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"JT, it's time."
"What?"
"Get clothes! It's time!"
"Uh, uh OK."
While JT was frantically getting clothes, Liberty called Mrs. Yorke.
"Mrs. Yorke?"
"Liberty, it's two in the morning. What's wrong?"
"It's time."
"No it's not. Are you having another crazy dream?"
"NO, IT'S TIME."
"Oh, well I'll meet you at the hospital."
After running around, JT and Liberty were finally ready to go. JT rushed to the hospital, almost fainting. Liberty's contractions had stopped for now, so she was OK.
"Are you OK?" Liberty was a little worried about JT.
"What? Oh…I'm fine."
"Then why are you sweating? You're not the one giving birth here and you're looking like what I'm going to look like in a few hours. Calm down."
"I'm sorry, I just didn't think it was going to come this fast."
"Well, what did you expect? It was either this or me blowing up in the hallway."
JT laughed a little. When he got to the hospital, he almost slipped running to tell the receptionist that Liberty was about to give birth. Liberty didn't see why he was rushing thought. She felt fine. After all the yelling JT had done to get Liberty to a room, she was watching TV in the bed. The doctor still hadn't come in to give her the IV. She wished that the doctor would just hurry up and get the needle over with.
She heard a short rap at the door. Wow, that nurse must've read her mind.
"Liberty, I have to give you your IV now. Are you OK?"
"I'm fine, let's just get this over with."
The nurse got all the supplies for the IV ready. She stuck the needle in Liberty's arm and left out after she was done. About fifteen minutes after the nurse left, Mrs. Yorke came in.
"Hi Liberty."
"Hi Mrs. Yorke."
"Are you OK?"
"Oh my goodness, everybody keeps acting like I just got shot or something. I'm fine."
"Well that's good."
"Oh, yeah Liberty Manny, Emma, and Toby are coming in a little bit."
"JT, you're gonna wake up the whole city and tell them Aden's coming, aren't you? They could've come in the morning."
Frustrated, Liberty flipped the channel of the TV.
"Look, I'm going to get some sleep before you make a party out of my soon-to-be misery, OK."
"Fine with me."
Manny, Emma, and Toby arrived long after Liberty had fell asleep.
"How is she?" Manny asked.
"She's fine, sleepy, and cranky."
Being sarcastic Emma said, "Yeah, we can tell."
They sat down and anticipated for Liberty to wake up. Finally, Liberty was awake.
"Have I given birth yet?"
Everybody couldn't help but laugh. Liberty looked at her swollen stomach.
"Guess I didn't."
Just as Liberty was about to fall back asleep, she started having major contractions.
"Ow! OW! Get this damn baby out of me."
JT went to hold her hand to comfort her, big mistake. She squeezed his hand so hard it went numb.
"OWWWWWWWWWWWW!" they were both screaming.
"JT, why the hell are you screaming?"
"My…hand…broken."
"I don't think you want to hold her hand anymore." Toby remarked, trying not to laugh.
"You…think."
The pain started to get painful for Liberty.
"OWWWW! OH MY GOSH! GET ME AN EPIDURAL NOW!"
JT ran out to find a nurse. The nurse went into the room to check on Liberty.
"You're not dilated enough to get an epidural."
"I DON'T CARE! GIVE ME THE DAMN EPIDURAL NOW!"
The nurse ran to go get someone to calm Liberty down. The doctor walked in.
"Liberty, you have to be at least 10 centimeters and you're only three. I'm sorry."
The doctor walked out listening to Liberty cussing her mouth off.
"Liberty, you need to calm down. You're just making this worse." JT said.
Liberty started crying. The pain was way too unbearable for her. She broke through her sobs. "But this hurts like crap. I can't take this anymore."
"You're almost there, now calm down."
"I'll try."
Liberty did some breath exercises to calm herself down. Her blood pressure was through the roof. She kept waking up crying and screaming because of her contractions. Finally, after hours of waiting, Liberty was allowed to get her epidural.
The doctor warned her that it would hurt a little. He stuck the needle in her back and was done.
"Alright Liberty, just a couple more hours and you'll be ready."
"Thank you."
The doctor left the room and Liberty fell back asleep.
