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Chapter 34
Raven couldn't believe how quickly time was going by. Not too long after her pregnancy was confirmed her symptoms began to appear one by one. Parts of her body began to feel more sensitive and she found it harder and harder to keep her emotions in control. So she spent most of her time meditating to make sure she didn't destroy too many objects. Soon after that she began to feel sick most if not all of the time. When she wasn't meditating she was in the bathroom sick; it didn't take long for her to just meditate in the bathroom to save her the trip. Within a few weeks she felt absolutely miserable, but grateful at the same time.
And now she was already in her third month. She still felt sick and irritable most of the time, but she could tell her symptoms were starting to fade a bit now. And she was even starting to show, which surprised her. Everyone in the tower, excluding the children, helped her and gave her advice. She got sick of this rather quickly and now only wanted to be alone. She wanted to have her own time with the little life growing inside of her and not have to block out all of their incessant talking.
Had Beast Boy not been through this before he would've thought Raven hated him and this marriage would never last. But, since he had, he completely understood why she hated him one second and was begging for him not to leave her the next. He just made sure to do whatever she asked, no matter how many times she changed her mind in ten minutes.
He slowly cracked his bedroom door open and peered inside. "Raven?" he said. He spotted her meditating above their bed.
"What do you want?" she asked.
"I brought you a snack," he said with a sweet grin, hoping she wasn't going to bite his head off.
"Good," she said, lowering onto her bed. "I'm starving."
Relieved, he gladly went inside smiling. "Cool, I made you a peanut butter and banana sandwich," he said. "I overheard you telling Star you were craving one."
"I love you," she said in an appreciative tone. She gladly took the sandwich and ate it hungrily. "Did you bring me some milk to wash this down with?"
"Of course!" he said, handing her a tall glass of cold milk. She grabbed it out of his hands and downed half of it at once. "How're you feeling?"
"Sick, tired, my breasts are sore, and I have to pee every three minutes," she said. "But other than that, fine."
"Well, we've got an appointment in an hour," he said.
"I know," she said in a tone that let him know she wasn't as stupid and forgetful as he judged her to be.
"Okay, just thought I'd mention it," he said, knowing to back down. "You excited to see the baby?"
"Yes," she said with a small smile. "I can't wait to hear the heartbeat."
"Yeah, that's really cool," said Beast Boy. "But it's really fast. First time I heard Crystal's heartbeat I thought something was wrong."
"I wish we could find out what we're having," said Raven. "We have to wait another whole month to know if we're having a boy or a girl."
"Which would you rather have?" he asked. "A boy or a girl?"
"I don't know," she said. "I've given it a lot of thought and I'm still not sure. I would love to have a girl because I love Crystal and to have a little girl of my own would be nice. Plus I know Crystal would love a little sister. But I'd also love to have a boy because it'd be a different experience and we'd get to have one of each. Not to mention every man needs a son and I'd love to give you one."
"Rae, as long as you and the baby are healthy I'll be happy," he said with a smile and kissed her. "Besides, if we don't have a boy or a girl this time we can always have another."
"Wow, that's true," said Raven, realizing this. "We can have more than one. Depending on how this pregnancy turns out, of course."
"I'm sure it's going to be fine," he said. "Now, finish your sandwich so we can go hear the baby."
Raven nodded and quickly finished her snack. They then quickly got ready and headed off to their appointment. Crystal begged to come along as well and they couldn't see any harm in that. So, the whole family went to hear the baby's heartbeat for the first time.
"Okay, just lie down on the bed and Dr. Marco will be right with you," said the receptionist as she showed the Logan family into one of the rooms.
"You get to lie down at the doctor's?" asked Crystal. "I've always gotta sit up and then I get a shot when I go to my checkup."
"This is a different kind of checkup," said Raven, sitting on the bed and then lying down.
"Oh," said Crystal. She looked around the room and saw a machine with a monitor. "Hey, what's that? Is that a TV?"
"That's where you're gonna get to see the baby," said Beast Boy, taking a seat in one of the chairs. "You're just gonna see a bunch of blobs, but the doctor will point out which blob is the baby."
"My baby brother or sister is a blob?!" said Crystal, shocked and frightened.
"Of course not," said Raven. "That's just what it's going to look like on the screen."
"Oh," said Crystal, relieved.
A few minutes later Dr. Marco finally appeared and the checkup got underway. She was a sweet woman in her forties with auburn hair and subtle laugh lines already around her mouth. She'd been Terra's doctor when she was pregnant with Crystal and Beast Boy had thought she'd done a good job, so he asked for her again this time through with Raven.
"Alright, are you ready to hear the baby's heartbeat?" she asked with a smile as she got the equipment ready."
"Yes, very much so," said Raven, excitedly.
