Here's chapter 16! And in the beginning I used some parts from the episode 'Teddy's Bear' except, it's going to be Olivia and Teddy. Instead of Teddy and Amy. :P I hope you enjoy. I tried to make some of this chapter kind of funny. Well, review? And I just have to say, when I check for reviews, and see that I've got a new one... It makes me feel so happy! Well, y'all better enjoy this chapter, cause I had no idea what to write about. And I was thinking, she's going to have the BABY pretty SOON. But maybe in the NEXT chapter or the one AFTER that. ;)
But please, review. xD
Chapter 16 -Getting Closer-
FRIDAY- TEDDY POV-
"Hey mom, I'm home." Liv says coming into the house.
"Hey. You sure you don't want to go to any of your friends' houses for the weekend?"
"I'm sure. You probably won't let me after this conversation."
"What's the matter?"
"I, might've gotten in trouble at school."
"What'd you do?"
"I snapped my teacher's pencil and pushed their papers off their desk."
"That ironically sounds like what my mom and I did with my teacher."
"Yeah. Piper ring a bell?"
"A big old school bell. I had him. Wait, he teaches elementary now?"
"No, you're thinking of Mr. Piper. I have Mrs. Piper."
"So he's married now." I say.
"Yeah."
"What'd she do to deserve the pencil snap?"
"Gave me a C on my report when I clearly deserved a B+.
"Oh." I say.
"Yeah. But please don't do anything. You turn into-"
"Momma bear? You're worried about that? I'm 8 and ½ months pregnant, I'm pretty sure you have nothing to worry about Liv."
"Mom." Liv says seriously.
"Okay, okay. I'll just sign the paper. Pipers, makes me wanna-"
"Hi Teddy, what 'cha doing?" Spence says as he walks into the room.
"Be mad. Very, very mad." I say signing the papers.
"Teddy? Are you, okay?" Spence asks sitting on the couch next to me.
"Thanks mom." Liv says then goes up to her, Hope's, and Rosie's room.
"You're grounded!" I yell before she shuts her door.
"Once again, Teddy, are you okay?"
"No." I say with a scowl on my face.
"What's wrong?"
"Piper, that's what."
"Isn't that your old English teacher or whatever? The one your mom-"
"I know what she did. And no, his wife." I say, again with a scowl on my face.
"He actually got married?"
"I know. Shocking."
"What's the problem?"
"Mrs. Piper gave Liv a C on her report when she deserved a B+. But I don't wanna talk about it anymore. The more I talk, the more-"
"You wanna turn into momma bear like your mom?"
"Exactly. Plus, I don't need any stress." I say. Spencer nods.
"Is the court date set up?" I ask shortly after.
"Yep. It's going to be on May 31st."
"Spence?"
"Yeah Teddy?"
"That's tomorrow." I say.
"Oh, wow. Okay." Spence says.
"I'm really glad we have the nursery set up already…"
"Me too."
"I'm still mad at Liv's teacher." I say glaring at the wall.
"There's no reason to glare at the wall, when it clearly didn't do anything." Spence jokes.
"I'm serious. She's just like Mr. Piper. Giving Liv a grade she clearly didn't deserve."
"Well, at least we know, just because Olivia has my hair color, doesn't mean she's exactly like me. She has a lot of your personality." Spencer says then we laugh.
"I'm glad she didn't have plans to go out tonight, being she's grounded." I say.
"Yeah. I would've felt horrible to tell her she couldn't go."
"Spence, that's part of being a parent."
"I know. I just don't like to."
"Okay, isn't it usually the woman's job to worry, and freak out, like you said?"
"I'm a protective dad Teddy. It's my job too."
"Alright. I can't believe you didn't think that the court date was tomorrow."
"I know, I can be an airhead sometimes."
"Spence, you're right. But I still love you."
"Yeah."
THE NEXT DAY- AT COURTHOUSE- TEDDY POV-
We just got at the courthouse after dropping the kids off at my mom's. I see Jesse talking to, a doctor? He's looking really upset. We picked Hope's name for the baby, Nikki. And told the kids last night.
"Spence, is that Jesse? The one talking to a doctor?" I ask.
"Yeah. He looks upset." Spence answers.
"Why?" I ask.
"I don't know, let's go find out." Spence says, then we start to walk over to Jesse and the doctor.
"Hey Jesse. What's up? You okay?" Spence says when we get over to them.
