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N I C U; previously Incubation Room
Topic Started: Jan 13 2009, 09:49 PM (2,434 Views)
Ralston Marrid
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Ralston lead Ramiro to the chairs across the hall. He watched his second youngest son closely through the glass, and last night William had done something he had never done in te last few years; he confided in him. Ralston listened to him for hours express his anger, frustration and fears. No wonder William always had emotional outbursts, there was too much going on. Ralston couldn't help but share Will's fears that this child would not make it. There was much more going on with his son that he thought that the girl barely knew any of it.
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Lara all but pushed her way into the NICU first in her excitement to see their son. If she hadn't slept so soundly, she'd have been up with the sun and and watching II through the glass. But better late than never. She'd greeted the nurses on duty with a beaming smile, being given the news that he'd already had a little bit of the milk she'd supplied, even if it was by the feeding tube.

In Lara's eyes, II must be improving. He was off the Iv, so when she approaches, she slipped her hand through the top hole of the incubator to stroke the top of his head, ever so gently and the dark tuft on his forehead. "It's so soft..." she murmured, smiling. II began to stir. "Hey there, Sweetie. Mummy and Daddy are back and we brought visitors." Lara glanced back warily through the window to Ralston and Ramiro but when she turned back to their son, her eyes lit up.

Staring up at her were two bleary, little green eyes. "Will! Will, look! He has his eyes open! See, I told you, he was going to be just like his Daddy.Those beautiful grey-green eyes."
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Will looked into the incubator after Lara reached in and saw that the little man had opened his eyes. It helped raise his hopes that II might make it out of this, but he also saw that the baby didn't look very comfortable, but no one would with a feeding tube and a respirator. "Hey bud, your grandpa and great-grandpa wanted to come see you as well, you're just that special." He spoke softly to the baby.

As he spoke the nurse came by, she smiled. "As long as he stays on the respirator, you guys are welcome to hold him, but he is really fragile." She warned sweetly.
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5 Reasons I should accept Lara and the baby:
1) I am madly in love with her still
2) It is my baby after all
3) I am willing to pay child support, so why not go one step further and be a dad to the baby?
4) I am hurting Lara more than helping her
5) Did I mention I am madly in love with her and she is always on my mind?
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Lara couldn't stop smiling. II had his eyes open and that had to mean something right? That he was getting stronger... even if he was a bit bleery-eyed. Such beautiful grey-green eyes, just like his Daddy. Namin him after Will had been the perfect decision. She listened contentedly as Will spoke to their little boy, thinking how only a couple of months ago, she'd been worrying that Will would choose not to stick around. "He really is special, isn't he," she murmured softly, gently trailing a finger over the soft down on II's head.

When the nurse came by and told them they could hold II, so long as they were very gentle, Lara's eyes were wide and eager, looking to Will to check it would be alright. She was still tentative about handling tiny babies as they were so fragile but this was her son. "Can we Will? Please?" Lara had been dying to hold him from the moment he was delivered. She was convinced that there was meant to be some sort of mother/child bond when she first held her baby and hadn't had that chance in the delivery room.

Drawing a chair up beside the incubator, Lara bit her lip before lifting the lid of the incubator. Then very slowy... very carefully she reached inside, tucking the baby blanket around him (mindful of the respirator) and lifted II gently out and into of her arms, careful to support his head. She was holding her breath, she was so nervous... nervous and excited. He was so, so tiny and delicate but so perfect. Lara could already feel her eyes welling up again - darn those hormones.

She smiled wonderingly up at Will, settling herself into the chair with II in her arms. "I cant believe I'm actually holding him," she murmured, lifting a finger to trail gently over his cheek. "He's so soft and beautiful." Two little green eyes stared up at her, wide eyed and Lara leant down pressing a kiss on his forehead. "Good morning, Sweetie. What do you think of the world, huh? Big and bright, isnt it?? Mummy brought her camera today so we can take lots of picture of you and there's Daddy right there."
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Will stood off to the side, watching as Lara picked their son up gently, she was gorgeous. Whether she knew it or not, Lara was meant to be a mother. The way she looked at the little guy, the way she held him, it just screamed maternal. Now that there was a new man in her life, Will knew it'd change their relationship and that definitely made him feel slightly uncomfortable. Would he really be able to compete with the little boy? Crouching down beside the chair, Will pulled Lara's camera from her pocket.

