Author's note:
Oh my god! It's over, the story is finished. Do I have tears in my eyes? Yes, I have.
It was a long journey and thanks to everyone who sticked with me till the end. Please let me know your thoughts! Did you like it? Do you want more?
Sorry for the longer time period between the updates lately, but sometimes life's getting too busy to take the time to write new chapters.
There will be an epilogue and when finally this story will be complete as well.
Liam's birth Part II
"Ok, Emma, you're really doing great. Don't panic, we just need to check if everything is alright with Liam." Dr. Whale says and leaves the room to retrieve something.
Emma holds on to Killian's hand as if her life depends on it.
He bends down to her and whispers in her ear." What does that mean Swan? How are they going to check on Liam?"
She hears the panic he tries to supress in his voice and if it is possible, she loves him even more in this moment.
"I'm not sure Killian" tears are streaming down her face and she starts to communicate internally with Liam, tries to calm him. She feels that he is under the same stress she is and she just wants him to know that they can make it and that he will be welcomed in a world there he will be loved so much by different people.
Dr. Whale is back and starts to examine her again.
"We just need to check if Liam has enough Oxygen in his blood so that we don't have any complications during the final part of the birth."
"How can you check his blood, Victor? He is not even born yet?" She feels how stiff Killian is and she clings even more to him.
"No need to worry, Captain. I can feel his head, it will only be a scratch and we can determine the Oxygen-level in his blood. If everything is ok, we can proceed as the heartbeat-rate is only slightly above the limit. If not, we have to hurry to make an emergency C-section."
Emma holds her breath. Please be ok Liam! Please don't give up on mommy yet. We can do it!
She turns her head to take in Killian. He is pale as if no blood is left in his system. He looks towards Whale but when he noticed her staring at him, he bends down and kisses her softly.
"You will make it Emma. I've yet to see you fail" With a teary face she gives him a wet kiss.
"Ok, you two. Everything is fine with Liam. I think he just makes himself ready for the final pushes."
Emma is laughing and crying at the same time and suddenly she feels the urge to push.
"Ohhhh goooood!" she moans and Dr. Whale is by her side again.
"Listen to me Emma, we still got 1cm left. Don't push. You need to breathe through the contractions. Can you do this for me?"
She nods and her grip on Killian's hand intensified.
"Ouch, Swan, you do remember, I only got one left!"
"You have no right to wine now, pirate! I'm the one in pain here!"
She tries to breathe through the next pain wave. It feels like her body is breaking apart.
"Blooooodyyyy heeeeelll!"
"Breathe, Emma, breathe" It seems that Victor tries to calm her along with Killian, but it doesn't work. The pain is just too much.
"AAAAAAH" her whole body shakes. "Look at me Emma" Is that Whale talking? She can't think straight. Her whole body is just one painful mess and she needs to..
"Emma, you did it. We have reached the 10cm. Save your strength, sheriff, when the next contraction comes, I need you to push!"
Push, yes, oh how she needs to push!
"Ah, fucking hell, it hurts! Oh god it hurts so much!"
Killian is at her side although everything is just a blur.
"You're doing great love! You're amazing"
"Stop it, just stop it!" She yells at her husband when the next contraction arrives.
"Emma, I need you to push again, ok?" She nods and gives all her strength in the push.
"Good, Emma! Now lie back and try to relax a bit. We already have made a great way to the end. I can feel his head.
With the next wave I need you to push, but not so hard, so I can help you deliver Liam's head. Do you understand, Emma?"
Victor looks at her questioningly from his position between her legs.
She whispers a yes, sweat is dripping into her eyes from her efforts. Killian always the gentleman he claims to be, takes a towel and swipes away the wetness.
"Thanks" She tries to smile at him, but she feels the tension starting in her body again.
"AAAAHHH"God damn, why does it hurt so much? It's so unfair, so damn unfair. She tries not to push too hard and she hears the encouraging words from Victor from afar, but everything is only a blur. It's only Emma, her body and Liam and she feels Liam's head going through the internal barrier of her body.
She starts to pant and recognize that lights are flickering.
"Very good, Emma. I can see his head and he has a lot of dark hair. Definitely taking after his father."
Emma is able to smile now. It will only be mere minutes and she is able to take Liam into her arms.
"So, Emma, one last push and we have the shoulders. The rest will be a piece of cake!"
She nods and the pressure takes over her again. She pushes and there is a noise like something plunges into water and she holds her breath and then she hears the most wonderful sound of the world.
