OK finally I have finished the next chapter, sorry I couldn't think of a good way to end it and yes later I know I steal an idea from a TV show but I have seen it done before and I just wanted to add something. Now I hope you enjoy…
At the sound of the alarm Reba's eyes opened to see her lying in the empty bed. Brock had spent the night at Van and Cheyenne's because the groom wasn't supposed to see the bride on the big day and now she was yelling at herself for still wanting to stick to the tradition. She got up to take a shower and when she headed downstairs Cheyenne and Barbra Jean were already at the kitchen table having coffee and muffins.
"Hey sleepy head you ready to go to the salon?" Barbra Jean asked between bites.
"Let me eat first OK." Reba said grabbing a muffin off the counter.
"OK I still need to go get Kyra up too." Barbra Jean said flipping through a hair magazine.
"OK go get her up it's gonna take you a while." Reba said grabbing another muffin and sitting down at the table. Barbra Jean also knew that it would take a while to wake Kyra up so she left to go start trying.
"Mom how many muffins are you going to eat?" Cheyenne asked after Reba grabbed her 5th muffin.
"I'm hungry OK, now what time do we have to be there?" Reba asked before taking another bite.
"Not until 8 but Barbra Jean wants to get there early so that we will have plenty of time." Cheyenne told her mom.
"Oh great so you're tell me I could have slept in for 30 more minutes if it weren't for the blonde goofball." Reba said in a huff.
"Mom stop complaining and just go with it, you really don't need any arguments in your condition you could raise your blood pressure even higher." Cheyenne said.
"Whatever why don't you go help Barbra Jean wake up Kyra." Reba suggested.
"OK but don't go off anywhere." Cheyenne said with a smile.
"Just go." Reba said as Cheyenne headed toward to stairs. Reba got up and went to the phone to call Brock.
"Hi honey you up?" Reba asked sweetly.
"Yeah Cheyenne woke me and Van up before she left this morning." Brock told Reba.
"Well I just thought I'd call to see if you slept well on their sofa and to tell you I'm being dragged out to a salon so if you don't recognize me at the alter it will not be my fault." Reba said smiling at her picture of what the girls were going to have done to her.
"It doesn't even compare to sleeping in that big comfortable bed with you honey I even think your or our sofa is better and I don't care if I don't recognize you as long as it really is you." Brock said with a smile.
"Well I don't think you will need to get used to anybodies sofa..." Reba said.
"Reba what are you doing on the phone?" Barbra Jean asked.
"Just talking, Barbra Jean." Reba said annoyed because of the interruption.
"No you cannot talk to him right now we are leaving." Barbra Jean said taking the phone from Reba and hanging up.
"Hey…" Reba started complaining.
"I don't want to hear it, now come on we can't get Kyra up and we need your help." Barbra Jean explained. Reba followed her up the stairs to wake up Kyra and she was the only one that could. All she had to do was tickle her feet and she started kicking and was up. The salon wasn't that packed because there are not a lot of weddings in the middle of August so they took Reba back right away to pretty her up, and soon after they took back Barbra Jean, Cheyenne and Elizabeth, and Kyra. Reba may have gone first but she was still the last one done and what an entrance she made walking into the lobby. Her hair was in cascading curls that framed her face and they had added in some fake strands with jewels in them to make her hair sparkle. Her makeup was flawless and whatever they had done to her eyes sure made them stand out and her cheeks were pink and she was glowing. Barbra Jean was not going to let Reba see what she looked like until she had the whole outfit on so they quickly headed out the door so she couldn't turn around to see anything. The guys had gotten their tuxes and went to the church to make sure it was all decorated and not over the top by Barbra Jean just like Reba had asked for them to do. They greeted JV and Helen who got there early and waited for other guests or the women.
Cheyenne went in ahead of the other girls to make sure the here dad wasn't anywhere near the door they had to go in but he was so she whispered for Van.
"Van get over here!" Cheyenne said as quietly as possible.
"What is it Cheyenne?" Van asked looking at Cheyenne confused.
"You need to distract dad for me and get him into the actual church part of the building so that we can sneak in mom." Cheyenne said trying to explain.
"Why do you need to sneak your mom in?" Van said still confused.
