Lita finally came back to consciousness after two hours or so. She was confused as to where she was until he saw there was an IV connected to her arm. Yup, she was in the hospital. She was confused as to why she was there.

"Oh. she's awake." Lita heard a voice nearby then she looked around and saw John and Trish sitting on chairs nearby as well as his and her own parents.

"What happened?" She asked a bit groggy after she took in everything around her.

"You fainted after you complained about a huge headache and pain in your belly." It was Trish who spoke up before anyone else could.

"How are you feeling now?" Carol asked her.

"Headache's still here. The pain in my belly is a little less now. And I don't feel light-headed anymore." Lita looked like she was about to say something, but John knew what she was going to ask.

"The babies are okay."

She let out a sigh of relief with the knowledge that her babies were okay after what just happened. "So what exactly happened?"

"It's called preeclampsia."

Lita was confused. "Okay. And what is that?"

"It's a condition in pregnancy which is caused by sudden increase in blood pressure. Your chances of risk increase when you're having twins."

John's father came back into the room after he left a bit ago to tell the doctor that Lita was now awake. It was Dr. Moretti who was called into the hospital after Lita was admitted. "How are you feeling?"

"I still have a headache, but the belly pain is getting lighter."

Dr. Moretti nodded."That's good. It's good that you brought her in as soon as you could," she said glancing at everyone in the room, "It could have been worse, but thankfully, it's not." She turned her attention back to Lita. "Unfortunately, there are no cures to this other than early labor, but you still have five weeks left. I don't have to do that right away because we don't have to right now but I will have to deliver the babies within a week."

"A week?" Lita asked a bit surprised. "I still have five weeks left."

"I know. Which is why you need to stay in the hospital until you have given birth. We need to closely monitor you. You are going to be put on hospital bed-rest. Preeclampsia can be dangerous, which is why we need you to stay here for when we need to deliver the babies early. Your blood pressure is high. We ran a blood test, your kidneys and liver are perfectly fine. We also did an ultrasound so the babies are fine which is also another reason why we don't have to deliver them right now and can wait for another week."

"Well, I guess that's good but I don't want to stay here." Lita groaned. "I still have like two weeks left at work. I can't just stop now. We're in the middle-,"

Dr. Moretti interrupted her. "I know you don't want to, but you have to. I'm sure your boss will understand. We have to monitor your blood pressure, if we don't, if it gets higher, you can get a stroke or a seizure so take it easy. I'll be back in a bit to check on you. A nurse should be coming sometime soon to give you medication that will help to lower your blood pressure." And with that, she left.

"A week? I'm not ready for this. That's a month early. What if something happens to them?," Lita panicked.

"They will be okay. That's why they want you to stay here and not go home. It'll be okay. I can stay with you a bit to help look after you and so you won't be too lonely." Carol spoke up.

"That won't be necessary," Olivia started to say, "I live closer, it would be easier that way."

"But I don't mind." Carol said.

"No." Lita said before someone else could say anything. "I don't need anyone to keep me company. I'll be fine. I don't need anyone to help look after me either, that's why I'm staying here so the stupid irritating nurses and doctors will be around me."

"Look, mom, Olivia, you don't have to do that. I ca-" John started to say until someone interrupted him.

"No!" Lita repeated once again. "No one needs to disrupt their lives for me. Like I said, I'm going to be in a hospital full with doctors and nurses. I'm pretty sure I'll be fine."

"Li-"

"No John, shut up. You guys don't even have to come until like next week then, I guess. No need to change your schedules for me." This was annoying her.

"Lita, maybe-"

"No John! Just shut up! For the billionth time, shut up!"

"What the hell is your problem?" He was starting to get really annoyed with the way she's been acting with him for the past couple of weeks. The pregnancy had made her a bit moodier than usual, but the past week had been a hundred times worse. "You have been acting like..." he stopped himself when he realized his parents as well as her parents were around them, they probably wouldn't like to hear him calling her any names, but that wasn't going to stop him from asking why she was acting so temperamental with him. "Why have you been acting so moody with me lately?"

"Maybe because you deserve it." Trish was used to this, but their parents weren't. They knew the two got into some argues but they never really experienced something like this first-hand.

