"Marissa?"
Marissa rolls over and ignores the voice calling her name. "Babe, wake up." Marissa lets out a frustrated groan and now pulls the blanket over her head. "Marissa, we gotta get to the doctor's!" Suddenly, her eyes flutters open, remembering the events of the day before. She slowly rolls over and sees Ryan standing beside the bed, already dressed. "Great, you're up. Now go and get ready." He says casually, giving his wife a quick peck on the lips before walking off to the dresser to put on his watch.
Marissa slowly gets up and rubs her eyes tiredly and Ryan smiles as he sees his wife's tired reflection in the mirror. "Come on, Riss. Go and get ready." Suddenly, Marissa runs to the bathroom without a word.
Panicked, Ryan rushes in behind her and holds her hair out of her face as she empties her stomach into the toilet.
Marissa wipes her mouth and turns to face Ryan who wraps his arms around his wife gently. "You okay?" he asks softly.
Marissa nods, trying to steady her breathing, "I guess that's what morning sickness is like."
Ryan lets out a small laugh and kisses her hair. "Alright, how about you jump in the shower, and I'll fix you up some coffee and bagels? Sound good?"
Marissa nods her head a few times and Ryan smiles, giving her another kiss on the lips before she hops into the shower and gets ready.
"Dad, where are you going?" a little boy asks as he sees his father putting on his shoes with a duffel bag in his hand.
"I'm gunna be going away for a while." The father replies as he walks over to his son and ruffles his blonde hair. "Take care of your mother, alright?" The little boy nods his head a few times, tears running down his face causing the older man to wipe them away, "Atwood's don't cry." He says softly before walking off and shuts the door behind him.
The little boy rushes to the window and watches as his father disappears down the street and blinks back more tears. "Atwoods don't cry…" he repeats silently to himself.
"Ry?" Ryan snaps back into reality and turns his head to face Marissa sitting beside him in the waiting room, "You okay? You looked like you were in a daze for a second." She says with a small laugh.
"Yeah…" Ryan replies softly taking Marissa's hand into his, "Just…remembered something."
Marissa nods her head in understanding, knowing not to force anything out of Ryan. He'll tell me if he wants to. She thinks to herself.
"I was just…I just remembered that night my dad left." He begins, looking down at his feet, "The last thing he said to me was 'Atwoods don't cry.'" He says softly with a sad laugh, "No, 'I love you's', not even an 'I'm gunna miss you'." Marissa gives his hand a small squeeze and remembers when her dad told her he was leaving Newport, but Marissa was 17 then, she remembers how devastated she was and it breaks her heart just imagining how things were with Ryan, he was only a little boy when his dad left. "Since then, it was me and Trey against the world," Ryan continues, "against my mom's boyfriends." He says silently with a small smile, and looks at Marissa again. "And when Trey left me, the Cohen's took me in. Sandy was the father I never had and if I can become even half of what the father he was to me for the last 6 years, I know for a fact that this child would be in good hands." Ryan says, his voice gentle and low.
Marissa smiles and gives Ryan a soft kiss on the lips, "You're gunna be an amazing dad." She says softly.
Ryan gives her a smile that makes Marissa's heart melt, "And you're gunna be an incredible mom." He says as he takes Marissa's hand to his lips.
Suddenly, a nurse comes into the waiting room with a clipboard in hand, "Mr. And Mrs. Atwood?" she says looking around the waiting room.
"That's us." Ryan says getting up.
"Dr. Davis will see you now." The nurse says nicely, gesturing for Ryan and Marissa to follow her.
They walk into a middle sized room and the nurse hands Marissa a hospital gown. "The doctor will be with you shortly, she's just going to be doing some tests." Marissa lets out a relieved sigh when she heard the nurse say she. It would be awkward if it were a guy, she says to herself.
"Okay, thank you." Marissa says, as the nurse walks out of the room. "You nervous?" she asks Ryan as she gets up on the small bed.
"A little bit." Ryan replies, "I don't know what to expect."
Marissa laughs at his remark and lets out a small sigh, "Well that makes the two of us then."
Suddenly the door opens and a middle-aged brunette woman walks in. "Hello there." She says cheerfully "I'm Dr. Maureen Davis and I'm gunna be your doctor for the next 9 months." She shakes Ryan's hand and then Marissa's.
"Alright, so I take it as this would be your first time here." Dr. Davis says. Ryan and Marissa let out nervous laughs and nod their heads, Dr. Davis gives them a reassuring smile and begins to set up a small machine. "Well we're just gunna give you an ultrasound to confirm your pregnancy." She begins, sounding professional, "So, Marissa, can you lift up your shirt? I'm just gunna put this gel on your stomach, it's gunna be a little cold," the doctor begins to squeeze the gel on Marissa's flat stomach and Marissa gasps at the sudden chill, A little cold my ass. She thinks bitterly, the doctor laughs and begins dragging the transducer across her stomach. "Well, Marissa from what I can see, you're about 6 weeks pregnant." The doctor utters, looking at the small monitor.
Suddenly, they begin to hear a small tapping sound coming from the machine, "What's that sound?" Ryan asks, taking Marissa's hand into his.
"That sound, is the baby's heart beat." The doctor says gently with a smile on her face, Ryan's heart begins to race and a sudden rush of joy flows through his whole body, "And from what I can tell, there are two heart beats." The doctor continues. Marissa and Ryan looked at each other in disbelief and then back at the doctor.
"Two heart beats?" Marissa asks, thoughts racing through her head as a smile begins to form on her face.
The doctor lets out a small laugh and points towards the small screen on the machine, "You see those two tiny blobs?" she asks, and Ryan and Marissa nods, "Those are your babies." She says softly.
Marissa gives Ryan's hand a squeeze as she watches the monitor, "So, we're gunna have twins? Like…two babies?" Ryan asks, still in shock. The doctor nods again. "Those little things that look like peanuts?" Ryan asks one more time, not taking his eyes off the monitor, "Those are our babies?" Marissa laughs at her husband's amusement and looks back at the monitor.
"Those are your babies." The doctor repeats with a laugh, "Would you like some pictures?" she asks, and Ryan and Marissa nod their heads. The doctor turns back to the machine and presses a button that begins to print the pictures. "Here you go." She says, handing Ryan the pictures and then helping Marissa wipe off the remaining gel on her stomach. "The babies are due around December, but I'll see you both in about a month to confirm. If you have any questions, just call, alright?" the couple says their thanks before the doctor walks out of the room leaving them to process everything in their heads.
"Two babies…" Ryan whispers, looking down at the black and white pictures as Marissa hops off the bed and then beside Ryan. "Our babies." Ryan says softly, lifting up his head to face Marissa who was on the verge of tears.
"Our babies." She repeats silently looking down at the pictures in Ryan's hand as she feels Ryan's arm around her. "You okay?" she asks gently.
Ryan lets out a small sigh and smiles, "I've never been better."
"Good." She says as she wraps an arm around him, "Because we just got in way over our heads, Atwood."
Ryan lets out a small laugh and Marissa smiles. She leans in to kiss him on the cheek but Ryan turns his head quickly so their lips meet instead and for that moment, everything disappears. A chapter of their life is ending but a new one begins, the thought itself is terrifying but they both know that it's what each other wants, more than anything else in this whole world and that and itself is a perpetual feeling of happiness knowing their in it together.
Drama coming up soon..but nothing big...just trying to keep things interesting. Still need names guys...hope you like the twin thing...i can always change it cant i? lol..reviews please. thanks