Marcy wiped her face with her red face towel before stuffing it in her overalls pocket & awkwardly bending to pick green beans. It was a hot day in Sweden & the sun was beating down for a normal early July. She threw the beans into the basket she was carrying before moving on.

She cleared her row quickly & went to walk back up to the main house when she looked down. She'd wet her pants. She'd never done that before (& the pregnancy had almost made it a possibility a number of times!). She waddled to the main house & climbed the stairs.

A sudden pang hit her & she gripped the railing for control. As soon as it passed, she continued her journey inside & went to the kitchen. She saw Laura at the sink washing produce. "Laura?"

Laura turned around slightly before turning the radio down. "What's up?"

"I need your help changing. I peed myself."

Laura frowned & turned around fully. "Really?!"

Marcy nodded. "It happened out of nowhere. I didn't even feel it."

Laura nodded before her eyes widened. "You didn't pee yourself! Your water broke!"

Marcy, who'd been prepping for this for the past month, was in shock. "The babies are coming?!"

"The babies are coming!" Laura jumped up & down. "Go get your bag while I tell everyone & get the car. Hurry but be careful!"

Marcy nodded before exiting the room.

Laura picked up the walkie talkie on the table & radioed for her grandmother. "Grandmama! The babies are coming! Marcy's water broke!"

Static crackled before her grandmother's no-nonsense voice rang out. "I will gather the others. Make sure she has her bag & get the car. Richard is at the house. Make him help."

Laura knew the conversation was over so she went in search of her grandfather. "Grandpapa?! Where are you?!"

"Laura? I am here!" Richard's voice boomed from the trophy room.

Laura walked inside. "Marcy's water broke. Grandmama said to get the car."

Richard turned a few colors, dropping the rag he was using to polish his trophies. "The kindlela are coming?!"

"Yes!" Laura waved him on.

Only one thing scared Richard Allen & that was birth. He'd fainted each time his wife gave birth. Consecutively. "The car- where is she? The- your- I mean- I-"

"Grandpapa!" Laura gripped his arms. "Take deep breaths! Calm down!"

He breathed deeply. "I am calm."

"Tell Paolo to get the car." She said quietly but with force.

"Yes!" He raised a fist before striding out.

Laura went to the large staircase to wait for Marcy. She didn't have long to wait. The mother-to-be stepped down the steps gingerly.

"These labor pains hurt!" Marcy complained when she hit the ground floor.

"Pray you have a speedy labor." Was all the advice Laura had.

Richard came back in. "Paolo has the car ready. Where are the others?"

"Here." Marc said as he, his siblings & grandmother ran over.

"This is it?!" Mal grabbed Marcy's hands.

Right as a contraction hit… She squeezed his hands. "Ow! Ow! Ow!"

He mirrored her pain. "Ow!"

Olga Allen chuckled shortly. "Where is Judy?"

"I'm here. I heard it over the radio. We should go." Judy appeared behind them & ushered them outside.

They all piled into the limo & the driver drove them to the big city hospital. They exited the car before it even fully stopped.

The nurses were amused by the ruckus they were causing as they all spoke at once & loudly.

A brave nurse approached. "May I help you?"

"My granddaughter is in labor." Olga stated shortly.

"I'll bring over a wheelchair & we can get her upstairs." She went off to find a wheelchair.

"Does it hurt really bad?" Mal asked.

Marcy glared at him. "No! I'm breaking your hand because it's a breeze!"

He pouted. "Sorry. You know I'd take your place if I could."

Her gaze softened. "It's woman's burden."

He hugged her tightly. "Are you going to want me in there?"

"Yes." She wrapped her arms around his middle & squeezed as another contraction hit.

"Ow!"

W.W.W.

The doctor laid down the covers. "You just need to dilate another centimeter. I've never seen it go this fast. Are you sure you came in right away?"

Judy nodded. "As soon as possible."

The doctor stripped off his gloves. "The bad news is I can't give you any medication. The good news is it'll be over soon."

"Not soon enough." Marcy pushed Mal out of her face. He had his camera trained on her.

"I'll be right back. Then we'll see about getting this show on the road." He left.

Quinn bounced in her seat. "This is so exciting! I haven't seen a baby born since Maddie!"

Maddie blinked. "You saw me being born? I can't believe it. It's like my whole life ago."

Marc, whose lap she was on, chuckled. "Yeah. Eight whole years."

Mercedes pressed her hands together. "I'm just glad the twins will have July birthdays like me."

"Is it going to hurt?" Marcy asked Judy.

"Yes." Olga answered.

"Is it too late to stop it?"

"Yes."

"I don't want to do this anymore."

"You have to, sweetheart." Judy wiped her face with a towel. "It's too late to back out now."

"But I don't like pain."

"I know but you heard the doctor. It'll be over soon."

The doctor walked back in. "Okay, let's check." He picked up the covers & inspected Marcy. He came from the sheets. "You're fully dilated. We can start pushing. I'll need to clear out the room."

"How many of us can stay?" Judy asked.

"No more than four."

"Richard, take the children for a snack." Olga instructed. "Laura will stay along with Malcolm of course."

"We don't get to see?!" Quinn wanted to.

"No. You will see when it is your turn."

Mercedes & Quinn pouted as their grandfather ushered them out.

A few nurses came in & they & the doctor got ready. Marcy turned to Mal. "Turn that off."

"I want to capture it on video tape." Mal protested.

"No!"

"But-"

"It's my fun box you're trying to have on America's Home Videos! Turn it off!"

He sighed before turning the camera off. "I still think it would be cool."

She glared at him as she was hit with another pain. "No."

The doctor put Marcy's feet in the stirrups & pulled the sheets so she'd slide down. "Okay, I want you to start pushing on a count of three! Got it?!"

Marcy nodded & reached out for Mal's hand.

"Okay! One! Two! Three!"

W.W.W.

"I can't believe you're a mom." Mercedes whispered in awe as she watched her sister hold her baby boy in her arms.

"I can't believe we heard her screaming from the cafeteria." Marc joked.

"I can't believe she said all those mean things about Mal." Mike grinned.

Mal, who had a broken hand & hurt feelings, couldn't care less at the moment as he sat next to his wife & held his newborn daughter.

"I want to take a picture." Quinn said. "Where's your camera, Mal?"

He nodded to a shelf. "There."

Quinn went to go get it then took the picture of the young family. "It looks really good."

"Can I hold one?" Maddie asked.

"Not yet." Judy said. "They're still really new & you're little."

"I'm not little! I'm eight now!"

"You're still little." Judy smirked.

Maddie pouted & sat with her arms crossed.

Marc chuckled. "You'll get to hold Mally or Mickey when they get a little older."

Marcy & baby Mally yawned in unison.

"You need rest. We will go." Olga said. "Come. We will return tomorrow."

Mercedes hugged her sister & kissed her new nephew's head before doing the same with her brother-in-law & niece. "Bye."

"Bye." Marcy murmured sleepily.

Olga took Malcolm Jr. or Mally from her & set him in his bassinet. "Get rest. You will be back to work in a week."

"Yes, Grandmama." Marcy scooted down in the bed as the older woman took Mikaela or Mickey from Mal.

Mal put the covers around his bride & wrapped his arms around her. "Bye, Grandmama."

"Goodbye, children." Olga turned out the lights on her way out. "Have a good rest."