He Who Conquers Others Is Strong, He Who Conquers Himself Is Mighty

In The Nick Of Time

"Penny calm down!" Gisele tried desperately to make me sit down, but this was the most alive I'd felt through my entire pregnancy. "I'm okay!" I smiled back at my friend, who looked at me with concerned eyes. "you won't get through to her" Jamie yelled to G over the noise surrounding us. "Oh shush, let a pregnant woman be happy!" I hushed her, for Jamie to then flash me her unimpressed face. "sweet lord, that baby is going to have Jules' pouting, her stubbornness and defiance...we're all fucking screwed!" she continued, to which I flipped her the finger- finally making her smirk. "all the while you're waffling on about my beautiful baby, you're missing Dola's ass in those pants!" I pointed out with a raised eyebrow. Jamie opened her mouth to speak, yet paused briefly before directing her gaze back onto the field.

Honestly though, I was amazed that any of us could carry on a conversation in the middle of this game. To say it was intense would be an understatement. I could see J was taking so many hits and by the final quarter I could see he was feeling it. But I couldn't wait to get down there and celebrate with him. Yeah, of course they were winning...

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Minutes unfolded and the atmosphere was insane. "I've not witnessed a game so intense in years!" G yelled out as us girls were gripping hands in anticipation of the final whistle...

Aaaand there it was! The end of the game! Cheers errutped around us, hats, scarves and whatever else was thrown up around us as everyone danced about in celebration. "we gotta get down there!" Jamie yelled, turning to face us all. I could see the tears built up in her eyes. "we gotta go see Daddy!!" Vivi shouted up as she jumped up and down in excitement. I couldn't help but feel excited about bringing my baby along to watch Julian in a few years time. "You all go, I need to go pee" I laughed at them, telling them I would be okay and I'd see them down on the field. I watched them reluctantly leave me, but Jamie, G and her little ones turned and headed down the steps and off to greet their loved ones. I smiled. I had some amazing friends. Then I turned back towards the restrooms. And I stopped. Nick, Amelia and Allie were all standing there watching me. "what?" I asked, "you're not going down there on your own." Nick said with his arms folded. I was about to protest when he carried on, "we will escort you down there to him...Go pee" he ordered. So I smiled at him and leaned up to kiss his cheek. But I stopped again. My eyes wide.

"P-P-Pen...did you just piss yourself?!?" Amelia stammered. I was still frozen in postion beside my brothers cheek, and it was only when he pulled away and looked to the floor, that I moved too. "That'd be too much pee for her tiny bladder..." Nick replied calmly. "Penny sweetie...We migh thave to take you to the hospital..." Allie said in a cautious tone. I just continued looking down at the aftermath of the deluge that had occured between my legs. "Oh fucking hell! Jules is gonna kill me!" Amelia cried in a panic. I rolled my eyes at her, but Nick grabbed my hand. "Babe, call for an ambulance- you and Melia go with her to the hospital and we'll meet you there" he said to his wife. "J..." I breathed out, the panic was starting to hit me a little bit...

"I'll go on the field and find him. Don't worry, I'll get him to you before the baby comes" He told me, never looking so sure in his life. "But it's already coming!" I yelled. "Pen" he said, looking me in the eye. "I will get him to you. I promise. I've never broken a promise to you. And I sure as hell aren't going to start now. I love you. Now go!" he said, pressing a hard kiss to my head before leaving go of my hand and dashing off behind me. I swallowed hard and looked up to the girls- Allie was on the phone to who I assumed was the emergency services and Amelia had taken my hand at some point. "Come on Pen, let's get you downstairs" She said, ready to help me. "I don't need an ambulance!" I whinged, "if we take you in the car then with all the traffic around here it could take a life time!" Allie reasoned as we pushed through the people in our box. "We'll get outside and go from there" She added, taking my other hand. "I feel like I'm about 80, not like I'm gonna give birth" I snorted with them holding my hands. "shut up and get downstairs." Allie ordered, before Amelia said, "I bloody hope Jules gets there before the action starts, coz there's no way in hell I wanna be in the delivery room with her"

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NICK'S POV

I raced down the steps and finally made it onto the field. Pushing and shoving I fought through the sea of bodies, obviously getting abuse thrown at me as I did, but hey, that was nothing comapred to what I'd get if I didn't get Jules to Penny on time...

"Ah thank God...Gronk!" I yelled, seeing him in the middle of an interview. "hey man!!" He bellowed at me, raising his gigantic hand to high five me, "where's Jules?!" I yelled, feeling like I was in a blind panic. He frowned a little, probably at my response to him and he shrugged, "over there somewhere" he said, vaguely pointing to the rest of the field. "yeah thanks" I muttered, leaving him to continue with the interview that I'd probably already ruined. Come on, where is that little squirrely fucker?!

Thousands of media people, it seemed, were swarming the field, and I couldn't see shit for flashing cameras and confetti fluttering around the place.

"Oh! Brady!" I gasped, seeing him being swarmed even more than Gronk was, as he stood with Vivienne on his shoulders. Nah, that would be silly to try and get close to him right now. Where the fuck is he?!

"Jules! Jules!" I heard yells behind me. "Edelman!" I spun around, finding about 30 people lunging after someone. "THANK FUCK!" I yelled in relief as I all but bulldozed whoever these people were, away.

"JULES!!" I yelled over everyone as I finally layed eyes on my brother in law. "We won bro!!" he yelled back at me, lunging at me and grabbing me to pick me up. In any other moment I would have been soaking this atmosphere right up, but I had to stop myself. "IT'S PENNY!!!" I yelled down at him. Within a second he dropped me to the ground and the colour drained from his face. "she's gone into labour!" I yell at him, shock staring back at me though his bright blue eyes. "I-I need to get a flight!!!" He panicked, looking around him clearly not knowing what the hell to do.

It took a second for my brain to kick in again, "what, no! she's here!" He stops and looks confused, gawping at me like I was an alien or something. People continued to call out to him, slapping him on the back and congratulating him, but he kept his eyes fixed on mine. "She's here!" I yelled at him again, "She's gone to-"

"I need to get to the hospital!" he said, barely audible over the ruckus going on and in a matter of seconds, I'd lost him again through the sea of people.

"For the love of God!" I cried out before recommencing my chase down of my pain in the arse brother in law.