"The groom isn't supposed to see the bride before the wedding and mom is all for this tradition stuff." Cheyenne said slapping Van on the arm.
"OK, OK I'll go distract him." Van said rubbing his arm. Cheyenne left to get the other girls and Van told Brock that they should check on the alter again just in case. The timing was perfect just as Van and Brock left Reba came in with the other girls and the headed right into the bridal room.
"I have to go to the bathroom before I put on the dress OK so just let me go." Reba demanded.
"Let me go cover the mirror first." Barbra Jean rushed into the bathroom first with a tablecloth.
"Mom can you zip me up?" asked Kyra still trying to get the zipper all the way up without getting her hair caught in the zipper.
"Yeah but you are going to have to come to me sweetie." Reba said before Kyra walked over.
"OK the mirror is all covered you can go now." Barbra Jean announced coming out of the bathroom. Reba passed by her to get to the bathroom.
"Well Barbra Jean and I are done getting ready." Kyra announced to everyone.
"If you were trying to get two little kids and yourself dressed at the same time you would be behind too." Cheyenne told her sister. Kyra took Elizabeth's clothes from Cheyenne and helped the little girl get dressed in the little pink dress as Barbra Jean started on baby Charlie so Cheyenne could get finished too.
"OK now that everyone is ready but the bride are you three ready to help this whale get into the dress?" Reba asked coming out of the bathroom to see everyone just putting on the final touches of their own outfits.
"Yeah mom let me grab the dress." Kyra told her mom while grabbing the hanging bag. They helped her into the dress and they managed to get her into it without messing up her hair or makeup. Since she was finished getting ready Barbra Jean had to let Reba see herself so she turned the floor length mirror around and Reba gasped at what she saw.
It was a very simple but very elegant dress that had ribbons for sleeves and it cinched in above her belly with more ribbon and then flowed away from her huge belly because they didn't know how big she would be at the time of the wedding, it went all the way down to the floor and she wore white sparkly flat shoes. She wore simple diamond stud earrings that Brock had gotten for her for their 5th anniversary and a cross necklace. All this combined with the hair and makeup looked very simple and elegant and they all knew Brock would love it.
All the other guests showed up and soon the wedding started, Brock stood at the alter and watched as the girls walked down the aisle. Cheyenne walked down the aisle carrying Charlie and with Elizabeth holding her hand and sprinkling flower pedals as they walked, Kyra and Jake walked down after them, followed by Barbra Jean and Van and then came Reba and her dad. JV had a big smile on his face and Reba was giddy with excitement as they walked to the alter, JV gave Reba a kiss on the cheek and then went and sat down next to Helen. Brock loved how gorgeous Reba looked in the white gown and she was absolutely glowing as he took her arm in his, her smile got three times bigger. They said the traditional vows and of course had one heck of a kiss before the guests headed into the other room of the church where the reception was being held. The wedding party stayed to take pictures and Reba was assured that food was already out for the guests. After the pictures they went into the hall and had some fun, Reba danced to "I Loved Her First" with her dad and Brock tried to get his mom to dance but she didn't want to. Reba and Brock danced to "Forever Love" and everyone had a really good time, Reba's stomach got a lot of pats and rubs and a lot of people were talking to the babies even Grammy Liz. They survived the wedding and the reception without anything bad happening and Reba was thankful for it, and because of the high risk pregnancy they couldn't go anywhere for a honeymoon so they stayed home and nothing bad happened then either.
December
Brock was so excited about his Christmas gift for Reba; he knew she would love getting tickets to "The Nutcracker" and they were best way to surprise her. He knew the last time she had seen it was with the girls before Jake was born and she always enjoyed it so this was the perfect gift for her. He got the tickets for the day before Christmas and they were going out to dinner tonight so he could give her the ticket and she would have a week to get an outfit and be ready. He straightened his tie one last time before knocking on the bedroom door to try and get Reba to hurry along. She hadn't been able to fit into the regular maternity clothes for the past month and had switched to oversized men's shirts and pants but she did find a cute black dress that fit her to go out tonight and when she opened the door Brock's eyes lit up with happiness. He helped her down the stairs and out to the car, getting her out of the car was more of a problem but he still enjoyed it. The restaurant wasn't that crowded and they got a table and ordered quickly, Brock decided to surprise Reba with the tickets after dinner and waiting was killing him. Once they were finally done eating they ordered dessert and Brock surprised her while they were waiting.
