"What?? Today?" Lee calls out, standing in the doorway. "How do you know?" he gives Patty a suspicious look.
"Ssht! Shut up! Don't let Dunk know!" Patty whispers urgently. Lee and I give eachother a meaningful look.
"You lost it! You think the babies are coming when I haven't even had any contractions yet, and than you don't want Dunk to know!?" I shake my head unbelievingly.
"Of course he'll know when it starts! Just don't tell him yet right now, because he'll get all nervous. I suggest that you spend your last afternoon without the babies together in peace and quiet. Watch a movie, or whatever. Just make sure you two will be alone, because that won't happen again for a long time!" she says with an all-knowing look.
"What was all that screaming about?" Dunk reappears.
"Patty�" Lee starts, but Patty interrupts him.
"We have to go!" she stands up and pulls Lee with her.
"Believe me or not, but at least take my advice!" she says to me and they leave quickly.
"What was that all about?" Dunk turns at me astonished after the door's closed.
"Forget about it, she's crazy!" I laugh.
"Oh well," he kisses my forehead. "Than I have time to�" he stops when I grab his hand.
"Is it something important that you have to do?" I ask.
"No, not very important, but I�"
"Can you please come and sit with me?" I give him a sweet smile.
"Sure, what's up?" he immediately sits down and wraps his arms around me.
"Nothing. I just want to spend the afternoon together. Not with you running around the house and me stuck on the couch."
"Oh." It takes a couple of seconds to sink in and than he starts to smile. He gives me a long, long deep kiss.
"That's a good start. Let's do this all afternoon," I grin. His stomach starts to rumble very loud.
"You're such a romantic guy!" I burst out laughing.
"Let's have lunch first, and after that I'll be all romantic again," he grins.
"Let's have lunch in the park," I suggest.
"Good idea. I'll get your shoes," he nods.
After having a hotdog we take a short walk in the park and go back home.
"Wanna watch a movie?" he asks me when I sit down.
"Depends on what movie it is," I shrug.
"Trust me!"
"Okay."
He puts on a dvd and sits down close to me, wrapping his arm around my shoulders. I start to smile when I see that it's Dirty Dancing 2: Havana Nights.
"You see? I can be romantic," Dunk grins at me. I grin back and give him a deep kiss.
"We're gonna miss half of the movie," he whispers, looking deep into my eyes.
"Do you mind?" I whisper back.
"I haven't seen this movie before. I bought it for you," he answers. I shake my head laughing and we watch the movie together. Not without kissing-breaks though!
After the movie has ended I go upstairs to take my afternoon-nap. I can't sleep though, so after a while I go back downstairs to see what Dunk's doing.
"Hey babe, can't sleep? Wait a sec, than I'll come with you," he says when I find him in the kitchen.
I suddenly feel something running down my legs and look down. Groose! Am I wetting my pants? I look up at Dunk, who's staring at me.
"F*ck!" he whispers.
"No thanks. Another time. My water just broke!" I slowly shake my head.
"Yeah I can see that!" he calls out.
"Don't move!" Dunk runs up the stairs and comes back with clean clothes for me. He helps me change and cleans up the mess.
"Go on, sit down on the couch. And when the contractions start, don't forget to check how much time there is between them," he says calmly and makes me sit down. "I'll call your parents, and I'll tell the doctor it has started," he smiles. "And I'll get your bag with clothes and stuff."
Not long after he's left the room I get the first contraction.
"Dunk!" I yell scared. He comes running down the stairs.
"The first one?" he asks and I nod.
"Just keep on breathing honey. Let me see, what time is it. 4.08pm."
"Dunk, I'm scared," I say with a small voice.
"Aww babe, I'll be with you!" he whispers and softly squeezes my hand.
"I'm gonna go upstairs to finish packing. I'll be back before you know it, okay?"
"Okay."
He returns with a small suitcase. "Don't worry honey, your parents are coming, they're taking the first flight they can catch," he smiles. He gives me a big hug and holds me in his arms for a while.
