chapter five
We got to the hospital in record time. Justin
and I hadn't talked much since he was so preoccupied. We got in the elevator and
it took us to the 5th floor.
"Hurry, hurry!" yelled Jon running ahead. We looked around for the
front desk but we heard someone calling us from behind.
"Shannon!.....Justin?" We turned around. It was Paul.
"Hey Dad!" cried Justin as he went and gave him a hug.
"Wow, you look good," said Paul. "How tall are you now? 7 feet?"
"Almost. No, I'm 6 foot actually," Justin said laughing.
"I see you've met Shannon."
"Yeah, she was at the house with Jon," Justin replied. "So
where's mom?"
"She's in the room right now. I wanted to come out here and wait for Jon.
She's gonna be so surprised to see you."
"Can I see her?"
"Yeah, but just for a second. No one's allowed in there except the doctors
and her coach. Regulations. But c'mon, you can say hi." We walked quickly
to the room. Justin burst through the door.
"Mom!!"
"Justin?!" she said surprised.
"Hey mom, how are you doing?"
"Good...good....," she said panting.
"Here comes another contraction," said the nurse. "I'm going to
have to ask you to leave."
"O.k., good luck Mom and I'll be right outside," Justin said. Lynn
gave us a quick nod and continued on with her breathing. Justin and I found some
chairs and sat down.
"So...." I said. "Do you want it to be a boy or a girl?"
"I don't know. A boy would be cool. Then it would be just us men of the
house, right Jon?"
"Yeah!" said Jon as Justin slapped him a high five.
"Um..can I have something to eat Justin? I didn't get to have my snack."
Jon asked.
"Sure, I'll find a vending machine, k?" Just then a woman came in.
"Justin, is that you?" she said.
"Hey Aunt Rachel, what's up?" Justin said hugging her.
"Nothin much. I heard your mom was having the baby so I decided to come
right over."
"Paul must've called you. Oh, this is Shannon, Jon's babysitter. And this
is Rachel, my mom's sister," Justin said introducing us.
"Nice to meet you," I said.
"Yeah, likewise," she replied.
"Juuuu-ssstiiinnn," Jon whined. "I'm hungry."
"O.k. I'm going," Justin said. "We're gonna go get some food from
the vending machine."
"O.k., hun. I'll watch Jon for ya," she said winking.
"Thanks," he said laughing a bit. "Shannon, wanna come with
me?"
"Yeah sure," I said.
"We'll be back," Justin said to Rachel. We walked down the hallway to
the elevators. "Hey, wanna race? Let's take the stairs."
"Um....welll...I don't know....YES!!!" I said getting a head start.
Justin flew down the stairs and ''accidentally'' bumped me into the wall so he
could get by.
"Oh no you didn't!" I cried.
"And the winner is...JUSTIN!! Duh, duh duh duh duh duh!!" he exclaimed
doing a little victory dance.
"Hey, you cheated!"
"I did not. I simply moved you out of the way so I could get by." We
both laughed and went to the vending machine.
"Cheetos or Famous Amous...." Justin said contemplating the choices.
"I'd go with Famous Amous," I replied.
"Here then," he said tossing the bag to me. "It's on the
house."
"No really, I can't."
"Go on."