A/N: 6350 words and 12 pages. That's how long this chapter alone is. you're welcome =)
Disclaimer: I do not own Degrassi or its characters. I do however own the new Go Radio cd =)
Ah! Paige just went into labor! Ah! Oh my God! Oh my God! What are we going to do? What are we going to do? WHAT AM I GOING TO DO?
"Ah!" I scream.
"Jordan, shut up!" Paige screams at me.
Yeah, I'm freaking out. Paige's water just broke in my NEW car. I don't know if I'm more freaked out about Paige going into labor or the fact that there's now a new stain in my NEW car. I wonder if pregnancy water substance comes out easily. Oh-my-God. I-can't-breathe. I'm-gasping-for-air.
"Breathe Jordan, breathe!" Paige yells at me.
Slap!
Holy shit! Paige just slapped me and she slapped me pretty hard. Hey, I can breathe now. Oh my God, Paige's water just broke. Her water just broke in my car. What am I suppose to do? How am I supposed to get that stain out? What am I going to do?
"Jordan, focus!" Paige yells, trying to get my attention.
I look at her with wide scared eyes. "What are we going to do?" I ask her, sounding scared and freaked out.
Paige raises her eyebrow. "Really hon?" she asks in disbelief. "I'm the one that just went into labor and YOU'RE freaking out?"
"My pregnant sister-in-law's water just broke in my NEW car and we're stuck in traffic. And I've forgotten how to do that special breathing! You'd be freaking out too!"
"Ah!" Paige yells and her face contorts in pain.
"What was that?" I'm freaking out man!
Paige looks at me with fire in her eyes. "A contraction you dumb ass," she says angrily. "I need to get to the hospital NOW!"
"Paige, we're stuck in traffic. What exactly do you expect me to do?"
Ah! Paige just grabbed me by the collar and pulled me toward her and now my face is dangerously close to hers. Paige is kind of choking me right now. I think I might lose the ability to breathe very soon.
"Call the effin army for all I care hon," she says angrily. "Just do something or I will kill you and then I will kill Alex!"
"Paige…You're-choking-me," I somehow manage to tell her.
Paige lets go of her deathly grip on me. Oh thank God I can fully breathe now. I take a few gulps of extra air to help out my lungs. I look at Paige.
"You're very scary when you're in labor," I tell her. "I'll call 9-1-1 right now." I smile weakly and pull out my phone. If they don't get here fast we might need two ambulances.
Hospital:
So I called 9-1-1 and they loaded Paige up into the ambulance while they gave me a police escort to the nearest hospital, which is the hospital Paige planned on giving birth at anyway. I've never had a police escort before and I have to admit that it was pretty cool. I know for a fact that on the way to the hospital Paige called Alex and yelled at her about how she went into labor and she better get her ass to the hospital. Yeah, the paramedics told me they've never seen a pregnant woman that angry before. I wish I could say that anger was pregnant anger but I'm pretty sure that was regular Paige anger.
Currently I'm in Paige's room, waiting for Alex with her and possibly getting my hand broken. I'm on the verge of tears as Paige squeezes my hand.
"Ah!" I cry out.
"Where's Lexi?" Paige asks angrily. "It's her fault I'm in this damn position!"
Paige in labor is not a happy Paige. Paige in labor also creates a SUPER strong Paige with hand crushing capabilities.
"She's on her way," I tell her, while wincing from the pain. "She'll be here soon."
"She better," Paige growls.
"Paige!"
Oh thank God, Dylan is here. Dylan runs over to Paige's side. Dylan takes Paige's hand which allows Paige's other hand to let go of mine. Oh sweet baby Jesus, my poor hand. I start flexing my fingers, wincing through the pain, the excruciating pain. I can still move and feel my hand and fingers which must mean neither of them are broken. Oh thank God.
"Ah!" Dylan screams.
