Okay so here's how this is going to work! Basically I'm going to start off with this story by making up my own version of the beginning and the rest will be up to you guys! I've seen this done by a couple other writers and I'm in no way trying to steal it but I just love the idea. Anyways all the one shots will be based on the Halsteads' childhood. I'm asking you guys to give me prompts once this one is done and I'll write it for ya! That's all for now how y'all enjoy this, it's a little dramatic but this is fanfic so why not!
Also in this Will is the older brother! I know it isn't completely established but that's just how I always imagined it so that's how I'm writing it. Please no hate if you imagined it the other way around.
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Will was excited! Now that's a bit of an understatement, he was jumping off the walls, unable to control his enthusiasm. See, his moms parents, after raising three daughters in Chicago decided to go back to Ireland, where both their sets of parents had moved from. Now, for the first time in two years Will and his mother were on their way for a quick but much needed visit. Elizabeth Halstead along with her younger sister, who at the last moment decided to join mother and son on the journey sat patiently in the airport chairs, entertained by the story that the three year old ginger in front of them was explaining. His vivid imagination told the tail of a bear who, with the help of a pig saved the world. The two women giggled at the story, asking many questions throughout to make it seem as though they were really paying attanion to the little one. In no time however, the polite flight attendant called any people with young children to the front of the gate in order to board the plane.
"Come on Will! It's time to go." His mother said quietly, attempting to get a grip on his hand. He pulled away, 'big boys don't need to hold their mommy's hands.' His older friend tommy at daycare had told him that when he spotted Will being dropped off by his mother, the two of them hand in hand. She laughed it off, pulling out their passports and tickets, handing them to the taller woman in front of her.
"Oh wow! How far along are you?" The young lady asked, glancing towards Ellie's ever expanding stomach.
"Just about eight and a half months." Ellie responded, protectively placing her hand on her belly and feeling her baby kick underneath her. The woman smiled and handed her back the passports, tearing off a piece of each ticket beforehand and then pointing to the hallway looking thing that would lead them to the plane. This time, Will's nerves about this new experience had him eagerly grabbing his mother's hand. She led them down the clod Galway and to their seats. The three watched a demonstration of what to do in an emergency and Will watched intently, making sure he knew what to do if he needed to help his mom or aunt in any way. The plane took off in no time and Ellie found herself having to remind Will many times to sit down, her little boy was mesmerized by the ground, seemingly getting smaller and smaller underneath them. When the seatbelt sign turned off she removed her own as well as Will's and allowed him to rest his head on her lap. Ellie then stroked his soft red hair until her fell asleep on top of her.
"PAPA!" Will screamed, bolting towards the older man who stood eagerly at the luggage claim. He engulfed the little one in his arms, placing wet kisses all over Will's face, only to be wiped off moments later. Emily, helped her sister waddle over to where their dad was. He hugged and kissed both of his girls before picking Will up and going to get their suit cases.
"Where's mom?" Emily asked, smiling at her father who was ticking Will's belly as they waited by the conveyer belt.
"She's preparing a feast!" He responded, giggling while thinking of his wife. The four of them retrieved their luggage. Will had to be put down so that his grandfather could grab it all, no way was he letting his very pregnant daughter grab such a heavy thing. They drove home, Will practically jumping out of his car seat with excitement over seeing his other grand mother. He saw how dads mom all the time, she still lived in Chicago, not to far from his own home so his parents left him with her whenever they both needed to work.
"Where's my favourite boy?" She asked enthusiastically, crouching down to allow Will to run into her arms and envelope her in a big hug. His grandmother picked his up, placing a gentle kiss in his forehead and then grabbing his face gently. "Look how big you are!" She exclaimed, looking over to see two out of her three daughters in the door way. "Look how big you are!" Ellie's mother said, taking note of the beach ball sized belly her eldest daughter had.
"Thanks mom." She responded sarcastically with sass. Ellie then proceeded to wrap her mom up in a hug, to the best of her ability, her pregnant belly making it much more difficult. "This smells amazing! What can we do to help?" Ellie asked after she allowed her sister to hug their mother as well.
"Um... patatoes, salad." She said, looking exasperated. Her two daughters put on some aprons and started to work. "Why don't you two boys go on a walk and burn some energy and when you get back dinner will be all done!" The eldest woman suggested, looking down at a bored Will.
"Sounds good! Let's go little man." He helped Will off his position on the y'all counter top and took the three year olds hand. They got out of the small home and walked down the road, once again Will let his imagination get the best of him and began telling a story, the first of many. His grandfather stopped him however to ask a very important question. "So how do you feel about having a new baby?" He asked. Will just shrugged his shoulders and sighed.
