I should do cliffhangers more often. This is part 2. I didn't want to have one story with over 200 thousand words so I added a new one. I would have uploaded this earlier but I had to get it just right.
LPOV
I miss my house. I miss my bed. And Elliot. It was only one night but I miss him. He is usually next to me handing me pillows or rubbing my back. I never realized how much I needed him here. I even woke up early. It's only 7:30. But I'm getting married today. The first thing I do is look at my dress. I just need to make sure it doesn't have any stains. I had a dream that I wasn't getting married today because I was so upset about a stain on the dress. I'm happy to say that the dress made it through the night. I make my way to the bathroom and remove my clothes to get in the shower.
It's pretty calm. That's exactly what I wanted. I wanted to wake up and not be bothered by anyone. I knew that if I got ready with everyone I would be watched non-stop. This way all I have to focus on is my self and trying to stay calm. I was going to have Isabelle sleep in my room but Emily and her were having so much fun that Andy decided to take her. I feel bad just leaving her but she would have more fun with Emily than with me this morning.
I get in the shower and turn on the water. It takes me a while to figure out what way is hot and cold. But my legs feel warm before my head. I'm glad I got a wax yesterday so I won't have to shave today. Not that I could. Elliot usually shaves my legs now that I can't reach my feet.
I don't want to complain because up until the very recent back pain and the incident in Brooks I've had a pretty easy pregnancy. And so far the baby won't be huge so the chances of me delivering naturally are high. I know Elliot worries but I think our compromise is a happy medium. Or unhappy depends who you ask. I love how involved he's been. He goes to every appointment and makes it a point to always ask questions. How biggest worry is that something will happen to me. "We can have another baby but I can't have another you." He always says. I know it's true but I already love this baby so much I don't think I can go through another pregnancy and have no baby. He says we can adopt. Which is true but I need just one baby so I can feel like a complete woman I guess. It's a right of passage in my book.
I make my way out of the shower and get dressed. I have my computer with me so Elliot and I were on Skype last night. I found out I could easily balance the laptop on my stomach. At least until the baby moved and I would have to reposition it. I must have fallen asleep with the computer on because when I woke up the battery was dead. Mia took away my phone so I wouldn't call Elliot and figure out his room number. We figured it out though. I was tempted to walk to his room but I figured one night wouldn't hurt. Besides in a few hours we would be husband and wife.
EPOV
Someone was knock known my door. It better not be a stripper. My friend from college, Scott said he was going to send one but he never did. I'm glad though because I don't need Lina to hate me more. I know she only forgave me so quickly yesterday because she didn't want us to get to the altar and be mad at each other. Fuck the altar. This wedding came faster than I thought it would. They knock again. I put some pants on and go to the door. I turn on a lamp and my eyes take a minute to adjust. I unlock the door and find Lina on the other side.
"Morning. My sister's gonna kill you if she knows you're here." She bites her lip and looks down. I tilt her chin up so she can look at me. "Hey what's wrong?" She shakes her head. Something's wrong or else she wouldn't be here. Or she wouldn't look this upset.
"Can I come in?" I step aside and watch her as she holds her bag tighter. She's not getting cold feet is she?
"Lina what is it?" I close the door and lock it.
"We can't... We have to cancel the wedding." Fuck. Why now? Maybe it's because of the bachelor party. She doesn't trust me. I take a step back and run my fingers through my hair. "I know this isn't suppose to happen like this but Elliot I'm sorry."
"Why though? Did I do something? If it's about yesterday I don't do anything I didn't even touch any one of them. Lina I love you. Don't do this baby. Whatever is wrong we can work through it. I love you." I step toward her and force my lips on hers. She responds but not like she normally would.
"Elliot." I kiss her hard again. She has to know I love her. "Elliot I love you... let me talk." I pull her harder against me and feel the baby kick. "Elliot my water broke." I let her go and take a step back. Shit! Fuck she's not due for another three weeks. Fuck. We're not ready for this. I'm not ready for this. Shit! We should have gone to those pregnancy classes sooner. I kept putting them off thinking I had time. And now we don't. Maybe I can just do what they do in movies. Breathing exercises and then when she has contractions I hold her hand. Once she screams bloody murder it's over right? Fuck what do I do. "Baby? Please say something." I snap out of it and see her face. God she must be just as scared shitless as I am. I pull her into my arms and kiss the top if her head. She grips my shirt before letting out a sob.
