Three Weeks Later
"God, I hate this dumb cast." I groaned and adjusted my foot on its pillow.
"Three more weeks and you can have a walking boot." Mark said smiling. I glared.
"I don't exactly see that as a plus." I said. Mark laughed and sat the glass of orange juice I had requested on the table next to the couch. Teo was playing with his hot wheels on the carpet in front of the TV. I sipped the orange juice slowly.
"How many more weeks momma?" Teo asked.
"Probably five mijo." I told him. He sighed.
"I'm ready now." He huffed. I laughed.
"Well I'm not." I said laughing. One of the twins delivered a hard kick. I sat the orange juice down and rubbed my stomach.
"Cal. You okay?" Mark asked.
"Yeah, one of the twins just really kicked me." I told him. He nodded.
"Okay. Hey Teo, how about we go to Wal-mart?" Mark asked. Teo put his cars down.
"Sure dada. What for?" He asked.
"Well momma can't really do much walking so we've got to get all the groceries for her." Mark told him. Teo nodded.
"Okay, anything to help momma." Teo said. I smiled.
"Thanks mijo." I told him. He grinned.
"Welcome." He replied. Mark kissed me on the cheek and led Teo out of the room. I laid down on the couch and closed my eyes. I drifted off to sleep surprisingly very easily. I woke to a very painful kick. I groaned and sat up.
"Please calm down." I begged and rubbed slow and gentle circles on my stomach. About six minutes later I felt another kick. Then it dawned on me, those weren't kicks. They were contractions. I called Addison immediately. She answered on the fourth ring.
"Cal, I'm kind of in the middle of something." She said breathlessly.
"Addie, I'm in labor." I told her.
"Oh my God. Alex, get off of me." Addison hissed.
"She's in labor?" I heard Alex Karev ask.
"Hey Alex." I said.
"Crap, she heard me." Alex cursed.
"Sorry, we were kind of busy." Addison said. "Hold on let me get my clothes back on. Where are you?" She asked.
"I'm at home." I told her.
"Where the heck is Mark?" Addison asked.
"Well he kind of took Teo to Wal-Mart to get groceries." I told her.
"Oh God. That's fantastic. Alex go get a room set up. Cal, call Mark and tell him. I'm on my way to come get you, he just needs to meet us at the hospital." Addison instructed. I nodded. The best thing about her being my OB and best friend is that she always seems to be in total control.
Eight Hours Later
Labor sucks. It sucked enough when it was just one kid. But when you are having twins, for some reason it's a lot worse. Throw in having your foot in a huge cast and that's just like icing on the cake. This was the longest labor I had ever experienced too. Addison came in to check on me again.
"Please for the love of God, please tell me it is almost over." I begged.
"Hold on let me check your dilation." Addison said sympathetically.
"Thanks." I breathed and gripped Mark's hand. He smiled and kissed my forehead.
"You got this Cal." He assured me. Addison stood up and threw her gloves into the hazardous waste bin.
"Well Callie, it's almost over. You are nine centimeters dilated." Addison told me smiling.
"How are you doing?" I asked. Addison smiled and rubbed her stomach.
"Doing great." She told me.
"Twelve weeks right?" I asked. Addison nodded.
"Yeah." She grinned.
"Is Bailey getting used to the idea yet?" I asked. Addison nodded.
"She's really excited now." Addison grinned. Alex came into the room.
"Addie, you want to grab some lunch?" Alex asked. She nodded.
"I've got to stay here. Callie is nine centimeters." Addison told him. Alex nodded.
"Then I will order in whatever you are craving." Alex told her and kissed Addison on the lips.
"Pick up Bailey from the day care too. I want a family lunch with my favorite people." Addison told him. Alex nodded.
"What is he craving?" Alex asked.
"He?" Addison asked.
"I'm praying to God it's a boy. Because I need a wrestling buddy." Alex said.
"Haha. Okay, well I'd like to have another shopping buddy. She is craving Chinese." Addison told him. Alex rolled his eyes and kissed Addison's cheek before leaving the room. I grimaced as an extra painful contraction hit. Mark tightened his grip on my hand.
"It's okay babe." He whispered.
"God, Addison. I need to push." I cried. Addison pulled on a fresh pair of gloves and checked my cervix again.
