Christian and Elliot were sat in Ivy's room, the long silence finally punctuated by Elliot. 'Fucking hell, why can't she just wake up?'
Elliot had tears in his eyes but laughed 'she's got to wake up, I can't wait for the day she has to explain to the children about the marks on her arms'.
Christian laughed slightly And they both looked down at her thin, pale arms, the old track marks and self harm marks painfully visible up and down them.
'I wish I could have met her earlier...known her for longer'. Elliot nodded 'well, you've got all the time in the world once she finally wakes up'.
Daniel was in the doorway when they looked up. He looked like he hadn't eaten a proper meal in months and he was already taking off the jacket on the expensive suit he was wearing, clearly annoyed by it.
'Well, I won, I guess that's a small victory'. They were all aware that it was a huge case he had been working on, and winning was massive for both him and the firm, but all he wanted was Ivy back.
'Well done mate, you should give yourself some time off now'. Daniel nodded, eyes never leaving Ivy 'I am...all I'll be doing is sitting here with my unresponsive fiancée and my unborn children...when she wakes up Ivy's going to kill me for being like this'.
Both Elliot and Christian smiled, knowing he was right, Ivy would want to know why he hadn't been out being productive.
Daniel sat down heavily on the last spare chair and slowly took off his tie 'I found out the sexes, you know, of the babies...they gave it to me on a slip of paper and I told myself I'd wait until she woke up...but I know there's a chance I'll see the babies before I'll see her again...so I read it'.
Christian and Elliot looked up quickly 'you know what sex they are?'. Daniel nodded thoughtfully and the brothers looked a little excited 'so, am I going to have nieces or nephews?'. Daniel sighed 'one of each'.
Ivy was nearly five months when Grace was doing another scan on a Thursday morning, a close friend Dr Michael Sole was with her as they delicately wrote notes on the two little babies inside Ivy's now very large stomach.
'So, Baby A is the male and-' Grace stopped when she saw Michael was no longer listening or looking at her or the scan. 'Michael?'. He looked up with surprise and happiness 'her hand- her fingers just moved'.
Grace looked down quickly with confusion and watched for a minute in total silence before she saw it. Ivy's long, thin fingers were trying to clench into her palm, moving incredibly slowly but still, they were moving.