Chapter 17 - Apology and New addition

17th November 2002:  3 Months Later...

Mike still had not contacted me in months, it made me sad in a way. Either he had given up on me or had just been having a really long think about it, it was all worrying me. The heartbreak eased in October which I was thankful for, I got to enjoy Halloween without Mike ever being in my mind, I was scared for Christmas though. Me and Mike spent Christmas day together because the past Christmases for me were spent alone. My mother died when I was young and my dad was a raging alcoholic who wanted nothing to do with me, saying I looked like my mom and that it brought back memories, he couldn't take it. 

Mike was no longer going to be with me and with the weight of being 9 months pregnant and expecting a baby soon was tough, I was nervous at being a single mother, even a mother by itself. Chester messaged me on my phone, "Hi, hope you're doing OK today, so excited for when you have your baby x" Chester was so happy for me that I was pregnant, it made me feel like I wasn't alone in all this and he was by my side if I ever needed him, "Hi Chester, thanks for checking up on me I'm doing a lot better, I'm a bit nervous about being a mother but once my baby is here, it'll be so much better for me x"  I sent to him instantly.

My stomach started to hurt slightly, I didn't think anything of it because I was a heavily pregnant woman so I tried my hardest to ignore it. A knock came from the front door, "Ugh.." I stood slowly and walked to the door and opened it. To my surprise Mike was stood with his head lowered a bit, he looked sad. "Hey Ruby.." I wanted to hug him but the pain came back, I refrained myself from doing so, "Can I come in to chat?" He looked me in the eyes and I let him in, not saying a word. Mike sat on the couch, I sat next to him, "What is it that you wanna say?" I began to feel bad, he wiped his tears away and finally spoke again after a silence, "I- You probably won't believe me but.. I uh.. I was se- uh..." He nearly said it, it was true, he was seduced. "Seduced?" I asked. He followed with a little "Mhm.." after my question and I felt so sad and angry that Jess could do such a thing to Mike.

"Chester told me all about that Jess, of course I believe you Mike. I'm sorry, I just didn't know anything about her at first.." I teared up and Mike spoke again, "She has been constantly following and stalking me since we met in High School, she hasn't stopped since. I thought letting her kiss me would let her lay off me for a while, but it's just gotten worse.. I'm sorry Ruby I really am.." He started to cry and I hugged him, having him finally in my arms again felt so good and I felt at peace once again.

"I brought something over for you.." Mike held out the ring he gave me a few months earlier, I showed him my empty ring finger and looked at it as if to say, "Go on, put it on my finger" He slid it on to my finger and I noticed he had kept his on. It was so wholesome. There was only one thing left to do, I kissed him. "Fuck, I didn't know what I would do without you Ruby, thank you so much.." We embraced each other and both smiled. My stomach pains hit again but greater, it distracted me, "Ouch... My stomach hurts.." I held it and Mike started to worry, "How many months pregnant are you? And what was your due date?" Mike worried. "I'm 9 months and my due date is the 20th. Shit, I think I've gone into labour, it hurts like hell" "Let's rush you to the hospital immediately!"

At The Hospital...

"Yeah, you have gone into labour, you ready to do this?" The midwife stood beside me and asked. "Yes, I want this pain out of the way with.." Mike stood on the other side of me, holding my hand. "You will make it through this I promise" Mike smiled and it gave me the determination to do this, for the sake of my baby. Shinoda took all the baby clothes out of the bag we packed before we went, we chose gender neutral clothes because the doctors could not determine the baby's gender, they highly suspected the baby was a boy but I could not risk it to then say the baby is a girl. 

1 Hour Later...

The pushing and pain all of a sudden stopped being as bad and I heard the cry of mine and Mike's new baby. "It's a boy!" The midwifes all rushed over to put a blanket over my baby, me and Mike were crying. "Oh my, he looks beautiful" Mike covered his mouth with his hands. One midwife placed my baby on my chest, he was so cute and adorable. Every beautiful feature you see on a baby was there. He opened his eyes and he had a huge look of Mike in him. "Wow. He looks just like his dad" One Midwife laughed, followed by me and Mike doing the same. "What should we name him?" I asked Mike, he was good at picking names. "What about Otis?" The name sounded perfect for out little bundle of joy.

We went home a few hours later, the only problem was that it was hard sitting down, it hurt like hell and I needed to have a lot of rest. Chester knocked on the door and walked in with a balloon and some presents for the baby. "Congrats! It's a boy!" Mike had messaged Chester telling him the gender and that's the first thing Chester said when he walked in. "Everything sorted out between you two?" Chester asked, assuming we had, "Yeah of course. We need to forget about Jess now and move on with our life, we have a family to be taking care of" I said to Mike happily, "Yeah,hopefully our baby will be a reality shock to her and tell her to stay away" We now finally had a happy Shinoda family...