Will snapped pictures of the baby and of Lara and II together, this was his family, he now had a duty to protect them. He got up and leaned down to kiss Lara before putting a kiss on his son's forehead. "You two did so well, and it looks like II is going to be nice and strong." he smiled despite still being uneasy about his development.
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5 Reasons I should accept Lara and the baby:
1) I am madly in love with her still
2) It is my baby after all
3) I am willing to pay child support, so why not go one step further and be a dad to the baby?
4) I am hurting Lara more than helping her
5) Did I mention I am madly in love with her and she is always on my mind?
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Lara sat, II nestled comfortably in her arms, humming to him a nonsense song her mum had used to sing to her. It was nonsense because she couldn't remember all the words but it seemed to be doing the trick because II looked content, staring up at her a trail of dribbled bubbling out the corner of his mouth. "Someone likes Mommy's singing," she laughed lightly, lifting a hand to whipe the dribble with the corner of the blanket. "Or are you just humoring you ol'e mum?" Maybe it was just mother's instinct settling in, after months of panic over whether she'd cope being a mum, but holding their son just felt right... natural.

She was very conscious of the fact that Will was watching her and looked up with a curious smile, cheeks pink tinged. "What? Do I have spit-up on me already that I don't know about?" Lara let Will take the camera, smiling for photos and lifting II gently towards the camera. Maybe she was jsut biased but he really was a photogentic baby.

Will leant down and kissed her and Lara lifted a hand to his cheek lovingly brushing her thumb across it. "Thank you, Will. For everything. For sticking by me, for still being her... for being absolutely wonderful." She kissed him again. "Merlin, I love you. Both my boys. I dont think I've been happier." She blushed at the praise he gave her and shook her head. "It was a joint effort between all of us. And your right. II is going to be a big strong boy. He's going to be fighting off the girls with a stick, if mum'll let them anywhere near him."

Catching the eye of a nurse walking past, Lara called her over, taking the camera from Will. "Would you please take family picture for us?" The nurse smiled kindly and nodded taking the camera and giving them a moment to get ready. 'Alright, one, two, thee and smile!' The grin on Lara's face was wide - their first family photo, Mother, Father and son.

Thanking the nurse, she took the camera back setting it aside a moment and stood, turning to Will with a smile. "Come on Daddy. I want to take a few father and son photos. The before and after. No doubt II is going to grow up to look just like his Daddy." She stepped forward to hand II over, trying one way and then the other before giving up, her expression sheepish. "Uh... okay but you'll have to take him from me. I can pick im up okay but it'll be a while before I master passing him over."
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Will took II from Lara's arms and just let him rest on his chest. The baby was really small and Will was slightly shocked with how light he actually was. As much as Will was trying, he still didn't feel as attached to his son as Lara seemed to be. Will allowed for pictures to be taken, but he was more concerned with not jostling II, too much. Laughing, Will just listened to how Lara said II would look like him, but yetshe wasn't going to let him have his pick of girls. "Come on, Westie.... he'll be a boy, let him have whatever girlfriend he wants..." He said with a playful roll of hios eyes.
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5 Reasons I should accept Lara and the baby:
1) I am madly in love with her still
2) It is my baby after all
3) I am willing to pay child support, so why not go one step further and be a dad to the baby?
4) I am hurting Lara more than helping her
5) Did I mention I am madly in love with her and she is always on my mind?
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Lara watched with a small smile as Will took II from her, resting him on his chest. While she tried to ignore it, she could see that Will didn't show quite the enthusasm that she was over their son and sighed quietly to herself as they got comfortable. Still... Will was still there with her, willing to try and that was all Lara asked. She had her wonderful boyfriend whom she adored and now her beautiful baby boy. She couldn't be happier.

Snapping pictures of the pair, mentally deciding which would be going up on the fridge or in frames or in II's first baby photo album, Lara was amazed at how tiny II looked, curled up on Will's chest. It was a beautiful sight though - father and son.

