Lucy felt her body get tense and wake her up. Opening her eyes, she saw that it was still dark outside. Rolling around in the bed, she looked over at the watch. It was three in the morning.
"Robin, come on, let me sleep", Lucy moaned and got herself up. She knew what she had to do to against these Braxton Hickups, so she put on her slippers and walked as silently as she could out of the bedroom to get herself a cup of tea and walk the contractions off.
She had learnt that they stopped if she moved around, unlike real contractions. She was still a week early, and wasn't planning on spooking Gru like she had done to Silas at the office.
Getting down to the kitchen, she brewed herself a cup of tea and started to walk around in the living room. Slowly sipping on the hot fluid, she flinched when another contraction came. She looked at the watch on her wrist, timing. Fifty seconds. It lasted for fifty seconds. Continuing walking, she hoped that it would stop.
But fifteen minutes after that, she felt it again. Her back was aching, and the next contraction came. That one also for precise fifty seconds. Going into the kitchen, she brewed herself a second cup of tea. She wasn't going to wake up Gru just yet, maybe it was a false alarm, maybe it would stop.
But with a third contraction, fifteen minutes apart just like the previous, and lasting for exact fifty seconds, she knew.

The baby was coming.

She put down her cup and walked back up, sitting herself down on the edge of the bed, next to Gru.
"Gru... honey?"
Gru felt a soft hand on his shoulder, gently pushing it to wake him up. "Hmmph!" he mumbled and buried his face into the pillow. But his mind started working. It was Lucys voice. Not one of his kids, but his girlfriend.
"Sweetheart, you're gonna be a dad today." She continued to gently rock his shoulder. "I'm in labor."
"Uh, vhat's wrong vith dhe lab...?" Gru murmured.
He finally got up, blinking a few seconds. He knew he would be awake within the next ten seconds, but it was weird to see her eagerly rocking his shoulder. Another false alarm?

Until he suddenly recollected her words.

'I'm in labor.'

Getting off his pillow at instant, he stared at her, eyes accustoming to the darkness as he saw his girlfriend's face.
"Y-yu're in labor?" he gasped. "A-are yu sure?"
"Pretty sure, I'm timing -HGGN!" She flinched again and checked her watch.
"They're fourteen minutes apart now, and last for... hnn, fifty seconds. Gru, this is the fourth one, and they are regular, I... I think this is the real thing."
Gru's eyes widened and he was out of the bed at instant. It was still early in the morning – yet in about an hour the kids had to go to school!
"I-I need to call my mom, she has to take care of dhe gurls!"
"A-And Gru? Could you call the hospital for me? I want to know if we should go to the hospital or if we should wait." She smiled towards him. She would really have wanted to be closer to the due date, but a week early wasn't bad at all.
Placing his hands on her cheeks, he cringed a bit when the next contraction was hitting her and checked if she was fine. "O-okay, sure, I'll du dis. Look, hon, jus'...stay here and relax." She nodded, holding her belly and trying to say calm, breathing in and out as he was leaving.

Feeling her body relax again, she knew it would slowly get shorter between the contractions, she just didn't know how long it would take.
"Well, pumpkin – you seem to choose only bad timings as well. Just like daddy." She chuckled. Through the pain and excitement and growing fear, she was also happy. This was it, their baby was on its way!
He hurried down the stairs and quickly made his way down to the living room. Kyle was sleeping on the couch and Gru had to figure out that the green fluffy dog-creature was lying exactly on his phone. "Kyle...Kyle, kssh!" she hissed, but the dog didn't move. "Kyle, beat it, now!"
He was still a bit afraid of the mutt, but with a jolt, he had pulled the phone from beneath the dog and quickly dialed the number of the hospital. His heart was pounding, but he tried to stay calm, for Lucy's sake.

