What He Left (Hannily)

15: They're Here

Emily's POV

"Emily," Hanna pauses, "what are we?" She looks into my eyes.
I look at my hands and think hard. We've used the term 'girlfriend' before, but no one has actually ever asked anyone out.
"I don't know..." I say truthfully. "What do you want to be?" Now I look into her captivating blue eyes and I get lost.
"I want you all to myself. I want to be there for you, and your children. I want them to be... our children." She blushes deeply and I mirror her.
"You do?" I smile.
"Of course I do." She grabs my hand and kneels next to the bed. "I want to raise them together. Every struggle, I want to be next to you, helping you through it. Every tantrum these rugrats throw, I want to be able to tell you to relax, I got this. I want to be a family." She confesses. My tears flow freely, and I don't try to stop them.
"But only if you want that." She adds quickly.
"Han, of course I want that. The first day we became friends, I wanted more." I also confess.
She just smiles and tears drip from her eyes. The doctor comes in suddenly and stops when he sees we are alone.
"Sorry to interrupt but you are ready to deliver." He points to me. "Your family and friends are in the room already." He unhooks my bed from the wires and machines next to it and starts wheeling me down the hall.
I start to feel the nerves in my stomach building up. I'm so scared.
"Emily you'll be fine. I'll be by your side the entire time." Hanna echoes my thoughts. I take a deep breath and all of a sudden feel a very strong urge to push.
"Oh god." I try my best to hold out. I see the sign labeled 'Delivery'.
"Don't push Ms. Fields. Not until I say so." The doctor says without looking back at me.
We turn a corner and I see my friends and family. He pushes my bed up against the wall and three nurses enter the room.
They set my feet up on holsters and I feel very exposed. They start touching me... you know where, but I can't feel it because I'm numbed from the waist down.
"Okay, are you ready?" The doctor stands at the end of my bed.
I reach out to my right and Hanna grabs my hand. I reach on the left and my mom grabs my other hand.
"Yes."
I close my eyes.
"Push."
"Ahhhh!" I squeeze my eyes shut and push as hard as I can.
"Wow, here comes baby number one. Look at all that hair! Okay, you can stop. Take a deep breath."
I gasp for air and loosen my grip on Hanna and Mom's hands.
I feel the sweat on my forehead start to run down my face.
"You're doing so good, honey." I hear on my left.
"Push."
I take another deep breath and push harder than before. All of a sudden, all pressure is relieved.
"There goes the head. Wow, that's a lot of hair." Hanna laughs.
"Okay go ahead and relax."
"Oh my god." I open my eyes and I see Aria covering hers.
"Aria, look!" Spencer points at the babies head.
"That is a lot of hair!" She gasps.
"Push."
"Fuuuuuck!"
"Emily, language." My mom scolds and I squeeze her hand tighter. "Okay, sorry."
All of a sudden I feel myself stretching extremely wide and then I hear the most beautiful sound in the world.
"Wow! Ms. Fields baby number one is a boy!" The doctor announces.
I open my eyes and smile weakly.
"Oh my god, Emily! You did it. You're halfway done." Aria kisses my sweaty forehead.
"Ms. Marin?" The doctor hands her a pair of scissors.
"Oh my god. Okay." She snips the chord right above the clamp.
After a few seconds a nurse brings over a tiny blue bundle and I let go of the two hands I was holding.
I stare at his miniature face and his baby features. His black hair is poking out of the small hat they placed on his head.
I feel the tears pool in my eyes but my gazing is interrupted by another huge amount of pressure.
Hanna suddenly grabs my son from me.
"Okay Ms. Fields, push."
"What?" I groan but do as he says.
"This one also has a lot of hair." He says. "You can relax."
"Ugh." I let my head fall and feel the dryness of my mouth.
"Come on, Em. You got this." Hanna kisses my cheek.
"Push."
More pressure.
Worse.
"Ah!" I scream as the second head comes out.
"You can stop."
I relax and try to control my erratic breathing. All too soon I hear my least favorite word in the world.
"Push."
"Come on, Emmy." My mom whispers.
I push harder than I thought possible.
"Stop. The umbilical cord is wrapped around it's neck." The doctor says, flustered.
