Sarah: Hello all! I actually updated in a reasonable time frame GASP!! I don't really have anything to say up here other than this story is not going to end any time soon... so okay Enjoy!!
Simultaneous crashing of bags and other items.
"Huh?!"
Lettuce clutched at her stomach and breathed in slowly. "Owwwwwwwwwww!!"
Keiichiro ran over to Lettuce and sat her down on a chair. He rubbed soothing circles on her lower back. "Ryou go get the car!"
Ryou bolted outside, while the girls stood there… half excited and half worried. Lettuce stopped wincing and held her ground. Keiichiro helped her stand and they swiftly walked out of Café Mew Mew. Ichigo opened the backseat door. She braced Lettuce's right side and eased her into the car. Keiichiro hopped in on the other side. Once Ichigo got into the car, Ryou sped off.
"Ouch! Damn it this hurts!" Lettuce wailed from the backseat. An astounding air of silence swept the vehicle.
"L-Lettuce, I don't think I have ever heard you swear before…" Ichigo sweat-dropped in the front seat.
"Get pregnant, things change you!" Lettuce screamed in pain. She went into a series of labored breaths and Keiichiro attempted to soothe her.
"We're almost there honey, hold on just a little longer."
"I DON'T WANT TO HOLD ON I WANT TO GET THIS THING OUT OF ME BEFORE I DIE!"
"Lettuce calm down, that can't be good for the baby…" Ichigo reached her hand in the back to help.
Ryou took a sharp left turn into the hospital parking lot and sped to the emergency lane. "All right good to go, hop out and go have that baby!"
Ichigo grabbed a wheelchair while Keiichiro got Lettuce out of the car. Once Lettuce was seated comfortably, they rushed in through the automatic doors.
"I got a pregnant lady here and we need a room stat!" Ichigo yelled startling the sleepy receptionist and other assorted passersby.
"I'm sorry. We have no rooms available at this time. I'll put you on the top priority list, and we'll have a doctor come check your dilation. Please have a seat in the waiting room," the receptionist blushed as Keiichiro fingered at his long hair nervously.
He reached over and grabbed her hand. A sparkly pink background suddenly appeared behind him. "Please, my wife is in dire need of a doctor's care. Her comfort is the most important to me. I would really appreciate it if we could squeeze into a room," Keiichiro said sincerely, occasionally lacing it with extra sugar.
The blush on the receptionist's face deepened. "Ano… I'll see what I can do," she batted her eyelashes shyly. "There. You will be accommodated in room 316."
"Why thank you madam, you have my gratitude." Keiichiro winked and left with a dashing smile. The receptionist fainted…
"Okay Lettuce, I got a room for you let's go!" Keiichiro wheeled her away. Nurses came through the halls and took the wheelchair.
"We can only have one family member come in for the procedure. Only one of you can cross from this point!" One nurse announced as they carefully propped Lettuce up onto the hospital bed.
"Good luck Keiichiro! Lettuce we'll be rooting for you!" With that, Ichigo turned and walked back to the hallway to find Ryou and the others.
"Dilated nine centimeters!" A nurse shouted to the doctor. The doctor looked Lettuce in the eyes. "Guess what? You're gonna have a baby!" The doctor smiled.
Lettuce smiled back and looked over to her husband. "You know, even though I'm a Mew Mew and after all the scary things that I have faced, this is the scariest moment of my life," she whispered.
"I understand completely, well not completely seeing as I'm not the one having the baby but you know what I mean," Keiichiro winked and grasped her hand.
"All right, Lettuce-chan, can you give me a little push?" the doctor asked slowly. Lettuce pushed with all her might.
"SHIT THIS HURTS!!"
-In the Hallway-
Ichigo woke up from her sleep on Ryou's shoulder to the sound of swearing and screaming. She shook her head and chuckled. "Has to be someone else, all that noise coming from our Lettuce? Give me a break." She resumed her position on Ryou's shoulder but found that she couldn't get to sleep. She poked his side waking him up.
"No, cookies can't talk…" He shifted and went back to his… cookie dream?
"You goofball wake up!" Ichigo poked him harder.
"What? What happened?" Ryou rubbed is eyes urgently. Ichigo beamed.
"Nothing silly, I was getting jealous of you talking to cookies rather than me." She stuck her tongue out.
Just then, wailing and a muffled thump filled the hallways of the hospital. But it wasn't sobbing, or mourning. It was the sound of a newborn baby.
"The baby!" Mint leapt up from her seat.
"I wanna see, I wanna see!!" Pudding jumped up and giggled."
"Girls, Lettuce just went through quite a lot. She doesn't need you screaming in her face. Let her have some rest.
"Then why is she coming this way?" Pudding turned Zakuro around.
"LETTUCE!" all of the girls screamed.
They all crowded around her wheelchair to see the tiny infant lying peacefully in her arms. The baby had delicate light brown hair. Barely noticeable freckles lined her nose and under her eyes. She held onto her mother's fingers and slowly opened her eyes with a yawn. Raine had the brightest shade of green eyes anyone had ever seen.
"Girls, meet your new niece!"
"KAWAIIIIIIII!!"
Sarah: Well there you are! Kind of short I know. The next chapter is going to be good I promise you!! I am already beginning to formulate ideas. Mwuahahaha :) Please leave a kind review if you liked it? even if you don't like it I appreciate what you all have to say!!