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"Alan." Said Tin Tin whacking her fiancé with her free hand her other one was being used to brush her long hair.
Alan groaned and rolled over, "What?" He asked burying his head under the blankets.
"We have to go." She said putting down the hairbrush.
"Where?" Asked Alan pulling his head out of the blankets to look at her.
"Hospital. I have a scan remember." She said placing her hand on her slightly swollen stomach.
Alan nodded how could he hand forgotten he and Tin Tin were so excited about the first scan of their baby they were both disappointed that the doctor had said that unless he saw any reason for an earlier scan they had to wait until Tin Tin was at least 16 weeks pregnant. At the moment Tin Tin was 17 weeks pregnant and enjoying being able to get Alan to do anything for her.
Tin Tin smiled at him, "Well aren't you going to get dressed I'm sure the hospital would just love you turning up in your boxers." She said jokingly referring to the nightclothes Alan wore.
Alan pulled of the blankets and stood up a little groggily. He looked in the mirror on the wall in their bedroom. "Well this won't do." He thought looking at his dishevelled hair and sleepy eyes.
"I think I'll take a shower first." He said more to himself than to Tin Tin.
"What?" She asked looking up from where she was sorting out their bedclothes.
"I think I might take a shower before we head to the hospital." He said turning away from his reflection to look at her.
Tin Tin nodded, "We have an hour before we have to leave so if you have a quick shower I'll make you breakfast." She said fluffing the pillows on his side of the king sized bed.
Alan nodded and glanced at the clock, 8:30, why the hell was the appointment so early? "What times the appointment at?" He asked her as she sat down on the bed.
"10:15." She said rubbing her hand across her stomach.
Alan became concerned as she grimaced slightly, "What's wrong?" He asked sitting beside her.
Tin Tin simply grabbed his hand and placed it on her stomach. Alan's eyes lit up with delight as he felt the baby kick under his hand, "That's whats wrong," Said Tin Tin grumpily, "She's being doing that all night."
Alan grinned as he felt another sharp kick, "You're still convinced it's a girl aren't you?" He grinned at her.
"Yes," She said indignantly, "And I'm sure you're still convinced that it's a boy." She said rolling her eyes this had been an ongoing argument between them.
"Yep." Said Alan kissing her on the cheek.
"Well we can probably find out today." Said Tin Tin standing up and smoothing out the sheets on the bed.
Alan rolled his eyes stood up and pulled her back, "Leave it." He said hugging her to his chest his hands running over her stomach.
Tin Tin shook her head and tried to pull away, "It's a mess." She said helplessly Alan was a lot stronger and he had a tight hold on her plus she liked being this sort of embrace with him.
"It's not a mess." Said Alan kissing her on the cheek and pulling away.
"But it's all creased." She said defensively watching Alan pick the clothes he would be wearing that day out of his wardrobe.
"Fine spend ages fixing the bed to perfection Miss Kyrano while I shall go and have a shower." He said starting to leave the room. He turned back round at the door, "By the way does that offer of breakfast still stand?" He asked grinning.
"I'll think about it." She said frowning; she didn't like it when he called her Miss Kyrano it reminded her of the fact that although they were engaged they weren't yet married.
"We would have it all planned if it wasn't for you." She said to her swollen stomach as she heard the shower turn on.
All she got in return was a gentle kick which she took as an apology from her daughter she was convinced no matter what Alan said that the baby she was carrying was a girl and she couldn't wait to hold her but at the moment she would settle for seeing her on the screen and see the look on Alan's face when they doctor told them their baby was a girl.
She smiled as she smoothed out the last few creases in the bed, her daughter seemed to have settled down at last and she had at least a half hour before Alan would be ready for his breakfast.
As she walked past the bathroom she stopped as she heard Alan singing to himself she almost laughed out at his out of key pitch but held in the laugh.
According to Alan his brother Virgil was the only one who had any clue about music and was any good at singing or playing any musical instruments. She suddenly remembered the photo of Alan and Virgil with Virgil trying to teach him to play the piano according to Alan he broke 3 keys during his only ever piano lesson. She had never quite believed him but now that she had heard him singing she could imagine him doing something like that.
She moved away from the door as she heard the shower being turned off he was getting out sooner than she expected.
