Chapter Thirty Nine:
Jon walked back to Brooklyn's room, a big cup of coffee in his hand. He had been with her all night, hardly sleeping as he wanted to make sure she was okay. He only left because he desperately needed coffee to stay awake. He didn't want to fall asleep on the chance Brooklyn woke up while he was sleeping. He didn't want her to wake up alone. Now Jon knew what Brooklyn went through when he was in the hospital.
"You still haven't left?" Jon laughed as he saw Brooklyn's nurse, Monica, in the room checking Brooklyn's vitals.
"Like I would leave her alone. How is she?"
"Her blood pressure has gone down but not by much and her heart rate is still a little fast."
"When will she wake up?"
"Any time now. Let's have a look at the babies." Jon nodded and moved Brooklyn's hospital gown up as Monica squirted the gel on her round stomach and started moving the wand around.
"There you guys are. Babies are looking good and healthy. They're about four pounds each and fifteen inches long. Right here you can see their hands and feet." Jon smiled when he saw them. It looked to be like they were holding each other. It was so weird to see how much would change from one month to the next.
Monica printed off some pictures for them as Jon cleaned Brooklyn's stomach off.
"I will be back in about two hours. The doctor should be here around noon to check on her." Jon nodded as she left. Sighing, he sat back down in the chair he had been in all night. Picking up the remote, he started looking through channels to find something to watch. Settling on some random sports talk show, he sat back and sipped his coffee, the caffeine helping him wake up a little.
Brooklyn felt like her eyes weighed twenty pounds. Hearing a beeping next to her and the sound of heartbeats, she slowly opened her eyes, closing them when the light seemed to bright. Taking a deep breath, she opened them again. She saw white walls surrounding her. A white board hanging on the far wall with her name and vitals on it. Looking down, she saw a band around her stomach.
'That's the beeping' she figured. Looking to her left, she saw Jon sitting there, slouched in his chair drinking something out of a cup.
"Jon" she called softly, not having much energy to say it louder. Thankfully though he heard her. Jon jumped in surprise and turned to see beautiful blue eyes looking at him. Setting his cup down he moved his chairs closer to her.
"Hey baby. How are you feeling?"
"Exhausted. What happened?"
"You passed out at the baby shower. The doctor said its because your blood pressure was high." Brooklyn nodded as it came back to her. Jon and her uncle had gotten into a fist fight because Scott brought Jon's mom.
"I'm sorry" she said, eyes tearing up. Jon furrowed his eyebrows.
"Why are you sorry?"
"B-because if I didn't invite him, then none of this would have happened."
"No, no baby this isn't you fault okay. Calm down babe, no need for you blood pressure to go back up when its just starting to fall. Breath Brook." Brooklyn nodded and took a deep breath, letting it back out. She did this a couple of times before relaxing.
"Are the babies okay?"
"The babies are great. They're fifteen inches long and four pounds each." He took the pictures off the nightstand and showed them to her.
"You can see their hands and feet now."
"They're holding each other" she said, smiling at seeing her babies.
"That's what I thought too." Brooklyn smiled as he set the pictures back down. He turned back and grabbed her hands, rubbing them with his thumbs.
"You know I've never been so scared in my life."
"I'm sorry." Jon shook his head.
"Don't be. Its Scott's fault, not yours."
"Did they say when I could go home" she asked, wanting to get the subject off her uncle. She had no desire to think about him right now.
"No but the doctor should be in soon. Your dad called, they took me off the house shows in New York."
"Why" she asked confused.
"Because me, him, your mom, and your grandfather agreed that I was needed here more." Brooklyn smiled and played with his fingers. They sat in silence for a few minutes before Jon spoke up.
"Brook?"
"Yea" she said, looking up, letting out a little gasp when he pressed their lips together. Jon moved his hands to cup her face while she placed her hands on his arms.
"I love you" he said, his breath fanning her lips.
"I love you too." He smiled and kissed her again.
"Move over darlin." Brooklyn smiled and moved so he could get in the bed with her. He wrapped an arm around her shoulder's, Brooklyn laying her head on his chest. Jon kept a firm hold on her while keep his left hand on her stomach, feeling the babies kick. He just needed the reassurance that they were all okay.
A knock sounded on her door.
"Come in" Jon yelled. The door opened and in walked her parents.
"Hey look who's awake" Paul said smiling, going over to hug his daughter, Stephanie hugging her when she moved.
"How are you feeling sweetie?"
"Tired but other than that, okay. What happened with the party?"
"Everyone stayed around until we got back to see if you were okay. All the babies gifts are in the nursery. I would start opening them now, it might take you until they're born." Brooklyn giggled as Jon laughed.
