Ch. 12: Melissa Jane
Disclaimer: I do not own 7th Heaven, nor do I own any of the 7th Heaven characters.
A/N: I'm loving these reviews! Thank you soo much. Please continue to read and review. I'm almost done with the story now. Just a few more chapters to go. Happy reading!
The next few hours were a blur for Lucy Kinkirk. Annie had driven her to the hospital. They checked in and they got her into a room right away. Now Lucy was hungry. She hadn't gotten to eat lunch or dinner. It was already eight p.m. and her stomach was killing her from all the contractions. Suddenly Lucy had her worst contraction yet. The nurse who was sitting with her stood up. All right, Lucy, you're at ten centimeters. Let's start pushing.
"But my husband!" Lucy cried. They had called Kevin but he had to catch a later flight to get back home.
"He's not here and the baby won't be waiting for him." The nurse told her apologetically. "OK we're gonna push now. Here we go."
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Kevin sat on flight 231 flying back to GlenOak anxiously. His wife could be having the baby at any minute. He wanted to get home and he wanted to get home soon. Annie had called him this morning urgently telling him to come home and that his wife was in labor. The next flight back home had been a couple hours away. Now he had been flying for more hours. The pilot's voice came over the loud speaker.
"Good Afternoon ladies and gentlemen." He said. "This is your pilot speaking. We are about thirty minutes outside of GlenOak airport. You can just sit back, relax, and we'll be there soon."
"I can't sit back and relax!" Kevin yelled at the speaker box. "My wife is having a baby!" Kevin realized quickly what he was doing and he looked around. Everyone was looking at him, some smiling, and some looking annoyed. He gave an apologetic smile and turned forward in his seat again. Then, he heard a familiar voice behind him.
"Kevin? Is that you?" The voice asked. He spun around in his seat to see Mary standing behind him in her flight attendant uniform.
"Mary!" He cried. They hugged and Mary took the empty seat next to her brother-in-law. "Why were you yelling?" She asked him. "Is there something wrong?"
"Lucy's in labor!" He told her.
"Oh my gosh!" Mary cried. "Our Lucy? My little sister?" she asked.
"Yes.our Lucy. And if we don't get home soon, our Lucy will be having the baby and I won't be there!"
"That's not good." Mary told him. Kevin looked at her with a 'duh' look.
The pilot's voice came over the loud speaker once again.
"Ladies and gentle man, this is your pilot speaking again. We will be reaching GlenOak in around 5 minutes. Please return to your seats and buckle your seat belt. Thank you."
"I better go back." Mary told Kevin, motioning to the back of the plane where all of the flight attendants were. "This was my last flight of the day. I was going to come and visit you guys. Wait for me.I'd like to come with you to the hospital."
"OK. Don't be long" He told her. She got up and walked to the back of the plane. Kevin saw Mary speaking to the other flight attendants excitedly.
Kevin looked out the window and saw that they were almost to the ground. He felt the wheels extend below his feet, and they roughly hit the ground. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Back at the hospital, things were not going as planned. "The baby is still very high up Mrs. Kinkirk." The nurse informed Lucy. "The pushing seems to have helped get the baby lower, but it's not low enough. It might be up to another hour before you're ready to deliver."
"All right." Lucy told the nurse, through the pain of a bad contraction. " Kevin hurry up!" she shouted. She didn't know where he was, but she knew he needed to get here soon.
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"Ladies and gentle men" The pilot said, "We have reached GlenOak. Thank you for flying with us and please come back soon." He told them. The plane came to a halt and every one began to stand up. Kevin grabbed his carry-on items and ran off the plane. He reached the luggage carousel quickly and the luggage began to come down. He saw his bag and grabbed it quickly. Mary came running up behind him.
"Are you ready to go?" She asked him.
"More ready than you'd ever believe." He told her. "Let's go!" With that, Mary and Kevin ran for Kevin's car. They drove quickly to the hospital and ran inside. It took them a few minutes to find the right desk. Once they did they ran to and. One of the nurses seated at it looked up and smiled at them.
"Welcome to GlenOak hospital!" She said to them. "How can I help you?"