Wow, that wasn't even a manly scream. That scream sounded more like a little girl screaming. I look over at them and Dylan is wincing in pain and he looks like he's in a lot of it. Like I said, being in labor gives Paige super human strength because Dylan is a PROFESSIONAL hockey player, someone who gets hit and smashed by guys his size and bigger on a daily basis yet here's Paige, half his size, making him almost fall to his knees in pain.
"Where is Alex?" Paige growls.
Ok, Paige is REALLY starting to scare me. Actually no, she started scaring me about twenty minutes ago.
"She's on her way," Dylan says through clenched teeth. "Paige… I need my hand to play hockey."
Paige pulls Dylan closer to her. "If I have to be in pain hon then so does someone else."
Ok, Paige Michalchuk-Nuñez has officially terrified me. It's time for me to go out into the waiting room.
"I'm going to go out to the waiting room so you two can have some sibling bonding time," I announce and make my way to the door.
"Jordan!"Paige calls out my name. "Find Alex!"
"Paige, let me go!" Dylan whines.
I leave the room and close the door behind me. I feel sorry for Dylan, I truly do but I'd rather he have the broken hand than me. I walk into the waiting room and there's Marco and Ellie. They see me and practically jump to their feet.
"How's Paige?" Marco asks me.
"Oh, she's dandy," I answer sarcastically. "She's breaking your husband's hand and scaring the shit out of me and the poor paramedics, but other than that she's awesome."
"See, aren't you happy I told you not to go in there?" Ellie asks Marco.
Marco is nodding his head. Now he's moving his head around, like he's searching for something or someone.
"Since Alex isn't out here with us freaking out I'm guessing she's in the actual room with Paige?" Marco asks.
I shake my head. "Nope," I answer.
"What? Where is she? This is HER wife that's gone into labor!"
"Well Paige called her on our way here but think about it," I tell him. "Alex works on the other side of town and it is rush hour right now. You know how hectic T.O. traffic can get during rush hour."
"I WANT ALEX!" I hear Paige yell.
Ellie, Marco, and I are looking at each other with wide eyes and scared expressions on our faces.
"Aren't those rooms supposed to be sound proof or something?" Ellie asks.
"Jordan, call Alex NOW and find out where she is!" Marco yells at me.
I pull my cell phone out of my pocket and press the number two on my speed dial.
"What?" Alex yells.
"Where are you?" I ask her. "Paige is yelling for you and breaking people's hands."
"I'm stuck in traffic dammit!" she yells angrily. "I'm trying to get there as fast as I can but traffic out here is horrible!"
I hear the honking of horns in the background and some colorful language being used.
"Please just try to get here as soon as possible. If you have to jump out of your car and just run here. Paige needs you. And please don't die trying to get here."
"Ok! Just tell Paige to hold on tight, I'll be there soon."
Click.
I put my phone back in my pocket. I look at Ellie and Marco.
"Alex is stuck in traffic," I tell them.
"Someone has to tell Paige," Ellie says.
"Not it!" Marco and Ellie yell at the same time.
They're looking at me with their fingers on their noses. Oh you have to be kidding me. Twenty-seven and they're still acting like they're sixteen. I roll my eyes at them.
"You two are ridiculous," I tell them. "We're not in high school anymore."
Marco is shaking his head. "Doesn't matter," he says. "You have to go tell Paige that Alex is stuck in traffic."
Ellie is nodding her head, agreeing with Marco. I narrow my eyes at them.
"I hate you guys," I mutter.
"Don't care, go tell Paige," Marco says and slightly pushes me in the direction of Paige's room.
I start walking away from the two ridiculous people I call my friends and toward Paige's room. I turn around and start walking backwards so I can look at the two immature traitors.
"Just so you know that's YOUR husband's hand that's being broken in there!" I yell while pointing at Marco.
He shrugs his shoulders. "He'll be ok!" he yells.
I roll my eyes and shake my head. That right there is an example of being a bad spouse. I enter Paige's room and Dylan's face is red and he has his eyes closed shut and his teeth are clinched. I'm going to go ahead and say that he's in some pain right now. Granted Paige still has her death grip on his hand.