"Reba I kind of have an early Christmas gift for you." Brock said as the waitress left.
"What is it?" Reba asked with a smile.
"Just a little gift." Brock said before handing an envelope containing the tickets to Reba.
Reba opened the envelope and smiled when she saw the tickets.
"I wish I could come over there and hug yah, but I can't get up." Reba said with a smile.
"Oh that's OK I'll just have to come to you." Brock said while getting up and then giving Reba a kiss. Reba was surprised at how romantic he could be and now they were going to see "The Nutcracker" in a week. Dessert came and they enjoyed spending the rest of the evening together before they headed back home to the kids.
"Hey mom and dad, when did you two get back?" Jake asked looking up from his game.
"Just a few minutes ago." Brock told his son.
"So did dad tell you why he took you out tonight?" Kyra asked with a smile.
"Yes, he gave me my Christmas present." Reba told Kyra while sitting next to her on the sofa.
"What did he get you?" Kyra asked looking up from her magazine.
"He got tickets for me and him to see "The Nutcracker" the day before Christmas." Reba said with a giant smile.
"Really "The Nutcracker" I can't believe dad would do that." Kyra said, her smile getting bigger.
"Kyra Eleanor Hart, what did you do?" Reba asked with a glare.
"Mom all I did was order the tickets online and promise not to tell you about them." Kyra admitted before her mom started yelling more.
"OK" Reba said while calming down.
"Mom do you want to go shopping for a new dress then. I'm not doing anything Sunday." Kyra told her mother.
"Alright, how about after church me and you head out on a shopping spree." Reba agreed.
"Mom can I go to Robert's tonight?" Jake asked not even caring that his mom and sister were already talking.
"Did you finish your homework already?" Reba asked knowing that he had.
"Yeah I only had a little homework because it's Friday." Jake pointed out.
"Go ahead. Kyra are you going anywhere tonight?" Reba said.
"I have a gig tonight and probably wont be back until really late." Kyra said.
Reba nodded and asked Brock to help her up so she could go to bed even though it wasn't even nine yet.
Sunday morning Reba, Brock, Kyra, and Jake headed to church where they met up with the rest of their family. Cheyenne and Barbra Jean were excited to hear of Brock's romantic Christmas gift and Van got smacked on the back of the head by Cheyenne for not getting her something romantic. After the sermon they headed home and dropped of the guys before Kyra and Reba went shopping. A lot of the maternity stores didn't carry big enough sizes for how huge Reba was now so they went to a regular store and just went toward the biggest sizes and they finally found a dress Reba liked that she could also fit into. It was knee length and a very pretty light blue with a halter neckline and Reba loved it and she knew Brock would too. When they got back home she wouldn't let Brock see the dress because it was supposed to be a surprise and they went back to their somewhat normal routine for the next week. Getting Jake to school until the winter break started and he got to stay home, Brock going to work, Kyra out with the band, and Reba sitting at home resting and of course Barbra Jean would come over way to much to check on Reba. But Reba was really looking forward to "The Nutcracker" and that is what got her through the week stuck in the house, and soon the day came.
"Honey I'm ready you need to hurry up." Brock said from downstairs.
"Cheyenne is just finishing my makeup, so just give me a minute." Reba said back.
"Dad will you stop bugging us! Interrupting doesn't make me hurry up." Cheyenne said.
"OK, OK." Brock said while rolling his eyes.
Reba was letting Cheyenne do her hair and makeup because she couldn't do it without getting completely warn out from all the work. She got into the cute dress and had Cheyenne help her with her shoes before going downstairs to show Brock. He stared at her as she walked or waddled down the stairs, she was beautiful. He didn't know how she did it even at eight months pregnant she looked just as gorgeous as she had when they were in Italy or when they met almost thirty years before. Her hair was in big bouncy curls and the dress showed a lot of her cleavage that being pregnant had made more noticeable and Cheyenne had done something to her eyes to make them look brighter and bigger, she also did something to makes Reba's lips look even more luscious and Brock just had to kiss her. Reba was surprised that Brock had just kissed her; she still didn't believe that she was good looking being gigantically pregnant and hormonal. They headed out the door and went to see "The Nutcracker", the first act was very sweet and Reba loved to watch Clara dance around with her uncle who gave her the nutcracker doll. But after intermission Reba felt something and just figured it was one of the babies moving around then she turned her attention back to the dancing and felt it again when the Chinese dancers were performing, but more of them started coming and they were a lot more intense when the lady with the huge dress come out and the people came out from under her huge dress, Reba just kept getting this weird feeling in her stomach but decided to just ignore it because at eight months pregnant these feelings were normal. Then came the dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy it was the most popular part of the ballet and all of the audience was silent until Reba's water broke.
