MC Devil Dogs #4 Which One Should I Love?

Baby Maverick has arrived.

Penny

     I am in the hospital waiting on my doctor to come check me.  I have had a back ache since yesterday and tonight I had a sharp pain in my pelvic area.  I am scared about what will happen.  I see Tank sitting in the corner and Brick went to find out what is taking the doctor so long.  I look over at Tank and he just looks sad.  I asked him to come over and sit on the bed beside me for a few minutes.  He walks over sits down and takes my hand in his.  He lifts my hand and kisses it.  He tucks my hair behind my ear and tells me not to be scared that I will do just fine.  Brick comes back in with a red faced doctor.  I have a feeling she got an earful.  The guys both set up by my head so the doctor could check me.  I lay there scared out of my mind.  I wish my mom was here.  I feel the tears falling and both men squeeze my hand.  The doctor stands up and tells me she needs to do an ultrasound real quick.  Before I knew what was going on everyone was moving really fast.  The doctor looks at me after just a minute with concern.  I am freaking out for sure now.  She tells the nurse to get an OR ready.  The nurse takes off out of the room.  She then turns to me and tells me that there is a complication and she needs to get the baby out now.  I feel Brick and Tank both stiffen.  I am crying more.  Please don't let anything happen to my baby.

Tank

     I am listening to the doctor and I can tell this is serious.  I look to Brick and see he is just as concerned.  The doctor explains that the baby needs to come out now.  She then looks to us and says I will allow one of you to come back with her but if I tell you to leave my OR then you leave.  We both nod our head in agreement.  Penny looks to Brick then me and I can see she is struggling about picking one of us.  I made the decision to tell Brick to go back with her.  I have noticed he is able to calm her down faster.  I reach over and hug her as I kiss her forehead.  I tell them both "Brick you go with her.  You are able to calm her down more than me and that matters right now more than ever."  Brick comes over and gives me a hug.  Penny squeezes my hand as they push her out of the room.  I call Cherise to let her know what is going on.  Penny and her have become really good friends now.  I am sitting in the waiting room and I have accepted that it's time to back out of the race.  I love Penny and I would love for her to choose me but I can see she is struggling with facing the truth.  I can see it everytime she looks at Brick.  There is such a sparkle in her eyes.  I know he is already madly in love with her.  I have paced the floor to the point that I am pretty sure the tile needs to be replaced.  Cherise comes running into the room and hugs me.  I am a grown ass man but all I want to do is cry.  I lost Penny, I know I have. 

Brick

     I am sitting beside Penny and I am scared to death for her.  I am trying my best to keep her calm.  The doctor was moving fast and I really didn't understand a lot about what she was telling us.  I kiss Penny on her cheek.  I remind her of the name we all agreed on and the fact that she will finally be able to see her feet soon.  She laughed at that.  With in a few minutes the doctor holds the baby up for us to see.  He is a ugly thing that's for sure.  He is red and wrinkly.  I can't tell much about him.  The doctor continues to work on the baby and then she turns around to us explaining that they will be taking the baby out for now.  She began to work on Penny.  I finally asked her "I am sorry but what exactly happened to Penny?"  She tells us that when she examined Penny earlier she thought she felt the umbilical cord.  The ultrasound showed that was indeed the case.  They would be checking to make sure the baby oxygen levels are okay due to the fact it could have effected it.  She finished stitching Penny up.  Before I knew what was happening I leaned over and kissed Penny on her lips.  She kissed me back.  I then pulled back then apologized to her.  I know she said let her initiate everything.  I explained that I was just overcome with emotions.  She smiled up at me and told me to go on out to tell Tank what was happening.  I walked out of the room feeling extremely guilty because I got to experience that with her but Tank didn't.