Lucy was trying to stand up, but her back killed her. Every movement made her abdomen twitch painfully and her back too. She still had five minutes before the next contraction would hit, if it still was regular and she checked on the watch next to her whenever it was time for the next one.
"Dhey said yu still have time, we shuld head to dhe hospital in three hours." Gru said, slightly panting as he had returned to their bedroom. "Dhey'll keep a bed free for yu."
"Three hours?" Lucy almost gasped when the contraction hit her, and Gru hurried to help her up. She needed to walk around, coax the baby down, relax her muscles and regular her breathing.
She hissed in pain.
"Yu okay?" he asked worried. "Y-yes, just…another contraction. Please join me downstairs. I need to move around." Struggling, she walked out to the lit hallway and proceeded down the stairs, holding her belly while Gru had his arm beneath her shoulder to get the leverage off her feet.
"The girls are asleep, right? We should let them sleep until it's time to go."
"Y-yes, sure." He nodded, staying silent until they were in the living room.
"My mom agreed, she will take care of dhem while we're in dhe hospital - and dhey shuld take dhe bus! I'm not leavin' yu at dis state."
Lucy nodded and gulped. She hadn't had expected this to be so overwhelming. It wasn't really pain, just like somebody was forcefully pressing their fist into her lower abdomen – or the ache a woman felt while having their period. Breathing through the remaining pain, she whispered: "When should we head to the hospital…?"
"Dhey said it'll last a bit longer until dhe contractions come a bit shorter, but we shuld stay here until yu feel dhey happen all eight or five minutes..."

His own hands shook, but he didn't care, he kept holding her and moving around with her a bit. They moved to the couch, Lucy grabbing the leather of the crocodile back while pacing around it, one hand on her big, heavy belly, the other holding onto Gru's arm, Letting gravity do its work on forcing the baby down in the right position..
"Excited...?" he asked, trying to distract her a bit from the pain.
"Uh-huh" she said giggling, her laughter mixed with excitement and pain. A broad smile spread over her face, looking into his blue eyes. "Yeah, very excited. It doesn't hurt too much, just feels strange. It's working on its own accord, I can't do anything."
Gru dared to chuckle too once he saw her laugh. He led her to the kitchen to bring her some glass of water. "Well, it pretty much did dat all along, huh?"
Lucy smiled up at him. She was just so glad he was there for her, and that he was going to witness it himself. "Oh darn, have we packed anything for the hospital?" she asked. "Uh – no…" Gru gulped. "I'll get to dis in a second, yu need to drink somethin' furst."
"O-Okay…"

She winced when the next hit her and she grabbed the kitchen counter, sucking in the air through her nose and releasing through her mouth, steadily, to endure the pain. Gru never left her side when he gave her the water and she grabbed the glass a bit harsher than intended. She gulped down half of it in one go. Gru's hand gently ran over her back and over her belly, and he was relieved when she smiled at him.
"I wun't bodher makin' dhem pancakes today. Dhey shuld come along vith sandwiches as well.
Shall I get one for yu as well?"
"N-No…I don't feel like eating." She said, biting her lower lip, concentrating again on getting rid of the pain.
"Yu got dis, hon." He encouraged her, hand brushing over her spine while she shuddered slightly.
"Hey, it looks more like you need to relax than me", Lucy chuckled and sipped on her glass of water, yet she appreciated him stroking her. With him by her side, she was sure the birth would be a piece of cake.

...

The time slowly passed, and within one and a half hour, the time between contractions was ten minutes instead of fifteen. Still not enough to leave the girls before they got sent to school and head to the hospital, which was just how she preferred, but it started to close.
"Margo..." Margo felt someone pulling on her duvet, and she put on her glasses.
"Agnes? What's the matter?"
"There's sounds downstairs."
"And have you asked Gru?"
"He wasn't in the bedroom." Margo looked around, to see that Edith's bed was empty as well.
"Where's Edith?"
"She's by the stairs, trying to listen." The two girls walked out of the bedroom, sneaking trough the hall silently. Margo peeked at her phone, they weren't supposed to get up until another hour. Edith was standing by the top of the stairs, looking down towards the door opening to the living room.
"Edith, what's going on?
"There's something with Lucy." Before Margo could stop her sisters, both of the youngest ran down the stairs.

