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Chapter Two

News Is Not Always Bad

After the door bell rang Lucy ran to get it. When she answered the door she found that Ruthie was standing outside.

"Hey Luce," Ruthie greeted her older sister.

"Hey," Lucy said and she stepped aside so that Ruthie could come into the house. "So, what have you been up to?"

"Ya' know, the usual. Teaching is really fun and I love it. Little kids are really cute," Ruthie said.

"Come on in," Lucy said and she led Ruthie into the kitchen. When they got there Ruthie saw all five of Lucy's kids sitting at the table eating lunch. "You're teaching first grade right?"

"Yup," Ruthie said. "Hey kids!"

"Hi Aunt Ruthie," all five kids yelled.

"Do you want anything to eat?" Lucy asked.

"No thanks," Ruthie said. "Now, I was thinking we could have a girls' day. I already talked to mom and she said she would take the kids for you. Peter is already over there."

"That sounds really great. I would love that," Lucy said. "I just have to go upstairs and check something." Lucy ran upstairs and left Ruthie with the kids. Ruthie cleaned up all the kids faces. She took Caleb out of his high chair as Lizzy, Noah, Luke, and Tommy ran into the playroom. A couple of minutes later Lucy came down the stairs. Both Ruthie and Lucy helped the kids to put their jackets on and then they all got into the car. They dropped the kids at Annie an Eric's house and then got back into the car.

"Do you want to go to the promenade and get lunch?" Lucy asked.

"Sure," Ruthie said. When they got to the promenade they decided to go to the Pool Hall. They went inside and then ordered some food.

Kate put Alex in for his nap and then decided that she would also take a nap. She went into her and Simon's room. She laid on the bed and she put her hands on her stomach. When ever she did this fear rushed through her body. In the past two years she and Simon had had three miscarriages. They were planning on adopting a baby but after Kate got pregnant again their plans perished. Kate was just so sick and tired of living in fear. She was constantly scared that she might have another miscarriage and now that she was having twins she was even more scared. A couple of minutes later Kate fell into the restless sleep that she had been having for five months.

When Simon walked into his house he was surprised to find it quiet. Usually his house was filled with sound of his son playing or his wife cleaning around the house. For Simon, who's house was always noisy as a kid it was almost unsettling that it was quiet. He looked around the house for a little bit and then decided to look upstairs. He first looked in Alex's room and he found that Alex was sound asleep in his bed. Then he looked in his room and found that his wife was asleep on the bed. Simon started to change his clothes and Katherine started to stir. She turned over and Simon could see that she was awake.

"Oh, did I wake you up?" Simon asked.

"No, you didn't," Kate said, groggily.

"Okay, good," Simon said. "So what did you do today?"

"Oh well I went to work for a little while. Then I came home and gave Alex lunch and I put him down for nap. Then I took a nap and you know the rest," Kate explained.

"Oh. Are you okay? You seem upset or something," Simon asked.

"Well, I don't know. I guess I'm just a worried about our babies," Kate explained. "I just hate living in fear. I don't want to loose these babies just like we lost those other three babies. I don't know if I can do this, I am so scared."

"Kat, everything is going to be okay. I'll be with you all through this pregnancy. I promise. I have a feeling; this time is going to be different. We are going to get through this," Simon said to his wife. Then he kissed Kate and said, "I love you."

"I love you too," Kate said. "Now we have a doctor's appointment in about a half an hour."

"Okay," Simon said.

"I'm just going to get cleaned up. I'll meet you downstairs," Kate said and she left the room and went to the bathroom. Once Kate had left Alex came into the room.

"Hey bud," Simon said to Alex and then picked him up.

"Hi daddy," Alex said. "Where's mommy?"

"She's getting ready for a doctor's appointment. You're going to go to Grandma and Grandpa's house while your mommy and I are there," Simon said.

"Why are you going to the doctor? Is something wrong with mommy?" Alex asked.

"Nope, it's just a check up to make sure the babies are okay," Simon explained to his son. Then Simon put Alex down and Alex dragged his father into the playroom.

A half an hour later Simon and Kate left the house. They dropped off Alex and then went to the OB/GYN. When they got there they waited for a couple of minutes and then a nurse called them in a room. The nurse weighed and measured Kate and then left. A couple of minutes later their doctor, Dr. Johnson came into the room.

"Hi Kate and Simon," Dr. Johnson greeted his patient and her husband.

"Hello," Kate and Simon said. The doctor checked Kate and then said, "Well I think we should do a sonogram. Just to make sure that the babies are doing okay." He set up the machine and then rubbed the jelly on Kate's stomach. "Well, that's interesting."

