Thanks for the wonderful reviews and I'm glad that you like the names, unfortunately school starts on Monday so I'm going to try and update this story next weekend after this chapter.
Flashbacks are in Italics
Chapter Eighteen: Hope
It had been a week since the babies were born, they were doing so well except for little Jamie. The baby seemed to be getting weaker everyday, Haley sat by her incubator everyday, "What's wrong with her doctor?" The quadruplet's doctor was a sweet pediatrician named Dr. Andrews, she had a set of triplets at home.
"She's got a murmur on her heart, it's the reason that she's not gaining weight. We'll have to do surgery but not until she's stronger. But we are working on getting her strength up so hopefully in a couple months we'll be able to do the procedure." Haley nodded and turned back to the incubator. "I do have good news for you." She smiled at the light in Haley's eyes, "Jamie is doing wonderful, he's already five pounds and he's only a week old so I was wondering if you'd like to hold him? We're about to move him into the nursery with the other babies as he as no need now for the incubator." Haley's eyes were sparkling with tears, she saw Brooke come in.
"Hales I'll stay with Becca you go and hold your son." Brooke said sitting down in the chair next to the incubator, seeing Rebecca reminded her of when Seth and Austin were born.
Haley smiled and ran into the other part of the NICU where Jamie and his brother and sister were, he was crying his little eyes out his nurse got him out. "He's crying because he hasn't been fed yet, we thought you'd like the honors." She said smiling. Haley nodded and opened her arms to hold her son.
He was strong as he gripped his mother's finger, "Oh my little love." His crying stopped hearing his mother's voice, "I'm so happy that you're alright. You want this?" She asked softly placing the nipple of the bottle to his sweet lips. He opened his mouth and drank eagerly.
"He's got an appetite like his daddy." Haley looked when she heard Lucas's voice, "Brooke just told me about Rebecca I'm sorry Hales, but I'm sure you're pleased to hold this one. When the twins were born Brooke told me that even though she was terrified for Austin holding Seth was therapeutic."
Haley smiled, "Brooke's right, holding this little guy…it's indescribable." She sat the bottle down and smiled when Jamie looked up at her with wide trusting eyes and she burped him before feeding him the rest of it.
"You're going to be an awesome mom Hales." Lucas told her sitting down next to Ryan's incubator.
"I really hope so Luke, what if something happens during the surgery I mean this is a heart murmur." Fresh tears filled her eyes.
Luke put his arms around her, "She's got so many people praying for her."
"Yeah she's a lucky little girl." Haley said putting the bottle down, Jamie was sound asleep. "I should put him down but I'm scared if I do I'll lose him." She said softly touching her baby's soft face. After a while she laid the sleeping boy to his nurse who took him into the nursery.
After Lucas left Haley talked to Ryan and Devin, "I really hope that you two will be alright and we'll all go home soon."
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Lucas found Brooke talking to Rebecca, "Hey baby." He said walking in and kissing her cheek.
"She's so tiny, I hope she'll be strong enough for the surgery." Brooke whispered softly, she was worried about the little girl. "I'm glad though that Haley got to hold and see Jamie."
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Rachel stood in the hospital window watching as the nurses gathered around the babies, she wondered if anyone noticed if one of the Quads went missing…temporarily.
"Can I help you?" A young male nurse asked checking out the pretty woman.
"My name is…Brooke Scott and the quads are my nieces and nephews, how are they doing?" Rachel asked her voice dripping with sweetness and charm.
The nurse smiled, "Well Mrs. Scott I just came on duty I've been out of town the last two weeks but I do know that three of them are great but one of the little girls isn't doing so good."
"Oh what a shame, I'm sure that my sister-in-law is just sick to death…do you think it would be alright if I went and saw them?" Rachel asked touching the man's coat and smiling when his face turned bright red.
"Well…I'm sure that since you're family it would be alright Mrs. Scott." Rachel beamed as he got her a gown to put over her clothes and led her into the NICU where Ryan and Devin were.
Rachel stood next to Devin's incubator and smiled, "So you're Haley's little spawn." She glanced around before opening the incubator to make sure no one was around.
"Excuse me nurse, what are you doing with that baby?" A young female nurse asked just coming onto her shift.
"I'm taking her to be weighed." Rachel said quietly worried about getting caught, but the other nurse didn't say anything as Rachel lifted Devin into her arms and soon they were gone.
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Haley woke up from her sleeping place in the hospital chapel to a screaming Brooke and a yelling Nathan and Lucas. She ran into the hallway where Brooke was crying in Lucas's arms.
"Where the hell is my daughter?" Nathan screamed at the nurses who were franctically trying to find baby Devin. Haley ran up to them and then she turned and ran into the NICU her heart stopped beating for a moment when she saw the empty incubator and the iv tubes lying on the floor. Her baby girl was gone.
A/N Sorry that's so short, but I just got a call saying that my best friend's in the hospital having her baby so I gotta go! I'm going to be an auntie again! I'm only child so whenever my friends have babies I call them my nieces and nephews! Please read and review!