"Paige, sis, I love you," Dylan says. "But you're killing my fingers."
I approach the other side of Paige's bed. "Hey Paige," I greet her nervously and hesitantly.
Paige turns and looks at me. Wow, she looks exhausted.
"Jordan, please tell me Alex is almost here," she pleads.
"Almost," I answer. "She's stuck in traffic right now but she's on her way and she'll be here."
Paige's eyes slightly widen. "What if she doesn't get here in time?" she asks, sounding scared.
Are Paige's eyes shining? Oh God, I think she's about to cry. Please not the tears, not the tears. The tears start falling down Paige's face and I think someone might have just stabbed me in the heart.
"Lexi can't miss the birth if our first child!" Paige cries. "I can't do this without her!"
I place my hands on the side of Paige's face and look at her.
"You are not doing this alone," I tell her. "Alex will be here, trust me. She will not miss this."
"Are you sure? How do you know?"
"Who am I?" I ask.
"Jordan Athena Johnson-Perez," Paige answers.
"And who is your wife?"
"Alexandria Deanna Johnson Nuñez-Michalchuk."
"Exactly. So I am one hundred percent positive that Alex will be here in time for the birth of your bundle of joy."
Paige smiles at me weakly and takes my hand, not squeezing the life out of it. "Thank you Jordan, for being here," she says sincerely. "It means a lot to me that these past nine months you've been dealing with my craziness and you've been there for Alex and me every step of the way. This is why Alex and I would like for you and Beth to be the godparents to this child."
No way! A smile instantly appears on my face. Ha, in Dylan and Marco's faces! If it wasn't for the fact that I'm supposed to be mature right now I would do my victory dancing right now.
"Really?" I ask making sure I heard her right.
"Um, hello," Dylan starts. "Marco and I are here too and we've been here every step of the way. Marco is actually in the waiting room right now. I didn't see Beth anywhere when I came in."
Alright, here's the story. Dylan and I have been competing and fighting about who would be the godparents to Palex's first born ever since Paige announced her pregnancy. Dylan seems to think that because he's Paige's biological brother and Marco has been Paige's best friend since the eighth grade they should be the godparents. I told him that although Alex and I aren't biological sisters we're still sisters. Then Dylan's dumb ass said that Alex and I have only been sisters for seven years and he and Paige have been siblings their whole lives. Just to piss him off a little I pointed out the fact that Paige has not been his sister his whole life since there was about a year and a half where Paige didn't even exist. I got a hockey puck thrown at me for that one. But then I told Dylan that if it wasn't for me there wouldn't even be a Michalchuk-Nuñez baby in the first place.
"Hon, after much thought Alex and I decided to make Jordan and Beth the godparents," Paige tells Dylan. "It doesn't mean we love you and Marco any less."
Have I mentioned how much Dylan HATES to lose, at anything? He's wearing his angry losing face right now. Paige isn't looking at me, so right now would be the perfect time to taunt Dylan. I make an "L" with my hand and hold it up to my forehead and mouth "loser" at him. Dylan's eyes narrow.
"Jordan, whatever you're doing behind my back to make Dylan's face like that, stop it," Paige orders.
I immediately drop my hand. "Yes ma'am," I say. I smile. "You just sounded like a mom," I tell her.
"Really" Paige asks excitedly. Her tired eyes light up a little bit.
"Totally."
"Ah."
"Ah!" Dylan screams, once again like a girl.
Paige must have just had another contraction which means she must have squeezed the life out of Dylan's hands. Hence the girly scream that just came from his mouth. Paige's room's door opens and Dr. Robinson walks in with a smile on her face.
"Hello all," she greets us cheerfully. "It's a great day to have a baby." She smiles at us.
"Yep, great day to have a pregnancy juice stain in my new car," I mutter.
