Beta: Jusobele

CH.35 OH, Baby

Quil's Pov

"My water just broke," Bella said.

I must have been frozen in place, because the next thing I knew Bella was waving her hands in front of me yelling my name.

"Quil... Quil... Quil!" she yelled.

I shook my head to get myself together. "Baby what do I do? Baby Q … Bella, oh my god the baby is coming," I was mumbling.

"Quil, honey, go get the Dr," she said softly.

"Right, I should get the Dr," I said to myself and nearly took the door off the hinges trying to get it open. My heart was beating so fast. I was about to be a dad. Bella was having our baby. Holy shit, my son was coming.

Charlie's Pov

I watched Quil come out of Bella's room, his face pale. He was shaking but not in the way I had seen the boys shake before phasing.

"Quil, son, what's wrong?" I asked, jumping up and running to him.

"Need... I ... Bella… Baby Q..." The kid was rambling.

"QUIL! What is wrong?"I yelled shaking him a bit.

"Bella, the baby... I need the Dr. Her water broke," he finally spat out.

I could hear squeals behind me from all the women in attendance. Renee had finally arrived. The Dr. had explained there was a high chance the accident would send Bella into labor but that she was so close to her due date that it would not be harmful for the baby.

"I'll get the Dr. You work on getting Quil to think straight," Sam said, laughing.

"Quil, let's go see Bella," I told him, trying to get him out of whatever trance he was in.

"BELLA! Oh my god I'm having a baby!" he yelled and ran back to her room leaving me looking after him.

I turned around to look at everyone. Most of them were cracking up. Kate and Renee were huddled together with Kim, Emily and Rachel. The guys were taking bets on whether Quil would pass out or kill the Dr. blaming him for Bella's pain.

Thomas walked up to me, shaking his head and grinning. "You ready for this?" he asked.

"Yeah, I just... that's my baby in there," I told him, trying to wrap my mind around the fact that my baby girl was about to become a mother.

We watched as the Dr. walked into their room, and waited until either the Dr. or Quil would come out and tell us what was happening.

Dr. Ellison came out of the room shaking his head, and walked towards us. "First, be glad I'm from the reservation," he told us with a knowing look.

"Renee let's go get some coffee so we don't have to leave when things start progressing," Kate told Renee to get her out of there after what Dr. Ellison just said.

"I'm sorry I don't understand," I told the Dr.

"Look, I saw how the blood transfusion healed Mrs. Ateara almost instantly. Her bruise is nearly gone as well. Mrs. Ateara's temperature is also very warm, I'd guess just a degree or two lower than her husband's at this point. Oh, and when I checked to see how far she had progressed, I'm pretty sure Mr. Ateara growled at me," the Dr. told us smirking.

"Uh, I'm not sure what you're talking about," Sam told him.

"Son, its ok, I know my legends," Dr. Ellison told us.

"How's Bella?" I asked breaking up this uncomfortable conversation.

"She's doing very good. She is already Six cm. dilated and is progressing very quickly. At this rate you could be looking at your grandchild in a few hours," he told us.

"When will she be able to get her epidural?" Renee asked rejoining the group.

"Mrs. Ateara has declined pain medication and has chosen to have a natural birth," he told us.

"Is she stupid?" Renee asked under her breath.

"She seems quite determined," Dr. Ellison told Renee.

"Thank you for the update," I told him.

Bella's Pov

"Baby, is there anything I can get you?" Quil asked me … again.

"No, I'm ok right now," I told him. "But you can't growl at the Dr." I scolded him.

"I didn't mean to, I can't help it," he said rubbing my shoulders.

I could feel another contraction coming, and it was a big one. They were coming quick. I thought this was supposed to take a lot longer. It had only been two hours since my water broke.

"Baby, just breathe," Quil told me.

"I am," I gritted out.

Just as the contraction was ending, the nurse walked in to check me again.

"Behave," I whispered to Quil.

"Mrs. Ateara you are 7cm dilated. You are moving very quickly. Were you experiencing any contractions before your accident?" Nurse Beth asked me.

"No, my back was hurting since last night but no contractions," I told her.

I watched as she smiled at me. "Back pain is often a sign of labor," she explained.

Well, hell, I had been in labor and did not even know it, I thought.

"I'll be back to check on you shortly. Call if you need anything," she told us as she left.

"Baby, you are doing so good. I am so proud of you," Quil told me kissing my forehead.

"Thank you. Hon, can you send Paul in here? I'd like to talk to him before I get too far," I asked.

"Are you sure?" he checked.

"Yes," I told him.

"Okay, I'll go get him."

Paul's Pov

Quil came walking out, his face a picture of happiness and terror.

"Paul, Bella wants to talk to you," he told me.

"Okay, are you going to be ok with me going in there?" I asked. I knew it would be hard for him to know Bella was in pain and he was not at her side. We wolves could be very protective when it came to our mates and Quil had been pushed past his limit already.

"Yeah, she asked to see you," he told me. I started walking towards her room when I heard him say, "Don't be long".

