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Part 21
Max
I pace back and forth in the waiting room wondering how long it will be until the Doctor comes out and tells me I can rejoin Liz.
“Max why don’t you sit down” a voice suggests.
I turn and see Mac sitting on a seat watching my every move “You should go” I tell her. I don’t know how she ended up in the car with us and at the hospital but here she is and I’m feeling unnerved by it.
“No you need me” she shakes her head.
“No I don’t, in a couple of minutes I’m going to be with Liz” I tell her.
She nods her head “Ok but until then I’ll stay” she says.
I sigh I don’t want to waste my time fighting her at the moment it isn’t going to make a bit of difference.
“Mr. Evans” I see a nurse approaching me “You can come in now” she smiles.
My brain suddenly starts functioning then and I turn to face Mac “Can you call Maria please and tell her where we are, tell her Isabel has the list of people to call”
“Sure” she smiles seems I made her day by giving her a job so important. I nod then and turn to head in the direction the nurse is going with only one thing on my mind.
Liz.
Liz
“Hey” he smiles at me when he walks in the door dressed in the same green scrubs the doctors are wearing.
“Hi” I smile wearily, I’ve only been in labor about an hour and I’m already exhausted. He leans in and kisses me gently “maybe we over did it having sex this afternoon” he chuckles.
I can’t help but smile, just being in his presence calms me down and I know immediately I can do this, I will do this for him and our daughter.
“Can she get some drugs please?” he asks the nurse who nods and smiles. I swear sometimes he knows me better then I know myself.
“thank you” I whisper.
He grins down at me “Are you ready for this?”
“No but there is stopping it now, she’s coming” I tell him.
“You’re going to be a fantastic mother” he says and I feel a few tears forming in my eyes. Deep down I’m so scared that I’m going to stuff up “and your going to be a great Dad” I tell him.
Things move slowly then and the pain relief helps immediately, well until the pain gets ten times worse as my contractions start hitting so close together. Max is doing his best to keep me calm and breathing properly, giving me ice chips and rubbing my back.
“Did you call our parents?” I ask him.
I watch him scratch his ear and I’m instantly worried, doesn’t anyone else know we’re here?.
“I kind of wasn’t handling being away from you very well and I forgot” he says.
“You forgot?” I ask shocked, we had lists and plans in place for this how could he forget.
Max
“it’s ok I asked Mac to ring Maria and from there she’ll tell Isabel. You know Isabel, Liz she’ll have everything under control in five minutes” I assure her.
She nods and smiles slightly before her face frowns in pain.
“Come on baby breathe through it” I encourage rubbing her back and kissing her forehead.
“We’re going to move Liz to the delivery suite now” the nurse tells me and I nod but I never let go of her hand. I’m still holding onto it as they wheel her bed out of the room and down the corridor and I’m still holding it tight as we enter the birthing suite where our doctor is waiting.
“Hey Liz, Max” she smiles.
“Hey Doc” I reply, Liz just begins groaning when another pain hits her.
The doctor disappears between her legs and doesn’t come up for a few minutes.
“Ok Liz on the next contraction I want you to start pushing” she tells her.
“Already?” I ask, I thought it would be longer.
Liz shoots me a glare, “What do you mean already? I’ve been doing this for hours” she reminds me. “You can do it next time if you think it’s so easy” she snaps.
I’ve read all about this, I’m ready for it. She’s going to start squeezing my hand off sooner rather than later.
“I’m sorry for snapping baby” she surprised me then.
I smile down at her “snap all you like beautiful” I tell her.
She nods her head and I slide my hand around her back and help her sit up as she begins pushing through her next contraction.
When the contraction is over she falls back on the bed panting “is she out yet?” she asks causing the doctor to laugh.
“No we have a few more pushes yet” she tells her.
The next contraction hits quickly and the Doctor tells her to push again “Good job Liz” she tells her “A couple more she he’ll be out”
I hear Liz cry out when she pushes again “Daddy come down here” the nurse tells me and I reluctantly pull myself away from Liz to walk down and watch my daughter being born. At first I think I’m going to faint I cant believe that Liz is doing this but then I see the head of my daughter and I feel the tears sting my eyes.
