September 25th, 2006

Week 8

The pregnancy suddenly hit Alex hard. She was tired, cranky, and couldn't stop throwing up. Every single thing turned her stomach. This pregnancy was already a lot worse than Aidan's. Alex was sluggish at work. She wasn't allowed to fight fires, but she was put in rotation with Carlos and Kim. Luetent was the only one who knew about the pregnancy. She wanted to keep it that way.

"Her melons were the tastiest things I've ever had." Carlos said. "Taylor, are you listening to me?"

"No, but I'm sure it's a sexist or racist remark." Alex said. Carlos frowned.

"Thanks for the generalization." Carlos said.

"Oh Come on." Alex chuckled.

"What crawled up your ass today?" He asked, "You're very bitchy."
"Apart from any other day?" Alex smirked. She liked getting to Carlos and pissing him off.

"Why aren't you on an engine? Who did you piss off now?" Carlos asked.

"No one." Alex chuckled. She loved torturing him. Carlos groaned.

"Fine. I'm going through the burger King drive through because I'm starved." He said.

"Sure. Sounds good." She hoped she would be able to keep something down. She was really hungry.

"Really?" Carlos sounded surprised.

"Yeah." Alex laughed. Carlos nodded and drove to the drive through. "I'll take a number one with a diet Pepsi."

"Okay." He said, "Hi I want a number one, twp and four with diet Pepsi and dr pepper."

"God. Are you starved?" Alex chuckled.

"Shut up." Carlos chuckled, "So, where are you and Doherty getting married?" Alex looked at him.
"Do you really care?" She asked.

"No I was just making small talk.' Carlos said. Alex laughed.

"Good Shepard. it's where my parents got married and where my father's memorial service was." She said.

"Great." Carlos said driving up to pick up the food. He took the food and handed it to Alex. She began to gag.

"Oh God." She she groaned as she put the food on the dashboard, "Stop the bus."

"What?" Carlos asked.

"Pull the fucking bus over." Alex snapped. Carlos pulled into a space and Alex jumped out. She immediately began to throw up.

"Point away from the bus." Carlos groaned.
"Shut up." Alex moaned.

"Want me to take you to mercy?" Carlos asked.

"No." She wiped her lips and got back into the bus. She sipped her soda and closed her eyes.

"Maybe you at something." Carlos said.

"I didn't eat anything." She said.

"Maybe some bad fish or something. Maybe you ate some rotten food." Carlos insisted. Alex chuckled.

"Maybe I ate a baby then." She said.
"What?" Carlos looked at her.

"I'm pregnant, Carlos. I didn't eat anything bad." Alex said. Carlos stared at her.

"You're having another baby? Don't you have one already?" Carlos asked.

"Yeah. One." She said with a chuckled, "It's not like I have fifteen already."

"Well, is this a happy thing or a oh fuck I', going to be a whale when I get married thing?" Carlos asked. Alex stopped drinking. She forgot about the wedding. She'd be seven months pregnant. She'd have to let her dress out a lot.

"It's a happy thing. jimmy is excited." Alex said.
"Well...Good." Carlos said. She wasn't sure if Jimmy was excited, but he wasn't cursing the ground that she walked on so that was a really good sign...She hoped.

October 9th, 2006

Week 10

Jimmy sat next to Alex bouncing his foot. He hated doctor's appointments especially appointments in Women's doctor's office. There was always vaginas hanging on the walls as if they were art.

"You never see picture of a man's penis on the wall." Jimmy blurted out. Alex looked dup from her magazine.

"What?" She laughed.

"I hate all these vaginas." Jimmy said.
"You've never complained about mine before." Alex smiled.

"I don't have complaints about yours." Jimmy sighed deeply.

"Good." She said as Dr White stepped out of his office.

"Alexandra Taylor?" He called out. Alex smiled and stood up. Jimmy followed behind, "Good morning. How are you feeling today?"

"To be honest with you, horrid. This pregnancy is already ten times worse than my previous one." Alex said.

"How so?" He asked as he got her to stand on the scale.

"My morning sickness is a lot worse and I'm more tired." She said.

"But you weren't running after a two-year-old back then either." Dr. White smiled, "You've gained seven pounds. That's okay."

"Great." Alex sighed as she got up onto the table. She smiled at the nurse who began to draw blood. "So, we get to hear the heart beat today right?" Dr White nodded.

"Yes." He said, "As soon s she's finished drawing blood."

"Cool." Jimmy said. He watched Alex's blood go into the vile. he always hated the sight of blood but he never told anyone that.

"All right. All done here." The nurse smiled and left the room.

"Goody." Alex felt like her stomach was full of butterflies as she laid down.

"All right. I'm just going to place the Doppler on your stomach and the heartbeat will echo out." Dr White said. Alex nodded. She loved this moment hearing the baby's heart beat. Dr White placed it on Alex's stomach. he pressed a button and a soft drumming came out. There was so much drumming. It sounded like a sympathy of drums.

"It's so fast." Alex turned to Dr. White who was frowning. "Is something wrong?" Dr. White cleared his throat.

"I um...I think there's two heartbeats." He said.
"Wh-What?" Jimmy croaked out.

"Let me do an ultrasound." He walked out of the room. Alex sat up.

"What did he say?" She asked.
"Two heart beats." He said.

"Oh god." Alex whispered. her heart was racing. Twins? how? Why? Soon, Dr. White was back in there with the machine.

"All right, Alex, just lay back. You know how these go." He said.

"Y-Yeah." Alex stuttered. She closed her eyes as she lay down. She couldn't believe she was getting an ultrasound. She couldn't believe he thought it might be twins. She squirmed as he squirted the gel on her. This wasn't happening was it? Jimmy was silent. Was he freaking out?

"All right." He said as he started the scan. Dr. White nodded pointing to the screen. Alex slowly opened her eyes and that's when she saw two aliens swimming back and forth.

"Oh god." Alex whispered.

"You're having twins." Dr. White said. Jimmy sat down hard.

"Oh...shit." He groaned.

"Are they...Are they okay?" Alex sputtered out. Dr. White nodded.

"They look fine." He said, "They're in separate sacks so they're fraternal twins. You're due May 8th still, but it's a high-risk pregnancy and I would expect them to come around April 15th or so." Alex nodded as he helped her sit up.
"Is there anything I should do?" She asked.
"Just rest and drink a lot of water." He said, "Oh...You should think about stop working. Firefighter and paramedic work in a high-risk pregnancy isn't recommended." Alex nodded.
"Thanks." She said. I could work at dispatch. That's a bunch of sitting. I can do that. She looked at Jimmy. he was pale and silent. He had a right to be. It was a shock. They were having twins.

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