I knocked lightly on her door.

"Come in," she said softly.

"Uh, hey," I said, not sure really what to say.

"I hear you found me, and gave me blood," she said.

I just nodded still unsure of what to say.

"Thank you," she said.

"It's no big deal," I told her.

"Yes, Paul, it was... you saved my life and the life of my baby. That's a huge deal," she said looking at me. "I heard what you said while I was out of it," she continued, shocking me.

"You did?" I asked.

"I know you're sorry. I can see the change in you," she informed me.

"I found something out today, kind of interesting," I told her.

"What's that?" she asked.

"It's a long story, but you and I ... we're cousins. Jeremiah Swanson had an affair with my great-great-aunt and had a baby," I told her.

"Wow!" she said.

"Yeah, I know. Listen, Bella, I truly am sorry for the way I treated you, the things I said. I wish I could take it all back, but I can't. I do promise not to be such a douche in the future," I told her.

"Ok, I guess what with you carrying me to the hospital and giving me your blood I can accept your apology," she said smiling.

"So we're good?" I asked.

"Yeah, were good," she said.

I gave her a small hug and turned to leave, "Quil's growling outside the door," I told her.

"Yeah, he needs to stop growling at the Dr." she said shaking her head.

"I'll go get him. I don't think he can take being away any longer," I told her laughing.

Quil's Pov

I walked back into Bella's room. She looked so beautiful I couldn't help but to stop and stare at her. How did I ever get so lucky? I wondered.

"What are you thinking about?" she asked.

"Just that I am so damn happy I found you on the beach that day," I told her smiling.

"It's pretty crazy to think this all started with vodka," she said laughing.

"You know when we decided to be 'friends with benefits' and then agreed to only be with each other it was the complete opposite of what the whole idea of 'friends with benefits' is supposed to be," I told her.

"What made you agree to only be with me?" she asked.

"I don't know, I couldn't imagine someone else touching you," I told her. "What made you want to only be with me?"

"Same thing. I didn't like the idea of you touching anyone else," she said.

"You know fate knew we were supposed to be together even if we didn't at the time, and yet immediately neither of us could stand the idea of being with another," I told her.

"Yeah, I think somehow I loved you the moment you sat down on the sand with me," she told me, her eyes watery.

"I know baby, I loved you the moment the sand surrounded me," I told her leaning down to kiss her.

"Ah hem," we heard at the door as Dr. Ellison walked in. "How's my patient?" he asked.

"I'm good, just ready to meet my son," Bella told him, holding my hand.

"Well I have to say I don't remember ever having a woman in active labor quite as joyous as you," the Dr. told her smiling. "Let's see if you've progressed from the last time I checked."

"Mrs. Arteara you are fully dilated and effaced. Are you ready to push?" Dr. Ellison asked.

"Yes," Bella told him.

I was so damn excited and scared at the same time. My wife was about to give me our first child. My heart was bursting at the seams.

I was surprised Bella had been so calm. I knew she felt the pain but it wasn't like anything everyone talked about, but then again she did have werewolf blood flowing through her veins at that moment. I guessed that was why her pain tolerance was as good as it was right then.

"OK we're going to count to 10 slowly as you push," Dr. Ellison told her.

..9.10

"Good, get ready to do it again."

..9.10

"Very good, the head is crowning," Dr. Ellison said. "Now Bella with this next push, I want you to push as hard as you can."

..9.10

I watched as Bella used all her strength and pushed. All of a sudden the Dr. raised our son up to show us.

"Mr. Ateara would you like to cut the umbilical cord?" he asked.

"Y-y…yes," I stuttered. I couldn't believe I was looking at my son.

I cut the cord and watched as the Dr. passed our son to a nurse to clean him up. His tiny cries filled the room. I leaned down kissing Bella, who had tears in her eyes, matching the ones sliding down my own face.

"Thank you," I told her before whispering, "God I love you."

"I love you too," she said.

Charlie's Pov

I knew something was happening as all the wolves gathered.

"Baby Q is here, we can hear him," Sam told me smiling.

"Bella?" I asked.

"Seems to be just fine," he told me. My heart started to calm down, knowing my baby was ok.

We all sat down, everyone talking excitedly. Thomas and Jake were doing their best to hold back Kate and Renee. Billy came rolling up to me. "So, we're about to have a new fishing buddy," he said smiling.

"We sure are," I told him, not even bothering to hide my excitement. I couldn't wait to see my grandson.

It had been two hours since Sam told me they heard the baby, and I with everyone else was getting anxious for news. Sue had managed to wrangle, Renee and Kate to the cafeteria for coffee, and the pack had gone outside to do a patrol sweep.

"You hanging in there?" Harry asked me.

"Barely, I want to see that my baby girl is ok and then I want to see my grandson," I told him.

"Looks like you are about to get what you want," Harry told me, smiling and nodding in the direction of the hall.

