Chapter 25- A new baby.
Gemma was rushed straight to A & E as soon as she got there. Daniel went with her and held her hand all the time. After two long hours her waters eventually broke and half an hour later Gemma was holding her first child in her arms. "Congratulations, it's a girl!" the doctor said. Daniel smiled happily; he had another daughter to be proud of. He was proud of Gemma as well. He gave her a hug and a kiss, and then held in his arms, his tiny newborn daughter. Then he went to ring Lesley and tell her the good news.
Lesley rang Emily's school and the secretary gave Emily the phone in the office. As soon as she put the phone down she ran back into the classroom and shouted: "I'm a big sister! The baby's been born!" The class gave her a round of applause and Libby gave her a hug.
Daniel and Gemma decided to wait until Emily came before naming her. It was only fair.
Five past three took forever to come in Emily's opinion. But as soon as she got out of school Lesley was waiting for her and they went to the hospital. Emily was really excited.
When they got there, Lesley gave both Daniel and Gemma a hug and congratulated them while Emily took one look at her beautiful baby sister and loved her instantly. "We waited until you got here to name her." Said Daniel. "It's your choice as well as ours.
"Ok, this sounds like a family thing so I'm going to go." Said Lesley.
"Ok thanks Lesley." Said Daniel as she left. "So, what will it be? Andrea?" He asked.
"No!" Said Emily and Gemma together.
"Ethel?" Said Gemma.
"You can't do that to a baby! It's just mean!" Exclaimed Daniel.
"Says him who suggests Andrea!" Said Gemma. Emily laughed.
"Sophie?" She asked.
"No! Reminds me too much of Sophie in my tutor!" Said Gemma.
"Then what about Sian?" Asked Emily. Daniel and Gemma looked at each other and nodded.
"Sian's good." Said Gemma.
"Sian Lawson, I like it! Sian it is!" Said Daniel excitedly. Then Gemma gave her to Emily to hold. All of a sudden Sian grabbed Emily's finger.
"She's holding my hand." Whispered Emily, tears of happiness in her eyes.
"What made you think of Sian?" Gemma asked when Daniel had gone to text round everybody. Emily thought for a while.
"I really don't know." She said eventually. "Guess I just liked the name." Gemma smiled.
"Well I think it's perfect, and you know what else I think?" She asked.
"What?" Asked Emily.
"I think Sian loves her big sister Emily and always will do." She replied. Emily laughed and gave Gemma a hug. They carried on chatting and eventually Daniel came back with 2 cups of tea and an orange juice for Emily. Gemma took a drink. "That..." She said. "Is the nicest cuppa I've had in ages." Daniel smiled.
"Yeah, good what those vending machines can whip up!" He said sarcastically. The moment was interrupted by a knock at the door. Emily went and opened it. It was Katie. She went and gave Gemma a big hug.
"Congratulations honey! Where is she? Can I see her? What's her name?" She babbled, firing questions like rockets.
"She's right here and she's called Sian." Replied Gemma. "She's beautiful isn't she?" Katie smiled and nodded.
"She's gorgeous Gemma, going to look just like her mum." She said.
"Well she won't stay gorgeous for long then!" Laughed Emily.
"Oi! I might be going through ever-increasing pain but I can still clip your ear if you get cheeky!" Gemma laughed.
"I think she's lovely Gemma, but I must dash, I've got a lot to do! Bye Dan, bye Em!" Katie babbled and rushed out the door.
"So..." Said Daniel. "Who are the godparents going to be? I think Michael, Katie and we need one more..."
"Stacy?" Asked Gemma, and then burst out laughing. "You should have seen the look on your face! It was a picture!" Emily was laughing too.
"What about Jenny?" Asked Emily. "I mean, she did us a huge favour so we should do her one back." They both nodded.
"Right so it's settled, Katie, Jenny and Michael." Said Gemma.
"Yes," Daniel agreed. "When do we tell them?"
"When we see them next!" Said Gemma. At that moment Jenny and Michael came in. They hugged Gemma and then went over to the cot.
"Aww Gem she's gorgeous! She's going to be the double of you!" Said Jenny.
"What's her name?" Asked Michael. Emily came in with four cups of coffee and said:
"She's called Sian, isn't she beautiful?" The both nodded. Daniel swallowed anxiously.
"Errm...We were going to ask you guys if you wanted to be godparents, along with Katie." He said. Jenny and Michael looked at each other, smiled and said:
"We'd love to." Emily smiled.
"Dad, who are my godparents?" She asked.
"Errm...Lesley, Michael and Gemma..." He answered.
"But Gemma's my stepmother now. She can't be both can she?" Emily said.
"No, I can't. I was thinking what about Fran? I know she hasn't met Em yet but I was thinking of inviting her down for a while. If that's ok with you Dan?" Gemma asked hopefully.
"That's fine, is she coming tomorrow?" Daniel replied. "I was talking to the doctor before and he said you could leave at seven." Gemma nodded.
"Cool, I'll give her a ring now on the hospital phone." She said getting up and leaving.
"She's obviously been planning this for a while." Laughed Emily. Daniel nodded.
"She's always talking about her sister. She lives in France now doing her fashion designs. Gem hardly sees her. But listen Em, Fran knows nothing about the affair or the baby. All she knows is Gemma got married to her new boyfriend. So don't mention it ok?" He said. Emily nodded.
"I swear I won't." She said and they gave each other a hug. Gemma came back in.
"She's coming tomorrow. I said you'd pick her up from the airport, is that ok?" She said anxiously.
"Yeah that's fine, I'll bring Em as well if she wants to come." Daniel said smiling.
"Yeah!!" Shouted Emily happily. "What time?" Daniel looked at Gemma.
"Seven o'clock tomorrow night. I'll cook us a meal while you're gone, shall I?" Gemma said.
"That would be a good idea." Said Daniel kissing her. Tomorrow was going to be a busy day.