"Ugh this is torture!" Nikki confessed to Jen.

"You poor thing you look so tired" Jen brushed the hair off of Nikki's face.

"I'm just so worn out! I'm two days over due and it's torture! She keeps me up all night and I just watch Jonesy sleep and I get mad and wake him up and then we get mad at each other and nothing gets resolved!" Nikki waved her hands wildly and raised her eyebrows.

"You poor thing, I guess she's preparing you for when she's out and you really wont get any sleep. When Kylie was born she would scream all night it was torture."

"I'm making Jonesy get up with her then." Nikki smirked, and the girls bumped knuckles. "But really, we're trying everything. I'm walking three miles a day, we have sex at night, I'm drinking raspberry tea, and even putting evening primrose capsules up there! Nothing!"

"When's your next appointment?" Jen asked.

"Tomorrow afternoon" Nikki whimpered.

"Oh yey! Tell me if there is any progress! But hey I gotta head off to work sweetie, I will see you later!"

Another awkward scene with Nikki's legs in stirrups, naked from the waist down. Baby girl's heart rate was 145, and she seemed very healthy. The midwife gave Nikki a quick ultrasound, and saw there was enough fluid in there and everything was perfect.

"You're not dilated, but you are 30% effaced, which is progress!" the midwife clamored.

"Ughhhh…."

"I know honey, but there is a light at the end of this tunnel! If you don't go on your own, we will induce you in 11 days."

"Ughhh come on Violette!" Nikki shook her fist.

"Okay Miss Wong, get dressed and I will see you next week!"

"So any progress?" Emma asked when Nikki walked in the house.

"I'm not dilated but I'm 30% thinned out. So not enough progress." Nikki sighed and sat on the couch. "Is Jonesy still at work?"

"Um I don't know…" Emma glanced at the clock "was he supposed to be off by now?"

"I don't know anything anymore, my brain is scrambled. I feel like I'm high constantly. Must be what Jude feels like" Nikki laughed

"Well sweetie the bassinette is set up in your room, the walkies are at all points of the house, we have the Pack n' Play down here, the baby bath is in the bathroom, a sound machine to help her sleep, a swaddler to make her comfortable, and lots and lots of pacifiers. You're set. Just need a baby" they both laughed.

"Four days overdue!" Nikki exclaimed at the spot by the lemon.

"Yeah baby, get out of there already so I can sleep!" Jonesy grumbled.

"Oh no you don't Jonesy, you are getting up with her if I have to!"

"But you're breastfeeding! I can't do that!" Jonesy said with his pointer finger in the air.

"Oh I can pump. You are not getting off Scott free, I didn't get pregnant alone."

"You aren't supposed to introduce bottles until after six weeks or else she might get nipple confusion!" Jonesy still had his smug look on his face. Nikki slapped him upside the head.

"Oh I'm so excited!" Caitlin squealed "I can't wait to go to the hospital! Are you going to wear make up?"

"Um… no. There are more important things to worry about than how I look in the pictures."

"Well we'll be waiting for that call" Wyatt smiled.

"Yeah bra! I can't wait to see the little dudette! I hope she doesn't look like Jonesy. Ha-ha-ha ha ha!" Jude teased

"I think she will be beautifuuuullll!" Caitlin gushed.

"She better be! After all this she better be the most beautiful girl in the universe" Nikki rolled her eyes

"With my genes how could she not be!" Jonesy boasted.

"MASTERSON" Coach's voice could be heard from The Penalty Box.

"I gotta go guys…"

"Bye Jen!" the group cheered.

"So Nikki and Jonesy!" Caitlin said "Are you ready!"

"Well the house is…" Nikki smirked

"Yeah I'm stoked!" Jonesy yelled at the same time. They looked at each other and smiled.

"Nikki is just jealous that I read all those books and will know what to do while she is completely clueless. Bummer."

"Bite me Jonesy."

"Love you too sweetheart."

"Breaker breaker 1-9! This is Blackhawk, do you copy? Over!" came Robbie's voice over the walkie.

"This is Sentinal Prime, I copy Blackhawk. Is the enemy in sight? Over" voiced Diego.

"Blackhawk to Sentinal, the enemy is in sight. Do you have the turkey? Over."

"That's a 10-4. Over."

"WILL YOU GUYS PLEASE STOP!" Nikki screamed over the walkie.

"ABORT ABORT!" Robbie screamed "THE BEAST IS IN THE BUILDING."

"LA CHUPECABRE! ABORT!" Diego answered, and Nikki could hear their snickering coming up the stairs.

"Fucking kids…" she scowled, and went back to laying down. Alone time will be a luxury she will seldom be able to afford once Violette makes her appearance. As if life could get any more complicated. But no, soon enough there will be an eating, pooping, living, breathing, screaming thing in that bassinette right next to her bed.

"Nikki?" came Jen's voice from a walkie.

"Yeah?" Nikki answered

"WILL YOU GUYS PLEASE STOP! AHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHA!" Robbie screamed.

"Haha good one!" came Diego's voice.

