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Always Be My Baby	By : GetYourShineOn Category: -Misc Cartoons > Het - Male/Female Views: 2736 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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"What? Are you serious?" Sharon asked, panic clear in her voice.
Maria continued to stare at the ground.
"Um, yeah. I'm pretty sure."
"Ew! Gross!" Nina shrieked and jumped back, away from the pool of water.
Alyson also looked at the gym floor.
"Yeah, looks like your water broke all over Nina's shoes!" Alyson said as she tried really hard not to laugh.
Alyson couldn't help but feel somewhat amused by the whole situation. Sure, Nina might've been nice now. But she still felt like this was karma for all the years of torture she put her through. Not to mention all her friends. Especially Sharon. Up until recently, that is.
"But... I'm not due for another 2 weeks..." Sharon stated with panic continuing to rise in her voice.
"My cousin was 3 weeks early." Alyson informed her. "Most babies don't arrive on the exact date the doctors tell you. But you are past 37 weeks now, so at least you know your baby won't be premature."
At this point, a whole crowd had gathered around to see what was going on. Including Connor and Brock.
"I think we better get you to a hospital, Sharon." Connor suggested. "I don't think you want to have your baby in the school gym during prom."
"Though it certainly would make prom memorable." Brock said.
"It's already gonna be memorable for my water breaking. Oh God! I need to get out of here!" Sharon cried.
Alyson nodded. "I'll drive you to the hospital. Come on!"
"I'll meet you guys there." Nina told them. At this point, she was barefoot and holding up her black Manolo Blahnik stilettos. "I just have to deal with my shoes first. And don't worry. I'll go find Griffin and tell him for you."
Alyson led the way with Connor and Brock following behind her. Maria had Sharon by her arm and helped her fight through the crowd of teens surrounding them.
"Move out of the way, people!" Maria shouted out, her best friend by her side. "Pregnant woman about to have her baby coming through!"
The other teenagers backed away as Maria helped guide Sharon out of the gym, following the rest of their friends to Alyson's car.
Alyson sat in the driver's seat and Connor was in the passenger's seat. Brock and Maria sat in the back with Sharon. Maria was right next to her.
Once they were all settled in and Alyson started driving, the labor pains had begun for Sharon. This time, she knew it was the real thing and not just Braxton Hicks. Her contractions were about 8 minutes apart and would last a full minute. Each contraction more intense than the last.
Unfortunately, traffic was pretty heavy at the moment. So it was taking a little longer to get to the hospital than they would've liked.
"God, can you drive a little faster Alyson? I don't want to have my baby in your car!" Sharon then groaned in pain as she felt another contraction come. She clutched her pregnant belly. "Ow!"
"I'm driving as fast as I legally can, Sharon." Alyson responded. She tried her best to be patient with Sharon, realizing that her friend was probably in a great deal of pain right now.
"If I get pulled over for speeding, it's going to delay our getting to the hospital even more." The brunette girl pointed out as she continued to watch the road ahead of her. She was doing a pretty good job at keeping her cool.
Sharon continued to moan with each contraction.
"Oh my God! I've never been in this much pain in my life!" The blonde cried out. "Ow! Ow! Ow!"
The traffic was not showing any sign of improvement.
"Here, why don't you squeeze my hand?" Maria offered her.
Sharon took Maria up on her offer and squeezed her hand tight. A little too tight. After a few minutes, it really hurt and actually felt like she was bruising it.
"Ok, I'm gonna have to ask you to let go now, Sharon!" The raven-haired girl yelled.
Sharon granted Maria's request and let go of her hand, placing it on her own belly that she was once again clutching in pain.
"Sorry." Maria apologized. "I know this probably doesn't compare to the amount of pain you're in right now. But if you squeezed my hand like that for another minute, I think you would've broken it." Maria then rubbed her left hand with her right one.
"Well, I'm sorry I hurt you. But come back to me after you squeeze another human out of your vagina."
Maria then turned to Brock. "Ok, I think I'm gonna adopt so I don't have to go through all this. Hope you'll be cool with that."
"I think that might be for the best." Brock replied, not wanting to think about his girlfriend being in the kind of pain Sharon was in.