“I can see her, baby” I cry.
“One more, Liz and she’ll be out” the Doctor says.
“Oh god” she cries the next thing I hear is the wailing of our daughter, yes that’s right our daughter. Liz was right all along.
“Do you want to cut the cord, Daddy?” the nurse says again, I like the sound of being called Daddy. I quickly cut the cord like instructed before rushing back to Liz’s side.
“Oh you did it baby, we have a daughter” I grin leaning down and kissing her sweaty forehead. Her eyes are closed “Liz” I ask.
She forces her eyes open “Is she ok?” she smiles.
“She’s perfect” I tell her.
The nurse brings her over then and lies her on Liz’s chest I watch in amazement as she curls into her mother and Liz’s hands reaches out and caress’s our daughter.
“Do you have a name?” the nurse asks.
“Um not yet” I tell her. We’ve talked about it a lot but we still haven’t made a final decision.
“Max, Liz we’re just going to take Baby Evans to get cleaned up and then we’ll move you to your private room, Liz” the nurse tells us.
I lean in and kiss Liz gently “Go tell everyone” she whispers.
“I wont be long” I assure her. I want to get back to her and our daughter as quickly as possible.
“I love you” I tell her.
“I love you too” she smiles tiredly.
***
Five people jump up from their seats when I walk into the waiting room, I know I’m probably grinning from ear to ear but I don’t care.
Isabel rushes towards me quickly “Is everything ok?” she asks.
I hug her quickly “Yes” I sigh.
“So?” Maria prompts when I pull back from Isabel.
“I’m a dad” I grin
They erupts in loud cries of happiness until Alex finally asks “it was a girl right?”
I laugh “yes she’s perfect with ten toes and ten fingers and she already has beautiful hair like her mother” I assure them.
“What did you call her?” Maria asks.
“Haven’t finalized that yet” I answer.
“Did you get in touch with Mum and Dad and the Parkers?” I ask my sister.
“yeah” she nods “they will be on the first available flight out” she tells me and I nod happily.
“Good, Liz was freaking that I forgot to tell them” I laugh.
I finally notice that Mac is still here “Thanks for getting in contact with Maria for me” I tell her.
“Your welcome, congratulations” she says.
“Thank you” I nod.
“When can we see her?” Isabel asks.
“They’re cleaning her and the baby up at the moment so maybe in about half an hour for a little while, she’s exhausted so I don’t want her to over do it” I tell them.
“Oh your so cute when your being over protective” Maria laughs and I feel the tips of my ears turn red.
“I’ll come get you shortly” I assure them before rushing off towards my family.
Liz
She’s perfect, everything about her is absolutely perfect.
The nurse gave her back to me a couple of minutes ago and I’m watching her in wonder right now because I cant believe that she’s finally with us.
“Hi sweetheart” I whisper.
“I’m your mum” I smile “I’m not very sure how good I’m going to be but I love you a whole bunch and so does your daddy”
“he sure does, and he also loves your mummy a whole bunch” I turn and see Max standing in the doorway watching us.
“Hey” I smile.
“Hey” he replies moving forward and kissing me gently before leaning down and kissing our daughter.
“Hey there sweetie” he coos and I feel my heart soar as I watch the man I love with all my heart with our daughter.
“So what are we going to call this little munchkin?” he asks me then.
I look at our daughter and contemplate all the names we’ve come up with but a new one springs to mind and I cant help but smile at it.
“What do you think of Hope?” I ask him.
Max smiles gently “I know it wasn’t a name we talked about but it’s what she represents to me” I explain.
“Hope Elizabeth Evans” he finishes for me.
“Elizabeth?” I question.
“After her beautiful mother” he tells me.
“Thank you” I choke out.
“No thank you, baby” he tells me “for giving us our beautiful daughter”
TBC.......Hope you liked it
