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~time skip~
[3 months later]
*Wendy's pov*
Wendy was 35 weeks pregnant, that's 8 months, her back hurts, her neck hurts, her feet hurt, hell, she can't even see her feet. She even needed help standing up when she set into a low chair. At this very moment Wendy was home alone sitting in a recliner, Natsu was supposed to be here in about 10 minutes and Lucy was out having a girls day with Levy and she took Nashi. Wendy was getting thirsty, so she put her hands on the armrests of the chair and pushed herself up, only falling back twice. She had walked halfway to the kitchen when suddenly she felt a mild pain, in her stomach and stopped walking for a moment. The pain lasted about 30 seconds then it went away. She wondered what it was? If the baby was okay? Her question got answered when her baby girl kicked wildly, so she continued to walk to the kitchen and got a glass of water.
Just then Natsu came in the door, "Wendy!"
"In the kitchen Natsu."
Natsu came into the kitchen and said, "You ok?" He asked.
"Yea," she said.
"Ok, don't mention this to Luce, but their having a sale on those new beer helmets and I want one, so I'm going to the store then to the guild to show it off. I'll be gone for about 2 hours, Lucy shouldn't be home yet. OK?" He asked.
She liked having the house to herself, "Go Natsu!" He shot her a thankful smile, then ran out the door.
Wendy thought about inviting Romeo over, but lately he was so protective, like she'd break if she walked one step. Also, he was with his dad celebrating his dad's birthday. So she sat inside watching TV. Over the next hour and a half she had 5 more of those pains. They hurt in her stomach, back, and lower part of her stomach. They were also getting a tiny bit more painful each time. Wendy was getting up to go to the kitchen, she was hungry, when she had one of them and she almost stumbled because she wasn't expecting it, good thing she was by a wall. Then she looked down to see clear water, or at least she thought it was water, then she realized, the crotch of her pants were wet. Uh oh. She was in labor, these pains must be contractions, what the hell was she supposed to do. Just then her lacrima rang, Natsu got her another one for emergencies. "Hello" she answered.
Lucy's face appeared, "Wendy I need to speak to Natsu." She said angrily.
She didn't have any other choice, Lucy had been through this, sorry Natsu. "He isn't here, but Lucy-"
"WHAT? HE ISN'T THERE?" She screamed.
"No, but Lu-" Wendy began again.
"WHERE IS HE?" She screamed.
Wendy was getting aggravated. "I DON'T CARE AT THE MOMENT LUCY, he went to the store for a STUPID BEER HELMET, I SAID IT WAS OK, BUT NOW I REGRET THAT?" She screamed back.
"WENDY! WHAT HAS GOTTEN INTO YOU? WHY WOULD YOU AGREE TO LIE FOR NATSU?"
"BECAUSE I LIKE BEING ALONE, BUT WE HAVE A BIGGER PROBLEM." She screamed.
"WHAT!?" Lucy demanded.
"I think I'm in LABOR." Wendy said.
"LABOR? What makes you believe you're in labor?" Lucy asked worriedly.
"Well about an hour and a half ago I had a mild pain, I didn't think it was anything, but I've had 5 more since then and my water just broke."
"OH MY GOD! YOU ARE IN LABOR! I'm not close by, but I want you to sit down ok and next time you have one of those pains, write down the time on that notepad by the couch. I'm going to call Gray, he said something about doing a job in downtown Magnolia, he's probably the closest. I've tried calling Natsu and he won't answer so just don't worry about him right now and call Romeo." Lucy said.
"Ok Lucy" said Wendy.
Wendy turned back around and got to the couch when she had another pain. She sat on the couch and wrote down the time 3:03 p.m. She sat down and waited.
*Lucy's pov*
She was having a great time with Levy and their children, Nashi had turned one year old last week and Gale would turn one next week. They had went to a beautiful meadow about 2 hours outside of Magnolia to have a picnic. That was until Nashi said, shit, when she spilt her juice. She was gonna kill Natsu. She couldn't get him on the phone, so she called Wendy and found out Wendy was in labor. She pulled out her lacrima and called Gray.
