Disclaimer: We don't own the Ducks and probably never will because they belong to Disney. However, Emaliar Malfoy does own Bella, Emily, Alex, and Johnson. Bobcatwriter owns Annie, Mike, Travon, and all the characters at Lakeshore Academy.
A/N: This is the sequel to the other Mighty Ducks stories "The Way Things Are" and "The Way Things Were". We recommend you read those two first. However, this can also be read as a stand-alone story. Please read and review.
Chapter 10
10:25 PM, April 25th, 1998
Michele's POV
The baby was 5 days late. I was so ready to have this child, and see my feet again. My doctor didn't want me to travel in the car for more than an hour for the last 6 weeks. I haven't seen Adam up at Lakeshore since March 8th. For obvious reasons since I could have literally given birth at any moment. The cell phone coverage wasn't the greatest up in the mountains. I didn't want to give birth on the side of the road in our Volvo. Luckily, my dad and Gordon went to go and get Adam from Lakeshore leaving my mother to cook the entire Easter dinner by herself. Eleanor wasn't coming out to California for Easter. She wanted to be here for the birth of the baby to teach me the ropes of being a new mom. Adam looked good for Easter, much more relaxed then he was the last time I saw him nearly a month prior. Gordon even told me that Adam had started opening to Dr. Freeman, the other councilors and a few of the boys, including his roommate Travon. Apparently, Henry and Adam were inseparable, ever since Adam defended Henry to a Canadian Goose. The doctor told me on Friday that I was just a centimeter dilated, so it would be at least a good couple of days before I gave birth. When I went to bed last night it was the normal cramping contractions nothing to be concerned about. I had been having them on and off for the last day and a half, but it was way too early to head to the hospital. Since sometimes I would be 20, 30, 45 or 90 minutes in between contractions. This child had to be a boy, because he was taken his sweet ole time getting here. Gordon wasn't so sure if we shouldn't go to the hospital when he came and joined me in bed an hour after I went to bed, I moaned.
"Contractions," Gordon asked me as he passed through our room on his way to the bathroom to brush his teeth and get ready for bed.
"Mm-hmm," I said as I closed my eyes to the pain.
"They close together?" Gordon asked as he turned on the faucet to the sink. He knew the rules of when it was time to head to the hospital, thanks to Lamaze class. The 5-1-1 rule, where contractions were coming every 5 minutes, last for a minute each and been that way for 1 hour.
"po we deed to bead to the bospital?" Gordon asked as he was brushing his teeth. He always did that, tried to talk to me while brushing his teeth. He never understood that I couldn't understand him while he was doing that, it was one of those things that could drive me nuts.
"What Gordon, I didn't hear you?" I asked.
Gordon spat his toothpaste out before he said, "Do we need to head to the hospital?"
"No this is the first contraction that I have had in 30 minutes. You might as well go to sleep and enjoy the last few nights of sleep you are going to get for a while," I said as I rubbed my belly.
"Are you sure because we can go to the hospital?" Gordon said as he stripped down to his boxers and climbed into bed.
"Yeah I am probably not much further along than I was yesterday," I said.
"Alright, but you will let me know if you change your mind, right?" Gordon asked as he held my cheek.
"No, I am just going to wait and let you discover the baby if I have it in the middle of the night. Of course, I will Gordon," I said.
Gordon sighed heavily before saying, "Alright, Goodnight baby,' Gordon placed a kiss on my belly next to his hand then he kissed me, 'Goodnight Michele."
"Goodnight Gordon, Goodnight my baby," I said to both Gordon and our child.
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5 hours later
The Contractions were getting progressively closer and closer together, we were running about every fifteen minutes in between contractions. "Gordon, Gordon!" I said as I shook him.
"What?" Gordon asked.
"It's almost time to head for the hospital," I said.
"How far apart are they?" Gordon asked as he sat up in the bed and placed his hands on my stomach trying to feel the baby.
"About every 15 minutes," I said.
"Okay, so not quite time yet. But we can track the contractions, right?" Gordon said.
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10:50 am Gordon's POV
Michelle had called the doctor at about 9:15 to consult when we should be heading to the hospital. The Doctor said that it wasn't quite time yet to go but probably in another hour or two. Boy was she ever right on that one. At 10:00 the contractions kicked it into a higher gear and started to come every 5 minutes. At 10:45 I decided that it was time to head to the hospital and have this baby. I gathered up Michele's bag's and put them into the car. "Don't forget the car seat Gordon, we are going to need that to come home," Michele said to me as I went into the baby's room that was fully decorated in puppies and kittens for the last month. Adam even helped me put the rocker, ottoman, and the changing table together, while he was home on easter break. He was rather quite good about following the instructions and using the right tools to put the furniture together. Granted we couldn't paint actual dogs and kittens on the wall, but I thought that once we returned to Minnesota that was something we could do with the baby's room at home. As we were heading to the hospital, I had an uneasy feeling in the pit of my stomach that I couldn't shake, I felt like I was forgetting something.
