sorry this took me so long to get up, especially since i typed it almost three weeks ago while i was in texas, but i've been really busy with drama camp and such, especially the part where i've been freaking out with finding out that these two cousins in my camp have an uncle who's really good friends with idina. but anyways, here's chapter 11, i hope you guys like it, there's two more chapters to go for this one and then i'll start typing up the sequel, which has about 6-ish chapters so far. i say 6-ish because i got writer's block in the middle of one chapter but i had an idea for something that should happen a few chapters later, so i've been writing that while trying to decide what to do about the chapter where i have my writer's block. ummm... yea i think that's about it. oh yea those two cousin's uncle's ex-boyfriend is also tracie thoms's best friend so he sees her at parties and stuff. i know. it's so totally awesome. he's an actor and he's in a play called shear madness at the kennedy center in DC right now. if you live in that area you should totally go see it. you might even get to meet me if i happen to be able to convince my mom to take me. so yea i'm gonna shut up now and let you guys read. don't forget to review!
obviously i don't own maureen or joanne, but i do own the thing that comes out of maureen's vagina at the end of this chapter.
"Maureen, can you let go of my hand just a little? You're going to crush it!"
"Excuse me! I don't see you in this bed having our baby!"
"Well I know I'm not, but I still don't understand why you need to squeeze my hand so hard when you have pain medication."
"Well nothing. It doesn't take away all of the pain, and you don't want to know what it's like to have to push something out of you when you can't feel half of your body. Geez!"
It was so hard for me to not laugh at her. She was practically yelling at me and she was hysterical; she had barely been pushing for five minutes. I had a feeling that I'd be the one having our next baby, that is, if we were able to survive this one.
"Okay Maureen, we really need you to concentrate for us. A few more pushes and this baby will be out."
It wasn't until the doctor said that that I realized that this was actually happening; Maureen was having her baby. Our baby. It finally occurred to me that we weren't in the classroom with 6 other couples anymore. It was really happening and in a matter of minutes she'd be Mommy and I'd be Momma.
"Ok Joanne, I need you to help Maureen concentrate and breathe. I can see the head right now, and in one more push it will all be over."
I leaned over and kissed Maureen's forehead as I took her hand in both of mine. "Honeybear, you're doing great. Just one more push and it will all be over and our baby will be here. Come on baby, I know you can do this. I'll be right here next to you."
"Ok Maureen, on the count of three I want you to take a deep breath and hold it while you push. Joanne and I will count to ten while you push, and then it will all be over."
"You promise it will be over?" she asked, half crying.
"Yes, Honeybear, it will all be over." I reassured her.
"Ok."
"Now Maureen, are you ready?"
"As ready as I'll ever be."
"Ok Joanne, on the count of three I want you to help me count to ten and Maureen, I want you to take a deep breath and push. 1… 2… 3…"
As Maureen held her breath and pushed I was sure that my hand was broken from her squeezing it. The doctor and I kept throwing out random comforting encouragements, but I don't think she could hear us over her screaming.
"… 5… 6… 7… come on Maureen, she's almost here, you can do it Honeybear… 8… 9… you're doing great Maureen… 10!"
As soon as that last number left my mouth I heard the first cry come from our baby. I was in astonishment as the doctor wrapped her in a blanket and put her on Maureen's chest. I leaned over the side of the bed and kissed Maureen as we looked at our daughter. I looked at her wrapped in the blanket on Maureen's chest and smiled. The doctor handed me the scissors to cut the cord and showed me what I was supposed to do. I was surprised at how hard it was for me to leave Maureen's side and walk two feet to cut the cord. After I cut it a nurse came over and took the baby away to clean her, giving me a few minutes alone with Maureen.
"Baby, I love you so much," I said as I kissed her forehead. "She's beautiful. Thank you so much." As I finished I sat down next to her on the bed. I wrapped my arms around her and she rested her head on my shoulder.
"Anytime."
I laughed and kissed the top of her head. "You are amazing." I helped her sit up so I could look at her. "I couldn't ask for a better wife." I leaned in to kiss her on the lips, but somehow ended up making out with her. Despite the circumstance we were in, I have a feeling that things would have gotten more heated if the nurse hadn't have walked into the room with Grace at that moment. I straightened out my shirt as I stood up from where I had been sitting on the bed so that the nurse could hand her to Maureen. I just stood back and looked at them; Maureen in her white and blue hospital gown whit her sweat-soaked hair pulled back into a sloppy ponytail as she held Grace, who was wrapped in a pink blanket with a pink hat pulled over her head, against her chest. After a few minutes she looked up at me and pouted.
"Pookie, why are you just standing there? Come look at our daughter- she has your nose!" She was beaming as she looked up at me was beaming even more when I sat down on the bed next to her. I wrapped my arm around her and put my head on her shoulder as I looked at Grace.
"Hi little Grace. I'm your Momma and this is your Mommy. She just went through hell to get you here." Maureen giggled and kissed the top of my head as I continued. "And she's never going to let you forget that." This time I giggled as I looked up at Maureen and kissed her. We sat there for awhile just looking at her and arguing over who she resembled the most, when I remembered that Alexa and her friend where still in the waiting room.
"Shit."
"What?" Maureen looked at me, confused.
"Alexa and her friend are still in the waiting room. I completely forgot about them." I started to get up from the bed but Maureen stopped me as she pulled me in for another kiss. After we broke apart I left the room to go find Alexa.
As I turned the corner in the hallway and walked into the waiting room, I froze where I was as I tried to process what I was seeing.
