Michelle cooed and gurgled at the people looking at her. As a newborn she was fascinated by all of these strangers, only really understanding one thing as best as her tiny mind could. The dark skinned person holding her was her mama, and, if she understood correctly, the pale skin person sitting next to her mama was also someone she should know.
"She's so adorable!" the red headed girl squealed, making Michelle squirm.
She didn't mind high pitch noises, her mama and the other girl talked to her in a high pitch voice, but this one was a bit too much. Her mama cooed softly at her, the soft noise calming Michelle down a touch as the pale skin woman leaned over and gently stroked the top of her head.
"Is someone getting restless?" she asked with a smile.
Her mama giggled and kissed her forehead, Michelle gurgling in response as a few other people walked up to them.
"Oh she looks just like her mama," Holly observed looking at her granddaughter.
"I know right," Jasmine stated with a chuckle and a teasing glance at her daughter.
Jade shrugged in response, her eyes never leaving her newborn daughter.
"I'm glad she looks like Tori," she remarked, "because that means she's alive and I get to see her."
The two newly appointed grandmothers looked at each other and smiled. Jonathan chuckled and stepped forward to stand next to his daughter and future daughter-in-law.
"So since no one else is going to ask, will you honor this old man and allow him to hold his granddaughter?"
Holly and Jasmine gawked at him as Tori carefully handed Michelle over to her grandfather. Giving them a victorious smile, Jonathan looked down at his first grandchild. Michelle looked up at him in awe, her chubby little hand reaching up and patting his face as he simply laughs.
"Hello there Michelle, it's nice to finally meet you," he told her, "you don't realize this but we've been waiting to see you for months."
Michelle cooed at his words, the group laughing as their watch the newborn tug at her grandfather's collar. Walking over to her husband, Jasmine gave her granddaughter a small kiss making her squirm some more, the West mother looking up when she heard the door to the room opened up. The group heard the sound of talking, Dr. Hart and Officer Vega walking in and closing the door behind them.
"So there's a bunch of news people outside in the waiting room wanting to interview the three of you," David pointed out with a jab of his thumb, "should we let them in?"
"Oh crap we never came to a decision about that did we?" Jade groaned slapping her forehead.
"Nope," Tori replied as she took Michelle back from her grandfather, holding her close to her chest.
"Talk about what?" Cat asked confused.
"Well Michelle is the third child of this program," Dr. Hart explained to the hyperactive girl, "I had talked to the other two couples and they had both agreed to allow their children to at least be seen once for the press but overall they wanted their daughters to grow up living normal lives, outside of the press."
Megan smiled at the two as she looked down at Michelle, the tiny girl giggling as Tori tickled her belly. Shaking her head she reached into her manila folder and pulled out a form, handing it over to Jade who looked over the paper.
"I know that you two want to become famous so that might be a little harder but that form you have is to allow the press to come in and take some pictures of you three," she said as Jade allowed Tori to look it over, "it also allows you to set the conditions of what the press can do if you do accept."
Tori's eyes glided over the paper in her girlfriend's hand, trying to make sure Michelle was comfortable at the same time. She knew that Michelle was going to be hounded by the press the day she was born simply because of how special her and the other two babies were. They were the first children to ever be conceived this way so of course the media would want to get videos of them and interview the mothers.
"Did you have to talk to them?" Tori asked Dr. Hart, the woman merely smiling as she nodded.
"Kind of had to since I was the creator of the experiment," she shrugged, "not that it bothered me really but of course I'd give the three new families the choice of do you want your child in the limelight."
"What do you think Jade?" Tori asked her girlfriend, looking up at the pale skinned girl.
"Well I know that she'll be in the spotlight later down the line with the type of work we're going into," Jade muttered as she chewed her bottom lip, "so it's not like it's not going to be a part of her life, but do we want to hold off on that for the time being?"
"I would like to," Tori admitted, "if only so that we can prepare her for it when the time comes."
"I mean we could do what the others did and allow them to come in for a few and take some pictures but otherwise stay out of her life," Jade offered, "I mean she's what I assume is going to be the first of many children born between two females without a donor."
