Here's part two… I'm not sure what I really think about how this ended up turning out. Let me know what you think.
June 17th 2027
I walk into the living room where my two kids, half the security team, Gail and Elliot are sitting around talking. There's a huge white erase board and Teddy has the marker in his hand and he's writing on it. He looks like he's manning the board room like the future CEO he is.
What the hell is going on?
"It's going to be a girl, born on June 25th 8lbs 6oz." Phoebe tells him and he writes it down on the board.
"I'm going with a boy, born on June 29th 7lbs 10oz." John one of security officers says.
"Well, I think it's a boy and it will be born June 19th 7lbs 6oz." Gail suggests.
Are they taking bets on when and what the new baby will be?
I stroll into the room and clear my throat to announce myself.
"What's going on in here?" I ask as all the eyes in the room stare at me.
"We're taking bets on when Mom is going to pop and the sex and weight of the baby." Teddy tells me proudly.
Ana has been on bed rest for the last month. She hates it more then anything. She was having some preterm labor along with the stress of work, and on top of her age; The doctor thought it would be best if she was on bed rest till it's time. Luckily she doesn't have to stay at the hospital for it. We decided we wanted to be surprised with finding out the sex of the baby. But it's killing me not knowing. Her due date is the 30th of this month.
"And what does the person get if they're the closest?"
"Everyone put 20 dollars in the pot. So whoever wins gets the that." Teddy tells me.
"OK, I want in." I pull out my wallet.
"That's not fair. You have inside information." Phoebe whines.
"I know just as much as you do! Only mother nature knows the true answers" I tell her.
She sticks her tongue out at me and I do it back to her.
Who's the grown up again?
"I'll allow it. But you need to hand over the 20." Teddy says putting out his hand. Demanding little sucker.
Wonder where he got that from?
I hand over my 20 and think about it for a second. "It's going to be a boy."
"No daddy, it's a girl!" Phoebe tells me. She really wants a baby sister. She was helping Ana pick out names and a kind of pink paint color a while back. She's eager not to have a baby brother.
"Well, I'm saying boy. Now lets see I think June 22nd 7lb 2oz" Ana seems a lot smaller this time then she was with Phoebe and Teddy.
Teddy writes my bet on the whiteboard. Elliot then gives his bet.
"I'm going to agree with Phe and say it's a girl 9lbs 9oz."
"9lbs? Really Elliot?"
"What? Sandy was 9 and half pounds when she was born." Sandy is Kate and Elliot's third child. They also have Ava, and Matthew.
"Yeah, but Ana is a lot smaller then Kate was." I remind him.
"I don't care. I'm going for it. 9lbs 9oz June 20th." He declares.
I cringe thinking about my poor little wife pushing out a almost 10 pound baby.
After all the bets are done and everyone but Elliot goes back to what they're supposed to be doing. Teddy and Phoebe really wanted to show Ana what they been up to. I can only wonder what she's going to think of this.
We enter the bedroom and Ana is sat up in bed reading a book with her reading glass perched on the end of her nose. She looks absolutely adorable. She got so upset last year when the eye doctor told her she will need reading glasses. Although, she felt a lot better when I was told I would need reading glasses too.
She lays the book down on her stomach and looks at us oddly. "What are you guys up to?"
"Everyone placed a bet to guess when the baby will be born, how much it weighs and if it's a boy or a girl." Teddy tells her.
"Wow." She says reading the board.
"But, we decided that whoever wins will donate the money to their favorite charity." Phoebe tells her.
"That sounds like a good idea you guys."
I sit down next to Ana and put my arm around her and whisper in her ear. "And I plan to add a couple zeros to it."
She squeezes my leg. "I'm sure you will." She kisses my cheek. "So can I get in on the bet."
"No. It's bad enough dad got in on it."
"Hey! I'm just in for as much as a surprise you guys are." She crosses her arms and pouts.
"Sorry mom. No can do. But you can help a guy out by having a boy!" Teddy smiles.
"Girl." Phoebe stomps her foot.
"Boy."
"Alright you two. If you're going to argue take it outside." I tell them.
"Well, if it is a girl I'm going to like her so much better than you." I hear Teddy tell Phoebe on their way out.
"Well, the same goes for if it's boy, butthead." Phoebe replys and there gone. You wouldn't believe by the way they talk to each other sometimes, but they are close and would do almost anything for each other. Just maybe, not today.
"Someone is going to lose that bet." Ana mumbles. "So how you feeling old man, you're going to be 43 tomorrow."
I groan. "Thanks for the reminder."
