I DO NOT OWN HATFIELDS AND MCCOYS. SHOUTOUT TO PHOWARD WHO SEEMS TO BE THE ONLY PERSON WHO GIVES A DAMN ABOUT THIS STORY.
Johnse and Roseanna's House. February 7, 1881.
Jed was tending to lil' Randall when all of a sudden, a red faced and breathless Johnse burst through the door.
"Johnse, what's happened?" Jed asked in surprise.
"It's Roseanna...the baby's coming!" Johnse exclaimed as Jed put down the spoon he was holding.
"Alifair, you stay with Lil' Randall, I'll help with Roseanna!" Jed hollered as he rushed out behind his friend as they rode into town to fetch Doc Rutherford. Luckily, he was in his office when the men showed up.
"Johnse Hatfield and Jed Graham, you boys look like you done seen the devil hisself." Doc remarked as they were out of breath.
"We need ya Doc, Roseanna's in labor, my baby's about to born!" Johnse declared as the doctor realized what a serious situation it was and got his ass up.
"Then let's git back to her!" He declared in return as he grabbed his bag of medical supplies before following Johnse and Jed in his own carriage. When they arrived at Johnse and Roseanna's home, she was soaked in sweat and writhing in pain on the bed she shared with her husband.
Johnse, this pain's worse...it's the worst one yet..." Roseanna moaned as she winced in pain.
"Y'think it's time for the baby t'come?" Johnse asked Doc while wipin' my brow wit' a cool cloth.
"Maybe, let me check t'see how far 'long she is." Doc Rutherford said before standing up from his spot in a corner chair and moving over to the lower half of the bed. He knelt down and looked under Roseanna's skirts for a few moments before sticking his head up.
"I think that she's ready to start pushing." The doc said as Johnse got into position to receive the baby since they really didn't have anyone to act as midwife, except Alifair who was tending to lil' Randall.
"Come on darlin, just one more push, ya can do it." Johnse encouraged as he he stood ready.
"Ya going ta be fine, Roseanna." Jed added as Roseanna gave one last painful push and an ear splitting scream to go along with it. Johnse slowly pulled out a crying baby as Doc Rutherford took it to clean the baby up while he went to comfort his wife.
"You did so good, my beautiful sweet darlin." Johnse said, stroking Roseanna's head with a cart towel for a couple minutes before Doc Rutherford came back in with a clean baby.
"Congratulations, it's a healthy baby girl." The old doctor said with a smile as he handed her off to her parents.
"Oh my God, Johnse..." Roseanna said with tears of joy as she held her baby girl. "It's our Sarah Elizabeth; hi honey, I'm your mama."
"And I'm ya daddy." Johnse replied as he cooed over his daughter before Roseanna motioned for Jed to come closer.
"And this here, is her uncle Jed." She said as Jed gently stroked the baby's arm.
"Hi there Sarah Elizabeth...we've been waiting a long time ta meet ya." Jed whispered as the 3 fawned over the new born. A new beacon of light in a world about to be engulfed by darkness.
NEXT TIME, ELLISON MEETS HIS END; BUT NOT HOW YOU THINK. REVIEWS NEEDED AND APPRECIATED.
