I'm back again! Yay! This story is moving along faster than I thought it would! Right now, I'm supposed to be doing homework, but I'm going out of town this weekend so I decided to try and write a chapter before I leave.
Sultan Peppershaker—I never even thought of that, but don't worry, I wouldn't do that anyway. That brings back bad memories to me too… ha-ha!
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Keely was just starting to stir when the sound of a baby's cry filled the lobby, about ten minutes later followed by another one. When Keely heard the first one, she just turned towards the couch and fell back into a light sleep. But when another cry filled the room, Keely knew sleep was not anywhere in her near future. So she turned back over and looked up at Phil. He was awake, and had been for about an hour. He smiled down at her and she snuggled into him even further. He re-wrapped his arms around her and pulled her closer, rubbing his nose in her hair. Phil and Keely stayed like this for a few minutes, neither one of them wanting to move.
All of a sudden, the door to Via's room flew open and Owen stuck his head out in the hallway. "Phil, Keely! Come here!" he panted, then he disappeared and the door slammed shut.
"You ready to go?" Phil asked, looking down at Keely.
"No. Am I supposed to be?" she replied, smiling and closing her eyes to go back to sleep.
"Come on, Keels. Up and at 'em!" Phil told her, "Besides, we can do this anywhere."
"Ok, fine" Keely groaned, slowly sitting up off Phil, then standing up and reaching for his hand. He eagerly took it and Keely pulled him off the couch, then they slowly strolled, hand in hand, over to the Via's room. Keely looked at Phil again, her eyes big like when the first came out of the room and took a deep, deliberate breath. "Keely, she's gonna look fine! She already had the babies." Phil told her reassuringly.
"I know," Keely started, "I just don't believe you!"
Before Phil could reply, the door flew open again and Owen yelled, right in Phil and Keely's faces, "Well, are you coming or… hello!" Owen had intended for his message to carry across the lobby to where Phil and Keely were, so he yelled it before realizing they were right in front of him.
"Right this way, welcomed guests." Owen said, acting like the butler of a fancy mansion, even bowing over for special effect.
Via was sitting on the bed, bouncing two bundles in her arms, one pink and one blue. When Keely saw her, she looked almost normal, at least good enough for Keely's standards. "Vee!" Keely screeched, making a beeline for the bed and hugging on to her friend. "Well don't you want to meet the babies?" Via questioned, eyes sparkling. "Sure, formal introductions." Owen added, sitting down on the other side of the bed and wrapping his arm around Via.
Phil was still in the doorway, amazed by what he saw. His friends, Owen and Via, now parents. Owen was behaving like, like, a dad.
"Come on, Phil." Keely said, beckoning him with her hand. He snapped out of his trance and headed her way. As soon as he was close enough, Keely grabbed his arms and wrapped them around her. "Ok, NOW we're ready." Keely said to Via, who took her 'cue'.
"Ok, this, is Benjamin Mitchell," Via said, handing him to Keely, who smiled as she held him. He had dark hair like Via, but he had Owen's skin tone. However, lots of babies have dark hair when they're first born, so he could end up looking just like Owen. "You see, I wanted to name him Owen Junior, and then his initials would be O.J. Orange juice? Get it?" Owen added in laughing and giving Phil a playful punch on the arm. Via was quick to add in "I didn't go for that… at all."
Phil and Keely were amazed by this little life they were holding in their arms. It was a living, breathing baby. In a few months, they'd be holding their own little, breathing baby. And they both knew they couldn't wait.
"Well, do you want to meet his sister?" Via said, seeing how excited they were just getting to hold and look at her little boy.
"Yeah!" Keely said, handing Benjamin to Phil who reluctantly let go of Keely, but happily accepted the baby.
"This is his sister, Brenna Juliet." Via said, handing her to Keely. "Brenna Juliet… it's beautiful Via!"
"Thank you, I liked it too." Via responded. "And so did I!" Owen added in.
Phil and Keely stayed about twenty more minutes, then decided it was time to leave Owen and Via alone with their new family. So they said their goodbyes, handed over the babies, and headed out.
When they got to the car, they realized it was just 11:30 am. Phil was just going to head home when Keely's stomach growled a long, low growl. "Sounds like some one's hungry!" Phil said. "Some two." Keely corrected him, smiling. Phil then changed lanes and headed for a shopping center with restaurants.
They grabbed a quick bite to eat then were back in the car to head home. "Today was perfect," Keely said, beaming in the seat next to Phil. "Yeah, except our dinner plans got cancelled for tonight." Phil added in. At the sound of this, Keely frowned. They were going to tell Owen and Via tonight they were expecting a baby.
"But, if you don't have anything else going on, my lady," Phil said, trying to sound suave and tempting, "We still have reservations at a restaurant, and we haven't been on a date in quite a while."
"Ok, then Phil! It's a date." Keely said, still smiling.
