𝐓𝐖𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐘 𝐒𝐈𝐗 — happy news and a new home

✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* 　　 *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧

May 1990

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐘 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐀 𝐒𝐔𝐍 peaked through the curtains of bella and dutch's bedroom as the radio alarm went off and keith whitley's miami, my amy played on the radio. reaching over, bella snoozed the alarm, and continued with her snooze, while dutch wrapped his arm around her.

a year had passed since the wedding, and the couple vacationed in miami, mainly because of bella's love for the song, miami, my amy.

lately, bella had been feeling awful. sitting in her meetings at work, she would feel nauseous. she couldn't figure out if it was a new perfume one of the other ladies were wearing, or if it was a change in her diet, but the littlest things had been setting her off. take yesterday for example:

after waking up, dutch stood in the kitchen making his morning cup of coffee, before joining john, wyatt, deacon, and the other ranch hands on the ranch and didn't offer bella any. she really wanted it, and he didn't offer. big mistake.

rather offended, the beautiful brunette folded her arms over her chest, and asked, "why didn't you offer me any coffee?"

dutcg gave his wife a look like she had lost her mind. "sweetheart, i'm sorry. if i had known you wanted some, i would have offered." he really and truly was sorry.

feeling upset and offended, bella rolled her eyes and scoffed. "well, you don't know if you don't ask." turning on her heels, she stormed out of the room, slamming the bedroom door behind her, leaving her beloved husband seriously confused

the alarm went off for the second time with miami, my amy playing, and the husband and wife woke up to the early morning sun peaking through the closed curtains. bella sat up and rubbed the back of her neck, as her stomach roiled, something dutch noticed. rubbing her back, he questioned, "beautiful, are you alright?" 

bella covered her mouth and threw the covers off, before running into the bathroom. in the bathroom she crouched on the floor barfing as dutch held her hair back.

"you don't need to see this honey. go on back to bed." bella said in between coughs and dry heaves

dutch shook his head no. "nice try. i'm not leaving you in here by yourself."

bella steadied herself, trying to catch her balance, and flushed the commode. she washed her face and brushed her teeth, to get that nauseating taste out of her mouth, with dutch rubbing her back as she did so.

bella went back into the bedroom, and laid back down in the bed, while her husband came back with a cool rag, and laid it across her forehead, something she always did for him, when he was sick. "you didn't have to do that, honey."

"i know, but i wanted to." dutch said

"i'm sorry i snapped at you yesterday. i didn't mean it." bella said as she began to cry. "please forgive me."

"hey." dutch said softly as he rubbed her side. "i love you."

"i love you more." bella smiled. "i was a monster yesterday. you didn't..."

"didn't i tell you i love you and i forgave you?" dutch smiled as he continued caressing her side, and bella smiled and nodded, only for it to quickly fade. "what is it honey? what's going through that beautiful head of your's?"

bella fondled with the bedsheets as she replied, "i think we might need to go see dr. greenwood." dutch gave his wife a look of confusion, who sat up and held his hand in her's. "honey, my period's late. mine always starts the day after ali's. she got off her's five days ago."

after dressing for the day, dutch drove his wife to dr. greenwood, who is bella's gynecologist, and has been since she became sexually active. the husband and wife were sitting in the waiting room, waiting to be seen.

"are you feeling okay, sweetheart?" dutch asked as he caressed her knuckle with his thumb

bella smiled and nodded. "i'm alright honey, a little nervous though."

dutch kissed her temple and gently reassured, "hey, it's going to be alright."

the door opened, to reveal an elderly nurse named jackie, who was in her late 60s, and had a kind face. "isabella pearson? we're ready for you honey."

the husband and wife stood as jackie led them to the room. after she got bella's vitals, she left the room, and dutch held her hand. after waiting for a few minutes, dr. greenwood walked in. "hi bella, hi dutch." the woman smiled

"hi, dr. greenwood." bella smiled

dr. greenwood sat down in front of the couple. "so, ms. bella, tell me, what's going on today?"

"well, for the past few weeks, i've been having mood swings, i've been waking up feeling nauseous, and my period is late." bella said.

