Chapter 4

Juliet glanced at the clock, 4:30 PM. I could cut out early. Juliet thought. It was almost time for her appointment at the Obstetrician. She stood up from her desk and walked into Chief Vick's office.

"I need to leave early." Juliet blurted out.

Chief Vick raised her eyebrows. "What for?" she asked suspiciously.

Juliet thought quickly. "Mammogram." she regretting saying that. Chief Vick jumped a bit but nodded and dismissed her.

Juliet drove to the address where the pregnancy clinic was. She called Shawn to let him know that she was going. She walked into the clinic and sat down in the waiting room. There was a stack of parenting magazines on the table next to her. She grabbed one and skimmed through it, reading a section about "First Mommies". It had a lot of pictures of "Must Have Items", and lots of "Tips for Mommies". Juliet read over it a few times until a nurse called Juliet's name. She looked up and followed the nurse into a room.

"A doctor will be with you soon." the nurse told her closing the door to the room. Juliet looked around the small room. To her left was a bunch of screens, monitors, cords and machines. She only recognized one which was the ultrasound machine. Juliet sat on a small hospital bed and waited for the doctor to come inside.

There was a soft knock on the door and it swung open, a tall woman walked inside the room and greeted Juliet. "I'm Dr. Carmen. I will be your obstetrician throughout your pregnancy." She held out her hand for Juliet to shake it. Juliet smiled and shook her hand.

"So, your are here to get an official pregnancy test?" Dr. Carmen asked. Juliet nodded. "Okay, so I'm going to ask you to lay down and I will start the ultrasound process." Dr. Carmen explained, setting up the ultrasound machine.

Dr. Carmen got a bottle of blue gel and squirted it on Juliet's stomach, she rubbed it in then pulled a small device from the screen. Juliet stared at the monitor as Dr. Carmen placed the device on Juliet's stomach. The screen lit up blue and white. The doctor moved the device across Juliet's stomach, looking back at the screen and pressing buttons every so often. She stopped the device on one side of Juliet's stomach, a smile grew on her face.

"Here it is. There's your baby!" Dr. Carmen smiled, pointing at a small white circle on the screen. Juliet smiled a bit looking at the screen. Her heart swelled with pride as she thought about the living human inside her stomach.

After a few more minutes, Dr. Carmen stopped on the other side of Juliet's stomach. She looked at the monitor, a larger smile grew on her face. "Well, Juliet, if you look here also," Dr. Carmen started, "You'll see another baby." she announced. Juliet's mouth dropped a little bit, but she kept herself together.

"There's two? Like, twins?" Juliet asked, extremely surprised. Dr. Carmen nodded, the smile remaining on her face.

"They are both very healthy. They look about eight weeks." She told Juliet, turning off the ultrasound machine. Juliet sat up and pulled down her shirt, a pit forming in her stomach. Dr. Carmen helped her up and led her out of the room. "We are going to need to see you in two weeks, to check on everything." The doctor informed her. Juliet nodded and thanked her. "Good luck!" Dr. Carmen said waving goodbye to her.

Inside her house, Juliet sat down on her couch, hearing the phone ring in the kitchen. She stood up and trudged into the kitchen to answer the phone. The number 555-9811 was on the phone. Crap. Juliet imagined his reaction when he heard that he was being a dad to two children.

"Hello, Shawn." Juliet tried not to sound worried or scared.

"Hey Jules! How was your appointment?" Shawn asked.

"It was normal. I am pregnant." Juliet told Shawn. She sat down on her couch, trying to sound normal.

"What's wrong? You sound sad." Shawn inquired.

"Dammit Shawn. You know me too well!" Juliet angered.

"What happened?" Shawn asked, concerned.

"There's two." Juliet blurted out. She figured she should tell him now, or he'd find out when Juliet was holding two babies in the delivery room.

"Twins?" Shawn exclaimed.

"Yup."

"Are you sure?"

"Yup."

"We're- You're- We're having twins?"

"Yup."

The other line was silent for a second. "C-Can I come over?" Shawn asked quietly.

"Yeah, uh, sure." Juliet said. Shawn said he'd be over soon and hung up. Juliet grabbed a frozen meal from the freezer and started microwaving it. She waited for the meal to be done, sat at her table, and started eating.

Shawn walked right in, not even knocking. "Sorry." Shawn apologized, realizing what he'd done.

Juliet shrugged, "It's fine." she assured him, her mouth full of microwaved steak. Shawn sat down in front of her.

"So, are you okay?" Shawn asked.

