Multiplying

Chapter 12

Maura is standing in the tortoise pen in their backyard. It took her over a half hour to manage walking that far to get in the pen. Maura is now 39 1/2 weeks pregnant. Her pregnant belly , well really her entire body now was bigger than she ever thought she would be able to handle. Jane had encouraged her to eat more than she should have while she was pregnant. She did however only eat about a third of what Jane had been consuming during her own pregnancy.

It was getting harder and harder for Maura to bend or even squat down to fill the feeder trays for the tortoises. After grunting and groaning Maura finally reached the last tray and filled it . The babies all scuttled and ran to eat their breakfast Maura had given to them. Maura smiled watching them eating.

"Oh!" Maura surprised she made a noise. She felt a pain in her stomach. She held where it hurt her with her hand.

She then felt something warm on her bare feet. She thought to herself "There must be a leak in their water trays ...again."

Korsak walks in the pen . "Hey Maura , how's the babies this morning?"

Korsak had been helping Jane and Maura with the babies the last few weeks. He would feed them and play with them every morning he wasn't needed at work.

"Good morning Vince. The babies look happy to see you."

Maura was still squatting in front of the feeding trays. She was trying to look over her belly but couldn't see over it. She wanted see if the water trays were leaking onto the ground.

Vince walks up to the tortoises waving to each one bending one finger at them.

"Hi , Benny, June , Abbie, Carmichael, Nora, Dan August, Cate, Mercury , Zinc, Indium ..how are you guys doing?...Maura seriously you and Jane need to rename these chemical ones.."

Korsak sees the water on the floor. Goes and squats down next to Maura to get a better look.

"Vince can you tell where this water is leaking from?" Maura points to the water she can't see over her belly.

Vince looks at the water trays. They were too far away to be them leaking. He then notices the color of the water. It was a mixture of something besides water it had a reddish -brown tint to it. Korsak saw the same color water running down one leg on Maura. He finally realizes what it is. He was a little nervous to tell Maura. He clears his throat.

"Um ….Maura have you been having any pain this morning?"

Maura tilts her head at him curiously "Yes I have had a little. How did you know that?"

Vince points to the puddles of water still forming on the ground underneath Maura.

"Maura I think your water broke."

Maura's eyes pop open wide at Vince. She looks down at the water. She places one finger in the water then brings it up and smells it. She grabs Vince's arm with one hand.

"Oh Vince I think you are right. Call Jane..."

Korsak nods and helps Maura stand up. He reaches in his jacket for his phone.

"I'm taking you to the hospital Maura."

"I need my bag for the hospital before we go."

Korsak nods as he holds and stands Maura up walking her into the house. Inside Jo Friday runs up to Korsak. Maura goes to gather everything she needs for the hospital. Korsak puts Jo Friday into her carrier to take her with them to the hospital.

Maura finds her prepacked suitcase and lays it on the bed. She sees the big pink teddy bear Jane bought her to replace the one Giovanni had given her. Maura loved the bear Giovanni gave her. But she didn't want to keep it because she didn't want to get her face licked by him. Maura physically shivers in disgust just thinking about the memory.

Jane had seen in Maura's eyes how much she loved the big bear so she bought one a little smaller but a whole lot cuter to replace it for her. Maura fell in love with it too and named it Rizzy. She had every intention of bringing it to the hospital with her to help her with her delivery.

Maura and Korsak each carrying what they thought was important walked into the living room. They each saw what the other was holding and pointed at each other.

In unison saying "You can't bring that to the hospital."

"Vince they don't allow animals ….Ow! Oh Ow!" Maura holds her stomach in pain as the labor pain starts.

"Maura Oh God! Are you having a contraction?"

Maura nods as she bends over in pain. Vince goes and helps her sit down on the couch. He dials Jane's number on his phone. No answer it goes to voice mail.

"Jane! Jane ...Maura's having the baby. I'm taking her to the hospital now . Meet me there Now! Don't worry I've got Jo Friday with me."

Vince takes Maura out to his car. He goes back in to gather the suitcase , the teddy bear and Jo Friday. He returns as Maura shakes her head at him over bringing Jo Friday. He smiles as he gets in and starts to drive them to the hospital.

"Here hold this." Vince hands the teddy bear to Maura.

