Challenged, but still Unbroken
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: These characters belong to NBC, Michael Crichton, and etc.- except the ones I made up!
Author's note: Just a short and sweet chapter revolving around the entrance of a new Carter into the world. Just a warning, don't get too used to these warmer and fuzzier moments (they just might be short lived!) Anyway, enjoy, and PLEASE READ AND REVIEW!!!!
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"Dr. Carter. Phone for you."
"Thanks Jerry," John said as he picked up the phone behind the admit desk. "This is John Carter."
"Well, John Carter. I want to know why you have not been answering you pages."
"Randi?"
"Yeah, it's me." There was an increasingly sarcastic tone to her voice.
John pulled his beeper off of his belt, and saw that the battery had died without him knowing it.
"Sorry, baby. The battery died."
"Well that's really good, John. I've been beeping you for the past two hours. It seems logical to me that a man would keep his pager charged when his wife is eight and a half months pregnant."
"What? You're in labor?"
"The contractions started two hours ago, and my water broke forty five minutes ago. This one seems to be in more of a hurry than its big sister."
"Okay, I'm coming to get you now. I'll be the-"
"John, I'm already on my way. Alger's driving me. We'll be at the hospital in about five minutes. OH!"
"You okay?"
"Just another contraction. Meet us at the front of the hospital. I'll see you in a few minutes. Love you."
"Love you, too."
With that, John hung up the phone. He turned to find Deb, Pratt, Susan, Abby, Malik, and Luka staring at him.
"Some attending you are Carter. Don't even know when your own wife goes into labor."
"Funny, Deb. If you will all excuse me, I'm going to have a baby."
"Parent of the Year Nominee in our midst, people."
"Pratt, you're a regular comedian."
As he walked towards the elevator, John heard many "Congratulations!" and "Good luck!"
Alger was pulling up under the front breezeway of the hospital just as John exited the automatic doors.
"Hey. You ready to do this again?" He kissed his wife on the lips before she could answer his question.
"Do I have a choice?"
"Nope." He smiled at his wife, and then helped her into the waiting wheel chair. He quickly ducked back into the car. "Thanks, Alger"
"My pleasure, Dr. Carter."
John shut the car door, and began to push his wife into the hospital.
"You leave Georgia with Marie?"
"Yes. She knows not to let her out of her sight, so I figured that it would be all right for a short time. Besides, they put your mother into that psychiatric hospital. I think Georgia's safe."
"I know. It still worries me to leave her."
"She'll be fi-AH!" They were entering the elevator as the next contraction hit.
"Another one all ready?"
"Mm-Hmm," was all that Randi could get out with clenched teeth.
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Three hours later, Dr. Coburn looked up at John and Randi.
"You're dilated to ten. You can start pushing whenever you want."
"What, already?" Randi exclaimed, just as another contraction swept over her. John leaned in close to her ear, and began to whisper.
"You're doing great. When you're done, we'll have another little Carter. Just a little longer." He patted her head with a cool cloth, never letting go of her hand.
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"Daddy, where are we going?"
"Going to see Mommy and your new baby sister."
"What her name?"
"Um, we don't know yet. What do you think it should be?"
The little girl shrugged her shoulders, and placed her head on her father's shoulders. They were soon at Randi's door, and John quietly knocked, so not to startle his wife. He walked in, and found Deb sitting in the chair next to the bed.
"Aunt Deb!"
"Hey, Sweetie!" She picked up the little girl, and looked up at the child's father. "I came by to see if you needed anything, and you weren't here, so I sat with her. She fell asleep about ten minutes ago, so did Baby Girl Carter. You really need to give the kid a name, John."
"I know, I know."
Suddenly the child in Deb's arms spoke up.
"Ella has a cat named Annabelle."
Randi's eyes fluttered open, shining with new motherhood.
"Annabelle. Belle. I like that. Annabelle Carter."
"Mommy!" The child scrambled to get out of Jing Mei's arms, but the Asian woman managed to keep her from leaping onto her mother's bed. Instead, she gently sat Georgia beside her mother. Then she quietly excused herself from the room, so that the entire family could be alone.
"Hey, Sweetie. I missed you." She kissed her eldest daughters forehead, and put an arm around her.
John pulled a nearby stool to the side of his wife's bed.
"So it's Annabelle what?"
"If you like it, John, Annabelle Olivia. But I want to call her Belle."
"I love it. What do you think, angel? Do you like you sister's name?"
"Yes, Daddy. I helped pick it out."
"That's right." John kissed Georgia on the cheek, and walked over to where his newborn daughter was beginning to stir. He expertly picked her up, and brought her over to where the rest of the family sat.
"Hi, Belle," Randi said as her husband handed her the child. "Georgia, say hello to Belle."
"Hey, Belle. You're going to like it around here." She leaned in and kissed the baby's forehead, and then looked up and smiled at her parents. "I think we should keep her."
John and Randi could not help but laugh, and were very grateful that Georgia was reacting this well to the new baby. They could tell that the older daughter would become very protective of her little sister in the years to come.
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So, Y'all know what I want: REVIEWS!!!! Just let me know what you think!
