Chapter 50

"Took you long enough!" Yeah, yeah, I know. :p

By the time everyone walked into the hospital room, Sam was already fast asleep and the baby was screaming at the top of her lungs. Marissa was busy taking a bunch of pictures with her Pearphone, and Pam was snoring in a chair in the corner of the room. Freddie walked over to his daughter and picked her up, calming her down. He brought her over so everyone could get a closer look at her.

"She's so CUTE!" Claire squealed.

"Shhh!" Carly said quietly. "Don't wake her up." She nodded in Sam's direction. "She needs her rest, and I don't want to see what she'd do to you if you woke her up."

"Oh, right. She's so cute." Claire whispered.

"Did you name her Katniss?" Gibby asked.

"I already told you, no. We named her Kate. Kate Annabelle." Freddie smiled at Kate in his arms.

"Really, Kate? Not Kathryn, or Kaitlyn?" Marissa asked.

"I told you Mom, no. Sam and I love the name Kate. And Sam said that name would be the easiest to write on everything." Freddie turned to look at his mother.

"Oh. Well, if you love it, I love it too." She smiled at him. "I'm so excited to be a grandma!" she grinned.

"Shush!" Carly said, pointing over to the bed, where Sam was starting to wake up. "This is all your faults!" she whispered.

Sam opened her eyes. "Can they get this child out of me yet?" she asked before opening her eyes. "Oh, never mind."

"Sam, would you like to meet your daughter?" Marissa asked gently.

"Yeah, let me hold her." Marissa took Kate from Freddie and carefully placed her in Sam's arms. "Hi little baby." she whispered. "I'm your Momma."

Melanie giggled. "That nickname still comes in handy."

Sam looked down at Kate and smiled. "Is this what it feels like?" she asked Marissa.

"Is this what what feels like, Sam?"

"Being a mom. Is this what it feels like?"

"Well, I don't know. How do you feel right now?"

"I feel like I can never love anyone as much as I love this little child in my arms."

"Uh, excuse me?" Carly asked.

"Well, except you guys." Sam laughed. Kate started to cry. "Oh, no. don't cry Kate. It's all right, Momma's here." She started rocking her back and forth in her arms.

"Wow, from all the abuse she gave me as a child I never would've guessed Sam has a soft side." Gibby said.

"She does. But she only shows it in rare moments. Like this one." Melanie said. "Sam, can I hold my niece after you."

"Sure. Sit down over here." Sam pointed to a chair next to her bed. Melanie sat down and Sam handed Kate over to her. "Be careful." She cautioned.

Melanie looked down at her niece sleeping in her arms. "She looks a lot like us when we were newborns." She said softly.

"She does, actually." Sam said peering down at her. "Hey Mom- can one of you please wake my mother up?"

Claire tapped Pam lightly on her shoulder. "Mrs. Puckett, wake up, wake up."

Carly stepped in front of her. "Let me try. Hey the cops are here and they have a warrant!" she screamed in Pam's ear.

"What, where, it wasn't me, I was framed!" Pam said as she shot up out of the chair. "Oh, it's just you. What do you want?"

"Mom." Sam said.

"Oh, well look at that. I'm a grandma. Nice. What else do you want?"

"Come here. Doesn't she look like me and Sam when we were babies?" Melanie asked.

"Yeah, a little bit. Is that all you wanted?"

"Well, yeah, but-"

"Okay then, I'm going back to sleep." Pam went back and laid down in her chair.

"Knock knock." Dr. Nawten appeared at the door. "I just wanted to let you know that all the tests came back and your baby is perfectly fine." Freddie breathed a sigh of relief. "Now, Samantha, do you have any questions?"

"Yeah, when do I get to eat again?"

Dr. Nawten laughed. "Any time you would like to eat, you may."

"Sweet!"

"I'll make a food court run." Freddie volunteered. "What do you want?"

"Get me one of everything." Sam replied.

"But- okay, why not?" He quickly left the room.

Sam laughed. "This is awesome."

A/N: Okay, so just because "something" is happening DOES NOT MEAN this story is over. I still have a lot more stuff to say! :D Oh, and Happy thanksgiving to all my American peeps. :D