February 26th, 2005
Week 40
He thought he would get used to winter after winter sucking, but Derek almost had enough of it. One day it would be snowing the next day there would be freezing rain. There was always so much work to do in this season. People were stupid.
"What time do you think you'll be home by?" Alex asked as she waddled into the kitchen. She hated having him leave on her due date, but they had to eat.
"Supper time I think." He told her, "Call my mom or Adam if you need help." Alex nodded as she eased herself down into the chair.
"I think I can handle Lilah Bean." Alex chuckled.
"Oh that's what you think." Derek kissed her forehead, "I'll call you later." He slid his jacket on and walked out the front door. Derek looked around him. Snow. Bone chilling snow. He trudged through it to get to his car. He'd have to shovel when he got home so Alex wouldn't slip and hurt herself.
"Derek?" Alex stood in the door way. He turned around and smiled.
"Drop something?" He asked her.
"Yeah, my water." Alex said. Derek stared at her.
"What do you mean?" He croaked out.
"My water broke right when you stepped out of the house." She giggled.
"What?" He bolted up the stairs, nearly slipping on the ice. Alex shook her head.
"you're going to kill yourself." She said.
"Did you say that your water broke?" he asked.
"I did say that." Alex said, "Can you get Lilah dressed? I'll call Mom."
"Oh! OKAY!" He bolted back into the house. Alex shook her head. She took out her cell phone and dialed her mother's number.
"Hello?" Beth said as she picked the phone off.
"Hi Momma." Alex said getting into the car.
"Oh hey baby." She said, "How are you feeling?"
"Oh just fine." Alex smiled, "I'm sitting in the car waiting for Derek to get Lilah dressed."
"Where are you guys going?" Beth asked, "You need to be careful. You're very pregnant."
"I know, Mom." Alex chuckled, "We're on our way to the hospital because my water broke. Can you come to the hospital and watch Lilah?" Beth was silent for a moment.
"You're having the baby?" She asked.
"Yes." Alex said. "Today is finally here."
9:15 am
Alex looked at the cards in her hands. She felt fine. She was just bored. She looked up at Derek and smirked.
"Do you have any twos?" She asked. Derek groaned.
"Shit." He handed her three twos. "You suck."
"I know." She smiled. "Do you think When we have this baby that we'll be able to divide our attention well between the girls?"
"Of course." Alex rolled her eyes. "Your turn."
"Okay. Well, do you have any fours?" Derek asked. Alex grinned and shook her head.
"Sorry. Nothing." She said. Derek groaned loudly and threw his cards down.
"You completely suck." He muttered. Alex giggled.
"You're such a cry baby." She said.
"No I'm not." Derek said leaning back in his chair. He glanced at his wife and saw the colour drain from her face, "Are you okay?"
"N-No…" She grunted as a contraction ripped through her body. God, she had forgotten how this felt. It sucked.
"Just breath, Baby." Derek said. Alex groaned. She hated it when he said that. What was she going to do? Hold her breath the entire time. Alex exhaled.
"I know what to do, Derek." She informed him.
"I know you do." Derek said putting his cards down, "I fold."
"We're not playing poker." Alex smiled.
"You're bluffing." He said. Alex giggled.
"Do you think Lilah will be a good big sister?" Alex asked him. Derek shook his head.
"Nope. She's going to be evil and torture her." He said.
"That's not funny." Alex frowned. Derek laughed.
"Of course she's going to be a good big sister. They're close in age so they're going to be growing up together." Derek said, "That's the way to do it."
"Well, we are doing it." Alex said as she put her hands on her stomach, "I don't want to play anymore."
"We wont." Derek picked up all the cards. "Do you need anything?"
"A drink. I'm thirsty." Alex began to relax against her pillows.
"Do you want me to get you some water?" Derek asked as he stood dup. Alex nodded.
"And check on Lilah." She said.
"Of course." Derek gave her a playful wink as he walked out of the room. He took in a deep breath. Okay, it felt good to get out of that room.
11:55 am
Her contractions were getting closer. She was sure she only had a few hours left. Right now, they were waiting on Dr. White to come and examine her.
"Are you nervous?" Alex asked. Derek shook his head.
"The only thing I'm nervous about is having two babies in diapers." he said. Alex lay there and thought about it. Yes, that wouldn't be fun. Dr. White knocked on the door.
"Knock. Knock." he smiled as he walked into the room.
"Hi." Alex smiled.
"How's the mommy to be?" He asked.
"Fine." Alex said, "I'm anxious get this over with." Dr. White chuckled as he snapped on his gloves.
