Chapter 9: Good News
"So… are you keeping it?"
"Yes, why wouldn't I?"
"I don't know"
"Unless you don't want"
"Oh I do. And you?"
"A part of me does, but the other one is afraid of losing one more kid"
"Honey, if we want more children, we'll have to live with this fear every time you get pregnant"
"I want to have it. It's not fair to take a poor life away for a simple fear" – She sighed.
"You don't need to worry. I'll be with you"
She held his hand.
"I love you, John Carter"
"I love you, Abigail Lockhart"
He caresses her hair and then kisses her.
"I wanna move"
"What?"
"I wanna move to England"
"I thought you wanted to stay"
"You have a job there and also… I want to go"
He was about to answer when the doctor came in.
"Ready?"
"Yes"
"Congratulations"
"Thank you"
Abby got up and John offered his hand to her and she took it. They went downstairs to the ER.
"So, what is it?"
"It's a boy"
"That's great. Now you have a couple"
"Yeah"
"Honey, let's go"
"See you tomorrow"
"See ya"
They walked to the car and quickly arrived home. Phoebe was starving, so Abby went to her room and breastfed her. John left the bathroom after taking shower and stared at the two girls, leaned against the door. Phoebe fell asleep and Abby put her in the crib and then turned to leave.
"How long have you been here?"
"Not much"
She approached and kissed him. A month later, Abby arrived home and saw John sitting in the couch with their daughter on his lap watching the cartoon channel. She smiled and headed to the kitchen. He put their daughter on the floor, stood up and followed her.
"Phoebe started to creep today"
"Oh yeah?"
"And how did it go?"
They kiss.
"Boring"
"You didn't expose yourself to any disease, right?"
"No"
"And the appointment?"
"It was ok. Actually, I have something to tell you"
"What?"
"We'll… we'll have twins again"
He gives a big smile.