Chapter 2: Some Honeymoon
Tiffani’s Point of View So much for a honeymoon. I woke up this morning with a phone call from my boss saying he wanted me at work at 3pm sharp since we were shooting the season finale for the show and as the star I would be in the center of everything. I don’t know if this is a coincidence or not, but about 2 hours later I was practically spewing toxic waste in the toilet.
I read the newspaper after and some nasty writer from the Scandal says Carlos is just using me for kids. The paparazzi are monsters; do they actually believe the things they write about? I was fuming which was bad since I was due for work in an hour and a half. Luckily Carlos calmed me down with, umm, a little romance.
After it was off to work, and don’t say anything about the outfit. I know it is awful, but my character is going undercover as a schoolteacher in this episode so I don’t really have much say in it.
What was weird was after a couple of hours at work, none of the clothes in wardrobe fit anymore. I was worried I was getting fat, but one of the stylists said “Honey, I think you’ve got bigger things to worry about.” Then she handed me some maternity clothes and asked when I was due.
I’M PREGNANT??!! I took the clothes, put them on, and uncertainly reached down to touch my stomach. Something more than grilled cheese from lunch was in there for sure.
I drove home as fast as I could to tell Carlos the news. He was ecstatic and immediately wanted to buy a crib, toys, and pregnancy books. I told him that before any of that he should get about 20 watermelons for the first of what will be many cravings. Oh, and I also let him feel my tummy.
I didn’t even know they made watermelons that small!
I decided to go to the doctor the next day. While I was plenty nervous, I was not ready to hear I was expecting triplets! A panic attack almost wiped me out, lucky that there was a doctor in the room. He gave me some advice on taking care of myself, but mostly just made sure I told my husband since he knew from experience that men do not take unexpected babies very well.
He was right, I think choking on his waffles was a pretty big sign Carlos wasn’t prepared either. But we loved each other and that’s all that really matters.
I stuck to the doctor’s advice, even listening to kids music
and watching kids zone on television at the same time. Needless to say, it was not a fun time.
It was especially not fun when rumors started to go around I had been arrested, got in my car to go sue for slander, and then halfway across the bridge to the city I went into labor. Oh and did I mention that Carlos was off shooting commercials for the local diner?
You have no idea what it was like standing on the side of the road while having contractions. How on earth was I going to drive to the hospital while in labor? I was so desperate I almost wished some paparazzi would show up and let me hitch a ride. Then suddenly, Carlos literally appeared next to me. Later he told me he had used the diner’s teleporter to come to me when I hadn’t answered his call. (Had my phone really been ringing? I don’t remember it at all but my screams probably drowned it out.) The next thing I know we are driving at almost twice the legal speed limit towards the local hospital. I am immediately rushed in, but Carlos isn’t allowed for some reason.
3 hours, and a lot of screaming later we have 3 beautiful nooboos sleeping by side.
“Do they have names yet?” Carlos asks.
“Yes, the first is Artemis, after the goddess of the hunt since she is a brave little one. The second is Aphrodite after the goddess of beauty, since there is no doubt she will be pretty.”
“All of them will, just like their mother. They are named for gods after all.”
I smile, and continue. “The third is an athletic genius, so she is called Athena after the goddess of wisdom and battle.”
After that we didn’t talk anymore. We just looked at our sweet little miracles for what felt like forever. I knew that everything changed now, but whatever happened we would always remember these first moments as a mother and father.
Author's Notes:* Yay an update!
* Sorry for the bad writing, its 12:45 here and I really wanted to get an update in so here it is! I know this probably doesn't live up to your expectations, sorry.
* Tiffani's labor scene really went like that, except I just used cheats to get Carlos to come. And it wouldn't let him go in the hospital with her! I tried my best, but for some reason he just couldn't go in.
* The triplets are the main part of this story. (hence the title) I didn't know for sure if it would be triplets and I was praying that 3 would come.
* Thanks for all the comments, and to all the people who are reading, but not commenting. I know you're there!
* Tell me what you think, and feel free to point out any spelling or grammer mistakes on my part.
