Lunar

~18~

It had been a few months later, February 23 to be exact. Lee was now 6 months pregnant. She now a a full on baby bump. "Are you sure you don't want a baby shower Lee?" Joe asked. He was so for his sister having a shower. "Joe, Stranger Things has had 2 successful seasons, and I can buy my own baby shit. I don't need some big thing." "Ok, but if you change your mind, let me know." said Joe. Lee did what she liked to call "The Pregnant Lady Getting Up" move and said, "I'm gonna go finish up the nursery." She climbed up the stairs and walked into a mostly finished nursery. She sat down on the floor to add a few more flower on the wall. 

As she painted, she thought bout everything that had happened. The fourth of July, Finn coming back into her life, the day she found out she was pregnant, her first visit to the OBGYN, the visit to Finn's, house, Finn signing the papers, her asking Noah and Hannah Rose to be the god parents, and then starting the nursery. She was taken from her thoughts by a sudden feeling as if she was peeing her pants. A few seconds later, Lee felt the greatest pain she had ever felt in her life. She let out a scream of pain. 

She heard feet rush up the stairs and then Jo was right next to her. "What's the matter Lee." Lee was in so much pain that she couldn't speak. She grabbed his hand and squeezed tight. Joe understood what she meant. He ran to her room and threw a bunch of things onto a bag. She slowly made her way down the stairs and sat on the couch. After the pain passed she called Noah, "Joe told me, I am coming in now." The door opened and there was Noah. Joe ran down the stairs and grabbed his keys. "Cecile and her kids are driving in right now." "Finn." Lee said. He hopped on the train and he will get here as fast as he can." Jo said backing the car out of the driveway.

When they got to the hospital, they took Lee to a room on the third floor. Joe and Noah came with her. "How far apart are her contractions?" asked the nurse. "Every 3 and half-" Lee groaned in pain, interrupting Noah. "Every 3 minutes." he said rushing to her side. "Okay. Said the nurse,"I will be right back with some other girls and we'll help you get set up." "I don't know if this is helpful, but she is only 7 months pregnant. "Thank you." said the nurse.

She came back not even 5 minutes later with a doctor. "Hello Lee, I'm Doctor Babak and I will be helping you deliver this baby today." Lee smiled at him. "Hello, I'm Joe her brother. And this is Noah, her best friend." "Hi." said Noah. "Hello guys." "I was wondering if I could get an epidural now please?" Lee said. "Oh, according to your blood work, you have low platelet levels so we can't do that." "Fuck." Lee said. "She is 7 centimeters dilated Doctor Babak." said the nurse who was with them originally. "Okay, well as I'm sure you know, you have to be 10 centimeters dilated before we can start pushing so Nurse Alexandria is gonna get you started on some exercise to move along the process." Doctor Babak said walking toward the door. "See you guys later." she said as she closed the door. 

Nurse Alexandria gave a list of things to Joe and Noah. "This should help move the labor along. Press the red call button when her contractions are 30 seconds apart." "They can go that fast?" Joe said. "Yep." said Nurse Alexandria. She left and Joe said, "I'm gonna go home and get more of your stuff and Noah, call me when they are a minute a part." And with that, Joe was gone. "Okay, lets get started. Oh, this yoga ball one sounds fun." Lee let out a cry of pain. "Dear god this is gonna take a while." 

"See this isn't so bad." "SHUT UP AND KEEP TALKING!" Lee had decided to have Noah talk to her about whatever he could think of. "Okay, um, I haven't seen Harper since my birthday and I miss her a lot." "Ugh, no! Go in my phone and in the notes app there is a note called new EP, click on that and read everything on it to me." So he did. "Wow Lee, this beautiful." "I know."

Joe came back right as Noah was about to call him. Lee's contractions went from 1 and a half minutes apart, to 30 seconds apart. Doctor Babak and Nurse Alexandria came back in and Doctor Babak said, "You ready Lee?" "I guess." "Okay so I'm gonna count to 3 and then you are gonna push for ten seconds, then you'll rest and we'll do it again and again until your baby come out, okay?" "Okay." Lee said. "Alright, 3, 2, 1 push!"

25 pushes later

"I can't do it. I can't do it." Lee said. She was drenched in sweat and crying. "Yes you can."Noah said. Joe grabbed Lee's hand, "Listen to me." he said. "If Kylie Jenner could do it, I am sure as hell that you can." Lee smile up at her best friend and older brother. "Last time Miss Keery. 3, 2, 1, push!"

Suddenly, the room was filled with the sound of a baby crying. "It's a girl!" said Doctor Babak. Lee started to cry as she saw her little baby. She looked and both Joe and Noah were crying. "Unfortunately, she is premature so we have to take her to get special rest done. If one of you would like to come along." "I'll do it!" Joe said. He kissed Lee' forehead and followed out Doctor Babak. "You did it!" Noah said. "I am so freakin' proud of you Lee. I'm a God Father!" Lee smile back up at Noah and she closed her eyes. 

Lee woke up to the sound of a door opening. "Hey, we're back." Joe said as he, Doctor Babak and Lee's new baby girl came through the door. Lee sat up and noticed that Finn had joined Noah on the couch next to her bed. "She's all good." Doctor Babak said. "Can I hold her?" Lee said. "Of course." said Doctor Babak as he handed Lee her baby. "I'll be back to check on you guys later. Congratulations." said Docotor Babak as she left. 

"Hi baby." said Lee to her daughter. "She is so pretty." Finn said. "She looks just like you when you were a baby." "Was I this small?" "No, you were fat as fuck!" Joe said making everyone laugh. "So what's her name?" asked Noah. "Her name is...

Lunar

Josephine

Cameron

Finnly

Keery