Fairytale Life: Baby Grayson

Disclaimer: I do not own the Teen Titans

"SURPRISE!" shouted the group of friends. Kori giggled. She had been dubbed 'healthy' enough to go home and upon return had been greeted by...this. It was obvious that the group of friends had gone to a lot of effort. Balloons dotted the floor and in the air while the aroma of Karen's famous chocolate cake warmed the room. Kori smiled sweetly at her friends.

"Thanks guys. And I gotta say, you did pretty well in 30 minutes," replied Kori. True, Richard had only informed them that Kori was coming back home just as they left hospital, but the friends didn't think that was an excuse to not have a surprise party for her, so they had got started as soon as the phone was put down. Karen had gotten started on her patented chocolate cake, Rachel had cleaned up and Vic and Gar...well, mainly Vic started blowing up balloons, Gar had had trouble with his only one.

"So, when's the cake done? I'm starving!" responded Vic. All eyes stared at Vic and he blushed.

"What? It's been a long time since Karen's baked me cake," he explained. The friends burst out laughing and began enjoying their night with eating cake, playing volleyball with the balloons and annoying Gar.

September 24th passed very quickly in the household as preparations for the baby, the wedding and other events were discussed. Autumn finally arrived and Kori sighed. It had been a week since her baby had been anticipated for arrival. She had been very excited that week, but once she realised that it wasn't time, she had become rather depressed. Richard had tried to lighten her mood with unexpected bouts of romantic gestures such as backrubs, breakfast in bed and all sorts, but Kori was still rather upset. By October 6th, Kori was fed up of waiting and decided to just wait for her little bundle of joy by watching TV to pass the time. That night, Kori made her way into bed, still upset about being pregnant and anxious to meet her baby. However, she couldn't sleep that night. She kept tossing and turning and Richard noticed this.

"What's up, Princess?" he asked. She sighed and got out of bed.

"I'm not sure. Go back to sleep, honey. I'm just going to go to the bathroom," responded Kori, shuffling slowly away from the bed. Richard closed his eyes. He was anxious as well. What if something's wrong with the baby? What if I'm not a good father? Richard shook those thoughts out of his head. He smiled as he told himself that he was going to be a good, no, great father and Kori was going to be the best mother. Just as he was about to go to sleep, he heard a shriek coming from the bathroom; Kori.

"Princess?" He darted out of the bed and opened the door. He saw Kori standing in the middle of the bathroom, clutching her stomach.

"It's time," she whispered. "Baby Grayson's on the way"

The group of friends paced outside of the delivery room, including Wally and Jen. Jen cuddled the now two-month old Delilah while she talked with Rachel. For what they knew, Kori had been in labour for a while and they were starting to get impatient.

"How long does it take?!" exclaimed Gar, after 4 hours of waiting. Jennifer glared at him.

"Well, it took me at least 12 hours. Apparently, I had a short labour," murmered Jennifer, her finger being clutched by baby Delilah. Another 6 hours passed and by then, the friends had all gone back home. Richard had told them that he'd phone them once the baby arrived and finally, at 2pm, Richard gave them the call. As quickly as they could, they all raced to the Jump City hospital and by the time they had gotten there, Richard was standing outside waiting for them.

"Well?" asked Rachel. Richard smiled.

"Kori and baby are inside. Just gotta wait for the nurse to tell us they're ready," announced Richard. Karen, Rachel and Jennifer shrieked and so did Vic, Gar and Wally, just not as loudly as the girls. They all took a seat and waited once again, but after 10 minutes, a friendly looking nurse came out and asked them to come inside. Quietly, they walked over to where Kori was sitting with the little baby in her hands. She looked very tired and her red auburn hair was messy, but her green emerald eyes seemed to glow even more. The sunlight poured in from the window and captured the two in the light, making Kori look like an angel.

"Baby Grayson," introduced Kori, showing the team the little bundle in her arms. It's short black hair had little wisps of red and it's eyes were a deep blue colour, just like Richard's. It began making a sound, almost like laughing and looked directly at Richard, otherwise known as daddy. Richard smiled so sweetly that it nearly made Kori cry with happiness.

"So, girl or boy?" asked Karen. All of the friends looked at her in excitement and Kori smiled at her friends.

"Guys, meet Mari' Grayson, our daughter, our little girl and out little angel"