Pretty? Yes. Mine? No.
At the hospital…Brian and Justin waited with Daphne for the doctor to come into her room. They moved her from the emergency room to a room on the maternity ward floor so she would be more comfortable.
"How are you feeling?" Justin asked as he sat next to her bed. Brian was out pacing in the hallway, waiting for the doctor.
"I'm ok...but I'm scared as hell Justin. What the fuck was that?" she answered.
"I don't know Daph. But the doctor should be here soon."
Justin looked up to see Brian walking into the room with the doctor.
"Hi Daphne. I'm doctor Cooper. How are you feeling?" he questioned.
"I'm ok...but what about my babies? Are they ok? And what was that?" Daphne asked worriedly.
" You went into pre-term labor Daphne. Fortunately we were able to stop it and your babies are fine. We're going to need to keep you here at least over night to monitor you just incase this happens again. But when we do release you from our care you'll need to be on bed rest for the rest of your pregnancy." Dr. Cooper explained.
"Ok. Just as long as the babies are ok. Thank you doctor." She said.
"You're very welcome. I'll be in in a while to check on how you're doing ok?"
"Ok."
After the doctor left the room, all three of them let out a sigh of relief.
"Thank god you and the babies are ok." Brian said.
"Thank god. But I think it may be time for Daphne to be closer to us when she needs us." Justin said.
"What do you mean Justin?" Daphne asked.
" Well…we have spare room downstairs…and she cant get out of bed so what if she needs something?"
"Are you saying that you want me to move in with you guys?"
Justin looked up at Brian and then turned back to Daphne.
"Yea...you should move in" Brian said before Justin got the chance to say it.
"At least until the babies are born. Then I wouldn't have to call you every ten minutes to see if you needed anything." Justin added.
"Um...ok… I'll move in"
One week later…
"You are so fucking hot…" Brian whispered as he grabbed the lube from the nightstand.
"Ah…fuck me," Justin gasped.
Brian was about to push in when…
"JUSTIN? CAN YOU COME HERE FOR A MINUTE?"
Both Brian and Justin collapsed onto the bed with an aggravated sigh.
"Fuck…" Justin said as he slid out from underneath Brian and tried to find where he threw his pajama bottoms.
"I'll be back," he said as he waked out of the room.
"Whatsa matter Daph?"
"Can you get me a bottle of …water…"
She looked at Justin and saw how disheveled he was and that he was obviously trying to hide…something.
"Did I interrupt something?" she asked.
"No Daph its fine. Do you need anything else before I go back upstairs?" Justin replied.
"Um…no. I think that's it."
"Ok. I'll be right back."
"Thanks…"
Justin went upstairs and grabbed Daphne her water and brought it back downstairs to her. With a quick you're welcome, he was upstairs and back in bed only to find Brian asleep.
"Fuck...its gonna be a looong next three months….
Six months…"So because the doctor said that twins usually don't carry the full nine months, we're gonna have the shower now." Justin explained to Emmett on the phone as he scooped ice cream for Daphne
"JUSTIN! WHERE ARE YOU?" Daphne yelled up the stairs.
"I'm coming Daph!" he yelled back. "No Em...she doesn't know. I want it to be a surprise. Yea…I'll have her out of the house and then I'll bring her back when you call and tell me that everyone's here. Ok...I'll talk to you later. Bye."
Justin hung up the phone as he walked down the stairs.
"I'm right here Daph." He said as he handed her the bowl.
Justin sat down on the bed next to Daphne. At six month she was twice the size of a normal pregnant woman. But then again...she was carrying twice the baby…
"How are you feeling?" He asked.
"Bored…uncomfortable…and like a fuckin whale." She answered.
"You're not a fuckin whale Daph. This is normal for a mother of twins."
"Yea I know," she said as she put her hands on her stomach, " but I still feel huge."
Justin laughed and stood up to go back upstairs.
"Ooh…damn…these kids kick so fuckin much. And they always find a way to kick me right in the ribs too."
"I guess that means that they cant wait to get out of there." Justin said as he picked up the bowl from the side table.
