Little Baby Gladiator
Huck stared into the operating room window at Quinn's unmoving form as they performed the C-section to save her and the baby's life. Knowing that he could lose both Quinn and their baby overwhelmed him as silent tears slid down his face just then he felt someone's presence behind him and turned around to see Olivia standing there
"I figured you would need some coffee to keep you calm." Olivia said handing him a cup
"Thanks. Can I ask you a question?" Huck asked Olivia
"Yeah sure." Olivia responded
"What if I lose her? What if I lose the one thing that makes it worth getting morning? What... What if she dies and takes the baby with her? What if she dies before I can tell I love her again?" He asked Olivia
"First you need to stop thinking like that. Quinn knows that want her to stay with you. She knows that you need her. She knows that you love her. She is going to come home and bring that baby with her so you can be a family." Olivia told Huck
"Okay. If you say so."
Inside the operating room
"Okay guys that baby's in here somewhere and we need to find out where." Dr. Tanner said searching through Quinn's open stomach
"Doc I think I found it." Doctor Johnson said pulling out the baby "Oh my. It's a girl." the nurse said smiling as the baby began to cry slightly
"Take the baby to the nursery so we can put her in the incubator while we stitch the mother up." Doctor Tanner said turning back to Quinn
Outside the OR
"Aww, did you see the baby? It looked adorable." Abby said crying
"Yeah it did. What do you think the gender is? I voting a boy." David said
"I think it's girl." Olivia said "Abby?"
"Girl for sure." Abby said nodding her head
"I think it's a boy too" Harrison said "What do you think Huck?"
"I don't care. Boy, girl, I really don't care. I just want it to be healthy." Huck said as the nurse walked down the hall
"Sir you can come see your baby now." the nurse said guiding him down the hall
"Is it a girl?" Huck asked staring at the baby that was no bigger than his hand
"Yes sir. You can touch her." the nurse told him "I'll leave you two alone." the nurse said leaving the room
"Hi baby. I'm your daddy but you probably already know that. Your so beautiful." Huck said gently running his hand down her back watching as she moved slightly
"Sir I'm sorry to interrupt but your wife is stable now which means you can see her." another nurse said coming into the room 3 hours later
"Okay. I'll be back pretty baby." Huck whispered softly, he followed the nurse down the hall to Quinn's room he didn't bother correcting the nurse for calling Quinn his wife because she was going to be one day, "Hi baby." Huck said to her as she opened her eyes
"Hi." Quinn responded hoarsely
"How ya feeling?" He asked carefully sitting on the bed
"I feel okay. My baby. Huck where's our baby? What happened to it? Where did it go?" She asked sitting up just now noticing her flattened stomach
"The she's fine you deliverd her earlier than expected." He told pushing her back on the bed
"She? It's a girl?" She asked him
"Yeah." Huck responded
"I want to see her." Quinn said pushing herself up again only to be pushed right back down on the bed by Huck
"I have to get the nurse to make sure it's okay for you to get out of bed first." He told her standing up, "I'll be back." He said walking out of the room
"Hello sir." Nurse Grant said to him
"Hi I just want to know if it's possible for Quinn to get out of bed since she just had surgery." Huck said
"Yes. Let me get a wheelchair." Nurse Grant said about to walk away
"Can I carry her?" Huck asked knowing how impatient Quinn can be
"Um, okay." Nurse Grant said watching as he walked away
"Hey you can go see her." Huck said walking to her side picking her up
"Why can't I walk?" Quinn asked him as they ventured down the hall
"Because you had your insides cut open a like, 3 hours ago." He told her as they walked into the nursery where the baby was inside a incubator with a few tubes hooked to her to help her breathe
"That's our baby." She said as placed on her own feet by the incubator
"Yeah. You can touch her." He told her
"Are you sure?" She asked unconvinced, that was until he took her hand placing it on the baby's back watching as her hand moved slightly, "She moved." Quinn said smiling
"Yeah she likes when you touch her." Huck said
"I did this to her. I stressed myself out and now she's here hooked up to all these wires." She said frowning
"You couldn't help it. Maybe she wanted to come out a little early." He tried to reassure her just as the baby started to whine a little
"Why is she crying?" She asked him
"I don't know. Let me go ask." He said walking out of the room
"Please stop crying baby girl." Quinn whispered hoping she would stop
Your little hand's wrapped around my finger
And it's so quiet in the world tonight
Your little eyelids flutter cause you're dreaming
So I tuck you in, turn on your favorite night light
To you everything's funny, you got nothing to regret
I'd give all I have, honey
If you could stay like that
Oh darling, don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up, just stay this little
Oh darling, don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up, it could stay this simple
I won't let nobody hurt you, won't let no one break your heart
And no one will desert you
Just try to never grow up, never grow up
Quinn watched as her daughter stopped whining and fell silent
You're in the car on the way to the movies
And you're mortified your mom's dropping you off
At 14 there's just so much you can't do
And you can't wait to move out someday and call your own shots
But don't make her drop you off around the block
Remember that she's getting older too
And don't lose the way that you dance around in your pj's getting ready for school
She thought back to her own mother as she watched her baby sleep
Oh darling, don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up, just stay this little
Oh darling, don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up, it could stay this simple
No one's ever burned you, nothing's ever left you scarred
And even though you want to, just try to never grow up
Take pictures in your mind of your childhood room
Memorize what it sounded like when your dad gets home
Remember the footsteps, remember the words said
And all your little brother's favorite songs
I just realized everything I have is someday gonna be gone
So here I am in my new house
In a big city, they just dropped me off
It's so much colder that I thought it would be
So I tuck myself in and turn my night light on
Wish I'd never grown up
I wish I'd never grown up
Oh I don't wanna grow up, wish I'd never grown up
I could still be little
Oh I don't wanna grow up, wish I'd never grown up
It could still be simple
Oh darling, don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up, just stay this little
Oh darling, don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up, it could stay this simple
Won't let nobody hurt you
Won't let no one break your heart
And even though you want to, please try to never grow up
Oh, don't you ever grow up
Oh, never grow up, just never grow up
Quinn studied her daughter's features satisfied when she didn't see any that resembled Charlie's. Everything about her daughter looked like her, she had the same round doe-eyed face as she did, she had dark borwn hair like she did, and even though she hadn't opened her eyes she had a feeling she had the same hazel eyes as she did
"Hey the nurse said... she stopped crying." Huck said as he walked back into the room
"Yeah. She did." Quinn said
"She looks like you." He told her
"She does. Is my daddy out of surgery?" She asked him
"Yeah he's been out for atleast 40 minutes." He responded
"Can I see him?" She asked
"Nope. I have to get you back to bed." Huck said picking up again
"What are we going to name her?" Quinn asked as drifted off
"Whatever you want to." He responded laying her down
Author's Note- Tricked ya nothing happened to Quinn's bay and Quinn survived so go me. *happy dance* What should Little Baby Gladiator's middle name be? Should she take Quinn's last name or Huck's? Should Huck sign the birth certificate?; Song from chapter 16- 1+1 by Beyonce, Song from chapter 17- One Life To Live by Kristen Alderson, and Song from this chapter Never Grow Up by Taylor Swift
snuggy29- I love cliffhangers just not when they involve Scandal but anyways like you said their make-out session wasn't that gross but kind of anyways thanks for your review. Cheers To The Freakin' Weekend