A/N: Thanks to GorgeousSmile, Fangirl44, scuie90, MojoNolive93 and CalzonaMojoFan for the reviews. Sorry this one took so long I've been so busy the last few days.

Disclaimer: Nope......not me....Jonathan Larson.

Chapter 8

Joanne groaned as she heard the cry coming through the baby monitor sitting next to her. Rubbing her eyes she looked down at Maureen who was laying against her, then around the room. They were both in the livingroom on the couch. Joanne with her back towards the arm rest and legs stretched out along the couch. Maureen was the same way only her back was pressed against Joanne's chest. A blanket was draped over both of them and the TV across the room was playing the title menu of the DVD Mulan over and over again. Joanne smirked at the way Maureen's head was laying against her chest. She was sure the diva was going to be complaining about her neck later. She turned her attention to the small radio on the table next to her, a loud cry still coming from the monitor.

"Honeybear.....Maureen....wake up" Joanne whispered clearing her throat as she lightly nudged her wife. Maureen moaned and stirred before shaking her head. "Baby....Alexis is crying. One of us has to get her" Joanne said smiling at Maureen's resistance to wake up. The babies were almost 3 months old and Maureen and Joanne were now able to figure out the difference between the cries.

"You get her" Maureen moaned shifting her weight to her stomach and wrapping her arms around Joanne's waist.

"Well I would but that would still involve you moving and letting me up" Joanne said laughing.

"hmpf!" Maureen huffed as she groaned and pushed herself up. "I'll be glad when they get old enough to sleep through the night" Maureen complained as she stood up and walked out the livingroom towards the nursery. Joanne smiled but soon frowned when she realized what Maureen had just said and looked at the clock. It was almost 4:30am. Usually the twins slept at least until 7. Thats usually when Joanne got up for work so she usually took care of them in the morning before she left. This was the first time in a while the babies were up at this hour.

"Strange" Joanne said to herself and stretched as she sat up. She picked up the DVD remote and turned off the player, the title menu music quickly giving her a headache. Realizing the bedroom was a long way she decided to lay back on the couch. She had to be up for work in 3 hours anyway. No sense in going to bed. She was just about to lay back down when she heard Maureen's voice.

"JOANNE!!!!!" Joanne jumped up hearing the panic in Maureen's voice that echoed through her ears. Partly from the yell being echoed through the monitor next to her. Joanne quickly ran into the nursery and over to Maureen who was standing in the middle of the room holding Alexis who was now quiet.

"What's wrong?" Joanne asked looking at Maureen who was staring at her with fear.

"Alexis!! She isn't breathing!" Maureen shouted.

"What do you mean she's not breathing?" Joanne asked pressing her ear to Alexis' nose.

"Just what I said!" Maureen said, tears in her eyes threating to spill over. Joanne, hearing nothing coming from Alexis' nose stood up.

"Okay Okay. Call an ambulance while I try to get her to breath!" Joanne said quickly taking Alexis' from Maureen. Maureen nodded and ran out the room as Joanne walked over to the changing table and laid the baby down, pressing her ear to her chest. Hearing a heartbeat Joanne sighed and gently pressed on Alexis' tiny stomach three times before holding the baby's nose and blowing in her mouth. After repeating this a couple more times she finally saw Alexis' chest move before seeing her eyes flutter open.

"Thank God!" Joanne breathed as Alexis looked at her and began crying again.

"Is she okay?" Maureen yelled running back in the room as Joanne picked Alexis up.

"I got her to breathe" Joanne said placing Alexis on her shoulder and rubbing the baby's back as Jessica began crying, obviously awaken from all the noise. Maureen walked over and lifted Jessica from the crib, cradling her as she walked back over to Joanne.

"Ambulance is on their way" She said looking at Joanne as Jessica's cries silenced, Alexis' still loud.

"Okay I'll go with Alexis to the hospital since I'm better dressed..." Joanne said looking down at the T-shirt and sweat pants she happened to be wearing compared to Maureen who was dressed in one of Joanne's dress shirts and socks. "....you can get dressed and get Jessica dressed and meet me there"

"Okay" Maureen said nodding as they heard sirens outside. Maureen quickly kissed Joanne's cheek and Alexis' head before walking out the room into the bedroom. Joanne hurred into the livingroom. Picking up one of the baby blankets she wrapped it around Alexis and slipped on a pair of flip flops walking out the apartment door to meet the paramedics who were rushing down the hall. They quickly took Alexis' and placed her on a portable gurney, placing a breathing mask over her face as she cried and Joanne followed closely beside her.

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"How is she? What happened? Did the doctors say what was wrong?" Maureen asked as soon as she reached Joanne who was pacing back and forth in the waiting room of the emergency room.

"Honey calm down. I don't know anything yet" Joanne said shaking her head. She gently took the baby carrier from Maureen and set it on one of the chairs. She removed the blankets and looked inside, smiling as she saw Jessica was asleep.

"Why not?" Maureen asked, all of a sudden pissed off. "How don't you know anything!?! Our 4 month old daughter just stops breathing and they won't tell us anything!? What the hell kind of place is this?" Maureen yelled looking around, earning a few stares from other people as well as passing nurses.

"Maureen calm down. They're probably still working on her, have patience" Joanne said shaking her head and placing her hands on Maureen's shoulders.

