Be My Baby
Nowhere Else
*Jon’s POV*
It was the final period of our last game of the third round of the playoffs against Edmonton. We needed to win this game to advance because the series was tied at 3 apiece. The period had just started when I felt someone tap on my shoulder. I turned around to see Coach Quenneville. “My shift coach?” I asked standing up. “No Jon, you’re leaving.” He said smiling and I got really confused. “What?” “Arianna went into labor.” He said as I stood there stunned. She was a week and a half early and I couldn't believe what he had just said. “Jon! Jon she’s in labor. Go see her!” Duncan yelled from next to me while Sharpie was waving a hand in front of my face. I broke out in a smile and jumped over the bench. As I exited the bench I heard Saad yell, “Bring us a hockey player!” And I laughed. About 10 minutes later I was in my car and on the way to the hospital. I got there and was escorted to Arianna’s room and she must have been mid-contraction when I got there because she looked like she was gonna kill someone and Abby looked really scared. When Arianna saw me she looked pissed but then relieved. I rushed over to her side and the doctor came in soon after. “Well Mrs. Toews looks like you’re not gonna be in labor much longer.” The doctor said smiling. “What?!” Abby yelled from the corner. “I was in labor for 14 hours! You’ve been in labor for like 4!” She yelled sounding jealous. “Sorry Ab.” I said laughing. “Should only be a little while longer and then we start pushing.” The doctor said as he exited the room and Arianna looked terrified. That was the part she was most afraid of. “It’s okay baby… I’m here. It’s okay.” I said as I kissed her head and tried to calm her down.
The doctor was right and about an hour and a half later Arianna was pushing out the baby.
“Come on babe you got this!” I said as she squeezed my hand so tight I thought she was gonna break it. “You can do this sweetie. I know it’s hard, but you can do it.” Abby said from the other side of her. “I swear to god Jon… I’m gonna kill you when this is over.” She said in between pushes. She pushed one more time, extremely hard and that’s when we heard it… crying. We looked down and there was our baby boy. Arianna and I were both beaming and then she starting yelling again. “Oh… um.” The doctor said looking confuse. “What?!?” Abby, Arianna, and I all yelled at the same time. “There’s another one.” He said looking where the other baby had just come out. “WHAT?!?” Arianna yelled loud enough for the whole hospital to hear. I was in shock and I looked at Abby and she looked like she was in a daze.
It took some coaxing and a lot of squeezing, yelling, and crying, but the other baby finally came out and we had a baby girl.
About 2 hours later the whole team was in her room as I held Annabella in one arm and Alex in the other. Sharpie and Abby were the first people in the room and looked at me very confused. “We didn’t know either.” I said looking at them and then to Arianna who was asleep. “Damn, she’s gonna kill you.” Shaw said when he saw two babies. “She already threatened it.” I answered laughing. “When?” Corey asked after coming in with Sylvie. “After the first one… can’t imagine what she’s gonna do since she had two.” I said. “I’m gonna chop your balls off.” I heard from next to me as a smirk appeared on her lips. Everyone started laughing as she opened her eyes.
The next few hours were spent passing around our two new babies and admiring them… they had brown eyes just like both of us, but they both looked like their mom… you could already tell and I was happy about that, I mean Arianna was gorgeous after all.
It was hard to believe all of this had happened to me thinking about the past three and a half years of my life. They had been the craziest, but it was all worth it as I looked down at my wife and our two beautiful children.
There was nowhere else I would rather be than right here.
It was the final period of our last game of the third round of the playoffs against Edmonton. We needed to win this game to advance because the series was tied at 3 apiece. The period had just started when I felt someone tap on my shoulder. I turned around to see Coach Quenneville. “My shift coach?” I asked standing up. “No Jon, you’re leaving.” He said smiling and I got really confused. “What?” “Arianna went into labor.” He said as I stood there stunned. She was a week and a half early and I couldn't believe what he had just said. “Jon! Jon she’s in labor. Go see her!” Duncan yelled from next to me while Sharpie was waving a hand in front of my face. I broke out in a smile and jumped over the bench. As I exited the bench I heard Saad yell, “Bring us a hockey player!” And I laughed. About 10 minutes later I was in my car and on the way to the hospital. I got there and was escorted to Arianna’s room and she must have been mid-contraction when I got there because she looked like she was gonna kill someone and Abby looked really scared. When Arianna saw me she looked pissed but then relieved. I rushed over to her side and the doctor came in soon after. “Well Mrs. Toews looks like you’re not gonna be in labor much longer.” The doctor said smiling. “What?!” Abby yelled from the corner. “I was in labor for 14 hours! You’ve been in labor for like 4!” She yelled sounding jealous. “Sorry Ab.” I said laughing. “Should only be a little while longer and then we start pushing.” The doctor said as he exited the room and Arianna looked terrified. That was the part she was most afraid of. “It’s okay baby… I’m here. It’s okay.” I said as I kissed her head and tried to calm her down.
The doctor was right and about an hour and a half later Arianna was pushing out the baby.
“Come on babe you got this!” I said as she squeezed my hand so tight I thought she was gonna break it. “You can do this sweetie. I know it’s hard, but you can do it.” Abby said from the other side of her. “I swear to god Jon… I’m gonna kill you when this is over.” She said in between pushes. She pushed one more time, extremely hard and that’s when we heard it… crying. We looked down and there was our baby boy. Arianna and I were both beaming and then she starting yelling again. “Oh… um.” The doctor said looking confuse. “What?!?” Abby, Arianna, and I all yelled at the same time. “There’s another one.” He said looking where the other baby had just come out. “WHAT?!?” Arianna yelled loud enough for the whole hospital to hear. I was in shock and I looked at Abby and she looked like she was in a daze.
It took some coaxing and a lot of squeezing, yelling, and crying, but the other baby finally came out and we had a baby girl.
About 2 hours later the whole team was in her room as I held Annabella in one arm and Alex in the other. Sharpie and Abby were the first people in the room and looked at me very confused. “We didn’t know either.” I said looking at them and then to Arianna who was asleep. “Damn, she’s gonna kill you.” Shaw said when he saw two babies. “She already threatened it.” I answered laughing. “When?” Corey asked after coming in with Sylvie. “After the first one… can’t imagine what she’s gonna do since she had two.” I said. “I’m gonna chop your balls off.” I heard from next to me as a smirk appeared on her lips. Everyone started laughing as she opened her eyes.
The next few hours were spent passing around our two new babies and admiring them… they had brown eyes just like both of us, but they both looked like their mom… you could already tell and I was happy about that, I mean Arianna was gorgeous after all.
It was hard to believe all of this had happened to me thinking about the past three and a half years of my life. They had been the craziest, but it was all worth it as I looked down at my wife and our two beautiful children.
There was nowhere else I would rather be than right here.
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