Thank you for the great reviews, here's part 2

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Randy grabbed the mike, "I hate to do this, but you'll have to excuse us, Dani's water just broke." And he took her by the hand and sat her down on the closest available chair.

Randy's mom Elaine rushed over to Dani, "Have you been having any contractions?"

Dani nodded breathing hard, "Throughout the wedding."

Elaine shook her head, "Sweetie, you should have said something."

"I couldn't interrupt the wedding, there was enough of that already." Dani replied in a sarcastic tone. "Besides, I figured my blood pressure was up, and it would stop when my blood pressure lowered."

"Have you still been having problems with your blood pressure?" Elaine asked.

"Last week when I went to the doctor, it was higher than normal, so he told me to keep an eye on the swelling of my hands, feet and ankles." Dani replied clutching Elaine's hand. "Where's Randy?"

"He's calling an ambulance." Elaine replied.

Dani's father Ray and Randy's father Bob came up by her, "Is there anything we can do Dani?"

She shook her head, "No, just get Randy over here."

John rushed over by Randy, "Dude, if the ambulance is going to take too long, just take the truck."

Randy shook his head, "Her water broke, it's going to be messy."

"Two babies are a helluva lot more important than the interior of my truck," John replied. "Let's go."

Randy hung up with the ambulance service, and rushed over to Dani. "Ok, John's driving us, let's go."

John and Randy helped her up, and Elaine, Bob and Ray walked behind Dani and they all headed out to the parking lot.

As they got there, Dani broke down crying, "It's too early, I ruined the wedding."

Randy rubbed her back, "Princess, you didn't have any control over this."

John laid a blanket down for Dani, and they helped her to lay down. "Don't worry, we'll get you there in plenty of time."

"We'll follow behind." Elaine called as they shut the door.

"Mom, we're taking the van." Becky called. Following Becky was the groomsmen and the bridesmaids.

"Now wait just a minute, as much as she would love to have you there, it may not be such a good idea for such a large group to show up right now. We don't know what's going to happen. Can I suggest just waiting for a little while." Elaine explained gently. "I'm not saying she doesn't want you there, but I think maybe this would be a good time to let her go for awhile, and wait for the phone call that it's ok to go and see her."

Becky nodded, as much as she hated to admit it, her mom had a point.

"Alyssa, as maid of honor, go back in there, announce that she is officially on her way to the hospital, everyone is able to stay as long as they want, and we will keep them posted."

"You've got it." Alyssa replied heading back inside.

"Becky, we'll call you with any news we get." Bob said as she led Elaine to the car.

Becky nodded and waved.

MEANWHILE…

For Dani, it felt like it was taking an eternity to get to the hospital. All she could do was think of everything that wasn't done yet. She had 2 bags packed, but they were at the house in Louisville, they hadn't thought about names yet, they were supposed to be moving at the end of the month, so they hadn't done a lot of shopping for the nursery yet. They didn't even have a camera with. Soon Dani was crying in the backseat.

"Dani, breathe honey, is the pain getting worse?" Randy asked frantically from the front seat.

"I'm not ready. We're not ready, the babies aren't even ready." She cried. She began to rattle off everything that they hadn't done yet.

John looked at Randy, "Is this what labor is supposed to be like?"

"This is premature labor mixed with pregnancy hormones." Randy replied quietly. "Princess, this is a little sooner than we planned on, it just means we'll have to wing it."

"Yeah, 10 weeks too soon." She replied with many tears.

"Dani, I have my digital camera, so you can use that all you want." John replied.

Dani smiled, "Thanks John."

They arrived at the hospital, and as Randy ran in to get someone, John hopped in the backseat with Dani. He could tell that she was having another contraction because her face was struck with pain.

With his right hand, he smoothed her hair and veil back, and with his left hand, he held hers. "Take a few deep breaths, it'll be over soon." He said calmly.

She leaned her head into his shoulder, so their faces were touching. "It hurts so bad." She whimpered.

He leaned into her and continued to hold her hand, "Don't worry, it'll all be over soon."

Randy came back out with some of the ER staff. "Ok, Dani, it'll be ok now." He said.

They eased her out of the backseat and quickly got her down to labor and delivery. They paged her doctor, and a very nice looking nurse walked in the room. "Hi Danielle, I'm Rita, I'll be your nurse today."