"No. Doctor, why don't you explain why no one bothered to tell me, Spencer, or Teddy that the baby girl had problems?" Jesse says clearly showing anger in his voice.
"There were some problems. The baby girl-"
"Nikki." I say cutting the doctor off.
"Rebecca was severely hit in the stomach during the accident. And Nikki, had some problems because Nikki was hit in the head. She, died, this morning." Then I start to cry.
"Why didn't anyone tell us?" Spencer asks in rage.
"We weren't sure she'd be adopted this fast, and we thought she'd die before someone adopted her."
"That's no excuse to just, not notify Jesse that she was going to die." Spence says, still mad that no one had the common sense to tell us or Jesse that she had problems.
"We're very sorry."
"Sorry is no excuse. I'm glad you're not going to be my doctor." I say sobbing.
"You're a sorry excuse for a doctor. That's what you are." Spencer says before walking out with me.
"Hey, Spencer. I am so, so sorry. I just got there about 10 minutes before you did, and he told me and when you got there, I was still yelling at him. I'm so sorry. I didn't know she had problems." Jesse says catching up with us.
"It's fine dude. I'm just as mad as you. Maybe a little more being we were going to be her legal parents." Spencer says.
"Yeah. Well, at least you're still having one. Congrats by the way." Jesse says shaking Spencer's hand and hugging me.
"Thanks. How's your girlfriend, Kate?" I say.
"She's good. The baby's healthy. I can't wait to know the gender."
"How far along is she?" Spence asks.
"She's about 3 months."
"What are you hoping for?" I ask.
"A boy. She wants a girl." He replies.
"Yeah. This one's gender is going to be a secret, because we wanted to be surprised." Spence says.
"How are the other kids? Haven't heard about them in a while." Jesse says.
"They're all doing good. They're all super excited about the new one too." Spence replies.
"That's good. Well, I probably should get going."
"Yeah, us too." Spence says.
"Nice seeing you again Teddy."
"Nice to see you too Jesse."
"Bye Spencer."
"Bye Jesse."
DUNCAN HOUSE- TEDDY POV-
"Hey, where's Nikki?" My mom says when we get in. I immediately start to cry again.
"It's okay Teddy." Spence says comforting me.
"She died. No one told us she had problems. Rebecca got hit severely in the stomach during the accident, causing problems for her. And now, she's gone." Spencer says clearly mad.
"Oh, honey. I'm so sorry." My mom says hugging me.
"Want me to get the kids?" Spence asks me.
"No, you guys go home, they can go to their friends' houses again. You need time to calm down."
"Thanks mom." I say.
"No problem, that's what moms are for." My mom says hugging me again.
"Bye." I say.
"Bye." My mom says.
HOME- TEDDY POV-
"Want me to make you anything?" Spence asks when we get in the house.
"No, I'm fine."
"Teddy, you still have to eat."
"I'm not hungry right now."
"Okay."
"I'm going to go lie down." I say before kissing Spencer and disappearing upstairs.
LATER- 5:00 P.M.- TEDDY POV-
"Hey." I say to Spencer walking downstairs.
"Hey. You're mom texted you while you were sleeping. She said you could pick up the kids. I told her it was me and you were sleeping and I'd go pick them up after you got up."
"Thanks Spence."
"No problem. I'll tell the kids you're upset and when they're home we can tell them if you're okay with it."
"Okay."
"Bye." Spence says, then kisses me.
"Bye." I say before he closes the door.
25 MINUTES LATER- TEDDY POV-
"Hey mom." The kids say coming into the house.
"Hey kids." I say.
"Where's Nikki? I named her and I'm excited to see her!" Hope says.
"Um. Here's the thing Hope." Spence starts to say.
"Hope, Rebecca got hit in the stomach really bad, causing Nikki to have some problems." I say.
"What kind of problems?" Hope asks.
"She, died." I say, then Hope looks sad and mad.
"So I named a dead baby?"
"No, Hope. You named her before she died, but she did die."
"I can't believe this." Then Hope goes running upstairs.
"Hope wait-" I say then she slams her Rosie and Liv's door.
"I'll go talk to her." Rosie says.
"No, this is something I need to talk to her about." I say before getting up and going upstairs.
When I get in the girls' room, I see Hope on her bed laying towards the wall. I sit on the end of her bed.
"Hope."
"No mom. You can't make this better."
"How do you know?" I ask.
