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Disclaimer: No own. Not even the England joke. My friend came up with that.
Roger paced anxiously back and forth in the waiting room, awaiting any word about his wife. Angel just sat on Collins' lap, staring straight ahead, while he rubbed his arm soothingly. Joanne sat with Maureen in the uncomfortable plastic chairs. And Mark and Jeff hadn't shown up yet and no one had really thought of calling them again.
"Man, you know she's going to be fine," Collins tried to comfort him.
"No I don't. You don't either, Collins! She's freaking pregnant. I don't know what I'll do if I lose her and the kid. I just—I don't know," Roger sunk down to the ground, in tears.
"Cheer up, Roger! I know!" Maureen semi-shouted. "Why is England so wet?"
Roger just stared at her with the same insane look that she was receiving from the other present bohos. It didn't stop her.
"Because the queen has reigned there so long!"
Joanne sighed and mouthed a 'sorry' to her friends. "Honeybear, why don't you go call Mark and Jeff and see when they're going to get here?"
"Okie-dokie!" she jumped up (as well as a pregnant woman can) and went over to the payphone to dial the all-too-familiar number.
(Mark/Jeff)
"Just because you have AIDS doesn't mean we can't… you know," Mark suggested.
"I don't want to risk it Mark. I love you too much to take a chance at sentencing you to this death sentence," Jeff explained.
Mark stared at the sincerity in his boyfriends eyes, and sighed, getting up and going to the kitchen. He wasn't going to get his way tonight. Was that going to stop him? No. He had picked up a thing or two from Maureen, and was planning to use them to his full advantage.
A breathless Jeff entered the room. "We have to go. Mimi's in the hospital."
(Hospital)
"Mr. Davis?"
Roger almost flew to the doctor. "That's me."
"Mr. Davis, your wife is in labor," the doctor explained.
"Labor?! She's barely 6 months along!" he shouted. Mark and Jeff ran into the room, but were silenced by the looks they received from their friends, and just sat down next to Joanne.
"Actually, she's nearing nine," he corrected.
"What?!" Angel got in on this conversation now. He marched up to the doctor. "I was there when she took the first pregnancy test and the four months before while she was PMSing."
"Well, sometimes a woman can continue to bleed, but still be pregnant. It doesn't happen much, but it's not unheard of. But I have to ask, who's going in with her? We're getting her prepped now for a C-section."
"Angel and Roger," Joanne said. No one argued with her.
A few hours later….
"Congratulations, honey. They're beautiful," Angel said to Mimi as he held one of the three babies. "Do you have names yet?"
"We didn't really talk about it, but I do want to name this one," she gestured to the little boy in her arms and smiled at her best friend, "Angel."
The drag queen felt tears well up and spill over. "You don't have to do that, Mimi."
"I want to. Roger? What do you think?"
Roger tore his gaze from the little girl he held in his arms, and let it land on the tiny boy. He smiled. "I think it's perfect."
"Angel, it is." Mimi said.
The other bohos walked in quietly, not to disturb the beautiful peace.
"Hey guys," Mark said, camera already out. "Who do we have here?"
Mimi lifted the boy up a little and smiled at her girlfriends. "This is Angel Maureen Joanne."
"This is Antoinetta Alise," Roger stated. He hadn't talked those names over with his wife, but to say that Mimi approved was an understatement.
"What about this little boy here?" Angel asked still holding the little baby.
"I don't know," Mimi said. She thought for a little while then blurted out "How about Laban? It means gentle, brittle and that's what he is. He's so small."
"Yeah, I like it. Laban Andrew Davis," Roger decided.
"Guys, those names are really beautiful," Maureen said, wiping a tear from her eye.
Mark smirked. "You're just happy one of them has your name in it."
"Shut up!" she said, jokingly. They all laughed and that's how the rest of the night went on. The nurses almost called security trying to get them to leave, but ended up letting them leave on their own.
"We have to go you guys," Angel said sadly. He awoke a sleeping Collins and they left hand in hand. Next were Maureen and Joanne, then Jeff and Mark.
After they were alone, Roger climbed into the bed with his wife and she curled into him.
"I love you so much Mimi. You did beautifully today," he said punctuating each word with a kiss.
"I love you too, Roger. I can't believe we're parents. After I learned that I was positive, I never thought I'd get to be a mom, but here I am. We now have three beautiful children," Mimi whispered.
"Goodnight, my love," Roger whispered tiredly.
"Good night."
And with that, the dancer fell asleep in the arms of the love of her life.
A/N: So was it worth the wait? Review and updates will come sooner!
