Chapter 39
"Come on Pixie, push!" shouted Jean.
"I am!" I yelled.
"Come on, you're almost done. Just one more push for me and you'll be done." said Jean.
I had had about enough as I could handle. Delivering a baby was not a walk in the park like everyone had told me. You can be sure they'll get a piece of my mind when I'm done. I pushed one more time and collapsed on the bed when I heard crying.
Jean grabbed the baby and wrapped it up into a blanket and took it over to a small table to the side. She checked the baby's heart and lungs to make sure it was okay. They baby was a few weeks premature so Jean wanted to make sure everything was working properly.
As I was laying there, watching her examine my baby, I had a ripping pain course through my body. I screamed as the pain felt like a contraction, and I felt as if I was going to rip someone's head off. Jean rushed over and looked at my stats and noticed nothing out of the ordinary. Her eyes fell to the baby monitor that was hooked to my stomach. She noticed a small palpation that was going on and her eyes grew wide. She grabbed her scrubs and threw them back on. She grabbed some gloves and sat back down.
"Alright, Pix, when I tell you to push, push." said Jean.
"What?" I asked her, pain still coursing through my body.
"You have another baby coming. I need you to push when I tell you too." said Jean.
"I am not Grand Central Station here! I can't just keep producing baby's!" I yelled.
"Well, it looks like you are. You're having twins." said Jean.
"How come I didn't see that?" I asked.
"Well, sometimes the ultrasound only picks up one heartbeat, so a lot of mothers go to full term not knowing they're having twins." said Jean.
"Fantastic." I groaned.
I screamed as a contraction hit and Jean told me to push. I pushed as hard as I could and my head felt like it was going to pop off.
"Come on, Pix. This one should come easier than before." she said.
I pushed one more time and I heard screaming as the baby opened it's mouth for the first time. I fell backwards onto the table in pure exhaustion. I was never letting Logan touch me again. Ever.
Jean took the baby and placed him on the table to examine him. One of Jean's assistants cleaned me up and put me into a new bed. I wiped off my face and threw my hair into a bun on the top of my head. I lay my head back against the pillows but sat back up when she turned around and walked towards me. She was carrying two little bundles, one in pink and one in blue.
"Here we go. Let's give you to mommy." said Jean.
Jean handed the twins to me and I held them as if they would break. They looked so fragile just laying there. Their eyes were closed and I wished they were open so I could see them. Both of them looked just like Logan, especially my little girl. She had his nose and lips. I couldn't stop the smile that appeared on my face and the tears that fell from my eyes.
"They're so beautiful." I cried.
"Yea they are." smiled Jean, tears of her own falling down her face. "You want me to go and get Logan?"
All I could do was nod. I was so transfixed with these little bundles of skin that I couldn't take my eyes away from them. I heard Logan rush into the room and stop suddenly. I looked up to see him with a bewildered look on his face.
"I only signed up for one." said Logan.
"Well, just think of it this way. One for each of us." I smiled.
"I'm taking the boy." he smiled as he walked over.
He sat down on the bed next to me and looked at the two little bundles in my arms. He stroked his daughters dark crop of hair on the top of her head, and smiled.
"What do you want to name them?" asked Logan.
"Well, for her I want Lillian Marie, and for him I want Tristan Logan." I said. "What do you think?"
"They're perfect." he said.
"You don't have any names?" I asked.
"You just had twins, I'll let you do whatever you want." laughed Logan.
I laughed at him and kissed him. The babies squirmed in my arms and opened their eyes at the same time. Lillian had violet eyes just like me, and Tristan had the dark orbs just like Logan. They both stared at us like we were aliens. As if on cue, they both started crying. I closed my eyes and took a deep breathe.
Jean came rushing in with bottles at the ready. She handed them to Logan as Logan took Lillian in his arms. He stuck the bottle in her mouth and she instantly began to scarf down the milk. I pulled my knees up and placed Tristan there. I held the bottle upright so he could eat. The room was filled with silence as the twins ate, and we watched. It seemed a miracle that something so small could bring such joy to the world.
When they were done, Logan burped Lillian and then handed her off to me as he took Tristan and burped him. Logan placed the twins into a crib that was placed next to my bed. I didn't want to take my eyes off of them, but when my head hit the pillow, I was out.
Logan rocked the crib back and forth, trying to get them to sleep. Tristan fell asleep instantly, but Lillian wouldn't. Logan picked her up and rocked her, talking to her in the process. After about an hour, she finally fell asleep after Logan talking to her.
Logan placed Lillian back into the crib and sat down, only closing his eyes for a moment, but those were always the famous last words.