"Hmm…I guess not." She said just as she fell asleep.
Three weeks later…"So the doctor said everything was fine…." Daphne said as she and Justin walked back into the loft after seeing the doctor.
SURPRISE!"Oh my god!" she yelled as she looked around to see a room full of the people she loved…AND PRESENTS!
Justin led her over to the couch where all the people in the room greeted her.
" Surprise." Justin said as he came over to her and kissed her on the cheek.
"You knew about this?" she asked.
"Yup…I told Em that the doctor said that twins usually don't carry the full 9 months and he put the shower together."
"And a very lovely shower it is if I do say so myself," Emmett said as he kissed Daphne on the cheek too.
"Oh my god. Thank you so much guys!"
Daphne hugged them both and tried to decide what present she would open first.
"Oh. Honey. Open mine first." Said Debbie.
Daphne opened the box and read the t-shirt out loud, "If you think I'm cute, you should see my Grandma Deb. Ooh…that is so cute! And there are two of them. Thank you Debbie."
She put the shirts back into the box and picked up Deb's next gift. She pulled the top off the box and gasped.
"I knew she would love it!" Deb shouted in excitement.
But Daphne didn't gasp in excitement…she lifted the tiny purple velvet dress out of the box and held it up. She turned to look at Brian and Justin, who were wearing the same fake smile. She plastered a fake smile on her face and thanked Debbie before pulling a patchwork shirt out of the box.
"Thank you Debbie…they're…adorable."
She placed the boxed aside and opened the rest of the presents, which included a shirt and shorts and a dress and a little leopard print bikini because according to Emmett, their little girl would need to look fabulous for the summer, from Emmett and a diaper bag from Mel and Linds.
Brian and Justin even got presents. When Justin opened the box and saw the little pink and blue t-shirts that said my heart belongs to daddy he had to stop himself from letting tears roll down his cheeks.
After everyone had left, Brian and Justin gave Daphne their presents. They had bought everything for the babies' rooms.
Brian and Justin came into her room, both wheeling Silver Cross Kensington Pram strollers.
"Oh my god! Isn't that the same stroller that Sarah Jessica Parker had? Those things are like two thousand dollars each!" Daphne said, a surprised look on her face.
" Well now you one up her…you have two..." Brian said as he produced some pictures from his pocket.
"We got you all the furniture for the babies rooms too." Justin said as he showed her the pictures.
"Guys! This stuff is beautiful! Thank you so much!"
"You're welcome Daph." Brian and Justin both said as they hugged her.
Seven months…
"You know…we haven't picked out names yet." Daphne said as she looked through her baby name book.
She was watching Justin try to put together the new crib that just arrived and was having a great time doing so.
"What do you think of Victoria?" she asked.
"Nah…too proper…" Justin replied.
"How bout Gale?"
"You're not naming my daughter Gale."
"No…I mean for the boy."
"Who the fuck would name their son Gale?"
Daphne shrugged and looked in the book again.
"I've always like Mckayla." She said.
"Mckayla. I like it. Its pretty. But I've always like Justine." Justin replied as he turned the last screw to put the crib together.
"Hmm… I wonder why…could it be the fact that is has Justin in it?"
"It could be…hey…what about we put them together. Mckayla Justine. What do you think?"
"I like it." Brian said as he came down the stairs.
Oh...hey. How was Gus?" Justin asked.
"He's good. The munchers say hi." Brian replied. "So what did you pick out for a boys name?"
"Nothing yet…" Daphne answered, " but…I was kinda hoping that we could use Aiden."
"My middle name?"
"Yea Brian...then we could have both our names in our kids names."
"Aiden…it's a good name…"
" I like Aiden Benjamin. I always liked the name Benjamin." Justin added as he tried to get the bassinet out of the box.
"So I guess that's it. Mckayla Justine and Aiden Benjamin."
Eight months…"So we're going to want to schedule a date to induce soon." Doctor Kelly said as she moved the ultrasound wand over Daphne's stomach.
"Ok…when should we do that?" Justin asked.
