~Tony’s POV~
Kari and I sat down on the couch. We were watching T.V when all of the sudden I heard Kari wince in pain. I heard her trying to control her breathing.
“What’s wrong?” I asked becoming worried.
“It’s coming…” I heard her faintly whisper.
“What’s coming?” I asked confused.
“The baby….it’s coming.” She replied. My eyes went wide and I stood up quickly. I began to freak out and start pacing in random directions. It’s like I forgot everything in a split second.
“Ok don’t freak out.” I said to Kari as I continued to pace.
“Tony, you’re the only one freaking out. Just go upstairs and get the baby bag.”
“I forgot what the baby bag is.” I said. My whole mind was blank.
“Just go into the baby’s room and you’ll see it.”
“Ok.” I ran up the stairs. Half way up the stairs, I tripped. I stood back up and ran to the baby’s room. I grabbed the bag and headed back downstairs. I went into the kitchen and frantically looked for the car keys. I couldn’t find them. I headed to the living room to see that Kari was gone. I turned to see that the front door was opened. I looked outside and saw that Kari was already waiting in the car for me. I ran outside and got in the car. I threw the bag to the backseat and put my hands on the steering wheel trying to catch my breath from all the running. I turned to Kari, “Are you doing ok?
“Yes I’m fine.” I turned back to the front and looked into the horizon. “Tony, go.”
“Go where?”
“The hospital.” I didn’t even notice that we never left the house.
“Oh right.” I began to drive to the hospital. We finally arrived and I pulled up by the emergency room. Nurses brought out a wheelchair and helped Kari into it. I moved the car to the parking lot and ran inside the hospital. I saw the nurses lead Kari into a bathroom for her to change into a hospital gown. I took out my phone and called Kari’s dad. I told him that Kari was going to have the baby and he said he was on his way. Before putting my phone back in my pocket, I decided to call the guys and tell them as well. They sounded excited and were also on their way. Kari came out of the bathroom and was led to a room. I followed behind as she sat on a bed. The nurses told us that it would be a while for the baby to actually come and that Kari could walk or stay in the room until it was time. They left us alone in the room and I took a seat on the couch in the corner of the room. I sighed as the adrenaline was slowly starting to wear off. A few minutes later, Kari’s dad walked in. He and Kari decided to go for a walk. I went out to the waiting room and took a seat when I saw all the guys there.
“Does he look like you?” Vic asked as soon as he saw me.
“He hasn’t been born yet.”
“But I thought her water broke.” Jaime said.
“It did but it takes a while for the kid to be born.”
“Are you nervous bro?” Mike asked me.
“Yea. I honestly don’t know what to expect. I hope everything goes well.”
“Don’t worry everything is going to be fine.” Vic reassured me. A nurse walked towards us.
“Kari is ready to go into labor. Would you like to come on back sir?” she said to me. I looked at the guys then back at the nurse. I nodded and got up as I followed her. We got to the room where Kari was at. I saw Kari lying on the bed trying to control her breathing. I walked over to her and held her hand. The doctor walked in and got some last minute things ready.
“Ok Kari. You’re doing great. Now push.” She said. Kari did as told. She started to scream and cry and she squeezed my hand. She continued to push. I was focused on supporting Kari when I heard a baby start to cry. The baby was finally out and I looked over to it. I was handed the baby and I held it in my arms. I stared at my son in awe. I handed him back to a nurse and she wrapped him in a blanket. She handed him to Kari and she gazed at him the same way. The nurse took back the baby and took him to where the other newborns were.
The doctor was about to clean up when I heard her say “Wait… I see another head.”
“What? How if we weren’t expecting twins.”
“The kids were probably so close together that you couldn’t tell that there was two in the ultrasound.” I returned to Kari’s side and held her hand once again. She screamed and cried the same way. I felt overwhelmed when I saw the second baby and heard it cry. I felt myself losing balance and all of the sudden the world went black.
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I woke up to the feeling of someone poking my face. I opened my eyes to see everyone staring at me.
“Oh my god I had the weirdest dream that we had twins Kari.” I said. I saw her holding our child.
“It wasn’t a dream.” She said motioning to her dad who was holding another baby. The doctor walked in a few minutes later.
“Have you decided what you want to name them?” I looked at Kari then back to the doctor.
“Lysander.” I said. She wrote it down.
“Ok and for the girl?” my eyes went wide.
“G-girl?” I asked.
“Yes. The second child was a girl.” The doctor informed us.
“Elisa. Like my mom.” Kari said not taking her eyes of the baby in her hands. The doctor gave us the babies’ birth certificates and left the room. I got up and walked over to Kari. “This one is the girl.” She told me.
“Can I hold her?” I asked. She nodded and handed me our daughter. I went back to the couch and sat with her in my arms. I couldn’t take my eyes off her. Kari spent the night at the hospital. The next day, we went back home. Kari’s dad bought us another car seat for Elisa. We got the kids in the car and drove home. When we arrived, we went upstairs and put the babies into their cribs. “Good thing the guys gave us another crib.”