Two Weeks Later

Mark gently shook me awake.

"Callie, it's time to get up." He told me softly placing a kiss on my cheek. I groaned.

"No, five more minutes." I complained.

"Callie, we have an appointment with Addison this morning. We have to make sure the babies are still doing good. Come on." Mark reminded me. I sighed and sat up. I felt queasy the second I did. "Callie, are you okay? You look green." Mark told me worriedly.

"I think so." I told him shakily. He felt my forehead.

"You're a little warm, I think it's a good thing we have an appointment today. Come on, I'll help you to the shower. It might make you feel better." Mark said. I nodded and took his outstretched hand. He slowly helped me out of bed. I was a little dizzy. He made sure I wouldn't fall until he got me undressed and safely into the bathtub. He started some warm water and put some bubbles into it. "I'll be right back, I'm going to get you some clothes." He told me. I nodded and he left the room. Addison was right, my uterus was starting to get more cramped and the twins hadn't been moving around as much, but they were moving today and that just made me even more queasy. Mark returned with some clothes and put them on the counter.

"Mark. Will you get in with me?" I asked. Mark nodded and stripped down to his boxers. He slid in behind me and wrapped his arms around me. I leaned back against him. "Thank you." I whispered. He kissed me on the cheek.

"Anytime, any day." He whispered back. We soaked in the bubble bath for awhile until I heard Teo turn on Scooby Doo. "Come on Cal, Teo is up." Mark told me gently. I nodded. He stood up slowly and then helped me out of the tub. He wrapped me in a towel and left to change into some fresh clothes. When he came back I was leaning against the bath tub with the lid to the toilet up trying to hold back the vomit.

"Mark." I whimpered.

"Oh Callie." He sighed and pushed the hair out of my eyes. "You've gotten warmer. You feel like throwing up?" He asked. I nodded. "I'm going to put Teo on the bus and then we'll go see Addison okay?" He asked. I nodded. "Come on let's get you dressed first though." I nodded.

"Okay." I said quietly. Mark helped me to my feet. I slowly got dressed without his help. Then he dried my hair for me. Then he helped me out to the couch in the living room.

"Daddy, what's wrong with momma?" Teo asked.

"She doesn't feel good buddy." Mark told him. I sighed and closed my eyes. Teo came over and kissed me lightly on the cheek. I opened my eyes.

"I'm sorry momma, hope you feel better." He told me. I smiled.

"Thank you Mijo." I told him. He smiled and sat back down on his seat in front of the TV. Mark handed him a pop tart to eat while Mark checked his blood sugar. Mark gave me a thumbs up meaning his blood sugar was fine.

"Got your backpack together Teo?" Mark asked. Teo nodded. "Go get it for me please." Mark told him. Teo nodded and ran upstairs. A few minutes later Teo came running back downstairs. His Scooby Doo backpack slung across his back.

"Mark, don't forget his jacket." I reminded Mark.

"Right, Teo go get your rain jacket out of the closet please." Mark told Teo. Teo nodded and gave Mark his backpack before running to the hallway closet. He came back in a few seconds with his jacket in hand. Mark helped him into it and then helped him put his backpack on. "Looking good little man. Come on lets go wait outside for the bus." Mark said. Teo took Mark's hand and walked out the front door. I sighed and closed my eyes again. I placed a hand on my stomach and rubbed circles on it until I fell asleep. When I woke up Mark was gently shaking me.

"Hey." I groaned.

"Ready to go see Addison?" Mark asked. I nodded and Mark helped me to my feet. He'd slipped my tennis shoes on while I was asleep. By the time we got the hospital Addison was waiting for us in the exam room. I slowly eased myself up and on to the table. Addison smiled sympathetically and started the exam by taking my temperature.

"You're running a fever." Addison said worriedly and scribbled it down onto my chart. "Mark said you were feeling sick?" Addison asked. I nodded.

"That's an understatement." I told her. Addison smiled.

"Have you thrown up yet?" She asked while checking my blood pressure. I shook my head. "Do you feel like it?" She asked. I nodded. She nodded and wrote my blood pressure down on my chart. She then started to take some blood. "Any stomach pains?" She asked. I shook my head.

