Chapter Seven
Twenty-Eight Weeks
Casey was still in the hospital, now at 28 weeks, or seven months pregnant. She had been in the hospital for two months now, on strict bed rest and constant watch from a team of doctors. She was terrified…the babies were going to be born in a month, only at twenty-eight weeks, which isn't very early but still pretty early for her to have the twins.
Casey was trying to sleep but couldn't. She kept on getting sharp pains in her stomach. Sam had gotten up to go to the bathroom and Derek went home for some rest. Casey was in labor and in a ton of pain. She pressed the "nurse" button on the wall and a nurse walked in along with Sam.
"Is everything all right dear? You pressed the button." One of Casey's nurses said kindly.
Sam ran over to Casey who was holding her stomach and breathing heavy.
"Case, are you in labor?" Sam questioned worriedly.
She nodded.
"Oh my, let me go get the other doctors." The nurse stated leaving the room.
"Sam I'm nervous, I'm only seven months pregnant, what if something happens to the babies!?
"It'll be OK Case, I'll take care of you, and the doctors will take care of you." Sam said nervously. Casey nodded.
The doctors came back and prepped Casey for a c-section. Only Sam was allowed in with her. Sam had called Derek to come back to the hospital and was pacing the halls outside of the OR.
Sam held her hand the whole time. After about ten or so minutes in there the doctor made an announcement.
"Congratulations, you have a little boy!" The doctor said. Casey smiled and looked over at Sam.
"Is he alright?" Casey asked scared of the answer.
"Well, he is a little less than two pounds and isn't breathing on his own. We're putting him in an incubator." The doctor replied.
"You can go see our son, I'll be fine." Casey told Sam.
"I'll wait till our little girl is born." Sam replied stroking Casey's hair. "You're doing great." He said. She smiled.
"Congratulations again, you have a little girl here! She's about a pound and a half." The doctor stated.
"Case, do you mind if I go see them?" Sam asked. Casey shook her head no.
Sam made his way over to the incubators that held his two children.
"Hey Kayleigh, Braden." He said reaching into his son's incubator. He felt his son's tiny hand. His head was about the size of Sam's palm. He's so adorable. Sam thought about his son. He had Casey's dark brown hair and Sam's eyes. He looked in at his tiny daughter even smaller than her brother. She's gorgeous. Sam thought. She was a spitting image of Casey She had a tiny amount of Casey's hair and her blue eyes. She had Sam's facial structure. He walked back to Casey and squeezed her hand.
"Braden is beautiful and Kayleigh is so gorgeous." Sam told Casey.
"Aww, I can't wait to see them." Casey replied.
Twenty minutes later and Casey was in her room sleeping. She wanted to see the babies but the doctors wanted her to rest before she went down to the NICU.
Derek strutted in with a bunch of balloons, flowers, and teddy bears.
"Hey." Derek said whispering, seeing that Casey was asleep.
"Hey dude." Sam replied.
"So congratulations on being a father." Derek said placing all the gifts on a table at the end of the bed.
"Thanks." He replied. Casey stirred and opened her eyes.
"Hey Derek." Casey said.
"Hey, how are you doing? Did I wake you up?" Derek asked.
"I'm ok, no don't worry you didn't wake me up." Casey replied. Derek nodded.
"So how are the babies?" Derek asked.
"They can't breath on their own and they're in incubators. The doctors said at this rate they won't be able to come home for about two and a half months." Casey said sadly. Casey then noticed all of the gifts on the table. "Derek, you didn't have to buy me anything!" Casey exclaimed.
"Nah, I felt like it." He replied.
Casey looked at all the things Derek had bought. There was a pink bouquet of flowers, a blue bouquet, two "It's a girl!" balloons, two "It's a boy!" balloons, a "Congratulations on your twins!" balloon, a pink and blue teddy bear, and a pink and blue blanket.
"Case, I actually got you something." Sam said reaching into his pocket. He pulled out a small blue box and opened it. Casey gasped.
"Oh my god, Sam!" Casey squealed excitedly.
"Casey McDonald, I love you and our children so much, once we graduate high school I want to marry you." Sam stated happily.
"I'd love to marry you!" Casey replied hugging Sam tearing up. Derek smiled at the two.
It was a perfect moment.
AN: I hope you liked it! Sorry it took me so long to update! Please review!!