Dani tried to smile, "Hi Rita. It hurts really bad."

"Well, how about we get this wedding dress off, we'll get you in a hospital gown, and then we'll check to see how far you're dilated." Rita replied getting all of the monitors ready.

Dani nodded. Randy helped her stand up, and Dani slid the dress off, and Randy helped her put the gown on. Randy and Rita both helped her back in bed.

"You must be daddy?" Rita asked.

"Yes ma'am." Randy replied. "I'm Randy."

"Get yourself into a gown, and we'll be ready to check her progress." Rita said to him. She couldn't figure out why he looked familiar until finally it dawned on her, "Are you Elaine's son?"

Randy smiled and nodded, "Yes ma'am."

"I recognized you from the pictures on her desk." Rita replied. She finished hooking Dani up to the contraction monitor, "Now when those numbers start to go up, start talking real nice to your wife because that means a contraction is starting." She continued with the exam, "Ok, you're dilated to an 8, you're moving along real nice. Now let's check your blood pressure."

As Rita was putting on the blood pressure cuff, Randy took off Dani's veil and began to talk softly to her. He let her hold his hand, and he began trying to talk Dani through her contraction. Once it was over, Rita checked her blood pressure, and then checked it on the other arm. "Dani, you're blood pressure is very high, and with your history of having seizures, I'm going to need turn off the lights and the tv."

"Why? I'm using the tv to focus." Dani replied breathlessly.

"Because lots of lights and television can induce seizures, and we don't need any of those." Rita said turning off everything. "I'm going to call your doctor. If you feel the need to push, call me immediately." And she left the room.

Dani held onto Randy, "No matter what happens, don't leave me. I'm scared."

Randy held her, "Don't worry, you have nothing to be scared of."

There was a tap on the door, and Elaine poked her head in, "May we come in?"

Randy looked at Dani, "Yeah that's fine." She said laying her head on the pillow.

"How are things going?" Elaine asked.

"Painful." Dani replied. "Rita's my nurse, she knew Randy from a picture, do you know who she is?"

"Yup, she's one of the best OB nurses we have." Elaine said with a smile. "Your dad said he hopes you understand, but he's waiting out there with John."

Dani smiled, "I understand totally. He doesn't do hospitals very well."

"Well son, how do you like labor so far?" Bob said patting him on the back.

"She squeezes my hand tighter than my co-workers do." Randy said with a laugh.

"Why are all the lights off?" Elaine asked. Then she looked at Dani, "Is your blood pressure high?"

Dani nodded, "Yeah, and because of the seizures before, they're afraid they'll happen again." Then she looked at Randy, "And I don't care what they say, you are to take pictures of the kids."

As Dani was in the middle of another contraction, Rita walked in. "Wow, full house. Hi Elaine, congratulations grandma and mother-in-law."

Elaine smiled, "Thanks."

"Dani, your doctor is just getting suited up, but you've been having some very strong contractions, so I'm going to need to check you. And with your blood pressure being high, we try to avoid a lot of visitors, so whoever is going to be in the room with you, have them stand back by your head."

Elaine kissed Dani and Randy on the forehead, "You come tell us when they're born. We'll be out there with your dad."

Dani smiled, "Thanks, I'm sure he's scared out of his mind and just won't admit it."

"That would be Ray for ya." Elaine replied. "Take care sweetie."

Randy took his spot to the right side of Dani back.

Rita checked, "Well, you're fully dilated, why don't you go ahead and on your next contraction start pushing?"

"Start pushing? But it's too soon, I'm 10 weeks early, my doctor isn't here yet." Dani started panicking. Randy was trying to quiet her down, but she was so nervous it was hard to calm her.

Rita smiled, "Trust me, you won't have the baby on the first push, your doctor is headed this way with the best neo-natologists we have to care for your babies. Go ahead and push."

Once the next contraction started, Dani began pushing. Her door opened and her doctor walked in with a team of specialists along with lots of equipment and two incubators.

"Now Dani, I hear your kids wanted to be a part of the wedding." Dr. Johansen said as he sat down.

"Yeah, they did. Are they going to be ok? They're so early." Dani said nervously.

"Yes they're early, but they've always been on the bigger side, so until they're here we won't know for sure." Dr. Johansen explained. "Ok, here comes a contraction, at the count of three, I want you to push."