"Because, I was so excited that I named my little sister. I was thrilled to feel that important. Now I'm just the kid that almost died when I was born, and I'm invisible."
"Since when have you been invisible?"
"Since always. Olivia and Xander are the oldest, so they get to do things I can't. Rosie is the smart and funny one. Elliot has dyslexia so he gets favored. I'm just normal and ordinary."
"I hate to break it to you, but you're anything but ordinary."
"How mom?"
"Because, you're the youngest. You're identical to Rosie, you're smart, and you named your little sister."
"That died."
"But it's proof that you're just as important as the others."
"I've always felt singled out."
"Why?" I ask.
"Whenever I wanna play outside with the other kids they always tell me no."
"You have a breathing problem Hope, but that's no reason you can't play. Is that why you're always in your room when the others are all playing?"
"Yeah…"
"Well, the next time they play and single you out, we'll do our own little thing. Hey, you get to eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, when Liv and Xander don't. They have a peanut allergy. And you can get daises, roses, tulips, and other flowers on Valentine's Day, the twins can't. Because they have a flower allergy."
"Yeah, I guess that's a plus."
"But you better not be getting any flowers soon or your dad will hunt that boy down." I say then we both laugh.
"There's that famous Hope smile I love to see."
"Mom?"
"Yeah Hope?"
"Are you going to pick a new name for the new baby?"
"I sure am."
"Okay." Hope says then we hug.
"Wanna go back downstairs? It's Saturday, we can watch a movie. I'll even let you pick it."
"Okay." She says before we go downstairs.
"Hey, how'd it go?" Spence says.
"Fine. She feels better now."
"Okay, that's good. We going to watch a movie?"
"Yeah, I said Hope could pick it."
"Good. So, have anything in mind Hope?"
"Um, can we watch Finding Nemo?"
"It's your choice, of course we can." I say then Spencer grabs it and puts it in.
AFTER MOVIE- SPENCER POV-
When the movie ends I look over to see that the kids and Teddy are sleeping. I get up and start taking all the kids to bed.
When I'm back downstairs after taking the last one to bed I see Teddy's still sleeping. I grab a blanket and cover her up, letting her sleep on the couch because I know she has been really stressed lately and I didn't want to wake her up.
Then I shut everything off and go upstairs to bed.
THE NEXT MORNING- SPENCER POV-
"Dad, why is mom sleeping on the couch?" Hope asks.
"Because she fell asleep on the couch. And I didn't wanna wake her up because she's been really stressed lately."
"I don't remember going upstairs." Rosie says.
"Because I took you all upstairs."
"How come you didn't take mom upstairs?" Elliot asks.
"Because she's a little bigger than you, and with her carrying the baby, she's a little heavier."
"So… You're saying she's fat?" Xander asks.
"No, I'd never say that." I answer.
"So… You're saying you're weak?" Xander asks.
"Sure. If it makes this conversation stop, then yes. Do you kids want to go play outside?"
"Can we go to the park?" Olivia asks.
"I don't want to leave your mom here all alone."
"Why not?" Rosie asks.
"In case she has the baby. It's the first of June, so the baby's due in 4 days." I say. I seriously can't believe she's due in just 4 days.
"Oh. So the baby's going to be here in 4 days?" Elliot asks.
"No, not necessarily. The baby could be here tomorrow, the next day, the day after that, on time, or late. It depends on when the baby wants to come." I say.
"So what would happen if the baby came today?" Xander asks.
"She's 9 months, so it wouldn't be bad. But if the baby comes late, it depends on how late, but there could be problems if the baby's too late."
"Okay."
"Why don't you go outside and when she wakes up and has breakfast maybe we'll go to the park."
"Okay." The kids say going outside.
10 MINUTES LATER- TEDDY POV-
When I wake up, I look right across from me, and Spencer's sitting in the chair across from the couch.
"Did you watch me sleep?" I ask.
"No."
"Why am I on the couch?"
"Because you fell asleep and you've been really stressed, so I let you sleep. I didn't wanna wake you."
"Thanks."
"No problem. I'll get you some breakfast."
"What day is it today?" I ask.
"Sunday, June 1st. Why?"
"Wow. I'm due in four days." I say surprised.
"Yep. You should probably be taking it easy."
"Spence, I've done this two times before already. I know."
"I know, but you know me. I'm protective like that."
"I feel bad for Skylar. She's 1 week overdue."