"well, i would like to order a blood and urine test. does that sound good?" dr. greenwood asked, and bella smiled and nodded in reply. "all right, i'll have jackie come in and draw the labs and get you set up for your urine and i'll be back in to go over your results." dr. greenwood said as she stood up

"thank you." bella smiled.

"you're welcome." dr. greenwood said. "hang tight."

after dr. greenwood left the room, nurse jackie came in to draw bella's blood, then she went across the hall for her urine test. after waiting for about 15 minutes, dr. greenwood came back in the room, and the husband and wife held hands

"bella, your hcg in both your blood and urine was positive. congratulations. you're pregnant." dr. greenwood said

dutch smiled as he pulled his wife in for a loving embrace. "oh bella."

"congratulations to you both." dr. greenwood said

"thank you." bella smiled as she kept her arms around her husband's shoulders

"thank you." dutch smiled

dr. greenwood prepped the sonogram machine, and conversed with the young couple. "how have you been doing symptom wise?" dr. greenwood asked as she began bella's sonogram

"vomiting." bella sighed. "i don't mean to complain but i have felt more fatigue than usual."

"that's perfectly normal. your morning sickness should go away soon." dr. greenwood said as she continued with the sonogram. "your babies are doing excellent. they're the size of a pomegranate seed."

"babies?" dutch questioned

"yes. twins." dr. greenwood smiled. "see there on the screen?"

the couple intertwined their hands, as the image of the tiny growing babies appeared on the monitor, and dutch kissed her forehead

"congratulations again to the both of you." dr. greenwood said

"thank you." the couple said as they intertwined their hands and shared a kiss.

･ ⋆ ･ ⠄⠂⋆ ･ ⠄⠂⋆ ･ ⠄⠂⋆ ･ ⠄⠂⋆ ･

four months have passed since bella and dutch found out they were having twins. whenever, they would go for the sonogram to see if they were having a boys or girls, they always had their legs crossed, so they couldn't tell. boy or girl, they would love them all the same.

the husband and wife both decided that they needed to get out of their one bedroom home and into a bigger one. knowing how much she loved laurel canyon and joni mitchell, dutch surprised bella with a new home in the laurel canyon area. it was a two story house, with an early 1970's design, something bella loved, with a vintage balcony on the second floor, a pool, a spacious backyard, and beautiful antique windows.

"dutch, why are we here?" bella asked

dutch gave bella a house key, and gently answered, "this is our new home. i bought it."

"what? how?" bella asked 

"the money i had been saving, it was for our new house. come on." dutch smiled

dutch opened his car door, then opened the car door for bella, helped her out, and they walked to the door hand-in-hand. after unlocking the door, he let bella inside and walk in the door first.

bella looked around and saw the living room was furnished with lamps, and beautiful furniture, provided by john, janet, and leann

in the kitchen, there was a full range stove, six counters, and an island. dutch placed his hand on her back, and bella glanced up at him with a loving look on her face.

"the living room." dutch said as he led her to it. bella had her hand on her growing baby bump. the walls were beautifully decorated. the fireplace was beautiful. "come see the upstairs." he said, as he took her hand

bella noticed that the staircase had a beautiful banister. upstairs there were three bedrooms. the master bedroom had it's own bathroom, as well as the vintage balcony.

"but i have a special surprise for you." dutch said as he looked at her. "follow me"

dutch led her to the nursery where she saw it was fully furnished. in the corner was a crib and dresser for their baby, which was bella's, as well as a beautiful rocking chair.

"your parents said the crib and dresser belonged to you. i thought it could be passed down to our kiddo." dutch said, as she smiled in reply, trying not to shed tears. as he walked to the other side of the room, she heard him say, "beautiful, it's all here. can you just see it?"

bella closed her eyes and opened them. for a moment, or maybe two, everything came to life. she was snapped back into reality when she heard the voice of her loving husband, she didn't mind it. "what do you think?" dutch asked

"yeah. i love it babe." bella smiled brightly

"we have a home." dutch said happily

"oh, a home." bella smiled happily

the husband and wife were locked in a loving embrace. dutch placed his hand on bella's baby bump, and kissed her once more.