"Is there really that many?"
"Lets just say Nikki and John are trying really hard to become god parents." Brooklyn smiled, it widened when she felt Jon kiss her head.
"What have the doctors said?"
"Nothing but they checked the babies this morning." Jon reached over and grabbed the pictures before handing them to her parents.
"They're four pounds each and fifteen inches long."
"Aw look Paul, they're holding each other."
"That's what we said."
They smiled and handed the pictures back.
"Jon said you guys took him off the tour."
"Yea. You need him here and we all know that if he was there, he would be moody and miserable." Jon smirked, not feeling offended because he knew Paul was right. Any time he was away from Brooklyn for more than a few hours, he would be miserable until he saw her.
"You're laughing" Brooklyn asked, looking up at him.
"Yea, its true. We all know that." Brooklyn smiled and layed back on his chest. Her parents stayed for about an half hour before leaving. About two hours and a nap later, Brooklyn and Jon layed awake in her bed when the doctor and nurse walked in.
"Ah good you're awake. I'm doctor Ryan."
"Brooklyn nice to meet you" she said shaking his hand while the nurse started taking her vitals and Jon got up to stand next to the bed.
"Nice to meet you/ How are you feeling?"
"Tired but okay. When can I go home?" The doctor laughed as he read her vitals.
"You're blood pressure is still a little high but it has dropped a lot since Monica last checked you. You must have had something calm you down." Brooklyn smiled and flicked her gaze to Jon. No matter what, being in Jon's arms always made her calmer.
"Does that mean she can go home?"
"I would like her blood pressure to go down more. We will check her later today and if it has gone down, then I see no problem sending her home but you will need to avoid stress Ms. Levesque. I cannot stress how important it is to keep it under control. It can not only harm you but it can harm the babies as well." Brooklyn nodded, placing her hands on her stomach. The last thing she wanted to do was hurt the babies because of stress.
"What about traveling?"
"Same thing goes as being at home. No stress and I would recommend that around your eighth month, I would contemplate staying home."
"Why" Jon asked.
"Because twins have a habit of being born early. We all assume its because they want to get away from each other." Brooklyn and Jon laughed.
"So relax because as soon as the blood pressure is down, you guys can leave." Brooklyn nodded as the doctor and nurse left.
"Who knew parents could calm someone down so fast." Brooklyn smirked as Jon rejoined her in the bed.
"I don't think it was my parents." She gave him a knowing look.
"Well it looks like we both calm each other down." Brooklyn smiled and kissed him softly.
As much as Jon calmed her down, her blood pressure still wasn't to where the doctor wanted it when they checked her later on, so they decided to keep her for another night.
"I just want to go home" she whined when the doctor left.
"I know babe. Just one more night then we can go home."
"You gonna stay with me again?"
"Of course I am, but I am going to run home and grab us some clothes. Anything in particular you want?"
"Yoga pants please. I don't care what shirt." Jon nodded and stood up, grabbing his keys and wallet of the table. He lent down and kissed her.
"I'll be back soon. Why don't you take a nap, you still look tired." Brooklyn nodded and kissed him again.
"I love you."
"I love you too. I'll be back soon." She nodded and he kissed her forehead before leaving.
After watching him leave, Brooklyn let out a yawn and grabbed the remote of the nightstand. Flipping through channels, she settled Keeping Up With The Kardashians.
Getting comfortable, she watched about five minutes before she fell asleep.
True to his word, Jon was back at the hospital thirty minutes later. Walking in, he saw Brooklyn fast asleep.
Not wanting to wake her, he quietly walked over and dropped their bags. He walked over to the bed and pulled the covers up, tucking her in. Softly kissing her forehead, he sat back in his chair, not wanting to disturb her.
Sitting in the chair, he watched whatever Brooklyn had left it on. His eyes started to grow heavy and before he knew it, he was out.
Unlocking the front door, Jon let out a content sigh as he walked into his and Brooklyn's house. He had been gone over seas and was happy to be back home.
"Brook? Babe, I'm home." He heard little laughs and gurgles coming from upstairs. Setting his bags by the stairs, he shut the door and made his way up.
Walking to his and Brooklyn's room, he smiled when he saw her sitting on the bed with the twins laying in front of her.
"Where's JJ, where's JJ, peek-a-boo" she said, pulling her hands away from her face. The little baby smiled. Jon lent against the door and watched silently as she did the same thing to Amelia.
"Is it my turn now" he asked when she finished. Brooklyn jumped and turned her head, smiling widely.
