Thomas's birthday had quickly came and gone and Punk and AJ decided to take both him and Tate out to a soft play area, where they could go crazy without making a mess of the house. AJ was finding it hard to even sit comfortable in public places, she was only a week from her due date. It was just an uncomfortable, tired time for her, and she just wanted the baby out. She couldn't tie her laces, or lie in any position in bed but her back. She couldn't bend down to pick things up from the floor. It was a total nuisance and now she just wanted her baby girl in her arms.
"I'm going to ask my boss for some time off now. You look like you're going to pop any minute now." Punk admitted, walking into the living room and passing his wife a hot drink, the kids sitting in front of the tea watching some awful daytime childrens programme.
"You don't have to." AJ shook her head, "I'll be fine. You're only fifteen minutes away." AJ said, Punk sitting down beside her.
"I know. But I want to be here, for when you go into labour. I don't want to risk anything." Punk said as AJ just nodded, it sounded like he was going to take time off anyway, regardless of what she was saying.
"I just want her out." AJ moaned. She felt sweaty, tired, uncomfortable, hungry for food she had yet to find out of. She was just a mess and she needed to go into labour as soon as possible. She'd never wished for anything more.
"I asked Seth if he could watch the boys when you go in, I didn't think you'd want me to ask your mom. So we can drop them both off at Seth's on the way to the hospital." Punk explained his plan to his wife.
"Ok." AJ nodded, "I'll need to pack a bag tonight. Did you unbox the car seat… because you know, you know they won't let us take her home unless we have that." AJ said as Punk nodded.
"It's all done." Punk nodded, "I think I know the drill, ok. We've done this twice already." Punk chuckled.
"I know." AJ understood, "Just sometimes you forget." She cupped his cheek lovingly, pressing her hand back on her large tummy, not possibly being able to grow any larger.
Later that night…
AJ had packed her bag for the hospital, putting clean clothes, a baby grow for baby Jessie with a blanket to keep her warm on the journey home. She also packed all her folders and pregnancy files that she needed to have in the bag too. She was completely organised and now, now… all they had to do was wait for their little princess, who was eager to see the world before her time as it appeared to be.
"My back is killing." AJ moaned, sitting on the edge of the bed as Punk kneeled behind her, rubbing her shoulders and back like the good husband he was.
"Just relax." Punk told her, rubbing over her shoulders and down her back as she moaned. He hated that she was so uncomfortable and fed up. He wished he could swap places for her, but he couldn't, so the least he could do was help her relax and get comfortable.
"My stomach feels weird." AJ told Punk as she rubbed her tummy in circles.
"What kind of weird?" Punk asked as he continued to rub her back.
"Like a tight weird." AJ explained, "Just doesn't feel right." She admitted, knowing her own body and feelings, knowing this feeling wasn't going to lead to something good.
"It's probably just your mind, you're tired and uncomfortable and…"
"Phil." AJ paused.
"And you might just be hallucinating, you know, only with feelings. Just try…"
"Phil." AJ repeated.
"Just try and pretend the feelings aren't there. They most likely aren't." Punk said, not having realised that AJ was calling his name.
"Phil." AJ said again, "My waters have just broke." She stood still as Punks hands dropped from her back. He rushed off the bed to get in front of her where she sat with fear.
"Ok." Punk nodded, not really believing that it was time, "You get your bag and the car seat, load it into the car. I'll get the boys. Will you manage?" Punk asked his wife who seemed to have felt her first contraction, holding on to the side of the bed, "Hey… look at me, look at me." Punk pointed to his face as AJ looked up, concentrating on her breathing, "She's coming. She's going to be here in a few hours." Punk smiled as AJ gasped with sudden realisation, a sudden smile painting across her face as Punk leaned up to kiss her softly.
Punk eventually rushed out to get the boys up from bed, their sleepy and moany little heads wondering what it was all about, hearing their dad tell them that their mommy was having the baby now.
He took them both downstairs, not changing them out of their pyjamas as it was late on 11pm, rushing out to the car and putting them in with the baby's car seat in the middle between them. He was sure they would most likely fall asleep at Seth's.
AJ then came out, handing him her bag and getting into the passengers side slowly, leaving Punk to lock the house up, to which they would re enter with not just two children, but three.
"You ok?" Punk asked his wife calmly.
"I'm ok." AJ nodded turning around to look at the boys who were half asleep, still in their pyjamas, "Hey guys." She smiled to them, "Your sister is going to be here soon." AJ told them as they smiled to each other.
"When can we see her?" Tate asked.
"Well, once mommy has her, we'll call Seth and he can bring you guys straight in to see her. I promise." AJ said as they both nodded, turning back around as another contraction hit, feeling Punk put his hand on her lap comfortingly as he drove.
"What do you guys say to mommy?" Punk said, having told them what they had to say when AJ went into labour.
