Riley's POV

The days have seemed to slow down over the last couple weeks. I am now thirty four weeks and so uncomfortable. Marc has been amazing and sometimes a little much. He is always by my side waiting on me hand and foot. My ankles are swollen and my feet are killing me. It's hard to sleep. Little bean is always moving, and it always seems at night. Marc will spend a lot of time talking to her and she settles down sometimes. I love these times at night. He is going to be a great dad. I am curled on my side with a pillow under my belly. It's the only way I can sleep now. I feel Marc roll over and wrap his body around mine. He places his hand on my belly and caresses it.

"Good morning, my princess. Did you sleep well?"

"As well as I can. Little bean is running out of space, and constantly kicking me. I am so ready to have this baby."

"She will be here soon. Now today I have a surprise for you. Now we need to get up."

He helps me up and into the shower to get ready for the day. After we shower and he helps me dress, he leads me out to the car. The house is strangely quiet as we go out to the car. Once we are inside he takes out a blindfold and places it over my eyes.

"What's going on?"

"Trust me princess. You are going to love it."

"OK."

I feel the car move and pull out of the driveway. It doesn't feel too long of a drive and the car stops. I hear his door open and close and then feel my door open. His hand is in mine and leads me out of the car as he walks me for a few steps and we stop. He steps behind me and takes off the blind fold.

"Surprise!"

"What is this?"

"Welcome to our new home."

"Are you serious?"

"As a heart attack. Let's go inside."

He walks me inside and everyone is in the living room.

"Surprise!" Cass yells.

"Welcome home." I hear Alex add.

"Congrats." Damian adds.

"I am so happy for you two." Lucia smiles.

"My boy has grown up!" Angelo laughs.

"Come on princess let me show you around."

"This kitchen is amazing!"

"I knew you would love it. Come on, let's go see the bedroom."

He takes me through the rest of the bedrooms and they are all beautiful too. He then walks me up to a closed door.

"This is a special room. I hope you like it. Everyone helped decorate the house and they made this one special."

He slowly opens the door and leads me in.

I look over and the tears start to fall as my hands cover my mouth he comes over and wraps me in his big arms.

"Are you okay, we can change it if you don't like it."

"No, no, no. It's absolutely beautiful. It's better than I could ever have imagined. Thank you everyone."

"So what do you think of the house?"

"It's amazing. How did you get it? I thought this was Mr Jackson's and I didn't think he would ever sell."

"I knew we wanted to stay close. I ran into him at the coffee shop and we got to talking. His children are all grown and have left. His wife died a few years ago and he is all by himself. He said it was too big for just himself and he wanted to downsize. I gave him an offer he couldn't refuse."

"We have a home!"

"Yes, princess. We have a home."

"Well, we will all go and let you enjoy your now home." Cas says as she gives us both hugs and heads out with Damian.

"Enjoy guys. We will leave you to it." Alex says as he leaves.

Everyone leaves and it is just us two and our new home. I wrap my arms around his neck and pull him down to me. Kissing his lips. He deepens the kiss as he runs his tongue over my lips as I open them to allow his tongue access. He pulls me as close as he can as my belly will allow and soon pulls back laughing.

"She just kicked me."

"Hahahahaha, You were squashing her, or at least she thought."

"I'll remember that."

"I think we are hungry."

"Let's go see what's in the kitchen. I had Cas go grocery shopping to fill the kitchen for us."

We walk into the kitchen and he looks through the refrigerator and pulls out stuff to make omelets and bacon. He tells me to sit down and he gets to work. It smells amazing as he cooks, it could be because I am very hungry. As I sit and watch him, I feel a cramp in my back and I wince.

"Princess, are you okay?" He asks with a worried look.

"I am fine. Just braxton hicks, the doctor said this could happen so close to the due date."

"Okay, but do you need to lie down?"

"No, I am okay."

"Oh, I forgot. Axel wants us all to come over to the club house Friday night for a party, to celebrate our friendship."

"That sounds okay."

"Are you sure? We don't have to stay long. We could go for a couple hours and then come home."

"Okay, we could do that."

He places my plate in front of me and I dig in. I eat what I can since little bean is taking up most of my belly. Once we are finished Marc takes my plate and cleans up the kitchen. The next couple of days are spent bringing over our clothes and other stuff. We didn't have to bring furniture since we had all new stuff in our house. It was now Friday afternoon and I just woke up from a nap. I sit up and there is a sharp pain across my stomach and I feel my belly tighten.

"Aah, little bean settle down, we have places to go tonight."

"Hey, princess. Are you okay? I was just heading up here to wake you up. It's time to get ready for the party."

"Yes, it's just Braxton hicks contractions. I'll be fine. Just help me get ready.

I decide on something comfortable since I have been getting some contractions and nothing fits anymore. Once I am finished getting ready, I carefully walk downstairs with my shoes in hand. Marc is sitting in the living room waiting for me.

"Ready to go, princess?"

"After you help me with my shoes."

"Absolutely, here, sit down and I'll put them on for you."

"Thanks.... Oww."

"Are you sure we should go? I am a little worried about you. I don't want my little girl making an appearance at an mc party."

"I'm fine. She is not due to come yet. They said I would get these. Don't worry."

He helps me up and we get in the sub and we head out to the clubhouse. Once we park, we head out and knock on the door.

"Hello, Marc. Is this your lovely wife?" Ghost asks as he opens the door.

"Yes, and take your eyes off her or you will meet my fist."

"Sorry, man. She is beautiful."

"And she is about to have my child so back off."

