"Push, Marie! Push!" Stein yelled to Marie, his girlfriend of two years as she lay on the table in the hospital room. She was in the middle of giving birth to their first child, a baby girl.
Stein gripped his girlfriend's hand, and said soothing words to her to calm her. All of a sudden, Marie let out an ear-splitting scream of agony.
"Marie!" Stein yelled, worriedly, gripping her hand tighter.
One of the nurses looked to a monitor attached to the demon weapon, and gasped. The nurse grabbed a radio out of her pocket, and said something into it that Stein couldn't understand. Within seconds, multiple doctors and nurses flooded into the room, pulling Stein away from his beloved Marie.
One of the nurses pulled Stein aside. "Sir, you are going to need to stay in the waiting room until the baby is born."
"But, Marie... I need to stay with her!" Stein protested, trying to get back to his girlfriend's side.
"I'm sorry Mr. Stein, but the doctors can't work well with you in the room. We will tell you if immediately we have any problems."
"Marie, I love you! Never forget that!" Stein yelled, right before the nurse closed the door.
Three hours had passed, and Stein had heard nothing from the nurses or doctors. He was starting to get worried. Just as he was turning the screw in his head to clear his thoughts, a nurse came out into the waiting room. "Mr. Stein?" she called.
Stein jumped up and quickly walked over. "I'm Franken Stein. Is everything alright? How's Marie?"
The nurse sighed. "We had a problem. The baby was turned in a way that the umbilical cord became wrapped around her neck, and we had to do a c-section to get her out before she suffocated."
Stein's eyes were filled with worry. "Is my daughter okay? Is Marie alright?"
The nurse looked away from Stein's eyes. "Your daughter is in perfect health. However, Marie lost a lot of blood during the surgery, since it took longer than expected. Normally its such a quick procedure, but it took longer because of your daughter's condition. We did all we could, we added as much blood as possible, but her body rejected it. I'm so sorry, Sir..."
Stein couldn't believe what he was hearing. "Is she...?"
"She passed about five minutes ago. She wanted me to tell you she loves you, and that you should name the baby Rosalie, like you two discussed. I'm so sorry, Sir."
Stein was speechless. He didn't know what to say, or if he even had the voice to talk.
The nurse motioned for Stein to follow her. "Come with me. We have your baby girl in a room, and she's ready to meet her daddy."
Stein followed the nurse, and when he walked into the room, his heart stopped. In front of him, was his daughter. She looked exactly like Marie, except for one difference. Her eyes. She had Stein's emerald green eyes.
He walked over and picked her up. He carefully cradled his new love in his arms. He looked down into her eyes, and she looked up into his. She gave him a tiny smile, and reached up and put a tiny hand on his cheek.
Stein smiled. "Hello," he whispered. "You are so beautiful..."
The nurse cleared her throat to get Stein's attention. Stein looked over at the nurse reluctantly, not wanting to take his eyes off of his tiny treasure.
"Do you have a name picked out for the baby?" the nurse asked.
Stein looked from the nurse, to his daughter, and back to the nurse. "Rosalie Marie Stein."
The nurse wrote the name down, and left the room to get the birth certificate ready.
"Rosalie..." Stein whispered to his baby, looking into her eyes. "I think I'll call you Rose for short. Your mother would think you're beautiful, and you are." Stein's eyes filled with tears, and he cradled Rose closer to his chest. "She's not with us anymore, but I know she loves you, and she always will."
Stein felt a tear fall down his face, and he lost it. He held Rose, and he cried. He mourned Marie. He mourned the happy life they would never have together, the engagement he was planning, all they happy times they would experience with Rose. All of those moments he had dreamt of since he fell in love with Marie now weren't possible.
"Marie..." he whispered through his tears. "I will never forget you, and I will always love you."
