Mercedes: POV

I waited for Marcy to sit down before I launched into my request. "I think we should do something for Noah."

"Beat him with pillowcases filled with bricks?" Marcy sipped her coffee.

Daddy smirked.

I scowled at that meanie. "No! It's his birthday in two days. I want us to do something to show him he means something to us."

"To you." Marcy corrected. "He means less than nothing to me."

"Marcy, don't joke like that! He could overhear you!"

"He's dead to the world. He's a heavy sleeper." She waved a hand.

I glared at her still. "Be nice. Anyway, I was thinking we could make a day of it or something? Maybe tomorrow? I don't know what he wants to do on his actual birthday and Rae's due two days later."

"How are you doing with that?" She cut in.

"With what?"

"You're nearing the final stretch. By this time next week, you'll be a mother."

I blew out a breath. "I don't know. I'm just ready for her to come out. I want to see her already."

"I felt like that with the twins. I kept trying to picture their faces and I wanted to see them so bad."

I nodded. She understood! "I have dreams about her."

"I had dreams about them. Especially before I knew they were a them. It drove me mad."

I stuck out my bottom lip and reached for her hand. "Those were dark days."

She ripped her hand from me. "You can stop now!"

"You're going to feel one of these days!" I threatened.

Daddy snickered.

I brightened as she scowled. "See?! Daddy agrees with me!"

She stuck her tongue out. "He just thinks you're funny even though I don't know how! You have no sense of humor!"

I gasped. I did so! "I do so!"

She wrinkled her nose at me.

"Girls. Behave." Daddy picked up his coffee mug. "The twins are watching."

We looked and true enough, they were. They were smiling at us as they pushed food into their faces.

Marcy smiled and pinched Mally's cheek. "How's my sticky boy?"

I know it's a little weird but she's been speaking in Japanese or Italian around the twins for a while now. She wanted them to pick up more than one language.

I hope I don't put that much pressure on Rae…

MAP

I nodded even though I wasn't really paying attention to Lucy. She had been saying the same thing for days now. London was a selfish, self-centered, short-sighted, egomaniac that was a danger to every boy around her.

There were only so many times you could say it before it became redundant.

I nodded again and looked at the clock, wondering where our professor was. She was always on time. Something… happened.

I don't know how to describe it but it felt like I was leaking. Not exactly like I peed myself but what else could it have been?

I was super embarrassed. This has almost been a reality a few times but since I've been wearing adult diapers (Marcy insisted on them during the last few months), I felt confident it wouldn't happen to me.

Until I realized that I was in fact carrying a baby. What else happens when you're near the end of your term?! You go into labor!

Oh my goodness! I was in labor!

I grabbed Lucy's hand, effectively shutting her up. "It's time!"

"For class to start? Yeah, it is. Where's Professor-?"

"No, it's time! My water just broke!"

Her eyes widened and she jumped up. "Come on! It's time to go!"

Our professor swept into the room. "Where are you going?"

"Her water just broke." Lucy gathered our things and tried to usher me out.

Our professor's eyes widened. "Good luck! You're excused!"

"Thank you!" I waved as everyone began wishing us luck.

Lucy ushered me out to her car (the PT Cruiser she finally finished [she sold her Bug]) and threw our things inside. "What hospital do you want to go to? One close or the one you planned on?"

"The one I planned on. You know these things take time." I put my seatbelt on.

She buckled up and drove out of the parking lot. "Call Marcy and tell her to tell everyone. I'll get you there safely. Tell her to get Puck. Get the kids. We're having a baby!"

I giggled at her enthusiasm right as my first labor pain hit. Holy crap, what?!

MAP

Puck: POV

I looked at my phone lighting up but I ignored it. We were supposed to be quietly reading in my Psyche class and my professor hated cell phones.

Suddenly Mini Mama's ringtone went off. My cheeks warmed as everyone stared at me.

"Ah, Mr. Puckerman!" My professor took off his glasses. "To what do we owe the pleasure of this gratuitous interruption?"

