A/N: Finally a new one shot! Don't hate me for taking so long to get one up. This story is a little bit less Lucaya and a little more core5, but still good Lucaya. Enjoy!

Ps. This one-shot takes place in the same universe as the one-shot 'Friar Family of Five.' So be aware of that!

I don't own GMW, just the plot of this story.

Timeline: Late 20s; Kids: Caroline is 5, Lilly is 3, Noah is 1.

Summary: Auntie Riley gives birth to her little man so of course the Friars must be present.

We Do This Together

It was the middle of the night when Maya's cell phone rang. Lucas didn't seem to hear it. It must have been due to him being up all night the past couple nights with a sick Caroline. The baby's sickness from the month before had made its way through the Friar home. Caroline was the last to catch it. She was basically Maya's twin, especially when she was sick. She demanded attention and someone to take care of her.

Since Caroline was pretty much the biggest daddy's girl Maya had ever seen, she wasn't very surprised when the 5 year old insisted it be Lucas who took care of her. She wasn't offended. Truthfully, Maya had had enough taking care of sick kids for a while since Lilly and Noah both clung to her when they caught whatever it was going through the house.

Once the chiming tone went off through the night, Maya climbed her way out of Lucas's arms as they were wrapped around her form. Not even bothering to look at who was calling her at 3 in the morning, she put the phone to her ear, eyes still half closed.

"Hello?" she mumbled into the speaker. "What!?" she suddenly burst.

Lucas's body shot up at the sudden yelling his wife was doing. He looked up surprised to see her excited face. Her eyes were wide awake and shining.

"We're on our way right now!" Maya chirped. Without even giving Lucas an explanation, she jumped up from the bed and ran over to the closet.

"Maya what is going on?" Lucas asked, rubbing his tired eyes.

Maya looked up at her husband from where she stood in front of the closet, trying to find jeans to put on. "Riley's in labor!" she smiled. It all finally made sense to Lucas. Riley was about a week to her due date, but he should've known she would give birth early. Being Riley's child, it made sense that even the baby was too excited to wait the full time. Lucas followed in Maya's lead by crawling out of bed, although a lot slower than Maya did, and walking over to her. He joined the search to find clothes.

Maya had already slid a pair of jeans on, as well as a comfy pair of sneakers. To save time, she opted to leave on the oversized shirt she had stolen from her husband's side of the t-shirt drawer to sleep in. Lucas was still getting dressed, releasing little yawns every so often, when Maya left the apartment to go knock on their neighbor's door. With Caroline being sick and Noah and Lilly sleeping peacefully in their rooms, Maya didn't want to wake them, especially knowing that Riley might not actually give birth for a while. Mrs. Leonard was a kind old woman. She loved kids, she had 7 of her own. But they were all grown up and living their own lives. Mrs. Leonard loved the little Friar children like they were her own. Whenever she saw them in the hall, she would greet them with a hug and a cookie, because Mrs. Leonard was the kind of woman who always had the most delicious cookies in her kitchen. Even though Lucas and Maya had no shortage of babysitters, between Riley and Farkle, both of the blondes parents, and even Zay who loved hanging out with the little rugrats, it was nice to have Mrs. Leonard just next door who could always watch them.

The blonde was a little impatient waiting for the woman to answer her door. She had to keep reminding herself while waiting that it was past 3AM and Mrs. Leonard was most definitely not awake. When the door finally opened, Maya smiled and explained quickly that she had no intention of missing the birth of her first god-son. The kind woman smiled and agreed to sleep at the Friar apartment and keep an eye on the kids until Lucas and Maya came back to pick them up in the morning.

"Just let me tuck the kids in," Maya told Lucas as he greeted and thanked Mrs. Leonard when the two walked back into the apartment.

Maya made her way from room to room, pulling the covers over each of her children and kissing the tops of their heads. While sitting on the edge of Lilly's bed, the little girl opened her eyes.

"Mommy what are you doing?" she asked in a sleepy voice.

"Me and daddy have to go help Auntie Riley with something," Maya whispered. Her fingers continuously pushed little wispy strands of blonde hair behind her daughter's ear.

"With what?" Lilly's curious stage was never-ending. She questioned everything, all the time. She basically wouldn't drop it until she got an answer to her question so Maya, who didn't want to spend more time not being by Riley's side, decided to just tell her daughter the truth.