She walked down the stairs and put some bread in the toaster she was too excited to eat anything but she knew Alan would want some toast.
5 minutes Alan came downstairs wearing dark blue jeans and a white shirt. He was towel drying his hair he couldn't be bothered using a hair dryer.
He watched Tin Tin's hand move to her stomach as she placed toast on a plate presumably for him. She grimaced and Alan felt bad he knew she wasn't having an easy pregnancy and that the baby was quite active and kicking her a lot so that she wasn't getting much sleep, he really felt bad about that but he was glad to know she had a scan that day he was really worried about the baby's well being although their doctor said everything appeared fine to him.
She turned round to face him and smiled, "I made you toast." She said holding up the plate with the slightly burnt toast on it.
"Did you make it or did the toaster?" He jokingly asked knowing that if she had made it, it would be a lot more burnt than it was at the moment. Tin Tin although she could make fabulous 3 course dinners she could never manage to make a simple thing like a couple of rounds of toast things like that still surprised him.
"What do you think?" She asked placing her free hand on her hip.
"The toaster." Said Alan taking the plate out of her hand and biting into a slice of toast, "Did you not make anything for yourself?" He asked concerned at her not eating.
"I'll make something later." She shrugged although she was starting to get a craving for toast, "funny" She thought, "When I make him some and give it to him then I start to get a craving for it, why was life so typical like that?"
Alan grinned and stuffed the extra slice of toast into her mouth, "Eat." He demanded.
Tin Tin took a bite out of it and pulled it out of her mouth, "I made that for you." She said defensively.
"Like you said you didn't make it the toaster did." He joked, "Plus I didn't want you starving our son." He said placing extra emphasis on the word 'son'.
Tin Tin shook her head; "I can't wait to see your face today when the doctor tells you that the baby is a girl." She smiled.
"Well I can't wait to see your face when the doctor tells you that it's a boy." He shot back finishing off his slice of toast.
"We'll see." She said finishing her toast and picking up the plate from the table she idly threw it in the sink, she would wash it later.
Alan grinned at her and looked at his watch "9:30, we should be going." He grinned excited at the prospect of seeing his child.
Tin Tin nodded, "I'll go get my coat." She said walking out of the kitchen.
"Get mine too will you?" He yelled after her.
"Here you go." Said Tin Tin walking back into the kitchen and throwing his denim jacket at him.
Alan caught it and pulled it on. He checked his pocket to make sure he had his wallet and keys as soon as he found them he said, "Come on then."
Tin Tin followed him and climbed into the passenger seat of the silver car while Alan started the car.
All the way to the hospital Alan and Tin Tin sat in silence a few times Alan went to say something but he knew both he and Tin Tin were worried about the same thing the health of their baby Alan had a strange feeling they would get a shock at reaching the hospital but he sure as hell hoped it was a good shock.
A year ago he wouldn't even have contemplated having a child and he definitely couldn't imagine himself a father.
He'd been delighted when she told him she was pregnant. He'd loved it when her bump started growing.
He enjoyed watching her frown and say she was getting fat and he had to reassure her she wasn't.
His favourite thing by far was when he first felt the baby kicking.
It had been after a race and Tin Tin's bump was fairly noticeable by now she had felt some movement but no kicking yet. After the race when he had met up with Tin Tin the first thing she had done was place his hand to her bump and wait for the expected kicking. As she expected the baby kicked his hands just seconds after it had been placed there and it had delighted him to no end.
She told him it had kicked her while he was just crossing the finishing line after winning a race which led Alan to believe that the baby would be a boy and would love racing as much as he did.
Tin Tin was adamant that their baby was a little girl and used the excuse that she was carrying the child and would know better than he did what the sex of their child was.
They had both agreed they would ask the doctor could he tell them the sex of the baby to stop the endless arguing because he was sure if they didn't find out there would be a lot of rows over the fact and he didn't want to risk upsetting her he had heard how dangerous certain things where to pregnant women and he had done his best to avoid these things.
He looked over to her as they stopped at traffic lights her right hand was resting in it's usual place at the side of her bump, she would smile every now and then as she felt movement from the baby.
Her left arm was resting on the armrest on the door and her head was on her hand she looked like she was thinking about something deep as she watched the stationary traffic.
"You ok?" Asked Alan as the traffic lights changed from red to green.
