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This is the last chapter. It has two parts to it-the birth and then two years later. Thank you for reading and all the reviews, and look for my next story "Not Myself" coming soon.-MsZoid
Chapter 19: Baby Mine.
It was a Tuesday in October and Craig Manning was heading into the offices of Ingram Reality, as he did most Tuesday afternoons. He was doing some freelance photography for them, but that wasn't the reason he was there every week like clockwork. He was there to pick up Iris, his girlfriend, for Lamaze practice. Lamaze had ended two weeks ago but he was still showing up to spend time with Iris. Grade 11 was turning out to be more difficult than he imagined, and he was greatful for the time he spent with Iris.
He knocked on the door, and Iris looked up from he work. "School's out already?" She had a strange look on her face, one he couldn't place. "I've been waiting for you." She stood up, then sat down again.
"Whats wrong?"
"Its coming."
"Whats coming?...the baby? the baby's coming? Oh, my god. Are you ok? SHould we get going?"
Iris just nodded. "Water just broke, we've got some time." She walked over to a closet and pulled her suitcase out. Then picked up the phone, asked the secretary to connect her to her Grandfather's phone. "Grandfather, its Iris? Craig and I are headed to the hospital as soon as he calls Joey. I love you too."
She handed the phone to Craig who dialed Joey Jeremiah, his stepfather. "Joey? ITs time, we're heading to the hospital." He hung up then, took Iris's hand, and lead her out the door and to his car.
She was having trouble breathing, and Craig was trying to help with that and drive at the same time. It was very comical, but neither noticed the humor in it.
They arrived at the hospital, and Iris was taken up to maternity, Craig holding her hand the whole time.
"Iris? I'm scared. Really scared. What if i suck at being a father..."
"You aren't going to turn out like your father." Iris had a way of knowing what Craig was really thinking without him having to say it. "Its going to be fine, just you wait and see."
Cole and Joey arrived, along with Spike and Snake. Emma was at home watching Jack and ANgie. Then, Iris looked up and saw two people entering the birthing room to say hello. Her parents.
"Mother. Father."
"Iris."
"What are you *doing* here?" Iris's parents had hardly spoken to her since she announced she was pregnant, and Craig didn't want them here.
"Craig, relax. They have a right to be here. THey're my parents."
Iris's parents nodded at Iris, then left again.
"I don't want them here."
"They're my parents" She repeated. "Listen, Craig, I understand your way of thinking, and I'm glad you want to protect me, but they have a right to be here. If they don't like my choices or say something, then you can ask them to leave." Iris gasped then. The baby was comming.
In and out, In and out. Iris was in serious pain, and Craig could tell. HE was scared, scared something would go wrong. THe baby was coming quickly, so quickly he coudln't even breath and then suddenly it was there.
"Its a boy" The doctor said. Craig started crying then-he was going to have a little boy of his own.
Iris looked up at him. "We did it. Craig, we did it. We have a son." She started crying herself.
An hour later Iris's parents, her grandfather, Joey, Spike, and Snake crowded into the room for the first look at the baby. The nurse brought him in, all cleaned up, and placed him in Iris's arms.
"What did you name him?" Snaked asked the question they were all thinking.
"Guys, meet Jeremiah Cole Manning-JC for short." THere had been no question they would name it somehow after Craig's stepfather if it had been a boy.
Joey looked at them. "You really want to name him after me?"
"Joey, you've saved my life how many times? You were great with everything when Iris got pregnant why wouldn't we name him after you?" Joey smiled and said a quiet thank you.
The guests left the room and Iris and Craig were alone with JC. "He's so tiny and perfect." Craig smiled. "I love him so much already."
"he's your child, of course you do. I hope he's just like you, Craig."
"I was hoping we'd have a girl just like you. Guess we'll have to try again..after we're married, of course."
"Do you really think we'll get married someday?"
"You have to have faith, Iris. Things like this don't come around too often." Iris nodded.
Two years later.
Angela Jeremiah was adjusting her pretty white dress when her nephew JC tried to bite the lace around the edges. Iris picked up the little boy "No biting on mommy and daddy's wedding day."
"wedding!" JC said.
"Yes, wedding. Come on, lets go."
Iris took her Grandfather's arm, holding JC on one hip and walked down the aisle at the church. Craig was waiting at the end of it, Joey next to him as best man.
"do you, Craig Manning, take Iris Noreen Masters to be your wife?"
"I do."
"Do you, Iris Masters, take Craig Manning to be your husband?"
"I do."
They were married, and Iris was glowing with happiness-but not just that.
THat night as she sat next to her new husband in bed she looked at him and said. "Its good for JC not to be an only child, isn't it?"
"Are you trying to tell me something, Mrs Manning?"
"I'm going to have a baby. Another one."
"Perfect." Craig and Iris kissed then, knowing that they had a hard journey ahead of them, but that they could make it through.