"Did you hear that?" Lucy asked when the hallway was filled with steps. Gru didn't notice it, he was busy with pressing the heels of his hand against her lower back to ease the pain for her a bit. Before the girls entered the room, another contraction hit her, much harder than the previous ones. She was leaning over the crocodile couch, hugging a pillow as if her life depended on it. "Uhhng, Gru, please a bit harder. It hurts so much!" Her legs felt more and more weak, impatiently waiting for the contractions to get closer.
"Lucy!" The girls gasped, seeing her mother crouching on the crocodile couch, while Gru massaged her lower back, but with the girls crying in shock, Gru paused and lifted his head to look at them.
"Gurls, calm down..." he tried to keep the volume of their voices down.
"What's wrong with her?" asked Agnes, but Margo made sure they wouldn't dash onto her, but slowly approach her to keep stress away from her.
"Dhe baby's comin'. She's in labor now."
"Robin is coming?!" Edith gasped. "Bu-but-here?! Now?!"
"No, no, Edith, we'll head to dhe hospital in an hour, yu gurls gotta drive vith dhe bus, okay?"
"S-sure...!" Margo nodded, gulping.

Agnes carefully approached Lucy and brushed her hand over her upper arm.
"There there, Mom..." she whispered, trying just like her father to sooth her. And Lucy didn't know whether to cry or smile. She was calling her mom again…
"What's the gap between the contractions?" asked Margo, insecurely. She had been reading some books about pregnancy, and Gru was a bit surprised she asked that. "Ten minutes..." he kept massaging Lucy's back. "Gurls, breakfast is in dhe kitchen, yu go and get ready on yur own, will yu?"
They nodded and vanished in the kitchen, but Agnes stayed, caressing Lucy's arm.
"Does it hurt much, Lucy...?"
"No sweetheart, it doe-AAARGH!" The contraction was sharp. Agnes jumped away with a horrified glance, but Gru reassured her it was fine. She insecurely clung to her father's leg. "It doesn't really hurt, it's ah- aaaaah" She groaned, breathing trough the contraction, knowing fully well she scared the little girl, but she couldn't talk while her muscles were taking over. "It's weird Agnes. It just feels really weird and I can't control it. And even though I know it's coming, it surprises me." She dropped her head wearily on the pillow again and gave a tired smile. "Please Agnes, go and eat yur breakfast." Gru requested and she nodded, gulping. She was afraid she was going to scare the kids, and she felt she couldn't contain her sounds now when they got so strong. She pet the little girl's head, reassuring her. "I'm fine Agnes, mommy's body knows what to do when it's time and I'm just trying to work my way through. Go and eat, you'll have a long day in school and then you're gonna spend the evening at grandma. I might be at the hospital all day." She dived her face into the pillow to breathe through the next contraction. "O-Okay…" Agnes nodded and quickly vanished back in the kitchen to get some comfort from her sisters.

Gru didn't know what else he could do but keeping his hands on her back, rubbing them over her clenched muscles and soothing her. It must hurt like hell. Not only that, but imagining pressing a baby through that opening of hers, which seemed just so incredibly impossible to him, was giving him a stomach ache.
"It's okay, Hon, it's okay...!" he soothed her, pressing the heels of his hands into her back. "We'll head to dhe hospital soon, hon, yu got dis...!"
Suddenly, his excitement melted into serious worry. He hoped everything was going fine, but hearing her crying in such pain was giving him the creeps.

The next twenty minutes, the girls were ready for school and headed outside and the minutes increased from ten minutes to eight minutes, lasting lesser yet painfuller.
A bunch of minions here and there appeared, the news of Lucy being in labor spread like a wildfire in the lab. Yet, being innocent workers who barely knew anything about the human body, they didn't know what this so called labor would be – once seeing Lucy lying on the couch, holding her belly and moaning in pain sometimes, they started to ask question.
"Ehh – Lucy badaga plomba?"
"No, Lucy's not havin' constipation!" Gru snarled back at them, stressed from seeing his girlfriend in pain.
"Baru jahi babba oua?"
"Yes, she does have belly aches! Wuld yu guys jus' please get back into dhe lab, I'm busy here!"
Suddenly Dave broke through the wall of other minions, shocked and heavy breathing and as he saw his beloved Lucy lying on the couch in pain, he rushed over to her in a gasp.
"Lucy! Bluga buji!" he sat down, holding her hand and kissing her knuckles. "Ami gu da. Ami gu da."
"Th-thanks, Dave…" she said, a bit annoyed by the minions soothing words that he would be there for her. Gru rolled his eyes and gave his minion a glare.
"Yu guys get back to work, dis instant, now!"
The minions shrugged and left again, not quite touched by the scene.
"Although…Dave, Kevin! Yu'll stay upstairs and take care of dhe house vhile I'll be in dhe hospital, a'right?"
And just minutes later, the living room was free from minions and just Gru and Lucy remained, getting ready for leaving.

