Disclaimer: I do not own Fifty Shades of Grey Trilogy, nor the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.
This is my first attempt at a fan-fiction.
I was born and raised in England, so some of the words may be spelt the English way and not the American.
I hope you enjoy!
Chapter 26
Phoebe's POV
"I can't do this!" I scream to anyone who will listen to me. Since, Austin is the only one in the room he has to listen to me.
"You're doing really well. Just keep going okay, and our baby will be here soon" he tries to reassure me. But I don't listen. I've been in labour for almost 13 hours and the pain is getting too much for me. It's too late for me to have an epidural and I am regretting my decision regarding pain relief. This hurts so much.
"Why does the baby not want to be here?" I whine. Surely, if they wanted to come out, They'd be here by now.
"It can't be much longer now. Just keep going alright" Austin is still trying to motivate me.
"Oh shut the fuck up. It's your fault I'm in this place in the first place" I snap at him. But I immediately regret my decision. But before I can apologise for my actions another contraction hits me. I grasp Austin's hand as I have done with every contraction. I ride out the pain with tears and sweat on my face. They've been coming like every minute or so. But I don't dare believe that it's getting close to the end. I'm trying to be realistic. The door opens but because my eyes are scrunched shut I don't know who it is.
"How are we doing Pheebs?" It's Dr Harvey.
"Peachy" I spit out. "Please tell me that this is going to be over soon" I beg her. Get this child out of me.
"Well lets see how far you are" she says and puts a glove on to inspect me.
"I'm sorry" I sob to Austin. Please don't hate me.
"Pheebs don't worry about it. It's nothing" he says.
"No I need to be nice. We could be here for a few more hours. I shouldn't be horrible to you" I say.
"Actually"- Dr Harvey says from in front of me. "This baby wants to arrive now. You are 10 centimeters dilated. What do you say we deliver this baby?" she says and gives me a comforting smirk.
"Yes please" I say quietly. This is it. After nine months I get to meet my baby. I remember my mom's advice from earlier. Just focus on that baby's little face and the pain will be insignificant.
"Here we go" Austin whispers in my ear. I smile a little and look up at him. A nurse walks in, presumably to assist Dr Harvey with the birth.
"Ok push now" Dr Harvey orders and I obey. I push with everything I have. Austin is whispering encouragement in my ear and I'm grasping his hand so tightly.
"Ok. Stop pushing" Dr Harvey orders, and I stop. I remember I'm supposed to keep breathing so I start panting in short and quick breaths I look up at Austin and he is staring down at my eyes.
"Good girl, Pheebs. Keep going babe" he says.
"OK, Phoebe start pushing again" I start again. "The head's out Pheebs. You're doing really well. OK 1 more big push and your baby will be here" she says. And I put all of my effort into one more big final push. The next thing I know, I hear a shrill cry and I look down my body and I see Dr Harvey holding up a small baby. It's covered in white mush and is totally pinky and purpley, but it's still so beautiful. Dr Harvey then immediately puts my baby on my abdomen, while another nurse begins to clean the baby.
"Congratulations, it's a girl"
At that moment I break down crying and I start to stroke my baby girl. She continues to cry but I don't care.
"Hi baby girl, hi" I sound like a sobbing mess but I don't care. Austin's hand strokes over our baby and only then do I look up at Austin. He has tears streaming down his face too. He is speechless. I break into a huge smile and then look back down at my baby girl. The nurse then comes over to us and talks to me in a smooth voice.
"For now, I'm just going to take her over there. We'll weigh her and get her wrapped up, ok?" I nod, although when she's lifted from me I immediately feel bereft. Austin follows the nurse and just continues to look down at our baby. He starts to smile, and the nurse begins to talk with him.
"Phoebe?" Dr Harvey says. I look down at her. "We need to bring out the Afterbirth now, ok? It's the easiest part of the birth" I nod and then look at Austin, standing overlooking our daughter.
"And done" Dr Harvey says. What? I didn't feel anything.
"I didn't feel anything"
"I'd be surprised if you did, most women rarely feel anything" She takes off her gloves and then walks over to my daughter. Austin walks back over to me and kisses my forehead.
"Is she ok?" I ask
"She's perfect, thank you so much" He gushes and goes to kiss my forehead again. His lips stay planted on my forehead for about 4 seconds. He pulls back and we look at each other.
"Thank you…" he says quietly, while looking at me intently. We're interrupted by Dr Harvey. She comes and sits on the chair beside me.
"Your daughter weighs 6lbs 4ounces, and measures 18.6 inches Her Apgar scores are good, we will clean both you up and a nurse will put an ID band on her. Does she have a name, yet?" she asks.
"No. Not yet, we wanted to wait until we met her, to decide on a name" Austin nods, agreeing.
"Okay that's fine. Do you have family waiting?"
"No, they all went home. We asked them to come back in the morning"
"Okay good, I just need to fill out some more paperwork but I'll come back and check on you in a little while" she says. She smiles at the three of us and leaves the room. The nurse then brings my baby over and puts her in my arms. She's stopped crying and is slowly opening and closing her big eyes. She has a small button nose and small plump lips. There is lots of dark hair peeking out from under her hat and she is wrapped in snuggly wrap, wearing a diaper. Her hands are poking through the blanket and are giving me a wave. On her left wrist is an ID band which only says 'Baby Grey'. Somehow looking at it makes me feels wrong. Like that shouldn't be her last name.
"I'm just going to go and get some fresh sheets, I'll be back in few minutes ok?" The nurse asks us. Me and Austin both nod. She smiles and the quickly leaves. It's just the three of us left in the room.
