Ororo stayed as calm as she could as Vivian and her walked up the stairs as calm as possible, feeling the water make the skirt she had on stick to her legs. Suddenly there was a contraction mid step, she bowed clutching her belly as the pain started to subside. "Ok Ro, where's Kurt." Her sister said as kind of a comic relief, however thankfully he was coming down the hall. "Ororo?" Kurt asked coming into view and seeing them there, hearing his voice Ororo looked to him. "Kurt… port me to… the med lab… now!" She almost yelled the last word. Suddenly realizing the situation, he jumped to her side reaching for her hand then ported to the room she asked for. "Ororo, what–" She did her best to straighten up a little a moment later, "Go get Hank… and Logan." She stayed as calm as she could while instructing him. "You mean… you're having the baby now?" He asked shock covering his features. "Yes Kurt, now please." "Just a moment Ororo!" Kurt said as he disappeared to find them.
Logan had felt that something was up with Ororo and was on his way up from the danger room where he and Scott were having an impromptu lesson that couldn't wait. Suddenly there was a puff of smoke in the elevator. "Sorry Logan, Ororo needs you!" Kurt said as he grabbed the man with barely any time to brace himself, the next thing he knew he was in the med lab, Kurt poofed away the next moment. Looking around he saw Ororo doing some breathing exercises that they'd gone through with Hank, he was at her side in a fraction of a second. A minute later Kurt reappeared with the blue furry man, who then dusted himself off and went to work getting his equipment ready for the task before him. Meanwhile Logan helped her to change into a hospital gown and did his best to make her comfortable in every way he could. She looked at him smiling warmly, Vivian came up to her a couple moments after getting her gown on. She smiled big, "Looks like my little niece has decided to come now." Ororo smiled to her sister who was eager to meet the baby.
The next while was eventful, full of contractions, painful transitions and other things that Ororo had never before thought that she would experience… After the labor had passed and she was nearly to the happy part, all that was left was the breathing, and pushing the little one out of her.
"Come on Ororo, you can do this!" Jean said encouraging as she tried to raise Ororo's spirit and get her to work with them. She hadn't given out, but she was tired… and everything hurt, as it would for a woman giving birth. Logan lent her his hand so she could let off all the stress and pressure from the pain. "You're almost there Storm." Jean said happily preparing to get the baby, "Breathe Ro, breath." Logan reminded her, she then took a deep breath not sure how long she'd gone without air. "Ok Ororo, when I say push, you push alright." Hank said as he and Jean waited to receive the little one. Logan petted her hair as she prepared to do as he said. "Alright Ororo, push!" He gave the signal, she did as he asked, doing her best to push as hard as she could, she pushed a couple times, suddenly running tired, muscles sore. "You're almost there Storm, come on!" Jean urged her on, she took another big breath as Logan reminded her, then gave another push. "She's almost out Ororo! One more, you got this." Hank encouraged. Seeing how stressed she was, Logan moved to another method of encouragement. He leaned in wrapping his free arm around and above her head, gently petting her cheek. "We're almost done Baby, it's ok… you got this, just one more push." He whispered in her ear assuringly, then placed a couple kisses on her face. She gathered the strength from him, took another deep breath, and gave it her all. A couple moments later she stopped taking another breath exhausted, her efforts were paid off a moment later when a small cry reached her ears.
She breathed heavily for a minute, then shallower as a smile graced her face, her eyes lit up on the brink of tears, as did his. "Congratulations Ororo, Logan… you have a beautiful baby girl." The two looked to each other joyfully, Logan placed a gentle kiss on her forehead lovingly as Jean gently grabbed the squirming infant as she cried and squealed, upset that she'd left her comfort place for the past 9 months. After cleaning her up, there was one more step to be taken before they could hand her over to her Mom and Dad. "Logan." Jean said getting his attention, he softened even more as he saw his newly born daughter. "Would you like to do the honors?" She held up part of the umbilical cord, adding context to her statement, he wasn't sure about it for a moment. looking back to his wife she gave him an assuring look that told him everything he needed to know. "Go ahead." He smiled to her, then went forward, unsheathing his first claw on his right hand just a couple inches, then slicing through the cord that tied Mother to daughter. The little one was still fussing but wasn't connected anymore. They quickly sealed off the cord and then Jean handed her to her Mother. "Congratulations Ororo, Logan." Jean said happily, looking to her. The tears and stress spots that had shown on Ororo's face started to fade as the smile grew across her face at the first sight of their child. Hank and Jean cleaned her up while she and her husband were busy welcoming their little one to earth. "Hello my little one…" Ororo said softly as she cradled the baby to her chest, she was still crying slightly, though the blanket that she'd been wrapped in warmed and comforted her. Logan watched closely at the little one's actions and motions, doing his best make sure that she was perfectly fine in every way possible. She hadn't been outside her Mother for five minutes and already he'd been overtaken by overprotective parental love.
