"I knew it was coming soon." Maureen said. "I've been having little contractions since last night and I felt like the baby dropped." Dr. Vega, who was at the hospital delivering another baby, told them to go home. Maureen was only in early labor and probably wouldn't give birth any time soon. Her contractions were about 30 minutes apart.

"Well, she'll be here soon." Benny said. He was kneeling on the floor next to Maureen who was lying on her side on the couch. He rubbed her stomach. "Do you want something? A movie?"

Maureen nodded and pointed to the closet where the kept all the tapes. "I want to watch Hair." Benny nodded and went to get the tape. He put it in the VCR and it started at the beginning, Maureen always rewound her tapes. "Benny, promise me when this show comes back on Broadway, you'll take me to opening night, ok?" she said and began to feel another contraction.

"MMMMHHHM." She moaned sitting up and walking around. It ended after a minute. She sat back down and he got back up on the couch with her. "I promise I will take you to the opening of every single Broadway show if you just concentrate on having this baby."

She nodded "I'm hungry."

Benny made them chicken salad sandwiches and they ate on the couch. "Thanks!" she smiled and kissed his cheek. He put his head against her stomach. Maureen "You know I am glad that I having the baby tonight, I thought my stomach couldn't stretch any further. I was afraid that I would explode!"

Maureen ran around the house making sure that she had everything she needed. Unlike most birthing mother who carried one bag, Maureen had two. She had packed a lot of nightgowns and a her silk robe, books, lots of candles and everything else she could possibly need, plus her body pillow and normal pillow.

"I just want to make sure that Riley's room in ready." She told him folding a few onesies and putting them in a drawer. One of them had a print of a stand of hippie love beads. Benny shook his head. He didn't care that Maureen had spent a lot of money, after all he was a very wealthy man, she was excited abut having a baby and bought almost everything she liked.

She felt another contraction and sat down in the blue rocking chair. "Oh, I don't think I am going to be able to do this without drugs." She said with her eyes closed. They had planned a natural birth without any pain medication.

He went over to her side "You can." He rubbed her back softly helping her work though the pain.

"Ok, I am ready to give birth now." Maureen said and rubbed her stomach. "I want to meet you, now please." They

"I think we need to decide who we are going to call, who we want at the delivery." Benny said putting his arm around her.

She sighed "Well, I know that I want Collins and Luis, Mark and Lily, and Mimi and Roger. They need to be there. I don't know if I should call my family until after she's born because they will just stress me out."

"Ok." He nodded

"I don't really care about anyone else." She laughed and then started to feel another contraction. Benny checked his watch as Maureen silently took the pain.

"Babe, that's only five minutes since the last one." He smiled when she opened her eyes. "They are getting closer together."

She nodded and took a drink of water. "Let's wait another five minutes."

Before the five minutes were up Maureen's water broke. "Eww, ewww" she groaned standing up. "Oh shit, the couch." She said looking at the disgusting mess on the cushion she was sitting on.

"Don't worry about the couch Babe." Benny said.

Maureen pulled off the red dress she hadn't changed out from the party. "I'm going to change clothes and then we can go." She headed up the stairs and came down about ten minutes later with a pair of black sweats and a white t-shirt with a black peace sign.

"Ok, we can go now." She said

Benny grabbed her bags and opened the door "We'll take my car, it will be better than a cab."