Hey! New chapter! Really late! Sorry :)
Six months later:
Margaret slowly opened her eyes to see her bulging stomach, "Ugh!" She sighed, "When are you coming out?! Mommy's not having fun with this pregnancy crap!"
The cardinal was three weeks overdue, now it was July's last week. Margaret had grown tired of her pregnancy symptoms, she'd puke day and night and could hardly hold anything down.
The blue jay came out of the bathroom, "C'mon Maggie. The baby's just a few weeks late" He smiled, "I'm sure it's normal"
Margaret sighed, "Well. I should've known. Daphne was born four weeks late"
He laughed, "Well then. Enjoy your last week of being pregnant" He sat next to her, only to sigh, "Maybe I shouldn't go to work today"
Margaret smiled, "Baby. I'm fine. The baby's gonna take her sweet time then finally she'll get out"
The blue jay smiled, then kissed her belly, "I can't wait.." He looked down at her stomach to see little lumps, Alice was now awake and kicking.
The cardinal sat up, "She's eager as ever!" She sighed then heard the young child's cries.
"Mama! Mama! Mama!" Rosie ran into the room, still dressed in her Finding Nemo pajamas.
Margaret looked at her, Rosie looked pale, "Sweetie? You ok?"
Rosie pointed, "I miss"
Mordecai helped Margaret up, they walked into the bathroom to see puke all over the toilet, the floor and the toilet seat. "Aw Sweetie. It's ok" The cardinal couldn't bend down to soothe her but Mordecai did.
The blue jay lifted her up, "Oh…ya got a fever" He awed, "It's alright. Daddy's gonna go to work but he's gonna clean up the puke first"
Margaret shook her head, "No, Baby, I can do it. You are almost late for work"
He looked up and nodded, "Great" He sat her down, "Hope ya get better Rose" He kissed his girlfriend, "Love ya Maggie" He headed out the door.
Rosie whimpered, "My tummy hurts"
Margaret awed, "It's alright, Mommy's gonna make you feel better" She bent down only to wince, but still bent down and picked her up, Rosie whimpered as she grabbed her mother's shirt, "Did you throw up on Katie Mordy?" Margaret asked as she laid the child in her bed.
Rosie looked over to see her doll spotless, "No"
Margaret let out a sigh of relief as she finally sat on the bed. She stroked her daughter's cheek, "I'll put in some princess movies and put a throw up bucket in here. Ok?"
The little red bird smiled at the thought of that, "Ok.."
It broke the cardinal's heart to see her daughter ill, she got up reluctantly, her back began to ache making her whimper. She still kept the promise, Margaret made the trek downstairs and back upstairs with Rosie's favorite princess movies, Sleeping Beauty, Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella, Snow White. "Sweetie. Pick one"
"Sleepy!" Rosie smiled.
Margaret placed in the movie then brought a trash can to her daughter, "Your throw up goes in here"
Rosie nodded, "Dank ya Mama. I luv you"
She smiled, "Love you too Rosie" She headed out of the room only for Alice to kick a little harder. Her back began to ache even more.
Margaret trudged into the bathroom, getting on her knees with the soap and sponge. Her large belly began to ache making her wince, "Please! Alice! Not now" She scrubbed the toilet.
Meanwhile:
Mordecai was working with his work friends, Mitch and Fives. Mitch was a green, obese man that loved to crack jokes while his buddy Howard aka High-Five Ghost was a white ghost that rarely talked.
The blue jay had gotten his dream job, a videogame designer. He told Rigby all about it.
"Hey! Did Margaret have the baby yet?" Fives asked.
Mordecai shook his head, "Nah. She'll probably have the baby next week"
Mitch walked over, "So. The baby's name is what again?"
The blue jay stopped drawing a new villain, "Alice Marie"
Five nodded, "Cute name" He looked outside, "Oh crap! Dudes! Look at the clouds!"
Mordecai lifted his head only for his beak to part, "Holy crap"
Black clouds filled the sky, as well as lightning bolts. Mitch turned to Mordecai, "Rosie's not terrified of those is she?"
Mordecai shook his head, "Nah. I told her Santa was bowling, that's why there's thunder. She's not terrified" He laughed.
Fives laughed, "That's classic"
Thunder roared making the trio ooh, "Damn…this'll be one hell of a storm" Mitch commented.
Mordecai went back to work, thinking nothing of it. "I'm sure Margaret and the baby are fine. Even Rosie. She's a good girl." He looked up, "She'll call if something happens to her mom. Even if she's sick…" Slowly that calmed him down.
