Be My Baby
Hello, my fellow readers. It is I the great James Stryker bringing you another chapter of Be My Baby. Well, this is it. It's the moment you've all been waiting for. This is the mother of all births. We are about to witness the birth of the Rucas baby. Now, this chapter will have a couple of hilarious moments and some dramatic moments for Rucas. Will the baby be born? Or will it be a false alarm? So here it is, chapter twenty-one of Be My Baby. Enjoy.
Chapter Twenty-One
Birth 101
"Hurry up, Lucas! Step on it!" Riley exclaims as Lucas drives her to the hospital. "I cannot believe that I'm going into labor right now. Oh, God. Peaches, hold my hand."
"I got you, Riles. Just breathe." Maya said as she held Riley's hand. Riley groaned as she felt another contraction hitting her.
"Lucas, drive faster." Riley cried.
"I'm going, Riles. I don't want to go over the speed limit." Lucas said.
"Then do it!" Riley yelled.
"So I can get pulled over by the cops. You can forget about it because I am not getting a ticket for speeding." Lucas said.
"Lucas Wes Friar, I do not want to have this baby in the car. Just go over the fucking speed limit!" Suddenly Riley's sweet, adorable change into a demonic tone.
"Got it. Jesus, bitch got the devil in her." Lucas said as Maya and Riley gave him a look.
"What?!" Riley asked.
"Nothing, princess. Just nothing." Lucas said.
"Why do I have to be in labor? Why? Oh! I'm not ready to give birth yet. It's too early. It's super early for a baby to be born." Riley groans.
"Maybe you're just having Braxton Hicks." Maya said.
"THIS ISN'T FUCKING BRAXTON HICKS, MAYA! I AM GOING INTO LABOR. AND I'M BLAMING RANGER RICK FOR KNOCKING ME UP!" Riley screams.
"Just hang in there, Riles. How far is the hospital from here?" Maya asked.
"I don't know. Like, twenty minutes." Lucas said.
"We don't have twenty minutes! She's turning into Linda Blair!" Maya screams as Riley squeezes her hand tightly as she felt another contraction. "This is all your fault, Huckleberry!"
"All my fault? I banged Riley on her birthday and knocked her up and it's all my fault?" Lucas asked.
"Yeah!" Maya said as Lucas rolled his eyes at her. As Lucas sped through traffic, Maya tries to calm Riley down, but instead, she ended up squeezing Maya's hand really hard, making her scream in pain. After they arrived at the hospital, Lucas got out of the car quickly and carried Riley bridal style, with Maya behind them and burst through the doors of the hospital.
"Can I help you?" The woman at the front desk said.
"Yes, my fiancée is going into labor. Get her in a wheelchair now." Lucas said.
"When did she go into labor?" The receptionist asked as she looked up at Lucas and Riley. "Aren't you two a little young to be having a baby and getting engaged?
"Does it matter to you? Just get her a wheelchair." Lucas said.
"Where are your parents? Young man, you shouldn't joke around….." The receptionist said until Riley completely snaps.
"LADY, I AM IN A LOT OF PAIN HERE! JUST GET A GODDAMN WHEELCHAIR AND A GODDAMN ROOM RIGHT FUCKING NOW!" Riley yelled and started groaning in pain as she felt another contraction and pulls harder on Lucas hair.
"This is not a joke! Admit her now!" Lucas shrieks as the receptionist hits a button to call a nurse down. A minute later, a nurse came rushing down the hall pushing a wheelchair as Lucas sets her down slowly while the nurse wheels her to a room.
"I'm sorry, you're going to have to wait here. Family only." The orderly said.
"Her parents are on their way and she's engaged to this guy right here. And I'm like a sister to her so just let me see her or there's going to be another victim in this hospital. Do you want that to happen?" Maya asked in a threatening tone.
"Okay. One of you may go with her while the other waits for the family to come." The orderly said.
"I'll go with her." Lucas said.
"No, I'll go with her. You wait for her parents. She might need her best friend with her." Maya said.
"Well what about me? I'm her fiancé here. You wait while I go with her." Lucas said.
"Hellooooo? Girl in labor here!" Riley yelled as Lucas puts his hand on Maya's shoulder.
"You go." Lucas said. The nurse pushed Riley down the hall to get her in a room quickly and got her into a hospital gown and helped her into the bed as Maya entered the room and sat down in a chair beside Riley.
