"How far along is she?" Chen enquired as she walked towards Doc's with
Abby.
"Like, any minute."
"Is she nervous?"
"I don't know, she keeps to herself about it. I think she just wants everything to be okay. Especially because of the trauma she went through when Chloe gave birth."
"I can imagine. When did you last see her?"
"Monday night. She fell asleep when we were watching Dirty Dancing."
"So she's tired already?" Chen asked amused.
"It was eight thirty." Abby said bluntly.
"Oh God, poor Susan!" Chen laughed.
"She's had quite a tough pregnancy. Her morning sickness only stopped a few weeks ago."
"Really? I didn't get it that much. But I always felt sick, just couldn't barf."
Abby laughed, it was weird Chen had been pregnant. She wondered if she missed the baby, but decided she better not ask in case she opened a can of worms.
"What time are you off?"
"Seven. Two more deadly hours to go. You're off now aren't you?"
"Yeah. I'm gonna go to Susan's quickly, you should come over later if you're not doing anything?"
"Yeah okay I'll pop over for a bit. Sure she won't mind?"
"I think she'll be pleased to see a friendly face to be honest."
"Okay. Well I'll see in a couple of hours then."
Half an hour later Abby was walking up the stairs to Susan and Luka's apartment but paused when she saw the door open.
"Susan?" Abby said cautiously as she stepped closer to the door.
She pushed the door open more so she could see into the apartment, but nobody was there. She walked in slowly, searching the apartment with her eyes looking for someone, or something.
"Susan?" She called again.
"Abby?" Susan called from the bathroom.
"Are you okay?" She asked concerned, walking towards the bathroom.
"Get in here!" She called.
"What's going on?" She asked worriedly as she entered the bathroom, but finding something rather unexpected.
"It's started." Susan said as she breathed heavily.
"Shit. How far apart are the contractions?"
"30 seconds."
"Jesus! Why didn't you call me?"
"I can't find the damn phone. And then I just figured Luka would be home soon so I could hold it."
"Susan it's not like going to the toilet! It comes when it wants to!" Abby exclaimed searching through the cupboards for towels.
She left the bathroom and began searching the apartment for the phone. She eventually found it under the sofa, and began dialling the number as she walked back to the bathroom and saw Susan's breathing had got noticeably worse.
"It's too late." Susan said between breaths. "My waters broke half an hour ago."
"Okay okay. You sure you don't want me to call?"
"There's no point. Call Luka. I'll be fine." She said panting.
Abby began dialling Luka's number and waited impatiently for him to answer.
"Luka? Luka it's Abby. Get home now Susan's in labour. And bring supplies!"
She hung up the phone and placed it on the side as she knelled down onto the floor and took Susan's hand.
"You doing okay so far?"
"Yeah. Apart from the excruciating pain."
"It's alright Luka will be here soon." Abby said comfortingly. "Can you move to your bedroom?"
"I don't know." Susan said as she felt another contraction. "Holy.ahhhh!" She screamed.
"Okay. Maybe not." Abby said panicking. She began setting up the towels around Susan, placing a pillow behind her and underneath her for comfort and then making sure she was completely ready to give birth.
"Is that okay?" She asked.
"Yeah. As good as." Susan joked as she felt another jerk of pain. "Oh my God!" She screamed as another contraction hit.
"Where's your first aid box?" Abby asked quickly.
"In the kitchen. Third..drawer from.the sink." She said between breaths.
Abby ran off to the kitchen and searched the first aid kit for gloves. Thank God Susan was prepared, Abby was more panicked than she was. She put on the gloves and rushed back into the bathroom to find Susan almost ready to burst. She knelt down in front of Susan's open legs and grabbed one of her hands.
"Okay I'm gonna check how dilated you are." Said Abby calmly. "10 centimetres. Okay you're ready okay?"
Susan nodded as she gripped both of Abby's hands.
"When I say, you're gonna push as hard as you can until I say stop okay?"
Susan nodded again and bit her lower lip, this was it.
"Okay. Now."
Susan pushed with everything she had, and she felt waves of pain call through her body at every point. She was in a whirlwind of pain, but she remembered why she was here and what was about to happen. Her life was about to change completely. Hers and Luka's. Where was he anyway? She thought about the times she had had together, and times they were going to have and in the midst of the pain and trauma, she smiled slightly and then looked up at Abby into her eyes. Susan smiled and nodded, acknowledging Abby as her friend who was helping her get through this.
"Okay. Again. You're doing great Susan." Abby coached. "There's the head." She said as she held the baby's fragile skull in place as Susan pushed once more.
"Please God!" Susan yelled as she felt the baby was almost out.
"This is it. One more okay? Just one more you're doing so well!" Abby said as Susan took a deep breath and pushed for everything she was worth.
"Ahhhhhh!" She moaned as she heard sudden cried of the baby.
"Susan it's finished!" Abby cried as she lifted the baby out and smoothed it's head with a soft towel.