"Hi, gorgeous girl, are you saying hello" I put my finger in her and stroke her palm. She immediately clasps my finger and I gasp. There is nothing like this feeling, and I can't even describe it, all I know is that now I feel like a mommy and there is an intense amount of love bubbling up for her within me. It's an incredible feeling. I start going through names in my head. Isabelle? Lilly? Sophia? Charlotte? Molly? Lydia? NO! None of them are right.
"Phoebe, are you okay? You're frowning" Austin asks me.
"I'm fine, it's just thinking through names and none of them seem to fit her, I can't think of anything that's right for her," I say looking down at my perfect little angel.
"Don't worry, baby it'll come, she'll get the perfect name" Austin says, while looking down at her. He's stroking her head, and then I realise I'm being selfish. I've been holding her for about 45 minutes, and Austin is yet to.
"Do you want to hold her" I ask him. His eyes go wide and he looks at me. He smiles a little and then slowly nods. He leans down and I carefully put the little angel into his arms, making sure he supports the head. He then moves to sit in the nearby chair.
"Hello beautiful girl," he whispers and then leans his head down to kiss her forehead. He comes back up then does the same thing I did. He strokes the inside of her palm and then she grasps onto it. He gasps and then smiles.
"It's amazing isn't it" I say leaning back and watching as father interacts with daughter.
"It's… there's…" He's speechless and I can't help but giggle. He comes and sits next to me on the bed and we just both silently watch our daughter. Our silence is interrupted by a nurse coming back into the room. She quickly changes the sheets and then helps me back into bed; all the while Austin holds and croons our daughter. Once the nurse is done she asks me if I want to try breastfeeding. I nod. I want to get this right, straight away. Austin hands our daughter back over to me and then says he's going outside to call his father, and my parents. I tell him to ring Ava, Frankie and Larissa too. I know that they were all almost as excited as me. The nurse comes over to me and helps me to feed the baby. She doesn't latch on straight away and, naturally, I begin to panic. Thankfully she latches on properly the second time, and feeds properly. The nurse tells me to switch over and she carries on feeding. When she's finished, the nurse tells me how to wind her properly and I do.
"Perfect" the nurse says, smiling at me. I smile back and look back down at my baby, as I wrap her back up in the blanket. She's really small, and she keeps blinking her eyes open. As I look down at her watching her slightly wriggle, I have an epiphany of sorts. I have a name for her, and in my mind it fits her perfectly. I just need to speak to Austin about it. Dr Harvey walks back in and walks over to us.
"How are you doing?" she asks me.
"Great, she's just fed" I almost gloat. Dr Harvey chuckles in response.
"Good, everything is going great, does she have a name yet?" she asks.
"I've got an idea, but I need to speak to Austin about it"
"Ok. Well I'm going home now. Try to get some sleep soon. I'll come back tomorrow and see you then" I nod. We bid goodbye to each other and she leaves the room. As she opens the room, Austin walks back in.
"Our parents are over the moon and said they would come by as soon as visiting times open. Ava and Frankie screamed down the phone into my ear, and Larissa said congratulations and can't wait to see the baby" I giggle at my friends' reaction and I am so happy my parents are coming by as soon as possible, I just wish Ted was joining them though. I take the opportunity with just the three of us in the room, to talk about her name.
"Uh… I have an idea for her name," I say looking back down at her.
"Oh yeah" I hear Austin say from the side of me. "Is it one we talked about?"
"Well not exactly, I was thinking Lola" I say.
"Lola… Lola" he says testing the name. He smiles and nods. "It's perfect" he says. I smile up and him and look down at my baby.
"Lola" I say, in a sing-song voice. She opens her eyes and looks almost directly at me. It causes me to giggle fairly loudly. "Lola Anastasia Henderson" I say, looking at Austin for confirmation.
"Henderson?" he says almost if he can't believe it.
"She's your daughter as well. Just promise me one thing. Whatever happens between us, whether we can be barely stand to be in the same room, if you go off and get married to some other girl. You will always be her father, and you will always be there for her" I say.
"I promise" he says straight away. I nod, and look back down at Lola. She's sleeping peacefully. I pick her up and cradle her in my arms. "That's her name" I say.
"She's got a beautiful name, for a beautiful girl" he says, more to himself than to me. It's at that point I yawn.
"Why don't we all get some sleep? We'll be having visitors in a couple of hours" Austin says. I look at the clock and see it's almost 6:00am. I nod, lean down and kiss Lola's forehead.
"Goodnight, baby girl" I hand her to Austin and he does the same. He lays her in the little baby carrier, and then goes to sit in the chair, by the bed.
"Goodnight, Pheebs" he says, and in almost no time I fell asleep.
Christian's POV
I stir as I hear Ana's phone ring, I nudge Ana so she answers it. I think we both realise at that moment that it's probably Austin calling. We both jump up in bed and Ana answers her phone.
"Austin?" she asks and looks at me. She smiles. "Hang on, I'll put you on speaker" she puts her phone on speaker so we can both hear him.
"It's a baby girl" he says over the phone. Myself and Ana both smile. We're grandparents. Holy fuck, we have a granddaughter.
"Are they ok?" I ask.
"Phoebe's great, she's tired but overall she's really happy. The baby is totally healthy, she's perfect"
I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding.
"A name? Does she have a name?" I ask him.
"Not yet. Phoebe is thinking of the perfect name to fit her. Maybe she'll have a name when you visit tomorrow" Austin says.
"Definitely, we'll be there at 10" I say.
"Ok, we'll see you tomorrow he says.
"Bye" Ana, says and then hangs up. Ana puts her phone on the side table and then she snuggles back into my chest.
"We're grandparents" she says, as she kisses my chest.
"It's strange" I say, Ana nods.
"Well let's get some sleep and go see our granddaughter tomorrow" she says, and I fall back to sleep smiling.
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