Bumps In The Road

Chapter 5: 13 Weeks

The week passes by quick enough, but poor Scar got yelled at by her parents, calling her horrible and disgusting names until she ran out of the house and has been staying with us ever since. And she hasn't heard from Carson ever since she told him over the phone after he wouldn't come talk to her in person. I remember exactly what happened when she came home crying.

"K- Kynz- Kynzlee!!" I hear the voice of my best friend Scarlette sobbing as she enters my room.

"What's wrong Scar? What happened?!" I hold onto her until she calms down enough to talk.

"Well, I went home and I called Carson, but he wouldn't come to see me, and we got into an argument and I told him to never speak to me again. Then I yelled down the phone that I was pregnant with his baby, and he just hung up on me! What worse was that my mom heard! She barged into my room and started yelling at me, she said "No daughter of mine in their right mind would go and get knocked up! You're just a little whore ready to spread your legs for anyone! You better abort it or I want you gone. You can go fuck your sleazy men for rent money." So I told her I could never abort a baby, I don't believe in it. She said I better get rid of it somehow or she'll do it for me, then my dad walked in, having heard everything she said. He was crying, Kynz! But he was willing to support me! He told me that if I gave it up for adoption then he'd be willing to keep me in the house, but I wasn't allowed to leave the house until the birth. I told them I wanted to keep the baby, because you were right. I could never give my baby up, especially since its my fault it was conceived and since its dad doesn't even want it! My mom dragged me out of the house and threw me on the porch! She told me to get lost. They called me a disgrace to the family. I don't know what to do, should I take my dad's offer, maybe I can do an open-" it was at that moment I cut her off.

"Its your baby and you do what you want with them. You wanted to keep them, you keep them. No one will tell you what to do with your baby."

So Jax had become the man we both needed at this moment. And we couldn't be more grateful for him. Luckily Scar found a job with Jax and I at Wal-Mart. We had to pull a few strings but we're close with the manager so we got it for her with no problem. But, anyway, today was the day. We get to see our little ones today! After that stuff happened with Scarlette's family, she's been more excited about the idea of her being a mommy. And I couldn't be happier for the both off us. We're both about the same size, although her belly is a bit bigger than mine for some reason, but not too much. I have just hit 13 weeks, and Scar is only two days behind me, its a little harder to hide my growing bump, but big shirts and hoodies have done the job for the most part, but since its the middle of spring I won't be able to stand them for much longer, sadly.

"I'm done with jeans. They're getting too small and uncomfortable," Scar walks in with a pair of sweatpants on and a flowy blue shirt that still hides her bump.

"I'm lucky I'm smaller than you are, but I can barely hide this anymore, and we're only 13 weeks!" I turn around in my regular black leggings, since that's all I'm comfortable in anymore, and a black graphic tee with courage the cowardly dog on the front that clearly shows my swollen bump, paired with chucks. Its just the doctor, who cares?!

"You look good. Lets go, Jax is waiting on us." I quickly grab my phone and my card before she drags us out of my room and out of the house.

"Mamaw said I have an appointment to get my intermediates on my birthday! Only 3 months away! Weird, since my due date should be 3 months after that." I grin at Scar and Jax, laying a hand on my growing stomach and shriek at the weird feeling inside of me.

"Kynz are you okay?!" Jax places a hand on my stomach and checks for anything wrong with a crazed look in his eye.

"Y-yeah. I just felt...I just felt the baby! It was like a piece of popcorn popping inside of me. Maybe the baby stretched?" I grin. It all is suddenly so real, I have a little human, living and growing inside of me! They can kick, and punch me. I can feel them, they can feel me! I rub the fluttering spots on either side of my stomach.

"I wish my baby would move, I can't wait until we can find out the genders!" Scarlette pouts, rubbing her slightly rounded stomach.

"I think I'm going to get a few small, gender neutral stuff today. Just some binkies and bottles. And some wipes and diapers. Then maybe a few white onesies to start me off. I really can't wait to know the gender either!! I can get a little tux for a boy, or cute little outfits for a girl!" We all grin as we pull up to the office.

We all head inside and check in for our double appointment, we decided to just double up on appointments so we could be together and split the cost.

A younger lady peeks out from the doors leading to the patient rooms, "Kynzlee Brighten, and Scarlette Whebb?" we both stand up and follow her, Jax in tow, before settling into the comfortable chairs the nurse, Emery, invites us into.

"So you're here for a prenatal exam and an ultrasound, correct?" we nod, "Well, per protocol, you have to give us a urine sample so we can confirm the pregnancies, then the doctor will come in and give you your physical exam, then you will have a look at your little ones, is that alright with you?" we both nod again, and she hands us the sample cups.

Thirty minutes later, after two samples, very awkward vaginal exams, and many measurements, we're trying to decide who should go first. How, you may ask? Rock, paper, scissors.

"I win! So, me first! I'm so excited, but scared!" I say after three rounds of matching throws, I'm so happy!

"Alright, this will be a little cold," the OBGYN, Dr. Bella is her name, warns before squirting the chilled gel onto my bloated stomach, causing me to shiver. A blurry, yet clear black and white picture of my insides pops up on the screen. "This is your baby," she points to a small shape, clearly with a head and small limbs, that's curled into a ball like its sleeping, but with its little limbs by its face. "Since he or she too young and their genitalia isn't the clearest, we won't be able to tell the gender clearly until about 16-20 weeks, but they're sucking their thumb!" she clicks a picture, "Now lets listen to the heartbeat," she presses a few buttons before a quick thumping fills the room, like a steady marching drum. Its music to my ears. That's my little baby! My healthy little baby!

"Can I record it?" I ask, pulling out my phone. This way I won't have to pay for the CD.

"Absolutely." then for the next minute or two I record the little thumping, making sure its the only sound as Jax kisses my head with love for our baby in his eyes.

"Its beautiful, that's my little baby!" tears form in my eyes and and pictures are taken until the sound is turned off and Scar is laying in my place.

"Now, again, this will be cold," She shivers as the gel hits her stomach, before she presses the wand against her slightly larger stomach and moves it around to find the baby.

"Here it is! Now for the heartbeat," she presses those same buttons, and a beating with no breaks fills the room.

"Is it supposed to be that fast?" Jax grabs my hand in anticipation of Dr. Bella's reply. What if something's wrong with her baby?!

"Actually, yes. Congratulations, you're having twins!" the breath is knocked out of me, three gasps full the room. She hands us all our sonogram pictures before pointing out the babies one last time.

Not one baby, but two. Twins. Scarlette is having twins!

Oh.. My.. Babies.