Maura smiles at Rizzy and holds it in her lap. She squeezes Rizzy hard as she can as she has another contraction. She sees a smaller bear fall in the floor when she let go of her hold on Rizzy. It was the little bear Maura had gotten for Jane just because she thought it was so cute. Jane liked it and named it little Mr. Bear. Maura always thought Jane didn't like him because of what she named him sounded so formal. But seeing that Jane must have put the little bear in Rizzy's lap she thought Jane must really like the little bear now.

Jane is at BPD working still. She has refused to stop working during her pregnancy. Everyone at the station can't wait until she has her baby so they can rest . She has run everyone ragged helping her do her job. She made Frankie chase all the perps because her feet were swollen and hurting her. She had Korsak do all her paperwork because her hands were swollen and hurting her.

Jane sat back relaxed at her desk after getting back from lunch. She now was checking her messages.

"Oh guys I found Korsak...Wait he left me a messa...OMG! Maura's in labor!. Somebody drive me to the hospital now!"

Jane frantically tries to get up out of her chair and can't get up because she's too big and stuck in the chair. Frankie runs over to help her get out of her chair.

"Frankie get me out of this chair now! And don't tell Ma about Maura having.."

Angela walks in the squad room . She panics when she hears what Jane says to Frankie. She starts yelling at Jane.

"Don't tell Ma what? Janie? What's wrong? Is Maura hurt ? What happened?... ...Someone say something now!"

Frankie moves frantically back and forth between Jane and his Ma not knowing who to help.

"Ma I'm just trying to get Jane up out of her chair and Maura well, tell her Jane."

Still stuck in the chair Jane throws up her hands palms up in the air.

"I give up. Ma Maura is in labor she's having the baby now. Frankie just wheel this chair and me to the car now! Ma if you want to come you can wait with Korsak he is at the hospital with Maura now. C'mon Frankie push me out ...hurry!"

Panicking they all start rushing to the car taking turns pushing Jane's chair to the exit. They push pass in the halls throwing cops left and right into walls to get by them. Once the thrown cops realize it was Jane in the chair they begin cheering as they think it's Jane the one having the baby now. Angela shakes her head furiously trying to tell them it's not Jane. But they were almost at a full run now to get to the car to get to Maura.

Once they all pile into the car. Frankie hits the siren and they speed their way to the hospital . Jane dials Korsak number on her phone to talk with Maura over the siren and Angela's excited loud questions to her. Jane sticks one finger in her ear so she could drown out her mother and hear Korsak.

"Korsak? Korsak is Maura alright? What's going on? Is that Jo Friday barking? Where are you?"

"Jane , Jane calm down. We are at the hospital now. Maura is fine you need to hurry up and get here. The doctor is taking her to the delivery room now. And yes Jo is here with us now. I didn't want to leave her alone."

"Take care of her Korsak. I'm on my way as fast as I can...Really ? Jo's with you? …. Be there soon." Jane turns off the phone. She shakes her head at Korsak bringing Jo Friday with him.

Korsak puts his phone back in his jacket. He turns to Jo and takes her out of her carrier. Jo barks and licks Korsak's face happily wagging her tail.

"Of course I'd bring you Jo. You are part of their family just as much as the new baby coming is...aren't you" Korsak kisses Jo and holds and pets her looking at the door Maura is behind with her doctor now.

A burly looking security guard of the hospital walks up to Korsak. Jo began barking and growling at the man .Because he was yelling at her friend Vince. Korsak held Jo back petting her and flashed his badge to the guard.

"Oh I'm sorry officer. But you still can't have a dog in the hospital."

"It's Sargent Korsak. And this is the dog of Dr. Maura Isles-Rizzoli wife of Detective Jane Isles-Rizzoli. I think if you check they are allowed to have Jo here with them."

Jo barks loudly like yeah what he said to the guard. The guard walks away to go check on Korsak's information.

Maura is sitting on the table in a daze watching the nurse strap her legs into the stirrups. She feels as if she is in a world all by herself . Her mind is racing a million miles an minute. She's worried about giving birth. She knows everything medically that can go wrong. She runs each scenario through one by one in her mind. While at the same time she thinks about how the baby is going to effect her and Jane's life's.

A big painful contraction hits Maura. Maura grabs the sleeve of the nearest nurse and pleads. "Doctor!...I need a doctor now! I think I'm ready for my epidural now. Nurse could you please get the Doctor for me now? And my wife Jane. She needs to get Vince because I also need Rizzy now too."

The nurse looks confused but leaves to find the doctor and Vince. She walks to the waiting room. She sees a man sitting petting a little dog and sitting next to a big pink bear.

Smiling the nurse approaches Korsak. "I take it you're Vince and your little dog there is Rizzy?"

