"A boy, it's a boy," said Dr. Raine holding the mewling, red face infant up for her to see. Charlie cut the cord and followed the nurse to get him cleaned up.
"It feels weird again," Emily said breathing hard, "that pressure again, is it the after part?"
Dr. Raine smiled wide, "I forgot you didn't know. Charlie did you know?"
Charlie looked over, frowning, "Neither of us knew if it was a boy or girl."
"Well Emily get ready to push on the next one, you are having twins."
"What-," Emily was cut off by the next contraction and pushed, forgetting to breath.
A second cry filled the room moments later, "A girl." The doctor said smiling and relieved by how easy this labor was. This couple deserved a break.
Tears in her eyes, Emily took her baby girl from the waiting nurse, clean and wrapped in a pink blanket. Charlie came to sit in the edge of her bed holding a similar bundle. She was awed, one of each was perfect. A most amazing surprise.
A hour later she was tucked in bed back in her room, a baby tucked in each arm. Charlie had left a few minutes before to call his parents and hers and she found herself falling asleep.
She was driving, there was kids songs playing low on the stereo, there was singing coming from the backseat. She smiled, loving this simple happy moment. Then there was a truck, it was hoing to fast, it looked like it was coming straight at her, turn the wheel she thought. She was slammed, hard and then again. Her vision was fuzzy, lights flashing as she tried to clear her head. A hand to her head showed blood. Boys! She turned around quickly, worried, found them seemingly unharmed. She was relieved, they were crying, scared, she pushed her seat back and squeezed her belly into the back seat. Hugging them both tightly, calming them and her. She tried all the doors, trying not to panic, then saw people coming towards them. Then the hatch was opened and the boys were out. Breathing in relief she felt the ground shake and a rumbling she couldn't understand. Her last thought was to protect Baby then blackness.
Breathless she woke from her very real dream that she was convinced was her memory of the crash. Eyes closed her breathing calmed and she thought about the flash the night before, Charlie and her standing close, her in a wedding dress. It was a few seconds before she realized that that memory didn't stop. She could remember her wedding! Not just pictures but she could recall all of it! She was amazed and estatic. She had her memories, childhood, her life with Charlie, getting pregnant, everything was there, just as it should be! She opened her eyes and found both babies with eyes open wide, staring at her.
She smiled overjoyed and overwhelmed by the emitions she felt.
Charlie came in quietly, "There's the three most important people in my life!" He kissed her gently as he sat next to her, then greeted the two bundles, "Hello, little Amelia, beautiful girl. Hey there, Jack, how's my little man?" He kissed them both and smiled at her, "And how are you, my love?"
"Never been better, " she said grinning, she leaned into him, turning to whisper in his ear, "I remember."
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