Scorpion: A New Member

Chapter 70: Not today not now

MEGHANS POV
I wake up in the middle of the night with a piercing pain in my lower stomach. I look at the clock, 2:47am. I lay back down, hoping it's just a stomach ache. I feel another sharp pain and then feel a liquid running down my legs. oh no. not today, not now. I know exactly what's happening, I wish this wasn't happening, but I can't deny it.
"Paige... Paige." I whisper, trying to get her attention, I feel the pain again, but stronger.
"PAIGE." I say a bit louder and a lot more urgently. Paige wakes up and rubs her eyes.
"Meg? What's wrong?" She asks, concerned.
"My water just broke." I respond, wincing.
"Your joking." She says, quietly.
"I wish I was." I reply, trying to keep my cool.
"Oh no." Paige says, biting her lip, I nod. Walter wakes up, followed by Happy and Toby.
"What's going on?" Walter asks, in his groggy morning voice.
"Meghan just went into labor." Paige says, nervously.
"Oh no." They all say in unison, waking up Sly and Cabe. They explain what's going on and they respond the same way.
"Let me help you." Paige says, getting out of bed and walking over to my bedside. She's still in her clothes from yesterday, along with the rest of us. She helps me up and it's very difficult for me to walk, considering how much pain I am in.
"No I can't walk." I tell them feeling the strongest contraction I have felt.
"Ok, I'll carry you." Walter says picking me up. I feel a strong contraction and wince. We all rush out to the van, Walter places me gently in the back seat and let's me hold his hand. I feel a strong contraction and squeeze his hand.
"Jesus Christ your strong." Walter says wincing.
"How far apart are the contractions?" Toby asks me.
"Um...1.3 minutes." I tell him, trying not to moan from the pain.
"Where is the closest hospital?" Cabe asks me.
"I don't know." I respond, squeezing Walts hand again.
"You know everything else about Puerto Rico, except where the hospital is?" Toby asks, confused.
"I think there is one on sixth street." I respond, wincing. Toby looks up on his phone how far that is.
"That's like a 10 minute drive, we don't have that kind of time." Toby says, looking at his bright phone screen.
"Move over Gallo." Happy says, getting into the drivers seat and Cabe going into the passengers seat. She starts speeding down the road.
"Are you scared?" Walter asks me.
"Terrified." I respond, wincing feeling another contraction.
"Hey, you trust us right?" Toby asks me. I nod, of course I just them.
"Then trust us to get you to the hospital on time." Toby responds, smirking.
"Ok, I trust you guys." I reply, giving them a small smile. I feel another contraction, this one is the most painful so far and by far the longest one, it lasts at least two minutes. I can feel beads of sweat dripping down my face.
"Could you go any quicker Happy?" Toby asks Happy, who is speeding down the road.
"I'm going as fast as this piece of shit can take me." She responds, annoyed. After about five minutes we make it to the hospital, its small and old, but it will do the trick. By the time we arrive I have already had 3-4 contractions. Everybody rushes me into the hospital, as quick as possible. Once I am settled in the delivery room with my hospital gown on, the doctor comes in. It is a female doctor, which I definitely feel a lot more comfortable with.
"We can only have the father in the room." She says, getting straight to the point.
"The father isn't here." Paige responds for me.
"Ok, then you can have one person in the room, it doesn't matter who." The doctor says, putting on her gloves. Walter leans down to tell me something.
"I promised Shawn I would be here, so I'm going to be here." He says smiling. So Walt is who Shawn sent to be there for me, it all makes sense now. I'm really happy Walts here, he's like a big brother to me, and that makes me really happy.
"Ok." I whisper, smiling, before feeling another contraction.
"Ok everybody else out." The doctor demands. Everybody, except Walter, leaves the room.
"Ok Sweetheart, on three we push." The doctor says in a sweet tone. I'm in to much pain to even care that she called me 'sweetheart'.
"1...2" When she says two, I feel the anxiety build inside of me.
"I don't want to." I whisper to Walt.
"You're ok, you've got this." He responds, taking my hand.
"...3" The nurse says, and I push, as hard as I can. I feel the sweat dripping down my face.
"One more, you're doing great." The doctor says. I nod and start pushing again. After a little under 30 seconds, I hear a baby cry. A wave of relief washes over me. The doctor turns around and hands me a little blue blanket.
"Say hi to your new baby boy." I smile at the baby in my arms, he is so beautiful.
"But the other doctor said it was a girl." Walter asks the doctor, confused.
"Well she was wrong, you definitely have a little boy there." She responds, smiling. I smile down, at my baby boy. I can't believe I actually just gave birth to a child.
"Congratulations, Meg." Walter says, smiling.
"Thank you, for everything, Walt." I respond, smiling back.
"Anytime." He replies. The doctor lets everybody else into the room. They all come in quietly.
"How did you do?" Paige asks, quietly.
"She did great, I think she broke my hand, but she did great." Walter respond, making me laugh.
"And how did you do Walt?" Toby asks, smirking.
"Well, I can now say I have officially seen everything." Walter replies, chuckling.
"Is that a boy?" Happy questions, slightly confused, looking at the blue blanket in my arms.
"Yes it is." I reply, smiling down at him.
"Can I hold him?" Paige asks me, happily.
"Yes, but I think Walter should be first." I say, handing him, gently, to Walter. He takes him in his arms, happily.
"What are you going to name him?" Sylvester asks me. I think for a second.
"Maxwell." I respond, smiling as big as I can.
"I like that." Cabe says. Walter passes Maxwell to Paige, who passes him to Happy, who passed him to Toby, then Sly, then Cabe and eventually back to me.
"Hey Meg, we have somebody on the line for you." Toby says, handing me an iPad, which is on Skype. I look at the screen and almost burst into tears. It's Shawn.
"Happy Fathers Day, Shawn." Oh did I forget to mention, today is Fathers Day.
"Is that our baby?" He asks, almost crying.
"Yeah, yeah it is." I respond, smiling.
"Is that a blue blanket, I see?"
"Yeah, we have a little baby boy here."
"Maxwell?"
"Maxwell."
"I can't believe we have a little baby boy together."
"I can't believe it either." I say, starting to cry. I hear somebody shout in the background of the Skype.
"That's the general, I have to go. I love you sweetheart and I love you too Max." Shawn says, smiling and waving goodbye.
"We love you too, Shawn." I respond, waving goodbye. When the iPad goes completely black, I hand it back to Toby.
"Thank you so much, all of you." I say, happily. The doctor walks in, shortly after that.
"Ok, time for mommy to get some rest. You can all stay, but your going to have to wait in the waiting area." She instructs. Everybody leaves and waves as they walk out. Today was an amazing day, and it's not over yet.