Chapter 20
The Miracle of Birth Part 1
Hey everyone. I am so sorry that I have not updated in like forever. I hope that there are still some people out there reading this story. School has been so hectic. I definitely had to many extra things to do and not enough time. Now that summer is coming though I think that things should work out a little better. I promise that I will have the rest of this story up by the end of May, if not sooner. But please review.
It's a week before Joey's due date and she has just left work. It was her last day before she went on maternity leave for two months. The Daycare Center, The Kid's Place, was only a block away from the apartment which she shared with her husband Pacey and soon her new daughter or son as well. The walk today took longer than usual, and she soon realized that a woman who was nine months pregnant walks very slowly. Finally she arrived home, grateful that their apartment building, although very old, actually had an elevator which worked most of the time. Luckily for her, today was one of those times.
As she got of the elevator and approached her apartment door she smiled to herself as she felt the baby kicking, remembering the running joke between her and Pacey. "This baby is certainly going to be one hell of a soccer player." She decided to take a quick nap before Pacey got home later that night.
About an hour later she woke up to the shrill sound of the telephone. "Hello" she said as she answered it, surprised to her husbands voice on the other end. "Pacey, what's the matter, is everything all right ?" Joey frantically asked.
"Jo, calm down. Everything is fine. I just wanted to see if it was okay with you if I worked late tonight. One of the assistant chef's went home sick and they asked me if I could fill in for him. I just wanted to make sure you were okay with this. If you don't want me to I can come home when my regular shift is over." Pacey finishes.
"Actually Pace that sounds great. I am so tired I think that I am just gonna crash right now. Plus this sounds like a great opportunity for you. Go on, you can stay." To emphasize the fact that she means what she says, Joey yawns when she finishes.
The two talk for a few minutes and then hang up. A few minutes later Joey is once again asleep. However barely an hour and a half later she is awoken, not by the phone this time, but rather from a pain in her stomach. "Damn this baby really has a powerful kick." she thought to herself. A few minutes later she felt the pain again. but this time it did not feel like a kick at all. It felt more like a contraction. Or at least what she thought a contraction felt like. It was kind of like indigestion. If Bessie hadn't given a general idea of what labor felt like, Joey probably would have just taken some antacid and gone back to sleep. (AN: definitely got that idea from Friends series finale tear with the whole Erica and chandler thing, great episode)
Realizing that she was in labor, Joey began to panic. "Why now, how come this couldn't have happened when Pacey was here. How am I going to get to the hospital? I refuse to give birth in a living room." She grabbed the phone and began to frantically call her sister. To her dismay she got the machine. She then remembered that Bessie was at a convention and would be getting back very early the next morning. She tried the restaurant but only got a buy signal. With Dawson in California, Jen and Jack at Boston Bay, and Doug on vacation in Florida with his girlfriend of two months she had no one else to call. She made one last attempt, hoping it would work, but also dreading what would happen if this actually went through.
The phone rang once, twice, three times. Joey was just about to hang up when she heard a voice.
"Hello" the voice on the other end said.
"Hi, Mr. Witter. May I please speak to your wife. This is Joey Witter." Joey said and held her breath, waiting for the response.
"Mary isn't here right now. But I'll tell her you called." It was hard to tell if Sheriff Witter was mad, angry, or tired.
"okay" Joey was just about to hang up when the pains came again. Putting aside all her hate for this man she knew what she had to do. "Wait Mr. Witter. I need to ask you a favor."
"Well make it quick."
"I'm in labor. Pacey is working and I can't get a hold of him. My sister is out of town and your wife was my last hope of having this baby in a hospital by trained professionals. Can you please find it in the kindness of your heart to put aside whatever hate you feel towards your son and me and help me for the sake of your grandchild."
Without even a moments hesitation, Mr. Witter responded, "I'll be there in less than ten minutes. Be ready and I'll come up to the apartment." With that the line went dead and Joey began to pack.
Ten minutes later she was in Mr. Witter's police car speeding down the streets to Capeside General Hospital. Because of Sheriff Witter's notoriety, she got into a room almost immediately. While she got settled in the room, Mr. Witter went to call his son. He came back a few minutes later.
