"Okay ." The doctor entered. "I'm going to have to ask you all to leave. We need to get Ms. Tsukino prepped for delivery."
"I'll see you guys when I'm officially a mother." She smiled.
Everyone said their byes, leaving the doctor, a nurse, Darien, and Serena in the room.
"Sir?" The doctor said to Darien.
"Can't he stay? He's the baby's father."
He looked at her stomach. Baby? Honey you're having more than one. He chuckled to himself. "Okay. That's fine. Would you like the epidural?"
"Please. "
"Okay. Nurse, can you get everything set up please?"
"Sure, doctor."
"Okay. I'm going to get your chart and I'll be back soon."
"Kay." She said putting her head back.
The doctor left the room to get Serena's chart and looked at her history. He flipped the file open. "Hmm. She's only fifteen, twins, boy and girl, note from Dr. Mizuno: 'Tell them they have a daughter. Keep the stress light.' Makes more sense now." He read quietly to himself. He paged Dr. Mizuno.
A few minu tes later, the female doctor approached.
"You paged me?"
"Yah. Serena Tsukino is here. She's in labor."
"Okay. Did you inform them of the twins?"
"No. I just read your note. I think its best that we deliver them and then tell them."
"I agree. Do you mind if I stay present?"
"Fine with me. As long as Ms. Tsukino doesn't care."
"She's friends with y daughter. I'm sure she wouldn't mind."
"Okay... Follow me." He said walking back into the room...
"Doctor, I was just coming to get you. Look at this." The nurse pointed to the monitor.
"Dr. Mizuno. Hi." Serena said breathlessly.
Dr. Mizuno smiled. "Hi Serena. Hello Darien."
"Hello Dr. Mizuno."
"Please."
"Sherry. Sorry."
"That goes for you too Serena."
"Sorryyyyyyyyyy." Serena screeched as a contraction hit and a monitor began beeping.
"Serena. We have to do this now."
She nodded as the doctor squeezed some gel on her stomach. He put a white device on it and moved it around. Serena glanced to the doctor who looked worried.
"Okay, we're going to start pushing." He put the white device back and went between her legs. "I want you to push now."
She held her chin to her chest and pushed.
The doctor shook his head as he heard Serena let out a painful breath. He nodded to the nurse.
"Sir, I'm going to have to ask you to step out of the room."
"What?" Darien asked taken aback.
"We need you to step out."
"Why?"
Dr. Mizuno (Some readers were confused. Sherry is Dr. Mizuno. Sherry Mizuno is her name) looked to Darien.
He kissed Serena's forehead.
"Don't leave me." She w hispered.
"I'll be back as soon as possible." He squeezed her hand reassuringly before walking to Dr. Mizuno. "What's wrong?" He whispered.
"Come on. You have to step out. She'll be fine, but you need to give the doctor some room."
He sighed. "Okay. Will you stay with her for me?"
She nodded. "Of course."
He quietly walked out of the room and sighed. He found a seat near the door, sat down, and stared at the door.
…
"Wh-where's Darien?"
"Serena. Your baby is in breach."
"B-breach?"
"The baby wants to come out feet first. So it's going to be a little more work for you okay?"
She nodded weakly. "What do I have to do?"
"Just push when I say to. I'm going to help guide the baby out, but you're going to have to push hard."
"Okay."
Dr. Mizuno walked to Serena's head. "I'm here for you." She said grasping her hand.
"Thanks." She smiled lightly.
"Okay, push."
Serena pushed.
"Go get the extra bed." The doctor said to one of the nurses.
The nurse nodded and rushed out of the room.
"Push again."
She did.
…
"Okay, the baby's out." The doctor handed the baby off and returned his attention to Serena.
"W-why do I still feel contractions?" Serena asked. "And why isn't my baby crying yet?"
"The nurses just need to clean out her mouth Serena. Just concentrate. You're having twins."
Serena paled.
"Calm down. Focus on getting the other baby out." Sherry said stroking Serena's head.
"Come on. Push now."
…
Darien stood when he saw the nurse rush out then back in with another small bed. He continued to pace until the doctor that was delivering the baby came out.
"How is she? And what about the baby? Is everything okay?"
"She is fine, so are the babies. Both were breech. Her being so small to begin with was putting her and the babies at risk." The doctor informed.
"Bab-ies?"
"Twins. A boy and a girl. We need to take them to the NICU, but you can see them for a minute before we take them. And you can visit your-" He paused.
"Girlfriend." He finished as they both walked into the room.
"Darien." Serena said breathlessly.
He walked over and kissed her forehead. He then kissed each of the bundles.
"My babies." He said quietly.
"Our babies." She corrected.
"And I'd rather they belong to no one else." He said as a nurse put the babies in the two portable beds and wheeled them out of the room.
"I suppose I should go inform everyone of the news."
"Dare." She whispered. "We're not prepared. We-"
He silenced her with a kiss. "We'll figure it out. We'll make it through. I'm going to go tell everyone."
"Okay."
"You rest."
She nodded as she laid her head back and he walked out of the room. "Thank you for being here Sherry."
"Of course, dear. I know you would've rather had Darien here, but being the condition of the babies, it was better. They would've kicked me out, but being that I'm a doctor…"
Serena nodded understandingly.
…
Darien walked to the waiting room with a grin on his face. He quickly spotted the girls, Andrew, and Sammy, as well as four faced he didn't expect, Lauren, Austin, Ilene, and Ken."
"Darien!" Mina nearly screamed seeing him.
"Well?" Raye asked.
"What is it?" Andrew added.
"A boy and a girl."
Everyone (except Ilene) looked confused.
"She had twins."
"Must run in the blood." Ken said quietly.
"Can we see her?"
"She's exhausted right now. I can probably guess she's sleeping already."
Sherry walked out. "Why don't you guys go get some lunch and come back? Serena needs to rest. She had an exhausting delivery."
The girls 'aw'ed' in disappointment, but got up, as well as the rest of the group. Ilene and Ken were the last in the group to stand.
"I'd actually like to talk to you two. I didn't expect you to be here..."
"I don't think anyone did." Ken said ashamed. "I made a mistake."
"Come with me. Serena wanted to see everyone, but I think she can wait. She'll be happy to see you here."
The four walked back to Serena's room.
As soon as Serena heard the door open, she looked over at the figures walking in, but gasped at who she saw. "M-mom? Daddy?"
Ken fought back tears as he walked over to hug her. "I'm so sorry." He whispered, hugging the petite blonde.
Serena fought her own tears as she wrapped her arms around her father in return. "I love you, daddy."
"I love you too."
"I never meant to disappoint you."
"I know. I'm sure you didn't mean to get pregnant." He released her. "I just didn't want you making the same…" He paused. "I can't even call it a mistake, because I got two beautiful children out of it."
"I understand. People have asked me if I regret my decision. But I can't say I do. I could never regret the beautiful lives that came from it."
"Not many people will understand unless they have experienced it themselves." He looked to Darien. "Thank you for taking care of her and sticking with her." He said sincerely.
Darien nodded. "Anytime, any day. I know you may not believe me, but I do truly love Serena."
"I can see it. Not everyone would stay with their pregnant teenage girlfriend."
"You didn't leave Lauren and Austin's mom."
"But we were just caught up in the moment. We weren't' in love as I can see you two are. What Donna and I had…that was just a fling. We were friends and…" He shook his head. "It doesn't matter. What does matter is that you have the full support of your family behind you. Even if you didn't for the pregnancy, you do now and will for the rest of our lives." He kissed her forehead. "I love you, pumpkin."
"I love you too, daddy."