"Oh Jordan, that stain will come out," Dr. Robinson tells me. "Eventually… Maybe… I think…"
Oh great, happy moment just turned into a sad moment. Dr. Robinson puts on a glove and then puts her hand under the sheet that is covering Paige. I'm pretty sure I know what she's doing and I'd rather not think about it anymore.
"Well Paige," Dr. Robinson starts as she takes off the glove. "You're aboot two centimeters dilated."
"How dilated does she need to be to get an epidural?" Dylan asks with pain in his voice.
Paige shakes her head no. "I'm not getting an epidural," Paige says. "Alex and I agreed that I would not take any drugs."
Dr. Robinson is nodding her head. "That you did," she says to Paige. "Which I applaud you for but remember, the drugs wouldn't hurt the baby. So if you want the epidural just tell me."
"Alex and I made a decision and I'm going to stick to it," Paige says. "I just wish she was here right now to hold my hand through the pain."
The beeping on one of the machines increases a bit. I notice Dr. Robinson look at the machines with a look of concern on her face.
"Paige," I call out her name softly. "Alex will be here, trust me. For now just keep holding on to Dylan's hand."
Paige nods her head and Dylan is biting his lip.
"I'll be back later to check up on you," Dr. Robinson tells Paige. Now she's looking at me. "Jordan, can I talk to you please?"
I'm nodding my head. I follow Dr. Robinson out of Paige's room into the hallway. Dr. Robinson closes the door and looks at me with confusion on her face.
"Where's Alex?" she asks me.
"She's on her way," I answer. "She's stuck in traffic but she's on her way."
"Listen Jordan, Paige's heart rate is a bit high."
"Oh my God! Will she be ok? Is the baby ok?"
Dr. Robinson rises up her hands, telling me to shut up.
"Her and the baby are both ok. It's nothing to worry aboot… yet. We need Paige's heart rate to go back down to normal and stay that way. A high heart rate is not good for her or the baby and with this being her first child I want this delivery to go as smoothly as possible."
I'm nodding my head. "Ok," I say. "I'll try to get Paige to calm down and relax as much as possible. And I'll call Alex again and see where she is."
"Thank you Jordan. Also, I look forward to seeing you and Bethany next week."
"Yep, me too."
Dr. Robinson walks away, whistling. I'm walking back to the waiting room to fill Marco and Ellie in. Hey, my wife and family are here. Beth and my parents stand up as soon as they see me and Major is running toward me. He stops in front of me with a look of fear and confusion on his face. I get down on my knees so I can be eye-leveled to him.
"Major, what's wrong?" I ask him.
"JJ, Mommy told me Paige went into labor," he says quickly. "Is she ok?"
"Paige is ok Major," I tell him.
"One time I watched this show where this woman went into labor and she was screaming a lot."
What the-. I look up at my parents. "What are you allowing your seven-year-old son to watch?" I ask.
Mom crosses her arms. "Your father is the one who said he could have his own TV in his room," she tells me.
I look at Brian. "Dad, put a parental control block on his TV please," I tell him. I look back at Major. "Paige is ok," I tell him, trying to reassure him.
Major nods his head, believing me. I stand up and walk over to my parents and hug them.
"How is Paige?" Mom asks me.
"She's ok," I tell her. "She's in there breaking Dylan's hand."
Brian looks at Mom. "Hmm, someone breaking someone else's hand sounds familiar," he says.
"I ALMOST broke your hand," Mom says. "Almost."
"Mhm, ok. How's Alex holding up?"
"She's not here," I tell them. "She's somewhere stuck in traffic and Paige is freaking out. I need you two to go to Paige's room and try to calm her down a bit. Dr. Robinson says Paige's heart rate is a bit high and we need to get it back down to normal."
They're nodding their heads. "We'll try our best," Mom says and kisses me on the cheek.
Mom and Brian are walking down the hall toward Paige's room. Major is following them. Oh no, nu-uh. I pick him up, well sort of. The boy is kind of heavy so I barely life him off the ground. He's struggling, kicking his legs.
"Hey!" he shouts.
