a/n: hey everyone, here is the new chapter and we're back on DL. i hope you like it.;)
Chapter 7
Clara slept through the whole way back home and Danny carrying her up to their apartment. She was securely settled in his arms as he pushed the door open. Lindsay was at the end of her pregnancy, his son could come out at any time so she had stayed home that day, Stella was supposed to drop by so they could have a girl's day. Danny made his way to the living room where his eyes fell on his sleeping wife. He chuckled at how much daughter and mother were alike at the moment. Rather than waking her up right away, Danny chose to put Clara to bed first. He managed to undress her and put her pajamas on without her so much as opening one eyelid. He tucked her in carefully, kissed her forehead and watched her snuggle into her pillow. He closed her door and went back to the living-room to his wife. He wasn't sure what to do, she seemed to be sleeping heavily and she had had trouble sleeping the last few days. After a couple of minutes of hesitation, he made the decision to let her catch some much needed sleepr.
He walked into the kitchen and noticed the dryer had finished a cycle and the laundry needed to be folded. He put everything into a basket and went to sit in the chair in front of the coffee table to do his chore. It was another half-hour before he glanced at Lindsay who was opening her eyes.
"Hey, sleeping beauty." He said smiling at her and she smiled back.
"Hey, how long have you been back?" she wondered still a bit sleepy, looking around the room too, obviously wondering where her daughter was.
"Bout half-hour. When did Stella leave?" he asked back.
"Around 4, I think, she got called in. Have you gotten rid of our daughter, Danny?" she finally inquired laughing.
"She's fast asleep in her bed. She got quite a scare at Flack's." he hurried the next part because he saw a flash of worry flicker in her eyes. "She slammed the bathroom door and it got stuck. Took Don a few minutes to unscrew the door to get her out." Lindsay sighed and was about to respond when they heard a creaking noise coming from the hallway. Lindsay turned and smiled at her daughter.
"Hey baby," Lindsay said holding out her arms for Clara to come and hug her. Clara ran into her mother's embrace and stuck her thumb in her mouth.
"Momma." She whispered in her mother's ear.
"Hey, baby. I heard you had a little adventure in uncle Flack's bathroom." She said running her hand through Clara's hair.
"I got stuck. I'm sowry." She murmured her voice trembling.
"Oh baby, it's not your fault the door got stuck, but maybe you'll remember that the next time you wanna slam a door." She answered. "Why did you slam that door in the first place, Clara?
"Uncle Donnie and daddy was in Colin's room, and I didn't wanna watch baseball, so I putted Dora and when uncle Donnie comed back after daddy, he asked why Dora on and I said I liked Dora better than baseball and uncle Donnie said he was hurt and daddy said he was gonna cry and I didn't wanna make daddy cry and I was mad so I goed to the bathroom and I got stuck." She explained all in one breath.
"So you're saying it's your father's fault you got stuck?" Lindsay wondered smirking.
"Hey, hey, hey, where you going with this Montana?" Danny feigned outrage but he had been thinking that had they stopped teasing Clara she wouldn't have gotten herself stuck.
"I'm just saying, that's all." She grinned until she shrieked and grabbed her stomach.
"Baby, you okay?" Danny asked getting from his chair and going over to her.
"I think you need to get me to the hospital, Dan. I've been having contractions all afternoon, I thought first they were Braxton-Hicks but this one's definitely a real one." She replied calmly not wanting to scare Clara.
"Alright, babe. You good to go down the stairs?" Danny also did his best to remain calm and collected for Lindsay and for Clara too.
"Momma?" Danny and Lindsay turned to their daughter and gave her a smile to try and put her at ease. Danny crouched down to her level and stroked her hair.
"Your little brother's coming Clarinet. We gotta take mommy to the hospital." He told her, still stroking her hair and face to soothe her.
"I coming?" she inquired looking up at her mother expectantly.
"Yes, baby, daddy will call someone to come pick you up and bring you back here." Lindsay answered.
"Can I take Boom-Boom? He don't like to sleep alone."
