The Hook-Up (Part Two)

Chapter 291

"Oh my god. Everlee...shhhhh." Lauren almost cried feeling a sense of nausea overcoming her. "Oh god. Eveee. Shhhh...." she said picking up her messy daughter bouncing her to keep her quiet. "I have to...." she told no one in particular shielding her daughter's face as she turned to throw up in the sink.

"Laurrrr." she heard Bruno yell from the front of the house picking up his son who was crawling on the floor unattended after Lauren's bout of morning sickness. "Lauren?" he asked hearing Everlee start to shriek and Ezra respond to her with the same shriek. "Ezra! Shhh. That's not helping." he responded seeing Lauren turn around to face him with a white as snow face with red cheeks. "Come here, Ev.." Bruno told his wife watching her reach her hands out for him. "Go baby..." he said kissing Lauren's cheek watching her run to the bathroom.

"Whyyyy am I still feeling this way?" she asked Bruno from the front bathroom. "whhyyy...." She looked in the mirror quickly braiding her hair swiping on some lip gloss to go see her husband. Turning around she felt small hands hit her ankles. "Oh Eveee....." she responded picking her crawling daughter up. "You gotta keep walking, love." she told her daughter walking to the living room. "Thank you." she told him. "I haven't felt this way since you've been gone."

"You're stressed, Lauren. Calm down..." he said hugging her placing his heart against hers knowing that it would calm her down. "Calm down, baby...."

"Don't leave...." she whispered without thinking. "Don't leave...."

"I have to, mama." he replied still holding onto her.

"I know." she told him letting go of him. "I'm sorry. I have to stop. I can't have these breakdowns all the time while you're gone. I just can't." she said sitting down holding her stomach with one hand and the other holding onto Ezra.

"You can do it. I know you can." he said sitting down with her setting Everee next to her brother. He watched her close her eyes letting go of Everlee. She felt Bruno stand up and his feet trailing a walking child with small laughs escaping her lips. Oh god. It's so perfect. Lauren thought opening her eyes seeing Ezra holding onto the edge of the side table trying to follow his sister and father. Phone, phone, phone..she thought reaching for it stumbling to turn her camera on. She watched him let go of the table taking a few steps wobbling his arms toward the two other members of his family. He glanced back at his mother watching her waiting for her approval.

"Go, Ezra....go...." she whispered to him getting her approval waving his arms right into his sister pushing her down right into Bruno's legs. He turned to Lauren seeing her burst out laughing at what had just happened.

"Did you video tape that?" Bruno asked.

"I did." she smiled waving her phone at him.

"Well good. Because I want to watch it after we get back from the doctor's appointment that we're ten minutes late for..." he told her eying his watch.

"Shit!" she exclaimed jumping up almost falling backwards tripping on some toys.

"Be careful!" Bruno laughed at her helping her get up. "Come on, Laur. I'll call them and tell them we'll be a little late."

About forty minutes later Bru no and Lauren sat in the same doctor's office they had sat in a almost two years prior to find out that they were pregnant with the twins. "Oh my goodness!" the doctor said seeing the twins sitting on the floor next to their parents with toys in their hands. "They are too big!"

"They're walking already..." Lauren smiled. "Right as he's getting ready to go on a 24 month tour of the world..." Lauren said almost about to cry.

"She's exaggerating. It's like 10..." Bruno told the doctor as the doctor motioned for Lauren to sit on the examining table.

"Oh my god. I'm so sorry. I have to stop having these breakdowns. I'm blaming this baby..." she told her husband and doctor.

"It's okay, Lauren. I'm sure it's hard and your hormones are going through a lot of changes..." the doctor responded rubbing her stomach. "Are you ready to see your baby?"

"Yeah. Let's see this baby..." Bruno told them picking up the twins holding onto them.

"But please don't find an extra one in there..." Lauren laughed.

"There's our baby...." the doctor told them pointing to the small body on the screen. "And she's not nearly as acrobatic as Everlee and Ezra were..."

"A girl?" Lauren asked. "Another girl?" she smiled reaching for Bruno's hand that was holding their children.

"And you're due on the 23rd..." the doctor said handing Bruno a printed copy of the ultrasound with the note It's a girl on the bottom.

"Christmas Eve Eve?" Lauren asked.

"A Christmas baby." Bruno said squeezing the twins to make sure they didn't get out of his arms.

"It'll be the best Christmas." Lauren smiled sitting up readjusting herself taking Everlee from Bruno.

"Okay...so our Christmas baby is healthy and fine. We need to see you in a month." the doctor told them writing in her notes.

"After this one can I get those shots or that ring or that thing that just stops me from having periods?" Lauren blurted out. "Please." she smiled awkwardly.

"Yes, Lauren. Yes. We can stop you from ovulating. " the doctor laughed at her.

"Yes. No more babies." Bruno said holding onto Ezra holding him up watching his legs wobble.

"Three is enough for now." Lauren told them taking Everlee to hold her following everyone out of the office. "And flying is okay, right?" she asked the doctor.

"For right now, yes. Just check with me if you decide to fly to Paris or something." the doctor laughed.

"Which is a real possibility...." Bruno said under his breath feeling Lauren punch his side. "I'm just sayin...."