Huh?! "What?!"

"Who is it?" He said plainly.

"I don't know. I'll just text them to call me back later." I picked up the phone and was about to text but saw how many texts was in my inbox. She really wanted me.

I answered the call when it went off again. "Hey, Mini Mama! No, I'm not stupid. I know it could be an emergency. I know you're not calling to see how my day went. Holy shit, are you serious?!"

I jumped up. "She's in labor right now?!"

Finn jumped up. "Sadie's in labor?!"

"Hang on!" I told him. "Mini Mama, stop cursing! Even if someone cut you off, there's no reason to- oh, you got the kids? Yeah, fuck that guy! No, Finn drove us. Thanks, Mini Mama! I'll be there! Bye!" I hung up.

"What's going on?!" Finn demanded.

"Mama's in labor! She's on her way back from State! We gotta go!"

We grabbed our stuff but as we were leaving, our professor stopped us. "I suppose I could mark you excused. By chance do you know what you're having?"

"A girl." Why was he talking to me when I had a kid on the way?!

"So no Opedius syndrome then. Oh thee well. Good luck and many well wishes!"

We stared at him for a second before Finn hit my arm and we ran out.

MAP

Quinn: POV

"Do you think Marc and Laura will make it in time?" I asked.

Mercy concentrated on her breathing. "I hope so. Marce said they caught the first flight out."

"We're almost there." I took the next exit and drove onto a main street.

"Thank you so much, Lucy. I'm so glad you remained calm."

I couldn't tell her I was decidedly not calm. I was freaking out on the inside. I was having flashbacks to when Beth was born and thinking about how freaked out we were when the twins were born. "No problem."

"Marcy said she called Dr. Fields."

"That's good. Hopefully she'll be there by the time we get there." I saw the hospital in the distance. "We're almost there."

"Good! These pains are killing me. Can I hold your hand?"

"I'm driving, Sissy!"

"Right." She clasped her hands together tightly.

I pried one loose and held it, even when she started squeezing it really hard. "We're almost there."

She blew out a breath.

We got to the hospital and I drove up to the emergency. Luckily, Marcy was there with Mal and the twins and Beth. She opened the door and helped Mercy out. "I got you."

Mal came around and opened the door for me. "I'll park. You go inside."

I kissed his cheek and ran around the car to Mercy's other side. "Can you make it?"

Mercy nodded. "This really hurts."

"It gets worse." Marcy promised.

I glared at her. "Don't worry about that now. Let's just get you settled and have everyone-"

"Mama!" Puck jumped out of Finn's truck while it was still moving.

"Noah!" Mercy clamped down on our hands.

Marcy glared at her. "I'm not Mal!"

"Marcy!" I hissed.

She gave Mercy's hand to Puck. "This is for you."

I couldn't believe her. Then rolled my eyes at that. Of course I could.

"I'm here, Mama." Puck clutched her hand and put his arm around her back.

"This is kinda painful." Mercy said.

"Just hold my hand."

"I'll go park." Finn told me.

"I'll wait for you down here." I said back.

"I'll tell you the room number." Marcy ushered the kids after Mercy and Puck, who were at the desk getting help.

Finn went to find somewhere to park and Mal came back. "Where are they?"

"I don't know. Marcy hasn't texted me yet." I looked at my phone. As soon as the words left my lips, it lit up. "Here she is now."

Finn jogged carefully over patches of snow and ice. "Let's go!"

I kissed him as Mal gagged. "How are you?"

Finn smiled. "I'm great now that I'm with you."

Mal acted like he was throwing up.

I hit him. "Shut up!"

Finn chuckled. "Come on. Let's go."

MAP

Puck: POV

"Mama?!" I was shocked my girlfriend would be like this. I was staring at her like she was somebody new as she screamed and cried and cussed at nurses.

It wasn't even from labor pains. She was nice about those. It was the epi- epi- whatever the fuck that long needle was. She yelled her head off about how they weren't going to stab her.

