Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Characters...the Lovely Mrs Charliane Harris does...I just can't help but to play with her babies...

Hello readers! This is the sequel to 'Never Stay Never' and if you haven't read that story, I suggest that you do before reading this one...The story is set after the last chapter in the NSN...and it's a biggie...hope you enjoy it...

This story will be in mix POV's but mostly Eric's or Sookie's...depends on how I go...

Thanks to miss Sassyvampmama for the edited changes...you rock! Readers, if you haven't yet, I suggest you check out her stories...it is filled with lemony goodness and a hunky Eric...

Enjoy...

Chapter One

Mia POV

I squealed with delight when Sookie called and told me thatsheand Eric were engaged. Sam and I were so happy for them; everything was now the way it needed to be. Over the next several weeks, everyone debated about whether Sookie and Eric should stay in the Gold Coast or move back to Townsville. Sam and I decided to go visit them, and while we were there, we did something very surprising; we bought a house just around the block from where Sookie and Eric lived. We flew home, sold the bar, packed up our apartment and moved down to the Gold Coast. They were not expecting us to move closer to them, but we were all happy that we did. Then, we were all very surprised when Jason, Pam and baby Hoyt moved down as well. They bought a house that was just down the road from ours. We were all a big happy family once again.

Sam and Sookie went in together on another bar in the city and they decided to name it 'Fangtasia'. I asked Sam why they named it that and he said it was a play on words, since the bar was catering to a mostly "Gothic" crowd. Most of the bar patrons are what is called "Goth", or people who like to dress all in black, with black and white make up, talk about death, and maybe pretend that they are vampires. Naming the bar Fangtasia was just a way to give them what they want and make some money off of it. I couldn't argue with that.

But Sam and I had another little beauty to worry about. Very soon, we will be welcoming our son or daughter into our lives.

The doorbell rings, forcing me to get up from my comfy chair, which is easier said than done. I am less than a week away from my due date and I wish that the baby was born had already been born. I feel as big as a house, and moving isn't very easy these days. I am tired and cranky, but I cheer right up when I see who the person at the door is. Sookie smiles at me when I open the door and step aside so she can enter my house. She sits down on the couch, almost bouncing, and I can only guess that she has something she really wants to tell me.

"I have something wonderful to tell you!" she says, eerily echoing my thoughts.

"What is it?" I am genuinely curious as to what could make my friend so happy.

"I'm pregnant!" she screeches at me, jumping off the couch in her excitement.

I squeal and hug my best friend. "Oh...have you told Eric?"

"Yes, of course I have...and he's probably telling Sam at this very moment." She is simply beaming.

I smile. "Congratulations Sookie. Now you are gonna be a big balloon like me. Do you know how far along you are?"

"About 3 months." She tells me.

I nod at her, and start to sit down, but then I feel something liquidly trickling down my leg. I hastily grab Sookie's arm and straighten up again, all the while running possibilities through my head. Sookie is looking at me, worried.

"What is it Mia?" she asks.

"Um...Sookie, I think my water just broke..." I say to her just as I feel the first heavy contraction building up inside my now rock hard stomach. I immediately start breathing carefully, looking at the clock on the wall, trying not to panic.

"Oh shit...well...uh...what the fuck should we do?" she yells in a panic.

I look at her, trying to stay calm, as another herd contraction hits me. "Um, maybe we should call someone?"

"Oh, okay...good idea...Uh, I need to find Sam for you, he needs to be here. Yeah, he needs to be here." Sookie says, panicking and breathing too fast. "How can...I mean, why is it that you're having contractions just now? I've always thought that the contractions always come first and then your water breaks."

"Sookie, I've been having mild contractions all morning, but I thought that they were nothing serious, just a false alarm." I reveal to her. She can only nod.

The next one that hits me hurts so bad that I can't help screaming out in pain, gasping for air. I screamed again and she jumps, grabbing her phone. "Eric, is Sam still with you? Good, can you be a darling and tell him that Mia is in labour and that he needs to get his arse home now? Okay? Good...Really? You'll be here soon? Great...see you soon honey!" she yells into the phone and hangs up.

"They'll be here soon Mia...just hold on." She reassures me, but something in voice tells me that she is trying to reassure herself as well.

