Bonnie Sveen Fan: They are very cute :-)
ETWentHome: It is.
Is-there-somewhere-x: Me too, I thought I'd add some Jac into the story.
Chapter Twenty Nine
"I don't think I can do this anymore," Lily hissed, clenching her jaw. She held a hand to her stomach and shifted to a more comfortable position whilst looking to Ethan for help. "I thought I...I could but I was wrong."
"You can do it," Ethan encouraged and gave her shoulder a rub. "You can. You're the strongest person I know, Lily."
"Hmm," Lily whimpered and glanced up at the clock. "It's morning. Ava would be awake by now."
"I'm sure she's fine," Ethan said. "She's with Matilda and those two get on so well with each other. You just concentrate on yourself and our baby."
"I have been in labor for ages," Lily whispered. "How much more do I have to take of this?"
"Not long," Ethan promised. "You're over halfway, that's progress."
"I guess," Lily sighed and lay back down on the bed, a hand held to her head. "God, it fucking hurts," she cursed and closed her eyes, as a contraction hit. Ethan gave her a comforting smile and held her hand to help her through it.
The door opened and Connie walked in along with one of the midwives.
"How are we doing?" The midwife asked.
"Not too good," Lily groaned. "Everything hurts and I just want this fucking baby out of me already."
"Let's take a look at you," the midwife suggested and walked over to Lily. "Right," she sighed.
"What?" Lily winced. "What...What is it?"
"Is something wrong?" Connie asked, her face turning serious. "What's happened?"
"The baby just seems to be in quite a difficult position," the midwife said. "We don't want to cause baby any distress so a c-section might be needed."
"No," Lily cried and shook her head. "No. Ethan, please." Tears streamed down her face and she turned to look at her husband. "Things will be okay, right? I...I can just push the baby out, do it all natural."
"I'm afraid that would just cause more distress," the midwife said. "We're going to have to perform a c-section and we're going to have to perform one now. I understand that it isn't what you wanted but we're just trying to do what's best for you and baby."
"It'll be okay, Lily," Connie said. "Ethan and I will be there. Don't be scared."
"I'm not," Lily screamed out, although to everyone else it was quite obvious a lie.
"Hey," Ethan soothed and leaned over to kiss her forehead. "You'll be okay."
Lily couldn't believe how beautiful her baby boy was. She was secretly pleased, she and Ethan already had a girl and now they had a boy as well. It was the perfect little family. She smiled and cradled him in her arms, before leaning down to kiss him on the forehead. He let out a small cry and grabbed hold of one of her fingers.
"He's adorable, isn't he?" Connie said and stroked Lily's hair. "You did well. Well done."
"Thanks," Lily whispered and turned to Ethan. "Do you want to hold him?"
"I'm a bit nervous," Ethan admitted in a quiet voice. "He...He's so tiny."
"You're his dad, you have to hold him," Lily said. "Come on, you're not going to break him."
Ethan faintly nodded and Lily gently handed their newborn son over to him. Ethan soothed him and gently bounced him in his arms whilst Connie and Lily sat back and watched. Ethan had never felt happier, seeing his sleeping baby boy right there in his arms and in those seconds, he forgot everything that had happened.
"He's gorgeous," he said between sobs and Lily nodded in agreement.
There was a knock on the door and Cal popped his head round. Immediately, Ava rushed into the room.
"Here we go," Lily laughed. "You're meant to be at school."
"I dropped Matilda off," Cal said. "But this little monkey wanted to come and see you and her new sibling."
"Come on honey, I'll lift you up," Connie said and picked Ava up. "Just be careful of mummy, okay? She's feeling a little sore."
"Okay," Ava whispered. Connie placed her down on the bed and she slowly crawled over and gave Lily a hug. "I missed you, mummy," she said.
"I missed you too, baby girl," Lily said and stroked her hair. "Look. I'd like you to meet your new brother, Zack," she said and gestured to the baby in Ethan's arms. "You're a big sister now."
"Why didn't you have a girl, mummy?" Ava asked. "Boys smell."
"We can't choose what we have unfortunately," Lily laughed. "But boys can be lots of fun too, I promise. You'll have a blast together."
"Can I hold him?" Ava asked.
"You're a bit too young to hold him, sweetheart," Lily said. "Maybe when he's grown a little bit, yeah? He's very tiny." Ava nodded. "I missed you, princess," Lily said and gave her a kiss.
"When can you come home?" Ava asked.
"Soon," Lily promised. "They just want to keep me and your brother in for a little bit longer but as soon as we're home, you and I can maybe have a girly day-out together and leave the boys at home. Does that sound good?"
"Yes!" Ava squealed with excitement. "Very good!" She smiled and turned to Cal. "Uncle Cal, where is my card?"
"Just here, sweetie," Cal said and handed a piece of paper over to Ava.
Lily gave him a small glare but didn't say anything.
"I made this for you," Ava said and handed the sheet of paper to Lily. "It's a get well soon card."
Lily smiled at the drawing that Ava had done of her and the new baby. Underneath it she'd written her own get well message and signed her name, all done in a red felt tip pen.
"Do you like it?" Ava asked.
"I love it," Lily said. "It's the best card I've ever received. Thank you very much, I'll stick this up when we get home."
"Which will be soon, right?" Ava said.
"Yes." Lily smiled and gave her another kiss. "Very soon."
Sorry I haven't updated in ages. I'm really busy at the moment and I've also started writing for Orange is the New Black so updates may be quite slow. I'll only update when I've found the time or had an idea so I appreciate the patience. I hope you liked the chapter :-) x