"Just kicking." I told her. She nodded. She sent my blood off to the lab with an intern and then started to run an ultrasound. Both babies were moving around a lot.

"The babies appear agitated. They probably don't like you being sick any more than you do. But other than that they appear very healthy. Our main concern right now is getting you better." Addison told me. I nodded.

"How do we do that?" Mark asked Addison.

"Well first we have to wait for the blood tests to come back so we know what's wrong. However, Callie is a bit dehydrated so I'm going to put her on an IV of fluids. Addison said pulling an IV kit from the cupboard. I sighed, I hated needles. I had no problem sticking other people, but I was pathetic when it came to sticking me. Mark held my hand while Addison set up the IV. After it was set up I relaxed a little. I fell asleep while we were waiting on my blood tests. Mark woke me up when the results were in. I groaned, I had begun to feel even worse.

"Callie, you have the stomach flu." Addison told me. I nodded. I'd had the stomach virus before, but this time it was way worse than the other times. "I'm going to let this bag of fluids drain and then give you some antibiotics and send you home for lots and lots of rest okay?" Addison told me. I nodded. "Okay, I'll go tell Richard, and be back to check on you in a bit. Get some rest." She told me and left. Mark gently stroked my hair until I fell asleep. When I woke up I was at home in my bed. I felt like I'd been run over by an eighteen wheeler. I groaned and leaned over. Mark had placed a bucket by the bed. I threw up into it.

"Ugh, gross." I complained. I checked the clock. It was two in the afternoon. Teo would be home soon, I didn't want him to catch this. There was a note on my bed stand. I picked it up and read it.

Callie,

I asked Addison to look after Teo until you get better. I had to go into work but I will be back as soon as I get done with the emergency surgery I got pulled into. I put a bucket down by the bed for you just in case you throw up. I promise to bring home some chicken noodle soup when I come home. Rest easy Callie. I've got everything together. I'll be home soon.

Love always,

Mark.

I smiled at home sweet he was. Unfortunately the happy moment ended abruptly when I had to throw up again. Everytime I moved from a certain position my stomach would lurch and I'd throw up again. After awhile of this someone entered the house. I knew it was Addison the second her heels hit the floor. After a few minutes she appeared in the doorway.

"Hey Callie, how do you feel?" She asked.

"I can't stop throwing up." I told her. "My stomach hurts I've thrown up so much." I told her. Addison felt my forehead.

"Your fever went up." She told me. She glanced down at my puke bucket that was nearing full. "Callie, have you drank anything? Or have you just thrown up?" She asked.

"Just throw up." I told her.

"You've got to be dehydrated. Hold on, let me clean this up and then we need to see if we can't get you to keep some water down." Addison said and picked up my puke bucket. She came back into the room a few minutes later with it all cleaned up. She put it back down by my bed. Then she disappeared into the kitchen and came back after a minute or two with a glass of sprite. I sipped it slowly for a little before setting it down on the night stand. Addison sat down on the bed with me and watched tv. After a few minutes I leaned over and threw up the Sprite. Addison sighed. "Come on Callie, we need to go to the hospital to get some fluids in you to stay."

Two hours later

I woke up in the same hospital bed I'd been in for the past hour and a half. I had been severely dehydrated so we had to wait until three bags of fluids were in my system. I was still on bag one. Mark came by to see me whenever he wasn't in surgery. He was there currently.

"How are you feeling?" Mark asked.

"Sick." I groaned.

"I'm sorry baby." He said and kissed my forehead.

"Mark, I've got a really bad headache." I told him.

"That's cause your fever has gone up." He told me.

"Mark make it all go away." I complained.

"I wish I could Cal." He sighed and took my hand. I groaned and threw up into the bedpan.

"You told Addison to pick Teo up at three right?" I asked.

"Yes. I got it all under control. Try and get some more rest okay?" Mark said. I nodded. Mark kissed my forehead lightly and I closed my eyes back

Thought that I needed to throw in some more Callie/Mark love. Like or dislike? Drop a review and let me know. I also still can't decide on what to name the twins. If you have any ideas let me know.