Disclaimer: Not mine, Marvel's. Dr. Heather King-Regan and her husband don't exactly belong to me either. They're 2 friends of mine...guess who the bridesmaid is! :-) This is the next in the Most Precious Gift Series, and it is told from Sam's POV. On with the show.

"How long are they going to keep us waiting?" Tabitha asks me, shifting in the hard wood chair.

"Ah don't rightly know, honey. Ah'm sure there just busy." Ah tell her, reaching to squeeze her hand.

Tabitha snorts and slides down in her seat, her shirt bunching around her slightly swollen belly. Ah pull her hand to mah mouth and kiss her fingers softly. She smiles at me, and lays mah other hand on her stomach. Ah can't help but think that she is a little bit too big to be only four months along, but Ah ain't a doctor.

"Ms. Smith?" The secretary calls, looking at us over her desk. "The doctor can see you now."

Tabitha nods and stands up, tugging me along with her. The secretary, a woman who looked old enough to have grandchildren, smiles as we pass and Ah smile back. Tabitha notices and gives me the Look.

"What?" Ah ask immediately knowing that, for some reason, Ah'm in trouble.

"Nothing." Tabitha says to quickly. Ah realize what the problem is after a moment of thought. She thinks Ah was lookin' at some other woman. Her hormones must be actin' up again.

"Tabitha," Ah say, pulling her to a stop and forcing her to look at me. "Ah love you. Ah think you're beautiful."

"Your jus sayin' that, cause I'm knocked up." Tabitha accuses me, tears already running down her face. Yep, her hormones are definitely on a roller coaster today.

"Honey�"Ah try to say, but she cuts me off.

"Let's just go." She snaps, pulling out of mah arms and stompin' to the doctor's office.

"Tabitha!" Ah call after her, running to catch up.

"Go away!" She sobs. "Go find a younger, prettier slut!"

Ah really wanna roll mah eyes, but Ah don't. That'll just upset her more. Instead, Ah reach out to touch her hand.

"What's wrong, honey?" Ah ask.

Tabitha sniffs but won't look at me. "I'm sorry I'm acting like such a bitch. I'm just worried."

"About what?" Ah ask, wrapping her up in mah arms.

"The future." Is all she says, tears rolling down her face yet again.

"Oh." Ah say into her hair, hugging her tighter. "Honey, you need to stop worryin' so much. It ain't good for the baby."

"He's right about that." A new voice says from somewhere behind us. Ah turn mah head to look, and see a short brunette with hazel eyes and a round face. She is also wearing a doctor's coat and a nametag that read "Doctor Heather King-Regan, M.D."

"Are you the doctor?" Ah ask, looking down at her. She was nearly as little as Tabitha.

"Nah, I'm from the psyche ward. I killed my doctor and stole all her clothing." The woman says with a perfectly straight face. Ah almost believe her, 'til Ah hear Tabitha snort softly.

The little woman grins up at me and then steps into her office, waving Tabitha and me after her. Ah look down at Tabitha, and she shrugs. Slowly Ah step into the office, not knowing exactly what to expect.

It was actually pretty normal. There was a bed and several different instruments that Ah didn't recognize. The first thing that caught mah eye was a photo. It was the doctor, in a wedding dress, with a skinny man with long blonde hair pulled into a ponytail. A tall brunette in a light blue dress stood next to Dr. Regan, holding a bouquet of flowers.

"That's from my wedding, couple years back." Heather tells me when she notices me lookin at the picture. "My husband Brandon, and my best friend Stephanie."

"Oh." Ah say, nodding. Tabitha walks over and peers over my shoulder at the picture.

"Cute dress." Tabitha compliments.

"Thanks. Let's get you set up, so you can see the little one!" Heather says, bouncing over to one of the machines. Tabitha and Ah look at each other for a minute, and Ah smile at her. She grins back, and hops up on the exam table.

Dr. Regan rolls her shirt up until all her stomach is showing, then smears some sort of clear liquid on it. Next, she puts something that looks like curved bar of soap on Tabitha's stomach, and something appears on the screen next to Tabitha's head.

"Oh�mah God." Ah whisper, staring at the screen in shock.

"That, my friends, is your baby." Heather grins at the two of us. Ah grin like an idiot and reach to hold Tabitha's hand. She smiles back at me, squeezing mah hand tightly.

Suddenly, Heather bends forward to look at something on the screen. Her eyebrows knitted together and she began to move the probe on Tabitha's stomach around some.

"What?" Tabitha asks, her eyes wide. "What is it?"

Heather didn't say anything for a long minute, but then she began to smile. Ah look at her and then Ah look up at the screen, confused.

"Congratulations!" Heather cries, bouncing on one foot just a little.

"On what?!" Ah demand, still confused.

"Your going to be having�twins!" Heather laughs.

"Twins?" Tabitha asks, her face pale.

"Yes, twins." Heather nods, still smiling brightly.

"Like, ya mean, two babies?" Ah ask, still in shock.

"Umm-hmm." Heather murmurs, looking at the screen again.

"Oh, jeez." Tabitha mutters, but Ah can barely hear her. For some reason, everything's goin' dark.

When Ah open mah eyes, Ah find mah self looking up at people for the second time since Ah found out that Ah was gonna be a daddy. Tabitha is looking down at me, her eyebrows knitted with worry. Slowly Ah sit up, then clamber to mah feet.

"You okay?" Tabitha asks me, biting her lip.

"Yeah, Ah'm fine. What happened?" Ah ask, rubbing the back of mah head. "Did you hit me again?"

"No, I didn't hit you again!" Tabitha snaps at me.

"You just fainted." Heather explains, smiling brightly.

"Oh." Ah nod, looking down at Tabitha. "So, um, we're really havin' twins?"

"Yeah."

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