Angel wrapped his arm around Buffy’s shoulders and led her to his car. He fished his keys out, opened the passenger door and helped her inside. Just as he was getting behind the wheel another contraction hit Buffy. He started up the car, peeled out of the driveway, and spend towards the hospital. “ Angel ” Buffy cried griping his arm in fright. “ Slow down I’d like to make it to the hospital in one piece.” “ Right. Sorry.” He slowed down but now he was going too slow. “ Not that slow ” She said hitting his arm. “ If you go too slow I’ll be having the baby in the car.” “ Sorry” He said grinning sheepishly. Buffy smiled and shook her head. “ Its ok.”
The rest of the ride to the hospital was silent and thankfully Buffy only had one mild contraction. When they got to the hospital Angel pulled into the ambulance zone. Two interns were on break out there so he rolled down the window and called to them. “ My girlfriend is in labor can you help us please?” The intern closest to the door rushed inside and brought out a wheel chair. He opened the door so Buffy could get out and helped her to sit down. “ Thank you.” “ You’re welcome miss.” He turned to Angel. “ You go park the car and I’ll take her to the check in desk.” Angel nodded and drove off to find a parking space.”
When Angel walked in the hospital ten minutes later he was upset to see Buffy still waiting to be helped. “ Hey, why aren’t you being helped?” “ The nurse at the counter told me to take a number and wait my turn.” “ I’ll take care of this.” He wheeled Buffy to the counter and cleared his throat to get the nurse’s attention. She ignored him. “ Excuse me? Excuse me ” The nurse walked up to them annoyed. “ Can I help you?” She snapped. “ Yes, my girlfriend is having a baby.” “ I can see that. But like I told her you have to wait your turn.” “ You don’t understand she’s in labor right now ” The nurse was about to argue her point when another contraction hit Buffy hard.
“Ow.” She whimpered holding her stomach. The nurse walked over and looked at her concerned. “Has your water broken yet honey?” Buffy nodded. “ How long ago was that?” “ I’m not sure. I woke up and discovered I was soaked and figured that my water had broken.” “ Ok then. How long ago was that?” “ About an hour and a half ago maybe two.” “ Ok sweetie we’re going to get you up to a room right now.” She motioned for a passing intern to come over. “ Can you take miss...” “ Summers.” “Can you take Miss Summers to a room in maternity please?” The intern nodded and wheeled Buffy away.
Once Buffy had gotten settled into her room Dr. Calender came in to check her over. “ How are you feeling Buffy?” “ Nervous, excited, scared.” Jenny smiled at her. “ That’s completely understandable. Well your chart says your contractions are ten minutes apart. I’m gonna check to see how dilated you are.”
Angel kept his eyes on the floor as she put Buffy’s legs in the stirrups and checked her out. “ Well you’re coming along nicely. You should be ready to deliver in the next five hours or so.” “ Five hours Isn’t there something she can take to speed it along?” Angel asked. Jenny smiled. “ No. This kind of thing we have to let happen naturally.” Angel nodded. “Buffy I’ll be back in about a hour to check on your progress. In the meantime I suggest you relax.”
After Dr. Calender left the room Joyce and Hank walked in. “ How are you feeling sweetheart?” “ Ok I guess. I just want to get this over with.” “ What did Dr. Calender have to say?” “ That my contractions are ten minutes apart and that I should be ready to deliver maybe in about five hours. She also said that for right now I should just sit back and relax, but I’m one hundred percent sure that I’m not going to be able to do that.” “ We’re all here to help you get through this honey.” Hank said taking her hand. “ Yea Buffy. Just watch some t.v. and before you know it, it will be time to have the baby.” “ I hope you’re right mom. I hope you’re right.”
Nearly five hours had passed and Buffy still wasn’t ready to deliver. During the wait Angel did everything he could to keep her comfortable. He rubbed her feet, got her water and ice to chew, and held her hand when the contractions came. Having Angel in the room had defiantly kept her sane. “ How are you feeling baby?” He asked rubbing her belly. “Anxious. I just want to get this over with. I want to see our baby so bad and all this waiting is driving me crazy.” Angel laughed. “ I’m sure it wont be too much longer now baby.” “ It could be. It could take another day. When my mom had me she was in labor for sixteen hours.” “ But every person is different Buffy.” “ You’re right. Maybe it wont be too much longer now. She said hopefully.
Two hours later and Buffy had finally reached eight centimeters. It was finally time to have the baby Dr. Calender moved Buffy to delivery while Angel got changed into his scrubs. When he came back into the room they had Buffy propped up on pillows with her legs in the stirrups. Dr. Calender took her position on the stool and Angel grabbed Buffy’s hand. “ Ok Buffy when I tell you to I want you to push. Push.”Buffy squeezed Angel’s hand as she pushed down with all her strength. “ Good Buffy. Push again.” Buffy pushed again, her tiny body straining from the effort. “ I see the head. Hold on for a minute Buffy.”
Buffy fought her body’s urge to push. “ Good Buffy. Now one big push should do it.” Buffy squeezed Angel’s hand harder and pushed down with all her might. “ Wait, the umbilical cord is wrapped around the baby’s neck Stop pushing Buffy ” “ I can’t It hurts too much ” “ You have to sweetie. I Know it hurts but if you keep pushing the baby could strangle.” “ Come on baby, I know you can do it.” Angel said wiping the sweat from her forehead.. Buffy clamped down, stopping herself from pushing. Jenny reached down and quickly removed the cord from around the baby’s neck. “ Ok Buffy I’ve removed the cord. You can push now.” Buffy gave one final push and fell back on the bed, panting from the effort.
Dr. Calender reached down and pulled the baby the rest of the way out. “It’s a boy ” She exclaimed. “ A boy Baby we have a son ” Angel said turning to Buffy. When he did he saw she was laying back with her eyes close. “ Baby? Buffy ” He exclaimed shaking her. But she didn’t respond. She just lay there un-moving as the baby cried in the back ground.
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