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Chapter 20 – The Surgery

Tobias' POV

It's now 8:00 p.m. and Tris will be leaving her room to go into surgery. She is so worried, and so am I. A nurse is pushing Tris in a wheelchair to the surgery room and I just walk beside her. She takes my hand about 10 feet away from the door, and squeezes it. I look down and give her a reassuring smile.

"Don't worry Tris, it's going to go just fine. I'll be watching the whole time from up there." I point up to a room, surrounded by glass that overlooks the surgery process. She just smiles then looks back at the door. Her doctor comes out as soon as we reach the entrance.

"Well, Mrs. Eaton, we are all set. Are you ready?" He asks her. She looks up at me, as if asking if its ok. "Tris, it's going to be ok. Just relax. They will make you feel better, trust me." She looks at me and pulls my arm down so my face is directly in front of hers. She kisses me before she speaks. "Tobias, I love you. I'll see you when I wake up afterwards, right?" she asks expectantly. I kiss her head before the nurse brings her inside. "Of course. And when you wake up, there will be a surprise for you." I smile at her and she returns one before the door shuts and separates us.

I make my way up the stairs to the room where I can see everything that goes on during Tris' surgery. By the time I get there, it's empty. This is good, because Tris hates attention, so no one is going to be up here at this time. I look around the room as I take a seat, and notice there are speakers on every wall. So I get to hear what is going on too.

I take a seat in the front row and see the nurse helping Tris onto the table. She winces in pain, but it doesn't last long. The doctors finished setting up their table of surgical tools and wheels it over to one side of where Tris lays.

"How are you today, Mrs. Eaton?" one doctor asks. "Good. Really nervous, but I'm good." She replies with a small smile. She looks up at the glass room where I'm sitting. I guess she sees me, because she waves in my direction and I wave back. The doctors look at where she's waving. Her doctor, the one that's conducting the surgery, gives me a thumbs up, and I hear his voice through the speakers in my room. "We are all set Mr. Eaton. Would you two like to say something to each other before she goes under?" he asks. I look at Tris. "How are you doing down there, Tris?" I say with a little laugh. She smiles and says, "I'm doing ok. Promise me I'll see you after?" "Yes. Like I said, I will be here the entire time." She smiles and turns back to the doctor, and nods to him.

He then take a mask and places it over her mouth and nose. I hear him tell her to count backwards from 100 to 1. As she does, I see her eyes starting to close as she falls asleep. "Ok, she's under, lets begin." The doctor says. I just sit there with one hand in a fist, my other covering the fisted hand and I rest my chin on them. This is going to feel like an eternity, just watching my Tris being slightly cut open to take something out. I really hope they don't harm the kids.

To pass the time every once in a while, I text Will, telling him that they just took Tris into surgery, and that she just went under a couple minutes ago.

Will's POV

It's 8:15 p.m. so Tris should be in surgery by now. Every once in a while, I get a text from Four.

Four: "She just went under and they're starting. I don't know how long it will take while trying to avoid harming the twins."

Me: "Don't worry. Everything is going to be fine. I did research on appendectomy, is what it's called. They are able to remove the appendix within about 10 minutes."

Four: "Yes, but her case is different, remember?"

I do remember. He told me that the doctor said they have never dealt with a case like Tris. She is pregnant, with twins. I wonder how this will work and how long it will take until it's over. I text him back.

Me: "I remember. So this might take a little longer than what I've read about. Don't worry, it's be over soon. I'll tell Christina what's going on. Let me know when it's over and if everything's ok."

Four: "Ok, Will. Remember, don't tell Christina about what else is going on with Tris. I'll talk to you later."

I put my phone back in my pocket and lean back on the couch. The kids didn't seem like they were in the mood for a story when Four asked them if he wanted to continue it when he called a little while ago. They are just as nervous as the rest of us. Christina comes back from the shower in her bathrobe. She comes over to me and she has a kind of worried look on her face. I take her hand and gently pull her down so she sits on my lap sideways, her back facing the wall.

