Chapter 18:
Spencer's POV:
It's been just over a month and ½ since the siege. Hanna is due in 2 weeks, and Aria is due in 4. Emily got a new job, so her Allison and the kids are moving to New-York for 6 months.
Toby: I'm going to work Spencer.
Spencer: Ok, I love you.
Toby: Love you to.
Toby leaves with the kids and I wait for Hanna to pick me up. Then I get I text from her as I head to the bathroom for a shower.
Hanna: Can't come to work today. I have to go down town on the subway, cars not working. Can you manage?
I text back my answer and then have a quick shower, then get to work. When I get to work, Helen has already opened up. I walk into store, out my things down and sort out what's on my list.
Helen: Where's Hanna?
Spencer: She can't come, she's got to go downtown for some reason.
Helen: Ok.
About 2 hours pass before I get a call from Hanna.
Spencer: Hello?
Julia: Sorry, this isn't Hanna. I'm Julia, Hanna told me to ring you.
Spencer: Where is she?
Julia: She's with me right now.
Spencer: Who just screamed?
Julia: She did. She's in labour. We're in the subway, but it has stopped.
Spencer: What station?
Julia: Um, let me check.
I wait a few moments.
Hanna's POV:
People gather around me and stare as the pain gets more agonising
Hanna: I can't have my baby in the subway, where's my husband?
Next thing I know, Spencer and Caleb are at my sides. Spencer instructs everyone to get off the train to give me space.
Spencer: I NEED CLEAN TOWELS! NOW!
Spencer is handed some towels. She puts a few under my legs and sets one aside to wrap the baby up in.
Caleb: Has an ambulance been called?
Julia: Yeah, they right over there.
The paramedics come. A female delivers my baby, whilst the male paramedic gives me pain relief.
Female: I need you to push.
Hanna: Aaaaaaaaahhhhh!
Female: The head is out. Give me a few more pushes and your baby will be born.
Caleb: Come on Hanna, you can do it.
Hanna: Ahhhhhhhhhh!
The space around us is quickly filled with an ear piercing scream of our daughter, Molly Rivers. They cut the cord and hand her to me. She's wrapped in a soft white towel. The placenta is delivered and Caleb holds her whilst we are take out if the station and into an ambulance. We get to the hospital, where I'm set into a room. Me and Caleb get a few moments with our daughter before she is taken for some routine checkups.
Caleb: I'm so proud of you.
Hanna: I love you.
Caleb: I love you to.
We have a passionate kiss, but it is interrupted by: Aria, Spencer, Emily, Allison, my mom, and my dad and clearly my two children. A doctor comes back with our sleeping daughter in her arms. She hands her to me and then leaves.
Aria: She's so cute.
Spencer's POV:
First, Jacob and April have a turn at holing Molly. Then she is passed around the room. First going to Tom and Ashley, then to me, then Aria, then Emily and finally Allison. We all leave to let the happy family have time alone.
Aria: Isn't she the cutest?
Emily: In 4 weeks, little Maddie will be here.
Aria: Yeah. Just so you know, you'll have to come to see me the day after cause I'm having a cesarean.
Allison: Ok.
Aria: Ok, I'm going home to see Ezra and the kids. He should hopefully massage my back and the kids are going to do their homework.
Spencer: Ok, bye.
Aria hugs us all goodbye and then waddles away.
When we get to the parking lot, Emily and Allison drive back to New-York. I drive home, with happiness in my mind for once. I get home to Toby watching t.v and the kids playing upstairs.
Toby: Hey babe, how's Hanna?
Spencer: Baby Molly was delivered safely, on the subway.
Toby: Well, as long as she safe and healthy, that's all that matters.
Spencer: Awwww, come here.
I sit on the couch with my husband and kiss him. We break and then form a hug. After that, we break and sit together watching 'Friends'. It gets to about 7:30, when we all sit down for dinner. After we finish eating, Toby does the dishes whilst I help the kids with their baths.
