Title- A No Title Jess
Chapter Title- Surprise!
Disclaimer- I do not own The Outsiders
Note- Some time may have passed. Okay, it did. I am like the only one in my area that had a black out last night! Two hours, the worst part was that I had this chapter written, and the computer shut off and it wasn't saved. I had to rewrite this! Grr...
"Soda!" I screamed sitting up in the bed. He looked at me with wide eyes. I was panting and sweating.
"Are you okay?" He asked. I shook my head and he got out of the bed.
"The baby," I said and screamed again. This was the most pain I'd ever been in. I must've waken up everybody in the house because soonPony and Darrywere in the door way. Soda helped me out of bed and Darry went to start the car. We were on the way to the hospital and I was going to a room.
I don't remember a lot, just a lot of screaming and pain. Soon, they were handing me a baby, a little, 3 weeks early baby. So what if she was early? She was my baby. But, wait, she handed me another baby? There must be a mistake; I didn't have a big enough stomach for twins.
"Mrs. Curtis, hello, do you have a name for your babies?" I looked at the nurse, then at the babies, a boy and a girl. Couldn't she tell I was in the middle of something? No, she couldn't. I smiled and thought about it.
"Um, Veronica Lynn Curtis and, um, Nathaniel David Curtis," I told her finally. Where was Soda? I saw him coming in and I smiled at him. The nurse had taken away Veronica and Nathaniel.
"Hey," I said.
"What's the baby's name?" he asked.
"Veronica and Nathaniel," I told him. His mouth kind of opened and his eyes got big.
"T, twins?" he asked. I nodded. How were we supposed to afford two babies? One was going to be hard enough. I kept thinking there has got to be some mistake. I didn't have twins in me. But, they were kind of small. He hugged me and then went out. He was probably going to tell Darry and Pony. Soon he came back in with four other people. Why were Two-Bit and Steve there? I have no idea.
"Gee, Jess, can't you wait until a normal time to have your baby?" Two-Bit asked.
"Babies," I corrected him.
"I couldn't wait. It is impossible for you to experience the pain I did."
"W, wait, did you say babies?" I nodded.
"Twins," I said, "Veronica and Nathaniel." The room got really quiet. Ponyboy yawned, what time was it? I looked up to see the clock. 3:30 in the morning, it was early.
"You guys should go back to your homes and get some sleep. I'll be fine." I fell asleep, having twins was hard work.
They woke me up around 10 when I had visitors.
"Sodapop Curtis, you better get back to work! We need all the money we can get," I told him sternly.
"I was just checkin' up on you." I smiled. He kissed me and then went back to work. Two-Bit was here.
"So, Two-Bit, did you see the babies?" I asked him. He looked at me and shook his head.
"Go see them, Uncle Two-Bit."
"I'm not related to you or Soda."
"Close enough; now go to see my babies." He turned away. I just wanted to be alone. I leaned back on my pillow and flipped through channels. All that was on were re-runs of the same old crappy television that I had been watching the past 8 months and a half, or something like that.
The nurse brought in Veronica and Nathaniel and said Two-Bit left. With their eyes closed and just the onesie on, they looked identical. I held Veronica and admired her tiny fingers. They were so tiny and soft. I held Nathaniel next, he had the same fingers. They looked so innocent; I couldn't believe they were mine. Wait, I never liked kids. I guess this was different because they were mine. I might've loved these two more than I loved Soda, of course I would never say that to his face.
I thought about how long it was to say Veronica and Nathaniel. Why did I have to pick such long names? How could Veronica be made shorter? There was Vera, but that was odd. I liked Ronnie, or Ron, which ever I felt like calling her. I liked Nate for Nathaniel; I had that in mind when I thought of the name. Nate and Ronnie, they looked so cute. The nurse took them away again. I picked up the phone and dialed Sara's number. I'd have to tell her I had twins. She was the only one out of that group that knew I was pregnant, and that cared.
Sara was so excited that she ran right over. I could hear her fighting with the nurse to let her in. The nurse only let in Two-Bit because he had been there with Soda that night. Finally, Sara came in. She looked a lot different. She had cut her hair short and dyed it. She hated being blonde, I never found out why. She made it seem like such a touchy subject. When I asked her why she dyed it she snapped at me. She told me they looked adorable and that if I ever needed any help to call her. I trusted her, so I probably would.
I asked the nurse if she was sure the twins were mine, only for about the 15th time. She said they were and to not ask her about it again. Twins, it was such a surprise. I'm pretty sure I would have a fun time trying to take care of them.