-I reposted this chapter, with Kevin and Lucy's baby's name changed to Alison Katherine.

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Chapter 16

Luckily It's Over- Part II

Lucy had been in labor for a total of five hours. She was getting closer to her delivery and all the while she was getting more impatient with Kevin not being there.

"Get me my husband!" Lucy exclaimed as she had another contraction. "Call him and keep calling him till you get him!"

"Okay," Kate said. She was starting to get a little frightened of her sister-en-law and was a little happy to leave the room. When she got to the lobby of the hospital, Kate called her mother-en-law. She gave her an update. Then she called Simon to tell him what was going on.

"Kevin still hasn't gotten to the hospital so you'll have to give the kids dinner," Kate explained.

"Okay," Simon said. "How are you doing?"

"Well, I'm fine I guess. Lucy is really starting to scare me. I'm really sorry for being so mean to you when I was in labor," Kate said.

"It's fine," Simon said and he started to laugh.

"What are you laughing about?" Kate asked.

"I bet you never thought you'd be coaching someone through their labor. Now you get to see what its like to be a man and maybe you'll be all little nicer if we have any more kids."

"Very nice. Well I have to go. Bye," Kate said.

"Wait, I was just kidding. I'm sorry."

"I guess I can forgive you. But anyway I have to go. I have to call Kevin. I love you. Bye."

"I love you too. Bye," Simon said and he and his wife both hung up. Then Kate called Kevin but as before he didn't pick up. She left another message and then called Detective Michaels.

"I'm sorry Kate but Kevin's not here yet. I've been paging and radioing him all afternoon but he has yet to respond," Detective Michaels explained. "I'll keep doing what I've been doing but who knows when he'll return to the car."

"Alright. But why can't you go and find him or something?"

"He's undercover. If I go there I might ruin everything," Detective Michaels said.

"Okay. Well, thank you."

"I'll let you get back to Lucy. Bye," Detective Michaels said and then Kate hung up the phone. Before going back into Lucy's room, Kate about what she should do. She decided just to tell Lucy what was going on. Kevin still had time to get to the hospital; hopefully he would make it in time.

At about three o'clock Noah was still upset so Annie decided to talk to him. She found him watching TV in the living room by himself. She sat down on the couch next to him and when Noah noticed her presence he turned off the television.

"So, why aren't you excited about the new baby?" Annie asked.

"I am," Noah lied, noticeably.

"I don't believe that for a second. Now tell me what's going on? U can help you if I know what's the matter."

"Okay. I guess I can tell you," Noah gave in. "I'm just worried a little that mommy and daddy won't pay attention to me after the baby is born. What if mom and dad are top busy changing diapers, feeding the baby, or taking care of the other kids to pay attention to me?"

"That would never, ever happen. Mommy and daddy love you very, very much and they will always give you attention. No matter what, even if they have sixty kids," Annie said. "Do you understand?"

"Yah, I guess you are right. Thanks grandma," Noah said and Annie was happy to see, he smiled.

"Now that that's all cleared up, why don't we go food shopping?" Annie asked.

"Just you and me?" Noah asked eagerly.

"If you want to. We could also invite your brothers and sister," Annie said.

"How about just you and me go," Noah said.

"Sure."

As Kevin and his partner, Harry were sitting in the car eating lunch Detective Michaels voice could be heard over the radio saying, "Officer Kinkirk, there's an emergency, contact the station right away."

Immediately Kevin called the station and got in touch with Detective Michaels. He explained everything to Kevin and they both hung up.

"Harry, drive to the Glen Oak hospital. And hurry!" Kevin explained and then Harry put the car into gear and headed towards the hospital.

"What's going on?" Harry asked.

"Lucy's having the baby and she's already been in labor for five and a half hours."

"Oh. She's not going to be very happy with you."

"I know…Just hurry up and get to the hospital!" Kevin exclaimed. Then his phone beeped signifying that he had a message. When he looked at his phone he saw that he had eight, all from Kate. He called her back.

"Kate, I'm on my way to the hospital. I'll be there in like twenty minutes," Kevin said.

"Okay. But hurry up. Lucy should be ready to deliver really soon."

"Okay. I'll be there as soon as possible." Then they both hung up and Kevin turned to Harry. "Go as fast as possible. My wife will kill me if I miss the birth of our child."

"You want me to break the speed limit?" Harry asked, astonished at what his partner was saying.