"What is it? Are you in pain?" I see that she's crying. Fuck maybe I should get my mom.
"No pain. My contractions are 15 minutes apart. My water broke in the shower but I didn't notice until I had a contraction a while later. I'm sorry I'm crying it's stupid." She wipes her tears. I lead her to the bed so she can sit down. At least she isn't in pain, not yet anyways.
"It's not stupid. What's wrong?" She shakes her head. She's trying to put on a brave face. "Don't do that, you can talk to me. I want to help."
"I'm just... I'm scared Elliot." I smile at her. Fuck she's so beautiful even when she cries.
"Of what?" I ask her.
"What if something goes wrong? I can't lose another baby El. I can't do it." I forgot about that. I kneel so I'm in front of her wiping her tears. I press a kiss on her belly button and her hands pull on my hair.
"You won't. And you're not alone baby I'm right here. I'm not going anywhere." I kiss her lips so she knows I love her. God even scared the way she is, she's amazing. "I'm right here. I won't leave you. I promise."
"Thanks, for being here you have no idea how much it means to me to have you. Not just now but always." I take her hands.
"There's no where I would rather be." She smiles a little and I could swear she feels better. At least until her grip on my hands tightens. She whimpers. "Contraction?" She nods her head. "Don't bite your lip baby. Take deep breaths." After a few seconds it's over and I wait for her breathing to even out before saying anything. Once she's breathing again I hand her my phone. "Do you want to call our moms? Or who ever is going to be in the delivery room? We never talked about that."
"I... Don't be mad please but I wanted it to just be us. We can call them when it's over. I just don't want a crowd in the hospital. It's our first baby I want to have this moment alone with you. If... Is that okay?"
"Baby if that's what you want. I wanted it to just be us too but I thought you would want them there." I start to put my things in my suitcase.
"El do you want to grab a shower?" Is she crazy? She's in labor.
"We don't have time for that we have to get you to a hospital."
"My contractions aren't too close together. It will probably be another few hours. We have time. And we still have to go home and get the hospital bag ready. And get some extra clothes for me. Just don't take an extra long shower please." I ask if she's sure and she says yes.
"Okay I will, after the shower we'll head to your room and get your things. Do you want to just ignore everyone?"
"Yea. I'll leave a note for Mia but I just don't need an audience." I sit next to her and take her hands in mine. "Are you going to shower?"
"Oh yea I'll jump in as soon as your next contraction passes. I don't want you to be alone for them." At fourteen minutes she gets another contraction. This time she breathes through her mouth and doesn't bite her lip. She might have bled if she bit it again. "You okay?" She nods her head. "I won't take long. Just watch some tv while you're here. I'll get my stuff packed and we can head out." Before she responds I run to the shower and jump in before the water has time to get warm. Fuck it's cold. Good thing too because I woke up with a need to fuck her and now I'm cut off. My right hand is going to be a lot stronger now. Fuck she's in labor and I'm in the shower thinking about being buried deep inside her. I'm gonna miss sex. There always oral. I turn the water even colder to shake those thoughts.
Once I get out I warp a towel around my waist and head out to get some clothes. Of course she has to be packing my shit.
"You should be resting." I get behind her and kiss her neck.
"I'm just trying to keep busy." She continues as I get my clothes on. "You're phone was ringing."
"Shut it off baby. If I leave it on Christian will just track us and it will ruin the quiet-birth plan. We can call the hospital from the house. Ready?" She nods before zipping the suitcase. I grab my laptop and phone and place it on the pocket of my luggage.
I open the door for her and we make our way to her room. She has all her things ready so all we have to do is actually put them in the suitcase. She has another contraction. 14 minutes. She says it was stronger than her last but it didn't last as long. "Actually can you just get the car. I'll meet you on the side of the hotel in a few minutes."
"Yea baby. But hurry I don't want you alone. Give me the suitcase. Leave a note for Mia. I'm gonna tell the front desk to tell my mom to get Isabelle for the night is that okay?" I would feel better if mom had her. Isabelle is very close to my dad so I know that if she feels unloved she can just go to him. She nods her head. "I'll meet you downstairs in a bit." I take both our suitcases and head downstairs. I'm glad she told me to go ahead of her because I don't want her to have a contraction in the street. I'd rather she have one in the car.