"Thank God we're using birth control."
"Ok, enough!" Connor cried out, not wanting to hear the details of Maria and Brock's sex life. "Why don't we focus on trying to make Sharon more comfortable until we get to the hospital?"
"Yes!" Sharon agreed. "Please! Besides, I have a feeling you 2 will change your minds when you actually are ready to have kids." Sharon then moaned in pain once again, as another contraction came. "Ouch!"
"Yeah, I'm not so sure about that." Maria replied, as she felt sorry for what her best friend was going through right now.
"Yeah, just you wait! This can still happen even if you don't plan for it. Birth control isn't always 100% guaranteed to work, you know."
"And I think you've just killed sex for everyone in this car..." Alyson said. But she perked up as she saw the hospital soon after.
"Oh, look! We're here!" She stated, relieved that this was all over.
When the 5 friends got inside the hospital, they walked up to the front desk. Sharon explained that her water had broken and she was in labor.
"And I've been here before when I had Braxton Hicks contractions a couple of months ago. So all the paperwork should be in order."
Pretty soon, Sharon was wheeled off to a room. It seemed the hospital staff remembered the last time she was there with Nina. She even got a private room.
When Sharon was in her hospital gown and laying in the bed, her friends all came in to the room and gathered around her. Sharon felt really bad that they were all missing prom for her. They already went out of their way to drive her there. She didn't want to continue disrupting this special night for them.
"You guys can go back to the prom now." She told them.
"But we don't want to miss the birth of your baby." Maria said.
"You won't. Look, it'll probably be hours before the baby is born. My mom was in labor for 14 hours with me. There's no point in you guys sitting around and waiting with me for that amount of time. So go back to prom, go to the after-prom party later, spend some time with each other and then go home and get some sleep. If I'm anything like my mom, my son won't make his grand entrance until 9 in the morning tomorrow."
"Are you sure you want us to go?" Alyson asked. "I mean, we are all honorary aunts and uncles to your baby. So we wouldn't want to miss it when our honorary nephew gets here."
"Plus, we also want to be here to support you." Connor added.
"You guys have already done more than enough by driving me here."
She saw they were still all giving each other hesitant looks.
"Look, my family is gonna be here soon. And they're gonna want to stay until the baby is born. So if anything, I'll have Adam text you guys when I get closer to delivery. He has all your numbers. But I'm almost positive that the baby won't be here until morning anyway."
The spring semester for Smithdale had ended, so Adam was home for the summer. Griffin was home from Toronto University too.
"Are you sure, Spitz?" Brock asked.
"Yes! Now go. Please! Don't make me start begging here. Oh, I do have 1 more thing to say though. I'm sorry for snapping at you guys in the car." She was feeling bad about that now.
Maria squeezed her shoulder. "Hey, it's ok. With the pain of being in labor, I think anyone would be a little cranky. I just feel bad that you have to miss the rest of prom. I mean, it's supposed to be a rite of passage."
"Yeah, but I'm about to have a baby. There's no bigger rite of passage than that. Besides, prom wasn't gonna be the same for me without Alden there anyway.
Sharon's friends all left the hospital and headed back to prom, as per her request. Shortly after their exit, Dr. Hart walked in to Sharon's room. She checked her out and let her know she was only 2 centimeters dilated. This meant she had a long way to go.
Sharon's contractions continued coming on strong. Dr. Hart had asked her if she wanted an epidural, but Sharon insisted on trying to give birth naturally.
About an hour later, Nina and Griffin walked into Sharon's hospital room. Nina had different shoes on. She must've stopped home to change them before getting to the hospital.
"Sorry for getting here so late." Griffin told her. "We had to take a little detour first." He pointed to Nina's feet, with the new stilettos on them.
"You're just lucky that I love Griffin and it's his nephew you're bringing into this world. Otherwise, I'd charge you for the shoes you ruined when your water broke."
"Nice to see you too, Nina." Sharon replied.
Griffin shook his head and smiled at them both.
Sharon then insisted they both go back to prom, just like she had with her other friends. Soon after they left, Sharon's whole family had gotten there (save for Griffin, of course). They each went in to see Sharon individually. Sara and Lara went in together.
