May 23rd.

"Today's my due date.." Jessica looks around at everyone and looks like she's about to cry.

"Today's my due date and this kid is still in me!!"

Everyone just watches her and let's her have her moment.

"Look at how high she is! I know it's gonna take forever for her to come out!"

"Be positive, baby."

"Shut up, Daniel!" Jessica snaps at him.

"I.. I want it to be over! I can't breathe, I can't sleep, all I do is pee.. she kicks the hell out of my insides and tangles her feet and hands in my ribs! My face is swollen, my arms are fat, my feet look like sausages, and I have back acne!" Jessica cries.

...

"Somebody say something!!" She yells.

"Bab-"

"NOT YOU!" Jessica yells at Danny.

"I really am sorry that you're uncomfortable. I wish there was something I could do-"

"But there's not Daniel, is there? NO THERE ISN'T!"

"Would you like come breakfast? I made waffles.."

"I made waffles!" Jessica mocks his voice.

"Yes, I want them!" She says as she struggles to even sit down on the couch.

"Okay, I'll grab them!"

"Make fresh ones, please! I don't want anything cold."

"Yes, ma'am."

"Mom, stop being so rude to him!"

Michael, Zachary and Tiffany's eyes widen when Samuel says that.

"Dude, stop it!" Michael says quietly.

"No, Danny loves you so much and he does a lot for you. You should try to be a little nicer to him."

"Well it's been nice knowing you, brother." Zachary says as he and Michael stand up.

"Say goodbye to daddy, Samuel. Grandma's about to kill him." Tiffany says taking the baby to her room.

Sam looks at everyone leaving and turns back to Jessica.

"I'm sorry mom, I'm just saying that you shouldn't treat him so bad."

"I know.. You're right."

"I am?"

"Yeah.. for once. He really is great to me.. well to all of us. Poor Danny." She pouts.

"I treat him so badly.. I really do love him, Samuel, you know that?"

"I do, mom.. and so does he. I was just saying to show it a little more."

"I will! Oh but the way I show him that he's appreciated.. well I'm not as bending at the moment."

"Mom, don't st- DON'T!"

At this time Danny is walking in with her breakfast.

"Here you go, sweetie. Fresh waffles just the way you like em!  Would you like anything else?"

"Danny, I love you!" Jessica cries and holds her arms out for a hug.

"I love you too, baby girl! Don't cry!"

"But I'm so horrible to you! I'm so sorry, Daniel!"

"No honey, don't apologize! It's okay.. Really! I know what you're going through is tough.. you don't have to say you're sorry."

"But I am! Oh Danny, I love you so much. I hope you know that!"

"Honey, I do! I do know that. I hope you know how much I love you."

"I do." Jessica smiles and nods her head before Danny softly kisses her lips.

**

"Danny, Grayson and I are going to Target. Does anyone need anything?"

"Can I tag along?" Michael asks.

"Of course!"

"Me too?" Zachary smiles.

"Yeah!
Sam, Tiff, you need anything from the store?"

"No, we're okay."

"Thank you!" Tiffany smiles.

"No problem, we'll be back."

**

I'm about to get a freaking wheelchair, my back hurts so bad!"

"You want me to get you one?"

"No, it's okay. Thanks though.
... Okay, where's my list? Oh! We need hot things! Anything spicy we'll buy! Hopefully it gets this baby out." Jessica pats her belly.

"We also need to buy more diapers and baby wipes. I want some plain little onesies to go under her outfits.. I need some stuff for your hospital bag, and we need those giant pads for after I have her and all the yuckiness doesn't stop.. Spilling out."

"Okay.. Jess?"

"Yeah?"

"Where's Grayson?"

"What? Grayson? Grayson!" Jessica panics.

"Danny, where is he?!"

"I don't know, he was just here!"

"Did the boys take him?"

"I don't know, they said something but you were talking so I was zoned out."

Jessica gives him a look and Danny quickly says, "I mean I was too into what you were saying that I don't know what they said!"

"Woo hoo!!" They hear Grayson's uncontrollable giggle.

They both turn around and see Grayson hanging onto the back of an older woman's power chair.

"Oh my gosh! Daniel, go get him!"

"What is he doing on that thing?!" Danny laughs taking his picture instead of getting him off the ground.

"Get him, Daniel!" Jessica yells and bounces up and down.

"I'm going!"

**

"Grayson, what on earth were you doing on that lady's chair?  And where are your brothers?"

"They're playing games!  I was crawling on the ground, and I was holding onto it when she took off.  It was so funny!" He laughs.

"Well from now on you stay with mommy and daddy.  You could've gotten hurt!"

"I'm fine, mommy!"

"You're still staying with us, Grayson."

"Can I go look at the toys?"

"Not right now."

"Can I have pizza?"

"Not yet."

"Can I go find the boys?"

"No."

"Can I-"

"Goodness, I should have left you on the back of that chair!"

Danny chuckles and says, "Gray, you wanna sit in the basket and play on my phone?"

"Yeah!"

"Okay, come here."

