His Forever Flame

34. Twins

After Jay and Lauren returned home, they did a lot of talking and resting. She told him she was fine if he wanted to go back to work, but he stayed with her for the first week and a half. He promised he was always just a phone call away, and that even the slightest twinge to call and he would be home.

Lauren laughed and told him she would be fine. So on April eighteenth he went back to work. He worked out a deal with Voight that he stayed in the office and worked with Mouse as much as possible. He didn't want to be out on a bust and Lauren call. Voight understood and kept him in with Mouse.

It was fun working with Mouse again. It reminded him of their Army days. Mouse was the brains behind the technology, and Jay pieced everything together helping the team out. Every day coming home to Lauren was the best. He loved being able to take care of her and do things around the house.

She had stuck to the bed rest and rarely did anything but watch TV or read during the days. On Shay's days off, she and Kelly would come over and keep her company. On the twenty-third, Lauren was thirty-six weeks. They knew the twins could come at any time now, but they were hoping they would wait despite how uncomfortable Lauren had become.

Shay and Natalie planned her a baby shower at their apartment for the twenty-third. Everyone from the district and fire hall showed up. Even some of the doctors and nurses Will and Natalie worked with at Med came too. They had a really great time, and got tons of things they needed.

They mainly got diapers and wipes and onesies and outfits, and Lauren was so thankful. She'd ordered some sheets for their crib and curtains off Amazon, and Jay had ordered the other crib with the promise to put it together whenever they needed.

She'd sat in the rocker after everyone left and told him where to put everything. She absolutely loved the nursery. He'd done a perfect job with it. The walls were pale yellow with one thick brown stripe running around the center. They'd hung the babies' initials on the wall. They were giving the twins the same initials, but they ordered two sets for when they got their own rooms.

They'd put a couple of the ultrasound pictures in frames and put them in the room. They also had a twelve month frame for both babies, and each month Lauren was going to add pictures to them. She had the canvases ready to make once the babies got here. The closet and dresser were full of clothes and they had plenty of diapers to start out. She was so excited for the babies to be here.

It'd been three weeks to the day (April 26) since she'd been admitted to the hospital for contractions and stayed overnight. She was glad that all of that was behind them now, and they were moving forward getting ready for their babies. Jay was at work, and she was laying around on the couch watching a movie on Netflix.

The babies had been kicking hard all day, and her back had been killing her. She didn't think she was contracting, but she was severely uncomfortable. She decided to go take a hot bath thinking that would help her back. On her way to the bathroom, she felt like she'd peed on herself. She sighed; it was always something since this last week. She was so ready for these babies to be here, even though she knew they needed to stay a little longer.

She stripped and got in the bath with a sigh. "Ok mommy's little loves, settle down for a nap. Mommy's hurting," she whispered rubbing her belly hoping to settle her two active little ones. Once the water started turning cool she got out. She was still hurting, but not as bad. She started a load of laundry and then laid down hoping she could rest.

After an hour she decided that laying down made her even more uncomfortable. She kept getting these sharp pains in her back, and the babies had not settled. She got up and decided to get back on the couch. On her way, she found the babies seemed to calm down as long as she was up. She rubbed her back and sighed.