unexpected

justice in labour

The next few weeks were busy with putting the finishing touches on the nursery for the twins, getting last minute clothes and putting them away, Justice even finally took the step arranged to have a month off after she was due. Blake and Ashlyn were pretty busy with Ryan but always made time to help whenever they were needed. Justice was so excited for the twins that she was overly spoiling them, they had everything ready for them and they weren't even here yet. She knew that the doctor had told her to not work so many hours but Justice wasn't going to just lie in bed all day and do nothing, work was where she wanted to be. That's where she was when things started to get complicated.

Three days later Justice was working a five hour closing shift when Jocelyn walked over and said to her, "What's with the wincing?" Andrea was working too and commented, "I noticed this earlier." Jocelyn turned to Justice with a worried look and said to her, "How often?" Justice knew what she meant and looked at the phone clock, "I don't know like every 20 minutes" Jocelyn shook her head and paged Tye to the service desk, not realizing that Tye hadn't worked that day. "Justice, you're in labor, we need to go." Justice shook her head with resignation, "No it's not possible, and I'm not due for another two weeks." Jocelyn was busy trying to get everyone together and decide who would do what while Andrea Tried to get Justice to calm down and face facts.

In the end, Jocelyn called Tye to tell him to meet them at the hospital because Justice was in labor, while Andrea went with Justice and Jackson to the hospital, while Jackson drove, Andrea sat in the backseat with Justice and helped her keep calm and breathe properly until they arrived at the hospital. When they arrived the nurses rushed her into a room and monitored her contractions until they were three minutes apart from there they told her to push, Tye hadn't arrived yet and Justice didn't want to start without him but knowing the doctors Justice didn't want to wait any longer than she had to. She had a feeling that as long as the babies were healthy, he'd forgive her.

Tye did end up showing up just in time to see the first baby come into the world. It was a girl and it was so cute, she had Brown eyes, she was wrapped in a pink blanket and handed over to the other nurse to check her over. The second baby was being stubborn and took all the strength Justice had to push it out. This baby too was a girl this one had green eyes and was smaller than the first. Tye was just about ot ask the nurse for the girls when the doctor stopped him and said well you two, your doctor must have been mistaken, there's one more to go, Justice looked at him and shook her head, "It's not possible doc, the ultrasound only showed two babies." The doctor looked at her and smiled, "let me guess one was a girl and the other was a boy." Justice looked at Tye and then nodded at the doctor. The doctor smiled again and nodded, "You see, when there's two of the same sex babies, one can hide directly behind the other and their hearts can beat at the exact same time, therefore unless you're looking specifically for three babies you might not notice that there is three there." Justice and Tye nodded in understanding. The doctor coached Justice through the last baby and finally handed the triplets back to Justice and Tye.

Justice was crying tears of joy as she looked at the three bundles of joy in their arms. She looked up at Tye and smiled, "What are we gonna name them, babe? We aren't prepared for three." Tye knew what she meant and called in Ashlyn and Blake, "Ash why don't you tell Justice what you told me." Justice was confused but didn't comment. Ashlyn explained that they were prepared for two babies, Ashlyn had been pregnant with twins but one didn't make it, therefore they had two of everything and they were more than happy to have Justice and Tye take the second set for their third baby. Justice listened intently and then gave Ashlyn a big hug and gave her condolences.

"Ashlyn, don't move anything okay, just leave the second set in Ryan's room, if you're okay with the boys sharing a room I'll put the girls in the other." Ashlyn grinned and gave Justice another hug, and nodded excitedly in agreement. Justice had a feeling that four babies would be interesting and tiring but with four people taking turns it couldn't be too bad.

Justice had the next month off and was gonna be pretty busy she knew what she had to do, "Hey Cora are you working today?" Asked Justice when her friend picked up the phone, "No, why, what's up?" Justice explained that she was home with the babies and Cora hadn't met them yet so she decided it was high time she met her nieces and nephew. Cora arrived about an hour later and Justice was overjoyed to see her. "Cora, come on in Come meet the babies." Cora happily followed Justice up the stairs and down the hall to the nurseries where all the babies were sleeping peacefully. Justice pointed out which ones were hers and which one was Ashlyn's.

"Are you gonna tell me their names," asked Cora. Justice nodded and pointed them out as she told Cora their names. First she pointed to Ryan. Then she pointed to the first of the triplets, the boy, and said "This is Sam Hayden Vancroft." Then they were off to the girls' room next door, Justice picked the first of the two girls and handed her to Cora who was tentative at first but relaxed as she realized that the baby was fast asleep and took a seat in the rocking chair facing Justice as Justice picked up the other girl and said, "The one that you're holding Cora is Phoenix Santana and this one that I'm holding is Taylor Londyn." Cora smiled down at Phoenix and almost jumped when she realized that the baby was staring wide eyes up at her. Justice had to cough in order to cover her laughter.

Blake and Tye got home at around eleven o'clock and found Ashlyn and Justice fast asleep in the master bedroom and their friends Jocelyn, Andrea, Cora and Jackson rocking the babies to sleep in the playroom. Blake and Tye gently woke Ashlyn and Justice up to eat and thanked their friends for watching the babies. Cora insisted on staying the night in case the babies made a fuss or woke up. Ashlyn set her up in the guest room across the hall from the nurseries, this way she had easy access in case the babies woke up. Cora thanked them and took care of giving the babies a bath in the sink and changing them before joining the others for a late supper.

During the night Ryan and Sam made quite a fuss, yet the girls didn't make a sound. Ashlyn and Justice needed the sleep which is why Blake had given all the baby monitors over to Cora for the night in order to not wake up the others in case the babies made a sound. Cora enjoyed waking up every hour to feed, change or soothe the boys back to sleep. By morning Ashlyn and Justice actually looked human and the Guys were actually in a good mood, considering the fact that they hadn't gotten much sleep the past few nights either.

"Hey Cora, thanks for staying last night, we really appreciate it," said Blake the next morning at breakfast. Ashlyn, Justice and Tye agreed and chimed in with thanks. Cora smiled and shook her head, "It was nothing guys, I enjoyed looking after them, only the boys made a fuss." Ashlyn turned towards Justice and said, "Yeah I kinda figured that," this made the whole group burst out laughing, "Ashlyn, guys, can I ask you a favor?" The girls nodded, "My sister is going to university and she wants to sell the house so I was wondering if I could maybe stay here?" Justice looked at the rest of the group and then smiled at Cora, "Of course you can stay here; you're family Cora. All you gotta do is help us out now and then and maybe throw a little something in for the bills every month, sound fair?" Cora nodded and rushed over to give Ashlyn and Justice a hug.