"I swear I will kill you guys!" yelled Nikki. "What Jen?"

"Come to my room hon. I want to see you."

"You come here." Nikki scoffed "I waddle you don't."

"No, come on!"

"Fine." Nikki got up and waddled to Jen's room. "What's up?"

"Nothing… " Jen smirked.

"Why did I have to come in here, what's your angle?"

"Oh nothing…" Jen smirked in a sing song voice.

"Riiiight. I'm going back to my room."

"No!" Jen jumped up and blocked the door "No you have to talk to me! Nikkiiiiiii!!!!"

"What are you plotting? I swear if you're in cahoots with Robbie and Diego I will kill you." Nikki threatened

"No, noooo I would never. But for the record, when you yelled at them over the walkie it was priceless. I was watching them, they were trying to throw balloons filled with shaving cream at Courtney when she got out of the shower."

"Did they?"

"No, she was in the shower forever and you scared them off."

"They are such jerks, but if I would have known that I wouldn't have said anything" Nikki mumbled.

"So lets paint your toe nails!" Jen grinned

"Um, why?"

"Because I know you cant with that big belly on you."

"Whatever I don't care, go for it." The girls sat in silence while Nikki's toenails were being painted lavender. "So anything else? I know you didn't call me over here to paint my toenails."

"No. I called you in here to make you feel special. You're six days overdue and I know you're miserable. Jonesy turned into some workaholic now because he wants to save his money. I think he got abducted by an alien and then replaced."

"Hey you don't see me complaining!" Nikki cheered.

"Look Nik, my brother is actually trying, that counts for a lot in my book. I never in a million years thought that Jonesy would ever pick up a book that wasn't a magazine! And hold a job down for months and not just days! If you ever had any doubts that he loves you, they can be dispelled now."

"Yeah…" Nikki sighed "Can I go back now?"

"Yeah go ahead. Let me walk you." Jen led Nikki by the hand to her room, and when Nikki opened the door she was shocked. The room was candlelit, and Wyatt was there strumming on his guitar. Jonesy was standing there with a rose, and Caitlin was just smiling.

"Wow guys…" Nikki stammered.

"Okay we're going to leave you two alone now!" Caitlin mused.

"Even Wyatt has to go?" Nikki teased

"I don't want to stay for what might go down. I'm not into that." he winked.

"Well Jen you could have warned me! You painted my toenails but I'm still in my pajamas!"

"You're beautiful!" Jonesy said, and put Wyatt's demo of love songs in the CD player.

"Aw Jonesy…"

"Hush my love." He took her by the hand and danced with her, as close as they could get with the belly in the way.

Nikki was having contractions all day. "Oh my GOD Jonesy! I'm 41 weeks already! When will it end! It's SO painful!"

"Well don't take castor oil!" Jonesy cautioned, genuinely worried.

"At this point I want to! Every twenty minutes I feel like I'm being kicked in the stomach from the outside! Plus she wont stop moving, it's a double whammy! Ughhhh!" Nikki moaned.

"Take a bath love. It will help you relax. And please do relax, I'm worried about you and baby Joanie."

"Okay whatever, anything to get away from hearing you calling her Joanie." Nikki nudged him in the ribs and waddled to the bathroom.

Jonesy sat down on the bed and took a deep breath. Any day now he was going to be a father, and that was a scary thought. He was determined though, he loved Nikki and that little girl inside of her. He grew up a lot in the last nine months. It was terrifying and rewarding at the same time, although he fully planned on quitting his job once his daughter was born because he wanted to be able to spend time with Nikki and Violette. Violette was a part of him now, and there was nothing more he could ever want but his little family.

"Oh my God!" he heard Nikki yell from the bathroom.

"What babe!" He called through the wall.

"Nothing, I just lost my mucous plug is all. Thank God these contractions are not for nothing!"

"Great babe!" Jonesy groaned. "She's coming sooner than later…" he thought to himself, and placed his head in his hands.

"Well Miss Wong, you are 100% effaced and 4 centimeters dilated She's at +2 station. We're going to admit you today, break your water, and send you into labor!"

"Wait, isn't that dangerous!" Jonesy blurted.

"No son, I've done this a lot, and Dr. Meredith Gomes is going to be there. Head over to labor and delivery and talk to the nurses there, I will phone ahead and be on my way!" the midwife, Delores Ongpauco smiled. "Now get dressed and head over. It's on the second floor."

Nikki rushed to put on her clothes. She already had to get a bigger rubber band because the other one snapped on her, in front of Robbie and Jonesy, which she would probably never hear the end of.

"I don't see why you wouldn't get maternity pants!" Jonesy grumbled.

"Because they are ugly! And not my style!" Nikki yelled, pulling on her wife beater. "Conference the gang, they need to be here!" and the pair ran to the elevators to be admitted.

They made it to the 2nd floor and Nikki got admitted right away. They put her in room two, and dressed her in the hospital gown, put an IV of saline solution in her veins. They hooked her up with two monitors, one for the baby's heartbeat, and another to check for contractions. Delores pointed put which was which.