"Hey." Jon smiled and pushed off the door, walking over to them. He got on the bed next to her,
"Hey yourself" he said, kissing her passionately. The twins started cooing making them break apart.
"I didn't forget you guys" he said, picking JJ up before Brooklyn handed him Amelia as well.
"Daddy's missed you guys" he said, kissing their heads.
"They missed you too. Some nights before bed, we'd watch some of the old matches and they would coo and coo when they saw you."
"Really?" Brooklyn nodded and Jon smiled, holding the babies close to him.
"I missed them too. And you." Brooklyn smiled and kissed him again.
"I missed you too Mr. Good." Jon laughed as she layed her head on his shoulder and smiled at JJ while giving Amelia her finger to hold onto.
Brooklyn woke up, not being able to get comfortable. Rubbing her eyes, she saw Jon was back and asleep in the chair, a smile planted firmly on his face. Smiling herself, she moved to get into a comfortable position before going right back to sleep.
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"Up to bed" he said when they walked into the house. It was the next day and Brooklyn's blood pressure had dropped back down to normal during the night, which meant they could leave that morning.
"Yes sir" she said sarcastically as they climbed the stairs up to their bedroom.
"Oh I love it when you call me that." Brooklyn rolled her eyes as she got into bed.
"Weirdo." Jon laughed and climbed into bed with her.
"What? A lot of people like to be called that."
"Its still weird." Jon laughed and kissed her head.
"What do you want to do?"
"I can't really do much. Oh, we can go through all the presents." Jon nodded and got up going to the nursery.
"Holy shit" she heard him say. Getting up, she walked out of their room and to the babies.
"Oh my god" she said, walking in. The room was filled with presents, wall to wall.
"They weren't kidding." Jon nodded.
"Go back to bed, I'll bring them all." Brooklyn nodded and walked back. No sense in arguing when she knew she wouldn't win.
Five trips later, all the presents were in their room and Jon sat on the bed to help her with them.
"Okay the card says this one is from Colby." Brooklyn reached in and pulled out two soft blankets, one blue, and one pink.
"Aw these are cute." They had each twins name stitched on them.
"Yea who knew Colby could do cute." Brooklyn laughed and folded the blankets back up before placing the bag on the ground. They went through all of them. Her parents had gotten them a pack and play for when they were on the road. Brie and Bryan had gotten her the breast pump she wanted so she could pump if needed.
"Will it hurt" Jon asked, taking the weird looking thing from her.
"I doubt it. If it hurt I doubt it would be so popular."
"Tattoos hurt and people think they're popular." Brooklyn let out a little laugh before placing the pump back in the box. By the time they were through all the gifts, each twin had about twenty outfits, ten toys each, rattles, blankets, shoes, anything you could imagine getting for a baby.
"What the hell is this?" Brooklyn smiled when he pulled out the baby carrier that goes around your chest that her Ashley and Ric had gotten for them.
"Its a baby carrier. It goes around your chest or back and you put the baby in. You'll look hot wearing it."
"I'm not wearing it. That's all on you."
"Oh yea, cause I can carry both of them."
"Why not. One on the front and one on the back."
"Oh I forgot, you can't be ruining your tough guy image."
"Hey, I'm all for carrying the car seats and pushing a stroller but not this." Brooklyn rolled her eyes and set the bag on the ground with the others.
"Just be lucky, I was going to ask for the wrap thing that people use. Looks like a little hammock for the baby. Would you rather have that or the holder?"
"Neither. I'll stick to car seats."
"How are you going to carry a car seat when your carrying your bags?"
"I'll figure that out in two months." Brooklyn rolled her eyes again.
"You're a pain you know that."
"I know, but I'm your pain." Brooklyn smiled and nodded before laying on his chest.
"Babe?"
"Yea?"
"Can you go get me some food from the kitchen? I'm craving the soup I made the other day" Jon looked down at her.
"You just ate babe."
"Yea but that was hospital food and it was gross. I didn't even eat it all." He agreed with her there. Hospital food was pretty nasty.
"Okay. How long should I heat it up for?"
"Maybe two minutes. And can I have some fruit too please?" Jon nodded and she moved so he could stand up. He pecked her lips before heading downstairs to the kitchen.
Pulling the soup from the fridge, he took the plastic lid off the container and stuck it in the microwave.
"Fruit" he said, reminding himself. He walked over to the fridge and just opened the door when the doorbell went off.
Furrowing his eyebrows, he shut the fridge door and walked out to the front.
Opening it, his hands immediately clenched at his sides as Moxley, who had followed him downstairs, started barking.
"What the hell are you doing here?"