the captain's niece [Jake Peralta]

Chapter 15

Sharon's head laid on my lap as she was on the phone with Terry.

"Okay, Terry. I love you. Just hurry back." She handed the phone to Jake.

"Hey there, Sarge. Everything is totally
under control." I rolled my eyes at my boyfriend.

"As you know, her water broke and she's had a couple of contractions. And..." He moved the phone away from his ear.

"Hey, Sharon, how are you doing vaginally?"

"What?" I heard Terry yell.

"Don't ask her that!"

"Okay." Jake nodded.

"Okay, sounds good. And do you want to just meet us at the hospital or..."

"No hospital!" Sharon yelled along with Terry.

"Okay. Got it. Got it. Cool, cool, cool. No hospital... I am picking up what you're screaming down." I rolled my eyes at him.

"We had a terrible experience when Cagney and Lacey were born."

"Last time we went to the hospital, they pushed me to have a C-section, didn't have enough rooms, and the anesthesiologist was a med student  who stabbed me in the spinal cord ten times before he got it right!" I cringed, remembering the feeling.

"See? Needles in your spine? Childbirth is a horror movie." Gina said.

"That is not helping." I snapped at her.

"Copy that. I will call the doula. Which is a thing that I definitely know what it is." Jake said.

"A doula is someone who supports you emotionally and physically and coaches you through the process." Sharon told him.

"I see. So sort of like a vaginal Gandalf?"

"Stop saying that word!" Terry yelled.

"Ooh, that's actually a pretty good analogy." Sharon agreed.

"Well, Sharon liked it, Sarge. All right, listen, you have nothing to worry about. I've got it totally under control here. Love you, bye." I rolled my eyes.

"Great. So I'm gonna go get your birth plan and then summon your wizard." Jake said but Uncle Holt came in.

"Sharon, I heard you had gone into labor in our police station. I hope you don't contract an infection."

"Yeah, we all hope that." Sharon rolled her eyes.

"Hey, Cap-i-tan, could I speak with you outside for just one moment?"

As Jake and Holt walked out, I turned to Sharon.

"How ya doing?" I asked her.

"Just wonderful." She told me.

My phone buzzed, I took out my phone to see a text from the babysitter.

There's a family emergency, I need you to grab Sam

all right, ill be there in 15

I put my phone back into my pocket.

"I have to go grab Sam, but I'll be back soon." I told Sharon who nodded.

"Go, I'll be fine."

"Okay." I slipped my phone in my pocket before heading out of the room.

Sam and I made our way out of the elevator, and went straight to Gina and Holt.

"Don't let my baby touch the floor!" I heard Sharon yell from the bullpin.