April 25th, 2005

Week 16

Holly loved being an aunt. She loved being pregnant. For once, Holly's life was perfect. Carlos was the perfect man. They had the perfect relationship.

"Can you massage my back?" Holly asked as she pinned her hair up. Heather laughed as she handed Shaelyn to Holly.

"I don't miss that." She said sitting behind her sister. Holly groaned as she began to massage her back.

"I didn't miss this part either." She said rubbing her stomach, "You have good hands." Heather began to laugh.

"Jeffery tells me that a lot." She said. Holly closed her eyes as she heard Shaelyn begin to cry from her bedroom. Heather moved off of the couch and went to go get her daughter.

"I still can't believe this is all happening." Holly said.

"What?" heather walked back into the living room nursing the sweet baby.

"I can't believe me and Carlos live together and are having a baby." She grinned, "Did you think I'd ever get here?"

"Of course." Heather said, "I always knew you deserved the good life."

"I wonder what my life would be like if Kindred had lived." Holly put her hand on her stomach. It was hard thinking about the daughter to had lost.

"I think…And don't hate me for saying this." Heather sat on the couch nursing the baby, "I think the death of Kindred made you go on the right path towards true happiness. If she hadn't died, I'm sure shit face would still be alive. Mommy didn't say shit face."

"I don't hate you for saying that." Holly smiled weakly, "I just think about how old Kindred would be now. She'd be starting school. I bet she'd have curly blond hair like Max and my eyes."

"I'm sure you're right, Holly. But just think about the baby you're carrying." Heather said, "It's going to be so gorgeous with a beautiful skin color and maybe it'll have wavy brown hair and huge brown eyes. He or she will love you so much and wait until they wrap their hand around your finger for the very first time. It's so powerful. This baby is going to be so loved by both you and Carlos." Holly's lips quivered, "Have you thought of a name?"

"S-Something strong." She whispered.

"Something strong and it'll be perfect." Heather said. Holly began to cry.

"I j-just want Kindred back." She said. Heather unhooked Shaelyn and placed her in her carrier. She gathered her sister in her arms and Holly sobbed into her shoulder.

"It's just your hormones. We all miss Kindred but we're all excited to see this new baby." Heather said rubbing her sister's back knowing Holly would be fine.

"So am I." Holly said.

"When do you find the sex out?" Heather asked.

"In a couple of weeks." Holly pulled away wiping her eyes. "I cant wait for Shae and the baby to grow up together."

"And Avery." Heather reminded her.

"The three of them are going to be great together. If this one is a girl, Avery is going to have to choose between two gorgeous girls to date." Holly said. Heather laughed picking Shae up again.

"Oh Shae isn't dating…ever." heather said. Holly laughed. Once she had this baby, she knew her and her sisters relationship would be on a different level and frankly, Holly couldn't wait.

May 9th, 2005

Week 18

Both of them were nervous. This was a big appointment. They both desperately hoped the baby would be good and they could find out the sex. Holly looked at Carlos as they waited in the waiting room.

"If it's a boy, I'd like the middle name to be Benjamin." Holly said. Carlos smiled.

"Of course. I was thinking about using that too." he said.

"Good." holly said looking at all the other pregnant women waiting. The doctor opened up the door.

"Holly Levine?" he asked. Holly and Carlos both stood up with grins on their faces.

"Hi, Dr. White." She said shaking his hand.

"Hello." he smiled showing them into the office. "How are you doing?"

"Oh I feel just fine. My emotions are running wild, but that's all right." Holly said sliding her shoes off, "Do you want to weigh me?"

"Yes." Dr White said pulling out her file, "Okay…..You've gained…ten pounds with your pregnancy. That's good."

"Thanks." Holly grinned at Carlos.

"We're so excited." Carlos said, "I want to know what we're having." Dr. White chuckled.

"Some babies are stubborn." He informed him.

"I know, but We just want to give it a try." Carlos said.

"By all means then." Dr White nodded towards the table. "Why don't you get up on there and we can get this started?"

"Okay." Holly bounced up onto the table.

"This is it." Carlos took her hand. Dr. White pulled up Holly's shirt and prepared her stomach for the sonogram.

"Ready?" Dr. White asked.

"So very ready." Holly whispered. Dr. White moved the machine around so they could see their baby pop up on the screen.

"All right. Here is your baby's head. You can see the profile and it sucking it's thumb." He said.

"So cute…" Carlos whispered.

"That string of pearls is it's spine." Dr. White said, "And that moving part is it's heart beat. It's beating nice and strong."

"Good." Holly couldn't stop grinning.

"And here are the toes and legs. It seems to be a good kicker." Dr. White said.

"Oh It is." Holly laughed.

"All right. Let's see if we can tell…." Dr. White was silent for a moment. Carlos watched a smile spread across his face. "I can see it."

"What is it?" Holly asked. Dr. White loved this part.

"You're having a boy." he told them.

"A boy?" Carlos croaked out.

"An extremely healthy baby boy." Dr. White said.

"I knew it." Holly grinned, happy tears filling her eyes. "I just knew we were going to have a boy."

"We're having a boy." Carlos whispered. Holly pulled him down into a kiss. They were having a boy. Both of them were so incredibly happy at that moment. Words couldn't describe.

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