Rainbow

By Clara

Disclaimer: They’re not mine

Info: Sixth part of nineteen.

Year: 1995

Archive: My site, Working Love, ShipperWorld, Catherine Willows, Graveshift

Rating: PG

Category: CGR

Author’s notes: This started as answer to a challenge over at ‘Working Love’ and some how it turned into this! Thanks to Jo for the beta! None of the fics in this series will have a summary on them. I don’t want to give it away!!!

Dedication: To the wonderful Jo R. What would I do without ya? ;)

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The first stab of pain came around midnight and six hours later Catherine had no doubt that she was in labour.

She had been trying to reach Eddie on his cell for five of those hours and each time she was forwarded to his answering machine. Swearing she clicked the phone off again and threw it on the bed as she tried to figure out what to do.

There was no way she wanted to drive herself to the hospital and she was beginning to panic that her baby would be born on the bathroom floor.

Sitting down on the side of the bed, Catherine tried to breath and push the panic away long enough to think clearly. Her sister was out of town so she couldn’t call her and she doubted any of the dancers she had formerly worked with would be willing to help her out, which left one person, Gil.

Quickly, she snatched the phone up from where she’d dropped it and punched in his number, counting the rings. When the line clicked signalling someone had picked up the phone, Catherine couldn’t keep the fear out of her voice.

“Gil!?”

“Catherine?” Suddenly he sounded wide-awake.  “Are you ok?”

She could have laughed then. “Not really… I’m been in labour for 6 hours and I can’t get hold of Eddie… Gil, I’m scared.”

She could here him the rustling of what she assumed was him looking for his car keys. “Hang on Cath, I’ll be right there.”

He arrived 15 minutes later she was sat on her front step waiting for him, bag at her feet. Quickly, he jumped out of the car and knelt down next to her, touching her arm softly. “Come on Cath… you ready to go?”

Nodding she let him help her up and didn’t protest when he grabbed her bag, throwing it in the back seat before helping her into the passenger side.

They drove to the hospital mostly in silence, Catherine’s face screwed up in discomfort.  It wasn’t until they made it inside the hospital and to the reception desk that Gil allowed himself to relax slightly. He couldn’t help but admit that knowing Catherine was in safe hands made him feel a whole lot better.

It took just over 20 minutes to get Catherine settled in a room and then everything began to move quickly. Despite his protests that he should go and find Eddie for her, Catherine wouldn’t let Gil leave her and in the end he wouldn’t have missed it for the world.

After the nurses had gotten her all cleaned up, he watched as Catherine held her daughter for the first time. Lindsey seemed like the most perfect baby in the world to her mother and her ‘uncle’ couldn’t disagree.

“You want to hold her?” She smiled at him which quickly turned into a grin at the look on his face. “Gil, you won’t break her.”

Carefully, he sat down on the edge of the bed and Catherine handed Lindsey to him. He looked down at her before glancing back at her mother. “She’s beautiful Cath.”

After a few minutes he handed Lindsey back to her mother, who placed her in the cot next to the bed.

“You should get some rest while she’s sleeping. I’ll be back in a little while.” He leaned down and kissed her on the forehead before straitening up. “Congratulations Catherine.”

She smiled back at him and watched as he left the room, shutting the door quietly behind him. Then her eyes drifted shut to catch some sleep before her daughter woke up.

~Thunder, proceeds the sunlight, so I’ll be alright~

Rainbow- Mariah Carey