Danny puts him in the basket and hands him his phone.  It kept Grayson pretty quiet while they shopped, until Grayson found a not so nice picture.

"OH NOOOOO!"

"What is it, bud?  Did you lose?" Danny asks.

"You got a picture of my mommy naked!"

Jessica's eyes widen.  They were in the middle of a crowded aisle, and the boys were just walking up.  When they heard Grayson they quickly turned around.

"Give it to me, Gray!"

"Daddy, delete this!"

"I will.  Quiet, please."

"That's yucky!"

"I know.. Quiet!"

"Her tummy was skinny, but I saw her butt and her boobies!  That's not good!" He nods.

Jessica gives Danny a look and roughly grabs the basket and leaves the aisle.

"Jess, you sent it to me!"

*Gasp* "Mommy!" Grayson looks at her in shock.

"Thanks, Daniel!"

**

"Hey, how was Target?" Sam asks.

"I saw mommy naked on daddy's phone."

Sam looks at Grayson, then turns to Danny and Jessica.

"Have you no shame?"

"Piss off, Samuel!" Jessica says walking past him.

"How is he?" Jessica asks Tiffany.

"Good!  He just ate, so he's a happy guy!" Tiffany smiles.

"Awe!  Come see Grandma, my sweet boy!"

Jessica sits down and holds her arms out for the baby.

"I'm sorry that Grandma's big tummy is in the way when I hold you, and your aunt kicks you all the time, but she kicks you out of love!" Jessica giggles.

Jessica puts her legs up on the ottoman and rest the baby's back on her legs.

"Rest your little leggies on my belly.. and now look how comfortable we are!"

Samuel just stares at his grandmother with a blank face.

"Why so serious?  Where's your smile, little boy?" She giggles and gently pinches his little cheeks.

"Mommy I wanna sit with you too!"

"Okay, sit right here." Jessica pats the couch.

"Hi baby Samuel!" Grayson's voice went high as he softly caresses his arm.

"You're sitting on my sister! *Giggles* You're so silly, Samuel!  Yes you are!  Yes you are, little guy!"

Jessica smiles and kisses the top of Grayson's head.

Grayson looks up and smiles before taping her nose with his finger.

"You're cute!" Jessica says.

"Thanks, you too!"

"Thank you!" She laughs.

Suddenly Jessica's stomach tightens up and she gets a contraction.

"Ow.."

"What's wrong, mommy?  Your tummy's hurting?" Grayson rubs her stomach.

"I'm okay, baby.. Ouch, this ones a stinger!" Jessica shuts her eyes and breathes deeply.

"Is she coming?"

"Not yet, baby." Jessica smiles softly.

"Well tell me when she is so I can hide!"

"Why are you gonna hide?" She laughs.

"I'm scared!  I don't wanna see her come out.  What if she hurts you?"

"Oh baby, momma will be fine, sweet boy."

"I'm still gonna hide." He pouts.

"Awe!" Jessica giggles as he lays on her side.

Samuel starts kicking his little legs on her belly.

"What are you doing, silly boy?" 

The baby smiles and continues kicking his legs.
Nova kicks his back and Samuel kicks even hard.

"Oh my goodness, you two babies are kicking like crazy!  Reminds me of when your daddy and uncle James would fight in my tummy!"

Samuel had the biggest smile on his face and excitement in his eyes from kicking the other baby.

"You're just beating grandma up today, aren't you?  You silly boy!" Jessica laughs.

"Uh oh!  I think Samuel is making a like present for his mommy and daddy!" Jessica smiles.

"It's your turn." Sam points to Tiffany. 

"I had him, you change him." She smiles.

"He pees everywhere!"

"That's cause you don't do it right!  You can't let the air get to him, I told you that." Tiffany says.

"You're right.  You do such a better job than I do.  Why don't you just do it?"

"Sam!" Tiffany whines.

"Okay, someone needs to change him!  Stop fight and come get this baby so I can pee."

Sam walks over and takes the baby.

"I'll help you up, mommy!" Grayson jumps down and grabs her hand.

Jessica giggles as he uses everything he has to help his mother up.

Jessica stands and gives him a high five.

"Good boy!  You're so strong!"

"Thank you, mommy!" He smiles.

***

May 27th.

"Forty weeks and four days pregnant.  This is officially my longest pregnancy out of all of them. 
... I've come to terms that... She's never coming out.  I'm just gonna be pregnant forever.. So uh.. I'm just gonna go about my day.  I'm even gonna go into work today.. I'll try driving myself.  Of course I'll need to move the seat back because my belly doesn't fit with the steering wheel.  Then during my lunch break, I have a doctors appointment, where I'm sure he will tell me that I am not be dilated at all.. and that's okay." Jessica nods.

"She's never coming out, why should I dilate?" She chuckles.

"Wow.. Well good morning, mom." Michael smiles.

"Morning.  How is everyone else?  Are you well?"

"I think she might be going crazy.." Sam whisperers to Tiffany.

Tiffany elbows him and says, "Sit and have some breakfast!  I'm sure that'll make you feel better."

"It'll just make fatter than I already am, but okay."

