You guys are so awesome, thank you so much for your reviews. I've decided that I'll do a few more chapters of this, and then I will have a spin-off which will heavily involve Randy and his family. You guys have been truly wonderful and I thank you so much! Have a great weekend! I promise I'll be working on the next chapter over the weekend.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Randy spent the night running back and forth between the NICU and the ICU. Dani was struggling with consciousness, but the babies were doing remarkably well.
Elaine was so proud of her son. He was taking turns with the twins, he would feed them, snuggle them, tell them stories, and then he would run to the ICU and sit with Dani and tell her all about them. He would hold her hand, stroke her hair, anything he could do.
Finally around 12:00pm the next day, Randy sat down and cried. He was mentally exhausted. He turned to Elaine and Bob and said, "It is so hard to think that at this time yesterday, I was getting ready to marry the love of my life. And today she's lying there in a coma. Not to mention that our babies who weren't even due for another 2 and a half months are laying in the NICU doing everything they can to breathe."
Elaine held him, she felt so bad. She could only imagine what all was going through his head. As they were sitting there, Ray, Becky and Nathan were soon spotted coming down the hallway.
Bob got up, rubbed Randy's back, told him that everything will work out and met up with the others to update them on everyone's condition.
Randy got up and wiped his eyes, "I've gotta go, I'm late seeing Dani."
"Randy, if you need time for yourself, to vent or to breathe or even just to collect your thoughts, then you need to take that time." Elaine started to advise but Randy cut her off abruptly.
"No mom, I don't have that time. I need to make sure that they're ok first. My family is coming first." And he walked off towards Dani's room.
Elaine was a little taken aback but also pleased. She could tell that Randy had finally grown up.
Over the course of the day, Elaine, Bob, Ray and his siblings took turns checking in on Dani and the twins so Randy could get some rest. Randy was thankful that Vince was so understanding and allowed for Randy to take some extra time off. He was supposed to have been returning to Raw on Monday, but that wasn't going to be happening.
That night, Randy sent everyone else home. He did the same thing as the night before, he went back and forth between the twins and Dani. The twins were doing better then ever. But Dani still hadn't woken up.
As he headed towards the NICU, he saw a familiar feminine form heading towards him and waving. As he got closer, he was able to make out who it was…Candice.
Randy instantly threw on his defenses, "What are you doing here?"
"Well, I heard about what was going on, and I thought that you could use a friend." Candice replied softly.
"I don't think you should be here, you had better go." Randy said quietly.
"I'm not here to cause trouble, I'm just here as your friend." She said touching his arm. "And you look like you could use one."
"I think you stirred up enough trouble at my wedding, in the middle of the ceremony." Randy said sternly. "I still haven't figured out what the hell you were thinking by doing that."
Candice held up her hand, "I'm not here to fight. I'm here as a friend to you during your troubled times. We were friends before, why can't we still be friends?"
Randy sighed and ran his hand through his hair, "I know you're here to be my friend, and I honestly appreciate that."
Candice smiled, stepped forward and hugged him. "I'm so glad that we can still be friends."
As they stood there hugging, Randy was brought back to reality when he heard someone calling his name.
"Excuse me Mr. Orton?" A nurse called to him.
Randy quickly released Candice, "Yes?"
"Good news, your wife is awake. She's being checked over by a doctor, but she's asking for you and the babies." The nurse said with a smile.
"That's great, I'll be right there." He said with a smile. He turned to Candice, "Thanks for stopping by, but I have to go. I wouldn't let Dani see you here."
Candice nodded, "I totally understand. I'm going to stop by the nursery and see the babies."
"They're not there, they're in the NICU. I'll email you some pics tomorrow." Randy said walking down the hall. Gotta run, talk to ya soon." And he ran towards Dani's room.
Randy got to Dani's room and walked in. The doctor was just finishing up. Randy went over to Dani and held her. Randy had tears in his eyes, and he held her tight. The doctor smiled to the nurses, and they all quietly left the room.
Randy sniffled, "Princess, I thought I was going to lose you."
Dani held him close, "When I woke up, I didn't know what was going on. I was so out of it. I love you Randy."
"I love you too." Randy said trying not to cry.
"How are the babies doing?" Dani asked cautiously.
"Honestly, they're doing great. The doctors are stunned at how strong they are. They still need help breathing, but they're doing remarkably well. I took turns going back and forth between here and there."
"Do they let you hold them?" Dani asked.
Randy nodded with a smile, "Yeah, I've even gotten to try and feed them a bottle. They're sucking reflex isn't totally developed, so they're doing bottles and IV feedings, but they get better and better at it."
Dani had tears in her eyes, "I can't believe I've missed so much. I can barely remember seeing them. Have you thought of any names that you like?"
"Well, I was thinking that for our daughter we should use the middle name of Elaine because it's your mom's middle name and my mom's first name. And I was thinking that for our son, we should use Keith as a middle name because it's been passed down through the generations." Randy said.
"Great idea Randy. Grab the baby books, they've gone long enough without names." Dani said with a determined tone.
For the next couple hours, Randy and Dani snuggled, tossed around baby names, and Randy showed her the pictures of the babies on John's digital camera. Finally Dani looked at Randy, "I'm exhausted. Why don't you go see the babies, name them, tell everyone their names and I'll call you when I wake up."
Randy leaned down and gave Dani a loving kiss, "I love you Mrs. Danielle Orton."
Dani smiled and giggled, "I love you too Mr. Randy Orton."
Randy walked down to the NICU and gowned up. He walked over to the twins, and reached through the incubator and rubbed their tummies with his fingers. Then he stood up and cleared his throat. There were a few nurses in the NICU tending to other babies. "Ladies, I would like to introduce to you Bryson Keith and Brianna Elaine Orton."
The nurses smiled and clapped quietly. One of them brought over a marker and filled out their names on the card that just read "Orton."
She helped him hold the babies and and he told them about how Dani was now awake and she would come see them very soon.
After awhile, he put the babies back in their incubator and headed out to the hallway. He called Ray and told him that his daughter was now awake and doing much better, and he called his parents to tell them the news. He also called a few other close friends and relatives, but he didn't tell anyone the babies' names. Randy wanted to do something special for that information.
Randy headed down to library area and asked to use a computer. He downloaded his favorite picture of the twins, and created a birth announcement. Then he made a whole bunch of color copies, paid the lady at the counter and headed back towards the waiting room where he was meeting everyone.
At 10:00am, Elaine, Bob, Ray, Nathan and Becky showed up. Randy smiled and passed out flyers to everyone. Soon everyone was talking about the names, and asking about Dani.
Around 10:30am, Randy's cell phone went off. He answered it and it was Dani. So Randy packed everyone up and they headed down to Dani's room.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Sorry so short, but it's Friday and I'm out of here! There will be 2 more chapters of this story. Then the spin-off. I'll give you a little preview at the end of next chapter. Thanks for being so great, patient and understanding! Please continue to read and review!