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3:25 pm Adam's POV
Parent's day was nearly over, and Gordon didn't come up and visit me or called me. I decided two hours ago I was going to call them. I had been trying both the house phone and Gordon's cellphone. I was on the phone calling the house again, hoping just hoping that they were home. I heard the answering machine answer; "You have reached the home of Gordon Bombay, Michele MacKay and Adam Banks we are not home right now, please leave a message and someone will return your call soon." I hung up the phone angrily.
"Still can't get a hold of them?" Mike asked.
"No, I knew they didn't care about me. No one gives a shit about me," I said.
"Now Adam you know that is not true," said Jeremy. He was tall and thin like I was and 25.
"It is so true. They dump me in this God forsaking place and forget all about me," I said.
"Come on Adam, there has to be a logical explanation. Maybe Michele went into labor. You can't exactly stop labor to have a phone conversation," Mike said.
"Yeah right. They don't give a shit about me," I said.
"You are going to feel like a fool, if they do call you," Jeremy said.
I got up, went to the coat rack to get my coat and head outside.
"Where are you going?" Mike asked.
"OUT! IS THAT OKAY WITH YOU, MOTHER?" I yelled at him.
I hobbled to the backdoor and for good measure I slammed it shut after I went through it. It was raining and chilly the same as yesterday, we haven't seen the sun in about a week. I walked down to the lake, Henry the duck came up to me and started to quack.
"Hi Henry," I said sorrowful.
"Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack," Henry said.
"It's Gordon and Michele. Today is Parents day, they didn't show up. They didn't call either, I knew they didn't really care about me. Nobody cares about me not Gunner, Charlie, or Bella. I am on my own, I guess. I'm worthless," I said.
"Quack?" Henry said.
I smiled before I said, "I guess you still care about me." I petted him, then I heard a twig snap. I quickly turned and saw Jeremy.
"Sorry about that, I didn't mean to scare you," Jeremy said.
"What do you want," I asked.
"Just wanted to make sure you were going to be okay," Jeremy said.
I shrugged my shoulders and turn back towards the lake.
"You know what my favorite thing I like to do when I was a kid?" Jeremy asked.
"What?" I asked.
"Skipping rocks off the pond," Jeremy said.
"It's not a pond it's a lake," I said.
"Same difference it's a body of water. I bet I could get it to skip five times," Jeremy said.
Jeremy threw a rock and it skipped off the lake five times creating five circles.
"Wow," I said.
"You try?" Jeremy asked as he handed me a rock.
I threw the rock and it sunk right to the bottom.
"You have to throw it sideways. Try again," Jeremy said, as he handed me another rock.
I threw the rock and it skipped twice. Two sets of circles formed.
"See the circles, they start out small and get bigger. It's like life, you start out small and get bigger. Each circle represents your life, the smallest circle is you then next biggest circle is your family and the third is your friends and the biggest circle is people whom you associate with that won't fall into either of the other two circles. Gordon and Michele both care about you, I am sure they will call you soon. I will let you be to think about it," Jeremy said.
Jeremy left and I sat down on the deck chair with my crutches between my legs. I thought about what he said, and I started to calm down. I spent almost an hour out only to be chased inside by a rainstorm.
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4:14 pm Gordon's POV
Michele had been in the 2nd stage of labor for the last two hours. She had been pushing the kid out for a good 25 minutes.
"I can't do this Gordon. It HURTS," she screamed at me.
"Michele baby you are almost there. He is going to be born any minute now," I said.
"Alright Michele, on the next contraction you are going to bring your baby into the world. On three you push, one... two... three... push push push push push, bare down Michele," said. Dr. Green.
"One... Two... Three... Four... Five... Six..." The nurse was counting ever so slowly.
"Keep going baby your almost there," I said as Michele continued to bare down.
"Seven... Eight..." The nurse said.
"Alright stop pushing the head's out. You need to pant and blow," Dr. Green said.
I coached Michele in the panting and blowing.
Once Michele was going in the blowing, I asked; "Is the baby alright?"
"The baby is fine, it had the cord wrapped around the neck," Dr. Green said.
Exactly one second after Dr. Green spoke, we heard the baby start to cry.
"Is it a boy or a girl?" I asked.