I put him down. "Where do you think you're going?" I ask.
"I'm going to go see Paige."
I'm shaking my head. "Nope, you can't. You have to be at least… eight years old to enter that room."
"I am eight."
I laugh. "I was there the day you were born Major. I remember that day being in June, not April. Now just go hang out with Marco and Ellie."
Major crosses his arms and pouts while walking over to Marco and Ellie. I stand back up. Beth is smiling at me and I smile sadly at her. I walk over to her and she welcomes me into her arms. I wrap my arms around her and rest my head on her shoulder.
"How are you holding up?" she asks me.
"Tired and worn out," I answer. I pull away so I can look at her. "I don't know how I'm going to hold up when it's our turn."
Beth pats my back. "You'll do fine. Look at this as a practice run."
"As long as your water doesn't break in the Mustang I think I'll be ok."
A horrified look appears on Beth's face. "Oh no," she says. "Her water broke in your car?"
I'm nodding my head. "First day of having my dream car and already there's a stain in it." A tear rolls down my face.
"Aw Jordan…"
I place my head back on Beth's shoulder while she pats my back. My poor poor car.
"Miss you can't run in here!" I hear a nurse yell.
"My wife is having a baby!"
Wait, did I just hear Alex's voice? I lift my head off my Beth's shoulder and look. Oh God, is that Alex? Marco and Ellie stand up quickly. It is Alex! She runs up to Beth and me.
"Jordan, where's Paige?" she asks me quickly.
Alex looks like a crazy woman. There's sweat pouring down her face, a huge sweat spot on her shirt, her hair is everywhere, and her facial expression is crazy. Ew, and she smells.
"Why do you smell so bad?" I ask.
Whoa! Alex just grabbed me by the shoulders. No not grabbed, yanked.
"I just ran five miles!" she yells. "Now where is my wife?"
I point down the hallway. "Room 311," I tell her.
Alex lets go of my shoulders and runs down the hallway to Paige's room. I look back at Beth.
"You probably shouldn't have told her that she smells," she says.
All I can do is nod my head. I'm still in shock from Alex yelling at me. I don't think I can handle anymore yelling.
Beth takes my hand. "Let's go check on Paige," she says.
Once again I nod my head. I follow Beth to Paige's room. We enter the room and Alex and Paige are kissing. Dylan is about ten feet away from Paige's bed, flexing his possibly injured hand. Mom and Brian are smiling, nothing else.
"Alex, I'm so happy you're here," Paige says relieved.
"Of course I'm here," Alex tells her, wiping away Paige's tears. "There's no way I was going to miss the birth of our child."
And now they're kissing again. They pull apart and Paige wrinkles her nose.
"Hon, why do you smell?" Paige asks Alex.
"I was stuck in traffic and was afraid I wasn't going to get here in time so I got out of my car and ran here," Alex answers.
"You ran here?"
Alex is nodding her head. "Five miles, didn't stop, not even for a second."
"Aw, Lexi," Paige gushes. Paige kisses Alex, again.
"Should we leave so you two can just make out until the baby comes?" I ask.
Oof! I just received an elbow in my side from my lovely wife. That one hurt.
"Paige, are your parents on their way here?" Mom asks.
"Dad is on his way and Mom is trying to get the next flight out of Vancouver," Dylan answers.
"Dude, is your dad going to pass out again?" I ask.
"Jordan…" Paige says in a warning tone.
"What? He passed out when you told him you were pregnant. All I'm saying is that Roger sees you as his little girl and now his little girl is having a baby of her own. Wow, he must feel old."
Someone clears their throat. I turn my head and my mom is looking at me with her arms crossed and a crossed look on her face.
"Well you have three kids, a grandchild on the way and you're 48," I tell her. "You should already feel old."
Oh my God, what the hell did I just say?
"Jordan, shut up," Beth says to me.
"Listen to your wife Jordan," Mom says. "Before you say something that really makes me mad."
I'm nodding my head. "I'm just going to shut up now," I tell everyone.