She had a little fuzzy tuft of black hair on the top of her head, her skin was a golden tan, and her eyes were a beautiful aqua blue. Her cries would've sounded like any other baby's cries, except to her parents, who felt they could distinguish her voice from a thousand others. Her Mother was overwhelmed with joy and love, cradling her newborn in her arms protectively. Hank and Jean did the rest of the things they needed to do for the parents and their baby, including giving her, her official legal name. Soon the little one was snug suckling at her Mom's breasts. The three were left alone in the room with each other. As soon as the baby started having her first meal, Hank and Jean were practically forced out of the room by her Father who demanded that his wife get the privacy she deserved in that special moment. Ororo didn't mind having the company, but she knew that their personal space was also important… and thankfully the two agreed.
There was a comfortable silence in the room for the next few moments, the only sounds were of the monitors keeping track and record of Ororo's breathing and heartbeat. She ran her hand gently over the baby's head petting her hair softly. "She is so beautiful." "Just like her Momma." She looked up at him smiling happily. "Thank you Logan." There was a very slight look of confusion on his face. "For what Darlin?" "For this, for the gift of being a Mother." "Thank you for having me." He smiled back to her. "If you really wanna thank someone for makin ya a Mom, ya might want to look up then…" Understanding what he meant, she took a moment in prayer, thanking the one who created her for their new little gift that had claimed a piece of each of their hearts. At the end of the prayer the little one made a little squeak, making her parents chuckle.
A little bit later there was a knock on their room door, they looked to each other. He wasn't sure about company yet, but Ororo seemed to be fine about it. "Come in." Logan announced so that Ororo wouldn't have to. Hank opened the door, revealing the faces of the students and family. "Umm, I told them that you two need your time and rest, however they insisted on at least seeing if you two, um, three… I mean, were willing to see them." Logan had a bit of a disapproving look on his face, but Ororo was calm. "Ro?" He asked her, knowing that she might want to play it like she was completely fine when she wasn't. "We should let them in my love, so they can meet the newest member of our family." Though Logan was not as fond of the idea of others being in her personal space at the moment, they both wanted them to meet their daughter. He turned back to the others at the door, giving a smirk. "Give us about five minutes?" He said, "Alright." Hank agreed as he shut the door quietly and told the others.
"Five minutes?" she asked her husband curiously, "Yeah… so our daughter can finish her meal, and so her Momma can get ready for company other than her husband." He said smiling down to her, she was amused at how soft his expression and tone was. "Hm, I guess I do sometimes forget that this is not my home country." "Hm-hm, yeah…" She watched as their daughter finished eating, and yawned. Ororo then covered herself up decently. "What do you think?" She asked looking to Logan, he tilted his head at her slightly and squinted as if looking for something. "Just one more thing." He said leaning down, she smiled warmly as he pressed a kiss to the top of her head, then her lips. "Now you look perfect." Her face flushed with heat as he made his final comment to her. About then there was another knock on the door. "Come in." Ororo said loudly. The doorknob turned then opened slightly, Ororo's sister was one of the first to come into the room. They all gathered around the bed with the happy little family. "Aw…" Bobby said looking to the baby, "She's so cute!" Kitty said exuberantly. "Look at her little nose." Scott said leaning down slightly with Jean at his side. "She's a very beautiful baby, congratulations Ororo and Logan." The smile on Ororo's face warmed the room at least a good 2 – 3 degrees. "What's her name?" Kitty asked looking to Ororo, smiling to her daughter Ororo looked up to Kitty, "Jessica N'dare Elizabeth Howlett." She replied to her young friend; Kitty's teeth showed as she smiled back looking at the newborn in her Mother's arms. "Hi little Jessie." Kitty said happily and moved her finger as to say hi, the baby squirmed about, making a little coo sound, that made everyone in the room "aww" audibly. "She looks like her Daddy." Rogue said standing by Kitty, he felt his pride grow at Rogue's comment. He moved his hand to their baby girls head, touching her hair gently, she moved her head slightly. "She does." Vivian commented, then reached her hand toward the little one to touch her niece, Ororo smiled to her sister, as did Logan, though if he were an animal you'd see his ears start to turn back at the sight of someone other than him or his wife touching their baby. "Do you realize what day it is Ororo?" Her sister asked, Ororo thought for a moment. "Um… Wednesday?" Vivian chuckled slightly, and nodded, "It's the 23rd of November." Her eyebrows went up knowing what the meant. "The day before Thanksgiving?" "Yes Ororo, it seems that little Jessica here arrived just in time to enjoy her first Thanksgiving with the rest of us here." Ororo looked up to Logan. "Happy Thanksgiving Darlin'." He said smiling to her, she smiled wide at the statement, "And Happy Thanksgiving to you as well my love."
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