Tori nodded, Jade filling out the form and handing it back to Dr. Hart. With a small nod the doctor silently ushered the others out and, for the next hour, the new family was the focus of the media. The two actresses/singers simply let them do their thing, having been through stuff like this a couple of times. What surprised them though was that Michelle seemed to be enjoying the attention. This made the thespian chuckle as their daughter watched the flashing lights.
After the media had their fill of the newborn they headed out of the room, allowing their family and friends back in. The group walked back into the room, greeted with the sight of the two laughing, and looked at each other confused.
"Um… what's so funny?" Rachel asked the two mothers.
"Michelle apparently loved all the attention she was just receiving," Jade explained smirking at her daughter, "just like her mothers."
Tori giggled, Michelle squirming in her arms as she looked towards the door that the cameras had just went through. It did seem, to the half Latina, that their little girl who wasn't even a day old yet, was already craving the attention. Michelle was soon handed over to her grandmothers, Holly and Jasmine cooing over the baby in Holly's arms as their friends walked over and stood around Tori's bed. The next couple of hours was spent passing Michelle around so that everyone could have a turn with her, Jade having to take her daughter from Cat as it seemed the red head wasn't willing to let the little bundle of energy go.
"Can I please hold her for just a little longer?" Cat pleaded to her long time friend..
"Cat, Michelle needs to sleep," Jade said rolling her eyes as Cat pouted, "but I'm sure that your goddaughter will love it if you hold her later."
"Goddaughter?" Rachel asked with an amused expression.
"We were going to ask you later," Tori stated glaring at her girlfriend, "but I suppose that now is as good as ever."
"Rachel, Cat would the two of you be Michelle's godparents?" Jade asked, the two of them smiling in response.
"Of course we would love to be her godparents." Rachel replied, Cat squealing as she bounced up and down.
"I'm going to be a godmother!" Cat said excitedly, her girlfriend placing her hand on the redhead's shoulder to calm her down.
"Calm down Kitty Kat," the brown haired girl cautioned with a smirk.
"Yes yes congratulations on becoming godparents," Trina stated flippantly, "but how about letting me hold my niece, seriously everyone else here has gotten to hold her."
"True but I was trying to avoid her getting any of your bad talent germs," Jade smirked as Trina glared at her.
Tori rolled her eyes, not having the energy to try to stop them from arguing, but handed Michelle over to her aunt as Robby stood next to the older Vega sister. Michelle looked up at her aunt, curiosity shining in her eyes as she examined the older person holding her. Trina smiled as she looked down at her niece, the tiny human in her arms reaching up towards her. Leaning down to nuzzle her tummy Trina was met with a surprise though as Michelle grabbed her hair and gave it a pull.
"Ow!"
"I am so sorry Trin," Tori apologized as she took Michelle back, Jade chuckling to herself and earning a glare from her girlfriend.
"Oh come on Tori, she's a newborn, she doesn't know any better," she defended with a grin.
"Please tell me that you'll raise her to treat people nicely little sis," Trina muttered fixing her hair.
"Now now Trina like Jade said Michelle is a newborn," David chuckled, unable to help himself, "Tori did the samething to you when she was born."
Jade smirked, Tori blushing as she attempted to get Michelle to take a nap.
"So you pulled Trina's hair when you were a baby huh?" she teased, poking Tori's cheek.
"Amongst other things, but that's besides the point," the half Latina muttered, finally getting Michelle to sleep.
"Oh no no no no no, you're not getting out of this that easily," the thespian grinned turning to her future mother-in-law, "so what else did she do when she was younger?"
"Mom if you do I swear you'll never get to spoil your granddaughter," Tori threaten, Holly smiling in response.
"Oh please you wouldn't go through with that," Holly said shaking her head, "and it's my duty as your mother to embarrass you."
"Yeah Tori it's her job," Jade chuckled, not noticing Jasmine's smile.
"Oh don't worry Jade, once Holly's done I'll be more then happy to share some stories about you when you were a toddler."
Tori smirked, watching as Jade, surprisingly turned even more pale than before, her eyes going wide as she looked at her step mother.
"Crap…"