Cemetery Drive

I leaned back against the uncomfortable hospital bed while Andy was next to me in the bedside chair about to fall asleep.

"Any you know you can go home, you don't have to stay here with me." I reminded him.

"Yeah I know, but I'm not gonna leave you here alone. I'll stay until Gerard or your parents show up." He smiled then leaned his head back.

I had no idea where Gerard was, and based on the loud music it must have been a club but they aren't any clubs in our city so he must be out somewhere. Plus the restaurant my parents were at was like an hour away and we called them like half an hour ago so they still had some time before they were gonna get here. Just as I was starting to get another contraction Gerard, Pete, and Mikey came in. Pete having to hold Mikey up because he is pretty drunk. Gerard smelled like alcohol so I knew he wasn't gonna be much help anytime soon, when Andy saw their state he sat back down in his chair and rested his head against the seat again.

"Hey babe." Gerard breathed in my face; I wrinkled my nose against the smell.

"You're drunk."

"Just a bit, but I'm fine I swear." He tried to convince.

"Go get some coffee, sober up." I told him then turned away.

"Baby I swear-"

"Gerard the quicker you sober up the quicker Frank will forgive you." Andy told him, Gerard nodded and left. Both Mikey and Pete were passed out in a position that would defiantly leave them sore when they woke up.

"He should be sober in like two hours; he can get an IV or something to help him out." Andy said. "And your mom and dad will be here soon."

"I know, I'm just kinda scared."

"Why? Everything will be fine." He assured me.

"I know but the court agreement we settle on was that Josh can see the baby the day after its birthday, which technically is going to be sometime today, that means he can see her tomorrow." I sighed and leaned back, as I did another strong contraction came up and I gripped the bed and but my lip through the pain.

"Easy there Frank." Andy said as he grabbed my hand and let me squeeze it, "you're gonna make your lip start bleeding."

"It really hurts." I said on the verge of crying.

"I know, I'm sorry." He said and let me keep squeezing his hand.

A few minutes later Gerard came back in with a yellowish IV in his body and a cup of coffee. He told us that he should be fine in about an hour, Andy stood up and gave him his chair and sat on the bed with me. Not long after that both of my parents came in, that's when Andy said his goodbyes and that he would come visit me in the morning after he got some sleep. It was nearing three in the morning and I could tell both of my parents were really tired so I told them to go home and get some sleep and to take Pete and Mikey with them. They were reluctant to go but after some arguing they agreed to go and said they'd be back before the baby makes her way out, and to call them if I need anything. When Gerard was feeling better he called a nurse in and did a toxin screen report and he was clear, they disconnected him from the IV and he crawled into bed with me and let me practically break his hands every time I had a contraction.

"Well this is going to be a great story." He said after another contraction of mine, even though they were about ten minutes apart they felt like they were coming one right after another.

"What? That the nurse is taking forever to bring me a damn epidural?" I wondered.

"No." He laughed, "That daddy went into labor with Uncle Andy while dad was out getting drunk and other Uncle Pete and Mikey were passed out drunk." He said and rubbed my swollen belly.

"It sounds like she should have more aunts, you know, for feminine reasons." I told him.

"Talk to your parents about that." He told me and we both laughed.

"You know you look a little pale." He commented a few minutes later.

"I'm in labor, and hungry, and in pain." I reminded him.

"Here." He said, he bit his wrist hard enough so he was bleeding and offered me his arm, I gave him a questioning look but he just rolled his eyes at me and brought his wrist to my lips. I sucked a couple of mouthfuls of blood before he pulled away. Instantly I felt a bit better, the pain went down a bit and I just felt happier.

"See, your numbers are already looking better." He commented and pointed to my monitor, he was right, they were going up.

"How did you know that would happen?"

"Something I read in a parenting book." He said then kissed my nose. "It won't last forever but it will help for now, tell me if you want more."

Notes

Till next we meet my killjoys