"What? What is it?" Kate asked quickly.

"Is something wrong?" Simon asked, as calmly as he could.

"Well, I told you that you guys were having twins. Apparently, I was wrong. You're not having twins."

"We're having triplets?" Faith asked.

"No, you're having quadruplets. In about four months you'll have four babies," Dr. Johnson explained.

"Really? That's great," Simon said, excitedly.

"Yeah, that is," Kate exclaimed.

As Lucy and Ruthie sat at a table at the Pool Hall Lucy's phone rang. "Hello?" Lucy said once she picked up the phone.

"Hi Lucy. It's Sergeant Michaels."

"Hello," Lucy said. She knew something must be wrong, the question was what it was.

"Well, I'm calling about Kevin. He was on a job and he got shot, in the stomach. He is in a coma right now. The doctors aren't able to get him out of it. You should come down here right away," Sergeant Michaels explained.

"O…Okay," Lucy said as she started to cry. She covered her mouth and said, "Oh my gosh." Then she hung up her phone and tears started to quickly fall down her face.

"Lucy, what's wrong? What happened?" Ruthie asked, worriedly.

"It's Kevin. He got shot. He is in a coma," Lucy said. "I have to get the hospital. Could you get the kids from mom's house? Bring them to the hospital in a little while."

"No, you're in no place to drive. I'll take you and I'll call mom on the way," Ruthie said. Then she and Lucy walked to Lucy's car and Ruthie drove to the hospital. On the way Ruthie called Annie and Eric who agreed to bring the kids to the hospital in a little while. All the way to the hospital Lucy cried. When they got there Lucy ran to the front desk. "Please…my husband…can you tell me what room he's in?" Lucy said, frantically.

"Can you tell me his name?" the lady said dully.

"Kevin…Kevin Kinkirk," Lucy said. The women looked on the computer and then she pointed Lucy to the room Kevin was in. Lucy ran in and immediately saw Kevin lying on the bed, motionless. "Oh my gosh, Kevin." Lucy said and then she sat down next to her husband. She kissed his hand and just sat there crying until Lucy came in. When Lucy saw Ruthie she wiped her eyes and tried to compose herself.

"Luce," Ruthie said. "Your kids are here. Should I let them in?" Lucy nodded her head and Ruthie opened the door and went to get Lucy and Kevin's kids. She walked in carrying Caleb and with Tommy, Lizzy, Luke, and Noah following her. Once everyone was inside she left and shut the door.

"Is daddy going to be okay?" Lizzy asked as she crawled into Lucy's lap.

"I'm sure everything is going to be fine but I don't know," Lucy said and she kissed the top of her daughter's head.

"How do you know that everything is going to be okay mommy?" Tommy asked.

"Well you remember that how I told you that Daddy's daddy (your grandpa) died when Daddy was only a little boy. Well, your Daddy's dad is a guardian angel, to all of us, especially to daddy. Your grandpa will always watch over us to make sure none of us get hurt or that something bad won't happen to us," Lucy explained. "Do you understand?" All five kids nodded their heads and Lucy continued, "That's how I'm pretty sure that nothing is going to happen to your daddy."

"Oh," Lizzy said. "Well, I'm glad that he's going to be okay."

"Me too," Tommy agreed with his sister. A couple of minutes later Lucy walked out of the room with her kids. When they got to the waiting room Lucy found that her whole family was sitting there.

"Lucy how is he?" Annie asked her daughter.

"Well, he's in a coma. They can't get him out of it. The doctors don't know what's going to happen," Lucy explained.

"I'm so sorry honey," Annie said and she hugged her daughter.

"How did you guys get a plane so fast?" Lucy asked Matt and Mary.

"Well, since I used to work for the airlines it was really easy. It also helped that Matt's a doctor and that he needed to get to Glen Oak to see a patient who was delivering septuplets," Mary explained.

"Really, how did that go?" Lucy asked.

"Well, I wasn't really delivering septuplets. We just told the airlines that so that we could get a flight. It was just a little fib," Matt explained.

"Oh," Lucy said.

"Does anybody want something to eat?" Sarah asked. A few people called out the foods that they wanted and then Sarah said, "Luce, do you want something?"

"Nah."

"You should probably eat something," Matt said.

"I don't want to eat. I'm not hungry! You wouldn't be able to eat if your wife was lying in a hospital bed in a coma! I HAVE A RIGHT TO NOT EAT!" Lucy yelled and then she stormed off into Kevin's room.