"Was that Four making your phone beep like crazy?" "Yes," I say. "Why?" "Because I heard it from all the way in the shower, while the water was running." She lets out a small laugh and smiles. "You really need to turn that down a bit." She says as she puts her head on my shoulder. I kiss her head and rub her shoulder. Her hair smells like strawberries. "Christina, you smell like a strawberry." I say smiling into her hair. She just laughs at that, and then nuzzles her face in the spot between my neck and shoulder. I know that when she does that, she is worried or confused about something.

"Will, what did Four say about Tris?" That's what she's worried about. I should have known. "He said that she just went under about 5 minutes ago. So that means that the doctors only just started. Four said he will text me letting me know how everything went when Tris is back, and sleeping her room." She just nods and kisses my neck.

That's when I decide to nip at her ear lobe, like I did yesterday. She gasps a little and that makes me continue to kiss her neck while she tilts her head back a little and to the side. I take that as a chance and take my hand and move it slowly up her side as I continue kissing her neck, shoulder and collar bone. "Will, come on. Are we going to keep doing this until we decide to… you know…" She lets the rest of her sentence fade out as she slides her hand up across my chest until her hands are tangled in my hair.

"Well, that is something that we will have to wait and see for in order to find out." I say softly and quietly as I slowly bring my hand up from her side and slowly bring it to the front fold of her bathrobe. I just skim the smooth skin on her stomach, when she lets out a small gasp. That's when I quickly remove my hand, thinking that something's wrong. "Christina, what's wrong?" I ask her. "Nothing's wrong, Will. But, have you realized that your hands are really cold?" she says while trying to hold back a little laugh. "Don't scare me like that, Chris. I thought something was wrong, or that I somehow hurt you." I say when I pull her into a hug. "I'm sorry, Will." She says as she kisses my cheek. I kiss her cheek in return.

A few minutes later, we go to our room, the guest bedroom Four and Tris set up for us whenever we watch the kids here when we aren't at our apartment. When we get in and I shut the door, I turn around to see Christina laying on her side facing me with a small smile on her face. "Will, can I ask you something?" I walk over to her and lay on my side to face her. "Anything." I say. Then takes my hand and places it on her stomach. I must have a confused look on my face because when she looks back at me, she laughs. "How many kids do you want?" she asks. Never, in a long time, have I ever thought she would ask me that question. I just stare at her for a few seconds then back at where my hand is on her stomach.

"As many as you want. I will be happy with one child if that is how many you decide on. That decision is all up to you and how many you think you can handle." I tell her while tracing small circle with my thumb on her stomach. This time, when I slowly slip my hand under her robe to touch her stomach, I let her know by smirking at her and she looks down and starts to giggle.

I pull her close to me, and we kiss for a while. Eventually, it turns out to be a full on make out session. "Will, as much as I love kissing you," she says before she gets up and heads to the door. "I need to check on the kids." I smirk at her when I say, "Ok, hurry back, I'm not finished teasing you yet." She laughs a little before she walks out and shuts the door behind her.

I have the most amazing girl for a wife. And soon, I'll also have an amazing family. I think to myself. Speaking of families, I hope Tris' surgery is going ok. The doctors better not harm the twins or else I'll have to be the one to hold Four back from tearing the doctors apart.

Four's POV

It's 8:30 p.m. and they are still in surgery. I was thinking about texting Will again, but decide against it when I hear the doctor's voice come from the speaker in the glass room that I'm in. "Mr. Eaton, we are all finished. The surgery went smoothly, and she will recover in no time." He says. I let out a sigh of relief and speak back to him over the intercom that is hooked up in the room. "Thanks Doc. When can I see her back in her room?" I ask him.

"Meet me back outside this room and we will talk." I nod and head down stairs after turning the light off in the room. When I get to the door, I see him just coming out into the hall taking off his gloves and mask.

"Mr. Eaton, the surgery went just fine. She should wake up within a couple hours or so. Take this." He hands me a piece of paper that shows a picture of the twins. I smile. "That is a picture of the twins that I decided to take before we began." I shake his hand and thank him.