"I don't know." He said, his voice cracking. "I just don't want mommy to forget she has me too." He finally admits, looking up to meet the older man's gaze.
"You know, when your mother was about your age was had a very similar conversation and she said the exact same thing!" He told Will, lips curving into a smile as he remembered his oldest daughter when she was young. "But you don't have to worry, mommy's don't ever forget their baby's, ever!" He told him brushing the red curls out of Will's eyes. "Why don't you pick a flower out for each of the ladies and then we'll head back!" He suggested, looking at the vast array of multicoloured flowers that grew in the field around them. Will eagerly ran into the field and picked out three different flowers, ready to present them to the women waiting at home.
"Mama!" Will exclaimed as he burst through the door, sweat beading across his forehead indicating that he ran back home. She looked at him and smiled, she couldn't resist when her little boy was in front of her. "This ones for you!" He told her presenting her with a pink rose. She carefully lifted the thorn covered flower from his hand and placed it on the counter. Then she crouched down, wipes his sweat away and placed a sloppy kiss on his forehead.
"Thank you my love!" She said, making Will smile. He handed the other two flowers to their recipients, receiving a big kiss from both his grandmother and his aunt. "Let's go get washed up, dinners all ready." Ellie said leading Will out of the room and to the bathroom. "Do you need to go?" She asked, they were working on potty training, he nodded his head no and washed his hands all by himself. They ate dinner together, small talk and dishes rustling were the only sounds heard.
"Bath time dude!" Emily told Will, picking him up, out of his seat.
"No!" He yelled abruptly, making the rest of the family awfully confused. He looked up at his mother with his best puppy eyes. She took her son from her sister's arms and took him to the bathroom, cradling him softly and swaying a little extra as she walked. "Can you do it?" He whispered, sounding like he was so very close to crying.
"Of course baby." She told him. Ellie grabbed Will a new pull up and then placed him on the closed toilet seat. "Are you going to tell me why you only wanted me? Is something wrong?" She asked, helping Will to talk his clothes off. He sniffled and went to give his mom a hug, she accepted, rubbing small circles into his now bare back. His soft cry turned into a sob and gasped for a breath. "Will!" She asked, concern now growing. "Baby... tell me what's wrong, I want to help." She told him. Will didn't answer, just continued to cry into his moms shoulder, her shirt getting wet as he did so. She picked him up off the toilet seat and cradled him in her arms, giving his cheeks light kisses. When he finally calmed down she sat him back down on the toilet seat and looked him dead in the eyes, brushing away the leftover tears with her thumb. She placed one more kiss on his temple, after brushing away his hair. "Tell baby... what's wrong? Why are you so sad?"
"Tommy has a little brother!" He blurted out. He knew his mother already knew that. "At daycare he said that now his mommy and daddy only like the baby and they don't love him anymore." He let a few more tears fall from his eyes. As much as it hurt to do so, Ellie bit her toungue and listened to what Will had to say. "I know you will love this baby but I still want you to love me and... and..." another wave of sobs.
"I love you! I will never in a million years stop loving you. You are always going to be my baby no matter how bod you get or many more babies I have, you are mine and that will never change." She ensured him, hugging him tight to her chest. "But this baby is also my baby, and I will always love it too. Just as much as I love you. Yes, things will change when the baby comes, it will need lots of attention but just because the baby will need me a bit more then you do doesn't mean I don't love you okay?" Will nods against her chest, allowing himself to stand when she pulls him from the toilet's lid. "You really do need a bath though" she giggled, tickling his tummy. She helped him take off his 'big boy underwear' and them sat him down in the tub. The bath was quick and silent. When it was over Ellie helped her little one out of the tub, wrapping him up in a towel before rubbing him dry. She helped him put a pull up over his hips before slathering him up in lavender lotion. They simultaneously brushed their teeth before making their way to the bed they would be sharing. Ellie places Will under the covers and strokes his wet hair until his eyes flutter underneath her touch. She climbs in beside him and waits. She sighs contented when she feels her baby wiggle around in her belly. Placing a hand against it she smiles. "I love you too little one." Is the last thing she says before sleep takes over her and she passes out for the night.