"Smart move."
Dr. Robinson walks into the room. She looks at all of us and smiles.
"Looks like the gang's all here," she says. "Alex, nice to see you finally made it. Looks like you ran here."
Alex is nodding her head. "I did," she tells her. "Five miles."
Dr. Robinson whistles. "That's quite the work out."
Dr. Robinson walks over to the machines and looks at the information on them. Now she's looking at some chart and writing something down. She looks up and smiles at Palex.
"Well Paige your vitals are good and the baby's vitals are really good," she tells Paige and Alex. "How are you feeling?"
"Tired and in pain," Paige answers. "But happy and relieved that Alex is here now."
"Well I'm going to be honest with you Paige, you have a while to go but if the vitals stay as good as they are now then you should have a smooth delivery."
"Hear that Paigey?" Alex asks. "A smooth delivery."
Paige smiles at Alex. I have a feeling that although this delivery is going to be smooth it's also going to be long.
"My hand," Dylan whines.
"I'll take a look at your hand Dylan," Dr. Robinson says.
Wow, Dylan is such a baby.
Later:
I'm sitting here in the waiting room with Beth, Marco, Ellie, Craig, Kelly, and Major. It's eight o'clock which mean Paige has been in labor for about five hours. My parents, Dylan, and Paige's dad are in Paige's room right now with Palex. I decided to wait out here with the others. Kelly is on her blackberry right now, typing away like crazy. Craig has a notepad in his hand and a pen in his mouth looking deep in thought. Ellie and Marco are both talking about something, probably something ridiculous. Beth is teaching Major some Spanish, like always, while I'm just holding her hand.
"I still can't believe Paige and Alex are having a kid," Craig says. "This is just blowing my mind away. Maybe I should write a song aboot it."
"Why do you feel the need to write a song about everything?" I ask.
"The Paige-Alex relationship is totally song worthy! Think aboot it. Who would have guessed that two girls who hated each other's guts would fall in love, get married, and then have a kid?"
Major looks up and over at me with a questioning look on his face.
"JJ, what is Craig talking aboot?" Major asks. "When did Paige and Alex hate each other?"
I look at Craig and narrow my eyes at him. Craig puts up his hands.
"How am I supposed to know that he doesn't know aboot the history of his sister and sister-in-law's great romance?" Craig asks.
"Because he's seven," I answer. "Why would we tell him the history of Palex?"
Major clears his throat. "I'm still here," he announces.
I look at him. "In high school Alex and Paige didn't really like each other at first. But once they got to know each other they became friends and eventually fell in love."
"Is that how you and Beth fell in love?"
I look at Beth and smile. She smiles back at me. I look back at Major.
"Not quite," I answer.
I see Beth looking past me and I turn my head to where she's looking. Mom and Brian are walking toward us with smiles on their faces.
"Paige is doing wonderfully," Mom announces.
"Although according to Dr. Robinson she did almost fracture Dylan's hand," Brian interjects.
"But he'll be ok. Anyway, she's about four centimeters dilated so she still has a while to go."
"And it's past someone's bedtime," Brian says while looking at Major. "So it's time for us to go."
"Oh come on!" Major exclaims. "I wanna be here when the baby is born!"
Mom is shaking her head. "Nu-uh mister," she says. "It is clearly past your bedtime and you have school in the morning."
Brian picks Major up. I find it amazing that he can still pick Major up since the boy is almost eight and Brian isn't exactly as young as he use to be.
"Say goodnight to everyone," Brian tells Major.
Major groans. "Goodnight," he grumbles.
Mom kisses me on the cheek. "We'll be back in the morning," she says. "Call us if you need anything."
I nod my head. "Yes ma'am."
Mom, Brian, and Major are leaving now, waving good-bye to the rest of us. They enter the elevator and as the elevator door closes I sit back down.
"So here's a question," Craig says. "How dilated does Paige have to be before she can start pushing?"