--The End--
This is the last chapter. It has two parts to it-the birth and then two years later. Thank you for reading and all the reviews, and look for my next story "Not Myself" coming soon.-MsZoid
Chapter 19: Baby Mine.
It was a Tuesday in October and Craig Manning was heading into the offices of Ingram Reality, as he did most Tuesday afternoons. He was doing some freelance photography for them, but that wasn't the reason he was there every week like clockwork. He was there to pick up Iris, his girlfriend, for Lamaze practice. Lamaze had ended two weeks ago but he was still showing up to spend time with Iris. Grade 11 was turning out to be more difficult than he imagined, and he was greatful for the time he spent with Iris.
He knocked on the door, and Iris looked up from he work. "School's out already?" She had a strange look on her face, one he couldn't place. "I've been waiting for you." She stood up, then sat down again.
"Whats wrong?"
"Its coming."
"Whats coming?...the baby? the baby's coming? Oh, my god. Are you ok? SHould we get going?"
Iris just nodded. "Water just broke, we've got some time." She walked over to a closet and pulled her suitcase out. Then picked up the phone, asked the secretary to connect her to her Grandfather's phone. "Grandfather, its Iris? Craig and I are headed to the hospital as soon as he calls Joey. I love you too."
She handed the phone to Craig who dialed Joey Jeremiah, his stepfather. "Joey? ITs time, we're heading to the hospital." He hung up then, took Iris's hand, and lead her out the door and to his car.
She was having trouble breathing, and Craig was trying to help with that and drive at the same time. It was very comical, but neither noticed the humor in it.
They arrived at the hospital, and Iris was taken up to maternity, Craig holding her hand the whole time.
"Iris? I'm scared. Really scared. What if i suck at being a father..."
"You aren't going to turn out like your father." Iris had a way of knowing what Craig was really thinking without him having to say it. "Its going to be fine, just you wait and see."
Cole and Joey arrived, along with Spike and Snake. Emma was at home watching Jack and ANgie. Then, Iris looked up and saw two people entering the birthing room to say hello. Her parents.
"Mother. Father."
"Iris."
"What are you *doing* here?" Iris's parents had hardly spoken to her since she announced she was pregnant, and Craig didn't want them here.
"Craig, relax. They have a right to be here. THey're my parents."
Iris's parents nodded at Iris, then left again.
"I don't want them here."
"They're my parents" She repeated. "Listen, Craig, I understand your way of thinking, and I'm glad you want to protect me, but they have a right to be here. If they don't like my choices or say something, then you can ask them to leave." Iris gasped then. The baby was comming.
In and out, In and out. Iris was in serious pain, and Craig could tell. HE was scared, scared something would go wrong. THe baby was coming quickly, so quickly he coudln't even breath and then suddenly it was there.
"Its a boy" The doctor said. Craig started crying then-he was going to have a little boy of his own.
Iris looked up at him. "We did it. Craig, we did it. We have a son." She started crying herself.
An hour later Iris's parents, her grandfather, Joey, Spike, and Snake crowded into the room for the first look at the baby. The nurse brought him in, all cleaned up, and placed him in Iris's arms.
"What did you name him?" Snaked asked the question they were all thinking.
"Guys, meet Jeremiah Cole Manning-JC for short." THere had been no question they would name it somehow after Craig's stepfather if it had been a boy.
Joey looked at them. "You really want to name him after me?"
"Joey, you've saved my life how many times? You were great with everything when Iris got pregnant why wouldn't we name him after you?" Joey smiled and said a quiet thank you.
The guests left the room and Iris and Craig were alone with JC. "He's so tiny and perfect." Craig smiled. "I love him so much already."
"he's your child, of course you do. I hope he's just like you, Craig."
"I was hoping we'd have a girl just like you. Guess we'll have to try again..after we're married, of course."
"Do you really think we'll get married someday?"
"You have to have faith, Iris. Things like this don't come around too often." Iris nodded.
Two years later.
Angela Jeremiah was adjusting her pretty white dress when her nephew JC tried to bite the lace around the edges. Iris picked up the little boy "No biting on mommy and daddy's wedding day."
"wedding!" JC said.
"Yes, wedding. Come on, lets go."
Iris took her Grandfather's arm, holding JC on one hip and walked down the aisle at the church. Craig was waiting at the end of it, Joey next to him as best man.
"do you, Craig Manning, take Iris Noreen Masters to be your wife?"
"I do."
"Do you, Iris Masters, take Craig Manning to be your husband?"
"I do."
They were married, and Iris was glowing with happiness-but not just that.
THat night as she sat next to her new husband in bed she looked at him and said. "Its good for JC not to be an only child, isn't it?"
"Are you trying to tell me something, Mrs Manning?"
"I'm going to have a baby. Another one."
"Perfect." Craig and Iris kissed then, knowing that they had a hard journey ahead of them, but that they could make it through.
--The End--