Jessica sits down and Danny starts massaging her shoulders.

"I don't know how much more of this pregnancy I can take.. I don't.  I'm a fried that I'll have to be induced, but then I could stand the chance of a long labor.  But I can't be pregnant anymore.  I'm almost forty one weeks pregnant... Let's all just think about that for a second.  That's Forty One Weeks Pregnant."

"You do it so well, Princess!" Danny kisses her cheek.

"Danny, save it!" Jessica huffs and says, "I've eaten spicy food, I've gonna on walks, I've bounced on that damn ball and nothing is getting her get out."

"I don't mean to be in your personal.. Business, but intercourse I've heard works great!" Tiffany says.

Sam turns to her and makes a face.

"Telling them to have sex?  Really?!"

"Oh quiet!" Tiffany hits his arm.

"Sweetie, that's the last thing I want to do right now!  I'm already hot, sweaty, and out of breath, why would I want to have sex?"

"I'm hating this." Sam says with a smile.

"I know you're uncomfortable, but it might just work!  What did you do with the boys?"

"I didn't really do anything.  With the twins I was having contractions during the night and my water broke at the hospital.  With Michael, my water broke at home three days after my due date.  With Grayson my water broke when I was almost thirty eight weeks.  But you know.. It's only fitting.  We had to work our asses off for this little girl, that her being late makes sense." Jessica says rubbing her belly.

"You have to work for me, mommy!" Tiffany laughs.

"Exactly!  So I'm preparing myself for a very very long labor."

"If we talk about you and Danny having again, then I'm preparing myself for the stabbing of my ears."

"Dude, shut up." Zachary says.

**

Even though Danny wanted Jessica to stay home and relax, she didn't listen and went to work anyway.

"What are you doing here, fatty?"

"I'm here to work, George."

"You're past your due date, if you pop that kid out here, I'll never get the stains out."

"Shut up, George!"

Jessica sits down and lets out a loud groan as she throws her head back and grabs her stomach.

"Jess, you're not okay."

"I'm fine, I'm just uncomfortable."

"Do you feel like it could be soon?"

"Well she finally dropped, so that's good.  Other than that there aren't very many huge signs."

"Her dropping is good." George smiles.

"It is.. It's just so uncomfortable!  Imagine the feeling of sitting on top of a baby's head."

"Ouch!"

"Yeah.. It doesn't feel good.  I have a doctors appointment at noon, and I'm praying for good news, but I don't think I'll be getting any."

"You have to be positive."

"I'm positive I won't be dilated at all." Jessica nods.

George chuckles and rubs her back with one hand.

"She'll come soon." He kisses her head.

"You say this is your last pregnancy, you might as well enjoy it."

"This is my last pregnancy!  I'm trying to enjoy it, I really am.. It's just difficult.  I want her here!  I want to see her, hold her.. I wanna kiss her."

"I know, sis."

"I'm kinda nervous too.. I've never raised a little girl before."

"You'll be great, Jess!  It'll be fun."

Jessica smiles softly thinking about her baby girl.

**

Danny met Jessica at the doctors office during his lunch break.

"I've gained so much weight!  How big is she?"

"Do you really want to know?"

"Why?  She's huge, isn't she?"

"I'm gonna say eight or nine pounds."

"Well I guess that's not so bad.  All of my babies were around eight or nine pounds.  My twins were both both eight pounds each."

"We're they really?!" Danny's eyes widen.

"Yeah. *Nods* I was all belly too, oh goodness I don't know how I did it!"

"That's crazy!"

"My other son was nine pounds and my baby was eight pounds fourteen ounces."

"Wow, so you just have big babies?"

"Heh!  Yeah." Jessica nods.

"Well this should be a piece of cake then, right?"

"We'll see about that!" Jessica laughs.

While listening to the baby's heartbeat Jessica lays back and closes her eyes.
She focuses on the amazing sound that was like beautiful music to her ears.  That little sound made her so happy.

"She sounds good!  Let's see how you're looking.  Go ahead and lift you legs, please."

"Please give me good news!"

"Well you're dilated more than you were last visit."

"Thank God!  What am I?"

"... I don't wanna say."

"Oh God.. What is it?  A one?!"

"Half a centimeter!"

"Oh My GOOOOOD!" Jessica groans as she throws her head back and makes fists with her hands.

"You are progressing, just slowly."

"I could cry!" Jessica with tears already running down her face.

"Baby, it's okay!  He said you are progressing, sweet girl." Danny wraps his arm around her and sits beside her on the bed.

He wipes her tears and says, "I'm so proud of you.. You've been so amazing during this whole pregnancy."

"Thanks.." Jessica looks down.

Danny hugs her and slowly rocks her back and forth.

"Jessica, I know it's hard.. I can only imagine your discomfort.  If your water hasn't broke by forty one weeks, then we can schedule you to be induced."

Jessica nodded with years still running down her cheeks.  She absolutely did not want to be induced at all.  Jessica wanted everything to happen naturally, and to be given medicine to make her go into labor was something she just didn't want.  She was determined to get this baby out by forty one weeks.