"Ten," the rest of use answer at the same time.
"Whoa. We're going to be here for awhile."
"Tell me about it," I groan.
Later:
My favorite part about a hospital has always been the maternity ward, most specifically the nursery. I'm one of those people that will just stand in front of the huge nursery window and look at all the cute little babies. Most of the babies are asleep, of course, but since they're newborns and don't have sleep schedules like the rest of us some of them are still awake. I'm currently looking at a new bubbly baby boy who is trying to look around as much as he can. It's amazing how amazed he is by the world surrounding him. I feel a presence beside me.
"Hey."
"Hello Alex," I greet her.
"Ya know, you sort of look like a creeper just standing here looking at babies at one in the morning," she says.
"People probably think I'm plotting to steal one of these cute little babies." I laugh a little bit.
"Seeing as a baby was almost stolen from a hospital in T.O. last year I wouldn't really joke aboot that," Alex says seriously.
My laughter stops. "Oh yeah, I forgot. Now it doesn't seem too funny." I sigh. "What is everyone else up to?"
"Well Craig and Ellie went home but they want us to call them once something happens. Marco and Dylan went home to shower but should be right back. Beth went back to your place to get you a change of clothes because she knew you wouldn't want to leave and she's stopping by Paige and my place to grab Paige's baby bag for us."
"How's Paige doing?"
"She's doing well. We finally got her to sleep. Her parents are in there right now sleeping beside her."
"And how are you holding up?"
"I'm good," Alex says while nodding her head. "I'm fantastic."
She's not good, she's not fantastic. Whenever Alex uses the word "fantastic" I know everything isn't ok.
"Now tell me how you really feel," I tell her.
Alex sighs and rests her forehead against the glass window. "All those babies in there are innocent. They just entered the world and are amazed by it because they don't know aboot the dangers it holds yet. They're all so perfect right now but who knows what will happen to them once they leave this building."
Alex takes her head off the glass. She looks at me and she looks completely terrified.
"I'm aboot to be a mom Jordan," she tells me in a scared voice. "Any hour now I'm aboot to be in charge of another human being's life, a tiny human being. What if I can't do it? What if I end up being like my mother?"
"Number one, you will never be like Emily because you're gay and Emily isn't," I tell her.
Alex narrows her eyes at me. "Jordan…"
I put my arm around Alex's shoulders. "You're going to be an awesome mom." I say seriously. "You have so much love in your heart that I know your kid is going to be smothered with. Plus you have Paige, a woman who loves you and who is probably just as scared as you are about becoming a mother. You and Paige are going to be great parents."
A smile is slowly starting to appear on Alex's face. Alex is now smiling at me. Omph! Alex just yanked me and now we're hugging.
"How do you always know the right thing to say?" she asks.
"It's a gift," I answer lightly and chuckle.
"Well I guess in a few hours we'll see if you're right or not."
"I guess we will."
Later:
It's eight in the morning and let me just say that hospital chairs are not the most comfortable things to sleep in. Yes, I'm still at the hospital and yes, I've been here all night. I called the station and told them I wouldn't be coming in at all today since my sister and her wife are having a baby. At some point during the night someone placed a blanket over me, a blanket that is now over Major. Yep, Major is sitting in the chair right beside me sleeping. He's supposed to be at school but apparently he used his persuasion powers to convince Mom and Brian to let him skip school today. Beth is sitting on my other side with her head on my shoulder, sleeping. Craig and Ellie are sitting across from us. Ellie is reading the morning paper while Craig once again has a notepad with him and he's writing something down on it. Dylan and Marco are in Paige's room with Palex, my parents, and the Michalchuks. And last night I spoke to Jay who is suppose to be flying out here sometime later this week. He's also bummed that he wasn't named godparent. He'll get over it though. I wonder what is going on outside this building right now.
I look over at Ellie. "What's in the news?' I ask.
"Nothing," she answers. "It seems that for the rest of Toronto April fourteenth is a slow day."
