The Way We Were

The Way We Still Give Birth

Marcy was so tired. She shuffled behind her husband as they went to baggage claim. They collected their bags and took a taxi to their home.

Mally and Mickey were waiting on them as soon as they came through the door. "Mommy! Daddy!"

"Hi, babies!" Marcy hugged them to her. "I missed you! Did you miss me?!"

"Yes!" Both twins began crying.

Mal lifted his eldest daughter. She hugged him tightly. He rubbed her back soothingly. "I missed you, too Princess."

"I missed you so much, Poppa!" Marcy rocked with Mally.

Marionette gave her Riley, who didn't want to let her go either. "Mama!"

Marcy gasped. "That's right! Mama home!"

"I like how we're chopped sardines..." Karou pouted.

Paris burst into tears. "I want my baby to miss me!"

Jude hugged her. "Whenever we aren't around her, she'll miss us."

She laid her head on his chest. "Good."

W.W.W.

Marcy rubbed her still small but at least there baby bump. She felt a bit of maybe gas or indigestion. It was low in her belly.

"Mommy?" Mickey patted her mom's leg.

"Yeah, baby?" Marcy looked at her.

"Are you listening?"

"Yes, I'm listening."

"Okay." Mickey was telling her all about what she'd done over the last week especially since she'd had it off from school. "Is cries all the time now. She says she's going to miss us. I think she's just going to miss Mally the most cuz I think she loves him-"

Marcy raised a brow. She knew the four year old had a crush on her son but that didn't mean she had to like it. But Raj's crush on her daughter was a different ballgame. "Are you going to miss Raj?"

Mickey nodded. "Uh huh! I like his food and he's so nice and he's so cute-!"

Marcy laughed.

Mickey beamed and lifted her tea cup.

Riley made a bunch of noise as she leaned against Marcy's side.

"That's right, baby." Marcy pinched her cheek. "Mickey has a boyfriend."

Mickey blushed with the giggles. "Mommy!"

Marcy was going to continue teasing her but she felt liquid gush out of her. Oh no...

"What's wrong, Mommy?" Mickey could see the change in her mother.

Marcy took a steadying breath. "Go get Daddy. Then I want you to go get Uncle Jude. Tell them that I need help getting up."

Mickey nodded and got to her feet to run out of the room she shared with her brother.

Marcy stood up on her own and went to get her hospital bag. By the time she came back, Mal and Jude were searching for her.

"I thought you needed help getting up?" Mal was confused.

"No. I'm in labor."

Mal nearly fainted.

And that was why she also wanted Jude... "Can you help Marionette put the kids in Travis, dude?"

Jude nodded. "Come on, little brahs. We're taking a trip to the hospital."

Riley went to Jude for him to hold her and he also picked up Mickey so they could find Mally and the nanny.

Mal took deep breaths. "Okay, what do we do?!"

"Mal." Marcy took his face in her hands. She blew on him gently.

He instantly relaxed. "Let's get you to the hospital."

W.W.W.

"Hmm." Dr. Reynolds frowned.

"I hate when you do that." Marcy frowned, too. "Just tell me."

"Well you're eight centimeters dilated."

"That cannot be possible. I'm three weeks early, I have a C-Section planned and I just had my water break!"

He cocked his head as he measured her cervix again. "Now you're nine. I'm sorry but you're going to have to deliver naturally. I have to prepare."

She watched him as he left to get nurses. "No fucking way..."

Mally and Mickey gasped. She cursed!

"Who do you want to be with you?" Jeanette asked.

"You, Ms. Judy, Rou, P, Yuri and Mal." Except for Maddie, none of Marcy's other sisters would make it in time.

Karou and Paris celebrated.

Maddie, the men and kids left.

The doctor came back. "Ready?"

Marcy felt like she had to push. "Beyond!"

W.W.W.

Marcy held the eldest triplet, Shayna Selene or Shay and the youngest triplet, Skylar Eos or Sky in her arms while Mal held the only boy, the middle triplet, Sebastian Helios or Sebby. "Hi, babies."

The door opened and the group, including Laura, Marc, Quad, Artie, Santana, Brittany, Ana and AJ shuffled inside.

Mickey ran to the bed. "Mommy!"

"Inside voice, Mac Attack." Marcy shushed her gently.

Mickey softened her voice. "Are these them?"

"Yes. Want to see them?"

"Uh huh."

"Rou, can you pick her up?"

Karou picked Mickey up and put her on the bed.

Mickey crawled over her mother and sat in her lap. She peered into her arms and gasped. "They so pretty!"

Shay had black hair and grey eyes while Sky had red hair and brown eyes. Sebby had black hair and brown eyes. But other than that, they looked exactly like their siblings and each other.

Laura kissed Marcy's head. "Congratulations, lil sis."

"Thank you, big sis." Marcy smiled serenely.

"New hardware?" Marc teased his youngest brother.

Mal didn't even care as he held his infant son. The boy looked just like him and his elder brother. His broken hand didn't matter.

"When will Wifey, Queen and Mike get in?" Artie asked as he peeked at Sky.

"Mercy called to say they were in the air." Marcy rocked slowly.

"All these babies."

"Without drugs."

"Wow. I wonder what your push present is going to be?" He looked towards his own girlfriends who had matching charm bracelets to show off.

Marcy chuckled softly as Shay yawned in her face. "It doesn't matter. Anything to make the burning in my VaGoogle go away."

He laughed.