[ it's tendo who calls naomi up at about two in the morning when alison's contractions start. he calls her because he says he can't drive, he knows he's the man of the house, but his girl has just gone into labor naomi, send help and if she wonders why he hasn't rung the beckets, it doesn't occur to her until later when both boys are marching down the hall. (her daughter's curled up in the couch that comes with the private room that alison's in, because there was no time to call a sitter and no way was she leaving a seven-year-old alone in the house. )
so the boys go in to check on the lovebirds and the latest addition to the nest. she slips back in a half hour later when they finally leave, dragging tendo by the back of his shirt. just need to celebrate, raleigh grins and she smiles back and says just go.
she peers into the room to find little yancy curled up with her aunt alison on the bed, cooing over the new little bundle of joy. ] Al, the Beckets just kidnapped your husband.
[ childbirth is a simultaneously easier and harder than alison was expecting. it's easier because she has a blessedly short labor and it's harder because apparently her husband can't keep his shit together when she's in pain. sometime when she's not so tired, she's probably going to laugh at him for freaking out the way he did. and, you know, it's probably a good thing that naomi didn't call the boys because then she likely would've had to deal with freaked out beckets not being allowed into the room while she screamed as well as a freaked out husband. ]
Good. That means he won't be hovering around me anymore. [ alison could really use some downtime. and a nap. taking a nap sometime soon sounds like a good idea. ]
[ she's closing the door behind her when alison asks if she wants to see the baby. she hasn't yet, so the smile on her face is a definite yes and if she tosses ali a sympathetic look, it's only because she knows what going into labor is like. ] Someone's a handsome little boy.
[ her hand comes to rest on little yancy's back and her little girl scoots over to make room. naomi doesn't miss the look of a kid ready to drop off though, so she kisses her daughter on the forehead and banishes her to the couch. if yancy gives her a mutinous look, it's ruined by the yawn that just drives naomi's point home. ]
You look totally beat, Ali. [ that's a small, commiserating laugh ] Who knew Tendo could be such a girl.
I did. [ it's said with all fondness and amusement. she loves tendo with all her heart and soul, but she really didn't expect him to be any help when she gave birth. pacifism and protective instincts don't really mesh too well, after all.
she yawns, and thanks to the little boy in her arms she can't really cover it up. ] Mm, sorry. I probably feel about ten times as tired as I look. Apparently pushing something the size of a small watermelon out of a very small hole is exhausting work. Who'd've thunk it?
[ oh, yeah. ] At least you didn't have to wait very long. [ she nods in the direction of her daughter who, as expected, has finally dropped off to sleep. ] They had me walk down the entire maternity ward and back because my baby might have been ready, but I wasn't.
[ there aren't many opportunities to talk about what it had been like, young and pregnant and bull-headed enough to see her daughter to term. it takes naomi by surprise, how much this means to her, having someone to reminisce with. ] Did you guys pick a name yet?
[ he's a really cute kid. he even frowns like tendo in his sleep. ]
[ she winces. ] You have my sympathies. That sounds awful. [ and she's suddenly very, very grateful that everything went so quickly for her. and for good pain meds. those are a gift from god.
the little bundle in her arms shifts and she smiles down at her son. he really does look a lot like his daddy when he frowns like that. ] Theodore Cole. We'll call him Teddy for short, I think.
[ sorry, ali. you just go enjoy your pain meds, they are A+. ] It was. A little. Longest walk I ever took, but my sister was there and my parents too, in hindsight I'd never seen my father so frazzled. [ she shakes her head at the memory, rolls her eyes a little. ] He kept on telling me to breathe and I was just, Dad. Come on. Not in the delivery room yet.
[ and wow, suddenly she misses home. ]
Teddy sounds cute. [ it's hard not to get all smiley when around a baby. especially when naomi's own baby hasn't been this tiny in years. her voice goes soft, and not without a little hint of awe. ] You guys are going to be awesome parents, Ali. And Teddy's going to have amazing people to look up to.
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[ it's tendo who calls naomi up at about two in the morning when alison's contractions start. he calls her because he says he can't drive, he knows he's the man of the house, but his girl has just gone into labor naomi, send help and if she wonders why he hasn't rung the beckets, it doesn't occur to her until later when both boys are marching down the hall. (her daughter's curled up in the couch that comes with the private room that alison's in, because there was no time to call a sitter and no way was she leaving a seven-year-old alone in the house. )
so the boys go in to check on the lovebirds and the latest addition to the nest. she slips back in a half hour later when they finally leave, dragging tendo by the back of his shirt. just need to celebrate, raleigh grins and she smiles back and says just go.
she peers into the room to find little yancy curled up with her aunt alison on the bed, cooing over the new little bundle of joy. ] Al, the Beckets just kidnapped your husband.
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Good. That means he won't be hovering around me anymore. [ alison could really use some downtime. and a nap. taking a nap sometime soon sounds like a good idea. ]
You want to come see the baby?
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[ her hand comes to rest on little yancy's back and her little girl scoots over to make room. naomi doesn't miss the look of a kid ready to drop off though, so she kisses her daughter on the forehead and banishes her to the couch. if yancy gives her a mutinous look, it's ruined by the yawn that just drives naomi's point home. ]
You look totally beat, Ali. [ that's a small, commiserating laugh ] Who knew Tendo could be such a girl.
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she yawns, and thanks to the little boy in her arms she can't really cover it up. ] Mm, sorry. I probably feel about ten times as tired as I look. Apparently pushing something the size of a small watermelon out of a very small hole is exhausting work. Who'd've thunk it?
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[ there aren't many opportunities to talk about what it had been like, young and pregnant and bull-headed enough to see her daughter to term. it takes naomi by surprise, how much this means to her, having someone to reminisce with. ] Did you guys pick a name yet?
[ he's a really cute kid. he even frowns like tendo in his sleep. ]
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the little bundle in her arms shifts and she smiles down at her son. he really does look a lot like his daddy when he frowns like that. ] Theodore Cole. We'll call him Teddy for short, I think.
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[ and wow, suddenly she misses home. ]
Teddy sounds cute. [ it's hard not to get all smiley when around a baby. especially when naomi's own baby hasn't been this tiny in years. her voice goes soft, and not without a little hint of awe. ] You guys are going to be awesome parents, Ali. And Teddy's going to have amazing people to look up to.