A Fuzzy Kind Of Love.
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A/N - Thanks for the reviews! Hopefully after this chapter i won't seem so dumb to one reviewer!
Chapter 9 - Life's Never Gonna Be The Same
Abby woke up with a start, and made Carter jump in the process.
"Abby what's the matter? Its four in the morning!"
"I just had the weirdest dream. I dreamt that I was at a party with you and Susan and I went into labour!"
"You know why don't you!"
"Why?"
"Look at the calendar"
Abby glanced at the kitten calendar hanging on the wall beside their bed. A big red circle was around the date.
"Oh my GOD! Its baby day!"
"Don't tell me you had forgotten!" Carter laughed.
"Of course not! Its just so strange"
"What is?"
"Well, normally, you'd just hang around waiting for something to happen, you know, for your waters to break, but instead we have a date for our babies to be born"
"Abby. Sometimes you surprise me"
"Why?"
"You used to be an OB nurse, how can it be strange? Honestly, I think the more your bump has grown, the more brain cells you have lost"
"Cheek! It's just different when it's your own. Just think, by tonight, we'll have four daughters!"
"I should run now if I was sensible"
"Whydon't you?"
"Because I love you and the babies too much"
Abby and Carter drifted off into a dreamless sleep. The alarm woke them again at 8.
"Abby, wake up honey, we have to get ready"
"Just one more minute"
"Abby, you know it won't be one more minute. Don't you want to see your daughters?"
"I can feel them. They're playing rugby in my stomach"
Carter looked down at Abby's stomach. He could see the babies' arms and legs punching the skin.
"I hope they never find a way for men to get pregnant!"
"So do I. I'd never hear the end of it, you moan enough now!"
"Ok, lets make a list of the things we've got to do"
"Feed the cats"
"Done it, pack your bag, or should I say suitcase!"
"Remember how many we're having Carter!"
"Right! Is there anything else?"
"Not that I can think of, but then according to you, I haven't got much brain left"
"Ok, lets get ready and then we can go!"
Carter and Abby were due at the hospital at ten. As usual they were running late.
"Ok, Abs, lets get you to the car".
Abby had grown so big, it was difficult to walk. She got very out of breath on exertion from the pressure on her lungs of having four babies inside. She had finished working at five and a half months and had spent the rest of that time at home in bed, with a home monitoring kit. Carter had fussed around like a mother hen, but Abby was grateful that she had such a supportive husband. Having quads was no mean feat and the last few months had been a worrying time, worries of losing the babies, or them arriving extremely prematurely. Of course, the worry had not gone away, for either of them. As soon as the birth was over and their four babies were as well as they could be, everything would be ok.
Once in the car, Carter made a final check.
"Ok, I think we're ready. Are you ok?"
"I think so, its just life is never going to be the same is it?
"No, but it will be better"
"I hope so"
"I know so"
