BC: The Birth of Adam-2

"Rose, I'm so sorry. I'm so so sorry." She comes up to the other side of the bed and snatches Rose's other hand. "It's fine. My baby already likes- to prank his grandma." She stifles a grunt. "Kakakaka." A sound I'm all too familiar with comes out my mother's mouth. Her horrible laugh. Usually I'd comment on it but not today. My boy's here. He's coming. After all we went through to protect him, he's coming. I'm going to get to hold him in my arms. I give Rose's hand another squeeze. "Our baby's here, Rose. Thank you." "Thank me after he's delivered. I love you." She says. "I love you too." I kiss her forehead, not minding the sweat. It's beautiful. She's so beautiful. A knock sounds at the door and the nurse opens it to reveal, Ethan, Lily, Lucas, and Will at the door. Caleb stands behind them. "Move!" Caleb shouts, pushing pass all of them. He goes to the side my mother's on and grabs Rose's hand from her. It's at times like these that I get to see Caleb's feelings for my wife. I know he still loves her. "Are you ok?" He asks. "No Caleb, I'm fucking not." "Just breathe ok? I'm here. I-I mean, w-we're all here." He blinks rapidly while stuttering. "Thank you, guys." Rose relaxes for a second as it seems the contractions have stopped for now. I stroke the back of her hand with my thumb. "What stage is she in?" Lily asks from the door to the doctor. "Active. From the rate of her contractions, I'd give her a couple of hours before she hits Transition." "Thank you." She says. A couple more hours, huh? I look back over at Rose and the guys talking. She groans in pain, grins and breathes. Every time she hurts, I hurt. A couple of stressful hours. Rose Time flies by, a lot of cussing, sharp stabbing pain in my back, hips, every where. The doctor comes back into the room, after having left for a while. Ryder pauses my massage and looks up at him. "Don't stop." I say. "Oh, yeah of course baby." He resumes. He's been acting so sweet, not even like usual but in a 'she's fragile' type of way. I don't hate it. He might just have to keep this energy the rest of our lives. He speaks with the doctor. The pain peaks, as it did 5 seconds ago, again. They're coming so much faster now. Fuck, ugh. My heart pounds hard in my chest and I feel it echo throughout my whole body. A surge hits. "I think I have to push now." I whisper. "What?" Ryder ask. Another surge hits me. Stronger. "Now! Right now!" I scream, getting in position. The doctor checks my pelvis area and nods. "Ok Rose, you can do this." Ryder starts breathing just as hard as I am. I begin panting and doing the breathing techniques I've practice the last couple of months. Ryder holds my hand tight, as the doctor slips on some gloves and gets in front of me. Two nurses stand beside him. I feel the head of my baby, urging to out. "Ok, push." The doctor says. I tense my muscles and squeeze. I groan out and look to Ryder. He blinks, sweating almost as much as I am with tears in his eyes. He leans in close, putting his forehead on mine, while the tips of our noses touch. I close my eyes. "You can do this baby." He whispers, gently putting his lips on mine. He pulls away. My heart warms. I'm doing this for us. This is our family. I can do this. "Get him the fuck out of me!" I scream, pushing my hardest. I push again and again and again. Ryder by my side, pretty much in tears encouraging me, wide-eyed at the sight of childbirth. I been up and down the moon for this child. Ankles swollen. Mood crazy. Life bed bound. He's coming out and it's happening right now! I scream out, putting my last bit of everything into the push. Finally, a loud crying sound fills the room and I relax. I did it. Tears flow onto my cheeks. Ryder stands up, planting kisses all over my face, eyes filled with his own tears. I weakly laugh, as he grabs my whole face and press a long peck on my lips. Lily stands in the corner of the room, staring at the child in the doctor's arms. "Dad, would you like to cut the cord?" Ryder looks at me and I attempt to roll my eyes, nodding. He staggers up and I watch as he glances between me and the baby. The doctor shows him where to cut and Ryder shakes as the scissors are put in his hands. "Hurry up. I want hold our baby." I breathe out. Ryder cuts through it and the doctor gives the baby to a nurse to wrap. Ryder comes back to my side, eyes still wide. "He's beautiful, Rose. So beautiful. I love you so much. Thank you." I lay a hand on his cheek and smile. "Of course he is. I love you too." The nurse comes over with our baby and gently puts him in my arms. Caleb, Ethan, Lucas, Will, Christine, and Lily gather around me. They had been vocal during the process as well but only Ryder's voice reached me. Weird but expected. The baby stares up at me, innocent and tiny. I can't help but stare back. "He's so cute." Lily says. "He has his Mom's eyes." Caleb adds. I softly pull the baby's arm from the wrap and he immediately grabs my finger. I guess I'm stuck here forever cause he's too adorable to let go of. "He's strong like his parents, look at that grip. Damn." Ethan says. "Language around the baby, idiot." Lucas smacks him upside his head. "He'll be cussing up a storm by 4 years old, just like his Dad." Christine says. Ryder laughs and holds the baby's hand, holding my finger. "Adam. Let's call him Adam." Ryder says, kissing my cheek and the baby's. "Like the Bible?" Caleb asks. "Sure. That's perfect." I agree with Ryder. "No, like the name. He's our Adam." I smile at his words. This new addition to our family is going to stir things up, just wait till the whole group sees him. I can't wait to see him grow and become his own person. Our Adam._______________________________________