if three's a crowd chapter 8
Summary: The babies are coming!!!
I OWN NOTHING!
Chapter 8
Vicki grabbed at her abdomen, the pain shooting through her. She reached out her free hand and hit Mike's arm. He sat up groggily. "Wha's'wrog?"
"It hurts." she hissed. His eyes shot open and he jumped out of the bed.
"Okay...uh...ARABELLA!" he called. The midwife came in, then saw Vicki's distress.
"It's time!" she beamed. She ran out and Vicki looked at Mike.
"Where's Henry?"
"He went to the bookstore when he woke up. He should be back soon." he sat beside her and then Arabella ran back in, Caroline on her heels. Not long after, Henry got there and Mike called Coreen, so she was there soon after. When everyone was there, Henry and Mike sat on either side of her while Coreen operated a small camcorder.
Near dawn, the twins were born. David Richmond NelsonCelluciFitzroy and Dusk Caroline NelsonCelluciFtizroy. The daughter's name had come from Mike and Vicki'd been so exhausted she'd agreed immediately before they'd been shooed out.
"Where are my babies?" she asked immediately. Henry and Mike came back in and Arabella handed the screaming babies to Vicki. Both had blond-red hair and their mother's eyes.
"Glad there weren't any drugs?" Mike smiled, leaning over her shoulder to smile down at the babies. Henry sat beside her on the bed.
"Shush." she scolded. He laughed.
"You need to sleep." Henry soothed, brushing back her hair.
"No, I don't need sleep." she shook her head, eyes intent on memorizing everything about the two blessings. Most of their faces seemed to be made of crying mouths. Tiny noses, tiny ears, squinted eyes. Ten tiny fingers were curled up and peeking out of the blankets. "They're so perfect. Look at them." she cooed. The screaming and crying quieted and slowed and then David and Dusk were sleeping.
"Alright. We should lay them down." Arabella and Mike carefully took the baies and laid them in the large bassonet beside the bed. Caroline and Arabella left and Henry, Mike, and Vicki all laid down, all watching the bassonet. The dawn came, claiming Henry, and Mike fell asleep not long after. Vicki stayed awake, waiting for the babies to wake up, worried something would happen. There was a whine and she jumped up, Mike waking and following not a second later. She picked up Dusk and rocked her gently.
"Well, so much for worrying I'd sleep through the crying." Mike sighed. She smiled, handing him the little girl. "Hello, Dusk." he smiled. She just looked around and started screaming again. He rocked the child and she calmed. "You like to move around a lot." he cooed. The more he rocked her, the quicker she went to sleep. He set her back down and looked at Vicki. "I can die a happy man." he smiled, voice barely a whisper. She leaned her forehead against his and nodded.
They laid back down and actually slept, neither seeing the red eyes in the corner, watching the two new babes. "Meus liberi."