Golden hearts
Chapter 13: Audrey
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A few days after the wedding, Molly was home from school with bad menstrual cramps. Quinn stayed home with her, saying that it was too hard for her to go to work and walk around. The due date had already passed and Quinn complained that if she didn't go into labor soon, she'd need to go to a doctor for a c-section. Molly thought her mom was crazy for going to work so pregnant, but she had to remind herself that her mom was Quinn Evans.
Molly was in her room lying on the hot water bottle when Quinn hobbled in. "How's your stomach?" Quinn asked.
"It's always bad on the first day," Molly sighed. "I feel like a bunch of bricks have been thrown at my stomach."
"I'm sorry, baby," Quinn said. "The first day's always pretty painful for me, too."
"I bet it's nothing compared to giving birth," Molly said. "Are you nervous?"
"I've given birth to six babies already," Quinn said.
"Who was the hardest to give birth to?" Molly asked.
Quinn looked sad. "It would have to have been Olivia..."
Molly took her mom's hand. "I really wish she could still be here, Mom."
"She'd be in third grade, hard to believe," Quinn said.
"Who was the easiest?" Molly asked, trying to cheer up her mom.
"Well, I remember it felt the least painful with you and Adam," Quinn said. "Maybe it was because I'd been brutally attacked less than two years earlier and that hurt a lot more."
The story of Quinn's attack at Yale during her first year there was one that scared Molly a bit. Quinn was still bothered by that story and refused to share it with even her kids. Molly felt like an idiot. She'd probably upset her mom again. Her mom was very emotional now that she was so pregnancy. She needed to distract her mom, and soon. "Mom, can you tell me about the night Adam and I were born?"
"I'd love to," Quinn said. "Well, you know it happened as we were leaving our friends' wedding, where we were the maid of honor and the best man..."
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As Sam and Quinn were leaving, Quinn grabbed Sam's hand. "Sam, my water just broke!"
Sam looked at Quinn. "When?"
"Just now," Quinn said. "I think labor started a few hours ago, but I didn't want to interrupt the wedding."
"Avoiding the spotlight now, huh?" Sam said.
"I don't think Rachel would appreciate her maid of honor leaving the reception!" Quinn protested.
"Okay, let's call an ambulance," Sam said.
"Can't you just drive there?" Quinn pleaded.
Sam gave Quinn a look. "You need medical help right away."
Quinn stood there, feeling the pain beginning to come as Sam called the ambulance. He led her to sit down and put his arms around her. "It'll be okay. Just think, in a few hours, our little boy and our little girl will be here."
"I don't know if I'm ready!" Quinn pleaded. "I don't think I'll be a good mom!"
Sam kissed Quinn. "Lucy Quinn Fabray Evans, I see you as being the best mother."
The ambulance arrived and Sam helped Quinn on, still in their nice clothes from the wedding. Quinn held Sam's hand on the ambulance. When they got to the hospital, Sam helped Quinn into a wheelchair as they headed to the hospital room. In the bed, Quinn's contractions continued, but she remained calm, only holding Sam's's hand. He looked at her. "I can't believe how well you're handling this - from what I've heard, most women scream at their husbands while giving birth."
"This is nothing compared to my attack!" Quinn said. It didn't hurt as much, but she was just as scared, if not more.
After about two hours, it was time to begin pushing. Quinn just held onto Sam. At 12:01 AM, Adam was born. Molly followed seven minutes later. When Quinn held her children for the first time, it was one of the best moments of her life. These were her babies. She was a mother. Already, these babies were perfect. She'd left Yale and transferred to Tennessee Univirsity and had pretty much lost any chance of being in New York, but she had Sam, and now, she had Adam and Molly. Everything was perfect in her life now.
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As she finished telling Molly the story of the night she became a mother, Quinn couldn't believe that was almost thirteen years ago and soon, she'd be giving birth again... To her SEVENTH child!
"You're a great mom," Molly told Quinn.
"You think so?" Quinn asked.
"I do," Molly replied happily.
"I love you, honey," Quinn said.
"If cramps hurt this much, I can only imagine how hard it will be when I give birth," Molly said.
"Hopefully that won't be for a while," Quinn said. "Looking back, I don't know how your dad and I managed to get through college and raising two toddlers at the same time."
"You did a perfect job," Molly told her mom.
Quinn looked at her daughter. That perfect baby she'd given birth to twelve years ago was now a beautiful, smart, strong, sweet young woman.
Quinn told Molly to take a nap, because that usually helped ease Molly's cramps. She sat by her daughter's side until she fell asleep and then went downstairs.
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"Molly!" Molly woke up immediately, she had never heard her mom sound so loud. This had to be something big. She ran downstairs. "Molly... my water just broke..." Quinn said.
Molly jumped back. "Okay, Mom... I'll call Dad at work and then call Tom's parents and see if they can get Adam, Georgia, Daniel and Faith."
"I'd forgotten how much contractions hurt," Quinn said.
"It'll be okay," Molly said. "You just stay there. I'll call Dad." She got out her cell phone and quickly dialed the Sky Heights school phone number. She asked the secretary at the school office to go straight to his classroom, because this was his daughter and it was a family urgency. When Sam picked up the phone, Molly blurted out, "Mom's water broke!"
"Oh my God!" Sam said. "I'll be right there. Keep her calm, okay?"