*Hugs Y'all*
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: These characters belong to NBC, Michael Crichton, and etc.- except the ones I made up!
Author's note: Just a short and sweet chapter revolving around the entrance of a new Carter into the world. Just a warning, don't get too used to these warmer and fuzzier moments (they just might be short lived!) Anyway, enjoy, and PLEASE READ AND REVIEW!!!!
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"Dr. Carter. Phone for you."
"Thanks Jerry," John said as he picked up the phone behind the admit desk. "This is John Carter."
"Well, John Carter. I want to know why you have not been answering you pages."
"Randi?"
"Yeah, it's me." There was an increasingly sarcastic tone to her voice.
John pulled his beeper off of his belt, and saw that the battery had died without him knowing it.
"Sorry, baby. The battery died."
"Well that's really good, John. I've been beeping you for the past two hours. It seems logical to me that a man would keep his pager charged when his wife is eight and a half months pregnant."
"What? You're in labor?"
"The contractions started two hours ago, and my water broke forty five minutes ago. This one seems to be in more of a hurry than its big sister."
"Okay, I'm coming to get you now. I'll be the-"
"John, I'm already on my way. Alger's driving me. We'll be at the hospital in about five minutes. OH!"
"You okay?"
"Just another contraction. Meet us at the front of the hospital. I'll see you in a few minutes. Love you."
"Love you, too."
With that, John hung up the phone. He turned to find Deb, Pratt, Susan, Abby, Malik, and Luka staring at him.
"Some attending you are Carter. Don't even know when your own wife goes into labor."
"Funny, Deb. If you will all excuse me, I'm going to have a baby."
"Parent of the Year Nominee in our midst, people."
"Pratt, you're a regular comedian."
As he walked towards the elevator, John heard many "Congratulations!" and "Good luck!"
Alger was pulling up under the front breezeway of the hospital just as John exited the automatic doors.
"Hey. You ready to do this again?" He kissed his wife on the lips before she could answer his question.
"Do I have a choice?"
"Nope." He smiled at his wife, and then helped her into the waiting wheel chair. He quickly ducked back into the car. "Thanks, Alger"
"My pleasure, Dr. Carter."
John shut the car door, and began to push his wife into the hospital.
"You leave Georgia with Marie?"
"Yes. She knows not to let her out of her sight, so I figured that it would be all right for a short time. Besides, they put your mother into that psychiatric hospital. I think Georgia's safe."
"I know. It still worries me to leave her."
"She'll be fi-AH!" They were entering the elevator as the next contraction hit.
"Another one all ready?"
"Mm-Hmm," was all that Randi could get out with clenched teeth.
****
Three hours later, Dr. Coburn looked up at John and Randi.
"You're dilated to ten. You can start pushing whenever you want."
"What, already?" Randi exclaimed, just as another contraction swept over her. John leaned in close to her ear, and began to whisper.
"You're doing great. When you're done, we'll have another little Carter. Just a little longer." He patted her head with a cool cloth, never letting go of her hand.
****
"Daddy, where are we going?"
"Going to see Mommy and your new baby sister."
"What her name?"
"Um, we don't know yet. What do you think it should be?"
The little girl shrugged her shoulders, and placed her head on her father's shoulders. They were soon at Randi's door, and John quietly knocked, so not to startle his wife. He walked in, and found Deb sitting in the chair next to the bed.
"Aunt Deb!"
"Hey, Sweetie!" She picked up the little girl, and looked up at the child's father. "I came by to see if you needed anything, and you weren't here, so I sat with her. She fell asleep about ten minutes ago, so did Baby Girl Carter. You really need to give the kid a name, John."
"I know, I know."
Suddenly the child in Deb's arms spoke up.
"Ella has a cat named Annabelle."
Randi's eyes fluttered open, shining with new motherhood.
"Annabelle. Belle. I like that. Annabelle Carter."
"Mommy!" The child scrambled to get out of Jing Mei's arms, but the Asian woman managed to keep her from leaping onto her mother's bed. Instead, she gently sat Georgia beside her mother. Then she quietly excused herself from the room, so that the entire family could be alone.
"Hey, Sweetie. I missed you." She kissed her eldest daughters forehead, and put an arm around her.
John pulled a nearby stool to the side of his wife's bed.
"So it's Annabelle what?"
"If you like it, John, Annabelle Olivia. But I want to call her Belle."
"I love it. What do you think, angel? Do you like you sister's name?"
"Yes, Daddy. I helped pick it out."
"That's right." John kissed Georgia on the cheek, and walked over to where his newborn daughter was beginning to stir. He expertly picked her up, and brought her over to where the rest of the family sat.
"Hi, Belle," Randi said as her husband handed her the child. "Georgia, say hello to Belle."
"Hey, Belle. You're going to like it around here." She leaned in and kissed the baby's forehead, and then looked up and smiled at her parents. "I think we should keep her."
John and Randi could not help but laugh, and were very grateful that Georgia was reacting this well to the new baby. They could tell that the older daughter would become very protective of her little sister in the years to come.
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So, Y'all know what I want: REVIEWS!!!! Just let me know what you think!
*Hugs Y'all*