Chapter 11: Here They Are!
A/N: Once again I would like to apologize for the delay in this. There will be one or two more chapters left in this. It depends if I decide to have the next chapter be one long one or two not so long ones. Also, just a heads up, I'm planning on doing a sequel to this.
Olivia's heart was racing. She couldn't believe in a matter of time she was going to have not one, not two, but three babies. She hadn't even considered boy names. She'd just been planning on two girls. What if the third baby was a boy? Her third choice for a girl name had been Melanie. Hopefully it was a girl. Then she wouldn't have to think of a boy's name.
"We're going to put you to sleep," one of the doctors who would be delivering the triplets informed her.
"Why?" she asked. She'd had a friend who had a C-section and they hadn't put her to sleep.
"When having multiple births sometimes it is best if the mother is asleep," the doctor told her.
Olivia wasn't sure if she liked the idea of that. She wanted to be awake at the birth of her children. "Can Elliot come in?" she asked. She wanted him to be there with her.
"Yes," said the doctor.
A little while late Elliot entered dressed in doctor clothes. "Oh, Elliot!" exclaimed Olivia.
"Liv, I can't believe you're having triplets!" Elliot exclaimed.
"I know!" exclaimed Olivia. "Do you have any idea for boy names?"
"No, is it a boy?" Elliot asked her out of curiosity.
"I have no idea, she wanted to leave it to be a surprise, but I never decided on any boy names, I was just planning on having two little girls," Olivia said.
"I really like the name Brayden," said Elliot. "When we were having Dickie and Lizzie we thought Lizzie was a boy, we were going to name Lizzie, Braden."
"Really," Olivia asked," I never knew that."
"Yeah, we were planning on two girls and two boys," Elliot said.
"I like the name Brayden," Olivia said. "What do you think about the name Braden Elliot Benson?"
"I like it," Elliot said.
"Good, then if it shall be a boy his name will be Brayden Elliot," said Olivia.
"What about a girl?" Elliot asked her. "You didn't three girls names picked did you?"
"Actually," Olivia said, "I did."
"You did, what was the third girl name you had?" asked Elliot.
"Melanie Eleanor," said Olivia.
"That's a cute name," Elliot said.
The doctor entered the room. "So are we ready to put you to sleep so we can deliver these babies?" he asked.
"I'm ready," Olivia said.
Several hours later Olivia lied in a hospital bed. Her eyes were very dreary. She couldn't remember where she was. Suddenly she came to remember, she had been put under so they could deliver her babies. She put her hands on her stomach. She wasn't pregnant anymore. Had the third baby been a boy or a girl? The curiosity was killing her.
A few minutes later Dr. Matthews walked in. "You're finally awake, we were beginning to worry about you!" she exclaimed.
"Was the third baby a boy or a girl?" Olivia asked immediately.
"Well, why don't you come find out for yourself," said Dr. Matthews. She pulled up a wheeled-chair. "I'll take you down to the Intensive Care Unit and you can see the two smallest, the first baby is in the regular nursery."
When they got down to the ICU Dr. Matthews pointed out two of the babies. One was a girl and the other was a boy. "Elliot told us you wanted the boy to be named Brayden Elliot," said Dr. Matthews. "He said he knew the girls were to be named Madison Mariska and Marissa Jayne, but he wanted to make sure you named choose which had which name."
"She can be Marissa Jayne," said Olivia. "Can I go see Madison?"
"Of course, you can even hold her," said Dr. Matthews.
"I have a question, how much will Marissa have to weigh before she is transferred out of ICU?" asked Olivia.
"She will need to be five pounds, Madison is five pounds and eight ounces," said Dr. Matthews.
"How much does Marissa weigh?" asked Olivia.
"She's 3 pounds and 15 ounces," Dr. Matthews answered.
They entered the Nursery. When Dr. Matthews placed the beautiful baby girl in Olivia's arms she nearly started to cry. She couldn't believe that Bryan had refused to chance to be a father to these adorable little babies.
"When may I take them home?" Olivia asked.
"Well, you may take Madison home at the end of the week, Marissa can probably go home at the beginning of next week, and as for Braden, we'll just have to see," Dr. Matthews said.
"Did Elliot go home?" asked Olivia.
"Yes, he went home to get some rest, he said to tell you that he'd be back early tomorrow morning," Dr. Matthews said.
Olivia was still in disbelief that the little angel in her arms was hers to keep forever. Or at least until the baby became a teenager and hated her, like all children did. That was a long way a way. Olivia had only seen a little of Marissa's face. From what she had seen, the girls had nearly identical faces. Olivia wondered if they were going to be identical when they got a little older. She wondered if she'd have trouble telling them apart. The upcoming years were going to very stimulating.