A/N: Baby Swan-Mills anyone?
Previously in Car Trouble,
Three weeks left, three weeks until their family of four became a family of five, three weeks until Emma could eat normally and not want to get sick by food she actually enjoyed, like BBQ smothered chicken wings, the thought alone sent a wave of nausea though the blonde,
"If you've turned me off BBQ kid, I'll ground you until you're thirty" Emma threaten her stomach which was met with a strong kick, "easy kid, I was only joking" Emma said, rubbing the side of her stomach, her other hand running through sleeping Swan's fur as he was curled up beside her on the sofa, refusing to leave her side, she had stopped doing paperwork last month, the stress of not being able to work and only doing paperwork was too much on the blonde, at the insistence of both Dr Matthews and her wife, Emma agreed to stop working completely, her days were now filled with watching reruns of Criminal Minds, and really wishing that the writers would just make Emily gay, she radiated gayness, or at least make Will disappear and have Emily come in like a knight in shining armour and sweep JJ off her feet, Emma chuckled at the memory of finding, , a website for all your fictional fantasies, and had stumbled across quite an array of Criminal Minds centred fics, to say they got her hot and bothered was an understatement, Regina had been jumped on more than one occasion after walking through the door.
Emma had decided that her hunger was too much, paused the episode she was currently watching, and had ventured into the kitchen for a snack she was reaching into the fridge for some ham when she doubled over in pain, her knees gave out and she landed on the floor, Swan shot off the sofa and over to his master, he knew something was wrong and he immediately started to bark, a bark that Emma herself had never heard before, she winced when the pain shot through her stomach again, she tried to pull herself up but she couldn't her legs were weak, Swan seeing his master, slowly walked closer and put himself under Emma, as if lifting her up, Emma managed to grip the counter and slowly pull herself to her feet, she reached for her phone and hit speed dial,
"Hello, my love" Regina's voice sounded from the other line, Emma smiled,
"Baby..." Emma said wincing as another stab of pain rippled through her, Swan barked once more,
"Emma...what's wrong?" Regina's panic laced voice sounded over the phone, Swan's bark adding to her fear,
"I think somethings wrong with Bean"
Regina and Zelena both bolted from the office, Zelena had called Ruby and informed her that Emma was in trouble,
"Give me your keys" Zelena said as they ran towards Regina's car,
"What?" Regina said as she rooted for them in her bag, finally pulling them free,
"Your keys G, you're in no state to drive and I'd prefer to get there in one piece" Zelena said, not waiting for her sister to reply and snatching the keys from her grip, Regina didn't even bother arguing, rounding the car and opening the passenger side door, she just managed to get her feet in when Zelena was reversing and taking off out of the carpark,
"It's going to be ok Ems" Ruby said as she stood slightly in front of Emma, Swan growled at her every time she went to step forward, "come on boy it's me" Ruby said, but he was having none of it,
"E..easy boy" Emma winced, her hand reaching down to his collar, "sh..she won't hurt me" Emma said, pulling him back a little so he stood at her side and not in front of her, standing up straighter, holding her hand out to Ruby, Ruby eyed Swan cautiously who was now sitting beside Emma, took a deep breath took a step towards her, closing the gap, Swan just growled but didn't bark, she wrapped Emma in her arms and Emma fell against her, Emma flinched and almost fell again, "No, no, no, no" Emma whined,
"What?" Ruby said, she watched as Emma winced and fell heavier against her,
"My water just broke" Emma said with a gasp as she was hit with a contraction, Ruby kissed her head, the door opening made her sign with relief, Belle had arrived, the both of them, slowly, moved Emma from the kitchen to the garage where they gentle set Emma into the back seat, Swan hopped into the front and Ruby gave up after three tries of trying to get him out,
"Get in the back, I'll drive" Belle said plucking the keys from Ruby's sweaty palms, Ruby nodded and crawled into the back seat, Emma reached for her hand and clutched it in a death grip,
"Damn Swan, don't break my hand before I get to hold my niece" Ruby said with a chuckle, Emma smiled painfully before groaning once more,
"Gina?" Emma asked, Ruby smiled and brought her hand up to her lips, kissing it gently,
"Zee and Regina will meet us at the hospital, Killian is getting the kids and taking them to Henry and Granny's, they'll all meet us there once my niece graces us with her presence" Ruby said with a smile, moving her hand to Emma's stomach, Emma smiled which morphed into a grimace when another contraction hit her, "can we sped it up a little babe, not sure I want to be responsible for delivering said niece" Ruby said locking eyes with Belle in the mirror which caused both Belle and Emma to chuckle lightly.
Dr Matthews had met Emma at the hospital doors with a wheelchair, Ruby and Belle helped Emma out, Swan beside them, Dr Matthews looked at him with a raised eyebrow,
"Under no circumstance is a dog entering my ER" Emma blushed but before she could say anything Belle had him by his collar,
"I've got him" Belle said reaching for Emma's hand and squeezing, "I can't wait to meet the lil' scrimp" she added with a smile causing Emma to chuckle, Ruby rolled her eyes but placed a kiss on Belle's head, before following them in, Belle and Swan watched as Emma was rushed in, the screeching of breaks caused her to whip her head around, Zelena had just abandoned the car and was racing towards the doors, Regina hot on her heel, "they've just taking her in" Belle said, Zelena nodded and ran towards the door, Regina stopped and wrapped her arm around Belle, one hand dropping and scratching Swan's ear
"Thank you" Regina said, pulling away and running towards her sister who was waiting, Belle chuckled and looked to Swan who whined,
"How about we go for a walk?" Belle asked, Swan's tail wagging was all the confirmation she needed, opening the boot she pulled one of his leads, clipping it in place, she walked towards the exit, planning on taking him for a small walk.
