Dead Weight/Issue 23

Issue 23 - The Arrival Of Double Trouble

Flake couldn't proccess the words quickly enough before he is dragged away into the doctors room. They burst through the doors. There lies Mel, her legs wide and blooded slightly. Robbie, Lexy and the two doctors stand by her side

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"Why can't we go see?" Levi asks, crossing his hands over his chest. Making a pounting face.

"Mel is in a very bad way right now, It would be reasonable if you stayed in here and looked after Lacey"

Levi nods, taking his little sister and holding her in his arms. Scarlette walks out.

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Mel grips onto Robbie hand tightly, Flake holding another hand as the Nurse checks to see if she is fully dialated. She turns to the doctor and nods. "She is ready to go" The nurse confirms, holding Mel's knees apart ever so slightly.

"You're going to need to push now, but not hard, the baby is in a very awkward position and I'm going to have to adjust it every few pushes"

Mel nods, tears flowing from her eyes.

"Three...."

"Two...."

"One..."

Mel screams as she starts pushing the baby from inside of her. A side of a head is shown and the nurse asks her to stop. "Stop! Stop! Please, I know it hurts but come on!"

The nurse reaches through, pushing the small head slightly to the left, the top of the head can be barely shown through blood and she commands Mel to start pushing again.

A small gurgle could be heard before Robbie vomits all over the floor, slightly missing the bin he was aiming for.

"Ok, you're doing wonderful, Three, Two, One"

Mel gives one last push before a small squelching noise is heard, Flake looks up to see a small baby lying on the table, silence falls as the nurse helps to look for a heartbeat.

"Whats wrong?" Mel panics, trying to look for the baby before her stomach aches suddenly, causing her to push.

"Martin! Try and get the baby a heartbeat! I think she is carrying multiple!" The nurse panics, throwing the baby into the doctors arms, he wraps it in a mint green blanket before holding it close to his body.

"Yup, I can see another head" The nurse grins, makign sure it was alright before commanding Mel to push again.

A small cry is heard before a massive yell, the doctor holds the baby steady as its arms flail about. "I got a heartbeat, congratulations"

The next baby pops out. A small gurgle is heard and a massive cry as it spits saliva from its mouth, rolling onto its side and crying. The nurse picks it up from the table and wraps it in a white blanket.

"You got a boy, Miss Mellissa" The doctoe grins, before folding the blanket back over the babies waist. "And a girl" The nurse adds.

Robbie is sitting light headed, "Too much blood for you Robbie?" Mel asks, sweat dripping from her forehead as she drops her head down. blacking out.

"I'll go for a formula run in the morning, She is too weak, I think, to breastfeed" Katie says as Flake sits down in his room, rubbing his head.

Katie sighs, walking upto Flake and sitting on his lap, wrapping her legs around him.

"I know, you're, sort of, well, depressed and everything, but, she is going to be alright"

Flake sighs, leanign his head back. Sexual tension killing him. "Its not that," he grunts, "Its everything"

"I'm guessing, I'm no genius, but," Katie adjusts her sitting position before continuing. "I think that, the father, whoever he was, Is dead, and you're trying to step up as that role"

"The father was horrible, he tried to kill one of our own" Flake blurts out. "I'm just glad Mel doesn't know"

Katie leans in, putting her mouth close to Flake sear before whispering, "She seems to like you, go for it", She gets up, in her short shorts and jacket, before walking out.

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Scarlette sits with Abreham, looking at his leg, biting her lip and shuddering. Putting her finger against it and feeling a sort of heartbeat feeling going through it. "I bet you can still feel it, Abe, but hold in there"

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-The Next Morning-

Flake opens the hospital room door, he sees Mel, lying with her two babies either side. "Hey" She whispers, smiling as she shifts her feet over.

"You feeling alright?" Flake asks, sitting down no the edge of the bed.

"Yeah, I guess so, Being a first time mum in the end of the world isn't as exciting as I thought It would be"

"You thought it would be exciting?"

"You know what I mean...A challenge?"

Flake grins, shaking his head. He raises his hand and points to the boy. "Looks like daddy"

"You think?" Mel wonders, looking down at the small baby. "Not really..."

"Meh, you knew him longer that I did"

Mel looks down, her face all crooked.

Flake hestates for a moment, "Got a name for them?"

"Lucus and...Well...I don't know the girl yet...Lucus, well, was my fathers name"

"What about your mother?"

"Never knew her"

"What about Chloe?" Flake says, wrapping his hand around Mels.

"I guess so, Lucus and Chloe...Chloe and Lucus, I guess that'll fit" Mel grins.

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Katie walks into the shop, looking around. She picks up a few formulas before dumping them into her over the shoulder bag. She had around 10 jars of baby food before continuing down the aisle. She takes baby pacifiers, bottles, blankets and she seen one white teddy bear, sitting on a shelf, she reaches up and grabs it. She places it in the bag. It was light, she could carry much more as only a small section of the bag was filled. She started walking back around, throwing diapers and other things into the bag. She put in some toys aswel. She walks out the store, crossing the road to a clothe store, pushing down all the racks of clothing until she came to the baby section, slashing her knife through one undead, She picks up a cute white top for newborns, placing it into the bag, she picks up a knitted blue hat and blue pants. She takes some newborn socks and a pink hat and top. After around 15 minutes of baby shopping she walks out the shop. Lugging the bag back to her camp, a few miles from where she was but it had only taken her 1 hour 30 minutes to get there. It wasn't extremly hot but it was mild. Her feet ached but she carried on, if she didn't the babies might of died.

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(Hey guys! OMG, BABIES! So, How did you feel about Mels completely wrong due date? Did it surprise you? Did twins surprise you?

Will Abreham make it through?

So many questions o_o

OMG, Thank you for reading and I wish y'all farewell! Byeeee!

Also, If you couldn't tell, I have like..no storyline for Scarlette... right now :P)

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