"Brock," Reba whispered.
"What honey?" Brock whispered back.
"Shut Up!" the lady next to them said.
"My water just broke we need to go now." Reba said her voice still a whisper.
"Are you sure?" Brock asked shocked that this was happening so soon.
"I've had my water break three times before I think I know what it feels like to have my water break." Reba said a little louder than her previous whisper.
"Be quiet!" A man behind them said as the lady told them to shut up again.
"OK let's go." Brock said helping Reba up.
"Excuse us." Reba said when they had to have a group of other people stand up to let them get to the exit and some of them cussed at the inconvenience. They finally made it and Reba started walking down the hallway to the front door while Brock talked to the attendant at the door. Brock caught up with Reba easily and helped her into the car and got into the drivers side and they were off to the hospital. Once they got there the doctor was called and so was the rest of the family and Reba was changed into one of those gowns that don't close all the way and she was put into a room to wait for the babies.
"Honey are you doing OK?" Brock asked again.
"For the thousandth time yes I am OK, It just hurts when I am having contractions." Reba said still waiting for the doctor before she could have any pain medication.
"Are you sure you don't want anything?" Brock asked worried about Reba.
"There is one thing I want." Reba was holding Brock's hand so she pulled him close and whispered into his ear "I want to kiss you on the mouth." Reba kissed him passionately.
"Reba you shouldn't do things like that sometimes I or better yet we just can't stop and you know that." Brock said while pulling away.
"Ah darn it." Reba said with a giggle before it turned into a shocked look and then a scream because of another contraction.
"Keep breathing." Brock had to remind Reba and soon the contraction was over.
"Where is that damn doctor?" Reba said once the contraction was over.
"She will be here soon, now why don't you just rest honey." Brock said kissing her on her forehead.
"You don't get a say you're not sitting here waiting for three little babies to be ripped from you private parts." Reba started to yell but was interrupted when the doctor walked in.
"Hi you two how are you doing today?" Dr. Thomas asked as she came in the room.
"I'm in a whole lot of pain and I need drugs or something." Reba told the doctor.
"Well I have to see how far along you are first and then we can decided what needs to be done next." the doctor said while trying not to go against Reba knowing how painful having a baby is.
"Alright Dr. Thomas." Reba said trying to calm back down.
"Now if you will lay down I can see how far dilated you are." Dr. Thomas said. Reba laid down and Brock gripped her hand tighter.
"Well you are only three centimeters dilated and we have to wait till you are five centimeters dilated before I can give you pain medication and I would like to hook a monitor up so we can keep better track of your contractions." Dr. Thomas said.
"So I still have to wait a little while?" Reba asked.
"Yeah but at the rate you are going it will be sooner than you think. Now I have another patient that I have to go check on but because of your high risk pregnancy I am focusing on you tonight." The doctor explained before leaving.
"REBA…REBA HART!" they heard from the hallway.
"In here." Brock went to the door and said out into the hallway but he quickly jumped out of the way when he saw Barbra Jean storming towards him.
"Reba!" Barbra Jean yelled as she walked into the room.
"Barbra Jean where is everyone else?" Reba asked with concern.
"They were right behind me." Barbra Jean said with a shrug.
"Brock go find them, please." Reba asked nicely.
Brock left and found the kids asking for Reba at the front desk and he brought them into Reba's room to find Dr. Thomas hooking up the contraction monitor.
"Now here's everyone." Reba said with a smile.
"Wow brought in the whole neighborhood did you?" Dr. Thomas asked with a smile.
"No actually this is all my family. My three kids, my son-in-law, my two grandkids, and Barbra Jean and Henry are our extended family." Reba said her eyes starting to get tears.