The wind howled and pushed with great force, a branch soared through the sky and straight into the telephone poles, the lines snapped under the weight and collapsed to the snowy ground.
The lights dimmed over Mordecai's head, the other workers looked up, "Hey! My internet's down!" A man yelled.
Mordecai clicked his computer on and looked at the small icon, there was no internet. Everyone began to panic about their works that were still on their computers.
Their boss opened the door, "Relax! Relax! We just got word that a branch knocked out the power lines, only our internet and phone line are out! We'll have it up and running in no time" He headed back into his office.
Mordecai looked at Mitch and Fives, "I don't have a feeling! I need to get home to Margaret!" He hopped out of his chair, running to his boss's office.
Mitch nodded, "Go get her Bro! Text us after words"
His boss was a pale, short old man, his popular nickname was Moon face, "Mr. Mallard? Sir?" Mordecai asked.
The man looked up, "Oh hello Mordecai. What's a matter? You look like you've seen a ghost" He added a chuckle.
"Sir…my girlfriend is three weeks overdue and with the phone line out…I don't think it's smart to stay here" Mordecai admitted.
Mr. Mallard looked up at him, the blue jay swore he saw a bit of worry in his eyes then back to normal, "Well, I'm sorry but-"
"I'll come straight back if she's ok! Please!" Mordecai pleaded.
The pale man sighed, "I was going to let you but the road is in no condition for you to be driving! I'm sorry. But you'll have to-" The lights completely shut off.
Mordecai groaned, "Oh man!"
Margaret finally got the floor clean, now that was left was the toilet, she lifted herself up and headed into Rosie's bedroom, she smiled at the sight, her daughter was holding Katie Mordy and enjoying Sleeping Beauty. Margaret headed into the room.
"The movie's not over!" Rosie warned her.
Margaret nodded, "Yea. I know, I was just checking to see…" She looked in the trashcan, Rosie had puked a few times, "Ok. Ok" She lifted it away, "I'll get you a new one" She sat the puke container down and brought her daughter a new one.
Rosie looked out her window, "Mama? Is Daddy ok?" She asked as Margaret handed her another puke bucket.
Thunder roared just as fast as lighting hit the earth, Margaret nodded, "Yea. He works in a building. Don't worry about him ok?" She whispered.
Rosie clutched the trashcan, looking out the window. Margaret smiled, then left the room.
Alice began to kick even harder, Margaret groaned, "Ok! Ok! Ok!" She whispered, then closed her daughter's bedroom door. She looked into the bathroom, "C'mon Margaret! Just clean up the puke. The baby's just kicking" She encouraged herself.
She walked into the bathroom and dumped the puke out into the toilet. She smiled at herself for not getting anything recovered in puke. She knelt down only to feel a sharp pain run down her body, "Oh god!" She clutched the toilet then felt something wet. She gasped and looked down, water was dripping down her legs, "Oh god! Oh god!" She whispered then tried to hoist herself up.
Her legs trembled, she wobbled to the phone and quickly dialed Mordecai's number. Only to hear, "We're sorry. The telephone poles have been disconnected please wait for the approximated…five hours before you can make your call"
"But I'm having a baby!" She whimpered, then tried again. But still the same.
Margaret dialed again, this time. 911. "We're sorry-UGH!" Margaret slammed the phone down, she was in a tremendous amount of pain. "I can't drive like this!" She whimpered. "Rosie can't drive!" She wobbled back into the bathroom, to lay down, "Ok! You can do this Margaret" She tried to encourage herself, "Just keep breathing! Mordecai will come home and take you to the hospital" She took deep breaths, she gripped the counter next to her, "Oh god! Please make this stop!"
The cardinal glared at her stomach, "You really suck at timing! You chose the day there's a massive thunderstorm! Your big sister is sick! Your father is at work! And the phone lines are dead!" She snarled then whimpered, "No! No! Mommy's sorry she yelled at you!"
Rosie heard her mother whimpering and turn towards the door, she looked at Katie Mordy, "Stay here" She hopped off the bed and walked to her door, "Mama?"
Margaret groaned, "No! Rosie! Stay in your bedroom!" She hoisted herself up.
Rosie looked to see her mother, "Mama? You ok?"
The cardinal nodded, "Yes. Yes. Peaches and cream Darling" She answered the looked at the TV, the credits were rolling, "Oh. Let's get your new movie started" She lifted up a copy of Cinderella. "Here" She whimpered as she placed it in.
Rosie climbed up into her bed, tugging the canopy to block her view of the windows, "Mama…is baby sistah coming?"