She smirks. "Maybe it is that time for me to get you those hearing aids."
"Oh, you're so funny." I kiss her cheek.
"Maybe a cane?" She adds.
"You just wait till this baby is out of you missy. I have a list of your infractions. My palm has a date with your ass."
She grins wildly at me. "I can't wait." She purrs.
Damn her. Now I want her.
I'm woken from my restful sleep, when I feel Ana grab my shoulder and squeeze.
's a strong little thing.
"Christian!" She screams.
I sit right up and turn to her. Her face is panicked.
"What's wrong baby?"
She's breathing really hard and sweating like crazy. "My water broke. But I need to push…"
She has her nightgown wrapped around her hips her, knees up, and he back pressed against the headboard.
"Have you been having contractions? I don't think it's time for that." I say worried. I quickly grab my phone and dial Taylor. I'm freaking out here.
Ana screams out in pain, gripping hard to the sheets.
"Sir?" Taylor answers half asleep.
"I need you and Gail up here now. And call 911 for an ambulance. Mrs. Grey is in labor." I rush out and hang up to get back to my wife.
"It'll be ok, baby. Help will be here soon. I'm just going to look." She screams again and I can tell she's pushing down. I have no idea what I'm looking for. I bend down between her legs and I think my heart just jumped out of my chest. I can see the top of the baby's head.
Holy crap that's a lot of hair.
Taylor and Gail rush into the room. I'm sure Ana's screams calling them in. Taylor is on the phone with who I'm guessing is 911.
"She's having the baby now." My panic is up by like a million. I'm so worried about Ana, because after she had Phoebe she almost bleed out. That ambulance better get here fast.
Gail gets behind Ana and holds her, as Ana pushes again. I see out of the corner of my eye Taylor running around.
"They say you're going to need to clean the airway when he gets out." Taylor hands me a bunch of towels. "Don't cut the cord or tie it off."
"You can do this Ana. I love you baby. You're doing a good job."
"Christian. I can't." She pants as the last contraction passes.
"Yes, you can." I can hear Taylor mumble information into the phone. "You're my brave girl. You can do this."
"Mrs. Grey, when the next contraction comes, push." Taylor tells her.
"AHHH" And with that pushout comes his head. Thankfully the cord isn't around them, and with one last push the baby comes out to my arm.
It's a Boy!
I gently run my finger down his nose to clean the mucus off. And he starts to wail. It's a wonderful sound. Taylor helps me wrap him up in a blanket.
I can't believe I just helped deliver my child.
"You're going to need to deliver the placenta." Taylor informs us.
After Ana delivers the placenta, Taylor lays the baby on Ana's chest.
"They said if you can try to feed him while we wait for help."
"I'm so proud of you Ana. How you feeling?"
"Like I just gave birth" She giggles. "He's beautiful."
Gail moves from behind her and I join to sit next to her and look down at our son. I take one of the extra towels and wipe off the sweat off of her. I kiss her temple and she gives me a beaming smile.
The EMTs arrive and cut the cord. They buddle our son in a fire blanket and load Ana on the gurney then placing the baby back in her arms.
We arrive at the hospital and they quickly take our son to look him over and Dr. Monroe comes in and examines Ana. She needs a couple of stitches, but other then that she looks fine.
"How come he came so fast?" I question. "I mean…"
"Well there could of been a chance Ana has been in labor for awhile. Were you having any pains last night that you remember?" she asks Ana.
"I had some back pain and some light pain in my stomach. But I didn't feel like they were contractions. They were nothing like they were with Ted and Phe. But then my water broke and then I just got the strong urge to push."
"No pregnancy or birth follows a set of rules. I'm glad you were surrounded by people that could help you." Dr. Monore tells us.
A nurse comes in with our son in a bassinet and wheels him next to us.
"He's perfectly healthy Mr. And Mrs. Grey. 7 lbs 1 oz. 21 inches long. And from the time the EMT was given 1:25 am on June 18th. Congratulations."
I never even noticed what time it was. My son was born on my birthday.
The doctor and nurse leave us alone and I pick him up and cradle him in my arms. I sit on the edge of the bed next to Ana. I count his fingers and toes. He's got a full head of copper colored hair.
"Happy birthday Christian." She caress my back.
"This is the second best birthday gift I ever got. Well, it's at a tie for first."
The first one being when she said yes to marrying me.
"Hi Daniel, I'm your daddy." I say to the sleeping baby in my arms.
"Little Daniel Adrian Grey." Ana says. "You sure know how to make an entrance." She says rubbing his cheek.