"I know. I remember when that was you."
"Yeah, except I was pregnant with triplets and I was 10 and ½ months before I actually had them."
"Okay, not the best example. But still, you sort of know how it feels."
"Yeah."
"Oh yeah, the kids wanted me to take them to the park but I said I didn't wanna go without you and without you knowing."
"You can go. I'll be-"
"No, no you won't. You're 4 days away from your due date, the baby will be here any time."
"I don't feel up to going. I'll be fine here."
"No, we won't go. I don't want you going into labor when I'm gone."
"Spence, please."
"Teddy, I'm staying here with you. Okay?"
"Fine. But you're telling the kids."
"Dad!" I hear Olivia yell. I try to stand up quickly, then Spence helps me up. I quickly go out back with Spence. Hope was laying on the ground with her hands over her throat gasping for air.
"What? What happened?"
"We were playing and she just fell down." Liv says scared.
"Liv, go grab her inhaler." Then Liv runs into the house and returns with Hope's inhaler. When Spence gives it to Hope she takes it and Spence helps her sit up.
"Was she running Liv?" I ask.
"Only a little. We were just playing. And she- she just, fell down." Liv says almost crying and terrified.
"Okay." I say.
"Will she be okay mom?"
"Yeah, see. Your dad is helping her." I say looking over at Spence and Hope. She was starting to breathe again.
"Okay. Are you okay Hope?" I say after she was breathing again.
"Yeah. I'm fine."
"Let's go inside." I say.
"What were you kids doing that got you to have an attack Hope?" Spence asks when we get inside.
"We were just playing and stuff. I didn't feel too good so I stopped, and I just fell cause I couldn't breathe."
"Okay. I want you to take it easy for the rest of the day." Spence says.
"Spence, why don't you go to the park with the rest of the kids, and I'll stay here with Hope. That way, if the baby does come, she can call you." I say.
"Teddy, you're not going to give up are you?"
"The kids do need to go outside the house once and a while."
"Fine."
"Thanks mom." Xander says then the kids hug me before they leave.
"Bye." Spence says.
"Bye. I'll be fine. Don't worry, please." I say then he kisses me before they all leave.
"So, what do you want to do?" I ask Hope.
"I don't know."
"We can do anything you want."
"Can we color?"
"Of course. I'll go get some coloring books. You can grab some crayons if you want." I say before I go upstairs to get some coloring books.
When I get back downstairs, I see Hope over by the window looking out of it.
"What's wrong?" I ask.
"I saw someone."
"It was probably just a neighbor." I say.
"They were looking in here."
"Well, they were probably just looking for someone."
"It was a guy. He looked mad." Then it hits me.
"I'm gonna text your dad really quick." I say grabbing my phone.
TEXTING SPENCER- T= TEDDY S= SPENCER-
T= Hey. How are the kids?
S= Good. You?
T= Okay.
S= Why okay?
T= While I was upstairs getting some coloring books, Hope saw some guy that looked mad looking through the window. Do you think it was Beau?
S= Beau? No. Isn't he in jail?
T= He got like 7 years in jail and 3 years probation.
S= So he'd be out by now, right?
T= Right, but on probation.
S= Okay. I'm coming home.
T= No, I wanna spend time with Hope. She's been feeling left out lately. If anything happens I'll text you.
S= You're not going to let me win, are you?
T= Nope. Please?
S= Fine. But I wanna know AS SOON as something happens.
T= Okay. I love you.
S= I love you too.
DONE TEXTING SPENCER- TEDDY POV-
"Okay. Wanna color now?" I say to Hope setting my phone down on the table.
"Yes."
"Okay. I grabbed a few books so you can pick one." I say laying the books down on the table. Then after Hope thinks for a bit she picks one.
"Good choice. You know, I loved coloring when I was younger." I say opening my coloring book to an uncolored page.
"Cool."
"I haven't been able to just sit down and talk to you for a while. What's your favorite thing to do in school?"
"I like math. I think I'm pretty good at it."
"That's good. I'm glad you like something that you have to know to succeed in life. What's your least favorite?"
"Um, I don't know. I don't really have a least favorite."
"Which one's the hardest?"
"Probably doing science. But I like it, it's just hard."
"Well, if you're having trouble, you walk home. So you could get some help after school."
"Did you ever have to stay after school?"
"No. But that's because I usually asked the teacher after class, because in high school you go to a different room every different class you have."
