Chapter 13

2 hours became 6, then 12, 14, 24, and still no babies. Tommy was flipping through a magazine when Kimberly cried out in frustration. He was turning the pages too loud again.

"What's wrong Beautiful?" Tommy asked.

"I despise you."

"Yes, I already know that."

"You did this to me."

"I know." Tommy got out of his chair and came over to her bed. She hated he got a few naps in, when she couldn't with contractions waking her every time she tried. "I'm sorry. Can I get you something to drinkor more ice chips..."

"If you love me, you will stick your hand up there and get your fucking sons out of me." Tommy smiled, but Kimberly was serious.

"Why don't we try walking around again?" She looked at him. "Please for me, and our boys."

"Fine." Kimberly pushed back the covers. Tommy helped her out, moving her IV stand. He put his arm around her, as they walked out the room. Kim's mother stood up quickly and helped.

"Walking around, good idea." Kimberly bent over, after just a few halls.

"Wow, Beautiful, just breathe." She groaned. "Another contraction?"

"No! I just love this position! What do you think!"

"Maybe walking around isn't best, son."

"If I lay in that bed another hour, I might..." She screamed, but Tommy covered her mouth.

"You are not the only one in pain, baby."

"Fine." She continued walking before she was tired. Tommy helped her back into bed. Dr. Mara came into the room.

"Still here?"

"Doctor, you gotta help me, you gotta get them out, they are killing me."

"Oh, Mrs. Oliver, I don't think it's that serious. Let me check." She grabbed a glove. Kimberly relaxed. "Well, we are moving along...you're at 4, 5 cm at best."

"5? 5! I have dilated at least 5 cms!" Tommy said. Everyone turned and looked at him. The room was quiet.


Dr. Mara turned back to Kimberly, pullingher gown down.

"Sorry. You were saying..." Kimberly glared at him for his silly outburst.

"I told you, yesterday, this is a process and for some, it is long. At least 50 phased. Just relax, I told you if you hadn't opened enough, and the babies look in distress I might push for C-section, but the boys are calm, heartbeats are good, both babies are very relax and just waiting on mother nature. Baby 1 is down, but not near the pelvis, so you are good to go, but the babies aren't. It might not be any longer, okay. Just hang with us."

"What the hell is wrong with these babies? I swear, they are devils!"

"Calm down, Kim."

"You shut up!" Tommy flew back. "I want the epidural, Doc. I have been here for 24 fucking hours, a whole day! I deserve some comfort and numbness."

"Kim, I don't think that is wise yet. Give it another cm, then I can give you one."

"Why don't you just lit a match and smoke them out, Doc. I wouldn't care, I'm pretty sure it's not illegal, just...mmm." A contraction hit.

"I did ask if you wanted to do this at home. I felt this might go into a long labor and you might have been more comfortable in your home." Kimberly sighed. Dr. Mara patted her legs. "You are doing well, okay. It won't be too long. Well, I'll come back and check on you shortly." Doctor Mara pulled off her glove and fixed the sheet around Kimberly. She left the room.

"3 women have come, had their children, named them and taken their babies home. Nothing! Not a damn thing!"

"Baby, just..." She yanked the covers as he went to sit down on the bed. Tommy moved down the bed a bit ways away from her.

"I'm having these babies right now, I don't fucking care what the doctor said. 5 centimeters, that's big...that's like..." Kimberly held it out with her hands. "See, thats 5 cm. I can do that."

"Actually, honey. 5 centimeters is more like..." Tommy pushed her hands closer together. "This." She groaned.

"Stupid metric system! I need to hit something!" Tommy stepped back, but she grabbed his shirt. "Please, just once!"

"NO!"

"Baby, please! I won't kill you." She pulled him closer.

"No." She shook him.

"Then be a good husband and get these babies out of me!"

"I'm trying, Beautiful. They'll come out when they want to."

"Oh, shut up!" She pushed his face away when he went to kiss her.


56 hours later, on October 31st, at 8am in the morning, Kimberly was up in the delivery room.

"What are they doing?" A nurse changed the film on the camera as Tommy's requested while he got scrubbed in.

"Just their jobs, Kimberly, don't mind them." Dr. Mara was getting scrubbed in. Tommy stood at her side, putting on the gowns and gloves as well.

"The suits, Tommy, did Mommy get them..."

"Yes, she hurried and made them. W & D on all sets."

"Good." Kimberly groaned. "It's too nosy, I don't like this."

