Andrew Q Gordon

Yeah I know what you mean about the four days. The first 23 chapters took about a year, the last 12 went about a week. But this was the crux of the story so far. The last dozen chapters deal with the affects of this. Like I said to Kevin, it ain't quite over yet .

I don't remember that movie but I like the concept. I was worried it would be too cliche how mom came around and such but I think it went over pretty well. But this aint quite over, Peter's body has healed but what about his psyche? Stay tuned

Thanks Nephy, I don't think I consciously tried to do that at first but as I tweaked things I tried to tie things up. As I said in an earlier chapter, Barbara T wasn't a terrible person, just hadn't wrapped her mind around things properly. Took an old fashion bitch slap from Amanda to put some sense into her. Mrs G is definitely the rock that keeps it all together. She ain't done just yet either

Dean left shortly after lunch. He got a text reminding him of some homework he had to finish. Jason helped him collect his stuff and gave him a hug when they said good bye. Relieved of entertaining his brother, Jason went back to stay with Peter. Walking through the front door, the hospital felt like his second home, something he wasn't happy about. Alone, he already missed his brother. Having Dean around the last two days helped Jason control his emotions. Now he only had himself. A

Matt: See, with medical advances making advances so rapidly, there is still hope that by the time you are my age you can get Cammy pregnant (or he you) and have your own kids - . Or you could try a less extreme method. LOL Thanks Matt. Nephy: Thanks my dear. Yeah, I am not counting any date as being hard and fast other than to expect it won't be what we expect. Still it is very exciting for us both. Cia: Well in this case we know EXACTLY when the embryo's were created etc so we know all that jazz with certainty, which is probably ALL we know for sure, or will know for sure going forward. I don't have any expectations other than expect the unexpected. Just give me a rough idea, let me do the math backward so we can plan one last hurrah and not risk the birth happening when we are in Italy or something, then batten down the hatches and start to get ready in earnest. 50 million? Are you sure? I mean that sounds a bit light, you must not want to scare me. Lugh: With the miracle of digital this and electronic that, we have already begun to video, photo, store and sort stuff. I like the idea of a letter to the baby(s) might have to get on that soon. As for vacation, yeah I am planning one of those that Mike doesn't know about yet. I am trying to get a better feel on when MD will pass it's marriage law. If not I am going to do it in DC then go away before the baby is born. It will be a nice one, probably use up the last of the money my grandmothers left me but I think this is what they would have wanted me to use it for, they both said 'no bills, something fun that you will always remind you of me.' or something like that. Pictures to follow. Mike: Never quite thought of things that way but the dynamics of the family are going to change no doubt about it. Sadly Mike is one of those people who likes to know things in advance to plan as much as possible. I am a bit more, meh, let's see what happens, but I find myself really wanting to know NOW. LOL. Ah lessons in patience. Steve: We would need a bunch of kids for us to use Steve, that and that is already a family name of someone other than a parent or grandparent and the family is funny about having two of the same name. and perhaps most important, I don't want the Steven in our family to think I named my kid after him, he would SO think that too, then again, it would be fun to say, 'No we named him after some other Steve that we like a whole lot more than you.' Thanks for the note Bee: Haha Bee, mark it in pencil cause as everyone keeps saying it probably won't be the 29th of Sept LOL.

I imagine when something like this happens, where you have a big fight, at least the biggest they ever had, and then you don't get to apologize because something terrible happens, you will always feel somewhat responsible. Seeing the apartment as a snap shot of what it looked like when Peter left to look for Jason had to be a bit unsettling, at least I would think. Thanks Trevor, appreciate your comments.