I'm trying to be brave for her sake but I'm freaking out. I know I can't act scared in front of her or else she will get scared too. Someone has to be the brave one. Damn we parked far.
I make a mental note of all the things we need: diapers, no we have some I think. We got some on the baby shower. We need to put a gate on the top of the stairs for when he starts moving. He's gonna need a little toilet thing for when we potty train him. Shit? We're not ready. It's too soon he wasn't suppose to come for another three or four weeks. Is it even safe? What am I thinking. None of those things matter he won't even move for a few months. Ok, what do we need now? A car seat. Those bottle things. Unless Lina is going to breast feed. She probably will lately she's been going over food that are healthy or aren't so that the baby has the best weight possible. So we don't need formula. I pull up to the side of the building and see her walking out. I get out of the car ignoring the angry drivers. Fucking assholes. Can't they see there's a woman in labor! I open her door and take her laptop. Once I see she's settled, I close the door and get back in the driver's side.
Damn she must be really scared. I don't know what to do when I see her crying so I just take her hand. I put on her country music thinking it might calm her down. I have to admit the music annoyed me at first but it's growing on me. I starts singing a song that's on and she just looks at me. I must sound really bad with my fake country accent though. But at least I get her to laugh a little.
Once we get to the house I leave the car right in front of the door. She had a contraction four minutes ago so we're good for ten minutes. I stand behind her as we make our way up the stairs. She stops half way through and leans on the wall. "Talk to me." I whisper. I feel like if I talk too loud she'll get scared.
"Just... Tired. Give me a minute." I could just carry her upstairs but I'm afraid something will happen. She starts moving again.
"Where the baby bag?" She points to the baby's room. She follows me and opens the bag making sure we have everything.
"Are we missing anything?" How the hell do I know. I've never had a kid. I get my phone and google it. According to some parents website checklist we have everything.
"Baby let's get your things. We probably won't be gone more than two or three days. If I need to I'll come back and get different things." She starts picking out some yoga pants and shirts.
"Elliot you have to get clothes for you too."
"I will. Are you done?" She nods her head. I put her things in the bag that we left in the bed so she can rest. When I walk into the bathroom I find her doing her make up. "Lina what are you doing? Why do you need make up?" I ask her. God she's frustrating sometimes.
"There's gonna be pictures. I don't want to look like a slob. We have to look at these pictures for the rest of his life. I'm almost done I just didn't want to look so pale. I'm done relax." I shake my head. Relax? I am relaxed. A few minutes ago she was crying and now I'm the one who's emotional. Once she's finished she goes in the closet to get a different set of clothes.
"Why don't you wear some of those black stretchy pants?"
"I was going to but I can't get them up. It's okay I'll just settle for a dress."
"Don't worry about it. I'll help you." I get her the leggings she loves so much. I hate how she can't move. I know she doesn't ask for help because she's too embarrassed. "Sit down. What shoes do you want?" She points to some flats and I put them on her feet. She starts lifting her shirt and I help remove it for her. Fuck her tits are huge. Lucky breast-feeding-baby. "What shirt?"
"Can you get me one of your button up shirts. And my knitted sweater. It's white, it should be on the end. Please and thank you." I help roll up her sleeves and she has another contraction mid way. 13 minutes apart. Once it's over I finish the other sleeve and she puts on her sweater and fixes her hair.
"Ok I'm ready. Can you just get the camera it's on the bedside table." I put the camera in the side pocket. "Did you call the hospital?"
"Yes they're expecting a Grey in about an hour."
"Crap. We're really doing this?" She looks at me. What is she talking about?
"Yes. You'll be fine. Both of you. I won't leave you okay? I'm right here." I bend down to kiss her lips. I meant for it to be a short kiss but when her lips parted I couldn't stop. I reached out to tangle my tongue with hers. "We can't. We have to stop. We really have to get going." She nods and walks out. Going down the stairs is a lot easier for her. Once we get in the car she reminds me about the car seat. I run back to the garage and get the whole box. I was going to set it up but we're out of time. It's almost the 13 minute mark.
The drive to the hospital is pretty quiet on her part. She tried to take a nap but as soon as she fell asleep we arrived so I had to wake her up. One of the nurses recognized me so I had to pull out the whole doctor-patient confidentiality so they wouldn't call my mom. Once we were in a room I helped Lina get dressed again and we waited for the doctor to come in.