"Your wife has not had any children, so you don't really understand what's going on here but someday you will. I'm not saying to drive 80 miles an hour. Just go a little faster than usual."

"Whatever you say," Harry said and he started to go a little faster.

"Lucy! Kevin's on his way here! He'll be here in twenty-minutes," Kate exclaimed when she got off the phone.

"Really? That's great!" Lucy exclaimed. "Things are really starting to look up!"

"I told you he would be here," Kate said.

"Yeah, but you didn't always believe it. Did you?"

"Well….no," Kate said honestly. "But I still said it."

"Whatever," Lucy said.

As Kevin and Harry were driving on the highway, they could hear sirens behind them. They looked behind to see a squad car pulling up behind them.

"Great. Just great," Kevin said as he threw his hands up into the air and let out a heavy sigh. "Pull over." Harry did so and a police officer, who was of course familiar to both men, came up to the window.

"Hey Kevin. Harry. You guys are undercover?" The nodded and the officer continued, "No wonder you're not in your squad car. It's weird to pull you guys over, I have to admit."

"Hi Jimmy," Kevin and Harry said.

"Where's the fire? You guys were going seventy-five miles per hour when you're only supposed to be going fifty," Jimmy explained.

"We know," Kevin began. "Lucy's having the baby. She's going to be delivering in about ten minutes and I have to get to the hospital. She'll kill me if I don't."

"Oh, well if that's the case, I'll just escort you there. You'll get there much faster," Jimmy offered.

"Thank you so much," Kevin said.

"You're welcome and I guess I won't give you a ticket either. I'll drop all the charges."

"Thanks," Kevin said and Jimmy got in his car and escorted them to the hospital.

"Alright Lucy, you are about ready to deliver. We are going to move you to the delivery room," one nurse said.

"But wait. My husband is not here yet. He'll be here real soon," Lucy exclaimed. "Can't we wait a little longer?"

The nurse gave her a weird look and then said, "We can't postpone a delivery this far a long. Especially when we are going to deliver in about five minutes."

"I know all this but I figured I would ask anyway," Lucy said. A couple of other nurses came in and started to push Lucy's bed out of the room.

"Try to stall," Kate said and Lucy gave her a look as to say, "how am I supposed to do that?" "Just cross your legs or something."

"Yah like that works," Lucy said.

As they were pulling Lucy down the hall Kevin ran into the hospital. "Lucy! Lucy!" Kevin yelled as soon as he saw his wife.

"Kevin!" Lucy said once she saw who was calling her name. Kevin caught up with them and Lucy said, "you are so dead but I am so happy that you are here." Lucy and Kevin kissed and Kate looked like she was very relieved.

"You have no idea how happy I am that you are here," Kate said. "Now go have the baby and I'll be waiting for you in the lobby."

"Okay," Kevin and Lucy said and Kate left them.

A couple of minutes later Kevin was all suited up and the baby was ready to born.

"All right Lucy. I am going to tell you to push and I'll count to ten. When I get to ten stop unless I tell you otherwise. We'll rest and then we'll do it again," Dr. Ferguson said.

"Okay," Lucy said as she nodded her head.

"Now push!" the doctor said and Lucy did. "1…2…3…4…5…6…7…8…9…10. Stop. Great job." Kevin wiped Lucy's face of sweat and kissed her head.

"You're doing great," Kevin said. "The baby's almost here."

"I hope you're right because I can't take much more of this," Lucy said.

"Okay Lucy let's start again. Push." Lucy started to push again and Dr. Ferguson started to count again, "1…2…3…4…5…6…7…8…9…10. Keep pushing. I can see the baby's head." Lucy let out a cry of pain as she continued to push. A couple of seconds later a baby's cry filled the room and Dr. Ferguson said, "It's a girl!" A nurse placed the baby on Lucy's stomach so Lucy and Kevin could see her.

"She's perfect," Lucy said.

"Yes she is," Kevin said and he kissed the top of his wife's head. "I love you."

"I love you too," Lucy said. "But if we have anymore children and you take almost six hours to come to the hospital I will kill you."

"Okay. That's fair," Kevin said. A nurse took their daughter to clean her off, weigh, and measure her but she soon returned, wrapped in a blanket.

"She's seven pounds and six ounces and she's twenty one inches long," the nurse said. "A beautiful baby!"

"Thank you," Kevin and Lucy said together. Kevin looked down at his baby girl and couldn't help but notice that she looked a lot like Lucy.