"Logan!" yelled Sarah.
Logan's eyes snapped open as he fell out of the chair. There were fits of laughter all over the room as he stood up. He saw Pixie sitting up, a smile very prominent on her face along with Sarah, who was trying to hide it. Scott and Jean were there along with the professor. The professor currently had Tristan on his lap and was making baby faces at him, which Tristan though was hilarious. Sarah had Lillian in her arms and was rocking her this way and that, talking to her.
"When did you guys get here?" asked Logan, sitting next to Pixie.
"About an hour ago." I said. "We didn't want to wake you."
"Yea, thanks." mumbled Logan.
"I got here as soon as I could." said a breathless Ryan as he stormed into the room.
"Hi honey." said Sarah, giving him a kiss.
Ryan looked down at Lillian and smiled at her. He looked up and saw Tristan in the professors lap and froze with a confused look on his face.
"I thought you guys only signed up for one." said Ryan.
"That's what I thought." said Logan.
"You two need to stop spending time together." I said.
Everyone laughed as they passed the babies around, everyone getting their fill of the twins. Sarah went to put down Lillian when she doubled over in pain.
"Flip what's wrong." I said, starting to get out of bed.
"I don't know." she said.
We all looked at her, making sure she was okay. Jean took the baby from Sarah and placed her into the crib. I looked towards the floor and froze.
"Sarah." I said.
Sarah looked at me and new something was wrong. I never called her Sarah unless it was important. She followed my gaze and her face turned white. Everyone caught on pretty quickly to what we noticed and came to the conclusion that Sarah was in labor. There was water on the floor from where her water broke. She started to panic but we calmed her down. Ryan put her in a wheelchair and rolled her down the hall towards the delivery room. I threw back my blankets and got out of bed. I was thankful that I had on some scrubs because those hospital gowns are just not cool.
"Wow, wow, where do you think you're going?" asked Logan.
"My best friend is in labor, I am going to go and help her." I said, trying to walk out.
"Oh no you don't. You need to rest." said Logan, stepping in my way.
"Look, I just had twins okay, I'm still kind of grumpy and if you ever want to get in my pants again I suggest you move." I threatened.
Logan seemed to weigh what I had said and eventually sighed. He stepped aside and let me through the door. I walked as fast as I could down the hall and found Sarah. It wasn't really hard. Just follow the screaming woman. I went into the room and was stopped by the nurse.
"No, no she can come in." said Sarah.
The nurse let me pass and I walked up next to Sarah and grabbed her hand. Jean was getting her scrubs and gloves on when Sarah had another contraction. She screamed an unholy scream which made me cringe. Ryan came bursting into the room when he heard her scream and rushed over. He was dressed up in scrubs and a hat. He ran over to Sarah's other side and took her hand in his. Another contraction hit Sarah and she squeezed onto our hands for support. I tried not to yell at her to ease up because I knew I would get yelled at. So I bit through the pain as she crushed every bone in my hand.
"Oh please say I'm only having one." she whined.
We all laughed at her comment but she stopped suddenly.
"Don't make me laugh." she whined. "It may fly out."
I couldn't help but laugh more while Ryan stifled his. Jean said she was ready for Sarah to push. Sarah got a new grip on our hands and pushed. My hand felt like it was going to crush into dust. I never knew she was this strong. Jean told her to push a few more times when there was a cry throughout the entire room. A baby boy was born and Sarah fell backwards in exhaustion. I wiped the sweat from her forehead as the nurses cleaned her up. Ryan picked up the boy after he was examined and brought him over to Sarah. He handed him to her and Sarah started crying. I smiled at the two and left to give them some time alone.
I stepped out into the hallway and heaved a deep sigh. I was exhausted and probably needed to put my hand in a cast. I closed my eyes and laid my head against the wall.
"How'd she do?"
"She had a boy." I said.
I opened my eyes to see Logan standing in front of me with the two strollers. I could only smile at him.
"Don't you ever bring any of this up. Whatever happens in private stays in private you got it?" he said.
"Don't let anyone know you've become a softy. Got it." I saluted.
He gave me a kiss as he offered a stroller to me. Of course, he gave me Lillian, but I didn't complain. She was a daddy's girl, even if he didn't know it yet.
We walked through the halls towards the car, not wanting to wait to get them home. I was so excited to see what they would learn, how they would learn, how they would act with one another. I was so excited to just watch them and play with them, teach them everything I knew and everything I would learn along with them. It was a new beginning, and I had never been so excited.
Let me know what you think...please!!! The story is almost done...i've got one more chapter to do...it's more like an epilogue i guess...so please tell me what you thought!!