All I can do is groan and look at her. She smiles and helps me get up from my stooped position and helps me walk into to the living room. I lie down on the couch, screaming once again as another strong contraction hits me. She grabs her phone again and calls 000 to reach an emergency operator.

"Yeah, hi, I need an ambulance, my best friend is in labour...Oh...uh, um she claims to be having cramps all morning but then her waters broke and oh shit!" she was saying as I screamed and start panting.

"Oh, tell her not to push? Okay... Uh, Mia, honey, they say that you should not start pushing, no matter how bad you might want to." She instructs me.

I look at her. "What?"

She holds up one finger, indicating that she needs to hear what the operator is telling her, and then she hangs up. She turns to me and says, "Ok, Mia, they are sending an ambulance, and the paramedics should be here in less than five minutes. We can hold on until then, alright. Until then, we can do that song...you know that breathing song that we learned in baby class? How does it go...uh...oh, um, 'Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah Stayin' alive, stayin alive...Ah, ah ,ah, ah, Stayin' alive!"

"What...the...fuck...are...you...talking...about?" I gave her a look and say between breaths.

"Nothing...uh, just keep taking deep breaths and remember, don't push." Sookie instructs.

I take another deep breath, trying to concentrate on my breathing while the contraction feels like it is trying to tear my stomach apart. "Oh Fuck Sookie...this hurts like hell!"

She nods and holds my hand while I grip hers as tightly as I can. "I know honey...just keep breathing!"

Then in walk Sam and Eric, with worried look on their faces. Sam rushes to my side and I sigh in relief, glad that he is finally here. He starts saying something when another one hits me, and gives me this look (you know, the one that says, 'it can't be that bad you big baby') that makes me suddenly really angry.

"You bastard, you got me pregnant and now I have to suffer through all this pain, you fuck-head." I scream at him. He could only nod and take my hand.

But I'm not finished yet. "You dirty-tainted penis fairy!"

Eric bursts out laughing and I gave him a look that makes him shut-up.

"And you, you pickle-breathed dick demon! Now that Sookie is pregnant, she's gonna have to go through this and experience this same pain, you fuck-head!" I yell to Eric.

"Mia, focus, please! You need to concentrate on breathing until the paramedics get here. I think I can hear the sirens now." Sookie yells at me.

Within seconds, there is a pounding on my front door, and Eric runs to let them in. Three of the biggest men I have ever seen rush into my bedroom with a stretcher. They quickly check my vitals, and check under my skirt to make see how far my labour has progressed. They assure us that I need to be transported quickly to the hospital, and say that Sam can ride with me. Sookie and Eric agree to meet us at the hospital, and I tell them I want them to be present for the birth, so they better hurry their butts up and get there quickly as well.

The ambulance makes it to the hospital in what felt like both seconds and days, all the while, they are hooking me up to IV's and monitors, getting my ready so that the hospital staff can take over. We are hurried onto maternity floor, and into a delivery room. About the same time the doctor on call shows up, Sookie and Eric walk into the room. The next 30 minutes are nothing more than a blur of screaming and pushing, cussing and crying out. I tried to follow the doctor's orders, but most of my concentration was focused on the searing pain of trying to push what I thought might be a watermelon out of a hole the size of a quarter.

The last thing I remember hearing the doctor say is, "One more big push, Mia, and you should be done. Push hard now."

I push with all my might, closing my eyes and then I suddenly feel relief. I hear a small cry and I open my eyes, and see my beautiful baby daughter. I start crying as Sam hands me our new baby.

"Wow." Sam said. I look at him and he smiled.

"Look honey, we have a daughter." I say to him, and he kisses me as he puts an arm around me. I look up at Sookie, who is standing at the edge of the bed, with Eric beside her. I smile at her. She smiles back. I mouthed 'thank-you' to her and she mouths back 'you're welcome.'

I look at my daughter and wonder at how beautiful she is. "I know, how about we name her Claudine?"

Sam nods enthusiastically. "That's a perfect name. Claudine Octavia Merlotte."

I look at him and smile. Octavia was my stepmother's name who passed away years ago. She married my father and became a really wonderful mother to me. I was happy that her name will live through my daughter.

"Eric and Sookie, will you be guys be Claudine's God parents?" I ask them. Sookie smiles and tears stream down her face, as they both agree.

I look around the room and see my perfect family I am happy and content.

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