"Come here, I want to talk to you both." She said, making a motion with her hand that asked them both to come closer to her.
"Sorry for what we said about you doing chores, Sharon." Lara apologized.
"Yeah, we didn't mean it." Sara reiterated.
Sharon shook her head. "It's ok. And I get it. I was supposed to leave for college next year and 1 of you were going to get my room. So you're probably a little bummed out that it's not going to work out that way now, right?"
They both slowly nodded their heads.
"Plus, this is a big change. Having a new baby in the house is gonna be a huge adjustment for all of us. At 9 years old, I don't think I would've reacted so well to having a change like this in my life either. I mean, I know I got through Josh being born. But I was so young, I barely remember it. But what I do know about the 2 of you is that you're both going to be awesome aunts!"
"You really think so?" Lara asked.
Sharon nodded. "I know so. And besides Josh, you'll be the only siblings I have living at home with me. So you'll have an important job."
"What's that?" Sara asked.
"I'll need you both to watch your nephew when I need a few minutes of peace at home and Josh is unavailable. Which will probably be often next year since he's starting high school and will still be super busy with his piano and all."
While the twins were still too young to babysit, Sharon wanted to make them feel like their roles in her baby's life would still be important.
She continued. "And when you watch him, you're going to be an important influence in his life. I want you both to talk to him, play with him, read to him and teach him stuff. Do you guys think you can handle that?"
Both twins smiled and nodded. "Ok." They answered in unison.
"Good." Sharon smiled back at her stepsisters.
Josh was the next to see Sharon.
"So the movie Cars is coming out next month." He informed his sister. "Maybe we can take the baby to see it."
"Well, I already know from personal experience that babies and movie theaters really aren't the best mix." She replied.
Sharon still remembered when her, Alden, Maria and Brock did the "Baby Think About It" project together. They all tried to bring their robot babies into the theater, only to be asked to leave by the other moviegoers because the babies wouldn't stop crying.
"Oh." Josh answered, sounding disappointed.
"But when it comes to DVD, I'll get it and watch it with the baby at home. And you can watch with us! Come on, I know you want to see it too. It's ok to admit it. Despite what you may think, you're not too old for it and you never will be. Hell, I'm almost 18 and I'd still want to see it even if it wasn't for the baby. So I'd be more than happy to check it out with you."
"Ok." He admitted. "I kinda do want to see Cars."
"So I'll pick it up as soon as it's available for purchase and the 3 of us can watch at home together. Ok?"
"Sounds good." He said with a smile.
"Besides, I actually got a lot of Cars stuff from my baby shower. So he might as well see what it's all about. Can't believe the merchandise is so popular before the movie's even hit theaters!"
After that, Helen and Richard came into the room with their spouses. Helen brought a suitcase into the room.
"I packed some of your stuff up for you since you're gonna have to stay here for a couple of days until you can bring the baby home." She told her daughter.
"Thank you." Sharon smiled at her mom.
"You're welcome, sweetie."
"I can't believe my water broke during prom! That'll make one hell of a story to tell my son when he's older. "I mean, I wasn't even there for a full hour."
"Sometimes it happens at the most inopportune times." Helen pointed out. "Your father and I were at a U2 concert when my water broke with you."
"We only got to hear 3 songs." Richard added.
"I know. I've heard this story before."
"Well, my water actually didn't break with Griffin." Lauren started out. "There were some complications with him and I actually had to have an emergency c-section. Most painful experience of my life! And probably the reason why he's my only. But I'd go through it all again, of course. Griffin was totally worth every second of pain."
Sharon winced in sympathy, having heard some of the c-section horror stories she had. Then she ended up feeling real pain from another contraction.
"Ouch!" She screamed.
"Honey, are you sure you don't want me to grab Dr. Hart and tell her to give you the epidural?" Helen asked out of concern.
"No, mom. I already told her I want to do this naturally."
"I wanted to try to have Adam naturally. But the pain got so bad after the first couple of hours, I had to give in. Sweetie, it's been almost 5 hours for you and you're only 3 centimeters dilated. You're gonna be in labor for a while."