The nurses got the hell outta there when she started threatening them. Hell! I was scared for them! Her voice got deep as hell and so scary.

I tried to help her through the pains after they left but things just got worse. Especially since Dr. Fields said that she wasn't nearly dialated or whatever.

Her parents showed up and my moms showed up. Ms. Fabray and Mrs. Chang tried to calm her down and it was mainly working. They were telling her about how I was going to be her slave for a while and how she had her push present to comfort her.

That made me spaz a bit. I had no idea what to get her. I could not afford what Mal got Mini Mama and she was the one who picked out my gift to Q.

It was slow going on the baby front though. So much that after class, Wheels, Bowties, Tina and Elle Woods showed up. Mike made it from Chicago and Satan from Kentucky. Even Bubbie came from Carlisle.

It was starting to get late.

Marc, Laura, Britt, Rachel and Kurt showed up by seven o'clock. Nic and MadDog were sick of waiting and kept asking every two damn minutes when Rae was coming.

It got so late that everyone else left while the immediate family stayed. We had dinner in the cafeteria even though Mama had to stay in bed and eat ice chips. I didn't actually eat down there but grabbed food to take back upstairs.

At ten o'clock, Mama started screaming for absolutely no fuckin reason. She said she wanted this baby out and if she had to take her out herself, Rae was being born.

Dr. Fields took a look at her and saw she was finally ready. "You're good to go, Sugar."

"Finally!" Mama snapped.

"Okay, I'll be back to get started but only six people can stay."

"Of course I want my moms. I want my sisters-"

"Me?!" MadDog popped up.

"No! You're too young to see this!"

"I'm twelve and a half!"

"If you're still counting by fractions, you're too young." Mini Mama pushed her towards the door.

She stomped out.

"I can't stay?" Nic pouted.

"I'm sorry, sweetie but this isn't appropriate for a child." Mama told her.

"Come on, Nic." Moms said. "We'll wait with the others."

"Actually, I'd like for you to stay Ms. Nadine." Mama interrupted.

Moms' whole face opened. "Really?"

"Of course. We need you."

Moms started crying. "Thank you, Mercy."

"And of course Noah is staying." Mama tried to sit up so I helped her. "That's all six."

Dr. Fields came back with nurses. "I see seven people."

"I know but I can't part with any one of them."

She sighed. "I suppose. Don't tell anyone."

"I won't." Mama promised instantly.

"Good. Let's go."

MAP

Mercedes: POV

This was the worst pain of my life. Women wanted this to happen to them?! I'm never having sex again!

"You got it, Mama!" Noah yelled.

I squeezed his hand. "Don't ever touch me again, you licentious, dirty, perverted freak! You did this to me!"

He stared at me with wide eyes.

He was useless! I cried as I felt like I was pushing out a bowling ball. Why would this never end?!

"You're doing it, Mercy!" Dr. Fields shouted. "Keep pushing!"

I pushed and strained and heaved. Then I felt the weirdest thing. It was like I pooped. Something definitely came out. "Is it over?!"

"Not quite." Dr. Fields smirked. "The head's out. Take a break."

I sagged against the bed to catch my breath.

"You're doing beautifully, honey!" Mrs. C swept my hair back.

"I can't do this!" I was bone tired.

"Yes, you can!" Ms. Judy cheered. "You've gotten this far!"

My sisters congratulated me.

I was about to shake my head when Dr. Fields captured my attention. "Okay! Break's over! Give one big push! Push with all your strength!"

"You can do it, Mama!" Noah yelled.

I screamed as I pushed. "Don't tell me what to do!"

MAP

Puck: POV

"I hate you! I hate you! You suck! I hate you!" Mama screamed.

I stuck my lip out. That hurt. It was Q all over again. "Mama!"

"Get away from me!" She leaned away from me as she sulked.

"But you have to push, baby."

She began hitting me.

"Ow! Ow! Ow! Mama!"