"Good luck, mommy." Thomas said as Tate followed, having forgot what his father told him to say until Thomas said.
"Thank you." AJ chuckled, "You two be good for Seth, ok?" AJ said, concentrating on her breathing.
Later on…
Punk sat helpless, like he did when Tate and Thomas were being born, watching his wife scream and moan in pain, things coming along quickly, not giving her a chance to breathe practically. Her hair was sticking to her face from the sweat spread across it, and her cries were silent and muffled as she puffed into the gas and air.
"You're doing so well." Punk smiled, holding her hand to help her power through these last few diallating minutes.
"No more kids, yeah?" AJ said breathlessly to him.
"Deal." Punk smiled, "Keep doing what you're doing, sweetheart. She'll be here in no time." Punk said, pressing a kiss on her cheek as the midwife re entered the room to check on things.
"Ok, April." The midwife smiled with good news, "You're ten centimetres. It's time to start pushing." The midwife said as AJ smiled with relief. From being an experienced mom, AJ knew that in about fifteen minutes at the most, all this pain would mean nothing, and she'd have her baby girl in her arms.
She'd almost forgotten how painful it was to have a baby the natural way. She had a emergency C-section with Thomas, so it had been a long time, but everything was so worth it. The full pregnancy, being uncomfortable and tired all the time, to giving birth right here, it was all completely worth it when the room echoed with shrieking cries.
"Hey, you did it." Punk smiled as he smiled to his wife with pride, pressing a kiss on her head as she still held his hand tightly.
"Where is she? Why… Why has she stopped crying?" AJ sat up as much as she could on the bed, watching doctors and nurses gather round the little bassinet in the corner.
AJ looked up to Punk for answers, but he was just as clueless as she was. The room did fall dead silently all of a sudden from little Jessie's cries, but just in a few short moments of help from the doctors and nurses to clear her air passages, she was back to screaming and crying again, leaving AJ falling back against her bed with a sigh of relief.
"Congratulations, you two." The midwife walked over to the couple, the baby girl wrapped in a pink blanket, passing her tiny body into AJ's waiting arms, "She was having a little trouble breathing, but we cleared her air passages… she's perfect." The young midwife smiled, walking away to let the parents have their own few minutes.
"Hey, baby girl…" AJ whispered with emotion in her voice, "You really are perfect, aren't you?" AJ said, Punk standing up and looking down at his daughter with swelling pride. It was one thing to see his sons being born, but to see his first daughter being born, to see her right in front of him, live and in living colour, he couldn't help but feel sentimental and emotional.
"She's so tiny." Punk admitted, reaching down and touching her tiny little hand, her beady little eyes opening up and staring at her parents.
"Your eyes." AJ smiled up to Punk. All three kids had been blessed with Punks dark green eyes, "She's beautiful." AJ said with a gasp, not possibly being able to take his eyes from her.
"So is her mother." Punk smiled, "I'm so proud of you." Punk said, leaning down and pressing his lips against his wife's, little Jessie content and now silent in her mothers arms as AJ and Punk kissed passionately, there never was a more heart swelling, emotional and passionate time, than standing with a healthy newborn in your arms who he already loved to an unexplainable extent.
Later that night…
It was around 4am that AJ was given the go ahead to get some sleep, although it was incredibly hard when her daughter was just so perfect and worth losing sleep to stare at. Punk got to have his own one on one time with her while AJ fell asleep, he also got a chance to fill in the birth certificate which was totally easy since they had her name 'Jessie Brooks' all planned out.
He was still blown away by her beauty, he'd never seen such a beautiful baby, besides Tate and Thomas of course. She was asleep too, just like her mother, and so peaceful and calm did she look. He couldn't wait for her older brothers to meet her. He knew they would fall in love with her instantly, just like he had.
Since it was so late and through the night, he figured he would go home to get a small nap and shower, ready to go see AJ and Jessie in the morning, with the boys accompanying him this time.
He placed the baby girl in a bassinet beside her mother's bed, and left the hospital room quietly, not without planting a kiss on both his girls soft heads. He'd only ever loved the one girl, he'd only ever came across the one female he had to care of, and that April, but now, now he had little Jessie to look out for and protect.
Outside the hospital…
"Once he leaves, I'll go in and get her." Tim told his girlfriend as they waited in their car in the parking lott of the hospital, watching the entrance for Punk who they were expecting leave soon. They had their delusional car packed up with luggage and bought baby girls clothes, along with a car seat in the back seat.
"Ok." Jenny nodded, having waited for this for such a long time, "Be careful with her, she'll be tiny." Jenny said, already being able to imagine how perfect the baby girl was.
"I know." Tim nodded as he spotted Punk walk out of the hospital doors, a large and proud smile on his face as he headed to his car to drive home whilst his unsafe wife and newborn daughter slept in the hospital building.
"Ok, go get our baby girl." Jenny smiled to Tim as they seen Punk drive away out of the hospital car park.
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