Once we left the clinic, we drove to Home Depot, and got some brushes, and two cans of paint, one can having white paint, the other having light pink.
The ultra sound photo was tucked away safely in a vanilla envelope.
"Are you excited now that we know they're girls?" Wally asked, as we sat in the car. The stuff we bought at Home Depot was in the trunk, while the envelope was on my lap. "Yes but I'm more happy about knowing." I said.
"I call bull shit. Admit it; you are estatic." He smiled. "Okay I am really happy they're girls, but don't get me wrong, I'd also be happy with boys." I said.
When we got home, our parents (save for Sportsmaster, obviously) and Wally's Aunt and Uncle were waiting patiently in the living room, wanting to know the genders and names of our babies.
I handed our Mom's the envelope, as me and Wally went up stairs to paint the nursery. We both heard our Mom's gasp, before quickly telling the others that we were having girls.
The nursery was all set up, furniture and paint wise, by the time I was 22 weeks.
The walls are split in two, the top and bottom half being divided by crown molding. The top half was painted pink, while the bottom half was painted with pink and white vertical stripes.
The cribs were placed in the far right corner of the room, a white lamp with a pink shade in the corner, and one crib and one wall beside it, and the other crib on the other side of it.
Their names "Laura" and "Jenna" were painted in cursive with some of the left over white paint.
The glider was placed at an angle on the opposite corner of the cribs, with the changing table about three feet away.
On the west wall, placed right in the center, was the dresser.
Now all we need was a rug, some crib bedding, clothes, diapers, and a few random knick knacks and their nursery is done.
Dinah was so excited to take me and Wally baby clothes shopping. And as much as I hated to admit it, so was I.
But it also made the both of us comfortable.
"Now, Oliver has agreed to pay for this shopping trip. So have fun." Dinah said. Me and Wally still looked uncomfortable, so she explained it to us a bit more. "Basically anything pink and girly that you think is cute put in the cart." She said, before leaving us and some cash (Like five grand- holy shit!)
Okay. We can do this. Maybe.
"So now what do we do?" Wally asked, as we watched her leave. "Do what she told us; if it's girly and cute put it in the cart." I shrugged, as we started looking down the asiles.
We bought a lot.
We bought everything we needed: diapers, wipes, rash cream, crib bedding, blankets, bibs, socks, shoes, bows, clothes and pajamas ranging from Premie to 6-9 months (we didn't get much in the Premie section, and we'll buy 12 month clothes when they're older.)
We also got two car seats (They're green and black and white, that way if we have a boy in the future we don't have to get a new car seat), a twin stroller that matches the car seats, two swings, a baby monitor, towels, wash cloths, and a boppy pillow (again, green, black, and white.)
But my favorites, out of everything we got, were these two newborn outfits. They were based off Flash and Green Arrow's costumes. Well, it was more like Wally and GA's costumes but still!
They had almost the entire League! Batman, Superman, Green Arrow, Martian Manhunter, Red Tornado, Captian Marvel, Green Lantern, and Wonder Woman.
The Flash one had a yellow long sleeved onesie with a hood, and a red lightning bolt on the chest, and a pair of matching red pants.
And the Green Arrow was basically the same (you know, long sleeves and hood) but they were green and black with- obviously- a light green arrow on the front.
"Okay, I don't care if they're girls! We are so getting these!" I cried. "Aw hell! Even I got to admit those are cute!" He laughed. We put them in the cart, along with a red bow and a green bow to make them more girly.
At 26 weeks, I started using Wally as my own personal body pillow.
By that time, it was so uncomfortable for me to sleep, that the only way I could get a semi decent nights sleep was if I was on top of Wally.
"Why do you have to lay on top of me?" He groaned at me around one a.m.
"Because everything is uncomfortable. You're the only thing that's even slightly comfy." I whined. "I'm sorry you're so uncomfortable." He said, running his hand through my hair.
"It's okay." I said, kissing his cheek.
"So percentage wise, how done do you think the nursery is?" He asked. "98%." I said. "Only 98%?" He asked. "It's not going to be completely done until I give birth." I yawned.
"... And when we put the curtians up."
I don't know what possessed me, but at 29 weeks I went and took a trip.
... To visit Dad in Belle Reve...
No one knew. Not Wally, not Mom- no one.
When I got there, someone else was about to visit him. I had no idea who it was, so I expected to see someone like Ra's Al Guhl or Lex Luthor or even Queen Bee.
I didn't expect to see Jade, dressed in street clothes.
"Jade? Is that you?" I asked. She turned when she heard my voice and we both gasped. She gasped at my stomach, and I gasped at hers. She was pregnant too. And from her size, she was probably just as far along as I was, maybe even a few weeks ahead.