"You should probably try to feed him so you can get some sleep." I tell her. God knows we have to get while we can. I place Daniel in her arms, she nudges his cheek lightly to wake him up to eat.
I kiss the top of her head. "Thank you, Ana. I love you."
"I love you too Christian."
The next morning after a couple hours of sleep, Taylor had called and said he was on the way with Teddy and Phoebe. I told him not to tell them it was a boy yet. They weren't to happy about that according to Taylor.
And sure enough 10 minutes later I hear my two oldest in the hallway, bickering at each other. They both enter the room, Phoebe has a couple balloons in her hand and Teddy is holding some flowers.
"You know how I feel about surprises dad. Can you just tell us?" Teddy says. Handing the flowers to his mom and giving her a hug.
"Yeah. The suspense is killing me." Phoebe walks over to the baby. He's wrapped in a hospital blanket and wearing a pink and blue striped hat. "You could've at least put them in blue or pink."
Ana giggles. She's enjoy the slow torture as much as I am.
"Dad!" Teddy moans.
"Oh, you guys are no fun anymore." I tell them.
"Mom!" Phoebe whines.
Shaking her head, she puts them out of their misery. "You have a baby brother. This is Daniel Adrian."
"Aww. He's so cute. Even though I wanted a sister. He will do." Phoebe brushes her finger against his cheek. Making little cooing and awwing noises at him. "Hey, little brother. I'm your awesome older sister." She tells him quietly.
Teddy comes over and looks at him.
"Yeah. He's cute for a baby. I guess." He pulls out his cell phone and starts scrowing through it.
"What are you doing?" I know he's not taking a picture to remember.
"Oh, I'm seeing who won the bet. I took a picture of the board before we left."
"So, who won?" I ask. I know it wasn't me.
"It looks like it was Gail. She had the closest date and said it would be a boy."
"Is it true you had him at home mom? I woke up and saw the ambulance leave. Sawyer said you had the baby." Phoebe asks.
"Yeah, your brother couldn't wait till we got to the hospital." Ana tells them.
"That's because boys are impatient." Phoebe says glaring at her brother.
"Um? Isn't that the pot calling the kettle black little sister?"
She sticks her tongue out at him.
"Can you two just get along for one day. Please?" I beg them.
"What's the fun in that?" Teddy laughs. "Oh, Happy Birthday by the way dad. I left your gift at home. It's a tie." He tells me.
"Well thanks?"
"See, I'm nice I didn't want to keep you in suspense by the surprise." He smirks.
Oh, what is with my kids having their mother's smart mouth. Is this a punishment for all the things I did in my past?
"I appreciate that." I tell him sarcastically.
"Yeah, Happy Birthday daddy." She comes and gives me a hug. "I won't tell you what I got you."
"Thank you baby girl." I kiss the top of her head.
An hour later Elliot, Kate and Gail come to visit. Also with balloons and flowers in hand.
"Auntie Gail. You won the bet." Phoebe tells her excitedly.
."I did." She smiles.
"Yeah? Who are you going to donate your winnings too?"
"I think to Operation Smile's. It helps kids in other countries with cleft lips and palates get the surgeries they need." I make a mental note of that.
"So no 10lb Buda here?"
"No Elliot." I roll my eyes.
"Oh, Steele, I'm so happy for you." Kate goes over and hugs her.
She still calls Ana, Steele just to ruffle my feathers. I decide just to ignore her for now and not encourage her. Today.
"He looks just like Teddy did when he was a baby." she adds.
"So, we now know he's going to be handsome." Teddy says while messing with his hair.
I see Phoebe roll her eyes at him. She's itching to say something, but decides better of it.
"By the way. Happy birthday, bro. What better way to celebrate by being on the receiving end of your child coming into the world? I bet you never look at it the same again."
"Fuck off, Elliot!"
What seems like forever, everyone leaves for the night. My parents and Mia also stopped by. Ray said he will come by tomorrow and spend a couple days with us. Carla said she would fly down next week, since that's when she could take time off work.
I lay Daniel back in his bassinet, and lay down next to Ana in the hospital bed. I wonder how long it will be before a nurse comes in and tries to kick me out. Good thing we're going home tomorrow.
"Well, this was an eventful day." I tell Ana as she rest her hand on my chest. She's exhausted. Not that I blame her.
"Yes, it was. Happy birthday Mr. Grey. I love you so much. It's still hard to believe we're going to have a baby in the house, along with two troublesome teenagers."
"I love you too baby. It's sure is going to be an adventure."
A/N: I looked up home birth on Baby Center . So it's the only information I had on it, I did my best to make it as realistic as I could.
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