I looked in the direction he was looking and saw Quil walking down the hall. His smile took up his entire face. You could see he had tear tracks on his cheeks. Thomas had come over to stand next to me as we waited for Quil to give us the news.

"I'm a dad!" he shouted when he reached us.

Thomas pulled him into a huge hug, fighting his own tears. Quil turned to me, his face full of emotion, and gave me a guy hug.

"Bella is perfect, she was amazing," he told me.

I could feel myself release the breath I had been holding. "So when do we get to see Baby Q?" I asked.

"They are moving Bella to her new room, so you can all meet us there. Room 465," Quil told us.

The pack had made their way back inside, along with Kate, Sue, Renee and the imprints.

"Alright I'm going to go back to Bella and I'll see you upstairs," Quil told us, turning and practically running down the hallway.

"Could he smile any bigger?" Embry joked.

"What are you waiting for?" Kate gawked as she and Renee took off towards the elevator.

We made it up to the second floor, having to come up in multiple trips. Our party filled the entire waiting room. It must have looked like half of La Push was there. We were definitely getting some looks from staff.

Quil came walking out, still wearing the biggest smile I had ever seen on anyone.

"Dr. Ellison said the grandparents can come in together," he told us.

Thomas, Kate, Renee, and I followed Quil to the door. "Let me make sure she's covered," Quil told us, stepping inside the door that I wanted to tear off to get inside. "Ok, she's ready!" His eyes were shining.

I walked through the door, and saw my baby girl lying in the bed holding her brand new son. My eyes instantly wet with tears. She looked so beautiful and happy, she glowed.

We all gathered around her bed, and looked down on Baby Q. He was the prettiest baby I'd ever seen. His skin was a perfect mix of Bella's porcelain and Quil's russet. His hair was jet black, and his eyes were so dark they looked black.

"Oh he is beautiful," Kate and Renee gushed.

"You did good son," Thomas said looking at his son.

"Bells, he's perfect," I told her.

Bella just smiled.

"What's his name?" Kate asked almost bouncing.

"This is Charles Thomas Quil Ateara," Bella announced.

If I thought my heart would burst before it was nothing compared to hearing my daughter had given her son my name. I couldn't stop the tears from falling this time. I looked over to see Thomas in a similar state as I.

"Thank you," we both said at the same time.

"I'll be right back," Quil told us, winking at Bella.

Kate and Renee were nearly combusting with want to get their hands on the baby.

"Can we hold him?" Kate asked.

"Which one?" Quil asked from behind us.

I turned to see him holding a second baby in his arms. My face must have shown my shock.

"This is Grace Katherine Ateara," Quil told us smiling like a loon.

"Twins?" I sputtered out along with Kate, Renee and Thomas

"Twins," Quil said, walking over to Bella and placing a baby girl in her arms next to Baby Q.

I just stared. She was gorgeous, her skin an exact match to her brother's, inky black hair with a slight curl, and her eyes were an exact match to Bella's.

"Oh my god, did you know you were having twins?" Renee asked.

"No, our daughter decided to be a surprise," Quil said beaming with pride.

"Give me that little girl," I told Bella, smiling.

Bella handed me Grace. She looked like a little doll she was so beautiful. "You two sure make pretty babies," I told Bella staring into my baby girl's eyes as I looked at her baby girl.

"Yes we do," Quil said proudly.

"Wow!" Kate said.

Dr. Ellison walked in, smiling at all of us. "Surprise!" he said laughing.

"Uh, yes, surprise indeed," Thomas said.

"I've gone back over the ultra sound trying to figure out how we missed the second baby, and it's the craziest thing I've ever seen. It looks like Baby A was completely covering Baby B, almost like he was shielding her," Dr. Ellison told us shaking his head.

"Well we're about to have a stampede in the waiting room, so just this once I'll allow an entire town into the room," Dr. Ellison said smiling. "Mr. and Mrs. Ateara congratulations and I'll check on you in the morning," he told them and stepped out of the door.

"I'll go let everyone know they can come in," I told Bella, kissing her temple and lying Gracie back in her arms all swaddled in pink.

I walked down the hall and into the waiting room. "The Dr. said you can all come in," I told them, and nearly got run over in everyone's haste to see the newest pack member. I laughed knowing the shock they were about to get.

I made my way back to Bella's room to find everyone waiting in the hallway. "We thought we should wait for you," Sam told me.

I walked back in to see my daughter and her husband huddled side-by-side looking down at their daughter. Renee was holding baby Q.

"We're going to cover Renee so they can't see," Kate whispered laughing.

"You can come in," Quil said quietly, knowing they would hear.

I watched as Quil's pack brothers filed in with Harry, Sue and Billy. They all stopped in their tracks seeing the pink blanket.

"Uh, I thought you ordered one in blue?" Sam asked.

"We did," Quil said laughing, nodding to Renee who turned around showing Baby Q in his blue blanket.

"Whoa, twins," a few of them gasped.

"Meet Charles Thomas Quil, and Grace Katherine Ateara," Quil said proudly.