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Chapter 9

Twelve Long Hours

"Dr. Abbott! Mrs. Abbott! Dr. Brown!" Hannah said, hurrying over to the the anxiously waiting almost grandparents with Bright right behind her.

When they heard her, they stood up, "Hannah! Bright! What are you doing here?" Dr. Abbott asked with a surprised expression.

"Ephram called us and I said we'd come," Hannah said.

"Well, thank you so much for coming, Hannah...Bright," Rose said, acknowledging them both.

"Ephram didn't really tell me much, how is everything? How's Amy? Ephram?" Hannah said, hurriedly.

"We don't know much except for that Ephram's in there with her and will stay there with her until the baby's born," Andy said.

They all sat down, anxiously waiting, knowing that the next time they saw Ephram and Amy, it wouldn't be just Ephram and Amy anymore.

"Come on, Amy, just keep breathing," Ephram said in the delivery room. Amy's face was red and sweaty, and her hair was flying everywhere. It was five hours into her labor, and both of them were freaking out. Ephram was pretty good at hiding it while Amy was letting it flow.

"Ephram! Ephram Ephram Ephram!" She said, slapping the bed with her free hand.

"Amy, calm down, you're okay. We'll get through this together," Ephram said, trying to sooth his wife.

"Together?! I'm the one having the baby! I'M THE ONE IN PAIN!" she screamed. Ephram opened his mouth to mention his hand- which was completely white- but then decided against it and instead just pushed another strand of hair off of her face.

Amy breathed a sigh of relief, savoring the quick moments in between contractions, "Is it almost over?" she asked, exasperated.

Ephram smiled and kissed her forehead, "Just hang in there, baby," he said.

Amy smiled weakly, "Baby doesn't work for us, remember?" she said, tryig to sound funny, but her voice was pained.

Ephram smiled, "It does now," he said, kissing her forehead again. They smiled at eachother, and then Amy broke, "Oh, oh God," she said, gripping Ephram's hand tighter as another contraction came on.

Hannah was leaning against Bright with her head on his shoulder; they had been there for five hours, meaning Amy was six hours into labor; half way there. Hannah wanted to fall asleep. "Bright, what time is it?" she whispered.

Bright lifted up his wrist to see his watch, "Uh, it's about two thirty," Bright said.

Hannah sat up and rubbed her eyes. It was only two thirty in the afternoon and she was already falling asleep. The Abbotts, Dr. Brown, and Delia (whom Dr. Brown had just picked up from a friend's house an hour ago) were anxiously waiting, but were very bored and tired, too. Rose was reading a decorating magazine, Delia was using her cell phone (probably text messaging) and the doctors were just watching the weather report on the TV.

Although Hannah was excitedly happy for Amy and Ephram, she couldn't help but feel a little out of place. Everyone waiting for the baby were family, and waiting for their new title; the Abbotts and Dr. Brown would be grandparents, Bright would be an uncle, and Delia would be an aunt. But Hannah would still be just Hannah. Hannah was a little upset, but got over it, as they all heard an ear piercing scream from Amy yet again.

"EPHRAM BROWN! I'm going to KILL YOU for doing this to me!" Amy roared, obviously in a lot of pain.

Ephram didn't protest; one because that would just make her more mad and two because Ephram could tell that she was in an awful lot of pain even with the few medications they had given to her throughout the labor. He was so tired, and didn't even know what time it was.

So, he just pushed her hair from her forehead with his free hand (he was sure the other one was broken by now) and said, "You're almost there, Ames, just hang in there. It's been twelve and a half hours so the baby should be coming soo-" but he didn't get to finish as Amy screamed louder again.

"Its crowning! Amy, give me another big push!" Dr. Gunderson said. Amy pushed and screamed, then took a deep, pained breath.

"Come on Amy, another one, we're almost there," Dr. Gunderson said. Amy pushed again while screaming and then said, "Oh my God!" in pain.

"Amy! We need another push! Come on!" Dr. Gunderson said, trying to encourage her.

"I can't! It hurts too much!" Amy gasped.

"Come on, Amy!" Dr. Gunderson said.

Amy pushed again, and then tears started sliding down her face, "Holy shit, this hurts. Ephram, it hurts! Please make it stop, Ephram! Please!" she begged him.

Ephram's heart broke and he felt so angry that he couldn't take away her pain. "Come on Amy, you can do it. One more push, baby, one more," Ephram said, not knowing what else to do.

Amy put all of her strength into the last push, and screamed bloody murder and so loud that he thought the whole world could hear. She squeezed his hand so hard that he let out a cry too.

Amy gasped in pain, and then everyone was silent. The doctor was moving his hands quickly, and Ephram and Amy were holding their breath. Then, a powerful cry of a newborn baby filled the room.

mwa ha ha ha haaaaa! cliff hanger! lol, SO, please review, and give me suggestions on a name and sex of the baby, okay? thanx!!!!!!!!! -everwoodieXOXO