"Auntie Riley's baby is going to come out of her tummy tonight," Maya smiled. Mirroring Maya's actions when she got the call about Riley, Lilly jumped up from her spot. Her tiny hands clapped together as she jumped up and down on her bed.

Maya laughed seeing her daughter so excited. "I want to go help Auntie Riley too! Please mommy!" Lilly begged.

Maya's hands pressed to Lilly's cheeks, settling her down from her cheering. "Ok, ok we don't want to wake up your brother and sister," she whispered. Lilly nodded her head but continued to quietly beg her mother to go along. "Alright you can go. But we have to get your shoes on quickly ok?"

Lilly leaped off the bed to find shoes. She didn't know how to tie shoe laces yet so Maya had to do it for her. Maya pulled a jacket out of Lilly's closet and slipped it on over Lilly's pajamas. Picking the little girl up in her arms, she walked out to the living room to meet Lucas. He looked confused when he saw his wife carrying their 3 year old in her arms.

"She wanted to come really badly," Maya explained before Lucas had a chance to ask. He didn't bother arguing. He just thanked Mrs. Leonard once more and then followed Maya out, who was already heading out the door and into the hallway.

The chilly night air hit them as soon as they left the apartment building. Maya pulled Lilly into her chest to shield her from the cold and Lucas wrapped his arm around Maya to shield her. The three blondes piled into a cab with Maya anxiously telling the driver to 'step on it.'

It seemed like much to long before they all filed into a hospital room with Riley in the bed, holding Farkle's hand as he stood next to her.

"Hi Peaches!" Riley beamed seeing the family walk into the room. She opened her arms for a hug, which Maya happily gave her. Lilly leaped out of Maya's arms to wrap her own arms around her auntie's neck. Maya pulled a chair over from the side of the room and dragged it to the side of the bed. She settled in and pulled Lilly of the bed and into her lap, pulling the little girl's jacket off.

"How you doing Riles?" Lucas asked.

Riley let out a long, exaggerated groan as she rubbed the large bump that was her tummy. "This hurts so much! Peaches I don't know how you did this 3 times. You are some kind of superhero!" she whined.

Maya laughed, but Lucas looked over at her. It wasn't uncommon for him to think this about his wife. Every day she took care of him and the kids and her gallery. He always wondered how she did it all. He wonders how she even pushed out their 3 little babies. Maya herself was so tiny, he had no idea how a whole other person fit inside of her for 9 months. But she did it. His kickass, superhero of a wife did it. He caught himself grinning adoringly at her and turned away, focusing on Riley. Now that Riley had Maya by her bedside, Farkle decided it was ok for him to finally take a seat. There was a small couch on the side of the room. Farkle sat on one end of it, allowing Lucas to sit on the other side. Maya looked up at Farkle to see his face holding a certain expression. Immediately she recognized it as the same concerned expression Lucas held on his face during the birth of each of their children.

"Are you ok Auntie Riley?" Lilly asked Riley after observing the pained look on her face.

Riley tried her best to smile for the toddler as she shifted her body, trying to find a comfortable position to lay in. Riley was slowly coming to terms with the fact that a comfortable position wasn't going to be possible. "Yeah Lilly. I'm fine. The baby just makes me a little uncomfortable that's all," she grinned.

"When will the baby come out?"

"Sometime soon baby girl. But we don't know for sure. We just have to wait," Maya explained, redoing the ponytail that was in her daughter's hair. Once the new ponytail was secured, Lilly turned to her mom.

"Mommy how will the baby get out of Auntie Riley?" she asked.

Riley found some minor solace in giggling at the question. Maya was squirming in her seat and Riley knew she was trying to come up with an answer that would satisfy the child, without giving away the actual answer. "Why don't you go ask daddy that question," she smiled. The little girl hopped off Maya's lap and ran over to her daddy, eager to get an answer to her important question. Maya turned her eyes back over to her best friend. "Seriously honey how are you doing?"

"I feel like I'm being torn in half," Riley cried.

"Yeah sounds about right," Maya grinned.

The sound of Farkle laughing suddenly shot through the room and the two girls looked up to see Lucas looking at his daughter shocked. Farkle was trying to catch his breath from laughing so hard. "Did you tell her to ask me that?" he looked up at his wife.

"Hey Lilly, why don't you, your daddy, and your Uncle Farkle go get some ice chips for Auntie Riley?" Maya suggested. She was hoping this mission would distract the little girl from her previous question, at least until her or Lucas could think of a suitable answer.