"Mercy, keep pushing!" Dr. Fields told her.

"Come on, Mercy! You can do it!" Mrs. Chang urged her.

"You can do it!" Her sisters chanted. "You can do it!"

"I believe in you, Mercy." Moms put both hands on her leg.

Mama nearly sat straight up and this angelic scream came from her soul. I squeezed her hand as hard as she was squeezing mine. "I got you, baby! Go for it!"

This tiny pop was heard. Mama stopped screaming. A second later another screaming started. I think someone has the lungs of they moms…

"Would you like to cut the cord, Dad?" Dr. Fields asked.

I had to pry my hand from Mama, who slumped back, and went to the bottom of the bed. I told myself not to look. I saw Q's situation and it gave me thoughts and feelings. Shit shook me is what I'm saying.

I told myself over and over I wasn't gonna look. I looked…

MAP

Mercedes: POV

I was literally spent. There was nothing left for me to give. I was done. Throw in the towel, call for the fat lady, finito, done.

"You did it!" Mrs. C hugged me.

Ms. Judy was right behind her. "We're so proud of you, MercyCat! You did it!"

I didn't feel pride. I felt rung out and used. Like a tissue…

Ms. Nadine hugged me when Mrs. C and Ms. Judy let up. "You brought my new granddaughter into the world!"

I just looked at her. I felt everything and yet nothing. I was totally messed up right now.

My sisters were congratulating me and saying how proud of me they were and how I did a good job.

Until Marcy said, "I bet you wish you had that big ass needle now, don't you?"

I leveled a glare on her but she only grinned.

"Don't listen to her!" Laura waved a hand. "You did so good, sweet girl! You're going to be a terrific mom!"

I hoped so. At the moment I felt a little less sure. Wait! No, I felt a lot weird. It was like something was coming out of me and it wasn't a baby. Was I defecating?

"Don't worry. That's just the afterbirth." Did Marcy read my mind?

I looked up at the ceiling until it passed. Dr. Fields cleaned me up and I could feel her doing something against me. "What are you doing?"

"I'm putting in stitches." She said.

Figures. It sure as hell felt like I was being ripped apart.

"I had to have them, too." Lucy assured me.

"I had twins." Marcy said flatly.

I winced. She must have had to be sewed up from front to back. Especially since the twins were kinda hefty. They went to near full term which is unheard of in twins.

"Okay, you're good." Dr. Fields patted between my legs. "You can have visitors before you're transferred to another room. They will come in about vaccinations and the birth certificate then."

"Thank you, Dr. Fields." I sat up.

"You're very welcome, honey."

"Would you like to meet your daughter?" A nurse asked.

"Yes, please." I nodded.

She brought over a wiggling bundle, Noah following close behind. She placed it in my arms. "Meet your baby girl."

I stared at this baby I created. It was… amazing! Everything in me narrowed down and focused on her. The everything and nothing I felt before didn't compare to this. I felt like the most important person in the world and simultaneously the most dispensable.

As I watched her mouth pucker and her forehead bunch, I fell in love with my baby.

MAP

Puck: POV

Mama started crying.

I kissed her quickly. "Don't cry, Mama."

"My baby." She sobbed.

"What's wrong?! What's wrong with her?! She's got ten fingers and ten toes! She has her little belly button! Everything's there!" I panicked.

"She's perfect!"

I knew right then; I didn't understand girls. "Okay."

She kissed Rae's cheek. "My perfect baby."

I smiled. "She is pretty perfect." I thought so anyway. She was my coloring with curly black hair and pink lips. I didn't know what color her eyes were yet because she'd had them closed this whole time.

"Do you guys wanna hold her?"

"Sure do!" Mrs. Chang was serious!

Ms. Fabray pinched her. "I think Nadine should go first."

"Really?" Moms was crying, too.

"Go ahead, Nadine."

Moms reached for the baby and took her. She rocked with her a little. "Hello, little Raven."

Rae started swinging. I grinned. That was my baby!

