Chapter 15
Jo felt bad for Blair. It had been twenty-six hours since she had arrived at the hospital. It was eight oclock Sunday morning and everyone was asleep in the chairs in the waiting room. Jo was the only one awake, and just as she was falling back asleep Evan came running into the waiting room.
Jo: Shh. Theyre asleep. Whats the news?
Evan was crying from the emotion of having witnessed Olivias birth.
Evan: Shes beautiful and tiny. She weighed in at five pounds, fourteen ounces; eighteen inches long. She came at eight oclock on the dot.
Jo: Hows Blair can I see them?
Evan: Nikki is as well as can be expected after twenty-eight hours of later. Come with me, Ill take you to see them. Olivia is still with Nikki. Theyre in room number 897.
Edna was waking up as Jo and Evan were leaving.
Edna: Jo, where are you and Evan going?
Jo: Evan, go ahead. Mrs. Garrett and Ill wake up Kalle and Jayden so that they can see their Mommy and baby sister. Go let Blair know that were on our way. Mrs. G. Olivia finally made her grand entrance.
Edna: Really! We should wake up Kalle, Jayden, Monica, David, Bailey, and David, Jr.
Jo: No, only Kalle and Jayden. Let Monica and David and the kids sleep.
Edna and Jo go and pick up the kids and head for the elevator.
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Blair had never been happier. It had been a long, hard labor. Olivia, however, had made it worth it. She also had Evan by her side. Don had been at a bar getting drunk when she had been in labor with Kalle and Jayden, hed arrived after the actual birth and had not been impressed by either of his children. Evan on the other hand had not left her side during the entire process; and even though Olivia wasnt technically his he was obviously in-love with this tiny little baby. Hed asked her to marry her around hour seventeen, and as soon as she saw him look at the baby in front of him shed said yes. As soon as her divorce from Don became official; she and Evan would begin the wedding plans.
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Jo and Edna knew that Blair and Evan had a secret. It was evident by their cat that swallowed the canary look. They didnt get a chance to ask about it though, because Kalle and Jayden ran to their mother.
Blair: Hey, you two. Do you want to meet your baby sister?
Kalle and Jayden: Yeah.
Blair: Jo, Mrs. Garrett you too.
Jo and Edna went up to Blair, and Blair pulled back the baby blanket to reveal the most beautiful baby girl theyd ever seen. She was as beautiful and delicate as an exquisitely crafted porcelain doll.
Jo: Shes beautiful.
Edna: Blair, can I hold her.
Blair: Of course.
Blair hands Olivia over to Edna. Jo at the same time decides that Blair and Evan better share their secret and now.
Jo: Okay. Ive been patient long enough. What are you two hiding?
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Blair should have known that Jo would see through her the instant that she laid eyes on her. That knowledge, however, didnt mean that she had any intention what so ever of turning over the information without a few seconds of pushing the limits of her best friends patience first. Blair looked at Evan and he instantly understood and kept his mouth shut.
Blair: What are you talking about Jo?
Jo: Whatever secret it is that you two are keeping from us.
Blair: I have no idea what youre talking about.
Blair looked at Evan.
Blair: Do you honey?
Evan: No, I dont sweetheart.
Jo was getting exasperated.
Jo: Come, on! I can see it in your faces!
Blair: Okay, calm down. Were getting married.
Jo and Edna have tears in their eyes.
Edna: Thats wonderful.
Blair: Of course. I want you Jo to be my matron of honor.
Jo: Id be honored.
Kalle: Uncle Evan, does this mean that youre going to be our Daddy?
Evan: Yes, if thats what you want.
Kalle: Yeah!
Jayden: NO!
Blair: Why, baby?
Jayden: Daddies are mean and they hurt mommies. Mommy, I dont want Uncle Evan to be mean and hurt you.
Evan walks over to Jayden.
Evan: Buddy, Id never hurt your Mommy.
Jayden: Promise?
Evan: Promise.
Jayden: Then I want you to be my Daddy.
All three women watched a two-year-old little man hand his responsibility to be a man and protect his mommy over to the man that would now be his Daddy.
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One year later.
©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©
Mr. and Mrs. David Warner
accompanied by
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathon Michaels
request the honor of your presence
at the wedding of their children.
Blair Nicole
and
Evan Alexander
This fourteenth day of February, nineteen hundred and ninety-one.
At Saint Annes Cathedral
in
Greenwich, Connecticut
at
6:00 PM
©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©
For their first anniversary, Blair and Evan exchanged very special gifts. Evan brought Blair three new birth certificates. One for Kalle Marie Michaels, another for Jayden Andrew Michaels and finally one for Olivia Michelle Michaels. These new birth certificates confirmed that the adoption had gone through, Evan was now the childrens father. Blair gave him the results of a recent blood analysis taken at her doctors office. Evan and Blair would soon be the parents of four children.
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The End
[This message has been edited by Panda Bear (edited 08-26-2001).]