Craig suddenly looks up from his notepad. "Hey, isn't today Paige and Alex's wedding anniversary?" he asks.
I chuckle. Silly Craig. "No," I answer. "I would remember if today was their anniversary. Palex got married on April the four…teenth…"
Craig is smiling. "Yeah, today is April the fourteenth," he says smugly.
Ellie is smiling. "What a great way to celebrate your anniversary," she says.
I feel Beth stirring beside me. Her eyes flutter open as she lifts her head off my shoulders. Beth stretches her arms and yawn.
"Did I miss anything?" she asks in a sleepy voice.
"Yeah," Craig answers. "You missed me proving Jordan wrong."
"Watch it Manning," I warn him.
"Guys! Guys!" someone is yelling.
I look down the hallway and I see Dylan and Marco running toward us. Ya know with all this running and yelling we've been doing I'm surprised the hospital hasn't tried to kick us out yet. All of us, except Major who is somehow still sleeping, jump to our feet. Dylan and Marco reach us and for some reason Marco is breathing hard.
"Why are you breathing hard?" I ask. "Paige's room is like fifty feet away."
"Paige…baby…now," Marco says while breathing hard.
"What?" Craig asks.
"Sweetie, sit down," Dylan tells Marco.
Marco sits down beside Major and is trying to catch his breath. Dylan might want to consider getting Marco to go to the gym more or something. Right now Dylan is looking at us and smiling.
"Paige is aboot to start pushing and she wants you two in there," Dylan says while pointing at Beth and me."
"She wants US in there?" Beth asks.
Dylan is nodding his head. "You two are the godparents. Go!"
Beth and I start fast walking to Paige's room. Wait, where's Dylan? Why isn't he walking right beside us? I look back and Dylan is still standing with the others.
"Well aren't you coming?" I ask him. "She's YOUR sister."
"Exactly!" Dylan shouts. "I don't want to see anything coming out between my baby's sister's legs. Now go!"
I turn back around and jog to Paige's room. Beth opens the door and I follow her into the room. Immediately nurses are putting scrub gowns on Beth and me. I see Alex on Paige's right, holding her hand and leg. Roger is on Paige's other side. Of course Dr. Robinson and some nurses are in here to help with the delivery.
"You're doing great Paigey," Alex tells her.
Once our scrub gowns are on Beth walks over to Palex and she takes over for Alex, holding Paige's leg back. Alex is holding Paige's hand while pushing hair out of Paige's face and saying words of encouragement to her. I walk up with a camera in my hand. I press the record button and aim the camera.
"Jordan, if I see this on youtube I will kill you with my bare hands!' Paige yells angrily.
"I would never out this on the internet," I tell her. "This is so you and Alex can remember how memorable the birth of your first child and your second wedding anniversary was."
"Alright Paige, it's time to push," Dr. Robinson says.
I've never quite understood the whole pushing thing. How exactly do you push and what are you pushing? I mean is it like when you're using the bathroom and sometimes you have to push? I know this makes me sound like I'm in middle school but I am quite serious about this question at the moment. I don't know the answer to this question and I probably never will but what I do know is that Paige is making some weird face and noise and it looks like she's pushing, I guess.
Paige turns her head to Alex. Alex's face is telling me she's in A LOT of pain right now.
"Next time you're going to be the one pushing!" Paige yells angrily.
Alex just nods her head, not saying anything. Not that I think she's even capable of saying anything right now.
"Alright Paige, the baby is crowning," Dr. Robinson announces. "You just need to give me one last big push."
"You can do it Paige!" Rose cheers.
"Go Paige go!' Brian cheers.
I didn't realize this was a sporting event. Paige is leaning forward, pushing. This is great footage for a home video, though I don't really like seeing this part of Paige's body that much. There's blood everywhere and I'm actually starting to feel a bit light headed. Oh my God… I see a head full of black hair appearing. Dr. Robinson grabs the head and shoulders. Oh Jesus…
"Waa!"
A/N: It's a... =)