A/N: Thanks for the reviews. I'm updating soon cause of the cliffhanger. I'm not THAT mean!

Ruthie Parke's timer dinged and she spun around to face her sink. She reached into the little cardboard box and pulled out a plastic strip. John walked in behind her and slid his arms around her waist.

"So?" He asked. Ruthie sighed.

"I'm not pregnant." She said quietly. John kissed her on top of the head.

"It'll happen. Don't worry." He said to her.

"But what if it doesn't happen, John?" She asked.

"We'll cross that bridge when we come to it. IF we come to it." He said. They were interrupted by the phone ringing. John went to answer it.

"Hello?" He asked. "Yeah, here she is." He said, handing the phone to his wife.

"Hello?" She asked. "Hey what's. . . oh my gosh! Yeah I'll be right there. . .which park?. . . Ok, I'm on my way." She hung the phone up and turned to her husband in a panic.

"That was Lucy. Sarah's in labor. They're at the park by their houses. Neither of them have their cars and Lucy doesn't want to leave Sarah alone to get the car. Come on, we have to go get them to the hospital!" She cried.

"You go. I'll stay here. Just in case something happens and it's too late to get to the hospital, I don't want to be in the way."

"OK. Thanks." Ruthie said. She ran out the door and got into the car. Twenty minutes later, she pulled into the parking lot. She jumped out of her car and ran to where she saw Lucy and Sarah. Sarah was lying down flat on a blanket with Lucy sat by her, holding her hand. Little Maggie slept peacefully in her stroller as Ella still played on the playground. Ruthie ran to her sister and sister-in-law.

"Thank God." Lucy said. Sarah just nodded while grabbing her round stomach with a grimace.

"Help me." Sarah said breathlessly. Ruthie nodded. Lucy ran to get Ella while Ruthie kneeled by Sarah.

"How long have you been in labor?" She asked.

"A few hours. We were going to walk home then go to the hospital, but then when I went to stand up, I couldn't move. That's about as far as I got. I can't get through to Matt cause, interestingly enough, he's delivering a baby. Then we called you." She said. Lucy hurried back with Ella.

"How are we going to do this? I can't lift Sarah, push Maggie's stroller, and watch Ella all at once! And you can't carry her alone."

"You're right. Oh my gosh. What are we going to do?" Sarah moaned, and neither Ruthie nor Lucy knew if it was out of frustration or labor pain.

"I'm calling 9-1-1." Lucy said immediately. She pulled out her cell phone and dialed. Minutes later, she hung up.

"They're on their way." She said. Ten minutes later, an ambulance sped into the parking lot. People jumped out and grabbed a stretcher. They all ran, pushing the stretcher to Sarah. They lifted her and placed her on a stretcher. They got her in the ambulance, and sped away. Lucy and Ruthie were told to come to the hospital in their own cars. Lucy took Ella, who was still not sure what was going on, only knowing something was wrong with her mother. She pushed Maggie in her stroller while Ella walked along side to Ruthie's car. They dropped the kids off with Kevin quickly, and hurried to the hospital. When they got there, they sat nervously in the waiting room. Matt soon hurried out to greet them.

"Hey guys. Thank you so much for helping Sarah. I was busy so you couldn't get through to me."

"No problem. How is she?" Lucy asked.

"She's OK. She's in a lot of pain though. The doctor says she'll be delivering within the hour though. She was pretty far along when she got here." He informed them with a weak smile.

"Yeah. We'll be here. Come tell us any news!" Ruthie said. Matt nodded and disappeared down the hall.

A/N: Now you all can breathe. She's there on time. But will everything go normally from here? Look for chapter ten soon!