Chapter 3 – Showers and births

'SHANE ADAM GRAY I AM GOING TO KILL YOU!' screamed Mitchie 'how could you do this to me?' it had been 4 months since Mitchie had found out she was pregnant and now at 7 months pregnant she was finding it increasingly difficult to do every day chores not to mention being forced to go on tour with the boys was throwing her entire timing off thank goodness for caite and Ella now being allowed on tour with them Mitchie had 2 months left of her pregnancy and she didn't want to give birth while on tour she still had a nursery to prepare Ok so they had bought a lot of stuff for the nursery while on tour but it still needed to be set up in the actual nursery at home which couldn't be done while sitting on this bus for the last month. Thank goodness the next show was in there home and were therefore returning home for 3 days Mitchie just hoped that she could set up the nursery in that time.

'Mitchie, babe, its perfectly nor...' started Shane

'DON'T TELL ME ITS NORMAL' Mitchie screamed, then seeing the pain on Shane's face said in a very soft voice. 'I'm sorry Shane, I know it cant be hard living with me right now'

'don't worry Mitchie we have planned something for tonight to take your mind off things' he grinned knowing how she hates surprises 'now lets talk names we have not yet had time what are you thinking of?'

'what did I ever do to get such a caring wonderful husband like you, you know what would be even beter?' she smirked. 'you telling me what this surprise is?'

'not happening sweetheart' Shane grinned. 'now back to names?'

'well I was thinking I have quite a few so maybe I name then and you pick a favourite? She said In defeat knowing she would never win the argument and not in the mood for an argument anyway.

'Ok said Shane you name them' Shane answered

'well if its a boy I really like kyle, Cameron, Connor, and Edward and for a girl I really like Emily-Anne, Jane, Shene and Jessica, what do you think?' ratteled Mitchie, as Shane sat listening and then his response took Mitchie by surprise.

'what about Connor Mitchell if its a boy and Emily-Anne Shana if its a girl?' Shane grinned and suddenly Mitchie was kissing him she had never heard anything more perfect. Their baby had been very shy when it came to finding out what the sex was so they decided to keep it a secrete.

Mitchie was fast asleep as the bus pulled into California up to their home and Ella, Caite, Jason and Nate jumped off going to set up for Mitchi's surprise 2 hours later Caite was yelling.

'oi Mitchie wake up!' she screamed as Mitchie sat up she was very confused and disoriented.

'Shane put this over her eyes' Caite said as Shane put on the blindfold Caite was bouncing up and down. Shane then helped Mitchie out of the bus and lead her into the house which was filled with all Mitchi's friends and family, as Shane was untying the blindfold everyone yelled

'Surprise' they chorused Mitchie wanted to cry but fought back the tears.

'whats going on?' she asked stunned

'well, this my dear is your baby shower.' Shane replied smilling at how surprised Mitchie was

'can we open gifts first?' Caite squeeled Shane gave her a stern looking before replying

'Caite this is Mitchi's day let her decide' Shane said ending that discussion, 'mitch?'

'Uhm, Shane if you don't mind I would like you to sing to me, please?' Mitchie asked timidly

'of course sweetheart' Shane answered sweetly picked up his guitar and began to sing:

we're done but its not over

we'll start it over again after the end of the day

it keeps getting better

don't be afraid we'll do it together

come on, come on you know

it's your time to move, it's my time to move

come on, come on let go

leave it all behind your past and mine

gone are the days of summer

we couldn't change it if we tried

why would we want to, lets go were we got to

our paths will cross again

it's never the same tomorrow

and tomorrows never clear

so come on, come on you know

our time, our time is here

we know but we're not certain

how can we be, how can we see whats ahead

the road keeps on turning

and all we can do is travel each day to the next

come on come on you know

it's your time to move, it's my time to move

come on, come on let go

leave it all behind your past and mine

gone are the days of summer

we couldn't change it if we tried

so come on, come on, come on

come on, come on, come on

so come on, come on you know

our time, our time is here

Shane looked up grinning but what he saw startled him Mitchie was silently crying.

'baby are you Ok?' Shane asked worried

'I'm sorry, I'm fine, that was so beautiful my darling.' Mitchie smiled weakly and then the fun and games began Mitchie was dressed into an oversized baby grow given a dummy and forced to eat out of a potty she was laughing so much that the time just flew by Shane was glad to see Mitchie smiling again he hadn't seen a true smile in over a month. Before they knew it was 10 pm and everyone was leaving. As Mitchie and Shane were getting into bed still smilling she turned to Shane,

'thank you so much your the best thing thats ever happened to me, I love you Shane' she giggled 'this baby will have the best father in the world' she then closed her eyes and fell fast asleep

before they knew it 2 months had flown by and mitchie's due date was fast approaching they were still on tour but had all the necessary things incase the baby arrived before their last show on Friday it was december 20th and the group all spent a day relaxing before their show the following night in Las Vegas. They spent the day on the beach, Mitchie feeling very awkward with her huge tummy after that they went to a busy restaurant for lunch where they were all very annoyed with the fans approaching and asking for autographes when all of a sudden it happened, there was a sharp pain in Mitchie's tummy this cant be happening my due date is still a week ago she thought and there it was again sharper and more intense than the first.

'SHANE!' Mitchie screamed and he looked at his wife in alarm but she could barely talk but she managed one simple word which Shane understood perfectly well.

'baby' Mitchie gasped and Shane had her up in his arms in one swift movement and was running towards the bus, the others following as quickly behind.

'drive' Shane snapped at the driver 'hospital now, it's Ok Mitchie we going to get you help, I promise I will stop the pain, I love you Mitchie' he closed his eyes wishing he could stop the pain, he didn't like to see the love of his life squirming in pain. What was taking the driver so long to get to the hospital? He looked around at his brothers and friends Jason was trying to comfort Ella who was looking terrified Caite for once was speachless and Nate was trying to look any where but at Mitchie who looked so vulnerable.

Finally after what felt like many days they were finally at the hospital rushing into the delivery room, Mitchie looked up from her bed with tears in her eyes, Shane kissed her forehead

'don't worry sweetheart it'll be over soon and we'll have a beautiful baby I hope he or she looks just like you,' he knew he was rambling but he had to keep talking he knew he had to do anything to keep her mind off the pain all to soon the doctor was telling her to push

'Shane please give me your hand' Mitchie cried and then she was screaming and trying to push it was 2:30am when finally Mitchie relaxed and the doctor looked up

'congratulations Mr and Mrs Gray you have a beautiful baby girl' the doctor said and handed over the most beautiful baby girl either of them had ever seen. And then all to soon the baby was taken away to be tested and Mitchie was wheeled to another room. Jason, Nate, Caite and Ella came in to see how Mitchie was doing. And walking in on Shane hugging Mitchie and Mitchie crying.

'I am so proud of you baby, she is beautiful' Shane told Mitchie

'Uhm.. guys?' Nate had spoken bringing them back to reality. 'what happened?

'Mitchie just gave birth to the most beautiful baby in the world' Shane answered with a gleeful expression he was just over the moon.

'aaw thats great man' Jason exclaimed

'wow dude thats the best news ever' Nate echoed

'oh my gosh' screamed Caite

'shh Caite' whisperes Ella pointing at Mitchie who had passed out from exhaustion after being up since 5am the previous morning. The doctor then rolled in the new addition to the Gray family.

'guys I would like you all to meet Emily-Anne Shana grey' Shane said proudly

Mitchie was in hospital for 2 days after having the baby and unfortunatly missing connect3's last show but she was just happy to be taking the baby home to her permanent home nothing could be more perfect at the moment