Previously
As we inched towards the 5th floor, where the maternity ward was located, the elevator stopped on the 3rd floor to accommodate more passengers. These passengers were Duncan and Lilly Kane.
Duncan's POV
"Well, if it isn't the last two people in the world I wanted to see." Lilly said as the elevator doors closed. Everyone ignored Lilly's comment and I glanced down at Veronica who sat in a wheelchair, her white fairy skirt and her blue tank top dripping with sweat. Despite the fact she cheated on me with my best friend and is now pregnant with his baby, I still cared about her and didn't want to see her hurt. Maybe that's why I strangled Logan and not Veronica. Anyways I bent down to her level and looked into her eyes. They were filled with fear, pain and regret.
"Are you OK?" I asked caringly. Veronica, stunned that I actually had spoken to her, just stared at me, unable to speak, so Logan spoke for her.
"Yeesh Donut, are you that dense. It's been almost nine months now and Veronica is riper than a watermelon. What do you think is going on?"
It took me a second but when I put two and two together, I realized that Veronica was in labor.
Logan's POV
Mark me down as unsurprised to see how dense Duncan was. He wasn't always the brightest bulb on the bush, that's for sure. But hell, I was just as surprised to see Duncan talking to us as much as Veronica was. I glanced down at her after Duncan asked her if she was OK. She looked relaxed, as the contractions were not as bad but more and more closer together. She only winced when a small contraction came and squeezed my hand when a big one came. Veronica wasn't fond of showing she was in pain. The elevator was silent the rest of the ride up except for the occasional grunt from Veronica during contractions. When we were near the 4th floor, my conscience was eating away at what business Duncan and Lilly had at Neptune General. So I asked,
"So Duncan, what brings you here to this fine medical establishment?"
He mumbled 'Shrink' and I remembered how the court had issued 10 months of seeing a psychologist after Duncan almost strangled me to death. Good times, good times. I thought. Then the elevator jolted to a halt somewhere between the 4th and 5th floor. The orderly had a concerned look on his face. He went to the little box under the elevator buttons with the phone symbol on it. He dialed some numbers and nodded as someone on the other line talked to him. He put the phone on the receiver and turned to us.
"I regret to inform you that we are going to be stuck in here for a while."
Then all of a sudden, Veronica screamed out in pain. "ARGH!" She began panting heavily in the wheelchair. I bent down to look at her and she snarled in my face "This baby doesn't have a little while!" and gave a dirty look at the orderly. The orderly held his hands up in defense, "I don't deliver babies, I just fill out the paper work." I looked over at Lilly and Duncan. His eyes were filled with fear and Lilly was impassive about the whole situation, she just cracked her bubble gum every so often. Finally I got an idea. I had the orderly and Duncan lift Veronica out of the wheelchair and then I layed my jacket and some clothes from a bag my mother had for Veronica on the elevator floor. We layed Veronica on the clothes and folded the wheelchair and stuck it in a corner. 'Thank god these elevators are so damn big.' I thought silently. It took a while but finally Veronica put two and two together and realized what I was going to do as a last resort. I was gonna deliver our baby in the elevator.
Veronica's POV
Everyone began freaking out when they realized what Logan was planning on doing. Lynn began going into hysterics, Duncan went sort of cationic and Lilly's gum fell out of her mouth. Logan had situated himself at the bottom of my skirt, my underwear off and my legs spread apart. My skirt draped over my knees so no one but Logan could see. Finally when the pain became unbearable, I realized that this baby wasn't gonna wait for some stupid elevator repair guy to get us out of here. She wanted out, now. So I did what I had seen on many Discovery Health channels. I pushed. After a few minutes later of pushing, Logan began crying out, "I see the head! I see the head!"
I pushed harder and squeezed Lynn's hand, who now sat beside me and it began to hurt. 'This girl better be the best little angel after all this pain I'm going through.' I thought bitterly. Finally the pain stopped and the elevator was silent until a baby's scream pierced the air. Lilly, the orderly, Lynn and Duncan, now totally out of it, clapped and let out screams of joy. I just smiled and happy tears fell down my face. Then the elevator jolted and began rising to the fifth floor. When the doors opened, the orderly scurried out and came back with a doctor in tow. He had brought some medical scissors and allowed Logan to cut the umbilical cord. Then some nurses came and brought one of the stretchers. Duncan and Logan helped me onto it and the nurses wheeled us to a private room.
When they finished running the tests on the baby, a nurse placed her into my arms. I looked down at her and cooed,
"Hello little princess. This is your mommy. Do you wanna know what your name's gonna be? Its gonna be Anna…"
"Anna? What about Desiree…" Logan cried out in protest.
"Let me finish!" I snapped "Anna Desiree Echolls." I looked at Logan, who had a mock pout on his face.
"Hey! When you carry a 5lb baby for almost 9 months and give birth to her in an elevator, you get the final decision on the name!" I lectured him with a small laugh and I looked down at baby Anna, who was now asleep in my arms. I stared at the doorway and noticed Lilly and Duncan looking in. I gave him a small smile and he gave me one back. I knew that it was going to be all right between us and that this was our new beginning.
A/N Woah, interesting ending don't ya think? Ok everyone, I think this may be the end of this story. I might write a prologue some other time, but not now. Thank you to AllIWantIsEverything, SoonToBeMrsEcholls, Ivory Black aka Torri-Chiobie, FANATICAL DRAMA QUEEN, Queen Tigeress, xXxLOLAxXx, fierygoddess411, veronicamarslover23, QueenCate, fyreangel5, Modern-Insomniac1138, moustrich, abercrombie 18, jacedes, luvlogan-sara, madSeason, crissy, x0x-chives-x0x, That Mars Girl, Movies are love, vmrock, LoganLuver13, willow98002, mandapape and loganecholls for reviewing this story. You guys rock!