"Did you want an epidural? Might as well put one in now before we break your water."

"YES! Please!" Nikki cried.

"Okay the anesthesiologist is on his way." Delores smiled. Five minutes later, a man in scrubs showed up with a cart.

"Hello Miss Wong, I'm Dr. Lee, and I will be your anesthesiologist. Please turn away from me so I can get your epidural ready. I don't want you to see this." Nikki turned her back to him and watched Jonesy's eyes turn to saucers. He rubbed a part of her spine with antibacterial numbing solution, and then asked her to tell him when she was having a contraction. She told him, and then he stuck the needle in, and Nikki saw Jonesy turn white. She however, didn't feel a thing. "Can you feel your legs?" Dr. Lee asked.

"Yeah, they feel tingly and hot…" Nikki stated.

"Can you move them?"

"Um… yeah…"

"Okay good, now lie down." He hooked the epidural bag up to the needle, and placed it into the timing box, the box that times out how much of the solution to work out. Up ran Caitlin, Jen and Emma.

"Yey!!! It's time!" Caitlin screamed.

"Not quite…" Delores stated, and inserted a catheter into Nikki's bladder. Then she took a big yellow plastic hook and broke her water. Nikki felt the gush and shuddered.

Dr Gomes entered the room, and checked for dilation. "Okay honey, you are now at five centimeters! I can feel her hair!"

"Jonesy your dad is in the waiting room, and Jude and Wyatt are on their way to meet him." Emma smiled, taking Nikki's hand. There was general jabber for awhile, mostly about the excitement and anxiousness of everyone in the room.

"Can you feel anything?" Caitlin asked.

"No… the last two days were AWFUL with pain but my contractions were never five minutes apart for a minute long so I didn't want to come to labor and delivery and waste my time. I guess I should have though!" Nikki smiled. Emma never let go of her hand, and Jonesy sat by her side staring at the monitors. "Um Dr. Gomes, can you check me again? I feel like I have to push."

"Okay hon…." She smiled, and checked her cervix. "Wow you are dilating fast! 9 centimeters already! That's 4 centimeters in 45 minutes! Push away honey." Nikki started to push whenever she felt the need, it felt like she had to take a giant poop every time. It was so uncomfortable, a nurse came in with some ice and started delegating.

"Okay, you" she pointed to Caitlin "give her ice when she asks for it. "You" pointing to Jen "hold her legs. And you!" she pointed to Emma "hold her hand."

"What do I do!" Jonesy asked.

"You tell her you love her. It's the least you can do." The nurse smiled, as Dr. Gomes checked for dilation.

"Okay, you're ten centimeters now! Push your heart out babe!"

Nikki pushed and pushed for 30 seconds of every minute and a half, and each time was more uncomfortable than the last. Jen held her legs, in every position they laid her. They would turn her on a new side every other push. The most comfortable was Nikki's left side. Caitlin gave her ice, and Emma would squeeze her hand.

"What is that smell!" Nikki exclaimed, and everyone looked at her with rosy cheeks.

"Babe… you pooped a little" Jonesy gasped "but don't worry it happens in 50% of labors! And I still love you!" he kissed her forehead.

"Oh gross!" Nikki exclaimed, still pushing.

Just then she heard high heels running down the hallway. In came her mother "I am not missing my grand daughters birth!" she yelled.

"Um mom…" Nikki choked

"I called her" Emma smiled "I figured no one should miss their grand child's birth, no matter what" she winked, and squeezed her hand.

"Your father is in the waiting room with the rest of the guys!" Nikki's mother blurted "we are so proud!" she pushed Jonesy out of the way.

"Okay Nikki, she's crowning, one more push… make it count!" Dr. Gomes hailed. Nikki pushed her heart out, and everyone gasped. Out came a head, and then the body was pulled out by Dr. Gomes. "And it's a girl!" she screamed. Baby girl was laid on Nikki's chest with her umbilical chord intact. "Will you do the honors?" Dr. Gomes presented Jonesy with a pair of scissors, and showed him where to cut. He cut the umbilical chord, and they took her away to clean her off, then weigh her and measure her. "Okay, 8 pounds 4 ounces and 21 inches, what a big girl!" Dr. Gomes smiled and handed her back to Nikki. "Now before we give her a bath you're going to have to try and breast feed."

So Nikki did, and Violette latched right away.

"She's SOOOOOOOO beautiful!" everyone exclaimed. Once Nikki was done, they moved her to a different room and allowed everyone in. Jonesy did the honors of dressing her into a pretty pink dress and swaddled her with the swaddler before passing her around. The secretary came by with the papers, and Nikki named her Violette Sophia Garcia, and both her and Jonesy filled out the birth certificate.

She was beautiful, had a full head of black hair and huge eyes. Everyone loved her, including Nikki's parents, who for the first time accepted Nikki and their grand daughter.

authors note: there will be a epilouge about how everyone is doing, just wait!!!! :] and yes this is pretty much what my labor was like. but not as many people.