"It's going to be okay, sweetie," Tommy said kissing her forehead. "We are about to have our boys."

"Soon, you two will be parents. How about some music?" A nurse went over to a radio.

"Great idea, Nurse." She smiled at Tommy.

"Great idea Nurse," Kimberly mocked. "Bitch." Tommy looked at her.

"Hush, you are so mean to me." Kimberly glared at him.

"Kimberly, in a minute, I think you can start pushing."

"See, soon Beautiful. Our boys will be here…"

"Shhh..."

"What?"

"Don't talk to me."

"What?"

"Shut the hell up!" She covered his mouth. Tommy sighed. Kim's eyes closed to the contractions.

"Mrs. Oliver, I want to get you pushing now." Kim's legs were lifted up.

"Okay." Tommy pulled her hand down from his mouth.

"Why can't I talk?"

"Oh, baby, I'm sorry! I just can't take any more noise during contractions and your voice is very annoying right now."

"Oh, wow."

"Okay, Kimberly, push!" When Tommy went to kiss her, she pushed his face away as she bore down. "Okay, Kim, good girl!" Kimberly fell back. "Take a deep breath and push down now!" Kimberly did. Tommy helped sit up her better. "Push, push, Kimberly!"

"I am!"

"Baby, you gotta push!"

"Ahhh...I hate you!" She pushed down, squeezing his hands through it all. Kimberly collapsed back.

"Kimberly, you have to push. You can't lay back, you have to push down."

"I am, okay!" She laid back, releasing Tommy's hand. "I'm really disgusted with you right now."

"Man, you don't know how much this hurts," he said shaking his hands. Kimberly looked up at him. "You heard the doctor push down! Push!" Tommy took her hands. She sat up again and pushed down. After 10 minutes, Kimberly was crying, refusing to push anymore.

"I can't...I can't...I just don't..."

"Yes, you can Beautiful. Come on, you are stronger that this!"

"I don't see a bowling ball flying out your ass, so shut up!"

"Push Kimberly. From 10 okay." Kimberly nodded. "Good girl! Nurse, towel please, the head has crowned!"

"A head, Beautiful!" Tommy looked down to see the head of his first son coming down. "Oh it's a head! Keep pushing! Keep pushing!"

"Push!" Kimberly did with all her might, screaming the push out.

"Good girl!" The doctor said. Tommy watched as his first baby's head appear. The doctor worked quickly, as the baby final burst completely into the world. Tommy let out a laugh at the sight of his son.

"Waaaa!" A baby's cry filled the room, as baby Oliver number 1 didn't appreciate the doctor cleaning his mouth and nose. Tommy laughed at his crying son. He bent down and kissed Kimberly's forehead.

"So beautiful and what a set of lungs!" Dr. Mara held him up for all to see finally. She placed the baby to Kim's chest. She was crying as soon as she heard his beautiful voice. Tommy kissed both of them as the baby laid on her chest.

"Wow, Doctor, I have never seen a twin so eager to come."

"Me either, Kimberly, you are crowning again. Seems like baby Oliver 2 doesn't want to go long without his big brother."

"Oh!" Kimberly felt an urge to push again. Tommy quickly took his son, as she sat up. Tommy rocked his first son as watched as baby number 2 came into the world as well. A nurse took the first baby and wrapped him in clothes to keep him warm and take him to be cleaned. Baby 2 was born 1 minute after his brother. Baby Oliver 2 was placed on Kimberly's chest as well, as the first was taken to be cleaned.

"Thank you," Kimberly said touching his face. Tommy kissed both of them as well. "He's so gorgeous, Tommy."

"I know. Like their Mommy."

"We have to clean him too." A nurse took the baby from Kimberly.

"Be careful with them, they are so tiny!"

"She knows Beautiful." Tommy kissed her on the lips. He wiped down her face with a cloth. "You okay?"

"Yes." Dr. Mara worked on Kimberly as the babies were being cleaned.

"You were amazing."

"Thank you." Tommy wiped her face again.

"No, that was all you." Kimberly touched his face as his eyes were filled with tears. "I love you, Kimberly." They kissed on the lips.

"I love you too." She smiled and hugged him tightly.

"Oh, the suits!" Tommy rushed and handed over the bag with the boys' suits in it to a nurse. Cute little white sets for each boy. A 'W' on the chest and 'D' on the other suit.

"We have to name them first Tommy."

"Well, since Warren came to us first, the first born should be Warren Stevens."