AI got through to the restaurant. He said that he will be here as soon as he can. He was trying to get a car to borrow and then he is headed right down."
"Thank you." Joey whispered in a barely audible whisper.
"Your welcome."
They sat there in silence until Joey had yet another contraction, this was one even more painful than the last. Noticing that she looked upset Mr. Witter tried to comfort her. AI watched my wife do this four times, and I never got over how brave she was. It amazes me that woman can go through this. I told her this once. All she said was that the reward was well worth the pain."
Joey began to say something but was cut off. "Joey, I know that I don't deserve your forgiveness for what I said to you, but I would like to try to explain something. Most people don't know this but Mary and I were no yet married when we had our oldest daughter. We of course knew that we would be married, we had been dating for almost three years and I was planning on proposing at Christmas time. Well one night we decided to go ahead and have sex, it was a first for both of us. Back then protection was much less effective than it is today. Two weeks later Mary told me that she was pregnant. My parents refused to speak to me, although they never took it out on my children. We were both lucky that Mary's parents took care of us and helped us through our rough times. But I always missed my parents. These last few months I've been thinking about that but I've been to stubborn to admit that I was wrong. So I hope that you will let me be a part of my grandchild's life, as well as a part of your's and my sons life."
Joey had tears in her eyes. "I forgive you. I would love it f you would be a part of my families life. That would mean so much to me."
"I'm glad that you feel that way Joey. I just hope that my son feels the same way to."
Just then Pacey walks into the room. "I do, Dad. I had everything that you said. I thought I cold never forgive you but I was wrong." The two men hug and then Mr. Witter leaves the room. At the same moment Mr. Potter rushes in.
"Oh Joey I just got back home from work a while ago. I got your message and came here as quickly as possible. How are you feeling?" Mr. Potter said, out of breath from the long run from the parking lot to the second floor.
"I'm good Dad. I'm just glad that you and Pacey could make it." Joey looks over at Pacey who is sitting next to her on the bed and smiles.
Mr. Potter realizes that the young couple want a moment to themselves. "I think that I am going to get a bottle of water from the vending machine. If you two need anything I will be out in the hall."
Pacey begins to talk to Joey. "I am so sorry. If I had known this was going to happen I never would have worked late."
Shh, Pace, its all right, you couldn't have known. Lets just drop it, okay." Just then Joey makes a hideous face as she experiences yet another painful contraction.
"What's the matter. Are you okay?" Pacey is suddenly concerned that his wife might not be okay.
"Pacey I'm fine. This is just contractions. They hurt like hell but unfortunately you have to deal with them." Joey says trying to reassure him.
About an hour later the contractions are getting really bad. There has been no nurse or doctor in there since before Pacey came and he is starting to get really pissed. He storms out of the room determined to find a doctor.
(Out in the hall) Pacey finally finds a nurse. "Hi, um excuse me. Yeah my wife is in that room down the hall. She kind of going through this thing called labor, you know where she gives birth to a baby. I know that this is a first time experience for both of us, but shouldn't a nurse at least check on us once in a while?" Pacey yells at the nurse who just stares back at him with a blank face.
"Well I'll send a doctor in there as soon as I can. But we are very busy." The nurse says in a fake happy voice.
"No, send doctor in now. Even if all the doctor does is tell us that she has another couple of hours before this baby shows up it will be a lot more reassuring to me."
Just then Dr. Morano walks around the corner to witness Pacey yelling his last few words at the nurse. "Excuse me, Nurse Smeltz, what is going on here?"
"I was just informing this man that there are other women actually in labor at this hospital that Doctors must help. Just because his wife is having. . ."
The nurse was cut off by an even angrier Pacey, "Dr. Morano, my wife has been here for three hours and a nurse has seen her once."
"I'll be right in there Pacey. Just let me wash my hands."
Satisfied with this response Pacey returns to Joey's room, followed a few minutes later by Dr. Morano. After examing Joey for a few minutes she begins to talk. "Joey you should have been in the delivery room fifteen minutes ago. Nurse why don't you prep her for delivery. If all goes according to plan, you two should be parents pretty soon.