"Probably in about two weeks. The babies are fully developed now. And it seems that even though it's very rare to see, both are in position for natural delivery"
"Ok…thank you doctor."
"You're very welcome…you can just talk to the receptionist up front and she'll schedule you."
"Wow…two weeks left. It seems like it went so fast." Justin said as they walked out of the doctor's office.
"Pft…maybe for you it seemed like a short time…I'm the one who got the morning sickness and keeps getting kicked in the ribs remember?" Daphne replied with a smile.
"Two weeks." She said as she looked down at her stomach. "See you in two weeks little ones."
Two weeks later…"Ok Daphne I need you to push!"
Daphne squeezed Justin and Brian's hands and pushed.
"Home on Daph…you can do it…push" Justin coached her.
"Oooww...Daph...hand hand!" Brian said as Daphne squeezed too hard on his hand.
"Hee hee whoooo…I'm the one pushing out a fucking baby Brian! Stop bitchiiiiiiiinnnnng! Oooowww!"
"Come on Daphne! One more push! Here we go…."
A minute later the room was filled with the sounds of a crying baby.
"Congratulations! It's a girl!"
The nurse brought her over for Daphne to see.
"Oh my god! She's beautiful!" Daphne said as she rested for a minute.
"Ok Daphne. We have one more to go…. now on your next contraction I want you to push!"
"You're doing great Daphne…" Brian re assured her.
Daphne pushed and pushed when all of a sudden the babies heart monitor began to drop.
"What's wrong? What's happening?" Daphne asked in a panic.
"Daphne, your baby's heart rate is dropping. We need to bring you in for an emergency c-section. Get the OR prepped!" Dr. Kelly announced as she began to prep for surgery.
The screams of a new baby boy willed the OR when Aiden was born.
The doctors lifted him over the curtain for Daphne to see.
"He's beautiful," she said through her tears.
"He is Daphne…you did great…" Justin said. Kissing her on the forehead.
Brian got up from the other stool to go and look at the baby while Justin stayed with Daphne.
"Yea…I did…" Daphne said just as her eye lids fluttered shut.
" Doctor! Her heart rate is dropping"
"Daphne! Daph! DAPHNE!" Justin screamed.
He held her hand saying no over and over again.
"No...no...no Daph…you cant leave me…no Daphne! No!"
Brian came over to him and pulled him away from Daphne as the doctors swarmed around her.
Justin struggled to get away from Brian but he couldn't and he collapsed, crying into brains arms.
He was in a daze but he would head snippets of the doctors talking and yelling.
"…Pulse is dropping……defibrillator now……. no pulse…...10:45 AM…. I'm sorry…."
Brian held Justin as they both stood and cried….
"We need to put the names of your babies on their bassinets. What should we put?" the nurse asked as Justin sat with his baby girl in his arms.
"The boy is Aiden Benjamin and the girl is Mckay--" Brian said before Justin interrupted him.
"No...She's Daphne Mckayla. I want her to always have a piece of her mother with her." Justin said as he looked at the baby in his arms.
Brian walked over to Justin and sat down in the chair next to him. He was holding Aiden and already he could see so much of Daphne in them both.
They had her dark brown hair and her nose and her eyes. But when he looked at then, Justin's baby blues shown back at him.
"Ok...its Daphne Mckayla."
"Your mommy loved you so much babies. She loved you so much…" Justin said as he began to cry again.
It would be hard raising the babies without Daphne. But they would find a way somehow….
Ok…a little authors note at the end here…if you want to see Daphne's baby shower presents…there are pictures in my LJ.
And I have to announce that Growing Pains will be coming to an end…. I will write 2 more chapters and then that's it…this story has been my baby for over six months and 18 chapters later i'm running out of ideas... we've followed Brian and Justin through taking care of a two year old Gus to saying I love you for the first time to having a huge ass fight and then making up to proposing on a beach in hawaii to the wedding and now to having kids...I'm at the end of my creative rope here people...I dont know how much farther I can take it... But there will be a sequel. I left the situation with gus with a question mark and I really wanna address that….so I hope you've enjoyed reading my story, because I know that I've enjoyes writing it. :o)