"You can't tell with the head," The nurse said.
"Alright here we go we are going to deliver one of the shoulders. Push Michele," Dr. Green said.
"One... Two... Three... Four... Five..." The nurse counted slowly.
"Shoulder is free here comes the baby. It's a BOY!" Dr. Green said and held the baby up for us to see and then she quickly placed the baby on Michele's stomach.
"A boy, I have a son," I said as I smiled big.
"Thanks Dad," Michele said.
"No thanks to you Mom you brought him into this world," I said.
"Hey dad, you want to cut the cord?" Dr. Green said.
"Yeah I do," I said. I then moved down closer to my son once the cord was clamped. I was handed a pair of surgeon's scissors and told, "Right in between the clamps," Dr. Green said. I cut the cord severing the bond between my girlfriend and my son. He was quickly taken by a nurse to be evaluated, diapered, footprints taken, bracelets put on him, and wrapped in a blanket, like a baby burrito. While Dr. Green assisted with the delivery of the placenta and evaluated Michele. Once the Nurses where done with the baby and Dr. Green was done with her checks, they brought the baby over.
"Here he is, Michele," the Nurse said.
"Oh, he is a handsome one, Welcome my son. Oh, Gordon we need a name," Michele said.
"I don't suppose I could get you to change your mind on Gordon Andrew Bombay Junior?" I said.
"NO!" Michele said.
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11:33 pm
I was admiring my 7-hour old son, while Michele slept. I told him all about Adam and then it dawned on me what I forgot 12 hours earlier. Adam. Today was Parents' Day at Lakeshore Academy. We were so busy dealing with the baby we forgot to call. "Michele?" I asked.
"What Gordon?" Michele asked.
"We forgot to call Adam, today was Parents' Day. I am going to call him," I said.
"Gordon, he's in bed and probably asleep, can we call him in the morning? I don't think that Mike, Annie, Jeremy or Georgia is going to like being woken up in the middle of the night," Michele said.
"Alright, fine I will call him tomorrow," I said.
"Come to bed, Gordon," Michele said.
I put our sleeping son down and climbed into bed with Michele. We had a double bed in the hospital and our son could room in with us.
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April 27th, 1998
10:30 am
Adam's POV
I had cried myself to sleep last night, the first time in two months. Travon felt bad for me, he apologized profusely for anything that he had done wrong. I told him that it wasn't his fault but Gordon and Michele's. I didn't do any more of my homework. I had completed some on Saturday, but I couldn't do anymore I was so mad at Gordon and Michele and I knew that they really didn't care for me.
"Adam do you have your paper on 'The Grapes of Wrath' done," Ms. Gables said.
"Huh," I asked I had been looking out the window.
"Your paper on 'The Grapes of Wrath' the book I asked you to read 3 weeks ago. The paper is due today," Ms. Gables said.
"No," I said quietly I finished the book on Saturday afternoon.
"Why not, Adam?" Ms. Gables asked.
"Because I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE DOING IT," I yelled at her. The rest of the boy's heads turned and looked at me, I started to bawl.
Ms. Gables drew her lips into a thin line before she said, "Adam calm down, let's see how much of it that you do have done."
I rolled my eyes, before I pulled my paper out of my backpack and showed it to her. I had the introduction, the characters and part of the plot done, but that was it.
"Adam I am disappointed in you," Ms. Gables said.
"I know," I said with my head down on the table. I knew I was getting an F, at least I would if I was still enrolled at Eden Hall. They didn't accept late work, at all. It needed to be done and done on time. I figured after my first month of my refusal to do any work, I was done with the excuses with Lakeshore and here comes that big fat F.
Ms. Gables handed me my paper and said, "I want you to work on it. Let's see what you can get done today." Then she walked away to help Ralph with his paper.
After several minutes of helping Ralph and Tony Ms. Gables said, "Remember Gentleman I need your papers as soon as possible so we can start to read Romeo and Juliet, tomorrow."
"I hope you are not going to let Adam be either Romeo or Juliet," Steve said.
The class laughed and I turned red.
"That is enough Steven," Ms. Gables said.
It took a few minutes of calming down before I could fully focus on writing more of the plot out. I had been writing for a half an hour when I was tapped on the shoulder by Georgia. She was also 25, tall, thin, and black like Jeremy. She had her hair pulled back into a French braid.
"You have a phone call," Georgia said.
"Who is it," I sneered.
"It's Gordon and you need to calm down," Georgia said.
"What if I don't want to talk to him. Since he can't spare 5 minutes yesterday," I said.
"Adam, I think you better take the phone call," Georgia said.
"I'm busy trying to get my homework done," I said.