"I think you should listen to your mother on this." Richard agreed. He hated seeing his little girl in so much pain.
"No!" Sharon insisted. "I'm fine. Really."
Adam had left for about an hour, but arrived in Sharon's room with some food he picked up at a local diner. He got her a veggie burger, fries and chocolate ice cream. His timing was perfect too. Sharon had been starving!
"Adam, you're the best!" Sharon exclaimed as she dug in.
Adam laughed. "You're welcome, sis. Mom said you should eat as much as you possibly can now. You're not gonna be able to eat after they give you the epidural."
"Oh, I already told mom I don't want an epidural." Sharon said as she shook her head.
"Yeah, mom seems to think you're gonna change your mind about that. She says you won't be able to take the pain for much longer. She's been through this 3 times, Sharon. I would take her advice."
"Look, mom doesn't know me as well as she thinks she does. I have a very high tolerance for pain. I mean, you've seen how fast I recover every time I fall down."
"Ouch!" Sharon cried as she felt another huge contraction. She wouldn't admit it, but her insides felt like they were ripping.
"Are you sure you don't want me to get your doctor for you?" Adam asked, feeling concerned about his sister.
"Yes, I'm sure. You already did your part by bringing me food. Now all I need you to do for me is text my friends when I'm getting ready to deliver. You can do that, right?"
Adam nodded. "Of course."
Sharon's family waited all night in the waiting room. Josh, the twins and even Adam had all fallen asleep out there. However, Sharon could not sleep due to all the painful contractions that kept coming. By 7 AM, she had been in labor for 12 hours and was only 5 centimeters dilated. That was when she changed her mind about the epidural. Dr. Hart gave her some fentanyl before injecting Sharon with the epidural needle. About 15 minutes after she received the epidural, she started feeling good.
About 2 hours later, Helen came into Sharon's room.
"Ok, it's been 14 hours and still no baby! I'm only at 6 centimeters! Why is this taking so long?"
"Well Sharon, every baby is different. I was in labor for 16 hours with Josh."
"So you think it'll only be another 2 hours for me?"
"Maybe."
An hour later, Helen went back to the waiting room and Adam was back in Sharon's room. He had his phone on hand in case Dr. Hart said Sharon was ready to deliver and he needed to let her friends know via text. But they were still far from that point.
Adam ended up never needing to text though. Because soon, Maria, Brock, Connor and Alyson all walked into Sharon's room.
"Hey, you guys made it here!" Sharon exclaimed, deliriously happy.
"The doctor gave her an epidural and other pain meds a couple of hours ago. She changed her mind about getting them because of how intense the pain was. So she might be a little loopy right now."
Sharon laughed. "Adam, I'm not loopy! Listen to this guy! I'm just enjoying being in labor right now. I'm having contractions and they don't even hurt anymore!"
"Yeah." Adam said in response.
Alyson approached Sharon. "Don't worry. You'll be holding your baby in your arms before you know it. In the meantime, you can have a laugh thinking about how your water broke on Nina's very expensive shoes! God, I sound so mean right now. I mean, I know Nina's been nice lately. But you know what they say. Karma's a bitch!"
Sharon giggled. She couldn't say she totally disagreed with Alyson. After all, Nina had treated her worse than any of them over the years until very recently. Besides, it's not like she meant for her water to break on Nina's shoes.
Speaking of Nina, she soon arrived with Griffin. And then Tracy came too and entered Sharon's room with Josh.
I hope you don't mind, but I asked Tracy to come." Josh told his sister.
"No, not at all." She replied. She was happy to see her mentee.
"I got you something." Tracy handed Sharon a big teddy bear. "I know you're usually supposed to wait until after the baby is born to give gifts in the hospital. But I didn't want to wait."
"Thank you!" Sharon said, as she smiled and hugged the bear.
"Oh, and we also wanted to tell you that we're officially a couple now!" Josh announced.
"Oh my God! Yay! That is so awesome! I'm so happy for both of you! Am I the world's best matchmaker or what? Not to mention, a pretty good problem fixer too."
Everyone in the room laughed.
Dr. Hart came into the room when Sharon was now going on 17 hours of labor.