...

Some moments later, Gru was carrying the bag on his shoulder, while holding Lucy to walk throughout the pain. The contractions now were by seven and he started to get very nervous. "Ah, you must be Lucy." the nurse behind the counter smiled at the redhead and quickly got up to greet them. "Hello, honey, your husband already told us about your arrival."
"Boyfriend, uh...I'm jus'-dhe boyfriend." Gru answered.
"Oh? Well, anyway, how's it going? How many minutes between the contractions?" The nurse checked on her, giving her a strap that would later be put on the newborn as well, for identifications. "Seven minutes, and they're hard. Does that mean it's time?"
"Oh heavens no. I mean, you're far along sweetheart, but we need to see how much dilated you are."
"Aw, man", she whined while sitting herself into an offered wheelchair. Getting another contraction, she held onto Gru's hand while they were being led into a room. Gru held her hand and brushed it against her cheek, soothing her.
They were brought into a small white room with a big bed, some curtains to block the sight into the room from the glass-walls, an open window and a small bed, extra made for their baby to sleep inside during the night. Imagining that there was going to lay their baby in some time was thrilling for Gru.
With some effort, she crawled into the bed, just in time for her doctor to get in.
"Dr Saxena!" Lucy exclaimed. "So happy you're on today!"

"Lucy, I didn't expect you until next week!" the blonde smiled at them, putting on some gloves.
"I'll just check how far you've dilated and then the nurses are gonna take care of you until it's time. My shift ends around three so let's hope you have your little pup by then!" then she turned to see Gru. "Hello Felonious, I hope you're ready for the birth of your child. Do you want to assist?"
"Well...yeah, uh –" he gulped, looking down at Lucy, still holding her hand. "...I really want to assist..." he took the little stool next to him to sit down, brushing his hand over her forehead and she smiled at him, exhausted, while the doctor started examining her.
Lucy jumped when the next contraction hit, but Saxena told her what to do, breathing, relaxing, holding Gru's hand.
"Alright Lucy, looks like you've dilated four centimeters. One of the nurses is gonna check you again later to see how fast you're dilating, but for the time being, try to get some rest and let Felonious take care of you." The doctor smiled towards Gru. "If you have any questions, just tell me." She left and Lucy closed her weary eyes, only to open them again to look into Gru's worried eyes. She still tried to smile, but the pain was getting to her. "I can't wait to see the baby…" she whispered. "Me too…" he said, smiling back at her and kissed her sweaty face.
"Yu got dis, sweetheart, yu got dis."
"Oh Gru…" she adjusted herself, grabbing the blanket to clutch it to her chest, yet kept holding his hand.
"You're repeating yourself."
"Yeah, I know…" he said. "I'm jus' – I'm jus' excited and worried and…I can't believe dis is happenin'."
That made her laugh a bit. "Me neither, baby…" She closed in and kissed his nosetip. "But it is. I hope this won't take any longer now."
"I'm sure it wun't. Now…take a nap, please."
"Certainly do…" she nodded and closed her eyes to nestle down. Also Gru had some time now to try and relax his eyes, but as soon as he drew back from her, she gave a surprised howl in pain, and Gru jumped.
"Lucy?!"
She breathed, heavily, trying to relax and get through the pain.
"S-sorry…this one was…harder than before…"
From there on, she was fast asleep, stirring here and there at the contractions hitting, but it was better than waking up. And Gru rested his head against the cushions of the bed, still holding her hand.