Korsak chuckles shaking his head no. "Well you're half right. I'm Vince." He picks up the bear "But this is Rizzy."

A loud scream of pain comes from the delivery room. Vince looks nervous staring at the delivery room door. Jo barks loudly recognizing that it's Maura yelling in pain. The nurse turns and goes to find the doctor. The nurse turns and tells Vince.

"I need to find her doctor. But she is asking for that Rizzy if you want to take it to her you can." She walks away.

Jo keeps barking looking at Vince. (In dog language translates to) "Vince we need to go help Maura now! She's one of my moms. Vince! Vince let's go help her! What's wrong with you just sitting here? She needs the big fuzzy thing. C'mon let's go check on her and give the fuzzy thing to her. Vince c'mon!"

Vince pets and tries to calm Jo down to no avail. Vince looks at the big pink bear.

"Oh Jo Friday I bet Maura would like to have her bear. What do you think ? Should we take it to her?"

Jo jumps up and down barking happily "Finally , let's go Vince, Momma Maura is waiting on the fuzzy thing. I know it always makes her smile."

Vince picks up Jo Friday and Rizzy as he walks into the delivery room.

Maura's dimples deepen as she smiles when as she sees Rizzy and Jo Friday with Vince. She holds out her hands making a grabbing movement with her fingers saying to him.

"Oh thank you Vince. Gimme , gimme Rizzy. Come sit down with Jo so I can pet her too."

The Rizzoli family comes rushing through the emergency doors. Jane is helped out of the car and put in a wheelchair. Because she cannot run in her condition.

Once Jane is in the wheelchair she passes everyone else. She wants to find Maura . She heads for the maternity wing of the hospital.

Jane hears Jo Friday's bark and heads towards the bark. The Rizzoli clan is in close pursuit behind her. The closer Jane gets the louder Jo's barking gets. She stops her wheelchair when she hears Maura scream in pain. She gets out of the chair and follows the sounds of pain from her wife.

Jane and her clan bust through the maternity room. They see Maura strapped to the birthing chair . They are all surprised when they see her smiling holding her baby in her arms.

Jane waddles over to Maura "Oh sweetie you had the baby."

Maura smiles looking exhausted but happy. Jane reaches her hand to the baby. The baby grabs her finger. Jane is overcome she starts crying and laughing at the same time.

"Oh my god she's so cute I can't stand it Maura. Look she's got my finger."

Maura watches and corrects Jane with a huge smile on her face.

"He's got your finger Jane not she."

Shocked Jane looks at the baby and then Maura again.

"It's a boy? You were supposed to have a girl. What happened? "

Maura laughs as Jane moves in giving her a kiss . Then Jane kisses the baby. Jane turns around to see everybody waiting to see the baby.

"Hey guys come see our baby boy."

They all clamor and start oohing and awing over the the baby. Each taking a turn holding him as he squirms and fusses but never cried once. Angela alone must have taken a few hundred pictures of him with her cell phone.

Angela asks "So what is my new grand baby's name?"

Maura and Jane look at each other shrugging their shoulders and laughing at each other.

"Ma he was supposed to be a girl. We picked out a girls name not a boy."

Maura holding her newborn child smiles and looks at her family and asks.

"Any suggestions what to name him?"

Jane had a look of horror on her face as she heard what Maura asked. She waved her hands at the family. But it was too late. They all were shouting out different names and why theirs should be used.

Jane whistles loudly to quiet them down.

"Hey! Quiet! Maura and I will choose his name. Now everybody go to the waiting room and wait. I want to spend a little time with my wife and my...son."

Maura smiles and grabs Jane pulling her in for a hug with their and the baby.

The Rizzoli clan oohs and awes at the image of Jane hugging her family as they left the room.

Jane kisses Maura then the baby. She looks at them again and smiles and says.

"We're a family now Maura. I'm part of a family with a beautiful baby boy and a gorgeous woman who is his mom and my wife. I don't think anyone has ever been as happy as I am now."

Jane kisses a crying Maura.

Maura clears her throat from crying looks into Jane's eyes says "I am ."

Jane looks at her confused "You are what?"

"I am happier."

Jane smiles and spreads kisses back and forth from the baby to Maura.

Angela quietly shuts the door she's been eavesdropping through at them. She turns to the others waiting holding her hand to her heart. Choked up and so touched from watching them says.

"The moms need time with their son. I think we need to leave for awhile."

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. A/N- Thanks for reading.