446 words. Prompt was a baby born during a winter storm. Enjoy
Nurses at the hospital were used to entire families coming in when babies were born, but that was normally for planned births or births around the due date. Usually it was the biological family and then close friends over the next few days. Rarely did large numbers come in for births that were three weeks early, at three in the morning on Christmas, or in the middle of what was quickly becoming a large storm.
An hour before, around two, a blond woman, her husband, and a small boy had rushed in. She'd told them she was in labor and explained the situation to them. They'd rushed her to a room and taken her information. Not twenty minutes later a young couple with two small kids had come in and asked for her. They'd been sent up to the room. Moments after two more families came in, followed by three single people. The nurses were confused to say the least.
When she'd been taken to delivery the group had come out to the lobby to wait. They thought the three blond women could possibly be sister, but that still left a few people unanswered for. They could be in-laws, but even that seemed unlikely.
"Guys," Will drawled. They'd been waiting for an hour. "The kids are born. Come on in."
The family crowded into the hospital room around JJ and the two babies wrapped in a pink and purple blanket. JJ smiled at them all. The kids rubbed their eyes and smiled tiredly. "Hey guys. Meet Hazel Brianna and Alexis Lilly."
"They're so small." Cindy said quietly reaching towards JJ and the kids, but Derek grabbed her hands and picked her up.
"Yeah honey," JJ said. "Girls this is your family."
"Merry Christmas," Sarah whispered.
Garcia grabbed her and slipped out to the gift shop. They teamed up to buy all the baby's first Christmas ornaments they had left and snuck back into JJ's room.
"Sadly, I think we're stuck here for a while." Dave said chuckling. "We all rushed here, but there happens to be a small blizzard outside."
The team laughed, and JJ smiled. "We'll have to have a little Christmas here then."
"I have a whole feast in my car." Dave said laughing. "We'd moved festivities to Derek's new property."
"Get it in here!" JJ said laughing. "Dinner for breakfast was my favorite as a kid."
They all smiled as the men shuffled out to get the food inside. They gave all the kids hot cocoa to wake them up a bit and passed food out on paper plates they'd gotten from the hospital. It was turning out to be a great Christmas.