Zelena slid to a stop at the nurses' station, a nurse looked at her, Zelena reached over the desk and slammed the phone down that a young nurse was holding,
"Emma Swan-Mills, where is she?" Zelena said, the nurse paled slightly, opened her mouth but nothing came out, Zelena growled and looked to another, older nurse who was staring at Zelena with what could only be described as shock, "please, where is she?" Zelena asked again, the nurse in question seemed to shake herself,
"She's been taking to the delivery room, second floor, third waiting room, you'll not be allowed in"
"That's what you think" Zelena said, turning on her heel and watched as Regina ran towards her, "she's on the second floor" Regina nodded to the nurse having no idea that her sister had quite literally scared the living daylights out of them, Regina who was known by the nurses just smiled apologetically as she raced towards the elevator,
"Zee, Gina!" Ruby shouted as they rounded the corner onto the maternity unit, Regina and Zelena stopped in front of her, both women slightly out of breath, Ruby smiled, "they've taken her to get prepped, Dr Matthews says if you still want to go you've to go change" Ruby said pointing to the doors Emma was wheeled through moments before, Regina nodded, she wrapped her arms around Ruby and sighed,
"Thank you Ruby, thank you!" Regina said squeezing her before letting her go and jogging to the doors, disappearing behind them, Ruby looked to Zelena, whose face was almost as red as her hair and smiled,
"How was she?" Zelena asked, sitting down on the hard chair, placing her hand on her chest, felling her heart and wondering if it was possible to beat out of her chest,
"Ten minutes more and I could have been delivering her myself" Ruby said, paling slightly, Zelena chuckled and pulled Ruby down to the seat beside her, Ruby sighed and placed her head on Zelena's shoulder,
"You did good"
"Where's Gina?" Emma asked,
"I'm right here my love" Regina said as she stepped into the delivery room, Emma couldn't help but burst out into tears at seeing her, Regina hurried over to her and wrapped her arms around her as best she could,
"I'm so scared" Emma whispered, Regina kissed her head several times before pulling back and looking into Emma's face,
"You have nothing to be scared about, in a matter of moments we are going to meet the most beautiful little girl the world has ever seen, next to her sister of course" Regina said, Emma smiled,
"Nice save" Emma said, Regina chuckled and kissed her head, before Regina could answer Dr Matthews entered and looked to Emma and Regina, with a small frown on her face, Emma gripped Regina's hand as tight as Regina had hers,
"What is it?" Regina demanded, Dr Matthews smiled,
"Bean is in trouble" Dr Matthews said, causing both women to gasp and a fresh wave of tears to take over them both, "We've looked at all options to have her naturally, but we can't wait for you to fully dilate Emma, if we wait too long, it could put her at risk" Dr Matthews said looking from Emma to Regina, "we're going to bring her into this world as safely as possible I promise you both, but right now, a c-section is the only way to do that"
"How much longer until Emma's fully dilated" Regina asked, Dr Matthews shook her head,
"Too long, I promise you, if we could wait, we would, I'm worried the longer we wait the higher risk it'll be to your daughter" Dr Matthews said, she took a step closer to them, "Ladies I promise you, she will be with you soon, but we must move forward with this, now" Dr Matthews looked both women in the eyes, she saw Emma crumble and nod, Regina did the same, Dr Matthew let out a breathe, "let's get you ready Emma"
Moments later
"Ready to meet the newest addition?" Dr Matthews said, standing between Emma's legs, Emma and Regina nodded, with Emma's grip tightening when another contraction hit her, "I'll take that as a yes" she said with a chuckle, "Momma, why don't you stand close to Mom, keep her calm" Regina just nodded and moved up a little bit more, a stool was set beside Emma's head, Regina sat on it, her hand never leaving Emma's as her other went to Emma's hair, Regina looked at Dr Matthews who's eyebrow was creased slightly, Regina didn't want to bring attention to it, she just held Emma's hand and kissed her head, "scissors" Dr Matthews instructs, a nurse places them in her outstretched hand, Dr Matthews used them to cut into the uterus, making sure to miss Bean, "suction" Dr Matthews asks, handing the scissors to the same nurse, it seems like time has stood still for Regina as she watches Dr Matthews work on Emma, moments later however, her eyes go wide when a very bloody baby appears in Dr Matthews arms, watching as she passes her off to another nurse, she eyes never leaving her child as the nurse walks her over and starts to work around her, she holds her breath until she hears a sound that makes the tears fall even harder,
"Oh, my sweet baby" Regina says as she hears her daughter wail letting them know that she has arrived, she grips Emma's hand a little tighter,
"Go check on Bean for me Regina" Dr Matthews says, Regina doesn't notice the tense edge to her voice as she places a kiss on Emma's head and walks over to the nurse who is cleaning her daughter, "hi there beautiful" Regina says looking down at her daughter who is screaming at the top of her lungs,
"She ok?" Emma asks, weakly, Regina just smiled through her tears, nodding her eyes not leaving their daughter,
"She's perfect my love, just perfect" Regina says, but before she can add anything further, alarms blare around the room, causing Regina to whip around and watch as nurses invade Emma.
"EMMA!"
Please don't hate me!
