Iero's Family!

**Time Stamp~ November 24**

Gerard had returned to work two weeks into the new semester. He was feeling much more himself and he was eating again...things were going well. There hadn't even been any sightings of Wolf around town, though both Frank and Lucas were constantly on high alert in case he showed.

The whole Iero-Way clan drove to the Billings Medical Centre to see Dr. Sager every other Saturday for scans and medication checks, but other than that...and the crib that Frank was making from scratch in his workshop out near the barn...everything was getting back to normal...whatever that meant.

Without a definite due date, they were having to go by the baby's size on the scans...Dr. Sager had told them the end of December, and they had already planned that Gerard would be admitted on the 18th, two days after school ended.

Gerard was sat in his classroom on the chilly Thursday afternoon. His class were currently quiet with their heads down as they worked on the pop quiz he'd set about the American Revolution.

"Sir?"

Gerard looked up from the papers he was marking.

"Yes Lya?"

"Are you alright sir?"

Gerard frowned slightly at the girl in confusion.

"I'm fine...why?"

The small blonde girl pointed to the floor beneath Gerard's chair. He looked down and suddenly felt like revising his answer. He looked back up, his face draining of colour.

"Could you..."

He swallowed then tried again.

"Could you go next door and fetch my brother please?"

Lya nodded and left quickly as Gerard fished his cellphone out of his pocket and dialled Frank's number. He could hear mumblings of concern from around the room but didn't look up. After just two rings, Frank answered.

"What's wrong?"

Frank knew that Gerard wouldn't call during school time unless there was a problem.

"Frank..."

Gerard's voice came out shaky. Mikey entered the room and went straight to his side.

"We're on our way baby..."

Frank said gently, Gerard could hear him grabbing keys and whistling to get Lucas' attention.

"Is Michael with you?"

Mikey took the phone from Gerard's hand when he seemed unable to form words.

"Frank? Its Mikey. I'm with Gee in his classroom...he's ok, but I think we need to get him to Billings ASAP."

Frank sucked in a rough breath.

"We're coming to you. Stay where you are..."

Frank and Lucas climbed quickly into Frank's truck. Frank passed the cell to Lucas and started down the mountain.

"Mikey, its Lucas. What's going on?"

Mikey was sat on a chair next to Gerard, holding his hand and trying to stay calm for him.

"I think his water broke."

He said quietly. He heard Lucas curse before answering.

"But it's like a month early...at least."

"I know."

"I'm gonna hang up and call Billings, then I'll call you back if we're not with you yet."

He hung up without another word. Mikey set the cell on Gerard's desk then turned to him.

"They're on their way."

Gerard looked up at his brother. He had tears running down his pale cheeks and his bottom lip trapped between his teeth to stop it from trembling.

"Y-you hung up."

He said shakily. Mikey squeezed his hand reassuringly.

"Lucas is calling Dr. Sager, then he'll call back if they're not here by then..."

He chuckled slightly.

"You know how Frank drives when he needs to get to you. They could be here any minute now."

Gerard tried to smile, but he was too scared for it to look anything but forced.

They sat quietly for a few minutes. One of the other teachers came in to find out what was going on, since Mikey had left his class unattended. When she realised what was happening, she took Gerard's class out with her and told the brothers that both of their classes would be covered for as long as they needed.

When Gerard had first returned to school and explained to everyone what was happening, many hadn't believed...but as Gerard's stomach had started to grow rather rapidly now that he was eating again, they really didn't have much choice but to accept it. There were many questions and he'd received a lot of funny looks, from students and adults alike, but things had quickly settled down, and now everyone was on board and getting excited to meet the new edition to the little community.

Frank's truck pulled up to the doors of the school, just as Lucas hung up his phone call with the doctor. Frank was out of the truck before it had even really rocked to a standstill. He raced into the school with Lucas on his heels, and straight into Gerard's classroom.

"Gerard..."

He said, his voice thick with worry as he crossed the room and dropped to a crouch at his husband's side, taking one of Gerard's hands in his...the other hand coming up to cup the younger man's cheek.

"It's going to be alright baby."

"The air ambulance is on it's way..."

Lucas said as Mikey moved to his side and took his hand.

"They're gonna land on the sports field."

He squeezed Mikey's hand.

Frank nodded, but didn't take his eyes off of Gerard's face.

"Does it hurt?..."

He said, voice a low rumble in his chest. Gerard shook his head, though he couldn't stop his tears from falling.

"You sure?"

Frank cocked an eyebrow. Gerard gave him a weak, watery smile.

"It doesn't hurt...I'm just freaking out a bit."

"Understandable..."

Frank smiled, leaning in to press a gentle kiss to his husband's lips before turning to look at his son and brother-in-law. He opened his mouth to say something, then stopped and raised an eyebrow again when he clocked their linked fingers...he'd deal with that later.

"Could you two go keep a look out for the fly boys please...you know...if you can stop eye-fucking each other for two minutes that is?"

Mikey went an impressive shade of red and looked like he wanted to crawl under a table and hide, while Lucas just smirked and dragged the older man out of the room by his hand, with a wink at his dad on the way. Frank looked back at Gerard.

"When did that happen?"

Gerard giggled despite his tears.

"About a month age I think. Not really surprising, concidering they're sharing a room..."

He squeezed Frank's hand.

"Your son is very much in control, so don't worry. Ok?"

Frank frowned slightly, but then nodded.

"He's old enough to make his own choice. But if Michael hurts him..."

"He won't!...but if he does, I'll kick his ass."

Frank chuckled.

"There's my little tiger."

Just then Lucas appeared in the doorway.

"They're here."

Frank nodded then stood up, carefully scooping Gerard up into his arms.

"I can walk."

"I know."

Frank carried Gerard out of the classroom, following his son through the corridors of the small building, and out into the cold air. The air ambulance was setting down a couple hundred yards away.

Frank held Gerard close into his chest as they headed toward the medics who had gotten out to meet them. Gerard looked back at the school over Frank's shoulder and saw most of the school staring out of the classroom windows at them. He waved weakly, then they were climbing onboard, and a few minutes later...they were on their way to Billings Medical Center.

Gerard was scared, but a part of him couldn't help but be excited by the fact that their baby could very well be born today.

Gerard threw up when that reality started to really set in.

Notes

Hi there chipmunks...how's you?

Sorry i been gone a while again...but it was a smaller gap than last time, so that's something...right?

Baby on it's Way...Mikey/Lucas...any thoughts??

Until next time...PLEASE COMMENT, cos I love comments, and peace out babies!
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btw...I'm after ideas for baby names, so please include a boy,s name and girl's name in your comment if you can. X