"Yes you do. Mark page a delivery team. We don't have time to wait for them to get here in order to start because baby A is crowning." Addison ordered. Mark nodded and picked up Addison's pager. "Okay Callie, you need to push." Addison instructed. I nodded and pushed. Teo had been an emergency C-section, I'd never actually pushed before, and I was seriously wishing the twins had been a C-section. This hurt like nothing I had ever imagined.
"Mark!" I screamed. He grabbed my hand and I squeezed hard. Mark bit his lip so hard to avoid crying out, that he made his lip bleed.
"You're doing great Callie. Keep it up." Addison encouraged while I took a five second breather.
"It hurts." I cried.
"I know, trust me, I know. Come on Cal." Addison encouraged. I groaned and pushed again. By now the delivery team was here.
"Come on Cal. I can see the head." Mark said.
"Mark." I began.
"Yeah babe?" He asked.
"Quit looking at my surgical field." I snapped.
"Right." Mark said.
"Come on Callie, first baby is almost out." Addison said. I nodded and pushed. After a few seconds a cry filled the room. "It's a girl! Mark do you want to cut the cord?" Addison asked. Mark nodded and left my side momentarily to clip the cord. Then he went back to holding my hand. Addison handed the girl to the delivery team and turned back to me.
"Okay Callie, one more to go." Addison smiled. "Push for me."
"Come on Cal." Mark encouraged as I bore down and pushed. It felt like my cervix was ripping.
"Okay Callie, I need you to stop for just a minute." Addison told me.
"What, what is it?" I asked.
"His shoulder is caught." She told me.
"Oh my God." I breathed.
"I'm going to have to break his shoulder to shift him to a place where you can continue to push him out." Addison told me.
"Oh my God, will he be okay?" I asked.
"He'll be perfectly fine." Addison promised.
"Okay." I said taking a deep breath.
"This is going to hurt." Addison warned. I gripped Mark's hand.
"Okay." I said quietly.
"Alright, on the count of three. One, two, three." Addison said. I screamed at the pain. "Okay Callie, push for me." Addison instructed. I grimaced and pushed. Our son's cries filed the room. Addison cut the cord and passed him off to the delivery team. I let go of Mark's hand. "Alright Callie, you just have to push the placenta out and its over okay?" Addison told me. I nodded and pushed. "Good job Cal. It's over." Addison told me after she had cleaned everything up. She then disposed of her gloves. She pulled on a new pair and then lifted our new baby girl out of her incubator and handed her to me.
"Hey sweet girl. Hi." I cooed and bounced her.
"Kimberly Arianna?" Mark asked.
"No just Kim. Kim Arianna Sloan." I said smiling down at my miracle.
"I like that even better." Mark said and kissed me on the cheek. Addison took her from me and filled out the birth certificate.
"Who are the God parents?" Addison asked.
"Addison Montgomery and Alex Karev." I said. Addison blushed.
"I'm honored. Thanks you guys." She smiled and finished filling out Kim's birth certificate. Then she handed her to Mark and gently picked the boy out of his crib. The delivery team had stabilized his shoulder with heavy bandages. She handed him to me. I smiled down at him. He had huge blue eyes like Mark and brown hair also like Mark. He looked just like Mark.
"Mark he looks so much like you." I told Mark smiling. Mark grinned.
"That's one good looking baby." Mark said. I laughed. "Trenton Daniel?" Mark asked.
"I like Trenton Mitchell better." I told him.
"I like how that sounds too." He said and kissed me on the cheek again. I smiled. Addison took Trenton from me and filled out his birth certificate.
"God parents?" She asked.
"Miranda Bailey and Ben Warren." I told her. She nodded and finished out his certificate.
"Congratulations guys." Addison said and handed Trenton back to me. Then she left the room. Cristina came into the room with Teo. Teo grinned when he saw the babies.
"Brother and sister?" He asked. I nodded.
"Yeah baby. This is Trenton your baby brother." I said. Teo climbed up in bed with me to get a good look at Trenton.
"I like him." Teo said nodding his approval.
"This is your baby sister Kim." Mark said bending down and showing Teo.
"Daddy she's pretty. Anyone hurts her I'll beat them up." Teo said. I smiled.