Chapter 34:
So far September seemed to be going by at a fairly quick pace, Alex had headed back to work at Runway Fashion and the twins stayed with Alison most of the days while Chase was at work. That Saturday, September 23rd, the Russo-Torres's and Reid's were all gathered at Alex and Mitchie's house, just relaxing and talking as the kids played either outside or in the living room. Alison shifted in her seat, trying to find a way to get comfortable in her seat with her stomach still sticking out. Though the doctors said they were going to induce her if the baby still hadn't arrived in 2-3 weeks, she still had a few more days to wait until she was finally able to have the baby and be able to move and sleep comfortably again.
"Ugh, this is so not fun anymore." Alison groaned as she once again tried to get comfortable in her seat.
"Try it with two, and having Mr. Future soccer star kicking you every two seconds just as you get comfortable." Alex said as she looked down at Trenton in her arms who just looked up at his mother with a slight grin.
"Yeah I'm talking about you." Alex smiled as she tickled her son's stomach lightly causing her son to laugh.
"Yeah, I guess I don't really have it that bad, but it's still insanely uncomfortable." Alison said as she finally made herself comfortable after a half hour attempt. At about 2 o clock the Reid's decided they were going to head home (Jaiden insisted on staying so he and Ariana could finish the movie they were watching so he stayed behind) so with the goodbyes said Chase and Alison headed home. It was when Chase had opened the passenger door just after they had pulled into the driveway, and took one of Alison's outstretched hands and pulled her to her feet when the pavement beneath Alison's feet was suddenly very wet.
"Oh my god." Alison was the first to speak as she and Chase just looked at each other in shock.
"Okay, hang on. Get back in the car." Chase ushered her as fast as he could back in the car before shutting it and bolting inside quickly to grab the bag from the living room closet. With the baby bag in the back seat, and both their seat belts in place, Chase put the car in drive, only to stomp on the brakes and send the car into reverse. Chase fumbled with his phone before dialling the Russo-Torres's home number. It was only a few moments later when Alex answered.
"Hello?"
"Alex, it's Chase. Ali just went into labour." Chase said as his wife grabbed onto the dashboard making her way through one of the first of many contractions to come.
"Okay, we just need to wake up the babies and we'll be right there." Alex replied as both she and Chase hung up and Chase continued on his way to the hospital. About half an hour later Alison was admitted to the hospital and Alex, Mitchie and the kids came into the waiting room.
"Hey, they just checked her and said it was going to be a while." Chase reported as he closed the door to his wife's hospital room.
"Okay, well do you need us to run over to your place to grab anything?" Alex asked as she adjusted Anna in her arms.
"No, thankfully we made it home and I was able to grab everything before we got here." Chase replied. The next few hours went by slowly, Alison was progressing quicker than they thought she would so they figured within the next couple of hours the baby should arrive, so everyone was patiently sitting the waiting room hoping to hear soon that the baby was going to be there.
"Do you want a brother or sister?" Ariana asked as she and Jaiden played a game of war (Mitchie had taught Ariana how to play not long ago and Ariana seemed to love the game)
"I want a brother, brother's are more fun than sister's." Jaiden replied as he placed his card down, which Ariana ended up winning.
"Yeah, and they don't chew the heads of your toys." Ariana added, still bitter over Anna destroying her new Barbie just months ago. It was nearly 8 o clock when Chase came out into the waiting room, telling everyone that the newest addition to the Reid family was going to arrive in just a little while.
"Lex, She's asking for you to be in there." Chase said as she opened the door and Alex heard her friend scream in pain in the background.
"And I'd be quick about it." He added. Alex got up but took a second to look back at her wife, she felt guilty for leaving her with all four of the kids.
"It's okay, I can watch them." Mitchie assured her as Alex gave her wife a quick kiss before she headed into the room with Chase. The wait seemed to be taking forever, especially for the kids, Ariana and Jaiden were situated a few seats away playing a game of go fish after getting bored with the shows that were playing on the TV and the twins were being quiet but still showing some signs that they were a little restless.
"Mommy I'm bored." The oldest Russo child complained as she and Jaiden finished their 4th game of go fish that afternoon. So far Anna and Trenton were occupied with a few of the toys Mitchie had brought with her but they seemed to be getting bored with them and were getting more and more restless due to not having their nap since they had been at the hospital all afternoon.