As the time went by, Dani kept pushing, and there were still no babies. Her blood pressure began to climb higher and higher. Dr. Johansen looked at Dani, "Ok, this is your last chance to have these babies vaginally, or I'm going to have to prep you for a c-section. I can't risk you seizing."

Dani looked at the doctor, she was so sweaty and tired, and she was a little disoriented because her blood pressure was so high. She was actually scaring Randy a bit. "I can do this."

Randy put a cool washcloth on her forehead and fed her more ice chips. "C'mon princess, I know you can do this."

The next contraction came, and Dani pushed with everything she had. The doctor smiled, "Ok, I have the head, push a little more."

She kept pushing, and next thing they knew, he was holding up the first baby, "It's a boy!" Dr Johansen exclaimed.

The specialists took the baby and began working on him. Dani told Randy to go and take a few pictures.

Dani looked at the doctor, "How long till the next one? I'm so tired."

"Well, it all depends, I suggest resting a little." The doctor said turning his attention to the baby. He turned around with the little bundle all wrapped up in a blanket, "Do you want to hold your son?"

"I'd love to, but I'm having a contraction, I need to push." Dani said frantically.

Randy ran back to Dani's side and held her hand. This time, it only took 5 pushes, and the second baby was out. The doctor held up the baby, "It's a girl!"

Dani laid back on the bed in utter exhaustion. She had pushed for almost 2 hours before her blood pressure skyrocketed. She was light-headed and not feeling very good. "Doc, I don't feel good."

The doctor tended to Dani as Randy took pictures of his daughter.

One of the specialists looked over to Randy, "Your son is 2 lbs. 5 oz and your daughter is 2 lbs. 1 oz. They will need some help breathing, but you are able to hold them briefly."

Randy set the camera down, and the specialist showed Randy how to hold one in each arm. Another specialist took a few pictures for him. Randy walked over to Dani, "Princess, here they are."

Dani opened her eyes, and they instantly welled with tears, "They're so little and beautiful."

Randy helped her hold the babies and the doctor took a few family photos.

Dani kissed them both and nuzzled them.

"Ok, we need to get them down to the NICU, but you will be able to visit them anytime you feel up to it." Doctor Johansen explained.

Dani nodded, "Take care of them, and I want the truth when it comes to them, no matter what."

Randy kissed Dani on the forehead, "I'm going to take the camera out to show the parents and John."

Dani nodded, "I need to rest."

He kissed her on the lips, "I'm so proud of you Mrs. Danielle Orton."

"You did pretty good yourself daddy." Dani replied sleepily.

"You get some rest, we're giving you some meds to lower your blood pressure and then we'll get you moved to a room where you can have some visitors when you're up for it." The doctor replied.

"Ok," Dani said as she leaned her head on Randy's arm. "If you want, go with the babies, I'll be fine."

"Are you sure?" Randy asked.

Dani nodded, "Yeah, go show everyone pictures, and then go see them. I'll page you when I'm in a room."

Randy kissed her, "Ok princess, I love you."

"I love you too." And then Dani laid her head to the side and tried to get comfy.

Randy walked out to the waiting area, "Well, you guys are grandparents." He said with a smile. "It's a boy and a girl."

Soon his mom, his dad, Ray and John were asking him questions and looking at the pictures.

Elaine smiled, "I'm going to go and check on them, I'll be back."

Randy nodded, "Go find out how they really are, will you? They're so early and tiny."

She patted Randy's back, "I will, don't worry."

Elaine got to the NICU and got suited up. She walked over to the babies labeled "ORTON" and peeked in at them. They were both hooked up to oxygen and a few other monitors. "How are they doing?" She asked the nurse on-duty.

"Acutally, for being so early, they're doing pretty good. In about 15 minutes, the doctor said we can go ahead and try feeding them. They're small, and they're lungs aren't fully developed, but the rest of their vitals are looking very impressive." The nurse replied.

Elaine nodded. She was glad that they were doing well. As she was walking out, Randy was running towards her, "Mom, Dani had a pretty bad seizure, they're taking her to ICU to stabilize her," He told her frantically. "I'm worried about her, she didn't look good."

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Will Dani be ok? What about the babies? How will Randy hold up? Please read and review!

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