"Oh man, these babies are killing my back." Ava complained trying to roll out of bed.
"Do you need help?" Roger asked walking over to her side of the bed.
"Yeah. Thanks Baby. Will and Collins are coming over for my prenatal yoga." she smiled looking up at him.
"Prenatal yoga? Where do they get these stupid things? Last month it was pilates, the month before it was cardio." he said looking down at her.
"Yeah and they're also taking classes to become my midwives in case we decide to have these babies at home." she laughed slowly walking to the bathroom.
"We are not having these babies at home." Roger called out as she put the water on to wash her face.
"I told them that. They don't listen. They just think they should be prepared if we decide to at the last minute." she said as he stood in the doorway.
"Remember, don't wear yourself out. You need your rest." he said looking over at her.
"I know Baby. Don't worry, I'm fine." she said starting to change her clothes.
"Well I worry." he smiled watching her.
"I know Roger. You always worry." she said looking up at him as she left the bathroom she looked really tired.
"Ava, why don't you stay in bed. You look tired." he said watching her as she sat on the bed to put her sneakers on.
"Roger, the doctor said I should exercise. He said it'll make delivery easier." she said standing up from the bed before sitting back down again. "Woah." she said sitting back down.
"Ava, are you OK?" Roger asked rushing over to her.
"I'm feeling really lightheaded all of a sudden." she said looking up at him.
"Your cheeks are all red. Baby, you're blood pressure is soaring." he said holding his hand on her wrist taking her pulse.
"I'm not feeling so good Roger." she whispered before falling backwards on the bed passing out.
"Ava. Ava, wake up Baby. Oh my God." he said shaking her face before calling 911. "Yeah, my wife is 7 months pregnant and she just passed out... I think it's her blood pressure, her pulse is racing... send an ambulance... hurry." he called out speaking into the phone frustrated. Just then the door bell rang. "I'll be right back Baby. Hang on Ava." he said running down the stairs. It was Collins and Will.
"Where's our mama? It's time for her prenatal yoga class." Collins asked looking at them with tears in his eyes.
"What's the matter Roger? Where's Ava?" Will asked looking up at him.
"She's upstairs. She's passed out. I just called the ambulance." he told them running back up the stairs as Will and Collins followed him. Ava was still laying on the bed unconscious. "Ava Baby, come on get up. Wake up Baby." Roger whispered caressing her face as he sat next to her on the bed. Just then the doorbell rang.
"I'll get it." Will said running down the stairs to the door. "She's upstairs. Hurry." he said holding the door open for them. They went upstairs to get Ava.
"What happened sir?" one of the paramedics asked as they entered the bedroom.
"She was getting ready for her prenatal yoga class and when she went to get up, she said she was feeling lightheaded and collapsed back down on the bed. I saw her face was really red and her pulse was really fast. What's happening to her?" he asked looking up at them as they moved her off of the bed.
"How far along is she sir?" the paramedic asked looking over at him.
"7 months. We're having twins. Please take care of her. They're my life." he told them as he followed them down the stairs and into the ambulance.
"We'll meet you at the hospital Roger." Collins said as he and Will followed them.
"Can you call my parents please? I need them there." he said looking over at them crying.
"No problem Roger. We're right behind you." he said looking over at him.
"Thanks." he said climbing into the ambulance with Ava. She was still unconscious. She looked so small and helpless. "Is my wife gonna be OK?" he asked sitting next to her in the ambulance.
"Her blood pressure is really high. We need to lower it for hers and your childrens sakes." he said looking over at him.
"How dangerous is it?" he asked holding her hand tight.
"It could be very dangerous. The doctors could tell you more." he said as Ava began to wake up.
"Roger. Roger where am I?" she whispered looking around the ambulance.
"I'm right here Ava. Just stay there, OK. We're in an ambulance on the way to the hospital. Your blood pressure spiked and you passed out." he said caressing her face.
"The babies. What about the babies?" she asked looking up at him becoming more upset.
"They're OK for now Mrs. Davis, but we need to get you to the hospital so a doctor can take a better look at you." the paramedic said looking down at her.
"Roger, I'm scared. What if something happens to the babies?" she asked looking up at him.
"Nothing is gonna happen to the babies. They're gonna be fine and so are you. Just rest Baby, OK?" he said kissing her hand as he caressed it.
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"Pr eeclampsia. What's that?" Roger asked looking up at the doctor.
"It's a condition that effects woman late in pregnancy. It's high blood pressure. It occurs for a number of reasons, but in this case, Ava carrying twins is reason enough." he said looking down at them.
