The Un-tragic Story of Romeo and Juliet

Chapter 15

Juliet

Two days after my parents came by to warn us, the snow storm hit and we were stuck in the house. Farah was doing fairly well considering the circumstances. I was three weeks away from my due date and I prayed the storm wouldn't hold out that long. We didn't have much to do, so we had to wing it with an energetic one year old.

~Two Weeks Later~

We were still snowed in and I was getting closer and closer to my due date. I felt that the baby was going to be early because I felt the same way as I did before I had Farah. The three of us were skipping around in a circle when I felt a sharp pain in my abdomen and held the pain. Romeo quickly took Farah into her room and put her in her crib with a few of her toys. He closed the door and ran to my side.

Romeo

I ran to Juliet's side and helped her onto the sofa. A few hours passed with her pain coming and going. Until it was time. There was no doctor around because everyone was snowed in. Juliet and I were nervous and of course it was the worst timing of all, when everyone was stuck in a storm. And then the words I really didn't want to hear came out of Juliet's mouth, "I think the baby is coming." What do I do? How do I do this? Then I think back to a year and a half ago when I helped deliver Farah. All you have to do is what the doctor did last year, I kept telling myself.

~Three Hours Later~

I did it. I actually did it. I delivered my children. There was a little shock when we found out that they were twins! We hadn't been able to get to a doctor for a while because of everything happening at once.

Juliet

I was exhausted. But I was so lucky. My children might not have survived between the snowstorm and no doctor. Romeo saved them. He kept them alive in this close death experience. We each held one of our daughters. I remembered about the list Lady Montague had made when Farah was born. It was on the table next to our bed because I was looking at it the night before. I leaned over and got the list. I looked at the names and Romeo looked over at the paper along with me. He pointed to Hazel and looked into her deep brown eyes. "This one is perfect for her," Romeo said. I nodded and looked at her. I pointed to another name, "I really like this one for her," I replied. After minutes of deciding, we came up with a compromise, Hazel Lilli, who was the first born. I looked back at the list. I found all of the names intriguing and beautiful. I looked at my daughter in my arms and I saw Evalyn was a beautiful name. "I love the name Evalyn. I think it is the perfect name," I told Romeo. He agreed with me and so we had three daughters, Farah, Hazel Lilli, and Evalyn. Romeo passed on Hazel and went to get Farah, who eventually fell asleep, to go see her new sisters.

~A Week Later~

The snow storm finally ended and so we had our parents over to see our daughters. When they heard it was two girls, they were disappointed that we hadn't had a boy.