Chapter 6
An ambulance came to Serena and Darien's house within the next half hour and drove them to the hospital. It turned out that Serena was going into premature labor and needed an emergency c-section. "Darien, I'm scared," Serena said as the doctors were working on her. "What if we lose them like last time?"
"Don't say that," Darien said kneeling beside her and holding her hand. "Just have faith."
"We have a boy," a doctor said a few minutes later holding up one baby. He was crying loudly as the doctors cleaned him up. "It'll be just a moment before we get the other one."
Serena was relieved as Darien kissed the top of her head. "I told you," Darien said. He looked down and noticed that they had gotten the other baby out, but no noise was made. He got concerned when more nurses and doctors surrounded the baby.
Serena noticed Darien's mood change and got worried. "Darien, what's wrong?" she asked frantically. A heart monitor went off signaling that a heart had stopped.
"She's not breathing," a nurse said quickly.
No, no, no, Darien thought in despair. Not again. Serena was crying and Darien was fighting hard to maintain his composure for her sake. "It's gonna be ok," he whispered. A few agonizing minutes later the heart monitor went back to normal.
"She's ok," a doctor said before crying was heard. "Congratulations."
"Thank you doctor, thank you," Serena said as tears strained her voice. Serena was stitched back up and wheeled to a hospital room to rest. A few minutes later, nurses came in with the twins for Serena and Darien to hold.
"Here are your twins," one nurse whispered as she set the girl in Serena's arms.
"Congratulations," the other nurse said handing the boy to Darien.
The tiny babies stopped crying and looked at their parents. "Darien, we have a family," Serena said playing with the girl's fingers.
"I know," Darien said wiping his tears away. "What are we gonna name them?"
"Brittany Irene, in honor of my mother," Serena said immediately as they traded babies. "You name our son."
"Brittany is beautiful. How do you feel about David James? David was my dad's name."
"I love it," Serena said contently. "We got very special Christmas presents after all."
Darien smiled. "We definitely did. I love you, Serena."
"I love you too, Darien." They shared a long kiss before being interrupted by both babies crying.