Part 473
Helping Sarah off the table, Howie stood behind her, wove his fingers with hers, and started to push her out the door.
"Howard, what are you doing?" laughed Sarah.
"Walking you down the hall, ‘Angel’. Isn’t it obvious?"
"Uh huh…sorta. Gonna help me get my gown on too?"
"Nope."
"Why not?" pouted Sarah.
"Cuz I’d have to make love to you seeing that sexy body without clothes on and we can’t do that here," purred Howie into her ear, his breath hot on her skin.
"Mr. Dorough, you do NOT play fair," moaned Sarah.
Howie laughed, "You’re hopeless."
"And you love it," teased Sarah as she turned to kiss him.
Having reached the room where Sarah was going to have the ultra sound done,
Howie kissed her again and said, "Go change. I’ll wait here.
While Sarah changed, Howie looked around the room. "So, you’d rather wait
so AJ and Kevin can go with us clubbing?"
From behind the curtain, Sarah said, "It’s been a while since we’ve all been out together."
"I thought you enjoyed it when it was just the two of us."
"I do, ‘D’. I just thought it would be nice," answered Sarah as she stepped out of the changing room. "Do me a favor, ‘D’?"
Turning to see her, Howie tried to cover the laughter seeing her in the ridiculous hospital gown. "You’re so sexy, ‘Angel’," he teased.
Sarah stuck her tongue out at him.
"I’ve got a few things you can do with that tongue," shot Howie with a wink.
"I bet you do and I can think of a few I’d like to do myself. Promise me that when I have the twins, you’ll make sure I have something OTHER than these ridiculous hospital gowns that leave you hanging out to wear."
Howie laughed as he took her in his arms, "I promise! Nothing but sexy silk gowns for my angel."
The technician joined the couple. "Are you ready, Mrs. Dorough?"
Sarah made a face at Howie seeing the much older, overweight technician. She looked as though she’d eaten something sour and her brow was furrowed in a permanent frown.
"Yes ma’am, I’m ready."
Howie easily scooped her up in his arms and headed for the table.
"What are you doing, you goof?" laughed Sarah as she wrapped her arms around his neck.
"Putting you on the table. Geez, if I didn’t know better, I’d swear you were blonde."
Sarah saw the blonde technician frown and she giggled. She loved it when he was like this and gave him a kiss. "You’re such a goof sometimes and I love you."
"You’d better enjoy the extra attention. Once the baby is here, it all stops," remarked the technician.
Laying back on the table, Sarah took Howie’s hand as she said, "That’s babies, I’m having twins and I doubt very seriously the attention OR the romance will stop. My husband is always good about making sure we have time for both."
"Take my word for it, sweetie. I have four of my own and there’s NO romance or extra attention once the babies are here. It’s like a switch. The delivery room destroys all thoughts of romance in a man and the children take up so much of YOUR time, he’s too tired to give you what you need for attention."
Howie stroked Sarah’s hair, "Never happen. My wife will always be treated like the ‘angel’ she is…. romance and special attention ‘till death do us part. It was in my marriage vows."
"We need Nick to vouch for your ability to be romantic."
"No we don’t but speaking of Nicky…. think I should go rescue him?"
"Yeah, before she starts the ultra sound."
Howie gave Sarah a kiss then went out to get Nick. Sure enough, Nick had been pushed to the side as all the women of the office including the doctor fussed over Garrett and Becca. From the door, Howie got his attention and motioned for Nick to follow.
"Bec, I’m gonna go with Howie," said Nick but she was so wrapped up in her own little world with Garrett in the middle that she never heard him.
Meeting Howie at the door, he asked, "What’s up, ‘D’?"
"Came to get you so you could see the babies."
"Coolness," grinned Nick following Howie to the room that was now darkened.
Sarah looked up to see the guys. "Look, Nicky," she smiled pointing to the screen.
Nick pulled up a stool beside her as he gazed at the monitor. Two distinct shapes were there. In complete awe, Nick said, "This is so cool. They are inside you."
"Yeah, they are," laughed Sarah taking his hand.
As the technician moved the scope around revealing more of the babies, she asked, "Do you want to know what they are?"
Howie answered quickly, "NO."
"Why not?" asked Nick still staring at the screen.
"What difference does it make what they are? It’s not like we can send them back."
"But don’t you want to know if you’re gonna have a son?"
Howie continued to stroke Sarah’s hair as he gazed at the screen too. "Nick, I don’t care whether I have a son or not. What I care about is that Sarah and these two little ones are healthy."
Sarah reached up to touch his cheek and he kissed her hand.
Nick squeezed Sarah’s hand. "Ya know, Mama had twins and I saw GT but it still amazes me what a woman’s body does, all the changes. You’ve got life in there."
Howie smiled, "It’s what makes the mood swings and morning sickness easier to deal with, Nicky."
"God, I missed all this with Becca," whispered Nick regretfully.
The doctor appeared to look at the ultra sound. She spent several minutes without saying anything as the technician started to shut everything down. Finally, she said, "Sarah, everything looks absolutely perfect. Tomorrow, after we do the glucose test, I’ll fax everything to your doctor in Orlando."
"I appreciate you seeing me, Dr. Grizzard."
"It was definitely my pleasure," smiled the doctor. Turning to Nick, she said, "You’re a very lucky man and I’m glad things worked out for you and Rebecca. That’s a mighty handsome son you have and a very special wife."
"Thank you, Dr. Grizzard, for today and for what you did for Becca last winter. It makes me feel better knowing she wasn’t completely alone."
Howie spoke up, "Nick, we’ll be out in a few minutes. Sarah needs to get dressed."
The couple was left alone in the room and in just a few minutes, they rejoined Nick and Becca. It was decided that they would part company here. Becca announced that she had something she wanted to do and Howie and Sarah were ready to go shopping and sightseeing. Downstairs, Howie and Sarah got a cab and off they went to see Denver.