"Miss Wilde, I presume?" A nurse walked into the room where Lucy was laying.
Gru himself felt his body twitching from the surprise as he heard the nurse opening the door - probably he fell asleep too...
"Y-yeah, L-Lucy Wilde…" he nodded, looking over to his still sleeping girlfriend.
"I have some measurement devices we are going to hook up on to keep track of her and the baby's heartbeat." She walked in with what looked like some odd television with wires that was going to be attached to her body
"But uh - she's still sleepin'."
"That's not a problem; we just need to get that on her wrist and her belly, that's all."
Gru fell back into his chair, resting his weary head against the wall and watched as the nurse applied the little round things on the sides of her belly and one on top of it, the other was wrapped around Lucy's left arm, and she started the computer.
Gru saw two steady lines twitching up with each bleeping sound, one of them showed him a number shifting secondly between 80 and 85.
The other was even beating faster, up to 130 pounds. This was his baby's heartbeat…
"Active little fella you got there." she smiled as she set the rest of the monitors. "If the monitor should start beeping faster, don't worry, the baby's pulse can reduce itself sometimes rapidly, but if it should get beneath 90, you gotta tell us instantly."
"Hmm..." Gru nodded, looking back at Lucy. He was so worried...he just really, really hoped it was going to be fine for her and their baby.
Once Lucy woke up, she was strapped to something around her wrist. Lifting up her dress, she saw some white circled pads over her belly. And then she looked over to the space where Gru had been. He was still asleep, and she would keep it that way until it would all get frantic. A nurse walked in silently.

"How long have I been out?"
"Oh, two hours maybe? I'm just gonna see how it's going." The nurse approached her and examined her.
"Nice and steady, nice and steady sweetheart. Another centimeter already. Maybe you should try to change into that dress now that you rested?" Lucy scooted herself up on the bed. "Oh yeah, I need to do that too", she mumbled. Another contraction hit her. "Urgh, how far are they between now?"
"Looks like five minutes. Just send your husb-"
"Boyfriend, actually."
"Just send your partner to us if the water goes or you see blood or anything that worries you, alright?" Lucy nodded while she got herself off the bed to go to the bathroom. Holding her belly, she slowly locked herself into the bathroom to have some privacy. While sitting on the toilet, she pulled her dress off and put on the hospital dress, feeling the fabric of her dress drenched in sweat. Humming trough a new contraction, she leaned against the sink. The pressure in her lower abdomen got more intense once she was washing her hands, making her moan again. Painful memories of period cramps resurfaced something she hadn't had in years due to her body adapting. She had for sure not missed that feeling.

"Uuuugh…Robin, please stop hurting mommy." She whimpered, holding her belly. It was quiet inside there, she noticed. But her muscles were cramped, and maybe she just didn't notice that the baby was moving.
"Lucy…?" a sudden knock on the door and Gru's voice brought her back to reality.
"Y-yes?"
"Are yu okay?"
"Y-yeah…just…" she opened the door and handed him without a word the drenched dress she wore before. "Put it in our plastic bag please? It's disgusting."
"Uh- yeah!"
Taking the sweat-drenched dress, he quickly stored it back into the bag. Gee, she really needed to drink a lot, he didn't want her to dehydrate. She walked over to the bed, putting on the measure devices again, but instead of lying down, she leaned over the bed, like she had done with the couch back at home. She was clawing her hands into the bed, trying to breathe through the pain.
"This was even worse than I feared Gru, it's aching like hell." She whined, clutching to his chest as soon as he sat next to her. "Oh Lucy…"he massaged her back again, on the same spot that hurt her the most every time she had a contraction. He tried to lower her pulse again, being close to her and kissing her hair, one hand running over her back, the other over her arm. "Don't ever make me pregnant again."
"Heh-sorry. I guess it wun't happen again dat fast..."
He looked at her, saw her creased face as she hit the next one in five minutes, moaning into his chest, heavily breathing.
"Oww!" she whined.
"Shhh...shh, I know it hurts..." he whispered, brushing his hand over her head and listened to her huffs. "Dat's right, keep breathin'..." he looked at the screen of the monitor and hoped this would cheer her up a bit.

