Baby Boom
Part Five
By Carrie Verkman
carebear1025@juno.com

Okay, I got the idea for this story from Cathy Robert's "Misconceptions" where John Carter got pregnant. And one day I was watching an old episode of "The Cosby Show" where all the men got pregnant by drinking water that had like insect spores in it that reproduced or something. So I want to apologize to anyone if I'm stealing their ideas. Obviously I'm not creative enough to come up with my own. I'm also trying to make this seem somewhat scientifically correct. Anyway, I'm saying that this story is a comedy, since we all know that men can't get pregnant. Enjoy!

This is the last little installment. Thank you for reading all the way up to the end.



Things had majorly changed for Mark, John, Luka, and Dave.

Mark married Elizabeth and she had a baby of her own. They moved in together with their two boys, David and Dylan. Mark and Elizabeth continued to work at County. They were your average nuclear family with a dog, little league games, and GI Joe's.

Luka was so happy from the birth of his daughter Raquela that he switched from emergency medicine to pediatrics. He still continued to work at County. Despite his losses in war-torn Croatia, he finally was happy with a new family of his own.

John's rich grandparents immediately started a trust fund for Lucy. She grew up with lots of luxuries, but John prevented her from being too spoiled. John remained working at County, and he became Chief Resident.



Dave's son Erik was just like him. He teased girls at school and tried to kiss them. Dave thought it was funny and kept saying, "Like father, like son." Dave stayed at County and even dated Kerry for a while. Something that everyone thought would never happen. They broke up though, but still remained friends.

As for the Bubbling Brook Spring Water Bottling Company, the company's president Noah Strausser resigned, due to the pregnant male incident. His loyal employee, Jeffrey Thomas took over and kept the company running without problems.

Robert Romano had returned from his teaching rotation in California. He came down to the ER to see what was new.

"So Kerry, " he said. "Anything exciting happen while I was gone?"

Kerry thought for a moment. She recalled the events surrounding Luka, Mark, Dave and John. "Nothing too unusual." she said.

"Oh." Romano seemed disappointed.

Just then John walked into the ER with Lucy. He was bringing her up to daycare before his shift.

"Hello, Dr. Romano." he said, checking in. Romano noticed the baby he was holding. He was curious why John had one.

Luka came in next with Raquela. "Good morning, Kerry, Robert." he said.

Romano was puzzled. "I'm not even going to ask."

The End!


Author's Notes
Raquela is actually an Italian name, not Croatian, and it doesn't mean "Lucky." My Croatian grandmother wasn't home, so I called my Italian grandmother for a name.

The phrase "Hairy Carrie" that Deb used is an insult I know all too well. I've actually been called that. And Verkman has been transformed into "Jerkman" so many times it's not even funny anymore. I used the idea from a real life experience.

Noah Strausser is part of Noah Wyle's full name. It's Noah Strausser Speer Wyle.

Erik Malucci is named for Erik Palladino.

Jeffrey Thomas (the guy from Bubbling Brook Water Company) is named after my friend Jeff, whose middle name is Thomas. Jeff's really cool, even though he didn't help me with this story.

Comments are appreciated! carebear1025@juno.com

Carrie