Tin Tin turned to look at him, "I'm worried." She admitted.
Alan nodded, "So am I." He admitted.
"Alan I want this baby so much I don't even care if it's not a girl but I don't know what I'll do if there's anything wrong with it." She said looking down at her bump.
Alan grinned, "So are you actually admitting you're not sure it's a girl." He said in mock surprise.
Tin Tin glared at him, "You know I'm not I just want it to be a girl more that's all."
"I wouldn't count on it according to dad there hasn't been a girl in our family for several generations I have four brothers to back that up."
Tin Tin nodded, "I don't really care I just want it to be healthy." She said.
"Well judging by all the kicking it's doing I'd say it was perfectly healthy." He joked ignoring the feeling he was getting.
Tin Tin smiled at him, "Do you have to make a joke out of everything?" She asked.
"It's the only way to do things." He grinned.
"Who on earth say's that?" She asked.
"Gordon." Said Alan his smile failing a little, "He always told me it was the only way to have fun in life."
"You should phone them I still have the contact details." She said although she had tried this argument hundreds of times before.
"You said you got information about my parents and one of my brothers right?" He asked. Tin Tin nodded wondering where this was going, "Which of my brothers did you get information for?" He asked.
"Scott." She answered.
Alan nodded, "What did you find out about him?"
"You sure you want to know?" Asked Tin Tin surprised he wanted to know.
"Yes." Said Alan firmly.
Tin Tin took a deep breath, "I found out his address, telephone number and..." She faltered slightly wondering whether to tell Alan about his niece.
"And.." Urged Alan.
"I found out he has a daughter." She said looking him in the eye.
It took Alan a few moments to process the information, he had a niece he never knew about, "What's her name? How old is she?" He asked eagerly wanting to gather as much information as he could.
"Her names Melody and I think she just turned four." Said Tin Tin watching the hospital draw closer.
Alan nodded before realising something was missing, "Where's her mother? Is Scott married?"
Tin Tin shook her head, "He was married, Melody's mother died in childbirth." She said sadly.
Alan was surprised he had heard about things like that happening but he never actually thought it would happen to one of his brothers, the thought of it made him more nervous about the appointment, "Oh." He said pulling into a parking space.
"Do you want me to get you the information when we get back?" She asked.
Alan nodded not quite sure whether he would use it or not but he wanted to know he had it there just in case.
Tin Tin climbed out of the car and shaded her eyes against the sun it was a warm spring day. She looked at the daunting figure of the maternity hospital and shivered she had a bad feeling about this and she didn't like it.
Alan came to stand beside her and took her hand he squeezed it reassuringly, "It'll be ok." He assured her.
Tin Tin nodded his words comforting her, "Can we go in now?" She asked swallowing nervously.
"Yeah the appointments in 10 minutes I think we should go find out where we have to go." He said checking his watch for the time.
Tin Tin nodded nervously and started to walk towards the tall building her hand still in his the warmth of his reassuring her
Once they had found out from one of the nursing staff where they were meant to go they walked into a crowded waiting room with lots of expectant parents talking excitably about the experience they were about to have.
Tin Tin went over to the desk and told them her name to warn them of their arrival. The receptionist a young girl nodded lazily, typed something on the computer keyboard in front of her and then went back to reading her magazine.
Tin Tin took this as a sign she could sit down and walked over to where Alan was already sitting reading a magazine on racing, "Hey Tin Tin guess what I'm in this." He said pointing to a picture of himself beside his racing car obviously taken about two years previously.
Tin Tin nodded not really concerned. She scanned the room with her eyes and saw a young man watching them obviously trying to figure something out, "Probably where he knows Alan from." She thought.
The man noticed her looking at him and turned back to his heavily pregnant wife.
She turned to Alan to tell him about the man but she noticed Alan's attention was no longer on the magazine it was on the man who had been looking at them, "Alan?" She asked him curiously.
Alan kept his eyes on the man but answered, "What?"
"Do you know that man?" She asked wondering why the man looked familiar to her.
"It's Virgil." He growled.
Tin Tin was shocked, "Your brother?" She asked looking back at the man who seemed to have sensed their eyes and turned round.
"Tin Tin Kyrano?" Asked one of the nurses from the side.
Tin Tin and Alan turned to look at her and stood up. Virgil's eyes followed them all the way into the room.