"Are you sure you didn't give her any drugs yet?" Brock asked amazed at how sappy Reba was acting.
"No all I did was hook up a fetal monitor." The doctor said confused by the question.
"Brock come here and see." Barbra Jean said and Reba showed the band that was now stretched around her belly and the screen that showed every movement the babies made.
"Mom what happened? When dad called all he told us was to hurry and get to the hospital no explanation at all." Cheyenne said while handing Charlie to Van so she could go sit on the bed by her mom.
"We were watching "The Nutcracker" and during the dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy my water broke and we ended up here." Reba explained.
"Mom you are going to be OK right?" Jake asked from behind Kyra.
"Yeah sweetie why do you ask?" Reba asked him.
"Cheyenne and Barbra Jean never had to wear that funny belt thing when they were in labor, and I thought it meant that something was wrong." Jake said moving to see his mom better.
"No I just happen to be having more than one baby and they want to make sure all three of them are OK so they put this on me." Reba explained to Jake.
"Mom what is going to happen?" Kyra asked going to sit on the side of the bed that Cheyenne wasn't already on.
"I just have to sit here and wait until the triplets are ready to come out." Reba said trying to make it sound simpler than it really was.
"I'm still worried about you mom." Kyra said looking at her mom.
"Well don't be." Reba said while pulling Kyra into a hug.
"Alright now Reba needs to get some rest everyone out." Brock announced to the room.
"No, Brock I want them all to stay so I can have some company." Reba said.
"But sweetie the doctor said you needed rest and I'm sure that our family won't help with that." Brock said from across the room.
"They can leave if they want to but I don't want them to." Reba said quickly before another contraction started. Since Cheyenne and Kyra were holding her hands she squeezed them and screamed in agony and the two girls had looks of horror on their faces as their mom squeezed their hands till they thought they would fall off. Brock ran towards Reba and coached her through the contraction that after a few minutes went away and everyone relaxed again as Kyra and Cheyenne got as far away from their mom as they could. Brock took Reba's hand again and got ready for another one because they just kept coming faster and they got much worse.
"Reba honey you will be fine, the doctor will give you medicine in just a little bit we just have to keep going strong." Brock said trying to encourage her.
"What is this we crap, you mean I have to keep laying her in pain because of three babies trying to get themselves out of me while you let me crush your hand, all you did was the fun part." Reba said getting louder with each word.
"Mom your high blood pressure remember you have to keep it down, just relax." Cheyenne said to her mother.
"Yeah Mrs. H, let-it-go." Van added.
"You did the same thing to Cheyenne so if I were you I would shut up." Reba said getting madder and her face getting red.
"OK men I think it is time for us to head out of here before we get dragged out in body bags." Van announced to the people in the room.
"Yeah I think I will come with you to find some ice for my hand." Kyra said.
"Me too." Cheyenne added.
Reba was left with Brock and Barbra Jean since her kids were now afraid to become human squeeze toys. All they had to do now was wait, and that is what they did because these babies wanted to take their time. By six the next morning Reba was finally dilated 5 centimeters and she got her drugs to where she couldn't feel a thing and was very very loopy, and that is when the kids decided it was safe to go back into her room.
"Then all the reindeer loved him, as they shouted out with glee, Rudolph the red nosed reindeer, you'll go down in history."
"Mom will you stop singing." Kyra asked as her mom finished yet another song.
"I'm just in a good Christmas mood, plus I was singing with Elizabeth till Cheyenne and Van had to leave." Reba said as she watched a nurse come into the room.
"Well they left already so can you stop singing already." Kyra pointed out.
"You know Jake could have stayed with me instead of you, and he would have been singing with me." Reba pointed out as the nurse checked the monitor.
"Yeah but Jake is terrified that you are going to crush his hand like you did to mine and Cheyenne's so he doesn't want to be left alone in here." Kyra pointed out again.
"I know, and you know I didn't mean to do that right?" Reba asked.
"Yes I know that this hurts a lot and taking the pain out on someone is fun but it is funnier to see you yell at dad than to crush ours hands." Kyra said with a smile.
"Alright now since I am not allowed to sing what do you suggest we do until Brock and Jake get back with the food?" Reba asked Kyra.