"Okay, nurse did you hear that?"

"I sure did Mrs. Oliver. Baby 1 is Warren Stevens and Baby Oliver 2 is…"

"Darren Thomas."

"Great names," the doctor said finishing up cleaning Kimberly and standing up after she was done. "Perfect names." Kimberly and Tommy smiled, kissing again.


They looked over at their sons being wiped down and cleaned off. They were measured and weighed.

"Baby Oliver 1, Warren Stevens, is 4 pounds, 2 ounces, about 20 inches long and baby Oliver 2, Darren Thomas, is 4 pounds, 5 ounces, 21 inches, thick brown hair like his brother. Pretty good sizes, Kimberly." Each boy moving about as the nurses dressed them.

"I didn't think I could do it."

"I know, but you did, Beautiful." They kissed again. "Thank you."

"You are so welcome, because I don't know if you will ever see me doing that again."

"Not even for a little girl?" Kimberly touched his face as they kissed again.

"Well, maybe for a little girl." They both smiled and kissed. "I love you."

"I love you too." Kimberly wiped away some tears from his face.


Both boys were brought back over to the parents. Kimberly was allowed to hold the boys for the first minute before Tommy took one. Tommy shook his first-born son. Many photos were taken during these moments.

"I think this one is definitely our little Warren."

"Yeah, he feels like Darren," Kimberly said rocking their second son. "Hey, hey, it's Mommy. Remember me, the person you have been kicking and biting for the last 5 months." Everyone laughed. "You are so beautiful." Warren cried out. "Oh, I didn't forget you Warren. You are just as beautiful as Darren." Tommy placed him both into Kim's arms. She looked into the camera.

"Wave to the camera boys!" Tommy said. She raised each fist.

"Say hi, silly Daddy! Don't be scared, he is always like that, you'll get use to it." The babies cried out, getting laughs from all. Kimberly settled them down with simple kisses and rocking. Tommy kissed his yawning boys, and they fell asleep.


The boys were rolled out in an incubator on their way to the nursery. The nurses stopped for the grandparents, other family and friends to look and touch the boys. Tommy stood over them, as his parents took pictures.

"Where's Kim?"

"They are getting ready to move her. We might be able to leave later on today if everything checks out in an hour or so."

"That is great son!" Tommy smiled.

"So, when shall we be expecting our first granddaughter?"

"Not for a few years," Kimberly said as she was rolled out. She looked exhausted.

"Oh, honey. You look radiant."

"Right." Kim's mother kissed her forehead.

"You did well."

"She sure cried enough."

"Now Tommy, I would love to see you delivery a baby," Aisha said.

"No thank you. How are you feeling Beautiful?"

"Oh brilliant. Want to go another 56 hours?" Tommy went over and kissed her. Kimberly was rolled to a private room.


Tommy stood outside the nursery, smiling as he wiped away a few tears. His parents and Kim's parents were holding his sons. Jason came up behind him.

"How you feeling?" Jason patted his back.

"Good. Look at them."

"I see them, handsome little things. How is Kimberly?"

"She breastfed the boys and went to sleep."

"Can you blame her, been up for 56 hours," Rocky said.

"Speaking of being up, aren't you exhausted?" Adam asked.

"I should be, but when I look at them, I just want to...stand and stare forever."

"How about we pop these?" Rocky said opening the case of cigars. Tim, Kim's older brother, promptly took one and handed it to Tommy.

"Daddy gets to puff first."

"I'll get the grandpas," Jason siad.

They all stood outside, every male stood in a circle smoking deeply.

"So, Tommy, how you feeling?"

"Like I need a bath."

"That you do." Everyone laughed.

"Warren and Darren, how did you two think of those names?"

"Simple, actually." Tommy told them how he and Kimberly came up with his sons names less than 3 days ago.


Kimberly woke up to find all the women coming into her room about an hour later.

"Sorry to wake you…"

"Oh, it's okay."

"How are you feeling?"

"Okay. How long was I sleeping?"

"About 40 minutes," Aisha said sitting on her bed. "We just left the guys going to smoke."

"Smoking?"

"You know, it's customary for the guys to smoke a cigar when a baby is born."

"Oh, right. Did Dr. Mara say if the boys and I could leave today?"

"No, we haven't seen her since she did the check-up. But she seems hopefully. Are you excited to get them home?" Kim's mother asked, rubbing her daughter's head.

"And into a more comfy bed." They all laughed.

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