"With the way I've been feeling lately, I wouldn't doubt it," Rebecca replied as she lay on the table.
They both watched the gray screen and tried to see what they could pick out.
"Well, here we have an arm... and a little head... and- oh!" The nurse running the ultrasound suddenly stopped talking and was looking closely at the screen.
"What is it?" Rebecca asked nervously. "Did you find the gender of my baby?"
"Well, I can definitely say that you are having two boys. Does that sound good?"
"WHAT?? TWO??? You were right! I'm having twins!! Are you serious????
"I am serious!" the doctor replied, cheerfully. "Congratulations!"
*****
After the shock of discovering Rebecca was carrying not one, but two boys in her tiny frame, it was her best friend's turn to hop up onto the exam table. They had gotten pregnant within two weeks of each other and were eagerly awaiting the news if they would be welcoming boys or girls into the family.
"Is this your first pregnancy too?" the doctor asked Avicile as she lifted her shirt.
"No, this is my third," she replied. "Rebecca will have six sets of arms to help her with her two boys."
Rebecca giggled, giddy with excitement, as she was reminded that she was in fact carrying twins.
"Wouldn't it be awesome if you were also having twins, and we had four babies to welcome home?" Rebecca asked, jokingly.
"Well, twins do run heavily in my family, and my husband's family too. My husband is a twin himself, and so am I!"
Finally everything was ready and the exam began. The doctor was quiet as the gray and blurry images came into view. "I'm only two weeks behind her, but it would be so cool if they shared a birthday or something." I keep thinking it will be another boy. I have one of each so someone's going to be doubled."
"I still think twins would be hilarious," Rebecca said, looking closely at the large blob on the screen. "Wow, your baby is huge!"
"Yeah, I was noticing that. This baby looks way bigger than Sterling. Maybe it's another tall boy like my husb--"
"Oh my gosh, you are having twins!" the doctor shouted. Rebecca and Avicile looked at the doctor, dumbfounded. They were in total disbelief but there, clearly on the screen, were two beating hearts.
"No way! You're joking!" Avicile exclaimed. "We're really both having twins?? We're welcoming FOUR babies into our house at the same time??? It's not just a big baby??????"
"Nope!" said the doctor, also in shock. "There are definitely two hearts beating. Plus, your prediction was right. You're definitely having a boy. In fact, you two are going to be welcoming four boys into your family!"
They couldn't speak. They both teared up and hugged tightly, the whole time whispering "Four boys... Four boys.... Four boys!"
*****
That night, they planned their surprise for their husbands and the kids. Both happened to be at work that day, knowing full well that when they came home they would know if they were expecting girls or boys into the Diamond Latham house. They had no idea that both were having twins and that they were all boys- fraternal boys at that, in both cases.
"Well, at least they'll all look different," Rebecca said as they walked to Winterwood's house to pick up Sterling and Emerald. They had decided also to invite everyone in the neighborhood that they knew to find out the news. They had no idea it would be so monumental. They had decided to tell their husbands first and then have a dinner party where they would announce it to their friends.
Finally the two men returned home and sat down on the couch, facing their lovely wives. Lesko held Sterling in his lap while Emerald toddled around her mother. Sterling was old enough to understand but Emerald was still a bit too young to fully grasp the concept of a baby brother.
"So... what did the doctor say?" Lesko asked, his voice shaky with excitement and anticipation.
"Rebecca can go first," Avicile replied, "She got pregnant first."
"Well, the appointment was fine," Rebecca started, looking around nonchalantly, "my due date got moved a little earlier......" she paused for a long time between each phrase. "The exam room was cold and the gel was colder........ but we know with as much certainty, especially since everything was in clear view, that I am....... having........... boys."
Eric's eyes got wide. "Wait a minute. Why did you say boys? Boys? BOYS? With an S???? Are you having twins??????"
"Yes yes yes!!!" Rebecca replied, tearing up again, standing to hug Eric tightly. Lesko was also equally as surprised and excited and went over to hug them too. Even Sterling knew what was going on and hugged Rebecca around her legs.
Once they had settled down and had absorbed that news, it was Avicile's turn to share her good news. "All right, now it's my turn. I feel like I'm going to upstage her but I'm totally not," she laughed. "Lesko, you thought boy? Eric, you thought boy too? And Sterling I know thought I was going to have a boy too. Well, how does TWO BOY sound?"
"NO WAY!!!! Lesko jumped into the air and hugged his wife tightly. "You're also having twins???"
"Yes! We're both having twins and it's ALL BOY!"
Sterling was very excited and ran around shouting "O boy o boy! I will hab two brudders!"
Lesko and Eric, tears in both of they eyes, basked in the excitement. "Wow, in fifteen years, they're going to eat everything we own!" Lesko said, laughing and crying at the same time.
Once the big excitement calmed down again, Avicile turned to Sterling. "What do you think I should name your brothers?"
Sterling thought for a moment before shouting his answer with glee. "Sterling and Emerald!"
Everyone laughed and awaited the evening when they could tell everyone the good news.
Four boys will join the Diamond Latham house!
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