AN: Thanks for the reviews! :) Here's Chapter 24.

Chapter 24

It was January 9th. It was exactly 3 days until Stella's due date. Everything was pretty calm and peaceful. Stella spent most of her time relaxing in bed. Mac and Cali didn't care though. They'd do anything for Stella at all costs.

Today, Stella was going to eat in bed and Mac didn't mind it one bit.

Mac's POV:

Stella was really enjoying the food while we watched Ellen. I know she loved the show but she was barely paying attention and was zoning out for a while. I wondered what was up.

"Stell," I started to say while she still kept her eyes focused on the show. "Is something wrong?"

She shook her head and looked at me.

"Oh, I'm sorry, Mac. I was totally losing it." She laughed and smiled at me.

"Oh, I thought you were thinking about something. I mean, you didn't even laugh at one of Ellen's jokes yet. Why haven't you?" I asked in a concerned tone while she put the fork down.

"Actually, I…" Stella started to say but stopped in mid-sentence.

"Yeah…" I urged her on.

"I actually have been thinking about something. That's why I haven't been laughing or saying much." Stella told me truthfully and took a sip of iced tea.

"You can tell me anything, Stella." I told her and she knew she could tell me anything.

I could tell it was something important. Some days she tells me what she's thinking and at times, she lets it inside to eat her alive.

"It's about what happened with Johnny…" Stella told me with a frown while she leaned back against a pillow.

"Stell, he's gone now you don't…" I started to explain but she didn't let me finish.

"No, I didn't mean that. I mean, what I did with him." Stella said with a guilty look and I knew what she meant now.

"Oh…" is all I could say. She sighed and stared blankly at the TV for a moment.

"I hope you understand my decision and that if I hurt you I am really sorry…" she started to get emotional. I reached my arm out to her but she held up her hand. "Wait, I love you so much and I never want to lose you. I seen how mad you got when I told you about it."

She looked around the room and looked into my eyes this time.

"None of it meant ANYTHING to me. I hope you understand that. My family was at risk and I had to save them. I'm sure you would've done the same thing or something like that. It was all an act. I faked the whole thing."

I took a deep breath.

"I got to admit, I was upset at first when you told me. I mean, who wouldn't be upset. I do understand the situation you were in." I explained to her while she looked on. "You must've been so scared to be there all on your own. I respect what you did. I probably would've done the same thing. Please, don't worry about it anymore."

I winked at her and she gave me a huge hug.

"Oh, I love you, Mac." Stella told me with a beautiful smile.

"I love you too, Stella." I told her happily. She groaned and I looked at her with a worried expression.

"What's wrong?" I asked and watched her every movement.

"It's time, Mac." she told me and I stopped breathing.

"Oh, wow. Well, let's go." I told her calmly while she grabbed her bag from out of the corner.

I grabbed her around the waist and threw her bag over my shoulder. Stella looked at me nervously as I helped her down the hallway.

"We're fine, okay?" I reassured her and she nodded happily.

"I know. I just can't believe it's time for our child to arrive." She stated with a big smile.

"I can't believe it either. We better tell, Cali." I told her and pounded on her door.

Cali opened the door in shock. She saw Stella and knew it was that moment.

"I had a feeling it was going to be today. I'm ready." Cali said as slipped on her shoes and followed us.

Stella's POV:

I was nervous but so happy at the same time. We took the elevator down and went towards our car. Mac held the door open for me while he handed the bag to Cali in the back seat. I buckled my seat belt and we were off to the hospital.

We got into the hospital and we went up to the front desk.

"My sister's going into labor!" Cali yelled and caught the girl off guard.

"Who's your doctor?" the woman asked me while a man got me a chair.

"Dr. Meyers." I stated happily and Mac helped me sit down.

"Okay, take her to room 18, please." the woman said with a smile to a guy behind me. Mac and Cali were starting to follow but the man stopped him.

"I'm sorry but you guys can't come in yet. We have to prepare everything first." He said with a half smile while Mac and Cali frowned. "You guys can wait outside the room. It's just down the hall." He pointed to his left.

"I think we have to call some friends first but we'll be down." Mac told him and I looked over at him.

"Come here" I told Mac and Cali and they stood in front of me. "I'll be waiting for you both." I added with a wink. Cali gave me a soft, bear hug and we kissed on the cheek. Mac held my hands for a moment and kissed me gently on the lips.

"I love you." He told me as I was pushed to my room.

"I love you too." I told him as I waved goodbye.

Cali's POV:

"So, who are we callin'?" I asked with a huge grin.

"For starters, call your parents. They should be the first to know." Mac told me and we both took out our cell phones.

"There's no need to do that." We heard a voice behind us and we turned to see who it was.

"Dad…" I said in a confused tone and ran up to him and gave him a hug. I saw my mom and gave her a hug as well. "How'd you know Stella went into labor?"

He shot a smile towards Mac.

"We saw your Facebook post from early this morning." Ava added and laughed.

I knew what post I meant.

''I have a feeling that my sister's going to have the baby today.'' I said the line out loud and they both nodded. "Well, how were you sure I was right? I could've been wrong."

"Well, we trust your instincts, Cali." Zeth told me happily.

"That's good that you do. Well, I was right today!" I told them with a huge grin. Mac laughed and gave both my mom and dad a hug.

"I texted basically all of our friends from the lab so they'll be here shortly." he added gratefully and sat down.

"I really should call Mel." I said excitedly and dialed her number.

"Cali! What are you doing?"

"I'm in the hospital." I told her truthfully.

"What happened, Cali?"

"Stella's going into labor and I want you to come down. I need some company." I added with a laugh and smiled back at my parents.

"Okay, I'll be there in a few minutes. I promise. Bye!"

"Bye." I said with a smile and closed the phone.

"It looks like the gang's all going to be here soon." Mac told us all with a smile as we started walking toward the room.

"Yes, now all we have to do is to sit and wait." I said as I stuck out my tongue.

We heard someone running behind us.

"Hey." We heard Lindsay's voice call after us and we turned to see her jogging way ahead of Danny.

"We're glad that you're here, Lindsay. Did you see anyone else from the lab?" Mac asked thankfully while Danny caught up.

"Actually, everyone is here." Danny said happily and pointed behind him.

Flack, Hawkes, Adam, Kendall and Sid and Mel were running toward us.

"Yay, the gang's all here!" I exclaimed as we all walked toward Stella's hospital room.