"My wife is in labor. Lucy Kinkirk. What room is she in?" He asked, breathlessly. The nurse typed into the computer. After a minute she looked back up at them.
"Mrs. Lucy Kinkirk.room 714." She told them.
"Thank you" Mary and Kevin said at the same time, and they took off toward Lucy's room.
Half way down the hall, Kevin heard a shout of pain that he recognized as none other than the voice of his wife. He ran that direction and sure enough, it was coming from room 714. He heard his wife cry out again as he and Mary rounded the corner to enter her room.
"Lucy!" Kevin and Mary yelled together as they entered the room.
"Mary! Kevin!" She answered back. Kevin ran to his wife's side and kissed her wet forehead. Her face scrunched up in pain. Then a baby's cry was heard through out the room.
"It's a girl!" Cried the nurse. At once Lucy began to cry as well.
"What's wrong?" Kevin asked her, clearly astonished.
"Nothing. These are happy tears" she told him with a smile.
The nurse came over to Lucy and Kevin holding a small bundle in her arms.
"Here's your daughter" The nurse said to them with a smile. Lucy took the bundle into her arms and Kevin leaned over and put his arm around both of them.
"What's her name?" Asked the nurse.
"Melissa." Lucy told her. "Melissa Jane."
Lucy looked down at the small baby in her arms.
"Hi Melissa!" She said to her. Mary came over and kissed the baby on the cheek. Annie entered the room and ran over to her daughter.
"This is your grandmother!" Lucy told her baby. "And this is your Aunt Mary."
"That's right," Annie began. " I am a grandmother now. They all laughed. Annie spoke once more.
"You know our tradition for the babies" She began. They all laughed, and then they began to sing the song that they sang at every Camden's birth. Now it would be a Kinkirk tradition as well.
'Who can turn the world on with her smile?
Who can take a nothing day, and suddenly make it all seem worthwhile?
Well it's you girl, and you should know it
With each glance and every little movement you show it
Love is all around, no need to waste it
You can have the town, why don't you take it
You're gonna make it after all
You're gonna make it after all'
Disclaimer: I do not own 7th Heaven, nor do I own any of the 7th Heaven characters.
A/N: I'm loving these reviews! Thank you soo much. Please continue to read and review. I'm almost done with the story now. Just a few more chapters to go. Happy reading!
The next few hours were a blur for Lucy Kinkirk. Annie had driven her to the hospital. They checked in and they got her into a room right away. Now Lucy was hungry. She hadn't gotten to eat lunch or dinner. It was already eight p.m. and her stomach was killing her from all the contractions. Suddenly Lucy had her worst contraction yet. The nurse who was sitting with her stood up. All right, Lucy, you're at ten centimeters. Let's start pushing.
"But my husband!" Lucy cried. They had called Kevin but he had to catch a later flight to get back home.
"He's not here and the baby won't be waiting for him." The nurse told her apologetically. "OK we're gonna push now. Here we go."
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Kevin sat on flight 231 flying back to GlenOak anxiously. His wife could be having the baby at any minute. He wanted to get home and he wanted to get home soon. Annie had called him this morning urgently telling him to come home and that his wife was in labor. The next flight back home had been a couple hours away. Now he had been flying for more hours. The pilot's voice came over the loud speaker.
"Good Afternoon ladies and gentlemen." He said. "This is your pilot speaking. We are about thirty minutes outside of GlenOak airport. You can just sit back, relax, and we'll be there soon."
"I can't sit back and relax!" Kevin yelled at the speaker box. "My wife is having a baby!" Kevin realized quickly what he was doing and he looked around. Everyone was looking at him, some smiling, and some looking annoyed. He gave an apologetic smile and turned forward in his seat again. Then, he heard a familiar voice behind him.
"Kevin? Is that you?" The voice asked. He spun around in his seat to see Mary standing behind him in her flight attendant uniform.
"Mary!" He cried. They hugged and Mary took the empty seat next to her brother-in-law. "Why were you yelling?" She asked him. "Is there something wrong?"
"Lucy's in labor!" He told her.