"I wonder what's gonna happen when she gives birth." JT said, trying to spark a conversation.
"It's easy I bet. Just one, two, three push and you're official name is Daddy." Manny remarked.
"You'll be fine, JT." Emma said.
"I bought you diapers." Toby told him. He held up a bag of diapers and JT hit him and took the bag. "I was just trying to be helpful." After hours of talking about what was gonna during and after birth, the nurse came in. She woke Liberty up.
"Liberty, the doctor is coming in a few minutes. You're ready."
"What, no! I don't want to give birth. I can't. It'll hurt." Liberty started crying.
"You have an epidural. You'll barely feel anything, I promise."
"OK."
The nurse left out and got the supplies ready for the baby. JT walked over to Liberty.
"You're going to do just fine. I promise. My mom and I are going to be here with you."
"OK."
The doctor came in.
"Liberty, are you ready?"
"Yeah, I guess."
"Good, now whoever isn't staying in here, you can go have a seat in the waiting room and someone will come out there and let you know when it's done."
Manny, Emma, and Toby walked out.
"Good luck, Liberty." Manny told her.
Pretty soon, they heard Liberty screaming in the room. Manny couldn't help but feel sorry for her, Emma was trying not to think about it, and Toby was shaking about to wet his pants.
"I'm gonna go check on Liberty."
"OK, whatever." Manny said.
Toby walked into the delivery room.
"Liberty, are you-"
"What the hell are you doing in here? Get out now!"
"I was just checking-"
"Go now!"
"But-"
"TOBY, DON'T MAKE GET OFF THIS BED WITH THIS DANGLING BABY AND BEAT THE HELL OUT OF YOU! NOW GET OUT NOW!"
Toby left, traumatized by what he had seen in the room.
"How'd it go?" Manny asked sarcastically. Toby threw up. "I'm guessing not so well…NURSE, YOU GOTTA CLEAN UP ON AISLE TWO!"
The nurse ran over and saw Toby's vomit.
"You went in the room, didn't you?" the nurse asked.
"How'd you know?"
"That usually happens on this floor because you saw something gross and disgusting."
"Oh, then yeah I went in the room."
"Wow, you're a filthy pig." She went to go find a janitor and Toby sat down next to Manny.
"Uh-uh, don't sit next to me Vomit Boy. You throw up on my shoes, we're gonna have a problem. You got me?"
"Fine." Toby moved across the waiting room and sat by himself. Finally, after hours of wondering what was going on, JT came out. Manny was the first one to run over to JT.
"How is she?"
"She's fine. Just a few more pushes and she's done."
"Well, then get back in there."
"Right." JT ran back into the room while Manny wished Aden would stop trying to hide his face from the world.
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Liberty POV
"Come on, give me a big push."
I pushed as hard as I could, feeling some pain, but not too much. I couldn't do this. Can't they just cut my stomach open and take him out? That feels less painful. I like that idea. I almost asked for a C-Section, but it was too late. I had already started pushing. I noticed that my epidural was starting to wear off. I could feel more pain than anything.
"AAAAAAAGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!" I screamed.
The doctor told the nurse that my epidural was gone. He warned me that I was about to feel a lot of pressure and pain. He told me to push again. I didn't want to though. He told me I was going to feel pain. I didn't like pain. I tried to find my strength and pushed.
"OH MY GOSH THIS HURTS SO BAD!"
The door opened and I saw Toby step in. I almost fell off the bed. Who invited him in?
"Liberty, are you-"
"What the hell are you doing in here? Get out now!"
"I was just checking-"
"Go now!"
"But-"
"TOBY, DON'T MAKE GET OFF THIS BED WITH THIS DANGLING BABY AND BEAT THE HELL OUT OF YOU! NOW GET OUT NOW!"
Toby left and I still had to push. I wanted to punch JT in his face so much right now.
"JT, YOU DID THIS TO ME!"
I think I scared him because he started apologizing.
"JT JUST SHUT UP!"
I felt bad, but this hurt and all he could do was apologize. What happened to cheering me on and telling me I was almost done? Then he left out of the room a couple hours later and I panicked. Only Mrs. Yorke was here and she couldn't really help me in this situation. He finally came back in.