When they got inside they found themselves in a room with one bed and a machine with a screen obviously the scanner.
"Lie down please." The nurse said to Tin Tin nodding towards the bed while checking something on the notes.
Tin Tin took of her coat and lay down on the bed, "17 weeks is it?" The nurse asked now looking at them.
Tin Tin nodded to confirm it, "Yes." She gulped.
"Ok." She said setting down her clipboard and lifting Tin Tin's top up to above her stomach. She wiped some gel across her stomach and Tin Tin grimaced at how cold it was.
Alan noticed her reaction to the gel and said, "It can't be that cold."
"It is." She said.
"Yeah right." Said Alan jokingly.
Tin Tin got a little bit angry at this bit and took some of the gel of her stomach onto her finger and ran it down Alan's cheek, "See how cold it is." She said as she watched his reaction.
Alan nodded and wiped the gel off with his hand, "I take it back." He said throwing up his hands in defeat.
Tin Tin nodded satisfied, "Good." She said as the nurse put the scanner to her stomach.
Tin Tin watched the screen as she moved it around a little, finally she saw a shape on the screen and gasped. The nurse smiled, "There's the head." She said pointing to a shape on the screen.
Tin Tin nodded numbly unable to get anything out Alan asked, "Is it ok?"
The nurse moved the scanner a little bit more and frowned, Alan noticed her change in expression, "What's wrong?" He asked suddenly concerned.
The nurse didn't say anything for a few seconds moving the scanner over Tin Tin's stomach a bit more.
Tin Tin desperately searched the screen trying to see what the nurse was seeing the nurse's silence was worrying her.
The uneasy feeling in Alan's stomach returned, "What's wrong?" He asked again trying to get an answer out of the nurse.
"One minute." She said leaving the room in a hurry.
Tin Tin looked at Alan with fear written all over her face, "Alan there's something wrong with our baby." She said helplessly.
Alan saw the look on Tin Tin's face he desperately wanted to hug her and tell her everything would be ok but he wasn't sure it would be.
The nurse re-entered with another man behind her the man sat down beside the bed and started to move the scanner over Tin Tin's stomach obviously searching for something.
"Will someone tell us what's going on?" He asked his temper building.
The doctor nodded and turned to face him and Tin Tin after a few minutes, "I have some news." He said.
"We figured that." Said Alan crossing his arms over his chest not impressed with the lack of information.
"It appears you were carrying twins." The doctor said to Tin Tin.
Tin Tin was shocked as this revelation for a few seconds before Alan's next words hit her, "What do you mean 'were carrying twins?'" He asked.
"We think one of the babies is dead." He said regretfully.
"What?" Asked Tin Tin tears stinging her eyes.
"We can only pick up one heartbeat but we can see two babies." He said kindly to her.
Tin Tin gulped as tears started pouring down her face "What are the babies?" She asked.
The doctor turned back to the screen, "The babies are a boy and a girl." He said after a few seconds.
"Can you tell which one is alive?" Asked Alan not looking at Tin Tin he couldn't bear to see her tears.
"We have no way of telling both of the babies are the same size and it would appear the baby who is dead died quite recently I am very sorry." He said with regret.
"Is the other baby ok?" Asked Tin Tin in a small voice.
"Your other child appears to be perfectly healthy." He said smiling slightly he hated this part of the job.
Tin Tin nodded, "Can we go now?" She asked.
"In a minute I need to explain a few things to you. We can't risk removing the dead baby as it would put great risk to the baby which is alive so I'm afraid you are going to have to give birth to both babies."
Tin Tin nodded she had already guessed that bit of information, "That's fine." She answered.
"The only thing we can offer you is a caesarean section closer to your due date to save you the trauma of giving birth to the dead child.
Tin Tin shook her head stubbornly, she wanted a natural birth and she was going to have one no matter what, "No thank you." She answered politely.
"Ok." Said the doctor turning of the machine and wiping the gel off her stomach.
"Can I go?" She asked once all the gel had been removed.
The doctor nodded feeling sorry for the young couple he recognised him as Alan Tracy the racing car driver, he had remembered reading about them in the newspaper a few months back.
Alan helped Tin Tin of the bed and kissed her on the forehead gently knowing how much she must be hurting inside.