"Look, dhere is yur baby's heartbeat." He slightly tapped on the curve beneath hers, switching faster than hers.
"Look how excited it is to finally be born."
Lucy chuckled over his sweet words and looked up at him. "Or happy about seeing their father the first time…"
She brushed her hand over his cheek.
She didn't have to be alone -and that was comfort enough for her.
"Thank you for being here with me. I - I wouldn't know what else I should do without you."
"Of course, Lucy, i wouldn't leave you by your own here now." he said, holding her belly and it once again relaxed Lucy to know that he was here with him.
They shared a smile and some small kisses before he noticed she was still sweating.
"Lucy, yu really need somethin' to drink."
"Y-yeah, that would be great…can you bring me some water, please?"
After he reckoned that Lucy's contractions paused for a second, he stood up, placing his hand on her cheek. "I'll get yu some drink, if anythin' happens, call dhe nurse..." Kissing her forehead, he left the room and looked around for some beverage dispenser, or maybe the nurses could hand him one.

"Hi Gru!"

Gru cringed, eyes roaming around to try and find the source of the voice. This couldn't be-
It could!
Sitting in a neat row, Agnes, Margo, Edith and Gru's mom waved at him, smiling innocently.
"Mom !!" Gru hissed towards the older lady. "Vhat dhe-vhy are yu here?!" - "Vhy, yu even ask? To watch yur gurlfriend givin' yur daughterz zome nize leetle zibling!"
"I told yu Mom, I told yu to bring dhem home!" Looking at the kids, he bit his lower lip. "And vhy didn't yu said anythin' about MY words, huh?!"
"You told us to do whatever she says." Agnes shrugged. "So, she decided to visit you and here we are."
"Ouh, goddamn-" - "Felonious!" Marlena crossed her arms. "Not in front of ze gurls!" - "How's it going anyway?" asked Margo. "Pauses between the contractions?"
"Four minutes..." he mumbled.
" Ohh, does that mean –?" Agnes asked.
"No, nono, sweetie. She's apparently still not read, but – well…I assume it wun't be long by now."
"Can we watch?"
"Eh – no, Agnes!" he shook his head. "No, yu wuldn't like vhat yu see."
"Why not?" asked Edith. "I always wanted to see a birth in real life!"
But Margo tugged on Agnes' and Edith's arm. "Agnes, come on, give them some privacy, alright?" He chuckled at the three of them and gave them a hug. "I dun't think it wun't take long, jus' – be patient a bit, yes?" And then he turned to his mom with a dark glance.
"And yu'll keep dhem away from dat room until I tell yu, did yu hear me?!"
"Ja ja, dun't worry!"

...

With a bottle of Water, he returned into Lucy's room, a grumpy expression on his face.
"Guess who had dhe excellent idea to bring dhe gurls not home but into dhe hospital..." he mumbled, opening the bottle for her.

Lucy's eyes suddenly pried open to a panicking glance.
"THEY'RE HERE?!" She started to breathe quicker, knowing how the girls loved to jump into situations. Grabbing the bottle from his hands, she gulped down half of the bottle in one go. "I thought your mom was gonna bring them home!" Getting another contraction, she stopped shouting, breathing her way through the intense clenching of her muscles.
"Lucy, Lucy, calm down!" he instantly shouted back, a bit louder than he intended.
"I dun't know vhy dhey're here, my Mom jus' had dat great idea to bring dhem - Lucy…?"
Lucy stared back with a frozen face.
For a second, she thought she wet herself. She felt a small tinkle of fluid run down her legs. Looking down, it was see-trough.
"L-Lucy, vhat is…?"
"Is that..." without finishing her thought, she looked back at Gru.
"G-Gru, my water just broke!"

He stiffened. Oh dear...oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.
"O-Okay, y-yu stay here, I'll get dhe nurse-and I'll make sure dhe gurls stay outside!"
Running out, he quickly looked around for a nurse that had been inside her room before. "Mister Gru, is everything okay?" he turned around, seeing the woman that had been attaching the measure-screen on his girlfriend's wrist and belly. She was holding a stack of towels in her hand, a bit alert from his nervous state.
"H-Her water broke!"
"Oh my." she suddenly offered a happy smile. "Seems like we can start?"
"The water broke?" Agnes jumped off her seat, but Gru gave his mother a sign that she should keep her away from Lucy.
The nurse quickly jogged with Gru inside the room.
"So, I heard the water broke?" she put on some gloves and motioned Lucy to lay down, so she could examine her.
"Urrgh, yeah." She pointed down at the pool on the floor while sitting herself up in the bed. "It just happened, and the contractions are getting very intense." Lucy separated her legs to let the nurse examine her.
"Oh my..."
"Oh my WHAT?!"
"Well, nothing's wrong miss Wilde, you're just fully dilated. Ten centimeters. The next contraction, I want you to start pushing. Get ready, I'll get Dr. Saxena."