"Well how about we read a few of your books you brought?" Mitchie suggested as Ariana grabbed two books from her bag and read to Mitchie, Jaiden and the twins for a bit. Once the books were done the kids once again complained of being bored and having nothing to do. Trying to think of something the kids would enjoy Mitchie had an idea.
"Wanna hear a song?" Mitchie asked. The two older children looked at her curiously.
" What song?" Ariana asked.
"Well I think you might know it but here I'll sing and tell me if you remember it." Mitchie said as she began to sing.
I don't know why, I don't know why I'm so afraid
I don't know how, I don't know how to fix the pain
We're living a lie, living a lie, this needs to change
We're out of time, we're out of time and it's still the same
By the time Mitchie had almost reached the chorus Ariana had begun to silently sing along, remembering the song by heart since she was a few years old when Mitchie would sing it to her so she could fall asleep or just to calm her down.
We can't stop the world but there's so much more that we could do
You can't stop this girl from falling more in love with you
You said nobody has to know, give us time to grow and take it slow
But I'd stop the world if it'd finally let us be alone, let us be alone…
I'm hearing the noise, hearing the noise from all around
I'm on the edge, I'm on the edge of breaking down
Like Bonnie and Clyde, let's find a ride and ditch this town
To keep it alive, keep it alive, don't make a sound
We can't stop the world but there's so much more that we could do
You can't stop this girl from falling more in love with you
You said nobody has to know, give us time to grow and take it slow
But I'd stop the world if it'd finally let us be alone, let us be
I never want to take that final look
I'll turn another page, won't close the book
We can't stop the world but there's so much more that we could do
You can't stop this girl from falling more in love with you
You said nobody has to know, give us time to grow and take it slow
But I'd stop the world if it'd finally let us be alone, let us be alone
Let us be alone, let us be alone
As Mitchie sang the 4 children quieted until absolutely no one was talking, not even anyone else in the waiting room. By the end of the song the children clapped (along with some of the people in the waiting room which made Mitchie blush) and a little while later Alex and Chase came out of the room.
"Hey guys come on in, Caitlin's waiting to see you " Chase smiled as Mitchie picked up Trenton and Alex went to get Anna and everyone headed into the room where Alison was holding their newborn child, looking more tired than ever yet still smiling from ear to ear as she held her daughter in her arms.
"Hey, oh my gosh Ali she's perfect." Mitchie said in awe as she looked at the newborn, a few noticeable little tuffs of hair sticking out from under her hat. Alex took one of the seats and sat down with Anna in her lap.
"Jai, wanna hold your sister?" Alison asked her son as the boy eyed the new baby. With a slight nod Chase pulled out one of the chairs in the room and told his son to sit back and Chase placed Caitlin in her older brother's arms, of course nearly sending Alison into tears at the sight (her over active hormones not helping the matter at all as she watched her son hold his baby sister). After a few minutes Ariana asked to hold the baby and once Caitlin had made her rounds being held by everyone she was passed back over to her mother.
"Behpee." Anna said as she tried to lean in and touch the newborn. Alex and Mitchie both let out a slight giggle at their daughter's instant fascination with the baby.
"Yeah honey, that's baby Caitlin." Alex said as she moved a little closer to the bed to let Anna have a closer look at Caitlin.
"Wanna give Caitlin a kiss?"
With that the youngest Russo girl gave the newest Reid a kiss on her head causing everyone in the room to awe. For the next couple hours everyone passed baby Caitlin around the room and chatted
"Mama, where's the bathroom?" Ariana asked.
"Here, I'll help you find it." Alex said as she passed Caitlin off to her father and went down the hall to help her daughter find the bathroom. As they made their way down the hall neither of the girls noticed the tall, muscular, tanned man just down the other side of the hall, his black hair still in his signature spike that he sported all through his life. As soon as he stepped out of his wife's hospital room (she had just had a baby herself, a little girl they named Madison) he immediately recognized the voice of his ex-girlfriend from high-school, even after 7, almost 7 and a half years of not seeing her besides through pictures on Facebook, and the miniature Alex and him (though she looked more like her mother than anything) that he hadn't seen since she was merely 4 months old in the grocery store with her mother.
So…what y'all think of that little ending there? And hopefully someone see's what I did/ hinted at with that little Anna and Caitlin scene ;)
FUN FACT TIME!
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Jk (well jk in the fact that that's not the fun fact, but you all are pretty awesome)
In the original LATP, both Alex and Mitchie were going to be pregnant and meet each other at the hospital when they had appointments on the same day, so really, even if the story did start out Alex/Nate , Alex/Mitchie would have won :P
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