"And why is that?"

"You're such an idiot you know that?"

"And why is that?" He repeated yet again, hoping for an answer this time.

"No reason."

"Not no reason. You said it, so you obviously said it for a reason."

"Just shut up! You're so damn annoying! Must you always talk?! Do you know how to keep your mouth shut?!"

He wisely decided he was just going to stay shut like she said and not say anything else to her. She was in the hospital for a reason, so he decided he wouldn't say anything that could make her condition worsen. "Um, I'll be back," John said leaving the room, he just needed to get out of there. He just hoped whatever was bugging her would get better. She was taking it all out on him and he didn't know why.

Everyone else was quiet after what just happened. They knew the two argued at times but both of their parents never actually witnessed it.

"Can everyone just leave me alone for fifteen minutes please?" Lita asked interrupting the awkward silence. She didn't want everyone to be around her right now.

"Okay." They all reluctantly agreed leaving her alone until she called out and asked for Trish to stay behind, which she did.

"Look," Trish spoke up after a few minutes of quiet, "I don't want to say anything because I already know you're really annoyed and angry right now, but can you please back off of him. He worries about you-" Trish tried to continued until Lita interrupted her.

"He only cares about the babies which is why he has to worry about me."

"That's not true. He cares about you too. He's trying to make sure you're okay. He was freaking out when you fainted. He was freaking out the whole time, and not just for the babies, also for you. He does care for you. If he didn't, why would he agree to have a baby with you? And all you have been doing for the past couple of weeks is biting his head off."

Lita sighed. "I know, I just can't help it."

"I know sweety."

"I hate this. Why does this have to happen to me?" Trish didn't say anything. She didn't know what she could say right now. "He's so damn blind. I didn't even tell Randy anything and he knows. Why can't... why can't John see it himself?" Trish didn't say anything once again because she knew Lita wasn't expecting an answer. "You know what? I don't care. I can't keep thinking about him. I'm about to be a mother in a week, that's a month early. Oh my God. I just realized, we didn't get bassinets yet! I still nee-"

"Calm down." Trish said interrupting her friend. "John can do that or I can, anyone of us will do that as well as the other last minute things you need to do."

"Okay."

It had been four days since Lita had to stay in the hospital. She hated it. She couldn't really do anything except lie in the hospital bed or sit around all day long. She had a talk with John and she agreed she would try not to let all her anger out on him even though he was the cause of it somehow and he didn't know. She knew she couldn't take it out on him, it really wasn't his fault, he was just another stupid guy who didn't know any better.

She wasn't alone, her mom left about two hours ago and then Dave came to visit her after work an hour ago so she wouldn't have to be alone even though she told him it wasn't necessary.

"What are you watching?" He asked sitting down on a nearby chair after he reentered the room after taking a call.

"Some trashy reality show," she answered. "It makes me feel better."

"About what?"

She rolled her eyes. "Everything."

"Like?"

"Just everything. I mean, these people make drama out of the most stupid things ever. And then they do stupid shit, then they're surprised when they have to deal with the consequences. I just want to punch them all."

"You're a very violent person."

"I get it from you." It was quiet again while the two watched what was on the television until Lita decided she had enough of the reality show and changed the channel to the news. "First, we watch crap like reality shows and then we watch something like the news to make our intelligence come back."

He was also about to say something but two visitors appeared. "Hi Lita!" Maria was a bit to enthusiastic for her liking.

Lita fought the urge to roll her eyes. "Hi."

"How are you feeling?" John asked.

"Fine." She now rolled her eyes when she saw the look John was giving her. "I'm fine. Well, I feel fine and apparently my blood pressure is actually good. The meds are helping. But it's so freaking boring sitting here all day. This is annoying. I don't like hospitals. I mean, where are all the hot doctors they show on tv? Where's my McDreamy? I haven't even had a male nurse so far. Okay, I had one. But he wasn't cute at all. He was old." John and Dave both rolled their eyes.

"Well, you don't have that much longer though. You only have a few more days. That's good right?" Lita didn't understand Maria at all. She was a different Maria when she was with Candice and a different Maria without Candice. Sure, she wasn't a big of a bitch as Candice was even when she was with her, but she was still a bitch in Lita's eyes. She didn't know who the real Maria was but she really didn't care, she would never like her no matter what.

