The Only Hope For Me Is You

Part 30

Mikey’s POV:

  The three of us sat and Frank kept his arms around both Ray and my shoulders, my leg bounced with nerves and I chewed on my lip… What if the baby wasn’t healthy? What if I lost a niece or nephew?

I swallowed but we all jumped up when Poppy pushed open the doors and walked to us, I looked over her face, trying to read the news before I heard it.

   “A big baby girl!” Poppy squealed and we all jumped around.

  “Fuck yes!” Frank yelled and pumped his fist in the air before he hugged Ray. I picked Poppy up in a hug and kissed her.

   “Oh my god… I was so worried…” I said against her lips and she nodded.

   “Everyone was Mikey… I’m so happy…” She laughed and hugged me tighter.

Frank’s POV:

  I made sure I was the first of the guys in the room and I could hear a baby crying and everyone going ‘naaw’ and ‘awww’. I hugged Wren as soo as I was in the room before I hugged Gerard tight. “I love you man.” I said and Gerard laughed.

   “Me too Frankie.” He hugged me for a minute more before smiling at Mikey and hugging him just as tight, he said something to Mikey before hugging Ray. I don’t think I’d ever seen a happier man.

I looked to the little pink baby, “She’s so cute!” I said and kissed Leda’s cheek. “Good job skinny.” I joked and she shot me a slight look before smiling and rocking the baby back and forth a little.

   “Do you have a name yet?” Ray asked and put his arm around Maria, I just realized how crowded the tiny room was…

    “Umm… I love the name Joon…” Leda mumbled and there was a tiny silence until Maria laughed.

    “You mean like Joon from ‘Benny and Joon’? I love that movie.” Maria smiled and then everyone made a slight noise and Gerard kissed Leda again.

     “It’s a beautiful name. Joon Way…” He couldn’t stop smiling, it made me happy seeing him like this, seeing all of us like this…

Leda’s POV:

Joon… My baby Joon. She had dark, short hair but she still hadn’t opened her eyes between the screaming. She was so squeaky and cute, she had a tiny nose and her skin was so pink… Taffy was going to love her, probably more than all of her aunts and uncles, I knew Taffy was going to be an amazing big sister.

I kissed Joon’s forehead and held her carefully, no matter how many babies you held in your lifetime they always felt so light and fragile…

 I couldn’t even begin to think about how lucky and how much I loved everything right now. I was happier than ever, Joon was healthy… A little fatty, a beautiful fatty too…

I looked around the room; Emma looked so happy, probably happier than she’d been since I’d first met her. Poppy held Mikey’s hand and he was smiling more than I’d seen since Poppy’d left, he had Poppy, Freddie and a new little niece now. Wren and Frank held each other and laughed while they spoke to Emma, Ray and Maria stood close to Gerard with sleep smiles on their faces and Maria’s head rested on Ray’s shoulder. Had our bunch ever been so happy? At every other birth of our kids we’d always been missing Poppy, now we had her. Now we had Emma. Now we had a real family and no chance of falling.

Maria’s POV:

After about an hour the nurse came in and told everyone to go home, my cheeks hurt from smiling as I hugged everyone goodbye and then Ray and I walked down the hall. “Wow…” Ray mumbled and I laughed and nodded. That was all we could say…

We passed a room with a glass window near the doorway and it was filled with cribs and babies in them, all of the babies were asleep apart from one. The little baby squirmed around and looked like they were a few days old.

  Ray and I stopped to watch the baby, he held my hand just as a nurse passed. “Oh, hey… This baby, they aren’t asleep.” I said quickly and the nurse stopped and peeked in.

   “Oh, she’s a little trouble maker that one…” Te nurse clicked her tongue but smiled, “She’s so full of personality though… She’d have to be with a name like hers though…”

   “What’s her name?” I asked.

   “Luna.” The nurse laughed quietly but my hand tightened around Ray’s and I swallowed.

   “What… Why’s she in there and not with her mom?” Ray asked.

   “Oh… Luna’s mother is only fifteen. She didn’t want her, but she said to keep her name as Luna. It’s not legally that or anything, but we just call her that because it stuck… She has big blue eyes that remind us of moons…” The nurse laughed again and I swallowed. I felt Ray’s hand tighten and I looked to him.

     “I have a question… Does that uh… Does that mean Luna is up for adoption?” I asked and the nurse arched an eyebrow but nodded.

    “Sure, to the right family.”