A/N: I'm just going to start off saying I'm SOOOO sorry for not updating. The first week a membrane in my ear ruptured, then I had tons of make-up work because I missed the week before, then I got inducted into Honor Society the next week. I have been trying to update but tonight was literally the only free night I had for anything. I'll try to update soon, but we have two weeks left of school and all of my teachers have given me big, half-my-grade projects.
With that out of the way, please review and thanks bunches for the reviews from last chapter!
Today was the day we had been waiting for. We were finally going to hear the baby's heartbeat and Dr. Parker was going to tell us the sex of the baby. I was already dressed and waiting for Lissa to decide what to wear. She was a lot bigger at four months than she had been when she found out she was pregnant. Right now she was stuck between a blue dress and a white skirt with a green t-shirt.
"Okay, your going to have to show your stomach when they put the blue stuff on it. Just wear the two-piece one so we won't be late." I said, trying to rush her.
But she can't be rushed. "God Rose! I'm trying to go as fast as I can. I don't want to look fat though. Which one makes me look fatter?" I opened my mouth to speak, but was interrupted when somebody knocked on the door. I got up off her bed to answer it.
"The skirt would look better. Maternity dresses always make people look fat." I told her on my way to the door.
"Okay. Let Christian in and I'll go get dressed in the bathroom." Sure enough, when I opened the door, it was Christian.
"Where is she?" He asked. I pointed to the bathroom as I went to go sit back on the bed.
"She's been trying to decide between two outfits for the past hour." I said.
"I know. Dimitri sent me to come and get you two. We are going to be late if-'' he was cut off by Liss coming out of the bathroom.
"Okay. Let's go, I'm ready now." She said and we walked out.
Dimitri was already in the car reading one of those western novels he likes, and when he saw us coming he closed it and came around to open the door for me and Lissa while Christian climbed into the front seat. It was another quiet ride to the doctors office, and when we got there we were a few minutes late. Lissa went and signed in and they called her right back. As usual, I went back with her. Christian got to come back when it was time for the heartbeat and gender.
After taking her blood and vitals, the nurse took us back to a room. I could feel that Lissa was still worried that she looked fat, so I squeezed her hand.
"You look fine; nobody will be able to tell you're pregnant for about another month or two. You only think you look fat because you're looking for it."
"Are you sure?" She asked, unconvinced.
"I'm positive." I told her.
She was about to say something else, but the doctor walked in.
"Good morning Lissa and Rose! How are you two this morning?" She asked in her usual, cheery voice.
"We're good. Ready to know what this baby is." I said, glad she hadn't said anything about how much Lissa was showing.
"Well then, I won't keep you waiting much longer. I just have to ask the usual questions and then you can go and get Christian. He wanted to be here, didn't he?"
"Yes. We wanted to find out together." Lissa said.
Dr. Parker nodded and started in with the questions. When she was finished I left the room to go and get Christian. He was sitting in the chair closest to the examining rooms and when he saw me he jumped up quickly. I walked him to the room Lissa was in and we walked in just as Liss was getting that blue goo smeared all over her stomach. She was wincing at the coolness of it.
"Hello Christian. We're just about ready to begin." The doctor said.
"Okay. Are you doing the heartbeat or the gender thing first?" He asked.
"The heartbeat," Dr. Parker said while rubbing a machine around Lissa's stomach. She stopped at one spot and we could hear a soft thudding. Well…actually, it was more like two different thuddings. Moroi ears are a lot better than mine, so I knew that Liss and Christian could hear it too, but they probably didn't want the human to be suspicious if we could hear something that she couldn't.
I guess the doctor could hear it, because she got a confused expression. She moved the machine around to a different spot, but the thuddings just got louder.
"That's strange," she muttered, and then she spoke to Lissa, "How far are you?"
"Four months," Lissa answered. "Why would you ask?"
"Well, don't get too excited yet, but there appears to be two heartbeats instead of one. I'll do the sonogram now and tell you whether or not it's twins, and I'll tell you the gender or genders."
She put the first machine away and took out another. She rubbed it around Lissa's stomach until an image appeared on the screen. It just looked like a blob of an alien to me, but Lissa got tears to her eyes and the doctor smiled.
"This ones a girl, and yes, there's definitely two in there." She moved it around, trying to see the other one. "Well, it looks like you have two daughters. Congratulations!"
"Two?! Liss is having twins?" Christian asked incredulously. He sat down and I guess I got really pale because the next thing I remember was that a nurse was handing me some water. I took it with shaking hands. It had only been a little while ago that I had been joking about twins with Christian, I had never thought she would actually have them! This was unreal.
I finally came back to normal and glanced over at Lissa. She was crying, but they looked like happy tears. I could feel a little nervousness through our bond, but other than that, her emotions matched her face. Christian was still processing the news, and the nurse that had given me the water was making sure I wasn't going to pass out or anything. I smiled at her and took a sip of the water to let her know I was okay. She smiled and went back out.
"So, I guess I'll leave you two alone and I'll go out and tell Dimitri the news." I walked out to the waiting room. When Dimitri saw me he stood up. I motioned for him to sit back down and I sat in the chair next to him.
"How'd it go? What's she having?" he asked me.
"She's having girls. Two of them," I said with a shaky voice.
"She's having twins?" he asked me, and then he grabbed my hand. "Are you okay?" I nodded and motioned to the examining rooms.
"They should be coming out in a minute," I said, making my voice sound normal. As if they had heard me, they came walking out about the time I said that. Dimitri walked over to them.
"Congratulations, you two, Lissa did you want to go by that maternity store again?"
Lissa shook her head. "I think I just want to go lie down for awhile. It's been an exciting day." Christian put his arms around her, and we all walked out to the car.
"Christian, do you mind if I ride up front? I want to be closer to the air conditioner." Lissa asked on the way out.
"Of course, I'll just ride in the back with Rose." He replied. I groaned.
"Today was my day away from him! Why does he keep getting paired with me with everything?" I asked, annoyed.
"Because he's technically your Moroi," started Dimitri.
"And you're not the one who's pregnant," finished Lissa simply.