Lucy was getting herself in position and gulped. Oh dear, now it started…
But she looked over at Gru first to see if he was okay. He was pale like the wall he was standing in front of.
"Gru, c-can I hold your hand?" she asked insecurely, but before she knew what happened, he suddenly broke down on the ground, fainting from the tension.
"G-Gru!" she yelped in shock, struggling to push herself to the edge of the bed to see if he was alright, but just a second later, he was standing on his feet again, rubbing his head, blinking and mumbling: "I'mfineI'mfineI'mtotallyfine!"
"Gru, please…"
"H-Huh?"
"Gru, it's time…" she reached her hand to his, holding it firmly.
After that long wait through pain and yelps, more and more contractions, she was going to give birth to their baby now.
Keeping himself from collapsing instantly, he moved up to her quickly, his hand grabbing hers as he sat down next to her on a stool and gulped.

"O-oh boy..." he gasped and switched into a faint laughter.
"Hun, yu think yu're ready?" he asked her, caressing her thumb with his.
She hesitated, but with a small smile, she nodded.
"I am", she moaned, getting her next contraction, holding his hand and started to push. The grip around his hand tightened suddenly and Gru gasped, but didn't pull back. Dr. Saxena came into the room and joined them.

"Lucy, it's very important that you don't push when you don't have a contraction, alright? Just breathe your way through the breaks, and work hard when the contractions start." The doctor sat herself by Lucy's sex, keeping a lookout how it was going. Two contractions more went by with Lucy moaning loudly, humming whenever she could to not hurt her own vocal cords, squeezing Gru's hands so hard she was afraid of breaking his fingers.
"You're doing great Lucy, it just takes some time."
A nurse handed him some damp cloth to press onto her forehead, but he waited until her next push. "Keep breathing, honey, keep breathing." the Doctor said.
The next contraction came, and Lucy moaned loudly, screaming out the pressuring pain and squeezing her hand around Gru's. His fingers went numb after a while, but he didn't care. He kept the ice-cold cloth on her forehead and endured as Lucy cursed him from time to time for her miserable condition, but he just took it and whispered her encouraging words.
"Yu got dis, Lucy, really good." Her contraction ending, she panted tiredly.
"Good girl Lucy! I see the head!"
"You- you do?" She twisted her head to look in Gru's face, smiling tiredly.
"Yes Lucy, looks like it's gonna be black hair. Guessing that's on daddy's side, huh?" A sudden flinch inside his stomach appeared when she announced the head...it had dark hair...just like him. His eyes widened, and he gazed down at her, giving a brief, faint laughter in disbelief. Their baby was almost there, and he still couldn't believe it. Curiously, he leaned over Lucy's shoulder and belly, looking if he could see anything.

It was almost there, so close...

Grabbing Gru's hand, she suddenly started travelling both their palms over her belly and down towards her sex – and there it was. This was their baby's head. It was so tiny, yet much bigger than anything she ever had inside of her there and it was warm and wet and fuzzy. She felt her heart flutter, knowing this was their child, and as she looked over to Gru, her heat melted over his fascinated glance; And were those tears swelling in his eyes?
"Okay, one last push, Lucy, here we go…"
"Almost done, sweetie, almost done..." he breathed into her ear, but it was more that he was telling it to himself, for he still couldn't believe it.
And then, the tension inside Lucy was gone by the final push. Her body was still aching, but she didn't feel the pressure. Saxena was fumbling around with some weird scissors and a towel.