"She looks just like you," Kevin said. "I'm going to go out and tell Kate what's going on. Then we can call our parents."

"Okay," Lucy said. Kevin left and Lucy was left alone with her daughter. "I love you so much," Lucy said. "So does your daddy and your sister Lizzy is going to be very happy to find out she has a sister."

Kevin soon returned to the hospital room. "Kate's going to call Simon, who's going to call relay the message to all your siblings. We just have to call our parents."

"Okay," Lucy said. First they called Kevin's mom and step dad, who were very glad to hear that they had another granddaughter. They also agreed to call Ben and Patty-Mary and give them the good news.

Next they called Annie and Eric and told them the news. Lucy and Kevin asked them not to tell the kids that the baby was a girl because they wanted to tell them face-to-face. Eric and Annie agreed not to tell and to come to the hospital as soon as possible.

Annie and Eric gathered all six kids and Sam and David in the living room. "Why are we all in here?" Tommy asked.

"Yeah. Did mommy have the baby yet? And did dad make it on time?" Noah asked, eagerly.

"Well, yes your mom did have the baby and yes your dad did make it to the hospital in time," Annie explained.

"Is it a girl?" Lizzy yelled.

"We can't tell you. Mommy and daddy asked us no to. They want to tell you their selves," Eric said.

"Oh darn," Lizzy said.

"Well everyone, get on your socks, shoes, and jackets and we can go to the hospital," Annie said and all the kids ran off in different directions to find their things. A couple of minutes later everyone was ready to go. They loaded into the car and Eric drove to the car.

When they got there they parked and went inside, where they met Kate. She led them all to the room. When they got there the five Kinkirk kids went inside and Annie, Eric, and Kate stood outside the door.

"Is it a boy or a girl?" Lizzy exclaimed as soon as she walked in the door. "I'm dieing to know."

"Everybody sit on the bed with your mother and then we'll tell you," Kevin said and they all sat around their mother.

"Well you guys have a new baby sister!" Lucy exclaimed and she let them see the baby she was holding.

"Yes!" Lizzy exclaimed. "My prayers were answered!"

Lucy and Kevin both chuckled a little at their daughter and then Tommy asked, "What's her name?"

"Her name is Alison Katherine," Kevin said. "We named her after Aunt Kate."

"Cool," Luke said.

"But she doesn't know yet. So don't tell her," Lucy said.

"Okay," all five kids responded.

Each of the kids took turns holding Alison (from oldest to youngest) and then they let the rest of the family into the room. The only people missing were Matt, Sarah, Mary, Carlos, and their families.

As they entered the room, they all congratulated Lucy and Kevin on their new edition and took a look at the baby. Once everyone was in the hospital room, Kevin cleared his throat to get their attention.

As soon as everyone was listening Lucy said, "I know you guys are dieing to know the baby's name. So Kevin and I will tell you. We are following the tradition in our family, and naming the baby after someone in the bible. So her first name is Alison. We're also naming Alison after someone in this room. If this person hadn't been there for me, I don't know what I would have done. So this is our daughter, Alison Katherine. We're naming her after Kate!"

"Oh you guys didn't have to do that," Kate said as she started to cry.

"We wanted to," Kevin said. "Thank you for all your help today." Kate hugged Kevin and Lucy and then Lucy handed Alison to her namesake.

"You can be the first one to hold her."

"She's beautiful," Kate said. Everyone took turns holding the baby and then Alison was handed back to Lucy.

"You know the tradition," Ruthie said as she got out a cupcake, put a candle in it, and lit it.

"Who can turn the world on with her smile?
Who can take a nothing day, and suddenly make it all seem worthwhile?
Well it's you girl, and you should know it
With each glance and every little movement you show it

Love is all around, no need to waste it
You can have a town, why don't you take it
You're gonna make it after all
You're gonna make it after all," everyone sang and when they were done Lucy was in tears.

"Thank you," Lucy said. Everyone stayed for a little while longer, and then they left in order to let Lucy sleep. Annie and Eric took the five eldest Kinkirk children back to their house for the night, after they said good-bye to their parents and sister. Soon the hospital room, once again just held Lucy, Kevin, and Alison.

"I love you," Kevin said. "Thank you for bringing our child into this world."

"I love you too," Lucy said and she kissed her husband. "And you know that I love having your children, more than anything in the world.

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