Tin Tin wiped the tears from her eyes and picked up her jacket pulling it on, "Come on." She said softly to Alan.
Alan nodded and followed her out of the room. As soon as they were out of it Alan was confronted by the face of his older brother, "What?" He asked not bothering to be polite he really wasn't in the mood for a row.
Virgil noticed his brother's composure and immediately became concerned, "What's wrong?" He asked he had seen the nurse leave and bring a doctor in.
"That's none of your business." Said Alan coldly.
"Alan you're my brother and I'm worried about you, what's wrong?" He said.
"If you care for me so much how come I haven't heard from you in the past 6 years, huh?" He asked.
Virgil lowered his head, "Sorry but we've all been worried about you Scott's even got some friend of his tracking you down."
"Well they obviously haven't found me." He said spitefully.
"Amanda Tracy." Came a voice from the same nurse that had seen Alan and Tin Tin.
Virgil grabbed a piece of paper from his pocket and scribbled something on it, he handed it to Alan, "Call me." He said quickly.
Alan looked at the number scribbled hastily in Virgil's handwriting, "Maybe." He said hastily shoving it in his pocket.
Virgil seemed satisfied with that, "Ok." He said before hurrying off to where his wife was waiting.
"Alan, can we go?" Asked Tin Tin from behind him.
Alan turned he had forgotten all about her, "Course we can." He said in a kind voice slipping an arm around her waist.
Tin Tin didn't know whether or not to be happy she had one healthy baby and one baby who was dead and she was stuck between grieving for the dead one and feeling joy about the alive one.
Alan tried to push thoughts of his dead child out of his head instead he kept thinking off the conversation with Virgil did they really want to speak to him? Alan wasn't sure whether he should phone him or not, but he desperately wanted to speak to his family and tell them he was sorry he just hated his Tracy pride and he was sure that was what was keeping the rest of his family from contacting him, though Virgil did say Scott had someone trying to track him down. He wondered vaguely did Scott actually mention his occupation surely it would be a lot easier to do it then.
"Knowing Scott he probably forgot all about it." He thought.
When they got home Tin Tin said she just wanted to go to bed so Alan let her. He pulled the paper out of his pocket and reached for the phone, surely it wouldn't hurt just to call him.
He dialled the number nervously and waited for the phone to be picked up. After 5 rings someone answered the phone sounding slightly breathless, "Hello." He said.
"Virgil?" Asked Alan.
"Alan." Said Virgil sounding relieved, "I thought you wouldn't call."
"Did you not want me to?" He asked suddenly becoming guarded.
"No," Said Virgil quickly, "I was hoping you would, are you ok?" He asked concern in his voice.
"What do you mean?" Asked Alan more guarded than before.
"Did the hospital give you bad news you seemed upset, Oh God there's nothing wrong with your baby is there?" He asked.
"One of the babies is dead." Said Alan wondering why he was telling the brother he hadn't spoken to in over 6 years this.
"Oh Alan I'm sorry." Said Virgil sounding genuinely sorry, "Wait did you say one of the babies?" He asked.
Alan nodded to himself, as Virgil couldn't seem him, "She was carrying twins." He said sadly.
"Oh." Said Virgil not sure what to say.
"When's Amanda due? Is it Amanda isn't it?" He asked.
"Yeah it's Amanda she's due in 3 weeks." He said quickly.
"Congratulations." Said Alan.
"Thanks." Said Virgil relieved his brother at least sounded like he meant it.
"Virgil I've got to go make sure Tin Tin's alright she didn't take the news too good." He said his eyes darting up the stairs.
"Sure." Said Virgil understanding, "One more thing Alan." He said.
"What?" Asked Alan getting nervous again.
"We're all proud of you." Said Virgil smiling, "Even Dad."
Alan grinned at this piece of information, "Thanks Virgil I needed that."
"No problem, I'll see ya Al."
"Bye." Said Alan sadly before hanging up.
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This was a kind of happy kind of sad chapter hope you guys like it anyway please review.
By the way do you guys want me to keep doing the review answers because I noticed not many Thunderbird authors do it and I was wondering did you guys want me to do it or not cause I'll stop it if you want.
This is the longest chapter I have ever wrote for any of my stories so you guys should be proud of me I mightn't update for a while a lot's happened in the last few weeks so it might take me a few weeks.