"Yes but, what if something happens to them bec-"

"It'll be fine," John interrupted her before she could have a total freak out, "I'm sure Dr. Moretti or some other doctor here has dealt with something like this before. It'll be okay."

"What if it's not?"

"Li," This time Dave decided to make her feel better. "He's right, the doctors know what they're doing."

She nodded. "I guess so."

"Okay," Maria said after a moment of silence, "Obviously I came here because I wanted to see how you were doing, but I wanted to ask you something."

"What is it?"

"Well, I know the two of us haven't really never been close. I mean, I wouldn't call us friends by a long shot. But I know you and John are close, obviously. I mean..."

"And?" Lita was starting to wonder what the point of all us this was.

"I want you to be one of my bridesmaids!" Maria blurted out excitedly.

What the hell did she just say? "What?" Lita asked registering what the overly excited woman just said.

"I know it would mean a lot to John. Like I said, I know we haven't really gotten along but you know, this can be a fresh start for us." Hell no, Lita didn't know what to say out loud. She couldn't talk, she was definitely caught off-guard. "So, will you do it?"

"No," Lita declined shaking her head after she finally found her voice.

"Why not?" This time, it was John who spoke up.

Because I love you, I sure as hell don't want to be a bridesmaid at your wedding. What the hell? Trust me, I will find an excuse so I don't even have to be at your stupid wedding. I think that stupid engagement party was enough. "Because Candice is the maid-of-honor and I'm sure I would have to spend some time with her and I don't like her. At all. I might end up punching her and I'm sure no one wants that."

"I understand why you don't like Candice, but she's not always like that." Maria said. She knew about most parts of the altercation between Candice and Lita about a month ago.

"She's always a fucking bitch." Lita said before she could help herself.

"Language." John reminded her. They previously said that they wouldn't curse in order to prepare themselves for when the babies were born and old enough to learn what their parents were saying. She said nothing just scowled at him.

"Okay. I know Candice has been horrible to you, I apologize for her-"

"You shouldn't have to."

"-but you won't be doing this for her, or me even. This would be for John. I think this would be a good start for us and he did kind of suggested this."

His suggested this? What the hell is wrong with him? I hate them both. "Yea, well, no thank you."

Maria wasn't going to argue with her about this. If she said no, then that was fine. "Well, if you change your mind."

No chance in hell. "Okay."

"Well, I have to go." Maria said getting up from where she was seated. "Bye."

"Bye." Lita saw John getting up as well, "You're leaving too? Don't leave. You just got here."

"No. I left something in her car the other day so I'm gonna go get it. I'll be back." Lita nodded and the two left.

"Wow." Dave said when it was just him and Lita left in the room.

"What?" Lita asked looking over at her brother.

"You just let her leave but when he looked like he was going to leave too, you told him not to because he just got here."

"Does this have a point? I actually like John. He's one of my closest friend, you know that. I can't stand her, she's fake just like her whore of a best-friend." Dave looked like he was about to say something but she didn't let him. "Anyways, you're boring me. You came here so I wouldn't be bored. Guess what? You fail."

"If you were brought into this world to be a pain in the neck, guess what? You pass. With flying colors might I add."

Lita gave him a fake smile. "Aw, you're so sweet."

"So now that you promised John you would try not to flip out on him for no reason, you're going to move to Dave now?" Victoria asked as she made her way into the hospital room.

"He's my older brother, I have a right."

Victoria rolled her eyes. "Anyways, how are you feeling?"

"Can you people stop asking me that?" Lita was getting sick and tired of everyone asking her that all the time.

"Okay then. Sorry for caring."

"I'm just sick and tired of people asking that every five seconds."

"Because we care."

"Try caring a little less."

"That's not going to happen."

Lita rolled her eyes. "How's work?"

Victoria smirked. "The creep who's always staring at you misses you."

"Ew."

"He does." Victoria let out a chuckle before she continued. "He actually asked me to tell you that and then he also asked me to give you his cell number." She took out a piece of paper from her pocket and handed it over to the red-head who didn't take it.