The baby cried, Susan cried, and Abby cried. Abby wiped all the residue off the little girl and wrapped her in a blanket.
"Can I hold her?" Susan asked, exhausted as she wiped her face with a towel.
"Of course you can Mom." Abby said smiling broadly as she handed the baby over to it's Mother.
Susan took the baby and cradled her softly as she lay against the bathroom cabinet, totally knackered but blissfully happy.
"Hi there sweetie." Said Susan softly to the baby who had now stopped crying. "I'm your Mommy. And this is your Aunt Abby." She said looking up at Abby smiling.
Another tear fell from Abby's eyes and she wondered why she'd got so emotional. She felt a wave of happiness wash over her as she watched the new Mother and her baby. It touched her to be called 'Auntie', something she never thought she'd hear.
"Thank you." Was all Susan could muster as she sighed deeply.
"It was my pleasure." Abby said affectionately, gripping Susan's knee.
"Where's Luka?" Susan asked smirking. "He missed it!"
"I'm here!" He called as she hurried into the bathroom to find his new family.
"Where the hell have you been?!" Susan asked.
"Traffic." Luka said quietly as he walked slowly towards the two on the floor.
He sat down cautiously next to Susan and looked at Abby smiling.
"Is everything." Luka began.
"Everything was fine." Abby said comfortingly. "I'll go get some water. You want anything Luka?"
He shook his head as he turned his attentions to the baby. He couldn't believe this was his child. His baby. His little girl. He looked at Susan who was smiling like a Cheshire cat at the baby, stroking her head softly.
"She's.she's." Luka began. "I love you." Luka whispered to Susan.
"I love you too." She replied looking up at him.
He kissed Susan softly and rubbed her cheek affectionately as he gazed into her eyes. He loved her. So much.
"Hey beautiful." Luka whispered to the child and leaned down to kiss her on the forehead.
"I thought we could name her Faith." Susan said.
"Faith?" Luka asked surprised. "I love it." He mused as he kissed Susan again and then watched their little girl.
Abby walked back in with some water for Susan and handed it to her.
"You wanna hold?" Susan asked the emotional new Dad.
"More than anything." He replied.
Susan carefully passed the baby to Luka and took the water from Abby.
"Thanks." Susan said as she sipped it.
Luka watched Faith in amazement. Her tiny arms, her tiny feet. Everything was tiny. He wanted to touch her but she was so delicate she was afraid.
"Don't be scared to touch her." Susan said calmly.
He looked up at her and then back at the baby. He smoothed his index finger ever so softly across the baby's cheek. So soft and fragile. So beautiful.
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"Like, any minute."
"Is she nervous?"
"I don't know, she keeps to herself about it. I think she just wants everything to be okay. Especially because of the trauma she went through when Chloe gave birth."
"I can imagine. When did you last see her?"
"Monday night. She fell asleep when we were watching Dirty Dancing."
"So she's tired already?" Chen asked amused.
"It was eight thirty." Abby said bluntly.
"Oh God, poor Susan!" Chen laughed.
"She's had quite a tough pregnancy. Her morning sickness only stopped a few weeks ago."
"Really? I didn't get it that much. But I always felt sick, just couldn't barf."
Abby laughed, it was weird Chen had been pregnant. She wondered if she missed the baby, but decided she better not ask in case she opened a can of worms.
"What time are you off?"
"Seven. Two more deadly hours to go. You're off now aren't you?"
"Yeah. I'm gonna go to Susan's quickly, you should come over later if you're not doing anything?"
"Yeah okay I'll pop over for a bit. Sure she won't mind?"
"I think she'll be pleased to see a friendly face to be honest."
"Okay. Well I'll see in a couple of hours then."
Half an hour later Abby was walking up the stairs to Susan and Luka's apartment but paused when she saw the door open.
"Susan?" Abby said cautiously as she stepped closer to the door.
She pushed the door open more so she could see into the apartment, but nobody was there. She walked in slowly, searching the apartment with her eyes looking for someone, or something.
"Susan?" She called again.
"Abby?" Susan called from the bathroom.
"Are you okay?" She asked concerned, walking towards the bathroom.
"Get in here!" She called.
"What's going on?" She asked worriedly as she entered the bathroom, but finding something rather unexpected.
"It's started." Susan said as she breathed heavily.
"Shit. How far apart are the contractions?"
"30 seconds."
"Jesus! Why didn't you call me?"
"I can't find the damn phone. And then I just figured Luka would be home soon so I could hold it."
"Susan it's not like going to the toilet! It comes when it wants to!" Abby exclaimed searching through the cupboards for towels.
She left the bathroom and began searching the apartment for the phone. She eventually found it under the sofa, and began dialling the number as she walked back to the bathroom and saw Susan's breathing had got noticeably worse.
"It's too late." Susan said between breaths. "My waters broke half an hour ago."
"Okay okay. You sure you don't want me to call?"
"There's no point. Call Luka. I'll be fine." She said panting.
Abby began dialling Luka's number and waited impatiently for him to answer.