"What are ice chips?" Lilly questioned, seeming to be at least momentarily distracted.

"They're basically ice cubes," Lucas told her.

A confused look made its way onto Lilly's face. "Why would she want ice cubes?"

"They're the only thing I can eat while I have the baby," Riley answered.

The adults watched as Lilly took in the answer and thought for a moment. "Ok," she finally gave in. She had more questions. But right now she just wanted to help her Auntie Riley. Ice cubes didn't sound very exciting, especially to eat, but if that's what she wanted, Lilly was determined to get them.

"Let's go!" Lucas cheered, picking the girl up and swinging over his head to sit her on his shoulders. Maya smiled to herself as she heard her daughter giggle. Riley smiled too, then looked at her own husband. In just hours, Riley would get to watch Farkle be a dad. After she had Caroline, Maya told Riley that watching Lucas be a dad to their child made her fall even more in love with him. Riley didn't think it was possible for Maya to love Lucas even more than she already did. Maya agreed. But it happened. And Riley couldn't wait to see how much more in love with Farkle she could be.

"Come on Uncle Farkle!" Lilly cheered, placing her little palms on her dad's forehead to hold on.

"Yeah come on Uncle Farkle!" Lucas teased. Farkle turned to look at Riley. She just nodded, telling him it was ok for him to leave the room. Especially if it was to get her ice chips because, god, she wanted some. The two boys left the room with Lilly in search.

Leaving the room, the boys and Lilly wandered down the hall to the place Farkle was told he could get ice chips whenever Riley wanted some. Lucas lifted Lilly off his shoulders and set her down in front of the ice machine. After lifting a small bowl off the table next to the machine, he handed it to Lilly.

"You want to press the button to get the ice chips?" he asked her. The little girl nodded excitedly. He let Lilly push the button and fill up the bowl. In the meantime, he looked up at Farkle. "How are you handling it in there?"

The genius looked confused at the question. He took a second to notice that Lilly was done filling the bowl. He smiled at the toddler and picked her up in his arms as she held the bowl proudly in her little hands. "What do you mean?" he asked Lucas.

"Farkle, Maya has given birth 3 times. If anyone knows how hard it is to watch your wife be in that much pain, it's me," Lucas sighed.

"How did you do it? When Maya was in labor?"

"It's hard. I love Maya more than anybody else in the world. And watching her be in so much pain, knowing I can't do anything about it, is the shittiest feeling. It doesn't get any easier," Lucas told him honestly. "But just comfort her. No one knows how to comfort Riley like you do."

"What did you do for Maya?" Farkle asked. They started walking back to the room, realizing they had to give Riley her ice chips.

A small grin appeared on Lucas's face. "Maya likes it when I rub her back. So when she was in labor, she would lay on her side and I would just run my hand along her back. Try to make her laugh. She says I'm always pretty good at making her laugh," Lucas smiled.

They walked into the hospital room to see Riley's hand being held by Maya and the doctor at the end of the bed. Lucas quickly threw his hand over Lilly's eyes, not wanting his 3 year old to see what the doctor was checking. He didn't realize he didn't want to see that either until Farkle's hand was thrown over his eyes.

"Good news!" the doctor started, looking up to see the boys. "She's only got a couple centimeters to go before she's fully dilated and ready to push. It should only be another couple of hours," she smiled.

"No fair! Even my shortest labor was like 12 hours! You've literally been here for an hour," Maya complained. Maya didn't have much luck in the short labor department. All 3 of her kids took their sweet time and she took forever to be ready to push. Lucas laughed. He pressed a kiss to his wife's head before setting Lilly down on the end of Riley's bed so she could hand her auntie the ice chip bowl.

A few hours later, Riley still hadn't had her little baby boy. Lilly was fast asleep on the couch on the side of the room. Lucas was sitting in the chair next to the bed with his wife in his lap. Maya didn't want to close her eyes and miss anything, but Lucas had let his eyes close a couple hours ago. Maya was just letting her fingers fumble through her husband's messy hair, her head laying on his shoulder. Farkle sat on the edge of Riley's bed, doing exactly what Lucas told him to do. Maya was keeping herself busy by listening to the words being exchanged between Riley and Farkle.

"How are the contractions babe?" Farkle asked concerned.