"Where's Dr. Barnes?" Riley asked. "Oh, God. It hurts."
"I know that the pain is horrible. You're just going to have to hang in there, sweetheart." The nurse said while she hooks Riley up to a fetal machine.
"Do you want me to bring in Lucas?" Maya asked.
"Please. I want to see him. Get Lucas." Riley winced.
"Riley, I know it hurts…" Maya said.
"Maya, you're not the one pushing the baby out of your vagina. I am! Ugh! It hurts too much." Riley said. Dr. Barnes enters the room right after Maya left to get Lucas. "Oh, thank God. Dr. Barnes, you came."
"Hello, Riley. Don't you think it's a little early for you to be going into labor?" Dr. Barnes asked.
"Now's not a great time to ask. I need some drugs. Give me drugs! Better yet, just give me some whiskey." Riley said as Dr. Barnes checks her. "Well, Dr. Barnes. Am I going into labor? How far along am I?"
"Not far enough yet. You still got about seven centimeters of dilation to go." Dr. Barnes said.
"Before you go, could I please have some drugs?" Riley asked the nurse.
"You can't have them yet." The nurse said as she left. Lucas enters and sees Riley breathing.
"Bitch! Oh, god damn it! Are my parents here yet?" Riley asked.
"They're here. Along with Auggie, Charlie, Shawn, Katy, Farkle, Zay and Josh." Lucas said as he walked over to the bed.
"Oh, great. It' a good thing you're here." Riley said. "Oh! I'm only twenty weeks pregnant. I can't go into labor right now. Oh, God. It hurts."
"Riley, just breathe. Remember what we've learned in Lamaze class…." Lucas said.
"FUCK MY BREATHING!" Riley screamed in a demonic voice. Lucas began to notice Riley's eyes glowing red as she began to throttle him. "You son of a bitch! You man! You did this to me! You and every other man! I'm taking you with me!"
"Hey Lucas, they've go a Wendy's in the hospital. A Wendy's!" Zay smiles as he began to see Riley hurting Lucas. "Looks like you're busy. I'll be right back."
"Zay, help!" Lucas yelps.
"Help you? This looks like a scene from The Exorcist!" Zay freaks out.
"YOUR MOTHER SUCKS COCKS IN HELL, BABINEAUX! YOU UNGRATEFUL SWINE!" Riley screams in a demonic voice.
"What did you say about my momma?" Zay asked getting ready to kill Riley.
"I'm sorry, Zay. The pain is too unbearable. Just cut me open! Cut me open and get this kid out of me! Use a scalpel, use a pocket-knife, use a rotten, stinking melon-baller if you have to, just do it!" Riley yelled.
"Yikes!" Zay shrieks. Farkle enters the room with a video camera to film the whole birth while Maya follows him with a plastic cup filled with ice cubes.
"Here's some ice cubes, Riles." Maya hands Riley the plastic cup. Riley grabs an ice cube and throws it at Maya's face. "What was that for?"
"FOR BRINGING ICE CUBES!" Riley yelled and began to notice Farkle filming her. "Farkle, get that damn camera out of my face."
"No way, I want to capture every moment on camera and show it to our friends." Farkle said as Riley motions him to come closer to her face. Right when Farkle was closer to her face, Riley grabs him by the back of his head and bites him on the ear.
"AHHHH! She's biting me! She's biting me!" Farkle screams.
"KILL ME NOW!" Riley screams as Zay looks at the monitor.
"She's going to blow!" Zay yelled as everyone ducks as the next contraction hits and Riley screams. Dr. Barnes and the nurses enter the room and began to check up on Riley to see how far along she was now.
"Where's the fucking drugs?!" Riley asked while clutching her stomach.
"Looks like it's time, Riley." Dr. Barnes said and hands Lucas a pair of scrubs. "Mr. Friar, are you ready to welcome your daughter into the world?"
"Yes. Yes, I am." Lucas said ran off to the bathroom to change while Maya, Farkle and Zay leave the room to wait in the lobby. Back in the lobby, Cory, Topanga, Shawn, Katy, Josh, Auggie and Charlie were waiting in the lobby.
"She's only twenty weeks. She's not due yet. Can't they just put her water back inside her and put some new water in?" Cory asked.
"Cory, that's not how it works." Topanga said. "I'm very excited about seeing our grandchild in the world."
"I have a little niece to pick on all the time." Auggie said.
"Is the baby coming today?" Charlie asked.