"Luka? Luka it's Abby. Get home now Susan's in labour. And bring supplies!"
She hung up the phone and placed it on the side as she knelled down onto the floor and took Susan's hand.
"You doing okay so far?"
"Yeah. Apart from the excruciating pain."
"It's alright Luka will be here soon." Abby said comfortingly. "Can you move to your bedroom?"
"I don't know." Susan said as she felt another contraction. "Holy.ahhhh!" She screamed.
"Okay. Maybe not." Abby said panicking. She began setting up the towels around Susan, placing a pillow behind her and underneath her for comfort and then making sure she was completely ready to give birth.
"Is that okay?" She asked.
"Yeah. As good as." Susan joked as she felt another jerk of pain. "Oh my God!" She screamed as another contraction hit.
"Where's your first aid box?" Abby asked quickly.
"In the kitchen. Third..drawer from.the sink." She said between breaths.
Abby ran off to the kitchen and searched the first aid kit for gloves. Thank God Susan was prepared, Abby was more panicked than she was. She put on the gloves and rushed back into the bathroom to find Susan almost ready to burst. She knelt down in front of Susan's open legs and grabbed one of her hands.
"Okay I'm gonna check how dilated you are." Said Abby calmly. "10 centimetres. Okay you're ready okay?"
Susan nodded as she gripped both of Abby's hands.
"When I say, you're gonna push as hard as you can until I say stop okay?"
Susan nodded again and bit her lower lip, this was it.
"Okay. Now."
Susan pushed with everything she had, and she felt waves of pain call through her body at every point. She was in a whirlwind of pain, but she remembered why she was here and what was about to happen. Her life was about to change completely. Hers and Luka's. Where was he anyway? She thought about the times she had had together, and times they were going to have and in the midst of the pain and trauma, she smiled slightly and then looked up at Abby into her eyes. Susan smiled and nodded, acknowledging Abby as her friend who was helping her get through this.
"Okay. Again. You're doing great Susan." Abby coached. "There's the head." She said as she held the baby's fragile skull in place as Susan pushed once more.
"Please God!" Susan yelled as she felt the baby was almost out.
"This is it. One more okay? Just one more you're doing so well!" Abby said as Susan took a deep breath and pushed for everything she was worth.
"Ahhhhhh!" She moaned as she heard sudden cried of the baby.
"Susan it's finished!" Abby cried as she lifted the baby out and smoothed it's head with a soft towel.
The baby cried, Susan cried, and Abby cried. Abby wiped all the residue off the little girl and wrapped her in a blanket.
"Can I hold her?" Susan asked, exhausted as she wiped her face with a towel.
"Of course you can Mom." Abby said smiling broadly as she handed the baby over to it's Mother.
Susan took the baby and cradled her softly as she lay against the bathroom cabinet, totally knackered but blissfully happy.
"Hi there sweetie." Said Susan softly to the baby who had now stopped crying. "I'm your Mommy. And this is your Aunt Abby." She said looking up at Abby smiling.
Another tear fell from Abby's eyes and she wondered why she'd got so emotional. She felt a wave of happiness wash over her as she watched the new Mother and her baby. It touched her to be called 'Auntie', something she never thought she'd hear.
"Thank you." Was all Susan could muster as she sighed deeply.
"It was my pleasure." Abby said affectionately, gripping Susan's knee.
"Where's Luka?" Susan asked smirking. "He missed it!"
"I'm here!" He called as she hurried into the bathroom to find his new family.
"Where the hell have you been?!" Susan asked.
"Traffic." Luka said quietly as he walked slowly towards the two on the floor.
He sat down cautiously next to Susan and looked at Abby smiling.
"Is everything." Luka began.
"Everything was fine." Abby said comfortingly. "I'll go get some water. You want anything Luka?"
He shook his head as he turned his attentions to the baby. He couldn't believe this was his child. His baby. His little girl. He looked at Susan who was smiling like a Cheshire cat at the baby, stroking her head softly.
"She's.she's." Luka began. "I love you." Luka whispered to Susan.
"I love you too." She replied looking up at him.
He kissed Susan softly and rubbed her cheek affectionately as he gazed into her eyes. He loved her. So much.
"Hey beautiful." Luka whispered to the child and leaned down to kiss her on the forehead.
"I thought we could name her Faith." Susan said.
"Faith?" Luka asked surprised. "I love it." He mused as he kissed Susan again and then watched their little girl.
Abby walked back in with some water for Susan and handed it to her.
"You wanna hold?" Susan asked the emotional new Dad.
"More than anything." He replied.
Susan carefully passed the baby to Luka and took the water from Abby.
"Thanks." Susan said as she sipped it.
Luka watched Faith in amazement. Her tiny arms, her tiny feet. Everything was tiny. He wanted to touch her but she was so delicate she was afraid.
"Don't be scared to touch her." Susan said calmly.
He looked up at her and then back at the baby. He smoothed his index finger ever so softly across the baby's cheek. So soft and fragile. So beautiful.
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