A/N: Ta-da! Chapter 50 is here! Writing this story has become my daily stress relief after work - ha ha. Enjoy and please review!
Chapter 50
It was visiting hour and the girls' room was full of them including all the parents, the twins' and Erin's, as well as Ted, Jeremy and the rest of the band. There were numerous get well soon balloons floating around as no flowers were allowed in the ICU. "Guys, there's something Lindsey and I... haven't quite... had the opportunity to tell you" smiled Tegan weakly. "There's so many of you... I know you lot... I know that you guys are... all going to fight to hold this baby... like all the time... so... we're having two" she smiled. Sara sat up with difficulty "You're shitting me?" she said. "What did I tell you... about your potty mouth around my kids" laughed Tegan. Sara made a face and put her healthy hand in front of her mouth. Sonia looked shocked and suddenly burst out laughing "Oh my god that's great... it's payback time hey guys" she said winking at Stephen and Bruce. "I can't wait... this is awesome" she said. "Congrats guys... never one to do things half way hey Tee" said Erin. "Quin for the win" winked Tegan. "That means we have to get another giraffe asap Em... these kids are gonna break my budget" laughed Sara. Tegan smiled. It was amazing to be laughing again with her friends and family right there next to her. The thought of two kids running around playing with these amazing, loving people made Tegan choke away some tears.
"Sorry to break up the party guys but we need to steal Sara for a few tests." said Kate. Sara was taken for some scans by the nursing staff, Emy accompanied her not wanting to be away from her for a minute more than she needed to. "I can't believe Sara and Emy's big reunion... turned out to be a big drama" said Tegan. She was still feeling really tired and weak but she was pushing herself to be awake as much as possible. "Yeah it sucks... but they seem so head over heals for each other I don't think they needed a big date night" said Sonia. "We... we need to do something for them" said Tegan. "Hell yeah... we need some romance" said Erin smiling. "Kate... you need to help us... I've got some ideas" said Tegan with a mischievous smile.
It was Tegan's turn to leave for tests. She really just wanted to close her eyes and sleep after visiting hour. Tegan slept like a baby through the long CT and MRI scans. She woke up as she was pushed her into an empty room. "Tegan..." said Kate sitting down on the bed next to her "What's up K-dawg" said Tegan hoarsly. "I brought you in here because I wanted to talk to you and Linds in private" said Kate. Tegan's expression changed to one of concern. A nurse led Lindsey in. "Hey snookums.. nurse said you had a nice nap in the space ship" she smiled and kissed Tegan softly on the lips. Tegan nodded and smiled half heartedly. Lindsey sat down in a chair next to the bed and took Tegan's hand. It was as if their hands were magnetically drawn to one another. They always automatically found their way to be entwined. "Tee... I want to send a probe down your throat to inspect your vocal chords." said Kate. Tegan frowned "Why?" she whispered looking spooked. "Well... you've had quite a bit of trauma to your throat, first a lot of infection and then you had an ET tube down there for a long time. ET tubes can sometimes cause some vocal chord damage... I'm hoping yours is okay because we took extra special precaution when we inserted the tube but I'm concerned that you're still experiencing pain when speaking and you're still sounding quite hoarse." said Kate. Tegan looked as if she was about to start crying. "It's okay baby" whispered Lindsey. Tegan stayed quite for a while, the movement of her facial muscles gave away the fact that she was trying to control her emotions. "I just want to make sure everything's okay down there Tee. I'm scheduling it for first thing in the morning" said Kate and unconsciously bit her bottom lip. Tegan breathed in deep through her nose. "Will... will I sing again" she asked. Kate seemed to be getting emotional. "Tegan, we'll know more once we've had a look at those chords okay. That aside... your lungs went through a lot... we're hoping for a full recovery and everything seems on track but we simply don't know yet. As you very well know your lungs play a major part in singing and yours went through so much trauma. I'm not going to lie to you Tegan, you're going to need to work hard, really hard... Lots of physical therapy. Lots of pulmonary therapy." Tegan's chin and bottom lip started quivering. "I'll sing again... I will you watch me..." she said, emotion breaking in her voice. "That's the spirit buddy" said Kate smiling.
Dusk was falling outside when nurse Abby came in and informed Sara that she needed to go for some more tests. Sara was still sleepy from her nap and she mumbled "ahhh jeez not again". Emy got up to go with her, never letting go of her hand. "Go get something to eat Em... I'm okay... just the run of the mill scans I guess" sighed Sara. Abby seemed to panic a bit "No... I think it's good if she comes with you this time... the dinner menu at the cafeteria only starts at 7 and it's lasagne night so you don't want to miss that" she smiled. "Oh... okay then, don't want to miss the lasagne and my daily jello cup" said Emy. Sara's bed was pushed down the hall into a different direction than she was used to. "Where are we going? What tests am I having done?" she asked confused. Kate came jogging up next to her as they stopped in front of her office. She pulled the door open. "mmmm a test of looooove" she smiled. The nurse pushed the bed into the office. It was magical. The entire office was filled with candles and flowers. Soft music was playing in the background. The office was large and beautiful with a magnificent view of Los Angeles' lights starting to sparkle. The desk had silver domes on it seemingly hiding some food. Sara felt tears roll down her cheeks. Emy squeezed her hand. "Your family and friends thought it was about time you had your special reunion" smiled Kate. She checked Sara's monitor one last time and turned to them as she left. "Enjoy dinner guys" she said as she pointed at the desk. "Thank you... thank you for this... you guys... you're amazing" said Sara through her tears. Kate smiled and closed the door behind her. Sara looked like hell. The bruises on her face was a dark blue and she had a white support device over the bridge of her broken nose. Her hair was standing in all directions. Emy still found her so incredibly gorgeous. She leaned in and kissed Sara on the lips for the first time since seeing each other again. Sara groaned with pleasure. Her tongue playfully wrestling with Emy's "I love you Em... I'm so lucky to have found you again... don't ever go" she whispered.