Anyta: I don't cry - Ok say maybe I might but I think it won't happen until the baby(s) are born - no betting pool please Yes, I have been told repeatedly that I should expect they could be early, especially if there are twins.That's why I think I said we have at most 8 months left. Pictures will go up, eventually, not going to promise I will put up ones of the ultra sounds and what not. Might stick post birth only from now on. Method: I'm not sure I want them to be born on 9/11 - everyone is so somber that day, especially around here. BUT whatever day he, she, they come I won't complain, it won't be close to my birthday

Amidst the snow and ice coming down on Wednesday, Mike and I got an email, followed quickly by a call from us to the clinic. The pregnancy was confirmed and they now gave us a schedule and a due date - our life changing day - Sept. 29, 2011. First thing, that date seems AWFUL soon to me - much too soon - but then I learned the 40 weeks we were expecting is from the date a woman's cycle begins, not conception - 40 weeks is really deceptive advertising if you ask me. Then if there are twins - and despite everyone wishing multiple babies on me, there is no guarantee it will be twins or more at this point - the due day would be sooner. Basically we have 8 months tops to get ready - I will never get Mike ready by then, no way. Of course I was thinking we had until mid to late Oct so I had to call to find out why the shortened time. We had a lot still to do - hell as much as we have been planning we were also holding off on doing things - okay a lot of thing - so as to not jinx ourselves; nothing worse than a room full of baby stuff and we don't have a baby right? This time we spoke to the head nurse, who has always been extremely patient with us and our questions. She told us that yes the levels are high and yes the Doctor said twins but she was just the nurse and she wasn't going to say it was twins. [Yeah her!!] For those that understand this stuff - and I am reluctantly becoming one of them - the surrogate’s HcG level - this is the hormone that is produced in waves during the first 10 weeks of pregnancy - was 665 at 14 days after embryo transfer. To put that number in perspective - my co-worker who just had a baby had her levels tested at about 4 weeks after conception and her level was 400. Supposedly the level of HcG doubles every 2 days for a while so the surrogate’s level was pretty high. On Wednesday when a second blood test was done, it was 1425 which was more than double. We asked what this really means - let me say here, that the Dr. has always been extremely caution and conservative in his comments. Even before the transfer, which has a very high rate of success and after he told us that everything went as well as it could medically go, he still was cautioning us that we might not get pregnant. SO when he kept saying twins, this made me worried he was correct. In contrast, the Nurse said a bit more reserved. She advised that it could be twins, it could be two embryos, but that one might not make it, or it could be one really well established pregnancy. [she may have said it could be more than twins, but we didn't really follow up on that - we are still just hoping for one right now] Of course when I mentioned the doctor's track record of not promising things, she tried to deflect us away from that - but not that strenuously. What we did learn that is that because this is an Embryo transfer, we should be able to find out if there is a heartbeat(s) at the first ultrasound in about 2 weeks - 2/9/11 to be exact. As it was explained to us, because they place the embryos in the best location for maximum success, they also have better ability to detect a heartbeat sooner. 12 days until confirmation I suppose. But lest I be all one sided and not tell both sides of things. The finance people took great pains to explain there were additional costs for the second Ultra Sound if there were twins or more. Something about needing to measure more than one fetus and that costing so much extra per additional fetus. In the end we just don't know but everyone seems to be preparing us for the possibility of twins. [or more] Either way, right now I am too excited to care - yeah a part of me knows twins will be more than just twice the work, but still. Next up, we are going to start setting up the baby room. The furniture we got this past weekend is in the basement and we don't want it to get ruined. At this point I suppose we need to keep thinking positively so by 9/29/11, it is ready. Wish us luck, we are SO going to need it. LOL

Wow, that was a lot happening in that chapter. It seems with every question you answer, you pose 4 or 5 more. If you hadn't edited chapter 29, I would now have thought the two speakers were Magister Aenhol and Madame Rooste but now? no idea. I am still confused that Ho-o isn't helping. I mean, Ho-o knows exactly where Jacob is, she could have told Adam and then he could have told Aenhol. I mean we know Jacob isn't dead because if he was, so would Adam, so Ho-o knows where he is and what's happening to him. Another question for another chapter to answer.