I knew that they had to check her down there but it was weird. A nurse came in. She looked pretty young, one of those recently graduated girls. You could tell that she was wearing a push-up bra even though she had scrubs. She kept biting her lip, if Lina was biting her lip I would say it was hot but she did it and I just wanted to shoot myself. "Okay Mrs. Grey I'm going to ask you to lay down." Lina decided that gravity would help her out and she was pacing. I helped her get on her back. "Okay if you could just bend your knees and open a bit." Lina looked away and did as they asked. I couldn't stop staring at what the doctor was doing. She reached down to feel how dilated she was but her eyes were on me. Is she serious? She's checking me out and her hand is in my girlfriend's vagina? Fuck. I look at Lina and she sees when the nurse winks at me. Damn I really don't need some nurse to make Lina insecure. I know she feels like I don't want her but that isn't the case. "You're about five centimeters so your half way there. Dr. Torres will be here in a few minutes. She has another mom in labor right now. Other than that patient she's all yours. If you need anything-"
"We know thanks." I cut her off before she tries to get suggestive.
"I want another nurse." Lina tells me as soon as I close the door.
"Don't be jealous."
"That was so inappropriate. She was eye fucking you right in front of me."
"I know. I saw. But she doesn't mean anything to me. I'm with you and we are the ones having a baby. She's just some slut walking around. Don't pay attention to her." I sit on the side of her bed. I tilt her head up so she looks at me. "You're the only one that matters. I'll get you a new nurse." I kiss her and walk out to the nurses station. Once I get a hold of someone in charge some lady volunteers to be our new nurse. She's a little older probably mid forties. But she's married and that's what I wanted. Lina seems pretty content with that.
"Mr. and Mrs. Grey, I see you little one couldn't wait another three weeks. That's completely normal. Very few babies are actually born on their due date. And yours is fully developed. I actually have no other mothers as of now so I have time to talk to you about your birth plan. Last time we talked we didn't get to an agreement."
"She's waiting seven hours. If in seven hours from right now she hasn't given birth then she'll have a c-section." I say before Lina responds. The doctor looks at Lina for confirmation.
"Seven hours. But until those seven hours are up as long as I'm doing fine he can't say anything." She nods her head.
"That's fine. You're at five cm right now. Has your water broken?"
"Yes this morning around 8:30."
"Any contractions?" She is setting Lina up to a fetal heart rate monitor.
"They're about 11 or twelve minutes apart. They last about 40 or more seconds." I didn't know we had to time them.
"Well from the looks of it if everything is going how it is now, you won't need a c-section. And the baby doesn't look too big. Not too small either. You should be cleared to deliver naturally. What about an epidural?"
"No epidural." I'm going to kill Lina. Fuck she doesn't listen to anything I have to say. She grabs my hand knowing it pissed me off. I want to just ignore her but I can't do that, when I know she's in labor.
"What about names have-" she stops talking when she sees Lina grab the sheets. This time I actually count. 53 seconds. I rub her back and pull her he air from her face. "Wow okay that was only 8 minutes from your last one. When did they check you?"that was way too soon for a contraction.
"Half an hour ago." Lina lays back closing her eyes. The doctor decides to check again.
"Wow you're a lucky girl. You're at six. Hopefully it keeps this rhythm. You can walk a little but once you at seven you have to lay down. So just enjoy the last few minutes. Maybe gravity will help you out." The doctor starts walking out.
"Wait is he okay? Like he's not breech or anything right. He should be fine. You've been talking about me but is the baby okay?"
"You're baby is perfect. He's getting into position right now." Lina nods her head. I can't image how scared she must be. Especially because of what she went through.
She stands up and starts walking.
"Holy fuck! Shit! Damn this hurts." She's leaning forward on the bed. "Don't fucking touch me you bastard." She slaps my hand away. Once it's over she apologizes saying she doesn't mean it. I figured that's as bad as it gets with the insults but I found out a few hours later I was so wrong.
"Elliot you son a bitch!" I rubbed her back with one hand and held on to her hand with the other waiting for it to pass. For being so small she's pretty strong when she wants to be. The doctor has been coming in every half an hour and she should be here again soon.
"How are we doing? On a scale of one to ten how's your pain?"
"Eight. Nine." She is checking her again.
