Chapter 4

CHARLOTTE'S HOSPITAL ROOM

Charlotte: Where have you been Coop?

Cooper: With Vi, and...(Charlotte cuts him off)

Charlotte: It's been 3 hours!

Cooper: I'm Sorry Char. I… (Charlotte cuts him off again)

Charlotte: I woke up and you weren't here! I was… (Starts to cry)

Charlotte is looking down as she starts crying into her hands. Cooper grabs walks over to her and grabs one of her hands and kisses it gently.

Cooper: Hey Char (pause) Look at me.

Charlotte wipes her eyes and then looks at Cooper.

Cooper: You are mine and I will always be here for you and for our babies. Nothing is more important to me than what we have together. I love you so much and I would be lost without you.

Charlotte: I love you too Coop. I know I don't tell you very often but I absolutely with all my heart love you and I don't want this to ever end.

Cooper: Me too.

Cooper bends over and kisses her deeply. They start to make out until Addison walks into the hospital room.

Addison: Hey you two. I know you have your own private room and all but we have kids across the hallway that can possibly see you through the window.

Cooper and Charlotte look at each other with cheeky grins on their faces and decide that Addison is right on this one.

Cooper: I'm sorry; I just can't keep my lips off this woman.

Charlotte starts to blush

Charlotte: Cooper...

Cooper: What? It's true. You're one hot soon to be momma.

Addison: It's like I'm not here.

Charlotte: Cooper, don't be so rude.

Charlotte glares over at Cooper as Cooper gives her a cheeky grin. Then both Cooper and Charlotte turn their full attention to Addison.

Cooper: Please tell me you have come to us with good news?

Addison: Okay, well Dr Harris has figured out what caused you to bleed out and start to show signs of an early miscarriage.

Cooper and Charlotte both stare at Addison looking very nervous. Cooper grabs Charlotte's hand as reassurance that no matter what, everything will be okay.

Addison: Well Charlotte, it has shown up in your bloods and scans that you have been pregnant before. When you were, it seems you had a poison in your system that made you have miscarriage with your first child.

Charlotte looks absolutely shocked and Cooper doesn't know what to say or think. He immediately drops his hand out of Charlotte's. Charlotte tries to think when this could have happened because she had no idea that she had been pregnant before. That is when it hit her.

Charlotte: You talking about Food Poisoning?

Addison: Yeah that is what Dr Harris came to the conclusion of.

Cooper is still standing next to Charlotte frozen with shock.

Charlotte: How long ago does he think I was pregnant?

Addison: About one and a half years ago.

Charlotte looks like she knows when it happened. Cooper stares at her as he now realizes when it happened too and who it was with.

Cooper: (angry) It was when we first thought you were pregnant after we first broke up isn't it?

Charlotte: (explaining) I thought I had food poisoning from the seafood.

Cooper: Obviously not. Did you lie about that too? Or did you actually think at the time it was food poisoning?

Charlotte: Coop if I was pregnant I would have told you! I'm not that heartless!

Charlotte starts to look very pale as she is starting to get stressed and frustrated. Addison looks at the monitors to see that Charlotte's blood pressure is getting really high and the babies are starting to show signs of distress.

Addison: Okay Cooper, don't argue with her right now and charlotte you really, really need to stay calm right now. When you're stressed, the babies are stressed too. Until we can safely say you're out of the woods we have to keep you as calm and relaxed as possible.

Cooper: (quietly) Okay

Addison: I will go and talk with Dr Harris about our plan will be to make sure that Charlotte will not miscarry again. I will be back and when I am you two can finally get to see these angels.

Charlotte looking sad

Charlotte: Yeah but that's what you said last time, and look how that turned out.

Addison: This time I promise and it will be worth the wait. Trust me.

Addison exits the hospital room.

A few minutes later Charlotte's blood pressure and monitors were back to normal again and everyone breathed in a sigh.

Cooper: It doesn't matter Char.

Cooper grabs Charlotte's hand again.

Cooper: All that matters is that we are here now with two beautiful babies on the way. I'm just in shock about how we could have been parents a while ago when I was being such an ass to you. I would have loved the baby but we… (Then see's Charlotte's angelic eyes staring into his) I mean I was a mess. I wouldn't have been the man I am now for you and for that baby.

Cooper sees Charlotte start to cry. He started to think 'It must be her hormones in overdrive' as charlotte is not the crying type.

Addison enters the room again but this time with the ultrasound machine.

Charlotte: Coop, this is it. It finally is going to be real.

Cooper: I know and I'm so excited about it.

Charlotte: Me too.

Addison: Okay you two. Charlotte I am just going to lift up your gown and put the gel on your stomach. Just warning you it will be a little cold and….

Charlotte: Addison, remember I am a doctor for god sake. I know the procedure like the back of my hand!

Cooper kisses her forehead.

Cooper: (sarcastic) Yay, the old charlotte is resurfacing. You must be getting better.

Charlotte gives Cooper a playful slap across his arm. Cooper rubs it as if it hurt.

Addison: look and see what we can find here...

Addison is looking for a while and can't find them.

Addison: they must be playing hide and seek with Aunty Addison.

Charlotte and Cooper stare at each other with concern. Charlotte instantly grabs Cooper's arm and holds it tightly.

Cooper: (concerned) Addison?

Addison: (points to monitor) Here is perfectly healthy baby number one, and here is perfectly baby two.

Charlotte and Cooper look at each other in a sigh of relief. They are so happy that they are perfect.

Addison: would you like to know the sex of them?

Charlotte stares at Cooper for an answer.

Cooper: It's all on you Char. You can decide. I'm happy either way.

Charlotte: Okay. Addison I, I mean we would like to know.

Addison: Congratulations you are having a baby Cooper and a baby Charlotte.

Cooper: Wow did you hear that Char?

Charlotte: I may be in hospital Coop, but I'm not deaf!

Cooper: We have one of both. Boy and girl. I'm so happy right now!

Charlotte: me too!

Addison: I will just go see my other patient so I will give you some alone time as a family.

Charlotte/Cooper: Thanks

Addison exits the hospital room.

Cooper: I still can't believe they are our babies right there (staring at the monitor) and you agreed to marry me after what I did to you.

Charlotte gives Cooper a cheeky grin.

Charlotte: Sometimes I think that too, especially when you leave your dirty clothes on the floor.

Cooper: I'm still learning woman.

Charlotte: Well I wish you would hurry up already.

Cooper just realizes how his parents might react to the news.

Cooper: My parents are finally going to stop nagging at me for grandkids. Oh my god! They are going to freak!

Charlotte: Why do you say that?

Cooper: We aren't even married yet and we already have babies on the way. They are old fashioned and probably think we don't have sex.

Charlotte: Well at least your parents will be excited. Big daddy is dead and my momma is so wrapped up in her own problems with the vapors, that she won't even remember us getting married.

Cooper: Let's not worry about that right now.

Charlotte: That's something we can both agree on, unlike baby names.

Cooper: Have you gone off baby Walter and baby Marjorie?

Charlotte: Are you kidding me? They are not in their 80's, they are only babies. I could never do that to my children.

Cooper: okay so back to square one then?

To be Continued…..