My face goes pale.
"Well unwrap it!" My mother demands.
"Shh, mom. It'll be okay." I try to calm her but it's hard when I'm fearing for my child's life.
"We need to cut it. Right now." He hands the scissors to Hanna and she quickly snips it.
I sigh in relief and wipe my forehead.
"Okay, good. Now Ms. Fields, last push."
I jam all of my remaining energy into the last push. My vision goes white and my head pounds as I feel myself stretch once again.
"Ms. Fields, baby number two is a girl!" The doctor announces.
"Oh my god! Emily I'm so proud of you." Hanna leans over the edge of the bed and kisses my hair.
All of my muscles go limp simultaneously as the nurse presents my daughter to me.
I take her and look for my son, who is in Hanna's arms. I look down at the most beautiful girl I've ever seen laying in my arms.
"She's gorgeous Emily." My mom sniffles next to me. I look at my friends and they're all crying.
"Can Hanna and I speak alone? We want to discuss names." I look at Hanna and she's beaming. She's been wanting to do this the entire pregnancy but I always told her to wait until they were born.
"Okay, I'm so prepared. I've already made a list. I made it the night you hit your two month mark." She grins from ear to ear and I can't help but grin right back.
"Let's here them." I say.
"For a girl, Quinn Alexandria, and for a boy, Oliver Sean." She suggests.
"Hanna, I love those names." I tear up and look down at Quinn.
"May I hold Oliver?" I ask and smirk at Hanna.
"You don't have to ask Emily, he's your son." She places him in my right arm next to Quinn.
My children. My world. My future, all lie in my arms right now. These children are going to be the best thing that has ever happened to me.
"Our son." I correct. She blushes and leans over to look at both of them.
"They're so beautiful, Emily." She whispers.
"I know. I can't believe they're ours." I say back. I feel her smile on top of my head and I run my fingers over Oliver's exposed hair.
Quinn's hair is more of a darkish brown like mine.
"Hanna look!" I nudge her.
They both opened their eyes.
"Oliver has brown eyes, and Quinn has... green eyes? Where did she get those?" Hanna questions.
"Some babies who's... parents have brown and blue eyes, have green eyes. It's pretty uncommon actually." I say matter-of-factly.
We just stare at the twins until Hanna speaks.
"Can I go get the girls and our moms?" She asks. I nod and continue to admire my childrens' beauty.
"Okay, let's hear those names Emily." Ashley says as soon as they enter the room.
I laugh and Hanna takes Quinn out of my arms.
"Well, this is Oliver Sean," I hold my son up so everyone can see him.
"Oh my god, that is so adorable!" Aria gushes.
"And that is Quinn Alexandria." I gesture towards my daughter.
"Wow." Is all my mom says as she wipes her tears away.
"You guys, those are the most beautiful names I've ever heard." Alison comes over and holds her arms out. I place Oliver in her arms and she heads to the bench to play with him.
"Spence, do you want to hold Quinn?" Hanna offers. She gladly accepts and carefully cradles her.
All of a sudden, my eyes start to droop as I feel the overwhelming effects of childbirth.
"Hanna, I love you." I blurt. My hand flies to my mouth.
I can't believe I just said that.
Everyone looks at me and Hanna's eyes go wide.
"I love you too." She answers.
I smile a huge goofy smile and Hanna hugs me tight. We pull away at the same time and our lips lock.
"Ooooh!" Aria squeals and she now has Oliver in her arms. He starts crying.
I pull away from Hanna's lips at the sound of my son wailing.
"Oh, give him here." I beckon Aria and she gives him to me. "Is someone hungry?" I ask, knowing I'm not going to get a reply. I lift my t-shirt and Oliver wraps his tiny lips around my nipple.
"Yeah, he's definitely hungry." Hanna laughs.
He looks up at me with his big brown eyes and I fall in love. He's the most precious little boy I've ever seen.
After everyone gets a turn with the babies, I feed Quinn and decide to go to sleep.
The girls leave and so does Ashley, but Hanna and my mom stay the night with me.
I have no trouble going to sleep after pushing two watermelon sized humans out of me.
I dream of brown and green eyed toddlers frolicking in a daisy field, me and Hanna chasing after them.
In total bliss.