AN: Sorry about the short chapter, but I wanted to give you guys something since it's been a while…

Chapter 14-Arrival

David immediately went to call Anna's doctor again as Anna hollered in pain as another contraction ripped through her body.

Soon, Anna was sitting in between Griffin's legs in the enormous bathtub that occupied the guest bathroom. Griffin stroked her back and shoulders as she tried to keep her breathing steady.

"I can say that…I ABSOBLOUTELY HATE YOU RIGHT NOW GRIFFIN O'CONNOR! I HATE YOU SO MUCH!" Anna screamed at the top of her lungs.

Anna panted as the pain of the contraction began to subside a bit and Griffin patted her head with a towel. Millie was surfing the web on how to give a water birth, in case the doctor didn't make it in time. Sophie was perched by Anna's spread legs, keeping track of the contractions.

"So far the contractions are 30 minutes apart," she said.

"How many centimeters?" Anna panted.

"Two," Sophie answered.

"Okay, well, on this website, it says that we have to keep her calm and wait out the contractions. The body is doing what it needs to do to push the baby out. We just have to make sure the baby comes out head first and that no complications arise. If need be, we have to rush her to the E.R.," Millie explained.

"It's okay, Anna. I'm here. We got you," Griffin assured her as he kissed her forehead and she squeezed his hand.

"I'm just worried about…"

"I know. But everything's gonna be okay." Sophie agreed.

David rushed in, still on the phone with the doctor. He put the phone on his chest and said, "Okay, bad news: Dr. Longmire is out of state dealing with a family emergency, so he won't be here for the birth."

"WHAT!?" Anna yelled.

"So what do we do? She's in pain and the baby's gonna be here soon!" Griffin said angrily.

David kneeled down beside them and explained, "I know, I know, but he said he can coach us through it over the phone. Afterwards, we take Anna and the baby to the hospital to get looked over."

Anna screamed again, and David repeated it to the doctor. Griffin winced as Anna clenched his hand hard. A few minutes later, Anna calmed back down and took a deep breath.

"What do we do?" Sophie asked.

David told her, "We wait."

A few hours later, it was time for Anna to push. David and Sophie were at Anna's opening; David guiding her through via the doctor's instructions and Sophie trying to keep her grip and not vomit. It was a lot more gruesome than she expected but she knew that she had to do this for her sister.

Anna glanced up at Griffin when she was about to give her final push, and he kissed her nose and whispered, "You're almost there. You can do it, love."

"Okay," Anna panted and then she pushed with all of her might.

A few minutes later, a loud wail filled the bathroom, signaling the baby's entrance into the world. Sophie held the baby in her hands carefully and announced, "It's a girl!"

Griffin grinned and kissed his wife's forehead. Anna started crying uncontrollably, and Millie went to get some towels. Griffin leaned over to cut the umbellical cord and Sophie and Millie took to cleaning the baby. David listened to the doctor's instructions on the phone before he hung up.

With a bewildered expression, he said, "Well, the doc said congratulations and that we need to take the two of them to the hospital ASAP. Just as a precaution and so the baby can get her shots."

Anna wiped her face and said, "Not yet…I wanna hold her first."

Millie wrapped the infant in the towels and carefully handed the little girl to her mother. Griffin looked down in amazement and wonder at his newborn daughter. He was a father, an actual dad. And it terrified him. He never wanted anything to happen to his child, and he would protect her with his life.

Anna just gently rocked the baby and whispered, "I love you so much," over and over again to her. Then, Sophie asked, "What's her name?"

"Rue," Griffin answered without missing a beat. Anna turned to look at him.

"Are you sure?" He nodded.

"Yes, she's our little Rue. She's perfect," he whispered to her as he began playing with Rue's tiny fingers.

"Yes, she is. I love you," Anna said, still teary eyed.

"I love you too," Griffin said as he pecked her on the lips.

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