Lita scrunched her nose in disgust just staring at the paper in Victoria's hands. "Ew. Don't give me that. I don't want it."

"Well, I don't want it either."

"Then throw it away. Duh."

"Who's this creep?" Dave asked now interested in the conversation.

"No big deal."

"Is he bothering you? Because if he is-"

"Ugh! Shut up." Lita turned her attention to Victoria who was entertained by this whole conversation. "Look what you started."

"It's fun for me to watch. So, why not?"

"Lili!" Trish exclaimed entering the room surprising the three other occupants.

"Don't ask her how she's doing. She'll just flip out or something," Victoria warned Trish.

"I wasn't. I learned that the hard way the other day."

"You guys are annoying."

"You think that about everyone." John said as he reentered the room.

"Randal is here!" Lita said when she saw Randy was with John.

"Don't call me that."

"It's your birthday tomorrow. It's kind of funny how you were born on April Fools."

"How so?"

"Because your life is one big joke." John said which earned him a not so friendly gesture from his friend.

"Do we get cake?" Lita asked hopefully.

"Yes," Trish answered, "There is cake which is kind of why we are all here at the same time today. I know it's Randy's birthday tomorrow, but it's a Friday so I didn't think he wanted to be at the hospital and I thought that it would cheer you up a bit if we were all together."

"Great. As long as I get cake. So Randal, what are you doing tomorrow?"

He shrugged. "Not really into birthdays. It's just another day, just want some cake."

"You and me both."

John woke up in the middle of the night when he heard a groaning sound coming across from the room. He quickly realized the noise was coming from Lita who he decided to stay with that night in case she needed something because he didn't have work the next day, he knew Dr. Moretti was planning on delivering the babies in a couple of days so he decided to take three weeks off from work. Lita told him he didn't have to because unlike her, he didn't get paid, but he said it was his decision and he was going to be their for her and the babies, which she didn't argue with because ultimately, it was his decision.

"What's wrong?"

"I don't know. My head hurts." She said rubbing at her head.

"Okay," John said clicking on the nurse call button that was on the hospital bed remote, they said they needed to call the nurse if she had a headache since it was a big part of her condition. "She's says she has a headache," John answered when the nurse asked what was wrong and then the nurse responded she would be there quickly.

The nurse, Amanda, entered within about a minute. "Okay. I have to check your blood pressure." She then started to check Lita's blood pressure which managed to spike within a few hours. "Your blood pressure spiked a lot since the last time someone checked it."

"So what does that mean? I mean, what's going to happen now?"

"I'm going to page the OBGYN on call, who happens to be her doctor, and see what she wants to do." And with that, the nurse left only to return in about fifteen minutes with Dr. Moretti.

"Hi," Dr. Moretti smiled at the two occupants as she entered the room, "I need to deliver your babies as soon as possible which is why I'm going to have to induce labor."

"Well, you did say that you would have to deliver the babies within a week so we kind of knew this could happen."

"Are they going to be okay?" Lita spoke up for the first time since John called the nurse.

"I can't give you a real answer. We won't know for sure until they're born. But don't worry, I have dealt with this before." That didn't make Lita feel any better, but she knew doctors weren't supposed to give their patients false hope.

"So how are you going to do this?" John asked.

"Well, I'm going to give her Oxytocin by inserting the IV needle into the vein which will make the medicine go through quickly into the bloodstream and into the rest of the body. It helps to ripen the cervix."

"And what if that doesn't work?"

"Then we'll have to deliver the babies by C-section," Dr. Moretti said then started to insert the IV into Lita's vein, who was not prepared for any of this and just hoped her babies would be okay even though they were going to be about four weeks early.

John saw how freaked out and worried Lita seemed, so he tried to lighten the mood a bit. "Well, they're most likely going to share the same birthday with Randy. What if they turn out to be like him? That's a scary thought."

That made her smile slightly. "Shut up."

Thanks for reading. Thanks for the reviews.

Let's take a vote. Brooke, Ava, or Audrey? Andrew or Logan? Yes, she really won't name her son Mason because Maria likes the name. In one of the earlier chapters when they were discussing names, John said he doesn't like that one.