"Oh. Was it hard when you had Liv and Xander in school?"
"Um, actually I had to quit school because it was getting stressful and having twins isn't easy when you're in school. But that certainly doesn't mean you can't quit school or have babies when you're in high school."
"Don't worry mom. I won't."
"Good. Are you hungry yet?" I say.
"Yeah."
"Okay, wanna help me make some milkshakes?" I've been craving a lot of ice cream lately.
"Sure."
"Okay, I'll scoop the ice cream." I say getting the ice cream out of the freezer.
"Okay."
"There, now before you turn it on we have to get the lid or it'll-" Then Hope turns the blender on and milk and ice cream goes everywhere. I quickly turn off the blender and we both start laughing.
"Do that." I say.
"Sorry mom."
"Hope, trust me. We've all done it."
"Even you?"
"Even me."
"Sorry."
"It's okay. Let's get this mess cleaned up." I say then we start cleaning up.
1 HOUR LATER- TEDDY POV-
"Well that was fun. Coloring, making a mess." Hope says.
"Yeah. I kinda wish I wasn't gonna have a baby, I'd get to do a lot more with you." I say.
"It's okay mom. I'm glad I'm getting a little sister or little brother."
"Thanks Hope." Then I sigh.
"What's wrong?"
"I've just been thinking. By the time I have this baby, you and your siblings will all be on summer vacation. Where will you kids go when I need to be at the hospital?"
"Can't we be at the hospital too?"
"Well, you could be there for a while, but you'd get tired and want to go home. I'll be in the hospital for at least 12 hours."
"Why?"
"Cause it takes a while to have the baby."
"I wish I could be there the whole time."
"Yeah, I know. And if it's going to be like any other time, like when I had you Rosie and Elliot, or Liv and Xander, it'll be longer. When I had Liv and Xander I was there for about 15 hours, and when I had you Rosie and Elliot, it was about 23 hours. So who knows how long I'll be in there."
"What about dad?"
"He'll be with me the whole time."
"Oh."
"Too bad I can't just get it over with, having babies isn't fun."
"So I've heard. From you."
"Yeah."
"We're home."
"Hey. How was the park?"
"Good. How are you?"
"Fine. Just talking to Hope." I say hugging Hope.
"Well, why don't I make some lunch?"
"Okay. I'm just going to go outside one second." I say getting up to go out front.
OUTSIDE- TEDDY POV-
"What are you doing here? Do you want me to call the police again?" I say. Beau was out front looking in the window.
"I've changed Teddy, really. You gotta believe me."
"What makes you think I should after trying to rape me, kill my husband, and kidnapping my kids."
"Teddy, I was messed up then, I'm in college, have a job. Please."
"I'm not going to be with you anyway, I'm married."
"You actually got married to Spencer finally?"
"Yeah. And I have 5 great kids, and one on the way."
"I really am sorry Teddy. I was messed up then and I'm different now. Please give me a chance."
"No. Don't make me go get Spencer. You very well know what he'll do to you if he finds out you're checking me out through the window. And don't look at my daughter ever again. Or it'll be me who will be dealing with you. Momma bear."
"What do I have to do to get you to at least tolerate me?"
"Leave my property, or I'm getting Spence."
"Teddy I-"
"If you're not gone by the time I go inside I'm getting Spence. You'd better start now."
"Just hear me out."
"You have 3 minutes. And be thankful I'm not giving you 3 seconds."
"I don't deserve being your boyfriend. Maybe not even your friend. But I have no friends in college, because they're all scared of me. I've changed, really. And if you at least be my friend, maybe that'll show the people in college I'm not that bad."
"I'm not going to be your friend after what you did. Friends don't do that to each other." Then I go inside and shut the door.
"Who was out there?" Spence asks.
"No one. Just the wrong house." I say rather unconvincingly.
"Okay." He says.
"That's your first mistake Teddy." I hear someone say, but I just shrug it off.
Well? How was it? I'm sicker than a dog. Mayyybee reviews will make me feel better! ;)
I've been drinking orange juice for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. And I've been taking vitamins. And I've been curled up in a ball writing fanfiction for the past few days. At least I've got something to do while I'm sick... The best part is... I'm diabetic and my blood sugar is going ALLLL over the place! High then low, low then high, high then high, low then low, low then normal, high then normal. But never normal then normal! When I'm sick anyway...
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