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Nicholas and Zoey drove silently through the frosty night. "Are you nervous?" Zoey asked.
"Course not." Nicholas said in a shaky voice. He sighed, "Ok ok I am."
"Why?" she asked.
"I... I don't know, I just have this feeling for some reason." he said. Then he stopped paying attention to the road and stared at his feet. Their turn suddenly popped up on the side of the road.
"Nicholas turn.." Zoey said. "Nicholas turn now!" Zoey yelled. He snapped out of it and jeered the steering wheel to the right. He was a little late with the turn and ran over the sign pointing to the exit. They drove in silence.
"Don't tell my parents about this." Nicholas said.
"Agreed." Zoey agreed. They pulled into the parking lot for the hospital. They got out of the car and looked up at the hospital. They saw one of the windows was open on the 4th level, and they saw a white and black speck.
"Hey that's my parents!" Nicholas exclaimed. They ran into the hospital, got visitor passes and rode the elevator all the way up to level 4. Nicholas was hopping with excitement. They walked down the hallway until they reached room 15. He slightly knocked on the door. Drac opened it, but he had a finger over his lips and did a quiet, "Shhhh." and let them in. Nicholas and Zoey glided into the room, not making a sound. They saw Ericka asleep, with a tiny baby curled up in her arms. Zoey had to cover her mouth to keep herself from squealing. Nicholas sat down in a chair on the other side of the room. He mouthed to his dad, ' what gender is it?' Drac mouthed back. 'girl.' Nicholas flopped back in his seat and did an imitation of a bomb exploding. He was a little too loud. Ericka heard him and she slowly lifted her head.
"We didn't mean to wake you, honey bat." Drac whispered to her, kissing her forehead.
"It's fine." Ericka said, "I've been asleep for a few hours." She spotted Nicholas slouching on the other side of the room. "Hi Nicholas." She said, trying to spark conversation.
"Hi." He mumbled.
"What's wrong?" She asked.
"Why couldn't it be a boy?" He complained.
"Now you know we don't make those choices." Ericka said.
"I guess."He said. She handed Drac the little girl, and started to get up. Only to lean against the wall, moaning in pain.
"What's wrong?" Nicholas asked, standing up. She lifted her shirt a little ways to show that she had stitches running from the top of her stomach all the way down to the bottom. "Ow." He said, grimacing at how red it looked.
"More than OW." She replied. She slowly made her way over to Nicholas and sat down in a chair next to his. "Listen.." She said, "Even though..You hate your new baby sister.... Could you at least try to be nice to her?"
"I'll try." Nicholas grumbled. Zoey had sprinted out of the room, they heard her squeal very loudly in the hallway. She poked her head through the doorway,
"I...I need...Air." She panted between breaths. They heard her sneakers squeaking as she ran down the hallway. Drac sat down next to Ericka and handed her the baby.
"Could you help us decide on a name?" Ericka asked Nicholas.
"Sure," He said. "What do you have in mind?"
"Umm, we're stuck between Tiffany and Willow." Ericka said.
"Why not use both?" Nicholas suggested. "How?" Drac asked.
"Use one for her middle name and one for her first name." Nicholas explained.
"I've never thought of that before." Drac said thoughtfully.
"Then it's settled," Ericka said, "Her name will be Tiffany Willow Dracula."
"Has a nice ring to it." Nicholas said. Tiffany started to twitch as if in response to her name, her eyes started to flicker open. "Her eyes are opening!" Nicholas said excitedly.
"WHAT!!?!?!!" they heard Zoey screech from down the hall, startling a few doctors. She threw herself in the room, and jumped to her feet. "Did I miss it?" She asked.
"Not yet." Nicholas reassured her. She straightened her hair and sat next to Nicholas.
Tiffany's eyes opened to reveal that they were, "Amber?" Drac said, confused. "But nobody here has amber eyes- wait a minute!" He said. Leaping back and pointing at Ericka, "Have you been cheating on me?!?!" He shrieked.
She looked flaming mad, "Why would I ever betray you like that?!?!" She shot back.
"It just sounds like something you'd do." Drac retorted.
"You take that back!" She snapped.
"If the boot fits." Drac said.
"I dare you to say that again." She snarled.
"If the boot fits." He said a little slower.
"Ok then." She said, handing Nicholas Tiffany and she lunged at him. They got into a massive brawl. Nicholas and Zoey just sat there awkwardly,
"Do your parents usually fight like this?" Zoey asked.
Tiffany shrugged as if she knew what they were talking about, "Not like this, no." Nicholas replied. The Drac accidentally punched her in the stomach causing her to roll over to the other side of the room, her legs clutched to her chest and she was emitting small sharp cries of pain.
"I'm so sorry!" He said, crawling over to her. Hold on.. Nicholas thought. He searched through his memory until he found one about wood. He vaguely remembered a sentence...Something about amber eyes? But Zoey was one step ahead of him,
"Nicholas, can I have the car keys?"
"Sure, why?" Nicholas asked as he handed her the keys.
" I gotta go do something!" She said, running out of the room.
"Does that mean I have to drive home with them?!" He asked.
"Yup!" she said from down the hall.
"That's great." He said sarcastically. He looked down at Tiffany, she was sleeping again, snuggled up to his chest. On the other hand, Drac had lifted Ericka up onto the bed and was laying next to her, mumbling something into her ear. Her head was pressed against his chest and her eyes were closed.
He then stopped talking, lightly laced his arms around her and put his head on top of hers. A doctor walked in. Before he could start talking, Nicholas shushed him. The doctor walked over to him and whispered into his ear, "Just wanted to let you know that you guys can leave whenever you're ready."
"Thanks.'' Nicholas said. Tiffany woke up again and started to tap her fingers on Nicholas's face,
"I think she likes you." The doctor observed,
"Yeah, I guess having a little sister won't be as bad as I thought." He said. They left two hours later. When they walked through the lobby of the hospital, Nicholas thought he saw Steve sitting there. He looked at nicholas with bloodshot eyes and said,
"Nothing can stop her now." When Nicholas blinked, he was gone.