The past two months had been hard on the Fairbornes as Flint went through some pretty intense deconditioning. The first month back had been hell. He had to spend that month in the hospital so that Psyche-Out could monitor him constantly. Lady Jaye came up everyday and spent the day with him.
After a month Psyche-Out released Flint with therapy sessions every day for 2 hours. Jaye went with him for those as well. She would be in the room until she could sense that it was too hard for him to be in there and then she would leave and wait outside.
The first day he was home with his beloved wife they made love slowly and passionately, both holding onto each other as if their lives depended on it. That was a month ago.
Today Flint paced back and forth in the hospital room again. He was a bundle of nerves. Jaye wasn't helping this time. She was yelling at him quite often. She was breathing heavily as another wave of intense pain hit her. The contractions were getting stronger each time. They tried to give her an epidural but it wouldn't take.
Flint walked over and took Jaye's hand. She squeezed it harder than he thought she was able. He could have sworn he heard a bone crack.
Jaye's eyes were closed tightly and she was obviously cursing at him in what appeared to be several different languages.
Flint comforted her the best he could by letting her squeeze his hand, running his other hand through her hair, kissing her forehead and whispering reassurances to her.
Lifeline walked in. "Let's see how you are progressing shall we?"
"Touch me and die!" Jaye growled at the team's Medic.
Lifeline just chuckled as he put on the latex glove. "Alright put your heels together then lay your knees apart."
Jaye glared at him but did as he asked. She looked at Flint. "This is all your bloody fault!"
"Hey honey, it took the two of us remember." Flint said as he kissed her head again.
"Shut up!"
Lifeline checked Jaye's cervix. "Alright you are fully dilated. How about we bring this baby into the world."
"It's about time!" Jaye growled.
Jaye pushed for a long time. The baby was finally starting to crown. "She's got auburn hair just like her momma!" Lifeline exclaimed. "Keep pushing."
"Come on baby, push!" Flint encouraged.
Jaye grabbed a hold of Flint's shirt and pulled him to her. "YOU ARE NEVER EVER TOUCHING ME AGAIN!" She yelled then pushed as hard as she could.
Lifeline chuckled softly as he helped to guide the baby's head out so she didn't come out too fast. Once he had the head out he immediately started suctioning the nose and mouth. "Head's out!" Lifeline said. "The hard part's over."
Jaye leaned back, partly against the bed and partly against Flint. She was sweating heavily and panting.
"You're doing wonderfully." Flint encouraged and held her to him.
"Alright push." Lifeline ordered.
Jaye pushed again. First the left shoulder came out then the right one followed.
"Alright one more push and you'll bring your daughter into this world." Lifeline said as he held out to the already exposed top part of the baby.
Jaye pushed with all she had and the baby quickly came out. Lifeline laid the tiny girl on Jaye's abdomen. Jaye started crying as she reached out and touched her newborn.
A tear escaped from Flint's eye too as he caressed the baby's face. "She's beautiful." He kissed Jaye lovingly.
The nurse picked up the baby. "I'll bring her right back." She said and walked away to the warming table.
Flint and Jaye watched as they cleaned up their little bundle of joy and did the vitals. "APGAR is 9." The nurse said over her shoulder.
"That's very good." Lifeline informed the new parents.
"Weight 6 pounds and 8 ounces." The nurse called over her shoulder. "19 inches long."
Lifeline walked over and took the now clean baby from the nurse and handed her back to her parents. "What's her name?"
"Marissa…Marissa Rae Faireborn." Jaye answered as she held her new baby to her. Flint held on to his two girls and once again kissed the momma on the lips.
"I'll leave you three alone." Lifeline said and went out to let those waiting know that the newest member of the Joe team had arrived.
Flint squeezed Jaye tightly.
Jaye looked at Flint. "You okay?" She asked as she wiped away a tear that was slowly making it's way down Flint's cheek.
"Yeah. There was a time I thought none of this was ever going to happen." He kissed her forehead then leaned his cheek against her head. "But now that I have all of this I am the happiest man in the world."
THE END