"I will," Molly said. She hung up the phone. "Mom, Dad's on his way."
"Thank God!" Quinn said.
"I'm going to call Tom's parents to see if they can get Adam, Georgia, Daniel and Faith, okay?"
"Okay," Quinn said weakly.
Molly quickly dialed Tom's dad's cell phone number. She and Tom had worked out with their parents a while ago that Tom's parents would get them from school and bring them to the hospital. Tom's dad picked up after the first ring. "Hi, Molly."
"My mom's water just broke!"
"Do you need me to - "
"Could you bring Adam, Georgia, Daniel and Faith to the hospital? They're at school now and Faith's with her child minder."
"Of course, we'll be there soon."
As soon as Molly hung up the phone, she went back to Quinn in the living room and saw Sam coming in. "I drove above the speed limit, Q."
"Sammy, I forgot how much it hurts," Quinn moaned.
Sam kissed Quinn. "I know. Molly, please go get your mom's suitcase."
Molly ran into Quinn and Sam's room to get the suitcase. She sent Tom a quick text: "The baby's coming!"
Sam helped Quinn into the car as Molly got in the backseat with Quinn's suitcase. Sam drove to the hospital, sending Molly to get a wheelchair as soon as they arrived. When Molly got to the reception desk, she blurted out to the receptionist, "We need a wheelchair. My mom's having a baby!"
The receptionist got a wheelchair, and Molly ran to Sam and Quinn with the wheelchair. Sam helped Quinn in the wheelchair, and then turned to Molly. "Wait for your siblings."
"But I want to be there when the baby is born!" Molly protested.
"You can join us when your siblings get here!" Sam called, already wheeling Quinn into the maternity ward.
Molly stood in the waiting room, wondering when her siblings would arrive. She wanted to share this moment with her mom.
A few minutes later, Adam, Georgia, Daniel, Faith, Tom , Ellie , Gabriella, Alice, Laura, Christina and Lily came running into the waiting room. "Where's Mom?" Georgia asked.
"She's in the room," Molly said. "Dad said we could join them once you guys get here."
"How are you feeling?" Gabriella asked. Molly almost felt stupid for not noticing that one of her best friend and her boyfriend were with them.
"My cramps are better," Molly said. "I wasn't expecting you two!"
"They're in our family, Gabriella and the girls wanted to come and so then we decided they all could come," Georgia said.
"Hopefully they'll let you in!" Molly said.
"As long as we avoid the PDA, I'm sure it'll work out," Tom said.
"I want to see Mommy and Daddy!" Faith moaned.
"Let's go," Molly said. She took her little sister's hand and led the group to the maternity ward, where the clerk directed them to Quinn's room. Quinn was in the bed, but she perked up as soon as the kids came in. "I wanted all of you to be here," she said.
"Well, we're here, Mom," Adam said.
"I guess they're here just in time, Mrs Evans," the nurse said. "It's time for you to push."
Quinn grabbed Sam's hand. "You can do this, Mom," Molly said.
"Adam, Tom, this is a preview," Georgia said.
"Please don't make your brother and sister into parents just yet," Sam said as Quinn made another push. Molly looked down. "Mom, I see a head!"
"She's coming along," the nurse said. "Quinn, give her another push."
Molly did notice the look of pain on her mom's face as she made another push. Two pushes later, Molly could see the baby.
"Sam, want to cut the chord?" the nurse asked.
Sam nodded and cut the scary chord. The nurse handed the baby to Sam and Quinn after wiping her off. All of the kids gathered around the bed.
"She's beautiful," Lily said.
"She looks like us, doesn't she?" Sam said to Quinn.
"She does," Quinn said. "Well, here she is. Audrey Olivia Evans."
"Our baby sister," Molly said. This was the first time she'd been there for the birth of one of her siblings. She was so happy to have shared this moment with her parents and siblings, and to have her boyfriend and her best friends there, too.
"She's so little!" Faith said.
"From what Mom told me, that's what Beth and Stacey said when Adam and I were born!" Molly said, not being able to help herself.
"They did!" Sam said. "We'll let the youngest hold her first. With my help."
Molly didn't mind letting Faith hold Audrey first. (Rather, with Sam holding on to Faith's arms, positioning them correctly.) Georgia got to hold her next, then Daniel, then Adam, then Molly got to. She noticed that Audrey did look like both Sam and Quinn. She had Sam's hair and face shape, but Quinn's eyes and nose. She felt a bond with Audrey right away. She was, after all, the one who'd suggested the name Audrey for her.
"She knows who her siblings are!" Sam said.
Quinn looked at Lily and Tom. "Would you two like to hold her?"
"You'd really let us?" Lily asked.
"Of course," Sam said. "You two are like family to us."
"Lily can hold her first," Tom said. As Sam handed Audrey to Lily, Tom looked at Molly. Molly smiled at him, hoping one day, they'd be having their own children together.
After Lily held Audrey, Sam handed her to Tom. After everyone took turns holding Audrey for about another hour or so, Quinn was tired, so the kids called Lily's parents to come pick them up. The next morning, Audrey's grandparents would be visiting. Sam would be coming home later that night, but for dinner, Molly, Adam, Georgia, Daniel and Faith were on their own. The five of them were a bit too excited to get to bed. This was a great family, and Molly was so lucky to be part of it.