He picked up immediately, "Hey Lucy, I can't real-"
"Gray I don't have time to small talk, Natsu is an idiot. He left Wendy home alone for an hour and a half and now she's in labor. I think she's still in the beginning, but she needs to get to the hospital. I know you are doing a job in downtown Magnolia, can you go get her and take her to the Magnolia General Hospital. QUICKLY!"
"Yea Lucy, I'll leave now. I'll call you later." Said Gray.
"Thanks Gray." Levy must have heard the conversation because she had already started packing everything up, she would call Sting and Yukino on the way back.
*Wendy's pov*
Romeo was grounded so she had to call Macao, he answered on the fourth ring. "Wendy? Romeo is busy." Macao said.
"I know that, but I wouldn't call if it wasn't important. I need to talk to him."
"Ugh, make it quick." He mumbled something then Romeo appeared.
"Wendy? What's wrong?" Said Romeo.
"I wanted to let you know that my water broke and I'm in labor my contractions are really far apart, but… "
"Y-you're in labor, like now." He said. He looked surprised.
"Yea, but it's not bad now it will get worse and it's gonna take a while, I just had to let you know."
"Well I'll be there. If you want me to be there. Are you at the hospital?" he asked.
"Of Course I want you there Romeo, I wouldn't have called if I didn't! No but Gray is on his way to get me. Can you do something for me?" She asked.
"Sure. Anything." He said.
"Go to the guild and tell Natsu and bring his 'I don't wanna answer my lacrima' ass to the hospital with you." She said.
"Ok I will. Bye Wendy see you soon." said Romeo before he hung up.
*Romeo's pov*
Romeo hung up the lacrima and walked over and handed it to his dad. His dad and Wakaba sat watching a sports game, it was how his dad always spent his birthday. "Dad I have to leave!" He said.
His dad looked up at him, "Why?"
"Wendy's went into labor, her contractions are really far apart, but she wants me there and they can't reach Natsu. I'm supposed to go get him." said Romeo.
"Ok go Romeo," said his dad as he ran out the house toward the guild.
He ran as fast as he could. When he reached the guild, he walked inside and looked around, He saw Natsu by the bar with a beer helmet on his head. It looked like he had just filled it up. A bunch of guys were surrounded around him as moved the straws to his lips to try it out. "NATSU!" Romeo yelled across the guild as he began to walk over to Natsu.
Natsu looked at him, "Romeo, what do you want? Can't you see I'm busy." Said Natsu.
"Yea your busy Natsu, but Wendy asked me to come get you." Said Romeo.
"Why does Wendy need me? She knows where I am and what I'm doing." Said Natsu.
"Because her water broke and she's in labor," said Romeo.
"Oh Shit!" Said Natsu. He took the helmet off his head and handed it to Mira, who stuck it under the bar, then grabbed Romeo's hand and sprinted out the door towards the hospital.
*Wendy's pov*
Ten minutes after she had called Romeo, she heard a knock on the door. "Coming," she yelled.
When she got to the door she opened it to see Gray and behind him a magic mobile parked in front of the house. "Come on let's go Wendy!" He said.
So she walked outside and he helped her safely into the magic mobile, then he strapped in and they were off. They had to go all the way across town, she had grabbed the paper before she left too and while they were on their way she had another contraction and looked down at her watch 3:22 p.m. She wrote it down and they arrived at the hospital a few minutes later. Gray and Wendy went up to the Maternity ward which was on the 3rd floor. Wendy had already called her doctor who said she would be at the hospital. They got Wendy a room and set her up, she was only dilated 1 cm, she had a long way to go.
~time skip~
[10 hours later]
Wendy screamed at the top of her lungs, it was really starting to hurt. "Ok Wendy it looks like your dilated 5 cm." said Dr. Jackson.
Just then she squeezed Romeo's hand, he was standing at the head of the bed beside her. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!" she screamed. It hurt so much.
"Wendy try not to squeeze so hard." Said Romeo.
She snapped her head sideways to look at him, "SHUT UP! I WILL SQUEEZE AS HARD AS I FUCKING PLEASE, BECAUSE THIS SHIT HURTS! AND YOU'RE THE ONE WHO SUGGESTED I SQUEEZE YOUR HAND, SO UNTIL YOU'RE GIVING BIRTH TO A KID, SHUT IT!" Screamed Wendy. She wanted to cry. There was another one, it hurt so bad. The doctor said they were 5 minutes apart and 45 seconds long. Wendy normally didn't cuss, but it hurt so bad.