"Yes, baby girl. Your niece is coming." Katy said. Cory began to notice that Josh was pacing back and forth.
"Josh, what is it?" Cory asked.
"I have a bad feeling about this." Josh said.
"What do you mean?" Shawn asked.
"Remember when I was born prematurely and almost died?" Josh asked.
"Yes, I remember." Cory said.
"Josh. Riley and the baby will be fine. Nothing bad is going to happen to them. Riley can do this. And she has Lucas by her side.
(With Riley and Lucas)
"Alright, Riley. I want you to push on the next contraction." Dr. Barnes said. Riley could only nod as Lucas helps her sit up. "Okay, ready. Here it comes. Now push."
Riley groans and pushed as hard as she could while holding onto Lucas's hand.
"You're doing a good job, Riley." Lucas said.
"It hurts." Riley pants.
"I know. You can get through this." Lucas said. Riley continues to push for an agonizing long five minutes and repeats the process over and over and over.
"Keep pushing, Riley." Dr. Barnes said as she began to notice that her heart rate and the baby's heart rate was dropping with each contraction until the alarms go off. "Oh, God. Riley, stop pushing.
"No, I have to get this baby out of me." Riley cried.
"Riley, this is serious. You have to stop pushing now." Dr. Barnes said.
"What's wrong with Riley and the baby? What's going on?" Lucas asked.
"Lucas?" Riley asked tearfully.
"We need to do an emergency c-section." Dr. Barnes said to the nurse.
"What's going on? Is there something wrong with the baby?" Riley cries.
"Mr. Friar, may I talk to you in private? Nurse, get Riley into OR, stat." Dr. Barnes said as she leaves out of the room with Lucas while Riley cries out his name for him to stay with her.
"Dr. Barnes, what is going on here? Is there something that you're not telling me here?" Lucas was getting worried about Riley and the baby. Cory and Topanga got up from their seats while Maya looks on to see what's going on.
"Dr. Barnes. Is my daughter and the baby alright?" Topanga asked.
"We need to do an emergency c-section on Riley." Dr. Barnes said.
"What?" Cory asked.
"What's wrong? Somebody tell me what's wrong?" Maya asked as she walks over to Cory, Topanga, Lucas and Dr. Barnes.
"Maya…" Topanga said.
"No! Tell me what's wrong here." Maya said.
"Dr. Barnes, what's the problem?" Cory asked.
"While Riley was trying to push the baby out of her. Her heart rate was dropping and so was the baby's. Because of the baby being born prematurely, the cord is tightening around the baby's neck and since the baby's made it's way into the birth canal, the pressure is compromising the cord. So, we have to perform an emergency c-section on her. Now, there will be a chance if Riley and the baby will survive…" Dr. Barnes said.
"A chance. What do you mean a chance?" Lucas asked.
"One will survive, and one will not make it. Or both will not survive. Riley went into cardiac arrest. Her heart stopped beating while giving birth." Dr. Barnes said.
"Are you saying that my daughter is having a heart attack and that she could die?" Topanga asked.
"No." Maya said.
"Maya…" Cory tries to comfort the blonde.
"No! Riley cannot die! She's still young. She has her life ahead of her! She's going to NYU after the baby is born! She's not going anywhere." Maya's eyes welled with tears at the fact that Riley might die while giving birth. "You do whatever it takes to save my best friend and her baby! They're not ready to leave this world yet."
"Maya." Katy said.
"Leave me alone." Maya walks off crying while Josh, Lucas, Farkle and Zay go after her.
"Please, help my daughter and her baby." Cory said.
"We will Cory." Dr. Barnes said. Cory and Topanga watch as the nurses wheel Riley into the delivery room. Topanga's heart began to shatter from seeing her daughter like this. She hugged Cory and sobbed in his arms.
"I don't want her to go." Topanga sobbed. Auggie and Charlie walked over to their parents and hugged them.
"Mommy, will Riley be okay?" Charlie asked.
"I don't know." Topanga cries.
And that was chapter twenty-one of Be My Baby. Poor Riley. Will Riley and the baby make it? This also happened to me in real life. I was born prematurely and me and my mother almost died while she was giving birth to me. I thought I could incorporate some stuff in my life into this story, so just bear with me. This is my first time writing a character going into labor. Don't forget to review this chapter (No rude comments, please be nice) and I'll see you next time for chapter twenty-two as Riley's life hangs in the balance. Till next time my fellow readers.