Secrets 12

The next day Elizabeth woke up not feeling quite right. Her abdomen was hurting and it felt like she was going into labor. Elizabeth thought its too soon for the baby to come and I am not due for another 3 months still.

"Oh god please someone help me. Nurse Oh god" Elizabeth cried as she pushed a button to get a nurse's attention. A couple of minutes later a nurse rushed in and saw Elizabeth looking pained and upset.
"Miss Matthews are you ok?" asked the nurse.
"No something is not right with my baby. Even though the doctor said I was fine obviously this is an aftereffect of the accident. Please help, its hurts" cried Elizabeth.
The nurse went and got the doctor and they checked out Elizabeth and then rushed her into a delivery room.

Meanwhile Debbie Phelps came to visit Michael and Elizabeth. She was talking with Michael in his room when a nurse walked in.
"Mr. Phelps, your girlfriend has just been taken into the delivery room because she was having abdominal pains and might be giving birth early" said the nurse.
"Oh my god, Elizabeth. The doctor said that she and the baby were fine yesterday. So what happened?" Michael asked.
"I am not sure but I just wanted to alert you so that you would not be worrying about Miss Matthews" said the nurse.
"Can I be in there to see my child being born?"
"No because its an emergency delivery and they need to make sure Miss Matthews will be ok. The fewer people in the room the better. I am sorry about this Mr. Phelps. I will make sure you see them as soon as everyone is fine."
"Fine" sighed Michael. He looked over at his mom. Debbie was holding his hand.
"Elizabeth and the baby will be fine Michael ok" Debbie assured Michael.
"Mom the baby is not supposed to be here for another 3 months. Will he or she be ok? I don't think Elizabeth or I could face losing this child. That would kill us both."
"The doctors here are good Michael and I am sure they will do everything in their power to make sure the baby will be survive."

In the delivery room Elizabeth was giving birth early to her child. Even though the doctors had check the baby and Elizabeth head to toe sometimes things just happened out of the blue. After a short time Elizabeth gave birth to a baby boy. He was so small when they put him on Elizabeth's chest so she could see him for just a moment. She could not believe that he was in the world now but here he was and she was a mom. The nurses quickly took her baby away to get check up and put onto some machines to help him survive. Elizabeth cried as she watched them check her baby out and then she prayed that her little boy would get stronger.

Finally Elizabeth was taken back to her room to rest. She was sleeping when Debbie and Michael walked in. Michael went over to her and sat next to a sleeping Elizabeth. He took her hand in his and held it close to his heart.
"I love you Elizabeth" whispered Michael. Then he kissed her on the forehead.
Elizabeth moved slightly and looked up at Michael and smiled.
"We have a son, Michael" Elizabeth whispered.
"A son. We have a son" exclaimed Michael.
"Yes he is so little and had to be connected to some machines. I am so scared Michael. We can't lose him, he has to live. He just has to!"
"We won't lose him Elizabeth. The doctors here know what to do and we will just be there for each other and pray. OK Lizzy. I love you!"
"Yeah Michael I love you too."
Debbie sat in the background and just let them talk. She smiled to herself and knew that Elizabeth and Michael would be strong for their son and everything would be fine. Michael and Elizabeth held each other as Debbie left the room. She went to the nursery and saw her new grandson with all the special machines and said a silent prayer. A few minutes later Michael walked over to his mom.
"Hey mom I was wondering where you went."
"I just wanted to see my new grandchild" Debbie said pointing to the bassinet with all the machines hooked to it. Michael looked at where his mom was pointing and saw his son for the first time. Elizabeth was right he was so small but he was a Phelps and he would fight and be strong in the end.

Mr. and Mrs. Matthews showed up at the hospital. They went to the receptionists to find Elizabeth's room number. They headed to the elevators off to see their daughter. When they got to her room, they looked in and saw Elizabeth was sleeping. They walked in and Melinda Matthews went to her daughter's bed and sat down beside her. Mrs. Matthews just looked down at her daughter. Elizabeth felt someone sit down next to her and she opened her eyes. There was her mother and her father.
"What are you two doing here? Get out and leave me alone" cried Elizabeth.
"Elizabeth we know you are upset to see us but we need to talk to you. Please darling we need to explain everything" said her mother.
"No I have no desire to hear anything you have to say. You kicked me out of the family because I was pregnant and not married to Michael. Go away and don't come back" yelled Elizabeth.
Michael happen to be on his way back to Elizabeth's room when he heard her yelling. Michael ran in and saw Elizabeth's parents in the room.
"What's going on in here? You two need to leave now. Elizabeth needs her rest she has been through a lot today and does not need you two saying anymore horrible things to her. Leave now!" declared Michael.
"What do you mean Elizabeth has been through a lot today. She was sleeping when we got in here?" asked her father.
"Elizabeth gave birth our son a little bit ago. And we are now just hoping that our son will be ok since he was born early" said Michael.
"Elizabeth you had your baby?" asked her mother.
"Yes mother I did and he is so beautiful and small but strong. Its hard to believe but I am a mother now and I love my child more than anything. So after what you have done to me I will never do anything like that to my son. Michael and I are going to be amazing parents and help our son be the best he can be."
"Elizabeth please let me tell you something that will make you understand more as to why I did what I did, darling. I feel so horrible for what I said to you and Michael but you need to know the truth. Will you give me a few minutes of your time and then after you hear what I have to say then you can decide how you want our future relationship to work?" asked Melinda Matthews.
"Fine please say what you need to say" Elizabeth said. Melinda got up from Elizabeth's bed and Michael took her place and held Elizabeth's hand in his.
"Elizabeth before you were born, I was dating an amazing guy. His name was Bradley Andrews and we were so in love. We got serious and after a while I found out I was pregnant with you. I could not wait to tell Bradley about you but I never got the chance because he was killed in a car accident. There I was alone and pregnant and unmarried. My parents were not to thrilled about their daughter being unmarried and pregnant but it happened. I planned on keeping you no matter what. I had you and was so happy but my family kicked me out of the house and I had to figure out how to take care of me and you. I got a job and started taking some college classes and that's when I met James. He was amazing and did not care that I had a child. He thought you were the cutest thing. We dated for a while and then we got married and decided that he would be your father because you were so young and had no idea and we just never told you the truth until now. I was so upset when you told me that you were pregnant and not married because I did not want the same thing to happen to you that happened to me. Its so hard being a single parent and I never wanted you to have to struggle like I did ok darling. I am so sorry Elizabeth and Michael I hope that you can forgive me. I do love both of you so much" said Mrs. Matthews.
"Wow that's a lot for me to take in" said a very surprised Elizabeth.
"I know its a lot but I decided you needed to know the truth!" said Mrs. Matthews.
"Dad I love you and you will always be my dad" cried Elizabeth. Mr. Matthews walked over to his daughter and gave her a hug.
"I love you too Elizabeth and you will always be my little girl" said Mr. Matthews.
Everyone hugged and talked about what had just been discussed. Elizabeth said that she would need some time to figure things and her parents agreed. Michael and Elizabeth took Mr. and Mrs. Matthews to see their new grandson. Elizabeth was being held by Michael and she thought that maybe everything would work out in the end. Elizabeth looked up at Michael and lead him away from everyone. They walked over to the over side of the hallway.
"Michael we need a name for our son."
"What about we name him James Carter Phelps?" asked Michael.
"Michael I love that name. Its perfect" Elizabeth said leaning up to kiss Michael.
Michael and Elizabeth went to find the nurse to fill out the paper work for naming their son. Elizabeth announced to everyone the name and everyone was thrilled. Today ended up being a great day in the end.