When Celeste was on the other side of this, settling into the chaos of motherhood, she would never forget this moment. When their daughter was a teenager, an adult, every birthday, Celeste knew that these moments would be the ones to return to her memory. The nerves yet preparedness, the affection and care from Tierney. The continuation of building a life together that neither of them had ever dared to dream of. She would always remember it, and would tell Gabby about it every birthday, from the moment they woke up to every crazy moment in the hospital. Including the endless hours of labor.
“As comfortable as I can be,” she said with a nod. She kissed Tierney back and pressed her forehead against her wife’s. “I wish my mom was here,” she admitted, a few tears springing to her eyes, allowing herself to be vulnerable for a moment. She didn’t want Tierney to feel like she had to do anything about that but Celeste had to name it before it got lost in the night. “Zella,” she confirmed for a few reasons, one of them being because out of all of them (excluding Tier’s mom), Zella had been the only one to actually give birth before and Celeste knew she’d be standing calm next to her despite her excitement. “Oh my god, you’re right. Flynn’s party. Fuck, I was excited for that one too,” she said with a pout. “Yeah like the hottest family ever.” That word had her tearing up again. Family. Their own chosen family and Celeste couldn’t even begin to describe how excited she was to raise this kid with the family she had.
The hours seemed like they kept on passing and she was starting to worry about herself. But with one hand in Tierney’s and the other in Zella’s, she finally started to see the finish line. Her contractions got closer and eventually Gabby was finally ready to come out. It felt like the hardest challenge of her life, pushing and sweating and screaming from pain. She was surprised Zella and Tier’s hands were still attached by the time she was done with them. But just as she almost lost her strength, one final push and she heard her baby’s cry as she fell back against the bed. “Holy shit, you’re having the next one,” she told Tierney, laughing and crying as she caught her breath. She watched as they cleaned the baby up and did her best to sit up as they brought her over to place her in Celeste’s arms. As soon as she set eyes on her, she started crying again, deep tears of joy, of a journey she’d one day tell her about. From walking into her empty home that day, surviving alone, to being here, with her own daughter. One she’d always fight to stay with. And her wife who was so supportive, Celeste wasn’t even sure she existed sometimes. Her best friend, her girls right there to welcome in the baby Coyote. She couldn’t have been happier. “Hi babygirl. We’re your mamas.”
Surreal couldn't even begin to encompass the near out of body experience Tierney had as she coached her wife through the labor of delivering their first child. The same Tierney who had nearly resigned to the notion that happily ever after's weren't real, or just weren't meant for her had somehow evolved into this Tierney; a wife and now a mother with the arrival of their daughter. She was terrified honestly, in a way that she hadn't been since her wedding - equal parts excited for what was coming, but so damn nervous about the same exact thing. Had she noticed herself, the blonde would wonder if her wife noticed the subtle trembling in her hands, even as she stayed solid for Celeste's sake. Though her own mother wasn't in the delivery room, she felt an immense amount of comfort knowing the woman was just down the hall, and though her mom loved Celeste as she loved Tier, she knew it was different than having her birth mom there to experience this with her, and Tierney's heart was a little broken that they couldn't find a way to get the woman here.
Still, resilience was what Mayer-Mendozas were all about, so they would get through it as best they could, still surrounded by so much love and so many intoxicated people, "I know baby. I do too. I'm sorry that she can't be." As she spoke, Tierney ran calming fingers through Celeste's hair, "Then we'll get Zella in here." The blonde couldn't help but chuckle at her wife's obsession with being the hottest of whatever they were doing, "Hottest wasn't the first word to come to mind, but I like where you head is at, even now." Of course Cel was choking herself up, but Tierney couldn't poke much fun because the same was happening to her.
It was a long night waiting for their baby girl to enter the world, and Tier didn't even mind that her hand had gone numb long ago. The moments when Celeste was in pain with contractions, Tierney was attentive and when they subsided, she was soothing, then the pushing started and her anticipation and nerves really kicked into overdrive, "Deal. You're doing amazing baby." In an instant it seemed her world changed - new lungs tested their limits and Tierney couldn't have stopped the tears if she wanted to, that was their baby's voice, her cry. "Deal." She mumbled against Celeste's forehead, "Baby, you did it. I love you so much." She got to cut the umbilical cord and watched as Gabby got cleaned off and she watched the doctors put her in Celeste's arms for the first time. She was next to Cel in an instant, looking down at a frankly kind of funny looking baby, but she was beautiful at the same time, "She's perfect." Tier let out in a shaky breath, "Welcome to the world, Gabriella."
titsay
areudirty
janainaart
jbbartram-illu
germansingergirl
gummygunk
annaxmalina
kianamaiart
yousharknotpass
origamiaround