Moms laughed. "Here, Jeanette. Your turn."

Mrs. Chang leaned over the bed so fast, I thought she'd fall in. She took Rae and danced with her. "Doesn't she look like Mally with her hair?"

Ms. Fabray laughed. "He does need a haircut."

Mini Mama looked over quick as hell. "What?!"

Ms. Fabray ignored her. "Let me hold her."

Mrs. Chang gave Rae up. "She has the perfect little head."

"She does!" Rae started swinging on Ms. Fabray, too.

"She's a fighter!" Laura cooed. "She's just like a certain auntie!"

The look Mini Mama gave her was not nice…

"Let me hold her, Mom!"

Mrs. Fabray gave Rae to Laura. "Remember to support her neck."

"I got it. I got it." Laura said in a high pitched voice. "Hi, Rae! How are you, pretty girl?!"

Rae made faces.

"Alright! My turn!" Q bossed.

Laura pulled a face but gave her over. "You barely let me get a turn!"

"That's your Tia Lay. We ignore her." Q said to the baby.

They told me "Lay" was short for Lady, which they all called Laura but Beth couldn't say. Just like she'd shortened Marcy to May, she clipped Lady.

"Give Marcy a turn." Mama said.

"No, I wanna see where this goes. Keep talking, Luce." Mini Mama leaned against the bed.

Q shot her a glare. "Take the baby!"

Mini Mama pursed her lips and straightened before taking Rae. "That's your Tia Lu. We ignore her, too."

Q clenched her fists. "Be glad your holding my niece!"

"If you feelin froggy…"

I chuckled. I really wanted to laugh but I didn't want them to hear me.

"What color are her eyes, Noah?" Mama asked me.

I shrugged. "I don't know. She never opened them."

"Marcy, do that thing you do."

"Mal's not around." Mini Mama kissed Rae's cheek.

Mama's eyes widened. "Marcy!"

"What?" She actually looked confused.

"I meant that thing you do to babies, where you blow on them!"

"Why didn't you say that?"

Moms raised a hand. "Ignoring the first part, you blow on babies?"

"They seem to get a kick out of it."

"How?" I was stumped.

"I don't have bad breath for one. I just blow gently. Usually aimed at the eyes. They like it."

"I wanna see this."

So she did. She put her lips together like she was going to kiss Rae and blew in her face. Rae's mouth fell open and her eyes popped open. She blinked a few times and narrowed her eyes.

Mini Mama blew again and I swear it looked like she smiled!

"What color are her eyes, Marce?!" Mama demanded.

Mini Mama turned her. "Look!"

I was shocked. Her eyes were green! I didn't know many green eyed people but I knew their shades. Mini Mama had dark green eyes like the dark green MandM's. Sam, Q and Little Mini Mama had normal green eyes like the normal green MandM's. Rae's eyes were light green like the mint MandM's.

Q clapped and danced around in one spot. "Another green eyed person in the family!"

MAP

Mike: POV

Mom came into the waiting room. "She's here!"

We all came to attention and applauded.

"Come on! Come see her! You'll never guess what she looks like!"

"Shouldn't she look like her parents?" Dad taunted.

"Shut up, Michael!"

Pop chuckled. "Let's go see, Jeanette."

We all traveled to a different room than Mercy was in previously. Everyone was surrounding the bed that Puck and Mercy were on. We went to it and saw the adorable cherub.

She was a little fat thing. She wasn't as big as the twins were when they were born but she was near it enough. That had to hurt…

Lucy picked up Beth. "Look, Bethie! It's Sissy!"

Beth, who'd been sleeping until we left the waiting room, blinked before widening her eyes. "Sissy!"

"Yeah! Sissy! Look at her!"

Beth became really excited and flailed around.

Marcy and Mal each picked up a twin. Marcy leaned over the bed and pointed before saying in Japanese, "Look! She has our eyes! The baby has green eyes!"

"Baby?" Mickey squeaked.

We all turned to her. Did she just say her first word?!