"We'll go get it and get some socks and shoes on ya." Danny picked his daughter up and took her to her room, telling Lindsay he'd be quick.
"Alright, Montana, we're ready. You okay?" Danny asked when he got back to the living-room with Clara on his left side and Boom-Boom in his right hand.
"Yes, Dan, I'm alright but I'll be even better in a hospital bed with a nice epidural." she smiled at him.
"A what?" Clara wondered, making her parents chuckle.
"An epidural, it's something to help mommies when they have babies, it hurts less." Lindsay explained.
Then they made their way downstairs to the car, Danny helped Lindsay in the passenger seat after having strapped Clara into her booster seat. It took them about 15 minutes to get to the hospital and about another 25 minutes for Lindsay to get admitted. Once Lindsay was settled in and the doctor was examining her, Danny went out of the room with Clara to call Stella and see if she could pick up Clara. But he hadn't even made it down the corridor that Dr Walker called him back to the room. Lindsay was already fully dilated and could be taken to the delivery room. A nurse told him that she would watch over Clara in their family room where there were toys for her to play with and even a TV. She also offered to make the call he was gonna make if he wanted. Danny took her up on her offer about Clara but thought it'd be best that he called Stella himself, he didn't want to have her scared that he wasn't the one making the call. He kissed Clara on the forehead and told her her mom was gonna be fine and he'd come find her soon to introduce her to her baby brother.
Danny got to his wife's side and smiled down at her. But he was surprised to see the fear in her eyes.
"Hey Montana," he whispered kissing her hair. "I guess our boy's in a hurry."
"Danny, I can't do this. I can't do this without the epidural." Lindsay whispered, her voice strangled. Danny stroked her hair and held on to her hand while she was being wheeled out of her room to the delivery room.
"Everything will be okay, I promise." He answered.
"Easy for you to say," she snorted rolling her eyes. "You're not the one pushing your kid out of yourself."
"The offer to break me a bone still stands, Montana." Danny grinned hoping to alleviate the tension.
"I think I prefer the option of you not touching me ever again." She declared, squeezing his hand tight as another contraction hit her hard. Danny gulped but didn't respond, he figured anything he said wouldn't help her in any way, so he decided to just be the silent supporter.
An hour later, Danny came into the family room where Clara was playing with her teddy bear and some Barbie dolls. When she heard someone come into the room, Clara looked up and a smile broke on her face.
"Daddy," she exclaimed as Danny caught her in his arms and hugged her tight.
"Hey, baby." Danny said kissing her on the head. "Wanna go see your baby brother?"
"Yey, let's go!" she declared excited.
With Clara hanging on his neck, Danny set forward to Lindsay's room. Everything had gone well, Lindsay had been hurting a lot more than she had for Clara but she had been amazing through it all. She had threatened his man parts more than once and he had fought the urge to reply some witty remark. Their son had been born perfectly healthy and the most gorgeous thing he'd ever seen besides their daughter.
They arrived at the door and he carefully opened it and his gaze fell upon Lindsay cradling their baby boy. He was his mirror image already, safe for his eyes that were already brown like his mother. When she heard the door creek, Lindsay reluctantly tore her eyes away from the perfect boy lying in her arms and smiled at the two other most important people in her life.
"Hey mommy." Clara softly said, having been warned that she shouldn't talk too loud not to disturb the baby.
"Hey baby girl. Come and meet your brother." Lindsay whispered back grinning.
Danny took the last steps to Lindsay's bed and sat Clara besides Lindsay who held out the baby to show him to her. Clara extended her hand and caressed her brother's cheek sweetly.
"He's pwetty." Clara affirmed. Lindsay expected Danny to contradict but to her surprise, not a word was uttered. Danny was in awe of his son and couldn't stop staring at him.
"Wanna know his name?" Lindsay wondered, ready to burst with excitement.
"Yeahuh." Clara responded without looking up to her mom.
"Clara Monroe-Messer, meet Brian Monroe-Messer." Lindsay announced proudly.
a/n: and voilĂ new baby Monroe-Messer is born. more of him next week.;)
