Chapter 14 New generations

'I can't believe how close we are to having a baby.' Lisa tells Randy as they watch TV together on their living room couch.

'Yeah, I know. You must be relieved.' He lovingly tells her as he rubs circles on her back with one hand, while rubbing circles on her belly with the other. He suddenly pulls back. 'Oh my god, she has a really good kick.'

'I know, doesn't she.. Wait, you're still convinced it's a girl? Honey, the same things happened to your mom, remember?'

' I know. And she was right, wasn't she?' She playfully slaps him as he chuckles.

'Stop teasing your brother. I want to keep him happy. We need a babysitter once in a while.'

'You're just awful.' He chuckles at her.

'What? It's true we do need one. And I like Mark, he's a good person.'

'Spoil sport.' She smiles as he kisses her forehead.

'Oh wow, look at the time. We should go to bed.' She tells him during a yawn. He smiles.

'Yeah, I guess we should.' He carefully gets up and then helps her up the stairs and to bed. She falls asleep in seconds. He just rolls his eyes as he gets into bed himself and pulls the covers over both of them.

two hours later at the Taylor residence...

Two figures are sleeping peacefully when suddenly the phone rings.

'Tim...' One of the figures mumbles. 'Tim!' A little louder as the other finally somewhat wakes up and picks up the phone on his nightstand.

'Hello? Randy? What time is it? Whoa, slow down.. she what? Okay, okay, hold on, alright, we'll be right there.'

'Jill. Jill!' he calls his wife as he gently shakes her sleeping form.

'Hm? What time is it?'

'2 AM, now get up. We have to go.'

'What, why?'

'Well, if you really want to miss your grandchild's birth, that's fine, stay in bed. But I'm not going to miss it.' he tells her as he starts to get dressed. Suddenly his wife is wide awake. As he is almost done, he hurries down the stairs.

'You get dressed, I'll call Brad and Mark.'

An hour later the soon to be grandparents are in the car, driving to Detroit's Memorial Hospital, followed swiftly by their other sons, Brad and Mark.

As they enter the hospital and reach the needed floor, they are surprised to see Randy calmly sitting in the waiting room. He smiles and stands up as he sees them. Jill quickly hugs him.

'Wow, you guys are fast!' he exclaims.

'What are you doing in here? Why aren't you with Lisa? Is she okay? How far..' He quickly interrupts his mother.

'Whoa, slow down.. I'm sorry, but it's going to be a while according to the doctor. Lisa is walking around right now to try and speed things along and I wasn't allowed to go with her. So, here I am. And how are you all doing?'

'Oh, great. I'm going to get some coffee, anyone want some?' Brad offers.

'Yeah and get Randy one, too.' Before he has a chance to respond, Tim already answers again. 'Yes, you're going to need it.'

Mark goes with Brad to get the coffee, while Tim and Jill watch the soon to be dad fidget around and act like everything is fine.

'So dad, have you talked to Al recently? I mean, we haven't heard from him and Trudy since they got married and moved to Kentucky. Lisa and I were talking about it and we realized..'

'Randy.' Tim interrupts. 'Just stop talking. It's going to be fine.' Randy looks at him with fear in his eyes and looks away again quickly.

'Randy.. It will be fine, trust me. Just relax.'

'Easy for you to say.. You're not the one...'

'Mr. Taylor?' He shoots up from his chair at the voice of the nurse next to him. 'Your wife is asking for you.'

He takes a deep breath and then gives his parents a nervous smile.

'Good luck, kiddo. And relax.' He nods and walks off with the nurse.

'20 bucks says he faints during the birth.'

'Tim!' Jill says as she slaps his arm.

12 hours later...

A figure slowly walks into the waiting room, smiling softly as he sees his family all sleeping uncomfortably on the plastic hospital chairs. He walks up to someone and starts to shake him quietly.

'Mhm, stupid fly, go away..' He shakes his head, trying to keep from laughing and shakes the person with more force. The person shoots up as he almost crashes to the floor.

'What? What happened?' He looks around and notices his brother. 'Randy? What's going on?' Randy shushes his brother to keep quiet.

'Let's not wake anyone. Come on.' He starts to walk away and Mark quickly runs after him.

'Where are we going?' he still whispers.

'You'll see. Over here.' They walk until they reach a different ward within the hospital. The nurses in the hallway smile warm hearted at the two as they continue their way towards a big window.

Mark looks and sees all the newborn babies sleeping peacefully. He turns towards his brother with a questioning look. Randy doesn't return it, he just points.

'Right there, the second to the left. That is your niece and goddaughter if you'll have her.' He says with a soft smile on his face. Mark is in awe as he realizes what happened. Mark takes a good look at the slightly tanned looking baby girl with black curls, sleeping innocently.

'Wow, Randy, she's amazing. I mean, she's beautiful. Wait.. goddaughter?' He just nods in return.

'Are you serious?'

'Why did you think I took you here first? Lisa and I agreed you should be her godfather. So you get to see her first.' he winks at him with a smile. Mark surprises Randy by giving him a big hug. he let's go quickly, but they are both smiling.

'What did you name her?'

'Delilah Donna Taylor. After Lisa and her mother.'

'That's really nice. Wow...' Pretty soon they are joined by the rest of the family who were informed of the birth by Lisa's doctor.

'I'm really proud of you, kiddo.' Tim tells his son while giving him a hug. 'She's a real beauty.'

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A/N Thus begins the story of Delilah Donna Taylor. Surrounded by many she was welcomed into the Taylor family with smiles all around. The new generation of Taylor children has been brought into this world. Many stories will follow this young one as she lives her life with her loving parents and other family members. Check back again soon to read more stories!

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Love, Baxxie