The Miracle of Birth Part 1
Hey everyone. I am so sorry that I have not updated in like forever. I hope that there are still some people out there reading this story. School has been so hectic. I definitely had to many extra things to do and not enough time. Now that summer is coming though I think that things should work out a little better. I promise that I will have the rest of this story up by the end of May, if not sooner. But please review.
It's a week before Joey's due date and she has just left work. It was her last day before she went on maternity leave for two months. The Daycare Center, The Kid's Place, was only a block away from the apartment which she shared with her husband Pacey and soon her new daughter or son as well. The walk today took longer than usual, and she soon realized that a woman who was nine months pregnant walks very slowly. Finally she arrived home, grateful that their apartment building, although very old, actually had an elevator which worked most of the time. Luckily for her, today was one of those times.
As she got of the elevator and approached her apartment door she smiled to herself as she felt the baby kicking, remembering the running joke between her and Pacey. "This baby is certainly going to be one hell of a soccer player." She decided to take a quick nap before Pacey got home later that night.
About an hour later she woke up to the shrill sound of the telephone. "Hello" she said as she answered it, surprised to her husbands voice on the other end. "Pacey, what's the matter, is everything all right ?" Joey frantically asked.
"Jo, calm down. Everything is fine. I just wanted to see if it was okay with you if I worked late tonight. One of the assistant chef's went home sick and they asked me if I could fill in for him. I just wanted to make sure you were okay with this. If you don't want me to I can come home when my regular shift is over." Pacey finishes.
"Actually Pace that sounds great. I am so tired I think that I am just gonna crash right now. Plus this sounds like a great opportunity for you. Go on, you can stay." To emphasize the fact that she means what she says, Joey yawns when she finishes.
The two talk for a few minutes and then hang up. A few minutes later Joey is once again asleep. However barely an hour and a half later she is awoken, not by the phone this time, but rather from a pain in her stomach. "Damn this baby really has a powerful kick." she thought to herself. A few minutes later she felt the pain again. but this time it did not feel like a kick at all. It felt more like a contraction. Or at least what she thought a contraction felt like. It was kind of like indigestion. If Bessie hadn't given a general idea of what labor felt like, Joey probably would have just taken some antacid and gone back to sleep. (AN: definitely got that idea from Friends series finale tear with the whole Erica and chandler thing, great episode)
Realizing that she was in labor, Joey began to panic. "Why now, how come this couldn't have happened when Pacey was here. How am I going to get to the hospital? I refuse to give birth in a living room." She grabbed the phone and began to frantically call her sister. To her dismay she got the machine. She then remembered that Bessie was at a convention and would be getting back very early the next morning. She tried the restaurant but only got a buy signal. With Dawson in California, Jen and Jack at Boston Bay, and Doug on vacation in Florida with his girlfriend of two months she had no one else to call. She made one last attempt, hoping it would work, but also dreading what would happen if this actually went through.
The phone rang once, twice, three times. Joey was just about to hang up when she heard a voice.
"Hello" the voice on the other end said.
"Hi, Mr. Witter. May I please speak to your wife. This is Joey Witter." Joey said and held her breath, waiting for the response.
"Mary isn't here right now. But I'll tell her you called." It was hard to tell if Sheriff Witter was mad, angry, or tired.
"okay" Joey was just about to hang up when the pains came again. Putting aside all her hate for this man she knew what she had to do. "Wait Mr. Witter. I need to ask you a favor."
"Well make it quick."
"I'm in labor. Pacey is working and I can't get a hold of him. My sister is out of town and your wife was my last hope of having this baby in a hospital by trained professionals. Can you please find it in the kindness of your heart to put aside whatever hate you feel towards your son and me and help me for the sake of your grandchild."
Without even a moments hesitation, Mr. Witter responded, "I'll be there in less than ten minutes. Be ready and I'll come up to the apartment." With that the line went dead and Joey began to pack.
Ten minutes later she was in Mr. Witter's police car speeding down the streets to Capeside General Hospital. Because of Sheriff Witter's notoriety, she got into a room almost immediately. While she got settled in the room, Mr. Witter went to call his son. He came back a few minutes later.