"I am calm. They better come out here and tell me something about my child though" Maureen said frowning as she took a seat in the chair next to the car seat. Joanne sighed and continued pacing. She had to do something to keep herself calm otherwise she was sure she would bust through the double doors where they took Alexis and demand to see her baby. About 45 mintues later a woman in a white coat came through the doors. Glancing at her pad she looked around the room before her eyes landed on Maureen and Joanne.

"Mrs. Jefferson and Mrs. Johnson right?" she asked, earning a nod from each of them. Maureen was suddenly by her side.

"How's Alexis? Is she okay? What happened?" Maureen asked staring at the woman, who now looked slightly uncomfortable. Glancing at Joanne who was looking at her from the chair, another baby in her lap looking around quietly.

"Um...why don't you two come in and I'll explain everything" the doctor said smiling. Maureen nodded and looked back at Joanne. Joanne placed Jessica back into the carrier and placed her pacifier in her mouth before she could yell before buckling her in and placing another blanket over her. She stood up and followed Maureen and the doctor through the doors and down the hall. Soon enough they entered a room where there was an incubator. Alexis laid inside of it sleeping peacefully.

"By the way I'm Doctor Thomas" the doctor said smiling.

"Yeah thats nice and all. What's wrong with my daughter?" Maureen asked firmly as she stared at the doctor.

"Well after running a few tests it seems like Alexis stopped breathing after crying for a while..." the nurse said as she looked over the chart in her hands.

"Duh! Why do you think we called you!? I asked if she was going to be okay and what was wrong with her! Why did she stop breathing?!" Maureen yelled causing the doctor to flinch. Joanne noticed this and stood up, walking over to the two women.

"Um Maureen why don't you stay with Jessica while I talk to Doctor Thomas" Joanne suggested placing her hand on Maureen's shoulder.

"Whatever" Maureen mumbled shrugging Joanne's hand off her and walking over to the carrier. The doctor looked at Joanne, hoping she would be calmer than Maureen and smiled before clearing her throat.

"So as I was saying....she stopped breathing after crying. We think she was crying because her chest was feeling tight and hurting, making it difficult to breath" the doctor explained.

"Why would it be difficult for her to breath?" Joanne asked.

"Well we can never been a hundred percent sure about babies when they're this young but it seems as if theses are the early stages to asthma. We won't know until she's probably around two" the doctor explained.

"Say hi Lexi!" Maureen said smiling as she held Jessica over the incubator. Maureen laughed as Jessica saw Alexis and smiled, giggling before 'talking.' Joanne smiled at them before turning back to the doctor.

"So thats it?" Joanne asked raising her eyebrows.

"Well we're going to give you a small breathing machine to put her on when she goes to sleep so it'll help her breathe better. I also suggest making sure she lays on her stomache from now on when you put her to sleep" the doctor said as Joanne nodded, taking it all in. "We're going to keep her overnight to make sure she's okay. Are you two going to stay?"

"One of us is. The other will probably take our other daughter home." Joanne said looking back at Maureen who was still playing with Jessica.

"Okay I'll have one of the nurses bring up a bed" the doctor said smiling before walking out the room. Joanne turned around and walked over to Maureen just as Alexis opened her eyes. Alexis quickly began whimpering when she looked around. Jessica babbled something making Alexis look over at her and them both break out in grins.

"I wonder what she said." Maureen said laughing at the interaction between her daughters.

"Whatever it was it worked." Joanne said smiling as she watched Alexis and Jessica giggle and reach towards each other. "Their bringing a bed up so I can stay the night. You can take Jessica home."

"No. I'm staying and what was wrong? Is she going to be okay?" Maureen asked suddenly aware that she hadn't heard anything the doctor said.

"Yes she's fine. The doctor said they think its asthma but they can't be sure yet. She's too young. For now they're going to put her on a breathing machine" Joanne explained as she took Jessica who was reaching towards her. Maureen nodded and looked down at Alexis as she began whining again and reaching towards them.

"Here ya go" a nurse said smiling as she wheeled a bed into the room and placed it against one of the walls, locking it in place.

"Thank you" Joanne said smiling. The nurse nodded and turned to leave.

"Wait!" Maureen shouted turning to the nurse who stopped and turned to face them. "She's not on any machines or anything. Is it okay if we pick her up and hold her for a while?" Maureen asked motioning towards Alexis.

"Oh sure. I'm sorry the doctor didn't mention that" the nurse said smiling and walking over. She carefully lifted the top of the incubator up and smiled. Maureen reached in and picked up Alexis who immediately stopped whining and nestled into Maureen's arms. The nurse smiled and left the room as Joanne turned to Maureen.

"Okay you stay here with Alexis, I'm going to go home so I can put Jessica back to bed and call off work that I have to go into in...." Joanne said looking at the clock. " 45 minutes!" Joanne said, her eyes wide.

"Calm down Pookie, just use one of the pay phones" Maureen said laughing and reaching in her pocket, pulling out two quarters. Joanne nodded and took the change. She quickly kissed Maureen on the cheek and Alexis on the head before carrying Jessica back to the carrier and strapping her in, much to Jessica's protest who began crying. "We'll be back tomorrow......well today" Joanne called as she walked out the hospital room leaving Maureen still smirking.