"I don't know." Kyra said putting down her magazine.
"Excuse me but can you lay back?" the nurse asked Reba.
"I thought the doctor was supposed to check on me?" asked Reba.
"Well I'm an intern, Dr. Riley but you can call me Debbie. I've been assigned to help Dr. Thomas and she asked me to come check on you." This new girl explained.
Reba did as she was asked and the girl said she was still at 5 centimeters and left.
"Mom we can just like watch TV or something or maybe we can sing a little." Kyra said quietly.
"Really you would sing with me?" Reba asked all excited.
"Yes but only if I get to pick the song." Kyra said while moving from the chair to the edge of her mother's bed.
"Yeah, what do you want to sing?" Reba asked even more excitedly.
"Well I like Jingle Bell Rock." Kyra said and they started singing. The girls didn't even notice when Brock and Jake came through the door carrying several large bags and soon the boys joined in on the song. It startled Reba for a second but she joined back into the song and enjoyed it to the end.
"I really love Christmas songs." Reba told them after the song was over.
"We know." Kyra pointed out.
"Well are you two ready to eat?" Brock asked.
"Oh yes." Reba said with a big smile.
"Two bacon egg and cheese biscuits for the ladies, waffles for Jake, and a cinnamon roll for me." Brock said while handing out the food.
"Thank you sweet heart." Reba said taking her food.
"What's in the other bags?" Kyra asked her dad.
"Well since today is Christmas and we can't go home for it, I brought Christmas to us." Brock explained.
"Sweetie what did you do?" Reba asked with surprise.
"I just brought our presents; the tree wouldn't fit in the trunk of my car." Brock said with a smile.
"Ah that's so sweet honey. I'm sorry you had to do all this." Reba said.
"You have nothing to be sorry for, as you have said babies come when they want to not when people want them to." Brock said before taking another bite.
They went on eating and then opening gifts and having a fun time. The doctor come back at noon and had the kids leave so she could check Reba again.
"You are now at 8 centimeters and we only have a little more to go. Now I think we need to discuss doing a c-section because of the triplets and your high blood pressure I think that having a natural birth would be extremely dangerous and too much of a risk with your life and the babies' lives." Dr. Thomas explained.
"What exactly happens during a c-section?" Reba asked after taking a deep breath.
"I will make an incision in your lower abdomen and basically go in and take out the triplets. It lowers the risk of losing you and the triplets but you will be in pain for a few days afterward and you will not be able to walk around with the babies till the stitches are healed." Dr. Thomas said while writing something in a chart.
"OK if it is best for the babies I will do it." Reba said.
"Alright I or Dr. Riley will be back in an hour to check on you again." The doctor said.
"Thanks." Reba said as the doctor left and the kids came back in.
"So what's up mom?" Jake asked cleaning up his stack of gifts.
"Dr. Thomas was telling up that the best option would be to have a c-section and we agreed." Reba answered.
"So you will have to be cut open?" Kyra asked.
"Yes having natural childbirth with my high blood pressure would be a bad thing and a c-section would increase the odds of all three babies and me surviving." Reba said.
"Then it is a good thing." Kyra said also gathering up her gifts.
"Are you two ready to go home?" Brock asked.
"Yeah, we figured we would have the family meal with Barbra Jean and let mom rest a while but don't worry we will be back later with leftovers." Kyra said as Jake put all the gifts back into the bags and headed out the door.
"Bye then." Brock said as Kyra followed Jake out.
"I wonder if I will be in labor as long with the triplets are as long as I was with Kyra?" Reba said.
"I hope not." Brock said while fixing the blanket that was over Reba.
"You weren't even there for Kyra's birth." Reba said intensely.
"Yeah but Cheyenne took forever too and I was there for that one." Brock said back.
"But Kyra was much worse, my water broke while Lorrie-Ann and I were shopping and by the time we got to the hospital all the roads were closed because of that storm so you and Cheyenne couldn't get there and then I was in labor for two days." Reba said remembering the event.
"Yeah and when you came back half the roof was gone and Cheyenne wouldn't stop following you around for two weeks." Brock said with a smile.
"I hope this labor is more like when I had Jake that only took four hours and you missed that one too." Reba told Brock.