And then she heard it. Cries.
"I-Is that-" Lucy gasped.
"Oh yeah…"
Gru felt like the world just stopped around them, as Saxena lifted up the towel, with something moving inside.

His child...

It was tiny, wet, pale, with red skin and it was loud, crying from the bright lights, the coldness around it...its head was just as big as a tennis ball, maybe a bit bigger. Its tiny arms and legs moved around uncoordinated, its tiny chest rose with each weak cry the baby gave.
"Lucy, Felonious - here's your little daughter." The baby was placed upon Lucy's chest and Lucy instantly cradled it, holding the baby close.
"Shhh…hey little baby…" she soothed the crying infant and just babbled some useless pet names and sweet words to the baby to say hello.
Gru couldn't keep his eyes away from that small crying baby in her arms. An overwhelming feeling rose inside him…
Carefully, he joined her on the bed and lying next to her, nuzzling his head against hers, completely stunned that this wasn't just some baby, but really and truly their little daughter. "Oh Gru…She's perfect..." she breathed with a shaking voice, feeling as Gru brushed away the tears from her face.
She reached up to give him the bundle, and instinctively, he looked between their freshly born daughter and Lucy.
"M-May I?"
She nodded with a smile.
And Gru reached to pick her up – that small bundle full of life.
He was holding her for the first time. Speechlessly, he stared down at his little baby, his tiny daughter that they have been waiting for the last 9 months. Robin still gave some weak cries, but soon stopped, feelings she was laying in somebody's secure arms. His knees felt as soft as rice-pudding.
This was their child...his own little baby...
He could feel something streaming down his cheek, but for the moment he didn't know what it was...
A tear?

"Gru…?" she suddenly asked, not sure if she should cry or laugh, but the tears just streamed down her face.
"Lucy…" he breathed, looking at that small face. She had jet black hair, much hair for that matter, and she opened her lids to reveal bright blue eyes, staring back at him.
She was the most wonderful creature he had ever seen.
"She's…she's beautiful…"
He looked back at her and placed her back into her arms when she started crying again.
She fumbled with the hospital dress, releasing one of her breasts and gave to the tiny baby, who started to suck on for dear life.
"You know how some say the pain goes away once the baby is born? It still hurts!" she whined, tears streaming down her face. She was happy. She truly was, but hormones of all kinds where raging through her body, the aftermath of the birth letting it all flow out. She couldn't keep it in anymore, snapping from the tension she had building up for hours. In the mix of all the pain, she also felt her heart exploding with warmth and love for the child she was feeding. Lucy looked up at him, smiling.
"She's hungry", she chuckled tiredly.
Gru's gaze was fixed on the little infant, quietly sucking on Lucy's breast, and he let his hand roam over the little babys head. Her expressions softened up, the relaxing sensation of nibbling onto her breast was keeping her quiet and calm. Small hands reached for Lucy's skin to hold onto, eyes closed shut...
He looked back at Lucy, and then he cupped her face, kissed her on the cheeks, on the forehead, on the temple, everywhere his lips reached her, and he drew her as close as possible to not crush Robin between them.
"Well done, sweetheart...well done..." he opened his eyes, gazing into hers and he could feel another tear rolling down his own face, while he brushed off hers with his thumbs. It had been an exhausting birth...for her and for him. But it was totally worth it.

"I love yu so much..."
Accepting his kisses, she smiled, snuggling up against him. "Hey there, why the tears Gru? I love you too." Robin was clawing at her breast, and she looked down. With a finger, she poked the little girl's hand, and she grabbed onto the finger. "Wow, she's a strong little one", Lucy smiled and Gru chuckled, brushing his thumb over her cheek. The baby was staring intensely into her eyes, right now a very dark shade of blue neither she or Gru possessed. She knew that most babies were born with blue eyes even if they didn't have it later on though. There was a ring of lighter green in the middle if you looked closely at the baby.

"Gru, I think she'll have my eyes", Lucy gasped silently, and Gru nodded. "She's goin' to be dhe most beautiful gurl in dis entire universe."
That made Lucy chuckle.

[For those of you complaining about the chosen gender: There are so many fanfics with their baby being male. And because I am never flowing with the stream, I thought hey - let's give them a girl with a semi-male name! ]