Matt sat there stunned at the reaction Lucy had. "She's just upset honey," Sarah said and she rubbed his shoulder.

"I know," Matt said. "I was just surprised at her reaction."

While Lucy was sitting beside Kevin's bed a doctor came in and said, "hello are you Mrs. Kinkirk?" Lucy nodded her head and said, "it might help if you talk to him. That sometimes wakes the patients up faster. I should tell you that if Kevin doesn't come out of his coma in a couple of days, it will be up to you to decide if you want to take him off of life support."

"Does that mean he will die?" Lucy asked.

"Yes," the doctor said briefly and then left the room.

"Well, the doctor said that if I talk to you, you might wake up. So I will. To tell you the truth, I feel a little weird talking to someone who doesn't talk back," Lucy said and her eyes welled up with tears. "But you know that I'd do anything for you. You just can't die. Not now. Before I went out with Ruthie today, I found out some great news. Guess what I'm pregnant again. We're going to have another baby, in a couple of months. That's why you can't die. This baby can't live without a father. He or she will never even know his or her father if you die." Immediately Kevin started to stir. He opened his eyes and Lucy exclaimed, "Oh my gosh. You're awake."

"Luce, I just had a really weird dream. I dreamt that you told me that you were pregnant again," Kevin explained.

"How did that dream make you feel?" Lucy asked.

"Actually, I felt happy about it. I would love to have more kids," Kevin said.

"Well…Well," Lucy said. "You'd think I'd be better at this after having three pregnancies," Lucy thought to herself. "Well…I'm…I'm pregnant again. We're having another baby." After Lucy told Kevin her good news a big smile came across her face.

"Really great," Kevin said and Lucy bent down to kiss her husband. "I love you."

"I love you too," Lucy said. Then Lucy kissed Kevin again. They called a doctor into the room and he checked out Kevin. After telling them that everything was fine and that Kevin would have to stay in the hospital for a couple of days Lucy called her five kids in to the room.

"Daddy!" all the kids squealed when they saw their father.

"Hi kids," Kevin said. Then Lizzy crawled onto the bed and Tommy, Luke, and Noah followed suit. Caleb tried to get on the bed too but he couldn't so Lucy picked him up and put him on Kevin's lap.

"I'm so happy that you're okay," Luke said.

"Me too," Noah said.

"I think we all are," Lucy said.

"So kids what did you do today?" Kevin asked his children.

"We went to the park with grandma and grandpa," Lizzy said.

"Yeah and I played baseball with Sam and David. It was so much fun," Noah said.

"I played on the swings," Caleb said.

"Oh, that sounds like fun," Kevin said.

"It was," Luke said.

"I'm glad," Kevin said and he messed up his son's blonde hair. A couple of minutes later Lucy let her whole family into the room. Her family was so big that they all entered the room there was barely any space at all. They all talked to Kevin and told them how happy they were that he was okay, until a doctor came in and told them that everyone had to leave so that Kevin could get some sleep. Then everyone went back to the Camden house. Annie and Eric brought Tommy, Luke, Noah, Lizzy, and Caleb home with them so that Lucy could stay at the hospital with Kevin.

"I'm really happy that you are okay," Lucy said.

"Me too," Kevin said. Then Lucy took his hand and kissed it. "Come lie next to me. You look really tired." Lucy got into the bed next to Kevin and she put her head on his chest. A couple of seconds later Kevin could hear that Lucy's breathing had become even and he knew that she was asleep. Soon Kevin had also fallen asleep.

"I'm going to go and check on the kids upstairs," Annie said. She went upstairs and checked in the attic. When she walked in she saw that Grace and Lizzy were sleeping on one of the beds and Maggie and Tommy were asleep on the other. All the other kids were passed out on the floor, sleeping in sleeping bags and on blankets. There was no walking space at all. As Annie walked out of the room she couldn't help but think that having so many people in the house was a fire hazard but on the other hand she didn't care. Then she checked Sam and David's room and saw that they too had fallen asleep. All the adults were downstairs still but Mary and Carlos were going to be sleeping in Lucy and Mary's old room, Sarah and Matt would be sleeping in Simon's room, Ruthie was sleeping in the garage apartment and Peter was sleeping in the living room. The only people who were sleeping in their own beds were Sam and David and Kate, Simon, and Alex (who went home). But Annie was sure that they would be over tomorrow for breakfast.

Annie went downstairs and she found her children in the living room talking about the events of that day. Annie joined in on their conversation and during the course of the night she found out a lot about what was going on in her childrens' lives. They were in the living room until about midnight when everyone retreated into their specific rooms and went to bed.