"Wuah, Wuah, Wuah" Dr. Whale holds up Liam, smiling the brightest smile at the new parents.
"You did wonderful Emma! Everything is fine with him and it's definitely a boy."
She holds out her arms and Victor places Liam cautiously in them.
"Hey there little pirate. It's so nice to finally meet you!"
She looks down at her son and he looks up at her at in this moment she is sure, a new band of True Love just was made.
Liam looks at her as if she is the sun to his earth and makes gurgling noises while smacking his lips.
"Oh, I see, you also take after your big brother, always hungry" She smiles.
"Oh my god Swan, he is beautiful!" She just realizes Killian beside her, she was captured in the moment with Liam.
"Yes he is! Must have gotten it from his father"
Killian kisses her "I'm really sure that it was the combination of his mother AND his father"
"Shall I give you Regina's potion?"
She nods and takes the potion before guiding Liam to her breast.
She gasps at the first touch but soon he is drinking in quick gulps.
Killian lays his hand on her shoulder and she hears a clicking sound. She turns slightly around and has to smile at her pirate husband who is currently struggling with the camera and tries to take pictures of this momentous scene in front of him.
After what it seems like hours and many whispered words of love and affection, Dr. Whale comes back to them.
"May I have Liam?" He asks Emma who is currently holding the sleeping wonder.
"I have to make some tests and we will clean and dress Liam. Do you have any clothes with you?"
Killian hands him the baby-suit and the doctor starts with his examination.
Meanwhile a second doctor enters the room.
"Hi Emma, I'm Dr. Morris. You still have to deliver the placenta after this I have to stitch you up a little bit as apparently you've got ripped a little bit during birth. Nothing major by the way You were lucky, I've seen women with much more injuries after giving birth."
Emma doesn't feel anything despite the great joy of finally welcoming Liam and a strong fatigue. She didn't even look at the watch to capture what time it is. Suddenly she feels some pain again and soon she has to push a little bit to deliver the placenta, but everything goes as it should.
"Ok, Family Jones. Liam is a strong boy, height is 54 cm and the weight is 7 pounds. The cranial circumference is 36 cm and time of birth is actually 8.15 pm."
Emma starts to giggle. Of course, how could it have been any other time?
"What's so funny Swan." Killian asks her while proudly holding his sleeping son who is now dressed in one of the gifted "Little Pirate" sets.
"Henry was born at the same time and it was the time which was standing still in Storybrooke for 28 years."
"Of course." He shakes his head but is laughing as well, although quietly to not wake Liam.
Half an hour later Dr. Morris has finished the stitches and everybody leaves the room.
"I think we should call everybody, do you agree?" Killian is now lying beside her in the bed, cuddling with his son and wife, while Liam is sleeping on Emma's naked bosom.
"Yeah" she answers tired and he stands up to go in front of the room to make all relevant calls.
Soon she hears a commotion in front of the room and she has to smile because she knows that especially Henry is eager to meet his little brother.
The door opens and after her also tired looking husband the rest of the family strides in. Henry is first, then her mom and dad, all happily smiling as if they took some drugs.
"Hi Liam" Henry sits beside her on the bed, softly stroking Liam's cheek. "He looks so small!"
She laughs "Yes, but you were also this small just like Neal not so long ago"
"Oh god Emma, he's so beautiful!" Her mother gives her a kiss on her forehead, tears of joy showing on her face.
"I can only agree you really did well" Her father adds softly stroking a strain of her hair from her face.
"Oy mate! You do know that half his DNA comes from my side" Killian interrupts nudging the shoulders of his father-in-law.
"Yes pirate, you did well too" David says in a tone as if he was speaking with Lady.
They all start to laugh only to be interrupted by a yawn from Liam.
Emma lies back into the bed, watching her family on this happy day.
Who would have thought that the knock on her door from a little ten-year-old boy two years ago would have turned her world up-side-down?
Believing in her son, breaking a curse, finding her parents who are the same age as she is (gross, really gross), traveling through realms, meeting a over 300-year-old pirate, find closure with Neal, defeating several enemies and finally finding her own True Love in said pirate.
No, if anyone had ever told Emma Swan 2 years ago, how her life would be when she is thirty, she would have called someone to deliver this person into a sanatorium.
But now here she is.
A mother of 2 sons, a Savior with magic apparently coming from a fairy-tale land, a former thief turned sheriff, a daughter, a sister, a wife and most of all the best version of herself:
Simply Emma Jones