Last chapter! thank you to everyone who reviewed/favourited/alerted this story! You are the reason I write. I do have another story in the making 'Dark Side of the Moon' and one that is 9 chapters in 'On the Side Lines'…bad me, plugging my own stories lol…hope this is enjoyable as the last chapter.
Chapter 23 – I Got The Girl
Peter reached for her hand and slipped off the bed. She rolled over so he could take her other hand as well and allowed him to pull her off the bed. Olivia froze for a moment and placed her hand over her 8½ month pregnant belly and blew out a breath of air, trying to relieve the sudden pain. "God this kid is going to have your strength I can already feel it." Olivia laughed at the goofy smile on Peter's face. He hadn't been able to stop smiling at her after he found out she was pregnant. They had worked it out to being the day they thought Peter had died and then he turned up at the bureau. Peter did everything in his power to keep her safe because he knew she worried about the baby, she didn't want to lose this one as well.
Peter placed his hand over hers and smiled again, "Baby is going to be as stubborn as you though. Come on, we should get going. Walter and Astrid are waiting for us." They walked hand in hand down the stairs and came to a holt just before the waiting pair. Peter turned to Olivia, "You sure you want to do this? I mean I'm sure Sonia won't mind if you cant make it. She said so herself."
Sonia, Charlie's wife, was having a gathering to remember Charlie for his birthday and she had invited them all over for some dinner. Olivia would never have worn a dress, let alone a black one, to the dinner but it was the only thing that was fitting her without squeezing her stomach. For only having one child, Olivia was carrying very low and by the look of it a very big baby.
"No, it's fine. Please I want to go, just…um…give me a minute ok?" Peter kissed her on the side of the head before jogging down the last few stairs of the staircase towards Walter and Astrid. They all turned their backs to Olivia for a moment while they tried to decide the best way to get there.
Olivia closed her eyes for a moment, locking her jaw trying to keep the pain down. Either this baby was completely uncomfortable to it wanted to kick it's way out of Olivia. She placed her hand on the railing of the staircase and squeezed her hand tight. And then it was gone. Looking up she found the no one had turned around as yet and so she decided to take the chance and walk the rest of the way down the stairs to meet them.
Lunch at Sonia's house was nice. It was quiet, just the 5 of them sitting around the table and chatting about Charlie and the things they all used to do together. Peter watched Olivia as her eyes lit up every time she remembered something happy or funny about him but deep down he could tell Olivia was trying to keep a brave face on, it hadn't even been a year since Charlie had been killed and it was his first birthday since.
Declaring he had to urinate, Peter was forced to show Walter towards the bathroom because he didn't want Sonia to have to get up from the table. The two men left, leaving Olivia, Sonia and Astrid alone. The girls chatted.
"So Olivia, you're due soon. Excited?" Sonia moved closer to Olivia. She had never had a chance to have kids with Charlie so having a pregnant woman so close was making her happy.
"Yea, but honestly I'm more scared. But there was something I wanted to ask you. Me and Peter were wondering if you would like to be one of the babies godmother? I mean my sister will be the other but I know how much you wanted kids of your own so…" Olivia stopped talking when she saw the bright smile that had plastered itself on Sonia's face.
"Oh Olivia! I would love to be. Thank you so much." Olivia smiled back at Sonia but in a moment the smile faded and she squeezed her eyes shut to curb the rising pain. Astrid and Sonia had now come to kneel at Olivia's side.
"Olivia, what's wrong?" Sonia sounded scared but Astrid was the one who spoke loudest.
"PETER! PETER! COME OUT HERE!" Her voice echoed through the open house and within a moment Peter waltzed into the patio.
"You don't have to yell, what's…" Stopping in his tracks Peter saw Olivia trembling and wincing in pain. The dash to her side was a blur but once he was at her side she looked up at him. "Peter, the baby, I think it's coming." Olivia struggled to breath as she spoke. Peter could vaguely here Astrid on the phone to the ambulance service.
"They're 4 minutes out."
"Livia, it's going to be ok. How long have you been feeling this pain?" Peter's voice was rushed, trying to keep himself calm.
Olivia swallowed painfully, "Since before we came. I thought the baby was just moving. My water hasn't broken…" as if on cue, warm fluid rushed down Olivia's leg. Peter took a small step backwards for a moment but was back at her side, kneeling next to the chair she was sitting on.
"Olivia, you baby was moving, towards the birth canal. You should have said something!" Astrid had now come to her side, as Olivia leant over into a ball to stop the pain, Peter looked up at her. "I helped my sister through her pregnancy. I know it all." It calmed Peter slightly, at least someone knew something.
Paramedic's came through the door moment later and were lifting Olivia onto the stretcher. "Dad, do you want to come?" there must have been a scared look on Peter's face because the paramedic knew Peter was the father, nodding mutely Peter followed behind and jumped into the back of the ambulance.
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Two hours. If anyone ever complains about a long labor, they shouldn't until you've had one that only lasted 2 hours. Olivia was in agony because the baby decided it was going to come out breach. She refused drugs because of the cortexiphan and held on to Peter's arm for dear life.
"Come on Olivia, one last push!" the doctor coached her on as she struggled to push anymore. As the baby came in that last push Olivia's grip on Peter's arm slackened and her head tipped back in relief. Her cries mixed with the babies cries echoed through the hospital room.
"Congratulations, a beautiful baby girl!" The doctor had moved away holding the baby to clean her up and after a few minutes she was brought back to them. Olivia sat been sat up in the bed and Peter was now sitting next to her on the side of it, his arm around her shoulder.
"You are amazing Olivia, I love you so much." As the nurse lay the baby in Olivia's arms, she cried and laughed all at once, she had green eyes, like mom but brown hair, like dad. The baby, didn't cry anymore. She was calm, looking up at both Olivia and Peter. Peter kissed Olivia's forehead lovingly. The nurse made her way back to Olivia with a piece of paper and a pen.
"So what are we going to call the little sweetheart?" At first Olivia didn't hear the nurse but it was only when Peter spoke did she look up.
"Charlie Dunham." Olivia's head flicked to the side to look at him and her smile grew. Charlie.
"Actually Charlie Bishop." Peter was worried for a moment that she didn't want Charlie but when he heard his last name come out of her mouth he couldn't keep it back. His smile shone like a thousand stairs. They weren't married yet, with cases and all they hadn't even decided on a date, both happy just knowing it was going to happen one day soon.
Walter, Astrid and Sonia walked into the hospital room 15 minutes later, all looking at the loving couple and the wide awake, calm baby, who suddenly had the hiccups. Laughing Olivia looking up at the visitor and held Charlie up a little more.
"Everyone this is Charlie Bishop." Peter ran a finger down Charlie's cheek, her eyes never leaving Peter's.
Sonia cried as she realized that the baby was born on Charlie's birthday and was now his namesake.
"I love you Livia." Peter kissed her deeply and she smiled against his lips, "I love you too Peter.
OK very, very fluffy, not what I wanted but my manager and his wife had a baby girl 2 days ago and I couldn't resist. Also my mother was in labor for 2 hours and I think she was ready to kill me :D
Please let me know your thoughts and thank you for sticking by this. I always have more idea's in my head so don't stress :D