Clearly, Will found the idea of his son looking like him when he grew up, amusing. Either that or he was laughing at Lara's defiance to fend off any girls pursuing him. "Just because he's a boy doesn't mean he can have just anyone," she stated firmly, reaching out to brush II's soft dark hair. "No girl's goign to be good enough for our little boy." Will's playful eye roll, was met with a playful (yet gentle so as not to disturb II) poke in the ribs. "If II can have any girl he wants then if we one day have a little girl, she can date whomever she likes as well."
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Will continued to laugh, they'd never see eye to eye on the subject, but it was still too early for them to discuss this, but Lara's view on what would happen if they had a daughter made Will glance nervously through the glass at his father and grandfather. Will wouldn't have an issue with having a daughter, but for the sake of not causing problems before the eggs were even laid, she needed to keep quiet about having a daughter. "And no, boys can do as they wish." Will said, bouncing slightly with II secure in his arms. "And I know you don't understand my family and our dynamics, but please don't bring up having daughters in the future, its more trouble than I want to get into right now." He asked her softly, feeling slightly guilty for asking it, but if Lara wanted to fit in, she couldn't be telling his father and grandfather she wanted daughters.
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5 Reasons I should accept Lara and the baby:
1) I am madly in love with her still
2) It is my baby after all
3) I am willing to pay child support, so why not go one step further and be a dad to the baby?
4) I am hurting Lara more than helping her
5) Did I mention I am madly in love with her and she is always on my mind?
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Lara was sure she was going to be an over protective mum. Any girl looked II's way and she'd be watching with eyes of a hawk. He was so prescious. She didnt want him to get hurt. She just wanted to wrap him up in bubble wrap and keep him with her at all times.

When she mentioned havng a daughter, Lara couldn't help but notice the way Will glanced back at Ralston and Ramiro through the glass, the nervous look on his face. Why couldnt things ever be easy? Why did she have to fall head over heels for the guy who life and family were surrounded by the same pureblood rules and beliefs that she'd always tried to avoid when growing up? Arranged marriages, male dominance, the wealth, hating Half-Bloods or Muggleborns... Baby girls not being wanted. She remembered Will mentioning how Ralston would probably want him to get rid of them if they had a baby girl. Lara's response - Over her dead body.

When Will spoke, Lara fell silent. Her cheerful expression from when they'd been discussing their children dating, failing her, turning serious. No, she really didnt understand his family's dynamics and beliefs, she hardly agreed with many of the ones she'd borne witness to but she kept her opinions quiet as best she could because she realised there'd be consequences for Will if she spoke up too often.

Her expression was stony. His family's belifs and rules were perhaps the main thing she and Will disagreed on and she hated it. "Fine... but I'm not going to stop talking about it to my family or you. I dont see why it would bother Carter or Andy either, given the twins." The only reason she was agreeing not to say anything to Ralston and Ramiro or his brothers or their families, was because she loved Will. She hated doing it and she wasn't happy. Lara hated having to pretend around them. She just wanted to be able to be herself around his family and for them to like and accept her for who she was. But that wasn't about to happen any time soon... if ever.

"Whatever their reasons for hating and looking down upon the female sex are, they've got to learn that without women in the world, they'd be screwed." Lara reached out carefully to take II, craving a cuddle with their son. "The whole human race would be screwed." Much as Will assured her that several of the rules and beliefs his family had, he didn't agree with, he still didnt argue or disagree to his family's face or do anything about it. Lara just worried how far he'd go at times to keep his family happy. Still, there was one thing she was sure of. If she wanted to have a daughter, there was nothing stopping her.
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Will handed II back to Lara slowly and gently. He kept casting slight glances through the glass, still nervous about their family and how his family would accept their baby. Will couldn't imagine them disliking the poor boy, he even grew on Will, and Will before didn't even want anything to do with him. He looked at Lara holding their son and he looked so small and weak, but he looked like he was hanging on and wasn't about to give up.

Looking back at Ralston, his father tapped his watch and Will nodded. "Lara, my dad and grandfather have to get back and they will both want to come in. We can either let both in at once or they can come in one at a time..." He said in a low voice as the nurse walked by.
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5 Reasons I should accept Lara and the baby:
1) I am madly in love with her still
2) It is my baby after all
3) I am willing to pay child support, so why not go one step further and be a dad to the baby?
4) I am hurting Lara more than helping her
5) Did I mention I am madly in love with her and she is always on my mind?
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II back in her arms, Lara gave him a little squeeze, planting a soft kiss on his forehead, rocking him gently. He was beautiful, precious. She still couldn't believe that almost a day ago, he'd still been curled up inside of her waiting the greet the world. He was tiny, but size didn't matter right? And if he was anything like her and Will, he'd be a fighter.