Margaret nodded, "Yes. And she's trying to get a hold of Daddy! Now please stay in your room" She headed out the door to close her door.
The cardinal found a pamphlet her doctor gave her about unexpected labor, she flipped through it. "Ugh! What if I can't reach my husband or 911!" She kept reading, "A water birth?" She looked over at the bathtub, "No! I can't have my baby drowning! No! Anything?" She felt like something was tearing beneath her waist, she remembered this pain. It meant there was only a few hours left before the baby would come. She tossed the book then glared, "Ugh! This baby is coming and Mordecai…" She whimpered, "Please…please wait for your daddy" She placed her palm on her belly. Tears formed in her eyes, "I'm scared!"
Hours later:
Mordecai was upset, he wanted to go home but Mr. Mallard said that the roads were unsafe, he looked up then saw Mr. Mallard again, "Ok the internet and phone lines are back up. But the roads are in no condition to drive still. Possibly. We'll be stuck here all night"
Everyone gasped making Mitch sigh, "Oh no Bro!"
Mordecai smiled to see the phone was up, he quickly dialed the house number. "C'mon Margaret! I need you to tell me you're fine"
The phone rang again and again, Margaret whimpered, "Oh great! Right when the phone lines get back up" She stood up only to scream out in pain, she wobbled over to meet the phone, she grabbed it and answered, "Mordecai!" She cried.
Mordecai nearly jumped, "Margaret! You ok?"
"NO! I'm not! I'm in-.." Mordecai jumped out of his chair, "Margaret! Margaret!" He shouted.
Suddenly a voice came over the line, "Hello?"
Mordecai gulped, "Wh-who is this?" He whispered.
The man spoke, "I'm Randall…is something wrong?"
"Where's Margaret?" Mordecai asked.
The voice seemed confused, "What? Margaret? I know a Margaret Haddad who lives next to my house…is that who you're talking about?"
Mordecai felt his heart racing, "Yes! She's my girlfriend and she was screaming and could you check on her?"
Randall looked out his window to see the house lit up from the inside, "Uh…the news teams said to stay indoors. I can't. The wind is picking up and it's hailing
Mordecai's eyes widened, he slammed the phone down and raced out the door, Mr. Mallard grabbed him, "It's suicide! Don't go out there!"
The blue jay shook his head, "I'm going!" He ran out the door.
Randall was right, hail pounded the blue jay's head, he lifted his jacket's hood up then got into his car.
"MORDECAI? HELLO!" She screamed then threw the phone, only to growl, "Ugh! It's happening! It's happening! The baby's coming!" She hoisted herself up and walked back into the bathroom, only to whimper, the baby was coming. She pressed herself against the wall and slid down, "Ok…push" She forced herself into a push.
It felt like something was snapping pelvis in half, she clenched her teeth, "Keep going!"
Rosie was in her room with her hands over her ears, "Twinkle twinkle little star" She sang, "how I wonder what you are" She repeated, hoping to get her mother's shrieking cries for help out of her head, "Twinkle twinkle little star" She started to cry.
Margaret took a deep breath, "Ok! Breathe! Breathe!" She wiped the sweat off her of her forehead only to wince, "Ok! You can do this!"
Mordecai raced home, his tires squeaked over the ice, every time he braked the car would slide, he quickly drove up the hill to see his house, "Thank god!" He cried as he parked the car.
The blue jay ran inside, "MARGARET! MARGARET!" He called.
Margaret's eyes began to get watery, "In here! Help me!"
He rushed up the stairs, opening the bathroom door, only to gasp, "You're in labor!?"
"NO SHIT SHERLOCK!" She screamed then whimpered, "I'm sorry! Please get this SPAWN OF SATAN OUT OF ME!" She began to cry.
Mordecai took a look at the labor book then looked at her, "How far apart are you contractions?"
"They seem to be two minutes apart!" She cried.
Mordecai nodded, then ran to the bathtub, "Hang on" He turned the dials getting the water, warm. "Get undressed" He rushed to her and undressed her.
Margaret whimpered when she stood up, "Mordecai! This hurts! I don't think I can go through this without morphine"
The blue jay awed, "Baby! I know. I know. But the roads are slippery and icy. I can't risk you getting injured. Plus, if we left now, you'll have the baby in the freezing car."
Margaret nodded, "Ok. Let's go with this idea" She got into the tub.
The blue jay raced downstairs and came back with scissors. Thankfully, the tub was big enough for both of them, he knelt down, looking, "Ok. Can you push for me?"
The cardinal clenched her fist making tears stream down, it hurt way too much, "Mordecai!" She sobbed.
