For Disclaimer, please see chapter one. I also don't own KFC.

A/N: Hi every one! Thanks for so patiently waiting for a new chapter. I've been out of town, and once I got home, was totally swamped with things to catch up on! I hope that you will enjoy the chapter, and don't forget to review!

Thanks to Katie for the idea of Lucy bringing Anna lunch, used in this chapter.


Sunrise

Chapter 12: Unexpected Visitors

Lucy Kinkirk smiled as she pulled through at KFC to get her food. She glanced in the review mirror at her sleeping one year old as she pulled out into traffic and started towards David and Anna's home. Since Anna was on bed rest, Lucy decided to go and visit her, and she wasn't going to show up with out food. She remembered all too well what it was like to be pregnant with twins. It was hard enough to do things while carrying one baby, but with two, it was almost impossible. KFC had always been Anna's favorite fast food place, so that is where she picked up their meals from. She pulled into the Camden driveway, got the food and Riley, then walked up to the door and quietly used her key to let herself in. She sat the food down on the kitchen table, then walked down the hall to Anna and David's room where she heard the TV on. She knocked on the door.

"Anna, it's Lucy, can I come in?" Anna called back yes and she entered. Anna looked at Lucy confused, wondering why her sister in law had come to pay her a visit.

"What a nice surprise!" Anna said, delighted. "It's pretty boring having to sit around all day with no one to talk to. What brings you here?" Lucy smiled at her.

"Well, I thought you might like some company. I had to bring Riley with me, I hope to don't mind. Meg's at school and Mia and Emily are at a friends house, but I couldn't find a sitter for Riles at such short notice. Anna smiled.

"Of course I don't mind! I'm going to have little ones soon enough, I love to see Riley and get used to it." Riley looked around drowsily after being woken from her nap when they got out of the car. Anna laughed and reached out to stroke her niece's hair.

"Yeah!" She looked at her watch. "You're due three weeks from today! Well, Madame, if you'll come this way, your lunch awaits you." Lucy said. Anna laughed. Lucy reached over to the wheel chair sitting next to the bed and rolled it up, helping Anna into it.

"David got so paranoid about me being up that he went and rented a wheel chair for me. Pathetic, I know. The only way he'll let me walk with out it is when I have to go in the bathroom. It's annoying, but I know he's just doing it because he loves me." Lucy nodded in agreement. When they reached the kitchen table, Anna squealed in delight. "Luce! You didn't have to do this!" The cried as Lucy pushed the wheel chair up to the table.

"I remember what it's like to be pregnant and trying to do things like this. If I can help at all, I'm going to!" Lucy sat down as well with Riley on her lap and the woman began to eat. After a half hour, Anna turned to her sister in law.

"I'll be right back. The babies seem to think that my bladder is their trampoline." She said with a laugh. She carefully stood and made her way down the hall to the bathroom. Lucy ripped some chicken off the bone and cut it up, giving some to her one-year-old, who ate the meal happily. A few minutes later, Anna opened the door to the bathroom and came back out. Lucy, being so preoccupied feeding Riley, didn't notice when Anna stopped moving. Anna put her hands onto her stomach as her eyes widened. "Lucy…" She squeaked quietly. Lucy looked up with a frown, wondering what was wrong.

"Are you all right?" Lucy asked, concerned.

"Luce…" She looked down. "I think my water just broke." Lucy quickly saw the puddle under Anna which she was so familiar with.

"Oh my gosh! We have to go to the hospital. Did you pack your things yet?" She asked.

"No! We were going to do it this weekend!" Anna cried, sounding panicked. "Oh my gosh, Lucy what are we going to do?" She began to cry as she held her stomach, feeling lightly her first contraction.

"It's going to be OK, Anna. Don't worry." She helped Anna over to the sofa. "I'm going to go pack your bag. It'll take me two seconds, just try and hang in there OK?" Anna nodded silently. Lucy grabbed Riley and ran to her sister in law and brother's bed room. She quickly grabbed an extra shirt for Anna, her tooth brush and tooth paste, and her cell phone off the dresser, then tossed everything in a small duffel bag and hurried back out to Anna. "Let's go." She said. She helped Anna get up and into the car. As they drove, Lucy dialed Annie and Eric on her cell phone. "Mom, It's Lucy." She said when Annie answered. "Could I drop Riley at your house, it's an emergency. Anna's in labor." She paused as Annie answered. "Ok thank you so much we'll be there in a few minutes." Annie was waiting outside when they pulled up. She quickly took Riley and squeezed Anna's hand caringly.

"Good luck honey. Have you called David yet?" Anna nodded as she dialed him for the second time on her cell phone.

"He's not answering! Come on, Dave, I need you!" She cried in frustration. Annie looked at Lucy.

"Go, we'll be fine. I'll go pick up Meg from school at three. Where are the twins?"