"Where did you go?"
"I had to go update the peeps. Sorry."
"Whatever."
"Alright, Liberty you just need three or four more pushes and we'll be done."
I didn't wait for his approval and I pushed.
"Alright, just two more pushes."
I gave one good push and-
"Waaaaaaaah!"
He was here! Aden was finally here. They put in my arms and then took him back quickly. JT left again, I guess to go tell them the baby was here. Aden was born Tuesday March 20th, 2010. He is 9 lbs. 8 oz. and 18 inches long.
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JT ran out into the waiting room. "He's here!"
"He is? Can we see him?" asked Manny.
"Not yet, but they're about to move Liberty back into her room. You can go in there."
They all went into the room and waited until Liberty came back in. She held the birth certificate by her side.
"Congratulations Liberty." Emma yelled.
"We're happy for you." Manny replied.
"I bought you diapers!" Toby told her.
They all turned around and said, "Shut up about the diapers!"
"Thanks guys."
"When can we see Aden?"
"In a couple minutes, they have to clean him up and give him a test."
As soon as Aden came in, the whole room filled with awwws. Liberty picked him up and handed him to JT.
"Not yet, I'll have my time."
"OK."
"Can I hold my grandson?"
Mrs. Yorke held Aden and cried.
"He's so cute."
While Aden was getting passed around, Liberty fell asleep. When everyone left to eat, JT stayed behind. He picked up Aden and held him close.
"Hi, Aden, it's daddy. You loved my manicotti. Remember? It was kick-yo-mamma good, wasn't it? I love you."
JT put Aden back down and sat on one of the chairs.
Wow, he thought, I just talked to Aden and he wasn't guarded by Liberty's belly. This is more amazing than I thought it would be.
JT picked up Aden again and sat down with him. When everybody came back with food, Liberty woke up.
"You guys could've gone down to the kitchen and got something." Liberty told them.
"We know, but we hear that hospital food is crappy food so we weren't about to eat it and we sure weren't going to let Mommy eat that stuff either, here." Manny passed Liberty a bag with a burger and fries. "We also got you a milkshake."
"Uh, thanks guys. JT, are you going to eat?"
"Yeah."
"Well, put Aden back. You're not getting grease on my baby."
"OK."
JT put Aden back, whispering to him that he would get him the moment he was done.
"So, what happened in there?" Manny asked.
"Well, pain happened in there. Toby, why did you go in there?"
"Sorry about that. I just got nervous when I heard you scream."
"Oh, uh, don't do it again."
"OK."
"Yeah, I heard you screaming in the bathroom. Somebody's got a pair of lungs on them." Emma said.
"Yeah, my epidural started to wear off for some reason and I was sleepy so I felt weak and spineless. The pain is no joke."
"We could tell."
"Oh, how's your hand JT?"
JT looked at his poorly structured hand.
"It still hurts. I think you broke it."
"Oh, I'm sorry."
"That's the last time I hold your hand in labor."
Liberty gave a half smile and laughed.
"When can you go home?"
"I don't know. Let me check."
Liberty pushed a button on her bed and the nurse came in.
"Yes Liberty?"
"When can I go home?"
"Oh, well you can go home tomorrow. The baby's healthy enough to leave."
"Can't I just go home tonight, then?"
"I'll go ask the doctor." The nurse ran looking for the doctor.
"I hope we can leave tonight." JT told Liberty.
"I'm ready to go home. These beds are so uncomfortable. How do people sleep on this?"
"You managed to."
"Hey, we got to get going. Our parents are getting worried."
"OK. Thanks guys for coming and never enter a room when someone is delivering a baby again, Toby."
"Sorry again about that."
The three of them left, leaving JT, Liberty and Mrs. Yorke alone sitting in the room. Just then, the nurse came back.
"Liberty, the doctor said that you can leave anytime you would like."
"Thank you."
The nurse left and when back to work.
"JT, pack up the stuff and get the baby's clothes."
JT handed Liberty Aden's clothes and she put them on him. She kept the hat that the hospital had given her, but gave the blanket back. They finally left and went back home. When they got home, Liberty let Aden go back to sleep. It was no more time for partying, her new life was about to begin.
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