~time skip~
[6 hours later]
"Ok Wendy, it's time to push."
She tried to nod, but screamed instead it hurt so bad. Romeo held her hand and Lucy was wiping her face, Natsu, Levy, Gajeel, Gray, Juvia, Sting, Yukino, Rogue, Macao, Wakaba, Chelia and Lyon were in the hall.
She kept doing what the doctor said and screaming, even with the epidural, it hurt so bad. She didn't know how much time passed, but soon she felt relief and heard the cry of a baby. The baby was cleaned and then took out of the room, but she wanted to see her.
Romeo looked at her and said, "you did it Wen it's over." He said. He was smiling and she smiled back. Then she felt a sudden pain and everyone was screaming, monitors were beeping then she blacked out.
*Romeo's pov*
What happened one second she was fine and smiling at him, then every monitor was going off and the doctor was yelling about her hemorrhaging and they were gonna lose her. Next they were pushing him and Lucy out of the room, so they could focus on Wendy with hopes that they could save her. As he walked towards his guildmates that had gathered in the hall, he began to cry, so did Lucy. He couldn't lose her. Natsu and his dad was the first one to see them, they immediately ran over to them, "What's wrong? Why are you guys crying? How's Wendy?" Natsu asked.
Romeo couldn't speak, but Lucy could, "She started bleeding out Natsu, they made us leave so they could focus on saving her." All the color drained from Natsu's face and he didn't say a word, he just started balling. Romeo's dad walked over to him and held him, he had lost Romeo's mom in a train accident. He knew how it felt to lose the love of your life. Romeo hoped Wendy made it. Everyone stayed in the hall without saying a word, the only sound was their crying. Suddenly a doctor walked up to the group and spoke, "we were able to stop the bleeding she will be fine, she's awake and is asking for Romeo, Lucy, and Natsu. Would the three of you follow me?" The doctor said looking at them.
They all walked into the room, Romeo ran to Wendy's side and knelt by the bed, Natsu came to stand beside him, Lucy behind him. I kissed the top of her head then said, "I'm so glad your ok. I love you Wendy."
"I love you too Romeo."
Natsu walked up and knelt down and said, "Try not to give me a heart attack Wendy! I love you Wen."
Wendy was ok, other members of the guild came in and saw her. Then she went to sleep, the only ones to stay with her was Romeo, Natsu and Lucy. He was just so glad she was ok.
*Wendy's pov*
Wendy didn't remember much from after the birth, but she had heard stories. Her daughter was born 7:08. Wendy woke up at 6 that night to a gentle shake from Romeo, who shared the bed she laid in. "You have visitors," said Lucy standing by the door. She moved out of the way and Sting and Yukino entered the room, Yukino was holding a small pink bundle of blankets.
"We know by law you're not supposed to hold the baby right after birth when you choose adoption, but me and Sting thought you and Romeo might want to see her." Said Yukino to Wendy. Wendy sat up and Yukino handed her the bundle, she finally saw the child she brought into life. Romeo looked over her shoulder at the child. She was small,she had Wendy's face and Romeo's eyes. She also had small tufts of dark blue hair coming from her head.
"She's beautiful." Romeo said.
"We named her Lori Sky Eucliffe."
"I like it," said Wendy. Lucy looked at Sting and Yukino, "Can I take a picture of Wendy and Romeo with her?" She asked.
"Sure," they both said simultaneously. So Lucy approached the bed and pulled out a camera, then snapped a picture.
"Well I'm gonna go develop this." Said Lucy and she left.
Wendy looked down at her daughter, she wanted to swaddle the child up and take her home, but she gave her back to her adopted parents and they left the room.
After they walked out of the room, Romeo wrapped his arms around her and said, "I love her already, I know you do to. If only we could keep her." He said.
They had set the adoption up as open, they would be in their child's life, but she wouldn't know they were her parents until she was old enough. They would visit as friends, but nothing more. It would hurt, but they had to love their daughter from afar.