"Ok, what's going on?" The teenager asked her doctor. "It's been 17 hours! When's my baby boy gonna get here already?"
"Well, it looks like the wait is finally over." Dr. Hart said.
"You mean...?"
"Yup. You're now 10 centimeters dilated and ready to deliver!"
"Yes!" Sharon cheered as Dr. Hart wheeled her to the delivery room. Clearly, still feeling good from the fentanyl.
Sharon did feel some pain while pushing, but knew it wasn't nearly as bad as it would've been without the epidural. She was also told that her baby was breech, so she had to work even harder.
After an hour of still pushing, Sharon was exhausted and felt like she was ready to give up. Helen was in the room with her.
"Mom, I can't do this anymore! I'm too tired!"
"All mothers feel that way during this process, sweetie."
"No, mom. I'm only 17! I can't do this!"
"Yes, you can." Helen said, as she squeezed her daughter's hand.
Just as Sharon was ready to give in to her desire to give up and fall asleep, a bright light shined in her eye. It had a certain glow to it that just told her it couldn't be from the delivery room. And then she saw someone appear in it. Was that... Alden? It couldn't be. She must've been high from all the pain meds she was on.
"Sharon?" She heard Alden call out to her.
"Alden?" She answered.
"Yes, Sharon. I'm here. I told you I'd be here for you if you got pregnant. You didn't think I'd miss the birth of our son, did you?" He was smiling at her.
"But you died..."
"I know." He sounded sad. "And I really wish I could raise our little boy with you. But I can't. I'll always be with you both in spirit though. I'll make sure you'll know that I'm always there."
Sharon shook her head and cried.
"I don't want to do this anymore. I just want to go and be with you!"
"But you can't. Not physically at least. Our son needs you. He needs his mother."
"But I love you, Alden!"
"I love you too, Sharon." He took her hand. "And I also love the little boy we created together. And I know you love him too. That's why you need to keep pushing. You have to get him out of you."
"I can't do this!"
"Yes, you can. And I'll be by your side the whole time, even if you can't see me. Hell, I've been with you this whole time. You don't have much longer to go until our son is born."
"And you'll always be watching over him?"
"Over both of you. Always." Alden kissed her on the lips and started fading away. "I love you. And I know you'll be a great mother to our son."
"Sharon!" She heard her mom cry out. "Keep pushing. It's almost over!"
"Where did Alden go?" Sharon asked.
"Alden?" Helen asked. Then she shook her head and brushed it off. "Listen, Sharon. I know it hurts and I know you're tired. But just a few more minutes of pain for a lifetime of happiness! So keep going!"
Sharon continued to push and pretty soon, her son had entered the world! The umbilical cord was cut and her baby boy was taken to be cleaned off.
Helen squeezed Sharon's shoulder. "Congratulations honey! You did it! You brought my beautiful grandson into the world!"
"Yeah..." Sharon responded breathlessly. She was still confused by the very vivid daydream she had. Did Alden really come to visit her or did she just imagine that? Nobody else in the room seemed to have seen it. But when the time to hold her newborn baby came, she felt like she was in heaven. It really was worth everything she had been through, just like everyone said it would be.
During Sharon's hospital stay, all her friends and family had come in to see and take turns holding her baby. While they were all great with her little boy, she was especially impressed with how amazing Adam was with holding him. He had definitely come a long way from being the guy that she and Maria had to train to be gentle simply pushing Josh on the swing.
"So did you come up with a name for him?" Adam asked. "I don't think we can continue calling him Baby Boy Spitz forever."
"Yeah." She replied. "I decided to name him Alden Jonah, in honor of his late father. But I'm gonna call him A.J., which is also a nod to you and Josh with the initials. You've both been there for me all these years and were great throughout my pregnancy. It's the least I can do."
Adam and Josh both felt honored and everyone else loved the name too.
Sharon stayed in the hospital with A.J. for a couple of days. While she was there, Alden's family came to visit their newborn grandson and nephew. They were all pleased that Sharon named the baby after Alden. Even Evie came to visit Sharon and A.J. while she was working a shift there. Sharon was very excited when she finally brought A.J. home. And after she had been home with him for a week, his birth certificate arrived in the mail. She felt so proud reading it over.
