Sam stared at Mercedes while she was in deep thought. The doctor had given them a lot to think about. He looked at the clock. It had been thirty minutes since they left the doctor's office. Soon whoever got off work first would be knocking on their door. They both needed to process the news together. Sam clapped his hands together.
"Well when it I thought you could be pregnant I sure didn't expect that."
"I don't think anyone does Sam."
He moved closer to her. "So how are you feeling about that?"
"It's hard to tell. I am excited no doubt but Sam. this is not what I expected when we decided to try for a child."
"Yeah me neither." He said thinking back onto their p=appointment."
45 minutes ago.
"What kind of questions?" Mercedes asked looking at her.
"Do twins run in any of your families?"
Mercedes looked at Sam. "He has fraternal twin brother and sister and I have a couple of twin cousins on my mom's side. Why?"
Dr. Taylor turned the screen towards them and Mercedes exhaled loudly while Sam squinted to see what was going on.
"This is a very rear case but it seems that you are carrying."
"Twins Sam exclaimed happily."
Dr. Taylor inhaled. "In a way."
Sam folded his hands while Mercedes still looked at the monitor in silence. Sam cleared his throat. "What does in a way mean? Because I am curious we are either pregnant with twins or not."
Mercedes broke her silence. "Dr. Taylor please tell me I am not seeing what I think I am seeing."
Sam squinted at the screen again. "I'm sorry but I need someone to help me I am really lost right now. I don't see anything but four blobs."
"Sam. those four blobs are the embryos."
"What?" he asked even more confused than before. "That can't be right that would me."
"Yes you are pregnant with four babies. But not just four babies. See how those two share a placenta and so do the others. You guys are going to be the proud parents of two sets of identical twins."
Sam sat back into the chair behind him as Mercedes continued to glance at the screen. Dr. Taylor sighed.
"I know this is a lot to take in. but the good news is that you look to be around ten weeks so we should be able to hear their little heart beats."
She grabbed her Doppler and glanced at the last position of baby one on the monitor.
"Ok and here is baby one." Mercedes eyes began to water as she heard the first heartbeat. With the next three she glanced at Sam trying to read his face. He grabbed her hand allowing the tears to /fall from his eyes down to his cheek.
"There you go. Four strong and healthy heartbeats."
"Wow. Sam this is Crazy."
Dr. Taylor stood handing them the CD. "I am going to need to see you back in a few weeks. I think we need to keep an eye on this pregnancy four is hard so we want to make sure that whatever we need to do we do it for you two. You can still work but you need to take regular breaks eat healthy it's ok to indulge every once in a while. I know you have experienced some Morning sickness but you are heading towards your third month so I prescribed something for it. I know you said big pills scare you so you can take Flintstone vitamins you know it will give you the same nutrients. Now if you need anything just give me a call. Other than that see Rhonda out front to schedule your next appointment."
Back to Present.
"Four Kids. At the same time. Two sets of twins. This is crazy."
"Sam I don't know if I can do this. Four babies. I thought we would have two maybe three. But four."
"Knock Knock." Mercedes and Sam looked to see Artie walk in with Blaine and Kurt. "Somebody said something about having a baby?"
Mercedes saw Artie holding up a little it's a baby balloon. She wiped her eyes looking at Artie and laughed. "You are about three balloons too short."
Kurt walked over to her. "What does that mean?"
Sam stood and placed the DVD into the TV and pressed play. Four heartbeats filled the room. Blaine looked at them and placed his hand over his hand.
"Ok what is that sound?"
Kurt looked at the screen, "And what are those blobs."
Mercedes stood. "Well Sam and I are." She looked at him and he stood with her proudly.
Sam grabbed her hand. "We are have two sets of Twins."
Artie scoffed "what the damn hell did he just say."
"TTTTwo sets of TTTwins?" Kurt let out. "Are you guys playing a trick or something? Does that even happen in real life I mean come on?"
"It's real." Mercedes said sitting down. "I am going to be a mother to four children."
Kurt hugged her as Blaine hugged Sam. "Well how are you feeling? You are going to be a father to four kids. Maybe four girls if Karma means anything."
Sam shoved him.
"Somebody tell me I am going to be an Auntie." They all turned their heads to see Santana and Rachel walking into the door. She turned and looked at the TV and squealed.
"Oh is that auntie's baby's heartbeat."
Mercedes looked at Santana. "Listen carefully San. You too Rachel."
They listened to the different beats and Rachel looked at her. "More than one?"
"Four."
"Four!" they said in unison. Mercedes smiled biting down on her lip. "Sam and I are having two sets of twins."
"Oh my God!" Rachel screamed as she ran over and hugged Mercedes. Santana looked over to her with her mouth dropping.
"I am so freaking jealous of you."
Mercedes looked at her. "Why."
"Because here Brit and I are flipping coins to see who is going to carry our many many kids and let's be honest I am scared to pop out kid after kid. And here you get to pop out all of yours at the same time."
Mercedes looked to the ground and Santana smirked. "Hey Trouty mouth how about you and the boys go into the kitchen and make your baby momma a snack."
Sam nodded as Artie and Blaine followed him into the kitchen. Kurt sighed.
"Ok Cede tell us the truth how are you feeling?"
"How am I feeling? Did I want to be pregnant with four kids at once? Hell to the no. I am scared. But I am lucky because I don't have to do it alone."
"Well I have to admit." Santana said sitting down. "I think Sam will be the most amazing father. Plus you have us with you. You know what we will be here for you."
Kurt smiled. "And just think Mercedes now you have kids for all of us. We each can just take one."
The girls laugh and Mercedes wipes the tears from her eyes. "I am so lucky. I know that we say this all the time but I am so glad that we are all friends. No I won't give you one of my kids but I will let you help me."
Sam grabbed the orange juice and smiled. "Man four kids. I knew that we wanted a family but four?"
Artie smiled. "Man how are you not freaking out?"
"I won't let myself. I know that this is going to be tough. But I have the best partner in this. And I have you guys too. We are very lucky. It's just I am not looking forward to the next few months. Dr. Taylor said it wasn't going to be easy and I don't know how Mercedes is going to handle a lot of it but I am going to be it for her. I am going to be there for her and I am going to give her whatever her heart desires. I just can't wait to see what these next few months have in store for us."