"Oh my God! Who did this to you?" We both cried. She walked up to me and hugged me- something she hadn't done since I was seven.
"Kid Flash. What about you?" I asked. My question made her blush. "Ugh, Red Arrow." she chuckled. "Red... Arrow? Got you pregnant! Does he know?" I cried. She nodded. "I'm thirty five weeks. What about you?" She asked.
"Twenty nine weeks... With twins." I chuckled. "Twins? What's the gender? What are their names? I want middle names too!" She interrogated me.
"They're girls. Laura Christine and Jenna Elaine." I answered, sighing. "Now what about you?"
"I'm having a girl too. Lian McKenna." She said. "Lian? I like it." I said.
"You know, I was going to rub it in Dad's face that I have freedom and he doesn't, but I think I'm gonna hang out with you." Jade said. "Wanna get something to eat?" She asked.
"I'd love too."
"So are you and Wally going to get married?" Jade asked me, as we ate lunch outside at a burger joint.
"I dunno. Maybe in a few years. What about you and Roy?" I asked, munching on some fries. She shrugged. "I don't think we will, but it wouldn't surprise me if we did. So how'd Mom take your pregnancy?" Jade explained.
"She, more or less, kicked me out." I said. "What?" She cried. "Well, she told me that she didn't want me to raise my babies in that crappy Gotham North Apartment. So she told me to move in with Wally." I explained to her.
"Oh okay." "So when's your due?" I asked her. "August 28. You?" "October tenth- a little more than a month before Wally's nineteenth birthday." I said, stealing her fries. "Hey! Those are mine!" She yelled, as I laughed at her.
"He won't even be 19? Damn!" Jade scoffed. "Well nineteen is better than sixteen!" I cried. "I actually partially ruined his sweet sixteen." I snorted. "How?" She cried. "You've seen my team right? Well, he used to have this major crush on Miss Martian. And I told him that she was dating Superboy on his birthday." I laughed.
"Why would you do that?" She asked. "I dunno." I shrugged. "So are the Martian and Kryptonian still together?" Jade questioned. "Yeah. Three years. They even have a son who's almost a year old, evil little monster." I groaned.
Jade just laughed.
I didn't tell anyone that I had seen Jade, let alone that I had lunch with her.
By 33 weeks, everything was ready. The car seats were in the back seat of Wally's car, (he had been looking for a new car, but he didn't have much luck) the clothes were all put away in the nursery, the two swings were set up- one in the living room and the other in the nursery- and my diaper bag and hospital bag were all packed.
The League had offered me a baby shower, but I said no, much to M'gann and Zatanna's disappointment. "Why not?" Zatanna begged, tickling Benjamin, who had decided to sit his adorable butt in her lap.
"We have everything we need. Diapers, wipes, bottles, clothes- everything." I sighed. I heard my phone buzz, and I noticed it was a text from Wally.
'Come home. Something I want you to see.'
"I gotta go. See you." I said, leaving out the Zeta Tubes.
When I got home, Mary and Rudy weren't there. "Wally? Where are you!" I hollered. "In the attic!" He yelled. I walked up the stairs to the attic, having no idea what he wanted to show me.
"Yes?" I sighed.
"I... Ugh... Wanted to show you something?" He stuttered. "And what would that be?" I groaned. "Well... This." He said, pointing to a bassinet. It was clearly old fashioned, though it was more like a cradle or a small crib then a basinet.
It was a dark wood color, with a small mattress in it. It was cute.
"I figured since, the girls are probably going to be sleeping in our room for the first six or so weeks, that instead of us buying a bassinet, we could just use the one my parents used for me." He shrugged.
"It's adorable!" I cried.
"Serious?" He asked. He was obviously expecting me to say that that was the ugliest thing I had ever seen. But it wasn't. I honestly thought that not only was it cute, but that it was sweet for him to tell me about it.
"Yes!" I cried, wrapping my arms around him kissing his cheek.
We put the basinet about a foot from the end table on my side of the bed, with a small, pink knit blanket inside to keep Laura and Jenna warm. Just six more weeks and they would be here. Just six more weeks and me and Wally get to meet our baby girls.
God I can't wait!
Also, my cravings kicked in. They disgust Wally so bad, and that's saying something! My favorite right now is, and this is all mixed together, mint ice cream, dill pickles, celery, and soy sauce.
It's soooooo delicious!
Wally can't even be in the same room as me when I eat anymore. The first time he saw me eat the minty-soy sauce contraption (his words) he ran his ass to the bathrrom and blew chunks.
It was hilarious.
Have I mentioned how much I hate being pregnant?