"They're at their friend's house. I'll call over there and see if they can stay the night." She said. Lucy thanked her mother quickly, kissed her daughter good bye, then jumped back in the car and started for the hospital. For the next twenty minutes, Anna continued to try and reach her husband, still will no luck.

"Lucy! Where could he be?" She cried. "He-" She stopped, holding her stomach in obvious pain. She breathed slowly for a minute before she could speak again. "He isn't answering his work phone, his cell, his pager…" Lucy reached over and put her hand on Anna's arm.

"Calm down, Anna. We'll get a hold of him. Just try and breathe ok. We're almost there." Minutes later, they pulled into Glen Oak hospital. Lucy helped Anna inside, where they got her into a wheel chair and signed in. She was wheeled into a room by a nurse and hooked up to a fetal monitor and an IV with fluids to keep her hydrated. Lucy pulled a chair up next to the bed, holding Anna's hand through the increasingly bad contractions. They continued to try and get through to David. Lucy reassured Anna again and again that David would make it, but in her heart, she was beginning to worry. Where could he be? Dr. Stevens came through the door with a smile.

"Anna, I came as soon as I got the call! Looks like we're gonna do it this time!" Anna nodded nervously, not being so sure that she wanted to give birth right now. The doctor put on some plastic gloves and examined Anna carefully. She stood up a moment later. "Well, you're dilated about two centimeters, so you're on your way. Is your husband here?" They explained to her their dilemma and she shook her head sadly. "Anna, I'm sure that he'll get here on time. For now, your sister-in-law is here to sit with you, and that's nice, right?" She asked, trying to help raise Anna's spirits. Anna nodded. The doctor stood. "I'll be back to check on you in a half hour or so. If you need anything hit the button next to you. It'll call a nurse in and they can get me." Anna said Ok and Dr. Stevens left. Anna's face scrunched up in pain as she was hit with another contraction. She held her stomach tightly and Lucy looked at her sister in law with sympathy. She put her hand on Anna's stomach until the contraction was over and she relaxed.

"I'll go get you some ice chips, Ok?" Lucy said. Anna nodded and Lucy hurried out of the room. After finding the ice ships easily, she stopped in the hall and put her cell phone up to her ear, calling David again. She sighed and hung up when she got his answering machine for what seemed like the billionth time that day. She walked back into the room and handed Anna the ice, which she took gratefully.

After five and a half more exhausting hours, the doctor visited their room for the 7th time. At this point, Anna had been in labor for close to eight hours, and her sanity was growing thin. After examining her patient, Dr. Stevens stood again.

"Well, Anna, it shouldn't be too much longer. You're just about there." She said with a smile. "We'll start pushing in about 15 or 20 minutes, I predict. Anna nodded, then turned to Lucy wide eyed. Knowing her sister in law's concern, Lucy walked into the hall and dialed again David's number. Two minutes later, she rushed back into the room and looked at Anna.

"I got through to him!" She cried. Anna breathed a sigh of relief. "He was down at a meeting. He's on his way. He should be here in like five minutes." Anna nodded. Only a few minutes later, David ran through the door and over to his wife.

"I'm so sorry, baby! I had my cell silenced since I was in a meeting, and my pager is at home! I feel so terrible!" Anna smiled at him sadly.

"It's OK. I'm just glad you're here now, I-"She stopped and crunched up her face in agony. David held her hand through her long contraction. Doctor Stevens entered the room and came over to Anna. After examining her one final time, she nodded.

"Ok, this is it! Let's get these babies out of there!" She explained to Anna exactly what she needed to do. Anna looked at Lucy with obvious fear in her eyes.

"Luce, I can't do this. Oh my gosh, Lucy make this stop!" She mumbled sounding incredibly panicked. "I can't do this, no way, this cant happen. Lucy!" She started to cry. Lucy reached out and took her left hand, while David still held her right.

"You can do this, sweetie, I know you can. Just do what the doctor says. David and I are going to be right here. Come on, Anna, you're doing great." She reassured her. Anna nodded. 15 minutes later, a baby's cry rang through the small hospital room.

"It's a boy!" Cried Dr. Stevens, holding up the messy baby to show Anna and David before letting David cut the cord and handing him off to the nurse to clean him up. 6 minutes later, a second cry came loud and clear. A few minutes after the second baby was handed off to be cleaned, a nurse approached the bed holding a tiny blue bundle in one arm and a tiny pink one in the other. Anna reached up and took one baby in each arm. As she did, her eyes welled up with tears.

"Well mom and dad, do the babies have names yet?" The nurse asked, smiling at the new parents. David nodded, not taking his eyes off his new son and daughter.

"The boy's name is Connor David, and the girl is Avery Sophia." He said. The nurse nodded and left with a smile. David reached over and took Avery, who he cradled carefully in his arms.

"Hi Avery…I'm your dad, and this is your mom, Anna. She's the most amazing woman in the world…"


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