"Yes but when you called me I figured it would be a while based on the timing of the girls so I finished the golf game and when I got here you were already holding little Jake." Brock said at the memory of the day his son was born.
"I guess Jake just wanted out sooner." Reba said rubbing her belly just thinking of having her other babies.
"Or maybe it is a boy thing." Brock suggested.
They reminisced about the past pregnancies, births, and when the kids were babies till Debbie came in to check on Reba once again.
"9 centimeters now so it shouldn't be that much longer." Debbie said before writing something else on the chart and leaving.
"So are you ready to be a daddy again?" Reba asked.
"I'm not sure but doing this with you helps." Brock said with a smile.
"You are a great dad already so I think you will be a great dad to these babies too." Reba said smiling back.
"You're an even better mom than I am a dad and you are going to stay that way so you shouldn't be worried at all." Brock said before giving her a kiss.
"I'm not worried." She said before kissing him back.
"Ow, ow, ow," Reba started saying mid-kiss because of another contraction.
Brock was surprised that she was in pain, the doctor had given her some really strong drugs but he coached her through this one and then pushed the button that called for the doctor, but they didn't know that something was going to go wrong in the hospital.
"Debbie could you please go up to check on Mrs. Hart?" Dr. Thomas asked.
"Yeah sure, she is really sweet." Dr. Riley said before getting up to go.
Debbie took the stairs to get there faster and soon was there to check on Reba.
"So how are you feeling now?" Debbie asked Reba.
"Well I hade a contraction a little bit ago and the medication didn't numb it." Reba said as she leaned back for the doctor to check her again.
"You are 10 centimeters now so we can give you a quick dose and then get you into the delivery room." She grabbed her cell and called a nurse to bring in the drug and the doctor to get down to the surgery room, soon the nurse came in.
"Thank you, OK can you lay on your side?" Debbie asked.
"Brock can you help me?" Reba asked and he helped her turn from lying on her back to on her side so Debbie could give her another shot.
"Ouch." Reba said as the needle went in but soon the meds kicked in and she couldn't feel a thing below the waist. A few minutes later Brock was handed the flimsy dress like thing that he put on over his clothes and a nurse helped Debbie wheel Reba to the elevator. They headed down from floor 5 to floor 3 but the elevator got stuck and the doors wouldn't open. Reba had gotten the drugs and was almost asleep now so she didn't know what was going on and that was a very good thing. Brock stood by her as Debbie and the nurse tried to get Dr. Thomas on one of their phones the nurse started yelling and another doctor heard her and went to get Dr. Thomas for them. A maintenance guy got the door to open a little and once the babies heart rate dropped they had to do the surgery so Dr. Thomas passed a scalpel and some towels and the stuff the doctor would need for the stitches in through the little crack in the door. Brock found out that Debbie had never done a c-section but he hoped that she had learned a lot from watching, he could still hear the people talking outside the door and apparently a car hit a nearby electric pole and all the electricity in the hospital was out but an electrician was trying to fix it. Soon Debbie made it to one of the babies and passed it to the nurse it was a girl and she cleaned her off and handed her to Brock before the baby started to cry. A few seconds later another baby was out and handed to the nurse who cleaned it off and handed it to Brock before saying it was boy he cried too but he was nowhere near as loud. The third baby was taking longer and Debbie was moving around a lot more and this was making Brock worried but after a minute or two a third baby was out and cleaned off, the nurse said it was another boy and the doctor added that his umbilical cord was tangled around his neck and that him crying was a good thing and Brock was happy that all three of them had made it as Debbie turned back to stitch Reba's stomach back together. After another twenty minutes stuck in the elevator the electrician got it working and the went down the rest of the way and the door opened the rest of the way. Another nurse took the two babies from Brock and Debbie kept pushing Reba into the surgery room so Dr. Thomas could check on Reba's stitches. They all made it was all Brock could think as he helped Debbie get Reba back up to her room he was so glad and he couldn't believe what had just happened. He was still amazed as he went down to the nursery and saw the nurses dressing his three little babies, two in blue one in pink. He tapped on the glass and one of the nurses came out to ask him which one he was here for, he asked about the triplets and she said she would be bringing them to Reba's room in a minute so he left to go wait.
"Hi honey, are you awake?" Brock said as he pulled away from kissed Reba's forehead.
