My Babies

I was comfortably asleep when a small light flicked on above my head and a small voice apologized for waking me. I blinked the dots out of my vision and yawned but grimaced as a sharp pain raced through my abdomen.

"Dr. Parker. Glad you could join the living." Bailey greeted, shooting me a small smile. I frowned and rubbed a hand down my belly, only to realize my baby bump was now gone.

"What happened? Where's my babies? Are they alive-"

"Parker, they're fine. They were born very premature but they're strong. You've been out for about a week."

"A week?!" I yelped, covering my mouth.

"Its totally normal. With the type of pregnancy that you experienced, your body is exhausted. Especially with the complications you had." Addie explained as she entered the room, chart in hand.

"So you didn't answer my question. Where's my kids?" I pushed, narrowing my eyes at my sister. She motioned towards the corner of my bed then stated, "We usually keep them in the NICU as you know, but since they're so small and someone is almost always in here,we decided to keep them in here with you so you're not up constantly wanting to walk all the way down there, risking the chance of ripping your sutures open."

"I had to get sutures?!" I demanded,raising an eyebrow. "I thought you said all went well, Bailey!" She raised her hands then defended,"I said your babies were strong and healthy. I never said everything went perfectly fine."

"You ripped." Addison supplied as she pulled on a pair of rubber gloves before she walked over to the incubator where my tiny babies laid side by side, one a slightly dark skin tone than the other but it obviously showed that they weren't full blooded siblings.

"Miska and Nathaniel." I whispered, lifting forward to reach for them only to have Bailey waved me backwards, "C'mon,woman, lay back and we'll get you your babies to hold. Just be careful."

"And I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but Nathaniel is a Nattie." Derek announced as he leaned against the doorway. I raised am eyebrow then I realized that he was right. My babies were both girls. Addison beamed at me and my girls then I asked excitedly,"What do you think I should name her?"

"Mariah Lynn. Mariah Lynn Parker Karev." Alex answered as he stood in the doorway. "She's my girl anyways."

"Alex,I-" He held up a hand and stated,"Don't. Meredith and Cristina already explained it to me. Look, I'm not looking for an excuse. I know that you were dating Adam, or whatever the hell his name was and you had screwed me about six hours before you did him. Its cool. We were dating after it happened. As long as you're not talking with him anymore,I'm fine with it all... I guess."

"I feel like I'm missing something here." I mumbled,slinking into the bed. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Addison, Derek, and Bailey leaving the room,closing the door on their way. He waved a hand to me and sat down by my side on the bed before he flashed a grin. He grabbed a pillow and tossed it back in forth in between his hands then glanced up at me and shoved the cotton against my mouth and nose, cutting off my airway.

I fought against him but his strength easily overpowered me by a long shot, considering I just got done giving birth to twins a week ago. I gasped into the pillow but there was no point. I couldn't find oxygen anywhere beneath the material.

I could feel my heart beat racing as my lungs weakened and I became very lightheaded in a matter of seconds. My eyesight blurred and faded for several moments and the last words I heard was,"Sleep in peace, whore."

I jolted up and screamed, my voice sounding like it went through a cheese grater several times a day, every half hour, on the hour for two weeks. Several blurred figures raced inside my room,bustling around to see what was the matter with everything. Some people checked on me while other checked what seemed to be an incubator. Had I given birth to my babies?

"Aviana? Aviana,I need you to focus on my finger. Avi,can you follow my finger? Aviana!" Derek demanded,waving his finger back and forth in front of my face. Was I unresponsive? Wait, I can't be. Who will take care of my babies? I followed his finger after giving him a small nod before I choked out,"What's going on?"

"You screamed, we panicked because your heart rate was off the charts." he answered, checking my IV. I rubbed my eyes with my free hand then mumbled,"I'm fine. Just a nightmare. You guys can go."

"We've gotta check the kids. Calm down and let us do our job." he insisted, walking over to the toaster where my children laid cuddling with one another. I watched with amazement as he pulled them from the glass and brought them to me.

"I want to see Alex." I murmured, taking my kids from Derek's arms. He glanced up with a chuckle then replied,"See all you want then,cause there he is." Sure enough, Alex was curled up in the recliner beside my bed, face buried in his arms, wearing sleepy pants with a white tank top.

"How long has he been there?" I asked, shifting in my bed. Derek smiled and answered,"Since childbirth. Yang,Stevens, Castle, and Grey are picking up the slack for you guys and Webber is giving you two some down time."

"He should be working!" I argued, allowing one of the nurses to put my babies back in the toaster. Derek snorted and replied,"Tell that to him. He refuses to leave your side. You want me to wake him up?"

"No need. I'm already up." Alex said, yawning as his eyes opened. He smiled sleepily at me then asked,"How do you feel, sweetheart?"