Spencer: Right, out your pyjamas on and I'll be back in a minute.
I quickly hop down the stairs and go into the kitchen where Toby is standing, looking in the fridge. I decide to eat a big orange that I need to cut. I cut it, but my finger gets caught under the blade.
Spencer: Ah, shit!
Toby spins round to see blood on the chopping board and finger.
Toby's POV:
I take Spencer to the sink. Once the blood has cleared, we can clearly see that it's only a small cut, so I put a band aid on it and, kiss it better.
Toby: All better?
Spencer: All better.
Spencer reaches for my neck and pulls out lips together. We are shortly interrupted by the shouting of our kids from their bedrooms.
Isabella: Momma! I want Daddy to read me a story!
Mason: No! I want daddy!
Isabella: But you had daddy last night!
Mason: Fine.
Me and Spencer chuckle as we make our way up the stairs. I go to Isabella and Spencer goes to Mason.
Toby: Once upon a time, there's was a beautiful young girl and a handsome young man. The beautiful girl was a princess, but the handsome man was a peasant, so they were not allowed to love each other. Even though their parents said they were not allowed to see each other, the still snuck out. One time, they were not careful up enough and they got caught! The boy was banished to the swaps and the girls parents grounded her for 100 years. The princess pleaded to be let outside, but her father wouldn't have it. The boy sent letters to his true love every single day until the King gave in. He finally accepted that the princess and the lease the loved each other. When the princess asked if she could marry her true love. Her father said yes! Then they got married and lived happily ever after.
By the end of my made up story, Isabella is fast asleep and Spencer is standing by the door.
Spencer: Some story teller you are.
Toby: Come here you.
I run after Spencer as she runs back to her room. I close Isabella's door behind me. I catch her in my arms at the entrance of our bedroom. We kiss passionately and I kick the door closed with my foot. I carry Spencer to the bed and I lay on top of her. I roll off her and slip into my pyjamas. Spencer does the same and we snuggle in bed together.
Spencer: I've got to go to a wedding fair in New York tomorrow and I'll be staying with Emily and Allison for a couple of days.
Toby: Ok. How many days exactly?
Spencer's POV:
I wake up early the next day and put my bag in my car. I quickly go back in it the house to say goodbye to my kids and husband. Once I have, I set on my long journey to New-York. I know it's only about 3 hours, but I stop after an hour and a half. I grab a snack, eat and then continue my journey. I get to Emily and Allison's big apartment. I let myself in since they gave me a key to use and then I head out o the wedding fair. I get there and meet up with some people who has connections to 'R&C Bridal Boutique'.
Janice: High, you must be Spencer. Im Janice and I'll be talking to you as I guide you round the fair. So you came here to get ideas on how to promote your store better, is that correct?
Spencer: Yeah.
Janice: Perfect. So if you'd lie, to follow me, well get you a company name badge.
I follow Janice to a table with a banner above saying 'company name badges'. I write the name of my store and stick it on my shirt. Janice then takes me round the whole fair, and after 4 hours, I walk back to Ally and Emily's apartment. When I get there, the only person home is Ally.
Allison: Hey.
Spencer: Hey, thanks for letting me stay.
Allison: It's ok. If you need to stay anytime, were only a phone call away.
Spencer: Thanks. What time does Em get home?
Allison: She's here now.
Spencer: Yeah, I heard her car pull up.
I look out the window and notice Emily walking into the block of apartments with Lucy and James. At about 8:00 Emily cooks dinner. After that, the kids go to bed and the three if us sit in the couch and watch t.v. After, I have a shower and then go to sleep in the spare room. I wake up the next day with a few messages from Toby. I decide to call him.
Toby: Hey princess. How are you?
Spencer: Empty without you, but I'm having a great time.
Toby: When you coming back?
Spencer: In two days.
Toby: Ok. I love you.