Thanks Zane, appreciate hearing from you. We are much closer to the end than the beginning so I hope to wrap things up soon. Andy

Well SimonJ, I know what happens but I ain't telling just yet. But I will tell you that Dean's decision is part of the story - so I won't leave anyone hanging for that answer. Thanks so much for your continued support. Andy

Haha, that's good because wait two more days is what has to happen. I wasn't sure how much to get into in the apartment, but as much as Jason does and will blame himself, seeing what he ruined makes it hurt that much more. Thanks for the review, as always

I never comment on predictions - other than to misdirect but I won't do that hear. I have promised and will keep to it, that next chapter will address Peter's condition a bit more. Other than that - my lips are sealed. Thanks for reading and commenting. Andy

Yes Frosty - IF Peter survives and IF Peter were there I am sure he would - [you didn't expect me to say for sure did you?] Jason's evolution are in no small part due to Peter's influence. I think from what we've seen of his family, we can tell who shaped Peter's character, [Hint, it wasn't Tom or 'Boopsie.'] Thanks for the comment and for reading AND for helping me

Not sure how far you have read, but the first few chapters I definitely didn't use them often enough. As I wrote later chapters, I use them a lot more in dialogue for a more natural feel. I don't use them much in the narrative portion as I feel/felt contractions are most appropriate in dialogue where it is used to make the speech as natural sounding as possible. In narrative I felt it better to eschew them were possible. Thanks for taking the time to comment. Andy

Oh Eric, it is not ruled out there are quads or quins in there, just that it is almost certainly more than one - Lord help me if it is more than 2 LOL. Thanks for the note - I think I might need all the good luck I can get soon. Andy

Can't say I remember that song too well and I was in college in the 80's [yes you already reminded me once today I was old so I beat you too it here ] But I do love the big mullets LOL

That would be hard because he was locked up in jail. Not to fret, he will get his soon enough

Remembering something he thought he saw after the game yesterday, Jason drove by the field-house before going to Peter's apartment. Close to the building, the red motorcycle looked alone and vulnerable. 'Just like Peter,' he almost said aloud. "What're we doing here?" Dean twisted, scanning the near empty parking lot. He pointed toward the motorcycle. "Do you think we can fit that in the back of dad's SUV?" "Is that his?" Dean's eyes went wide. "Yeah, but I don't feel

That was cool, although if I were the dude Tom, I might now want to be photographed dressed like that. [sorry the bitchy queen in me couldn't resist. ]

GH is a favorite of mine, my nephew got be hooked. As for the brothers Tellerman, Dean's cameo is about over, but not quite. Thanks for reading and for comment all along.

I asked the powers that be for more but so far the quota stands This weekend I promise to post the 'what's happening with Peter chapter, but first I need to post the next one. Then you can get down off the cliff - see I learned that from you - kinda

N.O.I read this on the old eFiction site but figured I would start over now that it is here. I think for sure this is your best work. The way it flows is so smooth, the emotions are so tight you can feel them, the dialogue and inner monologues are perfect.I probably won't comment on most of the other chapters but will probably add some here or there as I re-read and see or feel new things. Looking forward to the next chapters. Andy

Wow, never saw that coming about Sam. If it weren't so common that Families mess up dealing with a child when they come out to their parents, I would say - geez, c'mon. But you hit it square. Families really don't deal with it well, especially if the child is young and there wasn't a lot of clues so it is a shock. River's reaction might have been different if Aeron hadn't told him in advance about Faith's probable desire for revenge. He might have been elated despite his misgivings about Silver's condition. But they are clearly safer in the hospital than at home, no matter that they will be given a guard. Another cliff though this one is hidden from sight I think.

Anyta: Thanks Anyta, and just think you moving this way, you can be the first on GA to see them when they finally arrive, thought you might need to come see up if it really is twins, I'm not sure either of us will be capable of driving 3 hours. LOL Stuart; Three hugs isn't too gay, but then again perhaps I am too busy smiling to know the difference Chase: Thanks bud Sam: It's not 100% sure that it is twins, but it did kinda seem weird for the Dr. who was always so cautious in his predictions to suddently tell us he thought it might be twins. No he didn't promise but I think he was preparing us for what he thinks is the most likely scenario. Nephy: Thanks my dear, When they are born you can send them a special Pagan prayer [or whatever it is called] Mike is stead fast in his insistence they not be raised any specific religion so he, she, they can decide what they believe themsleves. Bleu: Thanks Most of the twins I know are pretty cool too. Sara: Agree, 1, 2 or **gulp** more, I just want happy healthy kids