"I feel good.. Kinda. Why aren't you working?" He laughed then stated,"You're kidding me, right? Sweetheart, my girl was born yesterday. I'm not working till I know you all are stable. By the looks of it, you're getting closer."

"Speaking of, when's my return date currently?" I asked, swinging my legs off the side of the bed before I stood, Alex gripping my arms for stability.

"Never, if you don't lay your ass back in that bed, Aviana Raelynn Parker." Addison barked,glaring at me as she,Bailey, and the rest of our friends entered the room, them frowning. I shrugged and sat back down, legs swinging.

"Sorry mom." I mocked, grinning at her. She rolled her eyes and ordered, "Yang, present."

"Patient is Aviana Parker, 26, she gave birth to twin girls yesterday at 11:59 pm and 12:00 am. The twins are premature at the age of 22 weeks." Cristina stated, staring at the incubator.

"And the children?" Addie pressed, turning to George. His eyes widened then replied, "Vitals are stable, they're surprisingly large for their age."

"Height and weight for each."

"Um, two pounds and eleven inches on both." he answered, turning to me with wide eyes. I nodded and stated,"Return date, please." Everyone turned to Derek which made me frown. Why the hell are they looking at him? I'm not a neuro patient!

"Well, there's a really funny story behind that.." Derek chuckled nervously, turning to me. I narrowed my eyes then hissed, "Do you see me laughing? Cause I don't hear any laughing. Now someone give me a return date for me and a release date for my babies."

"That all depends on how your daughter's heart surgery goes, Dr. Parker." Burke answered truthfully as he entered the room, grabbing my chart from Cristina. My eyes opened as wide as a saucer then demanded, "Heart surgery?! Why in Sam's Hell does my baby girl who's not even a day old, need heart surgery?!"

"Her top left heart valve is clogged with a blood clot. Her heart is the size of a dime, if that, so we can't give tinzaparin to get the blood clot to work it out and get it flowing again. So, I have to go in and suck it out so to speak." he replied, sitting beside me.

"I swear to God,if you're about to give me the, I'm going to do everything in my power to do this procedure correctly,speech, I will punch you in the face, you being my attending or not." Burke coughed out a laugh and barked, "This is exactly why she's my favorite intern! She's not afraid to say what's on her mind."

"Favoritism." Payton and Meredith sang mockingly at me with grins across their faces. I stuck my tongue out at them and turned my attention back to the elders who seemed to be having a silent conversation between one another before I asked,"So, return date anybody?"

They broke apart from their huddle of sorts then Addie spoke first,"Best guess, two weeks for you to be up and mobile because you also..." She trailed off and turned to Derek who finished her soft spoken sentence,"You kind of went brain dead on us for six hours."

"I did what?!" I screamed, standing up.

"She did what?!" my fellow interns shouted.

"She wouldn't respond to anything! No one speaking, no lights, nothing! We thought you died for a second but when we found a pulse, we couldn't figure it out. That's why we put you in here originally. We can't risk you going through the hospital all alone with no one to save you if you fall down two flights of steps and snap your neck." Derek exclaimed. I glared at him and snapped,"Oh that's comforting."

"Its the truth,Parker! Look, I'm your doctor, therefore, you're stuck in this hospital room until you prove to me that you can walk, talk, and respond to my workups properly, until you're up to my standards, you will not touch a scalpel or see the inside of an OR." he ordered, turning to everyone else.

"Understood, Dr. Shepherd. We'll see you in a few hours,Dr. Parker." Addie stated, ushering the interns out of the room. I slumped against my bed with my arms crossed over my chest, pouting, then Derek turned to Alex and said,"I suggest you go get some hours in. You can check in a bit."

Alex nodded and didn't give me an opportunity to protest his leaving because he was already gone.

"What the hell, Derek?! You had no business sending him off!" I shouted, scooting closer towards him.

"I know about your offers." I frozen and immediately went on the defense,"I don't know what you're talking about."

"Liar! I know Saint Ambrose is one of those. I answered your phone just a few hours after the birth and it was Naomi calling. What the hell are you thinking, Aviana?!"

"I'm thinking I want out and away from anyone that knows me! I don't want to go to Saint Ambrose (Buhahaha, dude, Dean Ambrose is bae, and thats all I can think about when I write this.) I just want away!" I snapped. "And you had no business answering my phone either!"

"Were you going to tell anyone? Anyone besides Cristina Yang?" I shook my head then replied, "No. And I'm still not going to. Stay out of this, Derek. I mean it."

"It's your career on the line." he reminded me as he exited the room.

"No. Its our friendship on the line, Derek." I murmured, looking at my children.

Yes,that's how its going to be ended. I'm sorry that I haven't updated in ions!!! But its a somewhat of a long chapter!!! What do you think? Yay or nay? Comments, votes, and shares are welcomed! I love you!!