Author's Note: hey, guys! It's been forever since we put up a new chapter, and I apologize profusely for that. I've been going through a bunch of stuff, and HellsButler has been pretty busy, as well. We'll try to put up chapters more often starting now. I'm actually going to be working on the next chapter tonight, so there's a possibility of it being up within the next few days (if I keep it up, that is). I hope you like this chapter, and don't forget to review it!
Things had been calming down over the course of the next month. Sebastian had gone back to college and Ciel had gotten into the routine of not speaking to him. It had been hard at first, but he had finally been able to go days without even thinking of his ex-boyfriend.
Grelle walked into her bedroom, finding Ciel laying on her bed. "Oh sit up!" she shouted at him, glaring. "You're here to help me study so stop sleeping!" She grabbed the pillow from underneath him and slammed it down onto his face.
"Ow!" he hollered back, sitting up with a red face. "That hurt my nose!"
"That's what you get." She smirked and stuck her tongue out at him, putting her hands on her hips. "Now are you gonna help me study for this test or not?"
Ciel rolled his eyes and crossed his legs, looking at her. "It's English, right?" he asked, tilting his head.
"Uh… No, it's math. God, Ciel, why are you so out of it today?"
His cheeks flamed. "Sorry… If it's math, then you should've asked Layzie's help, not mine." He chuckled. "She's the reason I passed last semester." He then pulled out his phone and began to type out a text. "I'll ask her to come over."
"Don't," Grelle said suddenly, a hand flinging to her stomach. "Ciel, I need you go to get my mom."
Ciel looked up at her and tilted his head. "What's wrong? Is it the baby?"
Their eyes met and she gave a nod. "My water broke."
Grelle paced the hospital room, clutching her stomach and growling in pain. "Four hours. Four fucking hours and they still haven't brought me into the delivery room?" she shouted.
Ciel rolled his eyes. "Calm down. You have to be at least three centimeters before you're given the epidural. You know this."
"Just because I know doesn't mean I don't want it to happen sooner, Ciel," she hissed, glaring daggers at her best friend.
He raised his hands, trying not to piss her off even more than she already was. "Just take some deep breaths, okay? You can get through this."
"Of course I can get through this, you twat." Grelle inhaled sharply before she let out another groan of pain. "Get my fucking doctor!"
Letting her rudeness go, Ciel darted out of the room. He walked to the nurse's station and begged for a solid five minutes for her doctor. Finally, they paged him down to her room.
"Push!" screamed Dr. Grey. "Come on, Miss Sutcliff. You need to push harder if you want this child."
"I'm trying!" she shouted back, and her grip tightened on Ciel's already bruised fingers. On the other side of her, Angelina was trying to keep her face composed of any pain. Grelle's eyes squeezed shut, and she let out a holler of pain. Her head tossed back into the uncomfortable and lumpy pillows.
"I can see the head," Dr. Grey said happily. His assistant, nurse Phipps, handed Grey a towel to dab at the blood. "Just a few more pushes, Miss Sutcliff. You're doing good now."
Ciel dared to move further down to watch his niece or nephew being born. His face paled upon seeing the blood, and the way her vagina had opened up so much. "Oh god," he groaned, his free hand flying up to his mouth. "I think I'm gonna hurl."
"Don't you dare," Grelle cried, her face twisted in pain once again as she pushed. "If Adrian won't be here for me, then you will be." She pushed one more time.
"And the head is out!" Dr. Grey exclaimed suddenly. Phipps was in between them, shoving a tube into the child's throat. After two seconds, the room was filled with the screams and cries of a baby. "We need one more push to get those shoulders out, Miss Sutcliff. Can you do that for me?"
Surprising everyone, including herself, Grelle let out a loud scream as she gave her final push. The scream finally ended when the child was completely out of her body. She fell back against the bed, and let go of both her mother and Ciel's hands. Ciel instantly reached out to smooth her hair from her face. "You did great, Grelle," he whispered.
"Congratulations, Miss Sutcliff. It's a girl," Dr. Grey said as he handed the child to her mother. "Do you know what you'll name her?"
Grelle stroked her daughter's cheek, a wide smile on her face. "Persephone. Persephone Danielle Sutcliff."
Ciel knocked tentatively on the door, slowly opening it to walk inside. "Hey, sweetie," he said as he came into the room.
Grelle smiled at him from the bed, her arms curled around the baby girl placed delicately within them. "Hey," she whispered back, adjusting herself into a better sitting position.
He grinned and leaned down to hug her shoulders. "I'm so happy for you, Grelle." He let go of her and looked down to the child, who was sleeping peacefully. "C-Can I hold her?" The redhead nodded. He slipped his hands underneath the baby and pulled her gently into his arms, smiling down at her. "She really is beautiful, Grelle," he mumbled, stroking his thumb over her cheek.
Framing the child's face was fair blonde hair with bits of silver, and her tiny fingers grabbed on to his larger one.
She yawned suddenly, blinking her eyes open until she was able to see her new uncle. Ciel gasped at the startlingly strong emerald-gold color of her iris'.
"My god," he said, looking up at Grelle - who was grinning wide. He moved to sit beside her on the bed and slowly handed over her daughter. "She's stunning."
"Isn't she?" Grelle responded and leaned down to place a kiss on the child's forehead. "My little Persephone."
Ciel turned his gaze on her, confusion bubbling to the surface finally. "Why Persephone?"
She shrugged, still grinning down at her child. "She may have been born in the dead of winter, but I can tell she's going to be our spring." She turned her eyes on Ciel. "Just you wait, we're going to be wrapped around her tiny little finger for a long while."
HellsButler A/N: I hate this chapter. But I love this chapter. Idk, I have very mixed feelings about it. Like it is a beautiful chapter, but I personally am not a fan of pregnancy, so… Yeah, sorry for not updating in for-fucking-ever. Been hella busy with school and work and stuff. (I GRADUATED GUYS! NO MORE SCHOOL FOR ME! *does happy dance*) Tell us your thoughts on the chapter in the comments. We will try to be more consistent with having these chapters out from now on, so look forward to that!
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