"Okay, here we go," said Dr. Marco. She placed a sensor on Ravens abdomen and began to turn different switches on. Suddenly the room was filled with a loud, quick, and various swooshing sounds. Poor Crystal jumped she was so startled and grabbed onto her father.
"Wow, that's loud," said Raven.
"Yes, but it's being magnified, remember," said Dr. Marco with a smile.
"Huh, that sounds different from what I remember," said Beast Boy.
Dr. Marco listened closely and then said, "Well, how about we take a look inside?"
"Am I gonna see the blobs now?" asked Crystal.
"Yup," said Beast Boy.
Dr. Marco turned the monitor on and began to move the sensor around Raven's stomach. Various blobs came onto the screen and they each wondered how Dr. Marco could tell what blob was what.
"What is all that?" asked Crystal, curiously.
"That's mommy-Raven's insides," said Beast Boy.
"Like her guts?" asked Crystal.
"Exactly," laughed her father.
"Okay, let's find the owner of the heartbeat," said Dr. Marco, looking at the monitor closely. She moved the sensor around and her brow furrowed.
"Well?" asked Raven, looking at the screen.
"Hold on," said Dr. Marco, looking around some more.
"Are you sure she knows which blob's the baby?" Crystal whispered to her father.
"Shh," said Beast Boy, who was curious as to why Dr. Marco hadn't said anything yet.
"Well, heh, you're not going to believe this," said Dr. Marco.
"What? Is the baby okay?" asked Raven, growing scared which allowed the blinds on the window to break off of their hinges and fall to the floor.
"Yes, everything's fine," said Dr. Marco. "But you were right when you said the heartbeat sounded different, Mr. Logan."
"What's going on?" asked Beast Boy.
"Oh my God," said Raven in realization. "Is it twins?"
"Twins?!" said Beast Boy, shocked.
"Twins?!" said Crystal, excitedly.
"No," said Dr. Marco, laughed. "You're not having twins."
"Oh," said both Raven and Beast Boy together, quite relieved.
"Aw," said a disappointed Crystal.
"You're having triplets," said Dr. Marco with a smile.
The whole room went completely silent. They all just stared at the poor woman as their whole world seemed to stop. Suddenly, twins didn't seem so horrible after all.
"W-What?" said Raven.
"Yes, triplets," said Dr. Marco, turning to the screen. "See? There's a baby here, here, and here."
"There's three babies?!" said Crystal excitedly.
"You've gotta be kidding me," said Beast Boy, getting up and getting a closer look at the screen.
"But… but… but," Raven sputtered, trying to wrap her head around this new news. "How can this be? I mean, are you sure?"
"Yes, I'm positive," said Dr. Marco. "In fact, I'll take a picture of the sonogram so you can look at it better and show it to everyone."
"This is so cool!" said Crystal.
"Triplets?" said a still shocked Raven. "I don't know how to carry and birth one baby let alone three!"
"We've got some pamphlets for such a situation," said Dr. Marco. "I'll go get them while you get used to the news. Oh, and just so you know, they look very good; nice and healthy." And with that she turned off the equipment, pushed off of her roll around chair, and exited the room.
"Daddy, if we're having three babies can I have one?" asked Crystal. "Me and Nicole'll take care of it!"
"Crystal, take a seat on the chair for a sec," said Beast Boy. Crystal sighed and did as she was told. Beast Boy turned to his rather paler than usual wife and said, "You okay?"
"Triplets?" she said. "We're having triplets? How did this happen?"
"Well, you see, when a man and a woman love each other very much-" he began, with a small smirk.
"Now is not the time," she said, giving him a whack on the arm.
"Sorry," he said. "Just trying to lighten up the mood. You're not really upset, are you?"
"Well… not upset as much as I'm shocked," said Raven. "I mean, I guess I'm happy."
"Hey, think of it this way," he said. "You're making up for lost time. Having triplets is like having an instant family!"
"That's true," said Raven. "Wow, and here I was thinking there was only one life inside of me. This is going to be a little more difficult than I thought."
"But we can do it," he said, taking her hand.
"Can I get off of the chair now?" asked a bored Crystal.
"Yeah, you can get up," Beast Boy chuckled.
"How're we going to tell the others?" asked Raven.
"Hmm, good question," he said, thinking. "We gotta do something really cool revealing this news."
"Poor Starfire," said Raven.
"Huh?" said a caught off guard Beast Boy.
"Well, she's always felt special for being the only one to a set of multiples," said Raven. "What's she going to say when she finds out I've out multipled her?"
"I don't think that's a word," said Beast Boy, who couldn't believe Raven could use a word that didn't exist.
"I'm pregnant with triplets," said Raven. "I think I can get away with making up words."
"Okay, fair enough," he said. "But, you're right, what will Starfire say?"