"I am now, what happened?" Reba said looking at her much smaller stomach.
"Well we were taking you to the operating room and the electricity went out so the elevator stopped and they got the doors opened a little so Debbie got a scalpel and delivered the triplets and fixed you up and everyone made it through." Brock said a small tear slipping from his eye.
"What did we have?" Reba said as she started to cry too.
"We have a little girl and two little boys." Brock said kissing her again.
"Perfect." Reba said smiling.
"Knock, knock." The nurse said as she came in the room.
"These three are ready to see mommy and daddy now." The nurse said wheeling in a plastic bassinette that had all three babies in it.
"We're ready for them too." Brock said as he got up to hold a baby.
"Here is your little girl; she is the only one of them that is awake right now." The nurse said as she handed the baby to Reba.
"OK we can let them sleep while we think of a name for her." Reba said as the nurse left the room.
"I picked Jake so I think it's your turn to pick the name right?" Reba said to Brock.
"I like the name Monica Lynn." Brock said happy that she had asked for his opinion.
"Yeah it is nice, how about John William for one of the boys, after your dad." Reba suggested.
"That would be nice, and how about Greg Brock for the other boy." Brock said hoping Reba would finally agree to let one of the children have his name.
"OK but only because Cheyenne's middle name is Reba. But my mama pushed for that more than I did." Reba said smiling at the little baby in her arms. Soon one of the boys woke up so Reba said he would be named John William and the other boy was stuck with Greg Brock. Reba had to remind Brock to call the rest of the family and soon everyone burst through the door.
"Mom!" Cheyenne said and rushed to her mom's side.
"Hi Cheyenne." Reba said with the biggest smile on her face.
"Aw this must be the little girl." Cheyenne said looking at the pink blanket.
"Yes this is your little sister Monica Lynn Hart, and your dad is holding your little brother John William Hart, and the baby that is still asleep is Greg Brock Hart." Reba said watching her family pour into the room.
"You let him give one of the babies him name?" Kyra asked in surprise.
"Yes I thought it was about time I agreed to someone's name suggestion." Reba said.
"So how are you feeling Reba?" Barbra Jean asked looking at the little Greg.
"A little sore, OK make that a lot sore but it is all worth it." Reba said letting a tear fall.
"Here let me hold her and you can get some sleep." Kyra offered.
"Thanks Kyra but I would much rather hold her than sleep right now." Reba said looking down at Monica.
"OK well I'm here if you need me, we all are." Kyra said as she looked around the room at her huge, dysfunctional yet loving family.
"I think your dad could use a nap though you could help him out." She looked over at Brock who was dozing off every now and then.
"I can't believe our family just keeps getting bigger." Jake said sitting on the edge of Reba's bed.
"I can't believe this all started with one little shower." Reba said her voice just a whisper to where only Brock heard and he smiled.
2 years later
"Honey why are you getting another shower didn't you have one this morning." Brock said as her walked into their bedroom, after just getting home on his lunch break.
"John is sick and I got thrown up on twice this morning and if I'm going to the grocery store and to Cheyenne's for a play date for the kids I'm not smelling like vomit." Reba said as the warm water rushed over her.
"Well since I'm already here do you mind if I join you in there?" Brock said already getting out of his clothes.
"As long as you promise that what happened the last time we took a shower together will not happen again." Reba said turning to see him opening the curtain.
"I thought you liked that." Brock said with a smile and a wink.
"I do like that, I meant the getting me pregnant part." She said smiling at him.
"OK I promise." He said getting in.
9 months later
"You are never getting in the shower with me again!" Reba said as she was being pushed through the hospital to the delivery room.
"OK honey, but just look on the bright side your only having one baby this time." Brock said as he followed her down the hallway.
"Yeah but your still never getting into that shower again if I'm in there." Reba continued yelling.
"OK you two here is the delivery room, you two ready?" Dr. Thomas said as her patients argued.
"I guess." Reba said as she put her hand on her swollen stomach.
"Let's go have this baby." Brock said kissing her forehead.
OK, this story is finally finished. I had to add something funny at the end and that was all I could think of. I don't know if another story will be started soon I don't have any ideas that I think could go that far as a story. Hope you enjoyed this fanfic and remember to review it always helps to know what the reader thinks.