Riley sighed in pain, wiping some sweat off of her forehead. "They hurt. And there's almost no space between them now," she cried. Maya hated seeing her best friend in so much pain. But she knew Farkle was even more concerned.

"I think that means we're getting close," Farkle promised. His hand stroked through Riley's damp hair as their smiles met. "We're going to meet our son soon."

Maya smiled warmly at the love she saw in front of her. Her two best friends were finally getting the little family they had deserved so long. The blonde looked down at her husband. His sleeping face was always so calm and relaxed, but that wasn't much different than his usual face. After pressing a kiss to Lucas's hair, she laid her head down against his. Slowly she let her eyes flutter closed. They only flew open a few minutes later, followed by Lucas's eyes, when the door flew open. The doctor came in and smiled at the couple holding hands on the bed.

"How are we doing Riley?"

"I feel horrible! I can't get comfortable, my ribs hurt, and-" Riley rambled.

"Well let's just check how far you are. It shouldn't be long," the doctor smiled.

"That's what you said 3 and a half hours ago!" Riley bellowed. Maya laughed under her breathe. It was just so interesting seeing child birth from this side. Usually she was the one making smart ass comments out of pain and frustration to the doctor.

The doctor lifted her head up after a quick examination to see how far Riley was dilated. "Not long at all. Looks like you're ready to push."

The whole group seemed to stop in their movements. This was it. This was the moment they had been waiting for for 9 months; well, actually for much longer. The doctor hurriedly rushed Riley out of the room and to the delivery room. Farkle walked alongside the bed, holding Riley's hand as tight as he possibly could. Maya moved herself from her husband's lap. She walked over to the couch and scooped Lilly up her arms. Lilly was wiping the sleepies out of her eyes and pushing the messy blonde hair out of her face.

"What's going on mommy?" she asked, looking around the room to see her auntie and uncle gone.

Maya put on her biggest smile to show the child how exciting this moment was. "Auntie Riley is having her baby!"

"Finally!" Lilly gasped. "That took forever!" Maya looked over to Lucas, rolling her eyes. He knew she was teasing, knowing that her child births actually took forever and Riley's only took about 41/2 hours.

Pushing was quick, Riley powered through it like only Riley could. As much as Maya wanted to see the baby, the baby she was the god-mother to, she wanted the kids there to meet him to. Riley wanted Caroline and Noah there, too. She wanted the whole clan to meet her new baby boy. So Maya made a promise that she wouldn't go in to meet the baby until Lucas had gone home to pick up the other two members of the Friar family. Lucas tried to make it as quick as possible. But of course, neither child was ready to go out when he got home. Many impatient, even bordering on angry, texts came through to his phone from his wife while he was trying to dress both of his children and brush Caroline's hair and get a diaper bag ready for Noah. Maya was itching to go in and visit with the new parents. Both her and Lilly were pacing the floor outside of the room, just ready to burst through the door as soon as they saw Lucas and the kids round the corner.

"Finally Huckleberry! You took so long!" Maya sighed before picking Lilly up in her arms and nearly running into Riley's room. In the bed sat Riley, holding a tiny baby in her arms.

Little Oliver Minkus was a picture of perfection. He had big brown eyes like Riley did and was only 6 tiny pounds. He was as calm as ever, even after being passed around to both Lucas and Maya and being lightly hugged by Lilly. Caroline was still sick so she was told her could try holding the baby in a couple weeks when she was completely healthy. The 5 year old pouted but understood.

"He's the most perfect god-son I could imagine having," Maya gushed. Lucas hung over her shoulder, holding their own son in his arms, watching his god-son's eyes roam around the room. Each of the 4 friends, Maya, Lucas, Farkle, and Riley took turns looking around the room. There were so many things they were thankful for. They had gotten to marry their best friends', there were 4 children in the room that made each day a new adventure, and they were all still here for each other. Later that day, when Zay and Izzy finally arrived at the hospital with their own kids, there was even more to be thankful for. There was no shortage of love in Riley's hospital room.

A/N: Ok so I'll be honest, this was not my favorite one-shot that I've written…. But I still wanted to get something out to you guys. To kind of make-up for this one, I'll try to get another one up soon.

Maybe I'm being too hard on myself. How did you guys like this story? Let me know in the comments. Also tell me if you want more one-shots in this universe… I was thinking of doing that!

A new multi-chapter fic will be up soon so subscribe to me to see exactly when:)

Thanks for reading guys!