Every Little Thing

Chapter 11

Chapter 11

***Thirty-Nine Weeks***

Happy, Vin and I are sitting at Venus and Tig's for the weekly family dinner. They did it cook out style so all of the kids are in the yard playing and the adults are scattered around. Happy is sitting by me while the prospects are chasing Vin around. He's almost two and so smart and active. "He's getting so big." Venus says. "I know. I can barely keep up with him these days." I say laughing. Happy looks at me worried. "I'm fine. All I've had to do it tell him to come say hi to his sissy and he's at my belly kissing it and saying hi." I tell him. He smiles and says "That boy loves his momma." I look back at Vin and feel a pain in my back. I had been feeling them all day but they weren't that bad. "You okay babe?" Happy asked. "Don't freak." I say and he looks at me worried again. "I've been having contractions since this morning. They were several hours apart but now they are more like thirty minutes apart." He asks "Do we need to go?" I pat his hand and say "Not yet. Not until they are closer to five minutes apart or my water breaks." I say. He kisses me softly and starts watching Vin again. "Do you have everything ready?" Tig asks. "Yeah. Carrier is in the car, I gave Venus the extra car seat for Vin. He has an overnight bag already here and I have my bag and the baby's in the truck just incase." I tell them.

An hour later, something doesn't feel right. "I need to walk around a little." I tell Happy. "You okay?" he asked. "Yeah. Just need to get up." I say. He helps me up and we walk out to the yard. After a few steps, I feel a gush and start laughing. "What's so funny?" Happy laughs looking at me confused. "My water just broke." I say. He smiles and Venus says "I have our little Prince. You go bring our little Princess into this world." She kisses my cheek and so doe Tig while Tig and everyone else heads to the hospital behind us, leaving Venus and the other Old Ladies and croweaters to clean up. Janie is with Venus, helping with Vin.

We pull up to the hospital and head inside. Six hours later, we are holding our daughter and our family start filing in. "She's perfect." Venus says. "What's her name?" Tig asked. We never told anyone what we were naming her. "Elena Marie Lowman." Happy says and Tig, Chibs and Juice smile wide. "After your mom?" Tig asks. "Yeah. Was Lacey's idea." he tells them before whispering "I love you." in my ear. Venus hands Elena over to me as everyone heads out for the night. She's laying in my arms and starts getting fussy. I try to feed her the bottle and he won't eat. She opens her eyes and looks at Happy. He takes her from me and she stops fussing and takes the bottle. "Seriously?" I asked, laughing. "Yep. She's a Daddy's girl." he tells me. I just shake my head. Leaning over, I whisper to her. "You might be Daddy's girl but you still gotta let mommy take care of you." I sit back up and Happy is just watching her. "She's perfect Lacey." he says. "She is. But so is our son." I tell him.

The next morning, Venus and Janie bring Vin to see us. He snuggles up to my side and Happy shows him his sister. "This is Elena." Happy says. "Na na?" he asked. "Yeah buddy. Elena." Happy answers. Vin leans over me and kisses his sister. I move him where he is between me and Happy and he takes Elena's hand and holds her hand and drifts off to sleep beside me. "Well, looks like he likes his little sister." Janie says. They visit for a little while before taking Vin back to Venus' house. Looking at Happy, holding Elena again, I say "I can't believe he went to sleep holding her hand and she didn't fuss. Maybe all the talking he did to my stomach bonded them?" I asked. "Maybe. He's gonna be protective." Happy says. "Just like Daddy." I say.