ruthie cracked one eye open and looked around, recognizing nothing. Her head was pounding and the feeling in her left wrist was one she wasn't accustomed to. Someone spoke next to her and she turned her head, to see her husband.

"Peter? Where am I?" she asked. Peter smiled at her.

"You're awake. Well, this is Saint Jude's hospital. I came to pick you up but when I got there I saw you laying on the ground, so I called 9-1-1. The doctor says that your wrist is broken, but other than that, you seem to be ok." Ruthie looked down to see her wrist in a temporary cast. "You've been in and out of consciousness for about 30 minutes, since I found you."

"But…I don't remember anything after that boy ran out in front of Stormy…I don't think I was ever awake baby."

"You were, but only for a few seconds on and off. From what the doctor can tell so far, you passed out because of the pain. How do you feel?"

"Well…apart from being totally confused…my head hurts like mad, and my wrist is throbbing." Suddenly she gasped. "What time is it?! Are the kids OK?" Peter smiled and laughed.

"The kids are fine. I called the babysitter and told her what's going on. She said she can stay until 11. It's only 6:15. Don't worry, everything's fine." He said, "The doctor didn't want to give you full pain meds until he could check you out while you're conscious, so that's why your wrist isn't feeling the greatest. Here, push this." He leaned out and pushed the red button to call the nurse. She entered the room moments later.

"Oh, you're awake! Welcome back, Mrs. Petrowski." She laughed. "I'll go get Dr. Manning." She said, and left the room. A few minutes later, a tall dark haired man entered the room and approached Ruthie.

"Well, Mrs. Petrowski, nice to see you awake. How are you feeling?" He asked.

"My head hurts quite a bit, and my wrist is throbbing, it's just really uncomfortable."

"I'd imagine so." He answered. "It seems that you took quite a fall. We've done some X-Rays, and found out that your wrist is definitely broken, but when we checked out your head, we found nothing wrong, which is fortunate. Hitting your head on the ground like that could have really caused some damage. I'm assuming that you'd like some more pain medication?" He asked. Ruthie smiled at him.

"Definitely." He nodded and put on his stethoscope.

"Ok, why don't we check and see how you're doing." He checked her pulse and vitals. "Well, I'm gong to order an IV for you with some pain meds, and after a few hours, we'll get you into a more permanent cast." Ruthie nodded and he left the room. She looked over at Peter and smiled.

"So, I guess this isn't the night we planned for, huh?" She asked. They laughed.

"Not quite, but that's OK. I'm just glad that you're safe. It doesn't matter where we are for our 7th anniversary, it just matters that we're together. Who sees the difference from a restaurant to a hospital? You and I are both here, and that's all the counts."


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