"Mickey, say that again!" Marcy commanded.

Mickey sprouted a bunch of gibberish until she quite clearly said "baby" again.

Marcy hugged her and kissed her and let Mal kiss and hug on her. "Happy birthday, Rae! Your cuz just said her first word, just for you!"

Mercy rocked her baby. "See what you're doing for this family, Rae?"

I moved closer. "So can we hold her or is this a viewing party only?"

She swatted me. "Here."

I took Rae from her gently and swung her back and forth in my arms slowly, carefully. Wow! She really did look like her parents.

She was Puck's coloring and had Mercy's nose and mouth. She had his ears though and Mercy's chin and chubby cheeks. Her eyebrows were nonexistent but she didn't have a big forehead. Her hair covered it nicely. And she had a lot of hair.

"Hi, my beautiful angel." I told her. "I'm your favorite uncle. Tio Mi. Remember that name-"

"Excuse you?!" Marc bit off. "Give me my niece! I'm her favorite uncle!"

Mal snorted. "No way! I'm her favorite uncle!"

"I'm not giving her to nobody! She's mine!" I snapped.

"Give me my granddaughter." Dad rolled his eyes.

I gave her to him.

He held her carefully. "I've been practicing your new name. How do you like Ives? It's a good name, isn't it?"

"My turn!" Pop took her from him. "I now pronounce you- Cream. You have a creamy complexion."

"What's a creamy complexion, Marcus?" Mom demanded.

Pop looked stuck.

"I thought so. You heard that somewhere and have been waiting to use it."

He scowled at her.

Marc took Rae from him. "Before you drop my new joy."

"I would never!" Pop was outraged (I was silently laughing).

"It's your Tio Mar. Can you say Mar?" Marc ignored him.

"I want a turn!" Mal blustered.

Boy, that took me back. We never let him have anything. Was I a bad brother?

"You don't get a turn, pipsqueak!" Marc turned away from him.

If I was, I came by it honestly…

"Marc, give him a turn!" Laura bossed.

"I can't! He's holding Mally!" He thought up quick.

Mal gave Mom his son. "What you got now?"

Marc grumbled but handed her over.

Mal sniffed. "You got that new baby smell. It's your Tio Mal. I'm better than everybody else. You can say my whole name right off the bat."

We all glared at him.

"When we string you up, this is why." Marcy told him.

"Except for you. May is a name." He kissed her quickly.

"Uh huh."

"Doesn't this make you want another one? What do you say?"

Her eyebrows dropped and she put Mickey on the bed and took Rae from him to give her back to her mother. "Take your baby back."

We all laughed as he pouted.

"Give her time, son." Dad clapped a hand to his back. "You're not even in college yet."

"So in a year?" He hoped.

Marcy gave him a look. "I'm not getting pregnant in college."

"Woman-!"

"Man!"

"Guys!" Mercy's lips twitched. "No fighting. It's Rae's birthday."

Both looked away from each other. "Sorry, Merce."

"Thank you."

"Can we see her?" Nic asked sleepily. She'd been asleep, too when Mom came to get us.

Puck picked her up and set her on his lap. "Do you see her eyes?"

Nic blinked and her mouth fell open. "Her eyes are green!"

"Now we have six green eyed people in the family." Lucy bragged. She and Marcy high-fived.

"I wanna see!" Maddie leaned over Mercy's side of the bed. "Ooh! They're so pretty! Not like Lucy's eyes!"

Lucy almost dropped Beth. "What?!"

We fell out laughing.

"Your eyes are okay but Marcy's are better and now Rae's are better."

"You terrible-!"

"Lucy!" Laura reprimanded.

She stomped a foot. "I wish Finn were here!"

"What would he do? stare at her in confusion?" Marcy asked.

My mouth formed an "o" cuz that was amazing.

Lucy stared screaming.

"Lucy!" Laura and Mercy snapped but it was too late.

Rae started crying. She had a loud high pitched scream. I see someone had their mother's lungs…