AI got through to the restaurant. He said that he will be here as soon as he can. He was trying to get a car to borrow and then he is headed right down."
"Thank you." Joey whispered in a barely audible whisper.
"Your welcome."
They sat there in silence until Joey had yet another contraction, this was one even more painful than the last. Noticing that she looked upset Mr. Witter tried to comfort her. AI watched my wife do this four times, and I never got over how brave she was. It amazes me that woman can go through this. I told her this once. All she said was that the reward was well worth the pain."
Joey began to say something but was cut off. "Joey, I know that I don't deserve your forgiveness for what I said to you, but I would like to try to explain something. Most people don't know this but Mary and I were no yet married when we had our oldest daughter. We of course knew that we would be married, we had been dating for almost three years and I was planning on proposing at Christmas time. Well one night we decided to go ahead and have sex, it was a first for both of us. Back then protection was much less effective than it is today. Two weeks later Mary told me that she was pregnant. My parents refused to speak to me, although they never took it out on my children. We were both lucky that Mary's parents took care of us and helped us through our rough times. But I always missed my parents. These last few months I've been thinking about that but I've been to stubborn to admit that I was wrong. So I hope that you will let me be a part of my grandchild's life, as well as a part of your's and my sons life."
Joey had tears in her eyes. "I forgive you. I would love it f you would be a part of my families life. That would mean so much to me."
"I'm glad that you feel that way Joey. I just hope that my son feels the same way to."
Just then Pacey walks into the room. "I do, Dad. I had everything that you said. I thought I cold never forgive you but I was wrong." The two men hug and then Mr. Witter leaves the room. At the same moment Mr. Potter rushes in.
"Oh Joey I just got back home from work a while ago. I got your message and came here as quickly as possible. How are you feeling?" Mr. Potter said, out of breath from the long run from the parking lot to the second floor.
"I'm good Dad. I'm just glad that you and Pacey could make it." Joey looks over at Pacey who is sitting next to her on the bed and smiles.
Mr. Potter realizes that the young couple want a moment to themselves. "I think that I am going to get a bottle of water from the vending machine. If you two need anything I will be out in the hall."
Pacey begins to talk to Joey. "I am so sorry. If I had known this was going to happen I never would have worked late."
Shh, Pace, its all right, you couldn't have known. Lets just drop it, okay." Just then Joey makes a hideous face as she experiences yet another painful contraction.
"What's the matter. Are you okay?" Pacey is suddenly concerned that his wife might not be okay.
"Pacey I'm fine. This is just contractions. They hurt like hell but unfortunately you have to deal with them." Joey says trying to reassure him.
About an hour later the contractions are getting really bad. There has been no nurse or doctor in there since before Pacey came and he is starting to get really pissed. He storms out of the room determined to find a doctor.
(Out in the hall) Pacey finally finds a nurse. "Hi, um excuse me. Yeah my wife is in that room down the hall. She kind of going through this thing called labor, you know where she gives birth to a baby. I know that this is a first time experience for both of us, but shouldn't a nurse at least check on us once in a while?" Pacey yells at the nurse who just stares back at him with a blank face.
"Well I'll send a doctor in there as soon as I can. But we are very busy." The nurse says in a fake happy voice.
"No, send doctor in now. Even if all the doctor does is tell us that she has another couple of hours before this baby shows up it will be a lot more reassuring to me."
Just then Dr. Morano walks around the corner to witness Pacey yelling his last few words at the nurse. "Excuse me, Nurse Smeltz, what is going on here?"
"I was just informing this man that there are other women actually in labor at this hospital that Doctors must help. Just because his wife is having. . ."
The nurse was cut off by an even angrier Pacey, "Dr. Morano, my wife has been here for three hours and a nurse has seen her once."
"I'll be right in there Pacey. Just let me wash my hands."
Satisfied with this response Pacey returns to Joey's room, followed a few minutes later by Dr. Morano. After examing Joey for a few minutes she begins to talk. "Joey you should have been in the delivery room fifteen minutes ago. Nurse why don't you prep her for delivery. If all goes according to plan, you two should be parents pretty soon.