"Oh my gosh!" Mary cried. "Our Lucy? My little sister?" she asked.
"Yes.our Lucy. And if we don't get home soon, our Lucy will be having the baby and I won't be there!"
"That's not good." Mary told him. Kevin looked at her with a 'duh' look.
The pilot's voice came over the loud speaker once again.
"Ladies and gentle man, this is your pilot speaking again. We will be reaching GlenOak in around 5 minutes. Please return to your seats and buckle your seat belt. Thank you."
"I better go back." Mary told Kevin, motioning to the back of the plane where all of the flight attendants were. "This was my last flight of the day. I was going to come and visit you guys. Wait for me.I'd like to come with you to the hospital."
"OK. Don't be long" He told her. She got up and walked to the back of the plane. Kevin saw Mary speaking to the other flight attendants excitedly.
Kevin looked out the window and saw that they were almost to the ground. He felt the wheels extend below his feet, and they roughly hit the ground. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Back at the hospital, things were not going as planned. "The baby is still very high up Mrs. Kinkirk." The nurse informed Lucy. "The pushing seems to have helped get the baby lower, but it's not low enough. It might be up to another hour before you're ready to deliver."
"All right." Lucy told the nurse, through the pain of a bad contraction. " Kevin hurry up!" she shouted. She didn't know where he was, but she knew he needed to get here soon.
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"Ladies and gentle men" The pilot said, "We have reached GlenOak. Thank you for flying with us and please come back soon." He told them. The plane came to a halt and every one began to stand up. Kevin grabbed his carry-on items and ran off the plane. He reached the luggage carousel quickly and the luggage began to come down. He saw his bag and grabbed it quickly. Mary came running up behind him.
"Are you ready to go?" She asked him.
"More ready than you'd ever believe." He told her. "Let's go!" With that, Mary and Kevin ran for Kevin's car. They drove quickly to the hospital and ran inside. It took them a few minutes to find the right desk. Once they did they ran to and. One of the nurses seated at it looked up and smiled at them.
"Welcome to GlenOak hospital!" She said to them. "How can I help you?"
"My wife is in labor. Lucy Kinkirk. What room is she in?" He asked, breathlessly. The nurse typed into the computer. After a minute she looked back up at them.
"Mrs. Lucy Kinkirk.room 714." She told them.
"Thank you" Mary and Kevin said at the same time, and they took off toward Lucy's room.
Half way down the hall, Kevin heard a shout of pain that he recognized as none other than the voice of his wife. He ran that direction and sure enough, it was coming from room 714. He heard his wife cry out again as he and Mary rounded the corner to enter her room.
"Lucy!" Kevin and Mary yelled together as they entered the room.
"Mary! Kevin!" She answered back. Kevin ran to his wife's side and kissed her wet forehead. Her face scrunched up in pain. Then a baby's cry was heard through out the room.
"It's a girl!" Cried the nurse. At once Lucy began to cry as well.
"What's wrong?" Kevin asked her, clearly astonished.
"Nothing. These are happy tears" she told him with a smile.
The nurse came over to Lucy and Kevin holding a small bundle in her arms.
"Here's your daughter" The nurse said to them with a smile. Lucy took the bundle into her arms and Kevin leaned over and put his arm around both of them.
"What's her name?" Asked the nurse.
"Melissa." Lucy told her. "Melissa Jane."
Lucy looked down at the small baby in her arms.
"Hi Melissa!" She said to her. Mary came over and kissed the baby on the cheek. Annie entered the room and ran over to her daughter.
"This is your grandmother!" Lucy told her baby. "And this is your Aunt Mary."
"That's right," Annie began. " I am a grandmother now. They all laughed. Annie spoke once more.
"You know our tradition for the babies" She began. They all laughed, and then they began to sing the song that they sang at every Camden's birth. Now it would be a Kinkirk tradition as well.
'Who can turn the world on with her smile?
Who can take a nothing day, and suddenly make it all seem worthwhile?
Well it's you girl, and you should know it
With each glance and every little movement you show it
Love is all around, no need to waste it
You can have the town, why don't you take it
You're gonna make it after all
You're gonna make it after all'