"It'll be over before you know it." Dr. White walked over to her, "I'm going to see how dilated you are."
"Knock yourself out." Alex said taking Derek's hand. Dr. White began to examine Alex. She winced. She really didn't enjoy this part.
"you're coming along nicely, Alexandra." Dr. White smiled, "You're eight almost nine centimeters."
"Awesome." Derek grinned.
"So it'll be any time now, huh?" Alex asked. Dr White nodded as he took his gloves off.
"It could be twenty minutes or two hours. Who knows. It's all up to the baby." He smiled. "Do you have any names picked out?"
"Victoria Ember." Derek said.
"That's perfect in my humble opinion." Dr White said, "I'll be back soon to check on you all right?"
"All right. Thank you." Alex looked at Derek, "eight centimeters."
"I know. It's so cool." Derek said. Alex began to sigh again. "What's wrong?"
"You're going to think I'm a bad person." She said. Derek shook his head.
"I highly doubt that." he said. Alex sighed again.
"Well. I think back to the miscarriage. I wanted that baby, but if I didn't have that miscarriage I wouldn't be having Victoria and I wouldn't change anything." She told him, "I'm so very thankful to have her." Derek nodded.
"I understand. I think about that too." He said. "Things happen for a reason."
"I know that now." Alex smiled as she put her hand on her stomach.
1:17 pm
Alex had managed to doze off. She didn't' know how she did it though. It didn't last long because a loud noise jerked her away. She looked over to the fetal monitor. It's lights and buzzers were going off. That wasn't a good thing.
"Derek, get the doctor." She said sitting up. Derek bolted out of the room. Within second, Him and Dr White were back here. "What's going on?" Dr. White grabbed the portable ultrasound and put it on her stomach.
"Everything will be fine." Derek said taking her hand. Alex heard Dr. White curse under his breath.
"Sally, page the OR. Tell them we're on our way." he said.
"Wait! What's going on?" Alex cried. Panic starting to over take her body. Dr. Whit looked at her.
"Your baby is in distress. The cord is wrapped around her neck." He informed the parents.
"Oh my god." Derek whispered.
"We need to have an emergency c-section." He said unhooking her IV bag. He put it on the bed.
"Is she going to be okay?" Alex asked.
"She will be if we get her out right now." Dr. White said as several nurses pulled Alex's bed into the hallway.
"Derek!" Alex cried.
"I'm right behind you." Derek said. Dr. White looked at him.
"They're going to take her in that room the prepare her. You can come with me and sterilize yourself." He said, "Change into scrubs, put a cap on and some booties."
"Okay." Derek whispered as a nurse handed him a pile of things. It only took him a minute to get dressed. He was worried about the baby.
"Ready?" Dr White asked.
"Ready." Derek mumbled as Dr. White led him to the OR. Derek saw that Alex had been taken care of. He walked by her side. She had been crying.
"Now, can you feel this, Alexandra?" Dr. White asked.
"No." She said.
"Good." Dr white looked at the nurses, "I'm going to make my first cut." Derek leaned down and kissed Alex's forehead.
"She can't die, Derek." She whispered.
"She's not going to die." Derek said, "She is a Kelly after all."
"How are you doing over there, Alexandra?" Dr White asked.
"There's a lot of pressure." She said, "Feels weird."
"That's normal." He smiled beneath his mask. "I'm cutting into the uterus."
"You're all cut up." Derek said.
"Good." She mumbled.
"Here she is." Dr. White said. Derek looked over as saw Dr. White slid his hand beneath the baby and pull her out. His heart thumped loudly. The cord was wrapped so tightly around the baby's neck. She was blue.. Dr. White cut the cord and unraveled it. She gasped for air and immediately began to pink up.
"Oh my god." Derek whispered. Victoria began to scream bloody murder.
"Is she okay?" Alex began to cry.
"She's perfect." Dr. White said handing the baby to the nurse, "I'm going to close you up."
"They're cleaning her up and wrapping her in a blanket." Derek said.
"I want to see her. I want to see her." Alex said trying to crane her neck to see the baby.
"Here she comes." Derek said as the nurse handed Victoria off to him. "Hi Baby." She was gorgeous. She looked like Lilah. Derek kissed the baby. He knelt down showing the baby to Alex.
"Hi honey." She whispered. The baby was gorgeous. Alex kissed Victoria's cheek. It was amazing how powerful this moment was. She thought she was going to loose her precious baby girl, but she was right here and Alex couldn't be more happy. Her family was complete and her life was complete. That was an amazing feeling
THE END
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