The two week trip was short yet sweet. The break from working as a nurse was a welcomed one for Ellie but alas it was time to return to Chicago. Sitting in the airport was much less eventful this time. Their flight was during the night so hopefully Will would sleep right through it. They boarded the plane before most others because Will was so young. He once again was in a window seat and eagerly awaited the sight of leaving the ground. The plane took off and Will passed out, just after the city lights disappeared underneath the clouds. That's when it happened. The all to familiar feeling. A contraction ripped through Ellie's stomach, she gasped in pain. Being stuck 30,000 ft in the air there wasn't much she could do but wait, so she kept her mouth shut and did just that, hoping that this labour, like Will's would last nearly two days. It was nearly two hours into the plane ride when things became unbearable. Ellie panted through this contraction, like she had been doing for the past hour and half but it simply hurt way to much. She screamed, waking Will from his slumber and alarming her sister who was also asleep beside her that something was very wrong.
"Mama?" He asked sleepily, fully waking up when he saw the pain etched into her features. "What's wrong?" He questioned, sitting up to wipe the tears from his mother's cheeks.
"Em!" She shook her still half asleep sister. "The baby!" She said, feeling another contraction and moaning through it.
"I'll tell the flight attendant, maybe there's a doctor on this flight!" Emily responded, opening up her seatbelt and bolting towards the cockpit of the plane. She found a flight attendant and grabbed the young woman by the arm firmly. "You need to land this plane right now!" Emily demanded.
"Sweetie we are right above the north Atlantic so that won't be happening. What's seems to be the problem?" The woman asked, clearly oblivious to what was happening.
"My sister's in labour, she's having this baby like right now!" That caught the attention of the surrounding people, the flight attandant quickly followed Emily to a pant Ellie, who had Will rubbing her back, doing his best to comfort her. "How you doing girl?" She asked, a nervous smile on her face.
"I can feel the top of the baby's head!" Ellie told her, a tear running down her face.
"I'm a doctor!" A woman said from behind them, practically running over people to get to Ellie. She helped to lay her down on the ground and pull her pants off her legs. Will turned his head. "Yup you're right, baby's right there, on the next contraction I'm going to ask you to push okay?" Ellie nodded, unable to speak in her state of pain. She felt the stabbing sensation rip through her belly and screamed before using all her energy to push. Her scream make Will turn back to face her, her pressed a kiss to her temple and grabbed her hand, that's all he knew to do. "What are you having?" The doctor asked in between this contraction and the next one.
"I don't know. We decided not to find out!" She told her, giving Will's hand a reassuring squeeze.
"Can you pull her legs up?" The doctor asks, looking towards Emily. Ellie screams again and pushes hard. "That's it good girl." The doctor praised. "One more and you get to meet this baby!" She promises.
She was right. It only took one more push and a beautiful baby came out, screaming as soon as he appeared.
"It's a boy!" The doctor exclaimed, hoisting the pink baby onto his mother's chest. She grabbed one of the complimentary blankets that the pane provided and wrapped it around mother and son. The baby's screams turned to whimpers as he was gently rocked against his mother's chest. The cord was clamped and cut when the entire plane erupted into a fit a applaud, whistles and congratulations.
With only three hours left in the flight the doctor had moved to sit beside Ellie and her new baby, while Emily had taken Will towards the back of the plane. He was pretty freaked out about what what had just happened and needed to take a break from the stress. Being only three he didn't quite understand how babies came into the world and this had only added to his trauma. He was scared. After meeting his brother, and seeing his mother fawn over him he decided that he needed a break. This his aunt took him to the back of the plane. She too had tears in her eyes.
"That was beautiful wasn't it?" Emily asked him, right before he burst into tears. "Woah! What's the matter dude?" She asked holding him close to her and rubbing his little back to comfort him.
"Is mommy okay? Why did it hurt so bad? She needs a hospital and this is a plane something bad will happen!" He cried, sniffling into his aunt's shoulder.
"Your mother is fine, that's how babies come out" she told him, "you came out like that too."
"I did?" He questioned, pulling his head away from her chest to look at her.
"Indeed!" She picked Will up and began walking back to her sister. She placed him down and allowed him to go to his mother and look at his little brother.
"Meet Jay!" She told him grabbing Will's little hand and kissing his knuckles. She smiled up at Will and then at Jay as Will gently placed a kiss on his baby brother's forehead.
"I think I like him." Will said, sounding unsure.
"You won't always like him, but you'll always love him." Ellie explained, rocking Jay when he cried out. "You know how you're named after your great grandpa?" Ellie asked, Will nodded. "Well he is named after his wife, it was said that the two of them were inseparable, you couldn't have Will unless you had Jay. That's going to be you guys."
"I think you're right mama! I do love him!"
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Alright folks that was very long! Anyways the rest of these will have mostly the brothers, as they grow up of course! Leave some prompts in the comments and I'll write it up for ya. I really hope you liked this one and yeah. Have an amazing day!
~Natalie
