Flushed Away: "Oh, Baby!"

Chapter 6 New Year's Eve/Rita's midnight birthday party

On New Year's Eve, Rita went to the baby doctor while Roddy went with his coworkers and friends: Cory and Harry, to go find and buy a house for not only just for him and Rita, but for the baby, since he finally made enough money from work to buy one. It took them a while to find a house around the block before they found the perfect one and Roddy couldn't wait to let his wife know about it, let alone show her, too.

"Thank you so much, chaps, for all your help. Can't wait to show it to Rita." He said.

"Hey, you're welcome, Roddy." Cory said.

"Let us know what she thinks about it, okay?" Harry said.

"Will do. Now I need to go pick her up from the baby doctor. See ya later." Roddy said, running back to the boat, waving back at his friends before taking off.

Back at the doctor's, Doc got done with the ultra-sound as he put the wand down on the desk. "Alright, Rita, looks like your baby's healthy alright. No complications so far." He said.

"That's good to hear." Rita said.

"So you wanna know if you're having a boy or a girl? Because I can show you." Doc asked.

Rita hesitated for a moment before she spoke. "You know, I think I wanna wait until the baby arrives. Just to be sure everything stays alright and also, just in case, the gender might be wrong and I don't think Roddy and I wanna get our hopes too high over the gender. Plus, I wanna see the look on Roddy's face in the delivery room."

"Okay, whatever works for you, we can wait." Doc said, turning the screen off before handing Rita her ultrasound pictures of her nearly eight-month-old fetus as she smiled at them, taking the pictures.

"Can't wait to show these to Roddy." She went.

"I'm sure he'll love them. So what are you doing tonight on New Year's Eve?"

"I have a birthday party at my family's place tonight before midnight hits. It's usually how we celebrate New Year's every year since I was born on that night. I'm turning 22."

"Alright. Hope you have a great night. Happy birthday by the way." Doc said, before Rita left the room.

"Thank you. Bye, Doc." Rita said, leaving the room. When she came out in the hallway, she saw Roddy waiting for her before he came up to her, sharing a kiss with her. "Hi, Roddy."

"Hey, honey." Roddy said.

Did you, Cory, and Harry have any luck on the house hunting yet?"

"Maybe. I'll tell you about it when we get home, alright?" Roddy said.

"Okay. Can't wait to see what it looks like. I hope it's big enough for the baby and for when my family comes to visit." Rita said.

"Oh, I think you'll love it. I know I do." Roddy said before he and Rita left the hospital and drove home back to their apartment.

Around 9:00 PM, Rita started cramping up due to Braxton Hicks contractions she's been having often throughout the week. Right now, this has happened to her twice already. Roddy, who was sitting on the bed right behind her while Rita was lying on him and sitting on his lap, timing her contractions with the stopwatch her dad gave him a few months ago. "Oh, god, this hurts so much. I can't wait for this baby to get out of me." She said in pain.

Roddy stopped the stopwatch before wincing at the sight of the time, turning to his wife, looking worried while he rubbed her stomach. "I don't know, Rita. These contractions are thirty seconds apart and it sounds like they're getting intense this time. I really think we should take you back to the hospital just to be sure." He said.