8 days before T.'s bday
The parents-to-be along with Mana and Britney were at the doctor's office waiting for him to come in and conduct the ultrasound. He came in wearing a white robe and stethoscopes around his neck with his clipboard and pen handy. He smiled at the couple and two friends as he got the instruments ready. Terri and Erik were mega nervous about this more then anyone else was. The silver metal ( whatever it's called ) made Terri jump and giggle a bit b/c it was cold.
The doctor moved the screen so everyone could see the baby/babies. Everyone oohed and aaawed. The doctor wrote some things down on his clipboard. He laughed at everybody's anxious eyes.***
Dr. Bryant - Would you like to know the sex of the baby ?.
Terri - Yes Doctor.
Erik - Yes.
Mana - Quit stalling and tell us already !!!!!!.
Britney - Hurry Please !!!!!.
Dr. Bryant - Congradulations, it's a girl. Girls 'cuse me.
Terri - Oh my god.
Erik ( hugging his fiancee ) - This is wonderful.
Mana - Whoah Whoah Doc. Back up a bit there. Did you say girls ? As in Plural ? As in Twins? ( everyone turns heads ) What ? I'm just checking.
Dr. Bryant - Yes I did. I'm sure you'll have fun taking care of these two angels.
Britney - Excuse me ?.
Terri - T-T-T-T-T-T-T- Twins ?.
Erik - Huh ?.
Mana - Oh Boy.
Dr. Bryant - Congradulations. You all must be very excited.
Dr. Bryant - I'm gonna get you copies of the ultrasounds. I'll be back in a moment.
( he leaves the room as everyone talks excitedly ).
Terri - Can you believe this ? Twins !!!!!!!.
Erik - This is unbelievable.
Britney - Tell me about it.
Mana - Well von Detten, one baby is hard enough, but with twins, you're gonna have a whole lot of fun.
Terri - Mana, please, lay off Erik.
Mana - Your asking alot of me.
Erik - We figured that.
Terri - You two please stop fighting.
Britney - Make peace until after the weddings at least.
Mana - Fine. But I'm not saying that I'm totally gonna stop for good.
Erik - Just don't try to kill me again and everything will be peachy.
Britney - Don't push her buttons Erik. Remember what's she capable of.
Erik- ( touches his arm as Mana smirks ) - Don't remind me.
Mana - Hey. I'm darn proud of my work.
Terri - ( rolls eyes ) - How much sugar did you have today ?
Mana - so-so.
Britney - Have you guys thought of any names ?.
Erik - Yep.
Mana - What are they ?.
Britney - The Doc.'s coming back.
Terri - ( as the dr. comes in ) - Well, for boys we were thinking - Erik, Gregory, Josh, Phillip, Shawn , Nick, Mike, or Alex. Girls, we came up with, Desiree-Alexandra Marie and Katelyn Anne. ( names - copyright of me don't steal em !!!!!!! ).
Britney - Big Names.
Dr. Bryant - ( startling everyone ) - Those names are cute. Big names for children but they fit nicely. Here's your copies of the ultrasound in pictures and videos. 199,95 please, just kidding.
Erik - Thanx Doc.
Britney - I'm so excited for the wedding.
Mana - Why do I gotta wear a dumb dress for ?.
Terri - What's wrong with a dress ?
Britney - ( laughing ) - It won't kill you.
Mana - I'll only wear it if I can change into a t-shirt and jeans right after the reception.
Dr. Bryant - Well, I'll leave so you guys can get ready to go. I know you have a busy day ahead.
ALL- Bye Doc !!!!!.
On the way home Terri beings breathing hard. Erik stops at McDonald's and everyone gets out quick. Mana is less enthused. She was tired and wanted to go home and rest. News cameras were pulling into the parking lot and she didn't wanna answer any questions. The only subject anyone wanted to ask about ( reporters that is ) was Chris and The weddings. The sex of the baby and the wedding date were also hot topics for the media.
She didn't have the baby. It was just a case of indigestion. The reporters were disappointed but still pressed for interviews. Finally, McDonalds had to ban half of the reporters out of the restaurant b/c they couldn't get peace with all of them ( bout 50 ) talking and flashing cameras at the same time. Autograph's were signed for little girls and boys. Some teens came in too to get pictures taken and autographs from the quartet. Poor Britney got proposals from 8 male teen fans and 8 from male-preteens.
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