When Will mentioned Ralston and Ramiro wishing to see II, Lara looked round towards the glass a little warily. As much as she didn't really wish to be left alone with either of them and was intimidated by them, neither was she ready to leave II alone with anyone asides from herself, Will or the maternity staff. She was far too protective of their son. "I guess, I'll go and send one of them in, them." Lara was nervous about Ramiro and Ralston meeting II. "Just... make sure they're careful with him, please."

Carefully setting II back into his incubator, Lara left the room pausing awkwardly in the doorway regarding Ralson and Ramiro warily. "Um... if one of you wants to go in and meet... William..." Saying his full name and not the nickname she'd grown so fond of overnight felt weird. "Then you're more than welcome." Making her way over to one of the visitor chair by the window looking into the NICU, she sat down with a small sgh.
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Ralston got up and headed into the NICU where he was given a mask and hand sanitizer before he looked in the incubator. He looked in at the tiny baby, remembering that the same happened to Leopold and now to William. He was almost starting to wornder if this issue was genetic rather than coincidental. He looked over at his son who was looking between the incubator and his girlfriend. "Yes, you should do right by her and marry her as soon as possible." he said, not exactly reading Will's mind, but using any moment he could to push the agenda.

"William, I know you know the risks and the chances for your son, and both your grandfather and I agreed that if this does not work out, we will pay for any arrangements." He said softly so the girl couldn't hear for sure. Ralston first watched Will's gaze harden and then soften again in realization.
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Watching Ralston enter the NICU and make his way over to Will and II, Lara felt every bit the protective mother. She would look away from the interaction by the incubator, grandfather meeting grandson. Ralston was an intimidating figure. What if he didn't approve II? Not that it would make a difference to Lara. II was still perfect to her whether Ralston thought him satisfactorary or not. Sure he was a little small, and he was rigged up to the respirator but he would make it through... right? Lara wanted to be optimistic.

She was very wary of Ramiro stood somewhere behind her, his presence making her nervous. Lara didn't know if she was meant to talk to him while they were waiting, or just keep the silence. He hadnt seemed to want to acknowledge her questions or words earlier, so who's to say he'd answer to friendly chit chat now. Besides she had every reason to believe he probably didnt approve of her anyway.

Instead, she kept silent, turned towards the observation window, watching Will and his father hovered over the incubator, talking. Lara wished she could lip read because the glass was too thick to hear anything and they seemed to be having a serious discussion. Will's eyes kept darting her way and then II's, gaze hardening and softening and it made Lara nervous not knowing what they were discussing. Especially if it involved both her and II.
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When Ralston came out, he helped Ramiro up from the chair and stood back to let his father enter the room. Walking up to William right away, he took his grandson's hand and gave it a firm shake. "I must say, William, for a premature bastard child, he looks rather healthy." He said, peering in. "Shame you have not done right by both families and married the mother." His voice was passive, but he was still reprimanding Will, which made his grandson's head bow.

Slipping his hand into his jacket, he handed over a piece of parchment. "This is how much you have lost to me, and it has been put into your vault. There is no doubt that this child will be costly from being premature, and that should help." He said, patting his grandon's cheek before reaching in to touch the young boy's foot before pulling his hand out again.

"Ralston and I must go, there is business to attend to, we will send the woman in." He said as he took the paper from will and put it in the boy's pocket and he left the room, nodded for Ralston to tell her she could go in. From there, they went back home.
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Lara watched as Ramiro changed places with Ralston, entering the NICU and followed his movements as he approached the incubator. It frustrated her that she couldn't hear what they were talking about but clearly something had been said to put Will down, if the bow of his head was anything to go by. Was it II he had commented on? Or her? Or maybe something else.

She then watched intrigued as a piece of parchement was drawn from Ramiro's jacet pocket and handed over to Will. What was that he was giving him? It looked important. The pat on Will's cheek, then the hand reaching into the incubator. Lara's gaze was alert, watchful just in case but he was only touching his great grandon's foot. Unconsciously, Lara let out a small sigh of relief. She didnt know what she'd expected to happen.

By the time Ramiro exited the NICU and told her she could go back in, Lara was already on her feet, muttering polite goodbyes before heading through to join her boyfriend and son. She was curious about what they thought. "So... what did they say? What was that your Grandfather gave you, in your pocket?" She realised Will might not like her asking all these questions but she was curious by nature.
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Will hadn't realized he was staring off into nothingness until Lara came up behind him and he snapped back to reality, but his jaw was still tight from both private interactions. Trying to figure out what to do about the questions, he didn't know if he should lie or what about. "How're you feeling? Are you tired?" He asked, completely unrelating to the questions.

