Something - Quinn Fabray

Chapter 62

"We're here!" Shelby called out, as she entered a private hospital room followed by Ryan and James.

The four people in the room looked up, all of them with wide smiles on their faces. "Come in," Sarah said, beaming, giving each of them a hug. Josh grinned happily as Paige watched them with a tired smile from the hospital bed. "Hello sweetheart." She gave Ryan an excited hug. Ryan quickly returned it with one arm, the other busy holding a bouquet of pink balloons.

"So, where is she?" Shelby asked. Josh turned around, holding a small pink bundle in his arms.

"Guys," Josh beamed proudly. "I would like to introduce our new baby. Alexis Joanna Corcoran. Alex."

"Oh Josh, she's adorable," Shelby crooned, leaning over to take a look at the new arrival. "Congratulations. Both of you," she added, squeezing Paige's hand with a smile.

"Yeah," James added, smiling. "Congratulations."

Ryan peered over at the baby in his uncle's arms. He smiled at the tiny wrinkled face, topped with downy reddish hair. She was cute. Similar to Beth when he'd seen her in the hospital nursery just after she'd been born.

"You wanna hold her?" Josh asked.

"Me?" Ryan asked in surprise. "Okay." He hadn't held a baby since Hiram's cousin Leon's baby, but he remembered how. He held out his arms, and Josh placed the tiny infant in his arms. Ryan carefully shifted a little to support her head, and Alex yawned sleepily. "She's cute."

They had gotten a call at three in the morning from an excited Tom that Paige had gone into labor. Since it was a Friday, it had been decided that Shelby, James, and Ryan would head out to Akron after school and work. The baby had beaten them there though.

Alex was adorable, Ryan thought. It might be nice to have a younger cousin. All of his cousins from Hiram and Leroy had been way older than him - Leon had even been old enough to have his own baby - and having one younger than him would be an interesting change. Tom snapped a quick picture of the two cousins just as the baby started to wave her arms, and Josh took her back.

"Hi, sweetheart," he crooned softly, pressing a kiss to her cheek. "You're okay."

"Are your parents here yet?" Shelby asked Paige.

"They're on their way, they're in Seattle for the weekend and their flight's getting in tonight."

"How was the labor?" James asked.

Josh winced. "Fifteen hours. I swear I thought she was going to squeeze my hand off. And I was starting to fear for my life at the things she was saying."

"You try pushing a small human out of your penis, then we'll talk," Paige said sweetly.

"Yes dear."

Ryan smirked. His uncle was whipped. Although he couldn't really talk, seeing as he was completely gone for Quinn. "You know, when Quinn had her baby I think they barely had an hour between the time her water broke and the time Beth came out."

"Lucky girl," his aunt said dryly.

"It was a rather dramatic birth." He actually regretted staying at the competition instead of going to the hospital, but Quinn had told him to stay, and they needed at least one representative to stay behind anyway. And they weren't actually together then yet.

"May I?" Shelby asked.

Josh smiled. "Sure." He offered the baby to Shelby.

Ryan watched as his mother cradled the newborn, and his smile faded a bit before he fixed it back into place. He felt a touch of irrational jealousy flare at the sight of his mom with that other baby. It was almost... unfair. No, it was unfair. His cousin was going to grow up with a loving set of parents. And he... hadn't gotten that. He frowned a little. Because why was his mom going to be a part of another person's childhood, when she hadn't been in his?