When the contractions come with shorter intervals he gets up and takes our coats.
"Time to go to the hospital now babe!"
"Do we have to?" I ask scared.
"We can wait a little longer, but than it will be harder to get you to the hospital. Or do you want to go there by ambulance?"
"No, no, we'd better go now," I quickly say and he helps me to the car.
In the hospital a nurse puts me in a wheelchair and takes me to a room. As soon as I'm lying in bed, the doctor comes in and starts checking everything. Dunk answers all his questions about what time it started and how fast the contractions are coming, because all I can do is squeeze his hand tightly.
"You'd better try to relax a little, because it's gonna take a couple of hours before you can even go to the delivery room. Don't be so scared, you're in good hands," the doctor says to me and leaves the room.
Thanks to Dunk and his crazy jokes I manage to relax a little. Later the guys and Patty, Tia and Fiona visit us one by one. Late in the evening my parents arrive too, they're staying in a hotel nearby. After they've left the doctor comes back.
"Get ready for a long night, because it's not going very fast. You may go to sleep if you can, you'll wake up immediately if the contractions get stronger," he tells me.
"As if I can sleep," I sigh after he's left. Dunk just smiles and gives me a kiss.
The next morning I'm finally far enough to be transferred to the delivery room. I'm getting scared again, the pain's much stronger now and I'm tired already, and I haven't even started pushing yet!
Many hours of pushing later, the babies still aren't born. I'm exhausted and start crying.
"I can't do it!"
"Yes you can! Just keep on pushing, and I'm sure they'll be born within half an hour!" the doctor encourages me.
"You don't want a C-section after you've worked so hard, do you?" a nurse smiles at me.
"No!" I cry.
"Come on babe! Just think of the 2 beautiful babies you'll be holding when this is over!" Dunk says quietly and gives me a kiss on my hand. "Do it for me!"
Fifteen minutes later the first baby is born.
"It's a girl!" the doctor says and holds her up so I can see her. After Dunk had cut the cord they take her away immediately for cleaning and a check-up, and within a few minutes the other baby is born.
"And a boy!" the doctor holds up a baby-boy. Dunk cuts the cord and they take him away too.
"We've got a boy and a girl Iris!" Dunk whispers at me.
"Are they okay?" I try to get up and see them.
"Can you hear them crying? They're testing their little lungs!" Dunk smiles.
"They're perfectly healthy! Congratulations!" the doctors says to us.
"Just give us a minute, we're wrapping them up and than you can hold them," a nurse calls from the other side of the room.
They bring us two tiny, wrinkled, but beautiful babies. They've got the cutest little noses and hands and baby-blue eyes. With tears in our eyes Dunk and I look at eachother, speechless. When we hold them, they yawn and fall asleep.
"It's been a tiring day for them too," the nurse smiles when she sees it.
After the afterbirth has come, and they've cleaned everything up, they lay the two babies in my arms.
"Can you get Lee in here? He has to meet his new godchildren first," I ask Dunk.
"Of course," he nods and gives me a kiss. Lee comes in, looking really excited, but also worried.
"Are you okay babe?" he asks me and gives me a kiss on my forehead.
"Yeah," I nod. "Lee, meet your goddaughter, Angel Marie-Helene Julie James," I give him the baby-girl.
He carefully holds the tiny girl. Tears fill his eyes, but he's smiling like mad!
"Go on, give her to Dunk, than you can meet your godson," I smile. "Meet Robin Immanuel Ryan James."
Lee looks at Dunk and I with his mouth hanging open.
"Yeah, we named him after you mate," Dunk beams.
Just look at those two! Dunk and Lee proudly holding a small, stirring bundle really carefully and both smiling broadly!
"Show them to the others. I bet they're all waiting impatiently," I say and point to the door.
"A boy and a girl!" I hear Dunk exclaiming proudly in the waiting room, followed by a lot of noise. My parents and Fiona come in for a minute to see how I'm doing and than I can finally go to sleep. I'm so exhausted�
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