Pop Tarts, Brand, and Her

Epilogue: Here We Go...

Epilogue: Here We Go…

“We’re here! We’re here!” Shannon smiled weakly as she heard Freddie and Julian’s voices call and saw the door swing open.

“Hey.” Shannon gave Julian a cheeky smile as he approached. “You took your time.”

“Sorry, traffic and all that jazz.” Julian smirked back at her. “And I’m not going into the room with you…I’ve done that already thanks.”

“Oh, but you have to.” Shannon smirked and then laughed. “Someone has to hold Noel’s hand!” she winced as she felt another contraction coming on. “Oh, geeze…they didn’t talk about this in basic training…” she scrunched her eyes tight shut as she felt Noel squeeze her hand. “Only crap thing about being a girl…”

“I’m sure there are loads of other things…” Julian trailed off.

“Nope. I can deal with the rest…in fact compared to this I love the rest!” Shannon grimaced as she heard the door open again. “Oh…please tell me it’s time…”

“I’ll check for you.” She opened her eyes as a doctor smiled at her and she nodded, making several comical faces as the doctor checked her cervix and made Noel laugh. “Alright, Missus Fielding-”

“Shannon…” she tried to smile through a contraction and the doctor nodded.

“Okay, Shannon…we’re going to move you now…you’re fully dilated, so…” the doctor trailed off as Shannon nodded over enthusiastically.

“Thank God!” Shannon cried out as a particularly painful contraction washed over her. “Oh…that was a big one…and if you make a joke Noel I swear to God I’ll murder you!”

“Wasn’t even thinking about it!” Noel held up his hands in surrender, but wasn’t fooling anyone with a wicked smirk like the one he had currently plastered across his face.

“Alright, everyone,” the doctor smiled encouragingly as three nurses began to wheel Shannon’s bed out of the room. “Let’s move!”

***

Shannon let out a cry of relief as she felt her infant leave her body, smiling as she heard it cry for the first time and heard the doctor announce loudly. “It’s a girl!”

Noel took the tiny, crying bundle of blankets into his arms and smiled; cooing to her softly as he handed her to Shannon but continued to hold their baby girl. “She’s beautiful…” he smirked at Shannon. “We made that!”

“I know…scary…” Shannon laughed and tapped their bay’s nose, smiling when she made a happy gurgling sound. “Aww! She’s got your eyes…”

“And your button nose.” Shannon looked up as she heard her sister Ashley’s snide comment and laughed with her.

“Thanks Ash…but I can see a bit of mum in her too…” Shannon smiled sadly for a second. “Wish she could’ve made it…”

“We’ll go visit her soon.” Noel promised quietly and kissed Shannon’s forehead. “I’m so proud of you…”

“You ought to be,” Shannon’s baby sister Jess smirked as she leant over Ashley to see the baby. “Pushing one of those out is hard!”

“He knows,” Kelly beamed as she dragged Angelo into the room. “Aww! Her feet are so tiny!”

“She’s a baby,” Angelo chuckled. “All of her is tiny.”

“And she’s all ours…our little Sophie Anne…” Shannon smiled as she kissed their baby’s small forehead. “This is it…this is our life now…”

“Here we go.” Noel smirked as Shannon, Jess, and Ashley’s voices joined his in an apt quote… “Geronimo!!!”

The End…?

Thankyou all so very much for reading and encouraging me in this story! It means the worl to me! Mush love to you all!

Shan~Leigh