"Got it. Come in, everyone else is here."

We walk in and see Damian and Cas talking to a large Tattooed man.
"Hey, Marc. Hey, Riley. How are you feeling? Should you be here?" Damian asks with concern.

"I'm okay. We had to make an appearance for a bit and then we are leaving."

"Why don't you sit over on the couch with me. We don't need to be in the mix." Cas says as she leads me over to the couch.

"You sit and we will make sure that no one bothers you." Axel says. He walks over to the middle of the room, and calls everyone's attention. "Alright, everyone! Listen up! These two women here are off limits. They belong to our suppliers here, Damian and Marc. If I catch anyone messing with them, I will put a bullet between your eyes. No questions asked. Crows, you are to leave the men alone too, or you get the same. Got it?"

The room erupts with yes, prez. "Now let's get this party started."

The music returns and the booze starts flowing. This is wild. The crows are grinding on guys as we sit and just take it all in. We had been sitting for a couple hours and Ghost came to sit down next to us.

"How are you doing, enjoying yourselves?"

"It's okay. You all have crazy parties." I say with a smile.

"Yeah, they can get crazy."

I look around and see Marc is playing pool with Alex as Damian looks on as he talks to Axel. All of a sudden I get a very sharp pain across my bell and it goes around to my lower back. I grab Ghost's thigh and groan, clenching my teeth.

"Oh, my god!"

"Hey, are you okay?"

"I just need to get up and walk. Can you help me?"

"Sure."

He stands up and helps me up. We walk around the couch and head over to the tables where the guys are and after a few minutes another contraction hits. I double over, and squeeze Ghost's hand.

"Babe, I think little bean is coming now." Cas says with worry.

"It's not time yet."

"She has said otherwise."

I stand for a few minutes and feel warmth run down my legs.

"Oh, shit! I think your water just broke. Hey, Marc! You woman is having this baby, now!"

He stops what he is doing and looks over at us and looks down to see liquid at my feet.

"Oh, shit! Dude, we gotta go!"

"Go, bro! We got this." Alex says.

Marc runs over to me and scoops me up and carries me out to the car. He sits me down and runs over to the driver's seat and climbs in and heads off to the hospital. After about a twenty minute ride, we pull up to the emergency side and he parks. He comes over and picks me up and carries me inside.
"My wife's in labor. I need help."

The nurse comes out with a wheelchair and he sets me down as they take me to a room. He helps me get into a hospital gown and into bed as she hooks up the monitoring equipment and gets an iv started. After about an hour my doctor comes in.

"Hello Riley and Marc. Seems like our little girl wants to make an appearance. Let me just check and see how far along we are."

She does her check and pulls the sheet back down. "Looks like we are six centimeters. You are doing good. I will send in the nurse to set up your epidural."

"Thank you doctor." Marc says.

Just then another contraction hits and it is a big one. I squeeze Marc's hand through the pain and he just grits his teeth. The nurse soon comes in to start my epidural. She has me sit up and I put my hands on Marc's shoulders and look into his eyes as I feel a sharp stick in my lower back.

"You got this princess. It will be over in a bit. Just keep focused on me."

Soon she is finished and Marc helps me lay back down. The doctor comes back in after about an hour.

"How are you feeling now, Riley?"

"I don't feel anything but pressure."

"Good, let's see how we are progressing." She pulls the sheet up and checks me. "Looks like we are at about eight centimeters, and progressing well." She heads out and Marc leans down and kisses my forehead and moves some hair out of my face.

"Soon our farfalla will be here. You are doing so good."

"You are so good to me."

Another contraction hits and I feel the pressure as he rubs my belly until it is through. It is several hours and the contractions are coming one right after the other. Marc has paged the doctor and she quickly comes in. She checks me and smiles.

"Alright mommy, it's time to meet your daughter."

The nurse gets everything ready and helps get me into position. Marc comes to sit by my side and holds my hand.

"Alright, here comes a contraction. I need you to push, Riley. Bear down and count to ten."

I bear down and squeeze Marc's hand. I hear him grunt. I count to ten and fall back on the bed.

I can see the head starting to crown. You are doing great. Here comes another one. Now I need you to do that again."

I bear down again and I cant help but scream.

"Aggghhh!"

Great, the head is out. Now I need you to push again. This will be the tough part, to get the shoulders out."

I start to push and fall back.

"I can't. It's too hard. I can't."

"You can do this, my love. You are so strong. You want to see our baby? You can do this. Come on love, push."

"Okay."

I bear down and push. I squeeze his hand and I hear him grunt again. He is my rock and takes the pain. He takes a washcloth and wipes the sweat from my forehead as I lean back on the bed.

"One more and she should be here."

"One more." I say with exhaustion. I bear down again and push with all I have.

"Good job, Riley. Your baby girl is here. Marc, do you want to cut the cord?"

His eyes light up and he smiles as he takes the scissors from the doctor and cuts the cord. I wait for a moment and it is quiet. Why do I not hear her cries?
"Is there something wrong? Why isn't she crying? Marc, what is wrong?" I say in a panic and he can see it in my eyes. He leans over and kisses my forehead.

"Shh, give her a second they are cleaning her up."

Just then I hear her cries and I let out the breath I didn't realize I was holding. Those cries are the most wonderful sounds on this earth. After they clean her up, they bring her over and pull my gown back and place her on my skin. I place my hand on her back and kiss her head.

"Marc, she is beautiful."

"Yes, she is, just like her mother." he kisses her head and then kisses my lips.

"I love you, Riley." He says as tears stream down his face.

"I love you too."