"So how do we fix it?" Roger asked looking up at him.
"There is no cure. The only cure for it is for Ava to give birth. Inducing labor right now would be dangerous for the babies. Twins carry a higher risk of low birth weight in full term, so delivering them now would not be wise. What I would suggest to you is just plenty of bed rest and a low sodium diet. You're gonna be fine Ava. Just make sure Roger caters to you from now on. No more prenatal yoga, OK?" he smiled looking down at her.
"Thank you doctor." she said before he left the room. "How did this happen Roger? I thought I was doing everything I could do to make this pregnancy as low stress as possible." she asked looking over at him.
"It's OK Baby. You heard him. All you need is bed rest and a low sodium diet. You're gonna be fine. I'm gonna take such good care of you. Everybody is." he said leaning up to kiss her.
"Is everything OK?" Mrs. Davis asked as she quietly opened the door.
"Yeah, I'm fine mom. It's just preeclampsia. It's mild, so it can be managed with bed rest and a low sodium diet." Ava said looking over at her.
"If it's bed rest and a low sodium diet you need, that's what you're gonna get. Don't worry. We'll all take care of you my sweetie." she smiled sitting next to her on the bed.
"I should be scared, right?" she asked smiling up at Mr. Davis.
"I would say so sweet heart." he laughed looking down at her.
"Will, I'm fine. Would you go downstairs please? You're making me nuts." Ava laughed looking up at him as he fluffed the pillows under her feet.
"Roger asked me to take care of you while he went to the store, so I'm taking care of you." he said sitting at the foot of the bed.
"Well, I'm fine Will. You don't need to worry about Roger. He's not gonna kick your ass if you leave me by myself." she laughed looking up at him.
"Maybe I don't want to leave you alone. I miss talking to you like this. I mean, I'm with Collins and you're with Roger ready to give birth to your twins. We haven't had much time to talk about things." he said looking up at her as he began massaging her feet.
"I'm sorry Will. What do you want to talk about?" she asked looking over at him.
"How about names? What names did you and Roger finally agree on for the babies?" he asked looking over at them.
"Well, we decided on Lukas Roger or Thomas Mark for boys and Abigail Susan or Susan Avalon for girls. If it's one of each than we're gonna settle on Lukas and Abigail after Roger's parents and my mother." she smiled looking up at him.
"Thomas Mark?" he asked smiling at her.
"Well Mark and Collins are gonna be the babies godfathers anyway, so we thought it would only be right. I don't want to name my son after my father. Not after everything." she said looking over at him.
"I understand sweetie." he smiled as he continued to massage her feet.
"So tell me about you and Collins? How are things going?" she asked looking up at him smiling.
"Good. I mean, he wants me to officially move in with him." he smiled looking over at her.
"Really? Are you gonna do it?" she asked smiling at him.
"I want to. I mean, I love him." he smiled looking over at him.
"Sweetie, that's great. I'm so happy for you." she smiled looking over at him.
"Yeah, I'm pretty happy too. I mean, I've got my best friends back, I'm in love. What could be better?" he smiled crawling up to sit next to Ava on the bed.
"We're really happy to have you here too." she smiled as he slipped his arm around her shoulders and she laid her head on his chest.
"I'm sorry for what I did all those years ago. I was so confused and stupid..." he said looking down at her.
"Will, it wasn't your fault. We blamed you for so long, but it was our fault. I should have told Roger about you kissing me when he was away at school and he handled it wrong. But it doesn't matter now. What matters is that we're all together now and these babies are gonna be making their grand debut any day now." she smiled looking up at him.
"These are gonna be the most loved babies in the world. With parents like you and Roger, how could these kids lose?" he said looking down at her.
"Yeah, too bad they're gonna lose you, Roger and Collins before they're ready to." she said quietly looking down.
"Ava, you can't think about that right now. Thanks to you and the miracles of modern medicine, me, Roger and Collins are doing great. Hell, we're probably healthier than we were before we were positive. We're gonna be around for a long time for you and these babies." he said leaning down to kiss her head.
"I'm sorry Will. Hormones again. God, I can't wait until these babies are born and I'm myself again." she laughed trying to cover.
"I know sweetie. Everything's gonna be OK. You and the babies are gonna be fine and we're all gonna live happily ever after." he said looking down at her.
"Happily ever after, huh? You really are gay." she laughed looking up at him.
"Very funny." he laughed kissing her head again as they watched tv and waited for Roger to get home.