Name: Alden Jonah Spitz
Sex: Male
Date of Birth: May 13, 2006
Time of Birth: 1:22 PM
Place of Birth: Elkford, Canada
Length: 19 inches
Weight: 6 lbs 7 ounces
Mother: Sharon Esther Spitz
Father: Alden Jones
Early in June, graduation day had come for Sharon and her classmates. She had worked it out with the school, so she could finish up all the work at home while taking care of her baby and still graduated on time with the rest of her class.
Sharon was in her room with Maria, wearing the baby blue tank dress that she was gonna wear underneath her graduation gown. She still wasn't quite as small as she was before getting pregnant, but she knew she'd be back to her original size soon and back to her old clothes. Maria had on a similar dress in red. Sharon decided to tell Maria about the daydream she had while giving birth. After all, Maria was raised Catholic and probably knew more about this spiritual stuff than she did.
"And I'm just not sure if I was hallucinating from all the drugs the hospital gave me or if Alden really did come to visit me in a daydream."
"I don't know, Sharon." Maria said finding it hard to believe herself. "But my grandma you met in Rome would say "Tutto e possibile." That means anything is possible."
"Well, I would like to believe he really is watching over us." Sharon said, as she scooped up A.J. from his crib and kissed him on his head.
"I can't believe you're a mom now, Sharon! And he has got to be the most adorable baby I've ever seen!"
"I know, right?" Sharon said with a smile. "Of course, I'm kinda biased there."
Sharon let Maria hold A.J. while she went to fix her hair and check her make-up. Just then, Alyson walked in. She was wearing a pink spaghetti-strapped dress.
"Hi A.J.! She said in a baby voice and smiled at him. "I can't believe how big you've gotten since your mommy brought you home from the hospital!" Then she turned to Sharon.
"Sharon, you look great! I'd never even know you were pregnant less than a month ago from looking at you now."
"You can totally tell if you look at my boobs though! I can't believe how big they are now."
"Well, you always did want bigger boobs." Maria said. "You have them now! And since they're all natural, you won't have to wear that ridiculous pump-up bra ever again."
"Yeah, who would've known it would take getting pregnant to get the kind of boobs I always wanted? Speaking of, I've been pumping like crazy today. It's what Evie suggested I do to try to prevent milk from leaking through my graduation gown. I really hope that doesn't happen! That would be so humiliating! I bet I'm the only graduate who's breastfeeding too."
Sharon's whole family came to the ceremony and Helen held A.J. the whole time. She did have to take him outside when he got fussy a few times. But for the most part, he was pretty good throughout the ceremony. And was even good while Sharon was called up for her diploma. Her whole family clapped and cheered for her. She was so happy her family was proud of her. And she hoped she could be the kind of mother her son would be proud of too. This made her even more determined to achieve her dream of being a vet one day.
Sharon could also feel Alden's presence at the ceremony with her. She knew he was proud of her too.
She couldn't believe how much A.J. looked like Alden. He had blonde hair just like her, but those blue eyes were all Alden.
Would Sharon ever love another guy again? Possibly. Maybe she'd even go on to get married and have more kids. But she knew Alden was always with her and would watch their son grow over the years. And she knew she'd see him again one day.
Right now, she'd always have A.J. to remember him by. And she loved her son more than anything in the entire world.
So we've reached the end of Always Be My Baby! Kind of a bittersweet ending since Alden isn't there to raise A.J. with Sharon. But I'd say it's mostly a happy ending since she's now a mom with a son she's going to love for the rest of her life.
I really want to thank everyone who's read, favorited, reviewed/commented on or PMed me about this story. You're all truly amazing and I loved every piece of feedback I got on this story on all platforms I posted it on. It really meant the world to me! Special thanks goes to Sage of Discord on this site.
This was my first longfic and I'm absolutely going to miss writing and updating it. But I'm also excited to get started on my next story. I should have it up in another month or so. It's gonna be called Misconceptions. Hope you'll all be on the lookout for it! And yes, I'll let Alden live this time!
Here's to the end of an incredible journey!
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