In Another Life

Chapter 71: Mia

"I didn't think you were due for another three weeks." Rikki says as we drive to the hospital.

"Are you going to tell your kid that?" I wonder and put my head against the window. "Owww!" I complain.

"You're okay, baby. I think. We're almost to the hospital." Rikki tells me but he looks more worried then I am.

Rikki

I'm gonna have a heart attack or Minnie is going to kill me, those are the only two outcomes that I can think of. I sit beside my girlfriend who is hooked up to six million different machines that beep and make every other noise imaginable. Mia is in the hospital bed and I think she's sleeping until a contraction happens again.

"Did you have to knock me up?" She wonders quietly and I smile.

"It'll be okay once the baby is here." I tell her and I grip her hand a bit tighter. "I promise."

"We still haven't agreed on a name, Rikki." Minnie reminds me.

"We don't know what we're having either." I tell her and she looks at me.

"We're gonna know shortly." She says and I laugh.

"I still like the name Keith." I say and Mia smiles.

"Me to." Mia says. "But what would we use for a middle name?"

"Bruce." I say and she sits up.

"You want to name our child after CC?" She wonders and I nod. "You know he tried to kill you like seven different time, right?"

"Yes." I laugh. "I think the middle names should be Bruce and Victoria."

"So Keith Bruce Rockett." Mia smiles. "I like it. If it's a girl what do you think about the name Rebecca?"

"Rebecca Victoria Rockett." I nod. "I like it."

CC

We've been here for hours and nothing. Every once in a while we will hear her scream and Vicy will go in like a worried mother. Bobby is playing with kids toys in the corner and Bret is looking at a Playboy that earned him dirty looks from every nurse that walked by.

Everything goes really really quiet and I can see Vicy worried. All in a second we hear her cry out in pain a few more times, then Rikki comes into the waiting room. He's grinding like an idiot so you know something went right.

"You guys wanna meet someone?" He wonders.

Mia

I hold onto my little baby boy, Keith Bruce Rockett. He was born at 3:46pm on July 2nd 1989. He weighed just under seven pounds. Rikki had left to go get everyone else, so it's just me and my baby. He's going to be a ginger, I just hope he looks like Rikki. 

Rikki leads everyone back into the room I was left in. He sits beside me on the bed and kisses my forehead. Bret, CC, Vicy, and Bobby all come in and they smile.

"This is Keith Bruce Rockett." Rikki says and CC lights up.

"You named the kid after me?" He wonders and we nod.

"I wasn't going to name him after Bret or Bobby." Rikki laughs and Bret and Bobby flip him off.

"Can I hold him?" Vicy wonders and Rikki takes him from my arms.

"Rikki watch his--"

"Head." He smiles. "I know Minnie, don't worry."

Vicy sits in the chair with our son and Rikki sits back down beside me. I put my head on his shoulder and he kisses my head.

"We did it, Minnie Mouse." He says quietly.

"We?" I question and he laughs. "You can push out the next one." I state and he laughs.

"I love you." Rikki says and I smile.

"I love you to." I say and peck his lips, Bret groans.

"There's a child in the room." He complains and we smile.

"We're never going to sleep again." Rikki says and I nudge him.

"You get late night shift the first couple night home." I say and he smiles.

"Because you pushed him out?" He wonders and I nod.

"Ding, ding, ding." I say and he kisses my nose.