He is just about to leave to go get Tris ready to be brought back to her room, before her turns around to say something. "Oh, and Mr. Eaton," "Yes?" I ask. "Please keep me updated on how her wound is healing for at least two weeks. By then it should be fully healed." I thank him again, and go wait for them to bring her back to her room.

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Five minutes later, while I wait in Tris' room, her doctor and a nurse bring her in. She has a mask on her face that I'm guessing is to help her breath until she wakes up. They are about to pick her up to put her on the bed before I stand up. "I'd like to place her on her bed." The doctor nods. It's been a while since I got to pick her up and actually hold her in my arms again. I gently pick her up, following his instructions as to how to pick her up, since she just had surgery.

After I placed her on the bed, they give her an I.V. to help numb the little pain she will feel when she tries to move. After they do that, they leave and soon it's just me an Tris. I take her hand in mine, and kiss it gently.

"Tris, it looks like they were able to remove your appendix, and guess what? They didn't harm the twins. They are doing just fine, and just in case you don't believe me, they printed out a picture that shows the twins. The same kind of picture that showed Jake and Jenna before they arrived." I laugh a little as I say this quietly to her, as if she is listening while she's asleep. I hope she hears me when I tell her these things.

Soon, at around 9:00 p.m. I text Will and tell him that she just finished her surgery and she's asleep and the doctor said that it was successful and didn't harm the twins. A minute later he replies.

Will: "That's great. I'll tell Christina and the kids in the morning at breakfast. Should we come and visit and bring something for her before she wakes up?"

Me: "Sure. But you have to come early, at around 9:00 a.m. before she wakes up. That way you guys visiting will be part of a surprise I'll have for her."

Will: "Ok, no problem. What's your surprise?"

I haven't really thought about it that much until now. I wanted to have something special for her by the time she wakes up. Now that I start to think about it more, I realize that I'll need to leave the hospital to get it. So Will is going to have to watch over Tris until I get back. I text him back.

Me: "I have to go pick it up first. Are the stores in the Pit still open?"

Will: "Ya, they're still open, until 10:00 p.m. Do you need me to come over there and watch her? Because I know Christina can't or else she'll probably find out."

Me: "Right. We are in Tris' room, the same one where you came to visit last time."

Will: "Ok. I'll see you then."

I put my phone back in my pocket and just look at Tris. Taking a look at the twins' picture the doctor printed out, I only now realize how small they are now and how big they will be in just a few months. By then, she will definitely be showing, and Christina will go crazy that we didn't tell her sooner. But that's Tris' idea, she wants to surprise Christina.

Fifteen minutes later, Will comes quietly into the room and shuts the door behind him. "Hey Four. How's she doing?" he says as he takes a seat on the other side of Tris and just looks at her. "Hey Will. She's doing ok. The doctor said that her wound should be fully healed within two weeks or so. That means she won't be able to work until then. But other than that, she's good." I smile while looking at Tris.

Then I remember the twins' picture, and hand it to Will. "Those are the twins." He smiles. "Do you know if they're boy's, girl's, or one of each?" he asks. "I don't know yet. They look to be too small to tell. Anyways I better get to the stores in the Pit before they start to close for the night." He just nods, and I head out the door with one last look at Tris, and smile to myself.

Finally done with this chapter. It took my days to come up with a way for how this chapter would go. I wanted to let you all know that I will not be updating for a while. My second semester classes just started and I have no idea how much work I will be getting. So ya, just wanted to give you a heads up on the slow updating schedule.

By the way, if you're wondering why I set up Four and Will's conversation set up like that when they were texting, it's because I found that to be a easier way for me to get them to talk to each other instead of calling and having Christina over hear about what else is going on with Tris.

Sorry, I'm probably rambling right now. It's in the middle of the night, been a long day, and I'm really tired. So, I apologize if this chapter isn't that great, I have been busy since last Friday, so… ya.

Until next time, Later! :)