He turned his back on Lara to pick his son back up and he sat down in the rocking chair and was paying so much attention that he hardly noticed that II's nurse was standing over them with his next meal. "I think Lara might want to hold him while he's eating." he said bashfully, not wanting to compete with Lara for the first meal they could give him.
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5 Reasons I should accept Lara and the baby:
1) I am madly in love with her still
2) It is my baby after all
3) I am willing to pay child support, so why not go one step further and be a dad to the baby?
4) I am hurting Lara more than helping her
5) Did I mention I am madly in love with her and she is always on my mind?
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Will seemed distracted, very distracted and Lara was wary to question further, especially as he dismissed or rather seemed to ignore her questions. She sighed, wishing he could open up more and didn't keep so much bottle up inside. (He'd worked at turning her from an old prude back into a more carefree nineteen years old, so she'd take it upon herself to help him become more open.)

"Worried...tense, because I have no idea if your father and grandfather approve of II, fairly sure Ramiro doesn't like me, wart about what's going through that mind of yours..." Lara let out an even bigger sigh, watching the back of Will as he picked II back up out of the incubator, moving to the rocking chair. "I'm sorry... I guess I am still a little tired. They never really tell you how tiring labour is but then I guess we'll be having lots of sleepless nights once we get this little guy home."

She stood by II's incubator, watching father and son with a small secret smile. The sight was still so touching to her. There was nothing like seeing a guy with a baby. Hearing footsteps, Lara looked round regarding the nurse and the bottle in her hand, before glancing at Will appreciatively as he stated what she'd been a bit unsure to ask. The nurse smiled at her warmly, waiting patiently as Lara carefully took II from Will's arms.

'Of course. For the moment he's on the bottle with the breast milk you've supplied but when he gets a little stronger, you'll be able to breast feed him if you want.' Lara nodded, taking in the information and took the offered bottle. Turning towards the rocker Will was in, "May we?" She'd never tried to feed a baby whilst standing up, and the rocker looked the best place to settle down for II's lunch and she could maybe rest her eyes just a moment."[/b]

Settling into the rocker, Lara adjusted II so he was comfortable and offered him his bottle, tilting it gently. He latched on after a moment or two of persuasion and began to suckle. Her first time feeding their son. "There we go, Sweetheart. Is that nice?" She smiled down at the big green eyes staring up at her while he drank. "He's watching me..."
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Will crouched down beside Lara, and played with his son's tuft, the baby felt warm but he couldn't be sure if he was just warm, or maybe Will's hands were cold. So as a just in case, he loosened up the blanket around him. Will gently kissed the top of the little boy's head and he turned away from the bottle almost angrily, spitting up what he had in his mouth. Any further attempt at putting the bottle in the baby's mouth was faced with him grunting and turning away from the nipple of the bottle.

Will took the bottle away and checked to see if maybe he was just full, but it seemed that he hardly even ate anything, so Will picked the little boy up and tried himself only to be met with the same reaction.
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5 Reasons I should accept Lara and the baby:
1) I am madly in love with her still
2) It is my baby after all
3) I am willing to pay child support, so why not go one step further and be a dad to the baby?
4) I am hurting Lara more than helping her
5) Did I mention I am madly in love with her and she is always on my mind?
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Lara was settled happily with II neslted in the nook of her arm, the other holding the bottle as she fed him, glancing lazily between their son and Will absentmindely playing with II's hair. It wan't until Will loosened the blankets around their son that Lara realised maybe II was a little toasty, but then the NICU was kept warm... right? They didn't want the babies to freeze and the blanket was that.

She hadn't thought to much about it, that is until II turned away from the bottle. For a moment, Lara just thought he'd finished but then he'd barely eaten a thing and clearly Will looked concerned. Lara carefully wiped up the spit-up and tried feeding him again but he was having none of it. Lara was tarting to worry. "Will...? What is it? Why won't he eat?" Will was an Acolyte, he'd know what was wron, right?

Relinquishing her hold of II, letting Will take him Lara watched Will's attempt at feeding him. "Is it the milk? I it something we've done wrong?" It was II's meal time, so why didnt he want to eat? Babies were always hungry. Weren't they?
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