Juliet nodded. "I'm just shocked." she replied.

"So, twins? That's awesome! One Juliet Jr. and one Shawn Jr.!" Shawn exclaimed excitedly.

Juliet looked at him surprised. "You're not scared? Or angry?" she asked.

"Of course not! Well, I'm kind of scared, but it'll be so fun!" Shawn smiled. He looked into Juliet's blue eyes. "Don't be so worried!" Shawn complained.

"Well, that's easy for you to say, you won't be carrying them for nine months." Juliet reasoned.

Shawn smiled at her, she was getting flustered as usual. "Juliet, calm down. It'll all be fine." Shawn assured her as she brought her tray to the trash can. She sat down on her couch, checking the time. It was only 7:00 PM but Juliet was exhausted. Her eyelids were heavy and she closed them, resting. Shawn sat down next to her, wrapping one arm around Juliet. She rested her head on his shoulder keeping her eyes closed. Shawn kissed her on the head and picked her up, cradling her. He walked her into her room and set her gently on her bed.

"Rest up. A double mommy like you deserves it." Shawn kissed her on the mouth and said goodbye. He slowly left her room, shutting the door quietly behind him.

The next day, Juliet woke up to her alarm sounding. She'd slept so soundly and woke up feeling rested. As she stood up, nausea hit her like a pound of bricks. Juliet grabbed her head, feeling dizzy. She sat back down on the bed taking in a deep breath. Her stomach churned around giving her the feeling like she was going to lose the last thing she ate. This is going to be a long day.

Shawn rubbed his eyes looking around. He quickly sat up realizing where he was. How could he have done this? Shawn quickly got up from the couch that he was sleeping on. It was Juliet's couch! He fell asleep there! Shawn panicked, gathering his keys, hoping not to wake Juliet. He tip-toed towards the door hearing a gun click behind him.

Juliet heard keys jingle in the living room. The hair on the back of her neck stood up. She grabbed her gun from inside her nightstand and slowly walked into the living room, holding the gun in front of her. A figure was walking towards the door and reaching for the doorknob. Juliet cocked her gun.

"DON'T. MOVE." she commanded, her finger trembling on the trigger. The person turned around and revealed his face. "S-Shawn?" Juliet questioned.

"Jules, this is definitely not what it looks like." Shawn stuttered.

"What the hell are you doing here?!" Juliet exclaimed.

"Juliet, I- When I was here last night I sat on your couch for a second and I- I fell asleep, I guess. I was just about to leave, I promise." Shawn breathed.

Juliet eyed Shawn suspiciously. "You slept here?" she asked.

Shawn nodded. "I know, it was completely irresponsible. I'm SO sorry." he apologized. Juliet sighed and ran her fingers through her hair.

"Just go. Sorry, I need to get ready for work and get rid of this nausea." Juliet mumbled the last part.

Shawn nodded, apologized one more time, and left. Juliet moaned, sitting down at her table. She was to sick to eat, let alone go to work. Juliet looked around for the phone, playing with the idea of calling out sick. She decided against it considering she would have 12 weeks maternity leave off. She'd just power through the nausea.

At work, Juliet stopped by Chief Vick's office to tell her "the news". Chief Vick looked up from her computer.

"This better be good O'Hara. I'm very busy." Chief Vick told. It always seemed that she didn't like Juliet.

"Yesterday, I didn't actually get a mammogram." Juliet started. Chief Vick sighed. "I went to the Pregnancy Clinic." Juliet explained. Chief Vick raised her eyebrows, she looked almost angry. "I'm having twins." Juliet smiled weakly.

Her boss was speechless. Juliet tried to figure out if she was happy or angry. Chief Vick took in a deep breath, "Congrats." she congratulated simply. There was an awkward silent among them.

"Well then, I guess I'll go." Juliet suggested, standing up from her desk. She felt the same wave of sickness hit her again, but she didn't show it. She quickly made her way to her desk and sat down, taking a deep breath. Shawn was watching her concerned. He walked towards her.

"You okay?" he asked, yet again, showing the fact that he knew Juliet more than she did.

"Yeah, I just have some morning sickness, I think." Juliet admitted.

Shawn frowned, leaning in close to Juliet. He puckered his lips. Juliet pulled away from him, dodging his lips.

"Shawn! Not here! We'll get in trouble!" Juliet scolded.

Shawn smiled, "Fine. Okay, see you soon." Shawn said, kissing the air.

Juliet sighed, man did she want to kiss him.

This is a really long one, but I just got in the mood, so ya know!

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