"Ok I'm going with the seven hour compromise you two set up for yourselves. And you have been at the hospital five hours. Your labor probably started long before that but now you're just waiting. Don't worry dad they are both fine. We'll start pushing in an hour or so. She's at eight centimeters right now. How are the contractions?"
"Can't I push now? Nine and ten isn't it practically the same thing. Shit!" She starts cursing again as another contraction hits.
"Not yet Mrs. Grey just a bit longer. Dad? The contractions?" She looks at me.
"Three minutes apart they last about a minute some longer. Is that normal?"
"Yes perfectly fine." She smiles at Lina.
"Normal?! There is nothing fucking normal about this shit. Can't you do something? Why the fuck did I come to a hospital if you're not even going to help me. You're just here to talk. If I wanted to talk I would have done this at home." I've never seen her be so rude towards anyone.
"I'm sorry she's just not her self." I apologize to the doctor.
"Not myself? You're not going to be yourself when I shove a stick up your ass."
"It's fine. I'll be back in half an hour. A nurse will check on her in 15 minutes. I know how worried you two are so don't. We will do everything we can to make this as quick as possible." She practically runs out of the room.
"I'm sorry baby. I wish I could help you somehow. Almost there okay?" She let's go and leans back on the pillows.
"It just hurts."
"I'm sorry. Almost there and we can meet our baby. Just think about that. In a few hours we will hold our boy. I'm so proud of you. Do you know how amazing you are just being here. Doing this. You've taken care of our baby all alone these past few months. But just a little longer."
"What if I can't do this?"
"You can and you will don't say that. You the strongest person I know. I love you so much Lina." I kiss her briefly before resting my forehead against hers. She has to do this. I could never do anything with out her. What if something does happen? I could never take care of the kids without her. I wouldn't want to even live without her.
For the past few years I've been pressured by friends and family to have kids and settle down. They never said anything about a wife. Here I have this woman who's giving me everything and if I lose her none of that means anything. I'll still love my kids but I'll be lost. I don't want to imaging my life with out her. She reaches up touch my face.
"I love you Elliot."
"I know."
"I'm sorry I yelled."
I chuckle lightly. "It's okay. I deserve it for putting you through it."
When the doctor comes an hour later Lina finally gets the relief she needs. "Okay it's time to push. Get some one from pediatrics here."
"Why does he need a doctor. Is something wrong with him?"
"No it's just standard. When you feel the need to push I want you to push. Dad can you hold her leg. Ready?"
"Yes." Lina and I say at the same time. Oh she's not talking to me.
"Chin to chest. And push." Her other leg is being held up by her nurse. She's being told to push then to stop. I asked why she was told to stop, shouldn't she just keep going until it's out?
"She needs to rest. This could take from 10 to forty-five minutes." What the fuck? She's going to have him half in half out for forty-five minutes! She grabs my hand and holds it again.
After a few pushes.
"Almost there baby. You're doing so good. Just a little more. I love you."
"Love you." She mumbles closing her eyes. She starts pushing again.
"I see his head. Wanna take a look dad?" Until this point I've been focused on Lina's face. Without letting her leg or hand go I see. I shouldn't have. Fuck I did this to her. It's my fault she's like this. Shit there's blood. I'm tempted to ask if it's normal but I don't want to scare Lina so I keep my mouth shut. She starts pushing. "Keep going. The heads out no more breaks keep going. Almost Lina."
"Hear that? Almost baby. Look at that." I say when I see his face. "He's almost here baby."
"And he's out." She says as she pulls him the last bit.
There's suddenly a silence in the room when they're wiping him down with a few cloths. He's small so fucking small. He's covered in white stuff but we were told that was normal. They do something to his mouth and the silence is replaced by his cry. I'm half laughing. They wrap him in a blanket and place him on Lina's chest. That has to be the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. She looks down at him crying.
"He's perfect. Hi baby. Happy birthday. Your so handsome. Yes you are. Handsome just like your daddy. Mommy's got you. Don't cry." She whispers to our newborn. I move her hair out of her face and kiss her forehead. Then kiss his. "Look at that baby. It's daddy." If it's physically possible my smile widens even more now know that we finally have our baby with us.
Only one reviewer actually guessed right as to what happened.(Angela76)
Well what did you think. what did you think of Elliot's POV? I've never been in labor so I didn't want to do it in Lina's POV. But the next chapter will be hers. Unless you think I should do someone else's POV. Thanks for reading Don't forget to review.