Family Thoughts

"I know mom, it's exciting," Ivy tells her mom over the phone.

Caroline Shepherd goes on.

Ivys eyes widen, "Um, uh, um, we haven't really made any decisions regarding the wedding. We-we still have a lot to discuss. I'll give you more details when we have them."

Her mom sighs,

That makes tears form in Ivys eyes, "Thank you mom. I'll talk to you later. You should call Derek, I think he has some more Bailey stories to share with you."

she starts.

"Yes, yes he is mom. I really gotta go, so, good bye," Ivy hangs up before her mother could continue.

Jackson chuckles from the bed, "Conversation went well?"

Ivy tosses a shirt she was folding at him, "Yes, actually. But she wants all the details on the wedding and that made me realize that- we have nothing planned!"

"Okay, we can start wedding planning and you know-" he starts.

"I'm not just talking about the wedding! I'm talking about after the babies are born. I mean, this apartment was already going to be small with one baby, but two? We need to find a house. And then, we need to buy double of everything for the babies. We need to think of names and godparents and-" Ivy starts pacing.

Jackson gets up and cups her face, "Everything will be okay. All right, we can start looking for houses tonight, start wedding planning tomorrow with April and my mom. Then, we can make a list of everything we need for the babies. Okay? Relax, we can do this. I'm not leaving you to handle all of this by yourself, I'm right here."

Ivy nods, taking a deep breath, "You're right. We can do this. And it's not like we're by ourselves, we have plenty of people willing to help."

"Exactly. Now, you want to look at house listings?"

"No, I'm too tired. These babies are sucking everything out of me. Let's just go to bed and start in the morning," Ivy gets into bed.

Jackson chuckles, covering her with the blanket, "Okay, good night. Love you."

"Love you too, Jackie," Ivy mumbles.

"I thought we were done with the nicknames. It's been forever."

"I'm carrying your babies. Twins! Let me call you whatever I want."

"Yes, dear."

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Ivy pages Edwards to the E.R. as she looks over a patient. Edwards makes it quickly, "You paged me?"

"Dr. Edwards, Ben Bosco, his wife Joyce," Ivy introduces, "he's got an ankle fracture."

"That moving walkway thing at the airport," Ben tells her.

Joyce adds, "We were running to catch our connection to Alaska."

"To see the Northern Lights."

"Then he steps off that thing, and I heard it. I heard it just go crack," Joyce snaps.

"Like the whole world slammed on the brakes, and I kept going," Ben continues.

Ivy stands, "And here we are. He's gonna need a full workup and an ortho consult. Also get a chest x-ray, cause it might be surgical. Keep me posted."

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"Nancy, I am taking all my prenatals, I'm eating healthy, trying not to overstress but when I'm a fellow in two, very active specialties, I don't get a lot of free time," Ivy tells her sister.

Nancy tries saying.

Ivy stops her, "No, I can't take a step back. It's already going to take me twice as long to get through my fellowships as any of the other fellows cause I have two specialties. Then you add on that I'm having twins. Plus, I'm running a hospital, planning a wedding and looking for a house, I can't just take a step back. I need to be fully present."

Nancy sighs, "

Ivy stops listening as she finds Edwards near a bed, "Oh, the E.R. needs this bed. Hey, and what is going on with Mr. Bosco? Why has a broken ankle been moved to pre-op for a cardiac procedure?"

Edwards helps her with the bed, "What?"

Ivy shakes her head, "You can't change the course of treatment like that without-"

"I didn't. The cardio consult declared it inoperable," Edwards tells her as Ivy starts moving the stuff off the bed.

"So then why is he in pre-op? Who-who did the consult?" Ivy asks.

"Dr. Yang!"

Ivy nods, "She must have found a way.   Well, she does that a lot. Oh, well, I'll check in with her later," She goes back to her call, "Okay, Nance, I need to go. I'm at work. Goodbye."

She hangs up and sighs, "I should have just let them be surprised at the wedding instead of all this crap."

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Ivys phone rings and she looks at the caller ID before picking it up, "Okay, are you all taking turns? First mom, then Nancy, now you. What do you want Kathleen?"

Kathleen starts to go on.

"Katie, Katie, Katie, I'm about to go back to my E.R., can you get to the point of the call?" Ivy stops her, sighing.

Kathleen says, "

Ivy hangs her head, "You know. I'm at work. I have things I need to be-"

," Ivy looks at the caller ID before replying.

"I'm not talking to Amy so I don't know what favorite sister you're talking about. Look, I really need to get back to work and honestly, I need to get something to eat. So, goodbye," she hangs up without waiting for a response.

Derek joins her at the nurses station, "Hey, who was that?"

Ivy glares at him, "Your sister."

He laughs, "I have a lot of those. Can you be more specific?"

"Kathleen. Now, I'm hungry, the twins are hungry, so if you'll excuse me," she starts for the cafeteria.

"How about I join you? Then we can discuss baby names and how you're going to name a baby after me," Derek runs to join her.

"Your son is named after you. I'm not naming my baby after you."

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Ivy throws herself on their bed as Jackson pulls out his laptop, "Okay, are you ready to look at houses?"

She nods, "Yes. The sooner we find our house, the sooner we can prepare for the babies. We can set up the nurseries, but of course we need to know the genders. What do you want? Two boys or two girls? Oh, maybe one of each. Oh, there is still so much to do and not enough time and-"

"Babe, babe, you're doing it again. Look, let's just focus on finding a house. And then, we can worry about the babies more. Look, we got this," Jackson tries calming her down.

"You're right. Okay, what do you got?"

They spend the night looking over houses and talking to the babies.

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AN: this part was very focused on Ivys relationship with her mom and some of her sisters and Javy figuring out they have a bunch to do.

This part 100 of the story! I can't believe it!

QoC: when do you think Javys wedding should be?

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