Linda, Howie and even Brian sometimes prepared for the baby, as time was winding down. Brian was still an asshole, but he felt it was mandatory he do something. Alex was getting crazier by the day, Linda and Howie suspected drugs but nobody could be sure. Linda and Howie decided on Amber for a girl (I knew I could fit you in somewhere, not much but something) and Adam for a boy. Her due date was fastly approaching and Howie was ready for the surprise he had for Linda. He has been thinking about it all through her pregnancy and decided as soon as the baby came, he would propose. Whether the guys liked it or not, then they could both be together, and free.
One rainy night, Alex called a group meeting; nobody knew what it was about. They were all seated in the living room, when he dropped the bomb. "I've decided that the baby goes up for adoption." He said like it was no big deal.
"No way!" Linda said. She didn't care what he did to her, there was no way in hell her baby was going up for adoption.
Even Nick didn't really like the idea. He and Linda had actually worked out a functioning relationship while she was pregnant. She didn't know if it would last after the baby came. Kevin of course didn't have much to say.
Howie had sat by for the past year and let the guys walk all over Linda and he was sick of it, before he could stop himself he was hitting Alex with all his might. And Nick didn't break it up right away. While the commotion continued on, Linda wasn't feeling too good. She had a cramp in her back that she passed it off as gas (that really happens!!).
Linda continued to watch the argument when Brian so kindly asked her, “Why are you peeing on the couch?"
"Oh my goodness, I'm not peeing Brian, my water broke."
"Stop joking, your not due for another week." Brian said to her.
Nick and Kevin were to busy trying to keep Alex and Howie away from each other, they didn't even notice what was going on. Linda hobbled to her room, and got her overnight bag. She hobbled to the door, opened it and put it in the car. She walked back in the house, to get Howie.
Howie was in the kitchen taking a shot of tequila while Alex was outside smoking a cigarette, trying to cool off. She barely made it to the kitchen when she saw Howie's eye. It was going to be ugly. Howie was using colorful words to tell Linda how he couldn't take it anymore; it was time to get out of there.
"What do you think?" Howie asked her. He had no idea what kind of pain she was in at that moment.
"I think that you should...take me to the hospital right now because my water broke."
"WHAT?" Howie said. “Why didn't you say anything?" He yelled to the guys that the baby was coming.
But Alex being his asshole self told Howie he wasn't going.
"Good!" Linda thought; she didn't want him to go anyway. Kevin had left to go see his girlfriend. So it was only Nick , Howie and Brian going.
~*~At the hospital~*~
The doctor would only allow 2 people in the delivery room. Nick had no problem waiting in the waiting room. Linda was dilated to ten and calling ALL men everything but the child of God. Finally, the doctor told her she could start pushing. After 14 hours of labor and 39 minutes of pushing Linda gave birth to a pretty baby girl...Amber (Are you happy your a baby again? LOL)
The baby was perfect with ten fingers and ten toes and blue eyes just like Brian's. Brian missed it he passed out before the head crowned.
~*~5 hours later~*~
"Hello!" A lady came into Linda's hospital room. Howie and Linda looked at her. Brian and Nick went home, Linda knew their attitudes would change.
"Can I help you?" Howie asked.
"Yes I need the names for the birth certificate".
“Oh! Ok the baby’s name will be Amber...Dorough." Howie said before Linda could finish.
"And the fathers name?" The lady asked.
"Howard Dorough."
Linda was too shocked to say anything. After the lady left, Linda asked, "Do you mean it Howie?"
"Yes, Linda, I mean it. Please, Linda, marry me. I love you, and I want you to marry you. Please, Please marry me." Linda was speechless. "It will be just be you, me and the baby, Linda I love you please." Howie said, he was scared she would say no.
"Oh my God...Howie, of course. Of course I’ll marry you.”
“All we have to do is get past Alex.” Howie thought to himself…