Ms. Gables came up to us and asked; "What's going on?"
"Nothing," I said.
"Adam has a phone call from Gordon that I think that he should take," Georgia said.
"Go on Adam, take the phone call. You can work on The Grapes of Wrath afterschool today," Ms. Gables said.
"FINE!" I yelled as I quickly stuffed my work in my backpack and hobbled upstairs to the office to take Gordon's phone call.
During the school day we had History from 8:00-8:55, Math 9:00-9:55, English 10:00-10:55, Physical Education 11:00-11:55, Lunch 12:00-12:55, Science 1:00-1:55, Spanish 2:00-2:55 and our elective or study hall from 3:00-3:55. When I got upstairs I was handed a phone by Annie and she said, "I will give you some space."
Once Annie left, I said, "Hello?"
"Hey Adam, it's Gordon. Look man I am sorry that I couldn't come and see you or call you yesterday. I was kind of busy," Gordon said.
"Oh yeah? Busy doing what trying to find a way to dump me?" I asked.
"No, I and Michele were busy with the birth of your new baby brother," Gordon said.
"What?" I asked as I sat down at the desk.
"Yep Michele and I had a boy yesterday at 4:17 pm; 8 pounds 6 ounces, 21 inches long. Michele says he looks like me, but I don't see it," Gordon said as he laughed.
"Wow, congratulations Gordon. Now I feel like a heel," I said.
"Why?" Gordon asked.
"Because you didn't call or visit and I figured you abandoned me," I said.
"No Adam, I would never give up on you. Neither would Michele," Gordon said.
I smiled before I said, "Thanks so does my baby brother have a name?"
"Yes, he does Hans Robert Adam Charles Bombay," Gordon said.
"That's a tongue twister," I said.
"Tell me about it. Michele insisted on Adam and Charles for obvious reasons," Gordon said.
"Wow Charlie and I have someone named after us. Does he know yet?" I asked.
"Nope not yet, I called Casey just before I called you. She's going to tell Charlie and the Ducks, today afterschool. Since they will probably all be at Mickey's studying," Gordon said.
"Who's the Robert for?" I asked.
"My father, I think we might call him Bob or Bobby. Speaking of which; Michele and I want you, Charlie and Bella to be the Godparents," Gordon said.
"M...me? A... a Godparent, I don't know Coach. I and God aren't exactly on the same page," I said.
"Does that matter? No, you know that Michele and I aren't religious. Your role is to take legal guardianship should something happen to both Michele and I,"
"Wow, that's great," I said.
"What's wrong you don't sound very happy?" Gordon asked.
"I just don't know if I am the right person to take on that kind of responsibility," I said.
"Well don't freak out my mom and Michele's parents are being named the legal guardians, until you kids are 18. After that you kids get to decide who gets to keep and raise little Hans. Should something happen to Michele or I and our parents," Gordon said.
"Wait Ollie told me that he had to be 25 before he could sign the paperwork to be Bella's guardian for her to donate the blood to me. Why 18 for us?" I asked.
"Ollie wasn't the legal guardian. You must be 25 to be named a guardian to someone under the age of 18 by the courts. Unless of course the last living will, and testament says different that was drafted by the attorney and signed by your parents. Your parents didn't name a legal guardian, which is why we won custody of you," Gordon said.
"So, if Bella wanted to come here, you would?" I asked.
"Have to sue Phillip and Seraphina to get custody of her. But since she has a relationship with Phillip that will probably not happen," Gordon said.
"That figures. They always liked her best the brat," I said.
"Hey, be on the lookout for pictures of Hans I am sending them thru the mail today, so you should receive it, either Thursday or Friday, this week," Gordon said.
"Ok," I said.
"I have to get back to Michele and the baby, but I wanted to call and explain what happened. I will try and bring Michele and the baby up soon," Gordon said.
"Thanks Coach tell Michele I said Congratulations," I said.
"Sure, and I will talk to you soon, okay?" Gordon asked.
"Yeah," I said.
"Alright I will let you get back to class. Bye," Gordon said.
"Bye," I said and then I hung up the phone. I had the biggest smile on my face as I hobbled out of the office.
"Good News?" Annie asked.
"Yeah, Gordon and Michele had their baby yesterday, a little boy. Should be getting pictures in a couple of days," I said.
"That's awesome. I think that the boys are getting ready to head outside for physical education," Annie said.
I quickly hobbled downstairs to catch up with the boys, still not being able to wipe the smile off my face. Even Dr. Freeman commented on my smiling while I was having my session with him.
A/N: Well the newest Bombay has entered the world. Please review!