Destiny Rewritten

Chapter 146

Well, the birth is here, but it won't be the daughter some of you are expecting.

Oliver was really glad that he'd had Winn rig up a portable sonic dampener, since right now, he was fairly certain that without it, Laurel would've blown their cover with how loud she was screaming during her most recent contraction.

Laurel sighed in relief as her latest contraction finally ended and Oliver was relieved when she let go of his hand, which she'd been gripping quite tightly.

"You're doing great Laurel." Dr. Gill said.

"How much longer until I can get this baby out of me?" Laurel asked as she panted for breath, her face coated with sweat and her hair in complete disarray.

"You're getting close. Your dilation has reached 8 cm." Dr. Gill said as Oliver placed his hand on his wife's shoulder.

"Thank you." Laurel said to the doctor.

"Of course." Dr. Gill said.

"Ollie, can you please go see if our families are here." Laurel said, though the way she was saying it, Oliver could tell she wasn't so much asking as much as kicking him out for doing this to her in the first place.

"Yeah sure." Oliver said, noting he'd been banished.

"Don't worry, I'm sure she'll change her mind rather quickly." Dr. Gill said.

"Let me know as soon as that happens." Oliver said and Dr. Gill nodded as Oliver left the room.

"Why the hell are you out here." Quentin asked when Oliver entered the delivery room.

"Got kicked out." Oliver said with a chuckle, which Quentin shared.

"So, about as good as to be expected then." Quentin said.

"She's tired, moody and in ten different kinds of pain if I had to guess, so yeah. She kicked me out because I did this to her." Oliver said with a chuckle.

"I really did not need that image in my head." Quentin said.

"Sorry." Oliver said his mother, Walter and Robert entered the room.

"How's she doing?" Moira asked as she hugged her son.

"Well, she kicked me out, but aside from that, I think she's fine." Oliver said.

"Moira." Samantha said from where she and William were sitting, William engaged by a game on his phone.

"Samantha, not that it isn't good to see you, but what are you doing here?" Moira asked.

"Samantha and William are moving back to Star City and I was actually meeting my son for the first time when Laurel's water broke. Thought it was only right for William to be here for the birth of his little sister." Oliver said.

"Sister." Quentin said.

"Shit, I wasn't supposed to tell you. Laurel wanted it to be a surprise." Oliver said.

"We can act surprised when she tells us." Moira said.

"Okay so, did you talk to Thea?" Oliver asked.

"Yes, she and Roy were more than willing to cut their honeymoon short a day to come back for the birth of her niece." Moira said.

"I talked to both Dinah and Sara. Dinah will be on the next train from Central City and I'm not sure when Sara will get here." Quentin said.

"How about right now." Sara said as she entered the room.

"Glad you made it." Oliver said.

"Like I'd miss this." Sara said as they hugged.

"Where's Alex?" Oliver asked.

"She had a family emergency, she said she'll be here as soon as she can." Sara said and Oliver understood what that meant.

"I hope everything works out." Oliver said as a nurse entered the room.

"Mr. Queen, your wife wants to see you." the nurse said and Oliver nodded as he followed the nurse back into the delivery room.

When Oliver entered his wife's room to find her looking exhausted.

"I'm so sorry Ollie." Laurel cried as Oliver took her hand and kissed it.

"You don't have to apologize to me. Ever. This is not your fault." Oliver said.

"It hurts so much." Laurel cried in pain.

"I know, but it'll all be worth it when you hold our little girl in your arms." Oliver said and Laurel smiled as Dr. Gill checked on her.

"Okay Laurel, it's time, on this next contraction I want you to push." Dr. Gill said and Laurel nodded, eager to finally get this pain over with.

When the next contraction hit, Laurel screamed so loudly Oliver thought for a second that the dampener had failed as she began pushing the baby out of her.

"You're doing great honey." Oliver said.

"Shut up." Laurel screamed at him as she kept screaming until finally, she felt the baby leave her.

"It's a girl." Dr. Gill said happily as he held the newborn baby girl in his arms.