He nodded, "Baby. Baby. Breathe. I know. I know" He looked at her, "Keep pushing. You're doing great"
Margaret gave a hard push, she dug her nails into the tub's walls, "Oh my god!"
The blue jay tilted his head, "Ok! Doing great" He reached out a little bit, "C'mere Alice"
The cardinal screamed again, clenching her jaw and pushing harder then before. She felt more tearing beneath her waist, she let out a shriek, clenching her teeth.
"Oh wonderful! Just great" He smiled, "Keep going"
Margaret glared, "I'M GOING TO KILL YOU MORDECAI JAMES QUINTEL!" She leaned forward and pushed as hard as she could, only to hear a 'pop'.
Mordecai looked at his daughter, his daughter, he cut her umbilical cord then waited, nothing. Not a cry, not a scream. His eyes widened, "SHIT!" He cried.
The blue jay took his daughter out of the tub, Margaret felt the pain leave her body, "Mordecai! Alice! Is she ok?" She asked, worriedly.
Mordecai slapped his daughter's back making a loud noise. Alice coughed then let out her first scream. "Alice.." He laughed.
Margaret looked to see a apricot feathered bird, screaming in her father's wings, "It's a girl.." He walked to Margaret, kneeling down.
Slowly Alice's eyes opened for the very first time, she slowly stopped crying, she looked at the red bird in front of her, she blinked her eyes, Margaret gently took her into her wings, "Oh shh. Shh…Mommy's here" Tears welled up in her eyes.
Alice seemed curious about everything until she shivered in her mother's wings, Mordecai quickly unbuttoned his shirt, "She looks cold" He took off his shirt and wrapped his small daughter in the shirt.
Margaret smiled, "Hi Cutie. Your name is Alice Marie Haddad-Quintel. I'm your mommy" She whispered.
The infant blinked her eyes again then gripped the shirt that had clothed her body. Margaret smiled, "This is your daddy"
Mordecai smiled, "Heh. Look at you. Such a little cutie" He went to stroke her cheek only for her to grip his finger, "Uh I.." He laughed then took her into his wings, "Hey there. You got my shirt" Alice kicked her feet making him smile, "Heh."
Margaret got out of the tub, only to yawn, "I need a nap"
The blue jay cradled her, "She's such a big girl" He laughed, then realized, "Wait! Rosie's a big sister!"
Margaret suddenly turned, "Oh god! Yea!" She quickly as she could, walked into her bedroom and changed from her blood-soaked self to a clean dress, she then knocked on Rosie's door, "Sweetie. Guess who's here"
Rosie opened the door, Margaret awed, noticing Rosie had been crying, "Why were you crying Cutie?"
Rosie started wiping her tears, "You were screaming and I thought Jack was here"
"Honey.." She awed, "Jack's not going to find us…" She then smiled, "Look who's here to see you" She took her daughter's hand. They walked downstairs to see Mordecai had already wrapped Alice in a real blanket with a little ski hat on her head.
Mordecai knelt down, "Alice. This is your big sister Rosaline but we all call her Rosie"
Alice's eyes blinked at Rosie, then she reached up and grabbed his big sister's beak, Rosie smiled, "Hi Allie! I'll be the best big sistah evah!"
Later that night:
After everything was restored, Margaret awoke from her 'after birth' nap. She rubbed her eyes to notice it was almost four in the morning, she turned her head to notice her boyfriend gone, "Where'd he go?" She lifted herself off the mattress and walked to the bassinet to see if Alice was napping. But she wasn't, "Where's my baby?!" She grabbed her robe and slid it on. "Oh my gosh" She walked downstairs to see a sight that made her heart melt.
Alice was asleep in her father's wings, while Mordecai was snoring lightly with her in his lap. She smiled, then kissed his cheek, slowly making him awake. "Huh!?"
She giggled, "Shh. The baby will wake up" She gently lifted Alice into her wings, "I love you" She kissed him. Alice stirred only to fall back asleep, "Come back to bed Love" She smiled.
He nodded, "Yea. Yea. I'm goin" Mordecai laughed, looking at his daughter, "She looks like an angel"
Margaret smiled, "I think she looks like her daddy" Alice slowly blinked her eyes then went back to sleep.
The blue jay smiled as they headed upstairs, she laid Alice in her bassinet near the bed, "Mordecai. Remember what I promised my sister?"
Mordecai looked up, "What'd you promise her?"
She sighed as she laid a blanket on her small daughter, "You'd meet my parents…"
I hope ya'll like this chapter
-Ryan's out!