"Buttercup.....Buttercup.....wake up Buttercup" Bubbles whispered softly to Buttercup. "We need to pack your bag, for the hospital, it could be any day now!" Bubbles squeaked at Buttercup who was lying on her bed with one eye fixed on Bubbles. Buttercup let out a huge sigh and tried to get up but it was too much. Bubbles saw her struggling and supported her in getting up. Once Buttercup was standing, Bubbles flew around the room excitedly packing items onto a cute overnight bag. Buttercup stood awkwardly with one hand rubbing her belly and the other rubbing her painful back, "Oh, I feel so sore today, I hardly got any sleep, I've been getting pains all morning and they are getting worse, I can't wait until this thing is out of me!" said Buttercup, exhausted. Bubbles stopped buzzing around and faced Buttercup, "Buttercup, stop talking like that! It's not a thing! It's your baby!". "Yeah, whatever" mumbled Buttercup dropping back onto the bed.
Suddenly Buttercup felt a pop and the bed wet beneath her. Bubbles was still staring at her, angry about how unenthusiastic she was still being about the baby. Buttercup began to panic and blushed a deep red, "It's, that's, .....my........the baby, it's ......oh!" Buttercup stammered unable to string a sentence together. "Oh my!" Bubbles exclaimed as she looked down to see the bed covers wetting around Buttercup.
"Is that?" Bubbles asked without finishing her question as she pointed at the bed covers. Buttercup's eyes were wide, "Um, it's, em, no.....I didn't pee" Buttercup wasn't making any sense.
"PROFESSOR! PROFESSOR! IT'S BUTTERCUP! GET THE CAR! QUICK" shouted Bubbles as she dropped the overnight bag on the floor.
Blossom woke up, "What's all the commotion?" she shouted from her bedroom as she stretched and got out from her bed. She could hear Bubbles and the Professor chattering in a panic and rushing around. Blossom looked out into the hall and saw the Professor searching through his coats, "Where's my keys Blossom.... the keys?!" the Professor looked stressed, "Ah, here they are....wait, why aren't you dressed Blossom, hurry up!" The Professor gestured towards Blossom's room.
Bubbles flew out of Buttercup's bedroom, "What are you just standing there for Blossom, help me with Buttercup!"
"Huh what's going on?" Blossom was confused.
"I thought you were meant to be the clever one Blossom, THE BABY'S COMING!" Bubbles screeched in a high pitched and panicked voice.
"Oh!" Blossom rushed into her room and threw on the first clothes she could put her hands to and flew through to Buttercup's room. Buttercup was still sat on her bed with a look of absolute shock on her face. Bubbles and Blossom went either side of her and helped her up by the shoulders.
Buttercup felt totally speechless. Here it comes she thought. This is really happening. Her sisters and the Professor were speaking to her as they helped her down to the car, they were asking questions, lots of questions but Buttercup couldn't hear them, it was only muffled sounds coming through, she was in a daze as she sat in the car, mumbling incoherently to her family. She looked down at the dreaded bump, soon that was going to be gone and a baby would be in its place. Surely not, was that really going to happen? She felt a sharp contraction pain, it cramped like a period pain but felt ten times worse.
They arrived at the hospital and it was the same panic, hustle and bustle from Bubbles, Blossom and the Professor as Buttercup was taken through to the maternity ward.
At first the contractions lasted less than a minute but were quite far apart but they soon got closer longer and more painful. The baby was definitely on its way, there was no doubt about that. Blossom and Bubbles waited by Buttercup's bed as the Professor waited outside pacing the corridor, unable to see one of his girls go through giving birth.
Buttercup's confusion and daze quickly turned to anger as the pain got worse, "Ahh, I hate this!" She yelled out in pain as she clenched her fists, Bubbles and Blossom had to hold her arms down to the bed as they feared that Buttercup would either try and get up or try and punch something. Buttercup wriggled around making strange noises of pain.
"I think she is going through a fast labour" said the doctor as he examined her, "This is very unusual for a first baby" she mused.
"I'm a Powerpuff girl, nothing is ever normal!" Buttercup roared at the doctor as Bubbles and Blossom struggled to hold her down to the bed. She was getting so wound up that she was almost flying up from the bed without even noticing.
Buttercup let out a really loud yell, she was sweating profusely and breathing heavily.
"Ok Miss Utonium, here it comes, start to push!" said the doctor as she stood at the end of the bed. There were various other nurses and staff in the room now.
"PUSH!" "BREATHE!" encouraged Bubbles and Blossom as Buttercup screamed, swore and threatened them. "I can see the head! You're doing really well" the doctor said.
"AHHHHHH!" Buttercup screamed one final time.
The sound of a crying baby filled the room. "Congratulations Miss Utonium, it's a healthy baby girl" said the Doctor as she passed the tiny baby wrapped in a tiny soft blanket to Buttercup. As soon as Buttercup held her daughter in her arms, everything changed, she didn't expect to feel like this at all, she thought she was going to hate the baby for ruining her life but all she felt was love as she looked at the baby. She couldn't believe she had made something so perfect, the baby had jet black hair and big green eyes, just like her mommy. Tears fell down her face as she kissed her daughter on the forehead.
Bubbles and Blossom looked at each other smiling because they hadn't been sure how Buttercup was going to react.
"What's her name Buttercup?" Asked Bubbles "Bliss" said Buttercup holding her daughter closely.
The Professor came into the room. He stood at the door for a moment watching his three girls at the bed. He saw Buttercup holding the tiny baby in her arms and she didn't look awkward about it at all. In fact he was very surprised as she rocked the baby and whispered lovingly to it. He walked over to the bed and crouched beside Buttercup smoothed her hair away from her face, "Well done" he whispered to her, "I'm proud of you". Buttercup was so glad to hear those words. She knew it was going to be difficult but with the support of her family she knew she would be able to make it.