Nobody knew how scary life can be when you are unprepared. After that false alam I think I'm ready to be a father. I wonder if she is ready to be a mother after all of this. But I do worry about what is going on with the back bone to this hospital. Richard is everything that anyone in this hospital has studied under. He truly is the backbone to the hospital and family. This morning I started my normal rounds just a little tired as I've been worried about Amelia. But she told me that she will let me know because it's just braxton hicks contractions that she keeps getting.
"Are you sure you're okay Amelia?" I asked. "Atticus Lincoln I'm fine don't worry I'll page you like I did yesterday but I'm sure this is still braxton hicks and not the real thing." Amelia said. "Amelia please just be careful I worry about you and this baby." I said. "Atticus, I'm fine don't worry hey how about you go spend some time with Jo, and Smitt for a little while tonight to get things off of your mind." Amelia said.
Maybe she is right maybe I should spend time with Jo before I become a father. As I was in the middle of a conversation with Jo to get coffee I got paged for a patient who had broken their wrist. Naturally it was a young child who fell off of a slide on a playground. I was worried about my kid and how could I prevent my kid from falling off a slide. Meredith saw that I was having a hard time with that but she told me it gets easier as a parent.
How can it get easier our whole life is about to fall apart with just that anticipation of welcoming our baby. Is Owen right, could this be the end of my sleep or life? He has two kids and he seems to be okay so maybe Amelia and I are going to be okay. Jo told me I was going to be fine and Tom said it doesn't get easier especially if something bad happens to the kid. I sometimes don't think he gets it but he did understand Amelia's point with this baby considering he knows what Amelia felt with Christopher. Now that she is so close to having whatever we name this baby. Just as I was getting ready to go back to my patient I got paged again. I looked at it and saw that it was for Amelia. I ran as fast as I could but part of me thinks that this could still be braxton hicks.
"Where have you been Atticus Lincoln?" asked Amelia. "With a patient you only call me my full name when you are upset or something is wrong what is wrong." I asked. "Link this is it I'm sure this isn't false he's coming my water just broke." Amelia said. "Well lets go have this little boy." I said. "Meredith please come for a few minutes after he is born to see your nephew." Amelia said. "Of course I will love him very much but haven't you guys thought of a name for him yet?" Meredith asked.
Oh no we don't have a name for him what are we going to call him baby boy Lincoln? Or will he be a Shepherd? I honestly don't know this all scary we don't have a name we aren't prepared for this. What kind of father am I going to be? What will our future look like? I know we can do this but I don't know if we can think of a name for him during this long time period. Carina checked us in but knew we were scared because of everything. Honestly she was right at least I was but I love Amelia and this baby who doesn't have a name yet.
"So Amelia what do you think about Scout?" I asked. "Maybe as a nickname but really are we discussing names while AHH this is happening?" Amelia said. "Okay I was just brainstorming for you so we can have a name prepared for him when he comes." I said, panicking about what she would respond next. "I'm sorry I just didn't know what to Say this just hurts, I didn't get this with Christopher this bad so I am a complete disaster." Amelia said. "Amelia you are doing so good but I worry about his decells that he is having with each contraction." Carina said. "Is everything okay?" I asked. "This happens commonly with new mothers when they give birth to their first baby." Carina said. "This isn't my first." Amelia said before screaming.
Carina didn't know anything about her previous child. Shortly after she checked Amelia and she was already in the process of welcoming the baby. Carina was confused as to why her other coworker sent us home when Amelia had been in labor this whole time it wasn't braxton hicks contractions it was actual labor. We quickly prepared for this but when the baby came he was as perfect and beautiful as ever. Amelia started crying because he was so perfect and had my beautiful eyes and hair color.
"What do you think about Richard Alexander Lincoln?" Amelia said. "That's perfect for him." I said. "We can call him Scout for short or Rick it depends on what we want to do but he feels like Richard." Amelia said. "Yes he does and he's a perfect little man who we will treasure to the end of time." I said. "Hey Meredith and Maggie come meet Richard Alexander." Amelia said. "He's perfect." Meredith said. "How did you come up with the name?" asked Maggie. "Well both Richard and Alex have been inspirational, and they are family." Amelia said.
Life was perfect now that Rick is here. We loved him very much, Jo even loved him. She liked how Richard was his name as he was the inspirational factor for the case that everyone was on. Now we hope to find out what is wrong with Richard and I agree with Meredith as does Amelia that this isn't Dementia because of everything there is something else on the line that nobody knows about.